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James Chikerema is finally made a National Hero – He ignited the spirit of nationalism in Rhodesia but fell foul of Robert Mugabe and his Zanu(PF) acolytes and sycophants in Zimbabwe
James Chikerema after his High Court victory which allowed him to remain in Parliament with his supporters after leaving the UANC in 1979, seen here with Stanley Chimombe Mushonga. (Picture:… Read more >
Ndabaningi Sithole: Zimbabwe’s forgotten intellectual and leader
Jubilant supporters welcome Rev.Ndaabaningi Sithole back to the land of his birth in 1992 (Picture: Trevor Grundy) Guest writer of the month Tinashe Mushakavanhu, University of Oxford (Reproduced… Read more >
Winston Churchill: New book emphasises the dark side of Britain’s best-loved war-time leader
‘Winston Churchill – His Times, His Crimes’ by Tariq Ali (Verso, 419 pp. £25.00) Trevor Grundy reviews a book that could open the eyes of a new generation of… Read more >
John Thomson (1931-2022): New Zealand journalist who never stopped loving Tanzania
John Thomson, a dedicated journalist who loved Tanzania and who did his utmost to explain Julius Nyerere’s socialist socialist policies to the outside world (Picture courtesy of Meera Webster, John… Read more >
Barbara Hall MBE (1923-2022): A woman of talent and courage who had a never-ending love for Zambia
Barbara Hall MBE, doyen in the world of crossword compilers and editor of a book that helped whites in Africa understand more about the people they lived alongside but who… Read more >
Max Mosley remembered: His mother nicknamed him ‘The Determined One.’ We called him ‘Golden Balls’
Max Mosley in 1961 when he was a Union Movement election agent legally responsible for a pamphlet circulated in Manchester that claimed ‘coloured’ people brought disease, crime and poverty with… Read more >
Queen will miss Commonwealth Day but Baroness Scotland will be there lobbying to be re-elected as the club’s Secretary-General
Baroness Scotland – In search of another term as Commonwealth Secretary-General By Trevor Grundy Queen Elizabeth won’t be at the annual Commonwealth Day service at Westminster Abbey on… Read more >
Verbal violence mounts as candidates and voters hope for peace and transparency during and after Zimbabwe’s first post-Covid elections
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has proclaimed March 26 as the date for long-awaited by-elections to fill vacant seats in the National Assembly and various local authorities across the country. … Read more >
March 1922 – The month that Communists and Afrikaners joined hands to fight profit-hungry mine owners in South Afriuca
Some military historians still see the Rand Revolt of March 1922 as a Communist attempt to take-over South Africa. Picture shows (top) Jan Smuts and (below) the Communist leader ‘Comrade… Read more >
As forests go up in smoke, Zimbabwe’s short-sighted leaders create a desert and call it land reform
Tobacco farmers are responsible for a fifth of the total amount of deforestation in Zimbabwe By Trevor Grundy Feeding China’s growing need for cheap tobacco is creating deserts… Read more >