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...

Let’s all embrace SONA

THE recent State of the Nation Address (SONA) by President Emmerson Mnangagwa was a...

Land revolution ongoing

NOW that almost everyone is in a farming mood with the offset of the...

Why abandon our culture? 

EDITOR – WHAT has happened to us as black people? It is as if we...

2023 and media war after repeal of AIPPA

By Dr Tafataona Mahoso WHEN it comes to the subject of media freedom and media...

Peaceful demo: Part Two

TWO young men from the neighbourhood gave the man a knowing ‘big-up’ sign as...

Revisiting Africa’s glorious past…‘President Mnangagwa on course’

By Nthungo YaAfrika AFRICA’s glorious past was internally inspired by the Nahasi (black Africans) as...

Making Zim great again…mindset for economic development 

By Abraham Mabvurira AS President Emmerson Mnangagwa continues to implement policies and projects in line...

Chimoio a site of resistance

IN Zimbabwe, November is synonymous with Chimoio – a mindless massacre of innocent Zimbabwean...

Money and the pursuit of wealth: Part 44… crime waves caused by hunger

AS the price revolution picked up steam in Europe, business was stimulated.   As is...

What is a genocide?…was Gukurahundi a genocide?

By Rutendo Benson Matinyarare ACCORDING to News Hawks, a Zimbabwean lawyer by the name of...

Commonwealth visit exposes CCC

THE most significant aspect about the Commonwealth delegation visit to assess the country’s progress...

Patriotic Act long overdue

By Tawanda Chenana WE, in the village, are delighted that Cabinet has considered and approved...

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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...