Monthly Archives: March, 2022

Leonard Dembo: The untold story 

By Fidelis Manyange  LAST week, Wednesday, April 9, marked exactly 28 years since the death of sungura legend Leonard Dembo.  He died in 1996.  Dembo’s real name was Leonard Tazvivinga as opposed to Kwangwari Gwaindepi as is widely reported.  In fact, Kwangwari Gwaindepi was his grandfather and that...

Unpacking the political economy of poverty 

IN 1990, soon after his release from prison, Nelson Mandela, while visiting in the US, was asked by one African- American woman from Harlem what plans he had for a free South Africa since all newly independent African countries never seemed to have the...

Taking sides in war …NATO, Ukraine and media polarisation

By Dr Tafataona Mahoso FOR the US and its NATO allies to be able to...

Patriotic front formations in Zim: Part Nine…same modus operandi, same contestation 100 years later

THE history of Zimbabwe up to the April 7 1902 desecration of the sacred...

Do not be hoodwinked

A ROSE by any other name is still a rose, it has been said. And...

Be wary of US interference

THE interference by the United States in affairs of sovereign States in its efforts...

Face of a wicked system

EDITOR – IN response to Golden Guvamatanga’s article in The Patriot titled ‘Hoist by...

Russia reshaping global politics

THE world’s attention has once again been drawn to US President Joseph Biden’s hilarious...

Look East Policy: Facts to consider

THE Chinese are an advanced people.  They have risen in terms of development faster than...

Of ‘victims’ and political agendas

By Special Matarirano ON Saturday March 12 2022, CCC interim spokesperson Advocate Fadzayi Mahere, the...

Children don’t fail…

A MOTHER who holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree and a Post Graduate Diploma...

Cry beloved African woman

Changes: A Love Story By Ama Ata Aidoo Published by Spark Publishing (2003) ISBN-13: 978-1-4114-7435-2 THE month of...

Iran-America saga: Lessons for Africa

By Nthungo yaAfrika THEY pride themselves as bearers of the cross who bring good news,...

Money and the pursuit of wealth: Part 11 …a form of capitalism

ONE of the great innovations of the Hellenistic Age was the creation of State...

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Leonard Dembo: The untold story 

By Fidelis Manyange  LAST week, Wednesday, April 9, marked exactly 28 years since the death...

Unpacking the political economy of poverty 

IN 1990, soon after his release from prison, Nelson Mandela, while visiting in the...

Second Republic walks the talk on sport

By Lovemore Boora  THE Second Republic has thrown its weight behind the Sport and Recreation...

What is ‘truth’?: Part Three . . . can there still be salvation for Africans 

By Nthungo YaAfrika  TRUTH takes no prisoners.  Truth is bitter and undemocratic.  Truth has no feelings, is...