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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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Celebrating the birth of ZANU: Part Three…an invincible willpower

“AS a result, Ndabaningi Sithole was arrested and charged. I happened to have been...

Celebrating the birth of ZANU: Part Two…when the march to victory began

AS we mentioned last week, ZANU was founded 60 years ago on August 8...

Celebrating ZANU’s birth 60 years ago

IN 1963 (August), the greatest revolutionary Party was born. We begin a series of articles to...

A tragic trajectory…how shall the land bless us?

THE French give their children French names and the British give their children British...

Cde Josiah Tongogara lives on

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

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...

Chimoio: The diary-45 years ago…Rhodesia’s Operation Dingo: November 23 1977

YOU are standing beneath the leafy trees of Chishawasha Hills, a plane flies over...

Early Childhood Education off track: Part Five…every child has something unique

AT the beginning of this series we said each person is born with all...

Early Childhood Education Off Track: Part Four…no to rote learning

YOU do not create scientists by rote learning.  Teaching children to memorise is the surest...

Early childhood education off track: Part Three…speaking English not measure of intelligence

THE ABC-Z we want to rush to with three and four-year-olds are not the crux...

Early childhood education off track: Part Two‘…let’s not imprison children’

IN Part One we said early childhood education is not about ‘ABC’ and counting...

Supping with the devil suicidal

IT is totally amazing, mind boggling that, among us are those who are starry-eyed...

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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...