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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...
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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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THE resurgence of Theileriosis in 2024

THE issues of climate change and tick-borne diseases cannot be ignored, given they are...
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Of cattle, heavy rains and disease

ALONGSIDE agriculture, the livestock sector is considered a major part of the economy of...
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Soil water retention technology: Part One …lessons from across the globe

INCREASING frequencies of droughts, coupled with increasing populations are requiring more water for irrigated...
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Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and public health: Part Two …is Zimbabwe prepared

ZIMBABWE is facing a growing resistance in common infections, such as TB, malaria, HIV/AIDS,...
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Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and public health: Part One  …is Zim on course?

Antimicrobials have been hailed as one of the most important discoveries in medical history;...
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Water use by farmers in Zim: Part Six …punitive restrictions on resources use

SOIL-WATER conservation did not change with the advent of independence. In the 1920s, conservation legislation...
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Water use by farmers in Zim: Part Five …policy developments in post-colonial irrigation

UNTIL their recent revival, rehabilitation and promotion by the Second Republic led by President...
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Curbing cholera in Zim: Part Two …human right impinged

CHOLERA spread across the world during the 19th Century, from its original reservoir in...
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Curbing cholera in Zimbabwe: Part One …a national concern

THE right to clean water and universal health is a human right enshrined in...
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Water use by farmers in Zim: Part Four …the birth of ZINWA

WATER resource management in Zimbabwe continued to be governed by the 1976 Water Act,...
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Water use by farmers in Zim: Part Three  …dispossession of title over water

SETTLER-farmer-initiated furrow irrigation took place in Rhodesia with the help of missionaries, between 1912...
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Water use by farmers in Zim: Part Two …the Water Act

THE South African connection had a strong influence on some aspects of water management...
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Leonard Dembo: The untold story 

By Fidelis Manyange  LAST week, Wednesday, April 9, marked exactly 28 years since the death...
Columns

Unpacking the political economy of poverty 

IN 1990, soon after his release from prison, Nelson Mandela, while visiting in the...
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Second Republic walks the talk on sport

By Lovemore Boora  THE Second Republic has thrown its weight behind the Sport and Recreation...
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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...

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