Monthly Archives: May, 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...

Money and pursuit of wealth: Part 18…Munhumutapa as central bank of the empire

PRIOR to the start of the 15th Century, a group from the Korekore royal...

Patriotic front formations: Part 15…same cast, different world outlook

JOCK, Ian Smith’s father, migrated to Rhodesia in 1898.  That was at the end of...

Stamp out hooliganism 

THE violence and hooliganism that forced the abandonment of the supposedly flagship football match...

Saboteurs in our midst

THE foiled attempt to bring the country’s economy to its knees on Monday last...

Things they will not say about Zim

THE negative narrative that has been steadily building against the country, wrought by perfidious...

Art, health and politics of poverty…reimagining a new Zimbabwean aesthetic

NEVER before has the whole world been on such high medical alert until the...

The US can go hang

THE decision to work and co-operate with countries like China and Russia is solely...

Let’s develop from our resources

EDITOR — I ENJOYED the informative article by Emmanuel Koro on CITES. The tragedy...

Creating our future …an eyewitness to the future

IT has been said that pain and misery are unnecessary and should end when...

Creating wealth by Africans for Africans

African in the 21st Century By Jerry Skhosana  Published by Jeskho (2015) ISBN: 978-0-620-64901-1 ANNUALLY, on May 25, Africans...

A defective moral compass …willingness to forgive

By Nthungo Ya Afrika WHEN a race has a defective moral compass, it will always...

Surviving Chimoio

The story of Elina Gwenzi, aka Cde Advance Mauto I WAS born at Mt Selinda Hospital,...

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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...