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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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Internal resources way to prosperity

OUR enemies, former colonisers, have very wrong views and perceptions of us. They believe and...

Culture not a one off event

IN all corners of the country last week people celebrated culture week. It was marked...

Let’s shape our own destiny

EVENTS that have taken place in the past months are not just exciting but...

African family relations: Part Two…..foundation for promoting peace and co-existence

When we become so individualistic that we do not even know our next-door neighbours,...

A major milestone worth celebrating

FOR long, the news we were subjected to regarding the Tokwe Mukosi Dam was...

When the law complemented the gun

THE nation has again been plunged into mourning with the passing on of yet...

Man in straw hat turns teacher trainer

THE man in a straw hat does not cease to fascinate me. Where many...

Success incites farmers to strive for more

THERE is a contagious zeal, that is really heart-warming, doing the rounds. Our farmers are...

We are liberated in the truest sense

FOR 37 years we have not been idle. We have been hard at work, mostly...

Fare thee well Brig-Gen Murozvi!

I WRITE this note under a dark cloud, for we have lost another gallant...

Realising goals of liberation struggle

THE liberation struggle was bitter and brutal. Did we have an option? To fight or not...

Exploit research findings

LAST week I attended an event which I consider one of the most important...

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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...