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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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Cattle and the advantages of crossbreeding

CATTLE breeding experts continue to urge farmers to crossbreed pure dairy bulls with ‘Hard...

Horrors of war revisited

Child of War By Ben Chirasha Published by Macmillan Africa Publishers Oxford 1985 ISBN-978-1-77900-883-1 NOVEMBER is an...

Climate change and cattle diseases: Part Two …seasonal and inter-annual patterns

CLIMATE and weather conditions exert a range of more indirect effects through wider effects...

Climate change and cattle diseases

THE long-term future of the earth’s climate is uncertain. Equally, the impact of...

Cry beloved Mutoko! — Part Two

WE arrived as the sun peaked over Mutoko mountains. The mid-afternoon light was hazy,...

Cry beloved Mutoko! — Part One

A CALL from a concerned, regular reader of The Patriot concerning the challenges for...

Concerns over food security

THE First International Conference on Food Security and Climate Change, organised by the Centre...

A mysterious disease killing cattle in Mhondoro

WHOLE herds of cattle are dying in the Mhondoro-Ngezi area. The cattle are...

Love in the midst of war

Rutendo: The Chief’s Granddaughter By Colette Choto Mutangadura WHAT happens when a white Rhodesian soldier...

Of cattle, heat exhaustion and veld fires

WINTER is behind us and the heat is on! A herd of scrawny MaShona...

Closer look at the benevolent Bonsmara

WHILE in the past I advocated the development and growth of the indigenous Zimbabwean...

Hero of African literature: Part Three…Cde Kanengoni lives on!

IN his novels, Cde Alexander ‘Gora’ Kanengoni vividly addresses the historical injustices concerning indigenous...

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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...