Daily Archives: Dec 9, 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...

Media war: Is ‘media space’ separate from ‘civic’ space?…what is ‘civic space?’

By Dr Tafataona Mahoso IN the last instalment I suggested that the old foreign-sponsored media...

President’s call welcome…‘we do not need violence’

By Tawanda Chenana WE, in the village continue to run around working the fields, and...

Let’s move forward united 

WE are now in December and 2022 is coming to an end.  It has been...

Africa’s football comes of age

THE ongoing World Cup finals in Qatar, have so far seen Africa become of...

Fostering a tree planting culture 

EDITOR – Each year Zimbabwe loses about 60 million trees due to deforestation and...

Remaining indomitable…a mindset for economic development

By Abraham Mabvurira ZIMBABWE, without doubt, is being led by a hardworking President, who works...

Peaceful demo?: Part Three

THE marchers to the peaceful demo in town continued to snowball into a madding...

Monkeypox: Is Zimbabwe safe?-Part One…the key facts

ZIMBABWE made great medical strides containing the COVID-19 pandemic, through a rigid and disciplined...

Protecting our lifeblood

By Rutendo Matinyarare  OUR ancestors understood that an invasion on the nation by an external...

Small Grains are the future

Rural women farmers in Zimbabwe have been described as key to preserving and conserving...

Armageddon beckoning…‘know your spiritual status’

By Nthungo YaAfrika MANY associate Armageddon with a faraway battle mentioned in the ‘Holy Bible’,...

Cde Josiah Tongogara lives on

IN this time of the year we remember and celebrate the unparalleled exploits of...

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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...