Daily Archives: Oct 27, 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...

Sanctions must go…in their totality

By Tawanda Chenana WE, in the village, are very much alive to the call for...

Are farmers ready?

THE summer cropping season is here. Large and small-scale farmers, communal producers and many in...

Illegal sanctions: voice of reason must prevail

ON Tuesday, those with ears must have heard, yet again, the reverberating calls by...

Thank you SADC

EDITOR— THE call by SADC for the unconditional and immediate lifting of sanctions imposed...

Zim versus Rhodesian sanctions

By Rutendo Matinyarare MANY Zimbabweans often bring up the comparison between Rhodesian and Zimbabwean sanctions...

Trout — the rainbows on our mountains

TROUT farming has an interesting history in Zimbabwe.  Once a major export earner for the...

Money and the pursuit of wealth: Part 38 …Da Gama’s military matrix

VASCO DA GAMA’s voyage, in 1497, was not a voyage of discovery or even of commerce.  Guided by...

Born and bred under mental slavery

By Nthungo YaAfrika THE dysfunctionality of our race on this planet we call home is...

Early childhood education off track: Part Three…speaking English not measure of intelligence

THE ABC-Z we want to rush to with three and four-year-olds are not the crux...

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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...