Daily Archives: Apr 21, 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...

Building Zimbabwe…brick-by-brick, stone-by-stone

ZIMBABWEANS love to gather. To celebrate, to commiserate, to help one another or just to...

Remember Zim is priceless

APRIL is a special month in our country. We attained independence on April 18 1980...

A ripe age for unity

THE attendance at the Bulawayo Independence Day celebrations on Monday showed that there is...

The struggle continues!

EDITOR — THE fight against mental colonialism is the last struggle that Africans have...

Celebrating the heroism of Zim’s sons and daughters

‘ZIMBABWE iyoyi yanga yanditora moyo…’. People must remember that there are sons and daughters of...

Agriculture for sustainable growth: Part Two…promotion of ICTs necessary

ACKNOWLEDGING that Zimbabwe’s agriculture sector has suffered from years of decline, the then Minister...

Money and the pursuit of wealth: Part 15 …from landholding to commerce

FAIRS were bound by rules and regulations.   At the time of the Paris Fair,...

Know more about autism

THE month of April is Autism Acceptance Month while the second day of April...

A women’s guide to politics

By Elizabeth Sitotombe Next Generation African Political Leaders: the Power of Preparation By Dr Olivia N....

Adolf Hitler …not the most evil person who ever lived

By Nthungo YaAfrica THE war between Russia and Ukraine, to conscious and positive spiritually connected...

Patriotic front formation in Zim: Part 12 …Murenga as rallying point

IF ‘Zimbabwe’ means ‘house of stone’, it gives critical symbolic significance to that material.  And,...

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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...