Monthly Archives: July, 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...

‘End child marriages now’… behavioural change necessary

IN her quest to end child marriages, Senator Dr Rasha Kelej of the Merck...

Are we really a race with no soul!

By Nthungo YaAfrika AT the beginning of the 15th Century, the Catholic Church provided the...

Revisiting the National Schools Pledge

THESE children whom you neglect to teach the correct path are the very ones...

‘I survived poison in Beira’

The story of Thomas Mtetwa, aka Cde Mambo Tasanganisa: Part One  MY name is Thomas...

Of healthy soils and pastures for livestock grazing

APPROXIMATELY 60 percent of the world’s agricultural land is grazing land, supporting about 360...

Identity documents a must

TWELVE-YEAR-OLD Netsai (not her real name) eagerly ran into their kitchen hut and quickly...

Money and the pursuit of wealth: Part 25…armies rise to defend commerce

WHILE merchants and mariners in southern Europe —the Italian city-States in particular, were profiting...

Chevrons back to glory busy schedule ahead

By Anesu Chakanetsa WHILE it has been a dark spell in Zimbabwe sport for the...

Sri Lanka is not Zimbabwe

By Elizabeth Sitotombe IN the run-up to the 2023 elections, members of the Citizens Coalition...

Disgraced Britain turns to Zimbabwe

THERE was little surprise about recent reports that some top British companies have started...

 We need a peaceful environment 

 PROGRESSIVE minds from across the globe will, by now, be seized with the fact...

Agric sector on massive rebound

ZIMBABWE’s foresight as well as its unprecedented bravery in carrying out the land reclamation...

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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...