Daily Archives: Jul 1, 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...

Black skin, white masks: Part Five…check source before reporting

IN parts One to Four, we exposed the fallacies by NewsDay with respect to...

Tragedy of the opposition

UNLIKE the ruling ZANU PF and other liberation movements across the globe that have...

Success is ours

WE will not tire reminding the world, particularly the West, that we are a...

Clubs pay price for violent fans

THE recent hefty fines and  deduction of points meted out to Dynamos and Highlanders...

Zim dollar way to go

EDITOR — FOR as many years I have been carefully looking at the factors...

 Self-evident success

By Tawanda Chenana We, from the village, are very conscious of developments that take place...

Remembering the life of artist Helen Lieros: Part Two…a true Zimbabwean patriot

AS a Western-trained artist, Helen’s rejection of the representative naturalism of Western art in...

Money and the pursuit of wealth: Part 24…the rise of Florence in commerce

LIKE the Munhumutapas in Southern Africa, Venice became the leading naval power of the...

Of band names…

By Fidelis Manyange ONCE upon a time, a local sungura band went on tour of...

When a race’s mind, soul and spirit are captured…the truth is called lies

By Nthungo Ya Afrika THE Nahasi (Africans or blacks) believe everything the Tambou (whites) say...

Women and the right to work

DURING the Liberation War that birthed Zimbabwe’s independence, both men and women partook in...

Patriotic front formations: Part 21…David Coltart and the birth of Umthwakazi

IT is important to take special note that Mutambara was president of the Student Representative...

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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...