Dr Ireen Mahamba

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...

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A warning to the rigging masters — the British

ON April 27 1898, the British murdered Mbuya Nehanda and Sekuru Kaguvi to secure...

Celebrating the birth of ZANU: Part 10 …tribute to a heroine

A YOUNG South African woman met a young Zimbabwean man, a revolutionary firebrand, Zimbabwe’s...

Celebrating the birth of ZANU: Part Nine …special independence wish for children

THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education is currently seized with the Continuous Assessment...

Celebrating the birth of ZANU: Part Nine …special independence wish for children

THE Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education is currently seized with the Continuous Assessment...

The day I met Mike’s mother

 THIS is the untold story of every mother who waited for her son to...

Celebrating the birth of ZANU Part Eight …and Chitepo took the mantle

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Arrest warrant for Putin ridiculous

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‘Let us open our eyes’…West has no permanent friends

A CATASTROPHIC human tragedy is looming in the horn of Africa.  Hunger and starvation of...

Celebrating the birth of ZANU 60 years ago: Part Seven…a simple question

THE question is: Why have successive Ministers of Education shunned ‘Education with Production’. The last...

Celebrating the birth of ZANU: Part Six…with the youth in mind

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa was in his early teens when he committed to ZANU to...

Celebrating the birth of ZANU: Part Five…a mission to liberate Zimbabwe

ONE thing the whiteman will never forget is that Zimbabwe is a land of...

Celebrating the birth of ZANU : Part Four…birth of a new spirit

By Dr Irene Mahamba THE birth of ZANU lit a fire which consumed the hearts...

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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...