Monthly Archives: October, 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...

Agric next big business frontier

By Tawanda Chenana OCTOBER marks the beginning of the summer cropping or rather intensification of...

Nothing will derail us

WE go into yet another summer cropping season, with the year almost done and...

Crocker’s dream remains a mirage

CHESTER CROCKER must by now have realised, if his main intention for the Zimbabwe...

Kudos for Kuda 

EDITOR – NATURALLY I am a fan of the girl-child and let me say...

Early childhood education off track: Part Two‘…let’s not imprison children’

IN Part One we said early childhood education is not about ‘ABC’ and counting...

Candidature for Sainthood: Part Two…when villains are rewarded and true prophets vilified

VICTIMS of British imperial tyranny, who have invoked the UN-sanctioned democratic right to information,...

Moza was calling: Part One…crossing the boarder

The story of John Bukutu, aka Cde Roy Tichatonga I WAS born John Peter Bukutu,...

Food terrorism: Part Two…beware of food sabotage

By Mupakamiso Makaya FOOD makes man.  Deprived of food, any life form will suffer malnutrition, famine...

Tips on sweet potato production

THE 2022/2023 summer cropping season beckons and farmers are optimistic.  Another profitable agricultural venture to...

Of drugs and infertility‘…stop substance abuse’

HEALTH risk factors, such as smoking, alcohol and drug abuse, are considered to be...

The link between hypertension and diabetes

By Elizabeth Sitotombe HYPERTENSION and diabetes are some of the most troublesome chronic conditions many...

Yahweh or Hippocratic Oath?

By Nthungo YaAfrika THIS is what the Gospel of Phillip: Verse 22 says about ignorance:...

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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...