Daily Archives: Jan 26, 2023

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...

Difference of day and night

By Tawanda Chenana ELECTIONS are upon us and we, in the village, eagerly await. As the...

Our culture protected the weak

THE strange phenomenon of rape, physical and emotional abuse of our women, girl-childas well...

Roads must not be death traps

SOMEONE once said those who died yesterday had plans for this morning.  Those who died...

Girl-child lives matter!

EDITOR — THE rise in cases of rape, especially of minors, has become a...

Decolonising the mind: Part Five… Zim’s defensive weaponDecolonising the mind: Part Five

By Abraham Mabvurira WE have every reason to be optimistic; we militarily routed the imperialists...

Peaceful Demo: Part Seven…Christianity is not a history of kindness or tolerancePeaceful Demo: Part Seven

THE peaceful demonstration was going on better than originally thought possible. Harare downtown was burning. The...

Urban design and the Sunshine City 

FREQUENTLY, we have heard of the city fathers’ intentions of making Harare ‘a world-class...

The origin and meaning of university

By Nthungo YaAfrika THE Roman Catholic Church was founded when the Egyptian (Nahasi African) Priest...

Let’s all protect the girl-child

By Benhilda Chademana. VISION 2030 of an upper-middle income economy will be achieved by all...

Malevolent sangomas…fanning the flames of child sexual abuseMalevolent sangomas

By Cuthbert Mavheko OUR moral barometer as a nation is falling rapidly, with  many terrible...

Understanding cervical cancer

By Elizabeth Sitotombe JANUARY is cervical cancer awareness month.  Every two minutes a woman dies from...

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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...