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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...
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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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Let’s resuscitate the cotton sub-sector

AS owners of the land we cannot help, but be worried by stories that...
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What it means to be Zimbabwean

DURING the liberation struggle it was typical to hear the young and old recite,...
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ZANU PF is not an entity, it’s a system

SO the by-elections have in fact happened and are over, basa ratanga for those...
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Vendors: The law applies equally to all

OF the things I am most proud of as a Zimbabwean is our resilient...
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Failure no option with new machinery

RECENTLY President Robert Mugabe availed agricultural equipment worth millions of dollars under a More Food for Africa programme. While Zimbabwe...
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An achievement worth celebrating

I BEGIN on a sad note and once again pay my and our paper’s...
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Why the enemy in SA is black

WHEN renowned former slave American Booker T. Washington was called to the White House...
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Something beautiful about war

YES, there is something beautiful about war. It is ugly handirambe, but sometimes there is...
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Paseka, Passover a time for reflection

IN all endeavours there must be a time to pause, to stop, to take...
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Indeed, when criminals own the dictionary

I HOPE Silicon Valley editor Mawuna Remarque Koutonin will understand my borrowing the title...
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The economy needs us all

I STRONGLY feel that the vast majority of us are doing the nation a...
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Inform nation on harvest prospects

NOW that the rain season is coming to a close Government must immediately embark...
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Leonard Dembo: The untold story 

By Fidelis Manyange  LAST week, Wednesday, April 9, marked exactly 28 years since the death...
Columns

Unpacking the political economy of poverty 

IN 1990, soon after his release from prison, Nelson Mandela, while visiting in the...
Sport

Second Republic walks the talk on sport

By Lovemore Boora  THE Second Republic has thrown its weight behind the Sport and Recreation...
Opinion

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...

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