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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‘White gold’ in Zim

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Mastitis a costly disease in dairy farming

A MAJOR concern in the dairy industry in Zimbabwe is the prevalence of mastitis,...

Dairy cattle: Chakanaka chakanaka, mukaka hawurungwe

A RECENT article I read stated a British dairy farmer gets more money for...

Cultural aspects of cattle: Part Two…lobola/dowry a universal practice

ALL too often, as indigenous African people, we are upbraided by the West, especially...

Insight into culture, heritage aspect of cattle in Zim:Part One…’mombe yehumai’ misunderstood

I recently found myself in a deep vault of male conversation, having an animated...

Cattle fencing: Part Two…insight into cattle fencing law

INTERNATIONALLY, laws exist to regulate how the cost of construction and maintenance of fences...

Retracing African space and international relations

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Cattle fencing: Part One…good fence keeps neighbours happy

COLONISATION brought with it the need to ‘enclose’ our livestock; ending the days of...

Holy cow – temperament and gomutra, the bovine brew

CATTLE have been domesticated by man since at least the early Neolithic age and...

Cde Mnangagwa: A leader unearthed – Part Two…CV shows history of successful reforms

AS Speaker of Parliament, Cde Emmerson Mnangagwa pledged to be fair and impartial to...

Cde Mnangagwa: A leader unearthed – Part One…gives his all in any role

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Cattle, mad cow disease and the Animal Health Act of 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...