Dr Tony Monda

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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Dynamic livestock husbandry for Zim’s Vision 2030

LIVESTOCK make an important contribution to global calorie and protein supplies.  However, livestock need to...

Goat breeding …reviving an ancient zim livestock heritage

ZIMBABWE has vast natural goat grazing areas and moderate temperatures suitable for goat rearing....

Food security and indigenous knowledge …reviving African–centred agro–dietary systems

Indigenous people collected a great diversity of wild foods and have hunted game their...

Soil maintenance for successful agriculture

By Dr Tony Monda AGRICULTURE in Zimbabwe is the backbone and fulcrum of the economy....

Air Chief Marshal Perrance Shiri (1955-2020)

“WE like what you do for agriculture Dr Monda, keep it up …,” it...

Goat breeding: Reviving a Zim heritage

ZIMBABWE has vast natural goat grazing areas and moderate temperatures suitable for goat rearing....

Cde Skever Nadolo: An engineer for all seasons

By Dr Tony Monda OVER the past two decades, or more, Zimbabwe’s manufacturing, industrial and...

Banking on pigs …boosting Zimbabwe’s piggy bank: Part One

A PIG is defined as any artiodactyl mammal of the African and Euro-Asian family...

Dog diseases and veterinary medicine in Zimbabwe …who let the dogs out!

By Dr Tony Monda THROUGHOUT Zimbabwe, the lack of veterinary services, especially during the recent...

Food security and indigenous knowledge …reviving African-centred agro-dietary systems

By Dr Tony Monda TODAY, many people in Africa, Zimbabwe included, struggle with poverty, food...

Animal health crucial for production

By Dr Tony Monda A UNITED NATIONS (UN) report on hunger released by FAO, IFAD,...

Zimbabwe’s new livestock entrepreneur

By Dr Tony Monda IN times of economic austerity, as those being experienced in Zimbabwe...

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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...