Daily Archives: Jul 29, 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...

 School holidays …periodic breaks essential 

SCHOOLS are about to close for the holidays.  In an ideal set-up, this means a...

Education without walls…let the children play

I RECENTLY watched a group of school children as they walked home from school;...

End of an empire

THE most significant aspect about Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa’s grudging...

John Bull is not our hero 

AUGUST is here and what a special month it is in our country!  Some of...

Enforce ban on extra lessons

AT face value, having pupils going for lessons 365 days a year erroneously looks...

You cant talk down gold coins

EDITOR — SOMEONE once asked why I am so proud to be Zimbabwean and...

Fifteen million and going strong

By Tawanda Chenana ZIMBABWE’s population now stands at 15 million. This is information, we from the...

For the West, chaos is a ladder

By Tapiwa Bere MOST devotees of Hollywood American movies will find the headline of this...

‘I survived poison in Beira’: Part Two…mission to Ethiopia aborted

The story of Cde Thomas Mtetwa, alias Cde Mambo Tasanganisa ON July 1 1978, I...

Africa, the last agriculture frontier

IN ‘The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World’ report in 2017,...

Great Zimbabwe Temple monument revisited

 By Nthungo Ya Afrika  THE PATRIOT of August 6-12 2021 carried my article titled ‘Great...

Understanding diabetes and hypertension

By Elizabeth Sitotombe MAKING lifestyle changes is one of the best ways of managing both...

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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...