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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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Chamisa should carry his cross

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By Elizabeth Sitotombe IT has come to The Patriot’s attention that the Counselling Services Unit...

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The geopolitics of ignorance: Part One …COVID-19 pandemic and global south perspectives

This article was presented as a lecture at the University of South Africa Decoloniality...

How to write about Africa

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Musicians and their 2024 resolutions

By Fidelis Manyange MUSICIANS in Zimbabwe normally take a break from holding live shows in...

Remembering the peacemaker

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More fissures in CCC …’Shift the Power Summit’ factor

ON December 3 2023, the Zimbabwe Human Rights (ZimRights) director, Dzikamai Bere, left the...

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Truth failing to free Africans

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Rural community ethos for development: Part Two …ubuntu specs on Western electoral frames

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African special ownership operations: Part Two …political majorities in Africa are in fact minorities in the economic realm

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Leonard Dembo: The untold story 

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

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