Evans Mushawevato

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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The bombing of the Salisbury fuel tanks

 This story was originally published on July 3 2014. IT was while standing in for...

COVID-19 turns eye-opener

By Evans Mushawevato INDEED, we are on our own. But this should not be a source...

Tribute to the Chinhoyi Seven

By Evans Mushawevato  THE Second Chimurenga was long and arduous, filled with so many hair-raising...

Engineering and commerce to achieve Vision 2030

“ENGINEERING and commerce represent the country’s best chance for achieving Vision 2030, for the...

Marembo launches magazine to promote Zimbabwe

“MANY stories matter. Stories have been used to dispossess and to malign. But stories...

Mandaza, the unassuming hero

I WILL not claim to have detailed knowledge of Artwell Mandaza.  I did not have...

How racism scarred blacks in Rhodesia

The Book of Not  By Tsitsi Dangarembga Published by Ayebia Clarke Publishing Limited (2006) ISBN 978-0-9547023-7-3 RHODESIA was...

Ideas that fuelled Slave Trade

By Evans Mushawevato and Alvin Madzivanzira THE Transatlantic Slave Trade was cruel, wicked, evil, despicable,...

A celebration of women’s struggle for voice and artistic expression

Women Musicians of Zimbabwe 1930s-2013, A Celebration of Women’s Struggle for Voice and Artistic...

Quotable quotes from Africa’s finest

AFRICA is replete with great minds.  Though most of Africa’s brilliant sons and daughters have...

Rhodesia is dead and gone

By Evans Mushawevato and Alvin Madzivanzira ON Wednesday, April 18, by 10 am, all the...

Open letter to local artists and artistes

WE are in yet another new year. Soon the year will be done, just like...

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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...