Archibald Mathibela

Charwe Nyakasikana (C. 1840 – 1898)

Charwe Nyakasikana is a Zezuru spirit medium who was born in 1840, in the Chishawasha District of Central Mashonaland. She was a Hera and the daughter of Chitaura, the younger son of Shayachimwe, a late eighteenth-century founder...

How Mbuya Nehanda Became Privileged As The Icon Of Our Collective Ethnic Spiritual Identity

Charwe Nayakasikana, the Zezuru spirit medium of Mazowe popularly known as Mbuya Nehanda is arguably one of the most debated personalities of her era. Her profile is the subject of various interpretations, constantly redacted to suit contemporary...

Africa day: The story of how a continent fell off the horse

In its inception the AU was a fit for purpose, a revolutionary oasis for all Africans in the struggle for self-determination. As a race under siege, facing down a common enemy, Africans mobilized for a unified pan...

How to get the ‘cool’ back into PR

The PR profession is staring down a relentless onslaught from fringe opportunists and a lull in activity in local associations affecting practitioners and future career aspirants. Unlike other professions with a singular mandate, communicators face the risk...

The Jetlag Inyathuko Travelogue series – Sharing experiences

Njelele Art Station is an eclectic, Bohemian rhapsody of sorts neatly tucked away from the hustle and bustle of central Harare city’s downtown melee. It’s right at the head of one of the city’s busiest thoroughfares, Kaguvi Street...

Rudo Chasi – The Journey of a Songstress

Tell us about yourself. Who is Rudo Chasi and her journey so far?I was born and raised in Harare  Zimbabwe on the 6th of march in 1988 and I come from a family of two children that is...

Change of Philosophy – Key to the rise of Afrika’s youth

As the day of reckoning edges closer to me, I become more and more disillusioned about my generation and other contemporaries. Our forefathers and their forbears had enough courage for millennia to tackle bread and butter issues...

The cradle of Mankind – African youth and the future

Zimbabwe is blessed with one constant. The potential to be all things great, the potential to rise beyond the status of a bygone era glorified and vilified in equal measure as the axiomatic cradle of a mankind...

Corporate Social Responsibility in Zimbabwean business

However, the challenge still remains that of most Zimbabwean owned firms to reach this level of social service and transcend the spirit of the profit ethic in pursuit of a higher calling instead of merely paying lip...

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