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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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Unforgettable World Cup matches

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Keep the memories burning

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Coltart responds to The Patriot

The Patriot issue 157 published an article titled ‘Coltart’s attempt to distort history’. It...

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Dear Africa – The Call of The African Dream

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Remembering DR Tichafa Samuel Parirenyatwa

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African teams must be disciplined

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No to horse and rider relationship

EDITOR – ANDREW Wutaunashe’s book that you are serialising in The Patriot must be...

Let’s upgrade our heroes’ shrines

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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...

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