Dr Masimba Mavaza

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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Masunda and Marijeni jailed for fraud in the UK

PRESSURE from home is forcing many people into criminal activitiesRecently, a Zimbabwean family man...

Zimbos in fraud cases on the increase

AFTER my article on Zimbabwean parents abusing their children for benefits, I was overwhelmed...

Zimbo parents’ cruel acts for benefits

IN a bid to get money gratis, Zimbabwean parents in the UK are abusing...

Women failing their lot in the UK…as women hardly appreciate another

ZIMBABWEAN women in the UK have been a let down to fellow women compatriots....

The ‘lazy man’ debate…Zimbo men not willing to work?

“ZIMBABWEAN men in the UK have graduated into lazy benefit seekers content to stay...

Zimbabwean women in UK take over…as more money brings it power

AFTER three years of nursing school, Agnes Makwara was poised to attain her dream...

Zimbos giving up on marriage in the UK‘…women aren’t women anymore; men are something else’

THE marriage institution here in the UK, among Zimbabweans, has become distorted. According to...

When lonely Zimbos fall ill in the UK

DURING 2017 and the first quarter of 2018, many Zimbabweans who live alone in...

The loneliness Zimbos never talk about…a place’s beauty doesn’t brush away sadness

A FRIEND of mine, Ronald Sabelo Mabuza, a celebrated Swazi lawyer who is lodged...

Distance crumbles Diaspora couples

GOING abroad can be advantageous in terms of income and career opportunities. However, most...

Sad cases of Zimbos dying alone in the UK

AS more people live on their own here, a growing number of Zimbabweans are...

Nothing to envy in the UK…the story of Tariro Mabhena

TARIRO MABHENA has been in the UK for two decades but Zimbabwe remains the...

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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...