The Patriot Reporter

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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Textures of Zimbabwean landmarks

By Dr Tony Monda IN Chrispine Mutsadyanga’s art, the Zimbabwean Eastern Highlands in winter is...

Remain proudly Zimbabwean

By Genevieve Nkiwane DESPITE all the challenges, I take my hat off to the people...

Language matters in Zimbabwe

By Dr Arthur Makanda THE issue of languages published in The Patriot of July 18-24...

Land and the role of protocols, rituals: Part Two

THE 1998 book called Pursuing Grounded Theory in Law: South-North Experiences in Developing Women’s...

Afro-Zimbabweans vs Afro-Rhodesians

By Davet Muzwidzwa WE have looked at Afro-Rhodesians in the past. While we know they...

China an all-weather friend

WHEN President Barack Obama hosts invited African leaders early next month what will, no...

Good times ahead for Zimbabwe

EDITOR – I HAVE been reading some sections of the media reporting about the...

Biti, Tsvangirai and Rhodesia madness

EDITOR – LAST week someone was concerned about the number of black people in...

Dear Africa – The Call of The African Dream

We should wake up to the fact that it is in religion that many...

Land and the role of protocols, rituals: Part One

Dr Tafataona Mahoso THERE is a profound link between technology and rituals and protocols...

Zimbabwe needs competing not opposition political parties

By Davet Muzwidzwa IN my family, we are six boys and four girls. I am...

Mischievous ideas about population

THERE is an interesting population debate that has been going on in the country...

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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...