Yearly Archives: 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...

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...

Money and the pursuit of wealth: Part 45…entire armies hired to fight for their country

JUST as the 16th Century saw the rise of Portugal and Spain, the 17th...

What’s wrong with the UN CITES?

By Emmanuel Koro in Johannesburg, SA A US-based cultural organisation has started asking some tough questions...

In support despite outcome…through thick and thin

By Anesu Chakanetsa MOST Zimbabwean fans following the world soccer jamboree sided with Sub-Saharan nations...

Protecting national interests

THE most critical aspect about the recent approval by Cabinet of amendments to the...

CCC: The mantle of the British …betrayal which cannot be forgiven

ZIMBABWE was colonised by the British and thousands sacrificed their lives to redeem this...

Being led into a beautiful future  

By Tawanda Chenana THE rains are falling and we in the village, are busy in...

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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...