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EXCLUSIVE: OR Tambo’s forgotten speech at Chatham House

‘The choice we are faced with is to submit or fight’

Dr Hastings Banda (1898 – 1997), President of Malawi, flies into London, having attended the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Singapore, 22nd January 1971. (Photo by George Stroud/Daily Express/Getty Images)

Malawi celebrates independence day, but the first president left his mark

The historical record shows that Malawi’s difficulties under Hastings Banda were evident at the very moment of the country’s founding

What would Dambudzo be saying?

Tinashe Mushakavanhu has an imaginary conversation with Dambudzo Marechera

Oliver Mtukudzi. Photo: David Rae Morris/ Getty Images.

Zimbabwe’s master of song, Oliver Mtukudzi dies at 66

In addition to its social commentary, what will continue to draw listeners to his music is the healing and solace it offers.

Zimbabwean Olympic gold medallist swimmer, Kirsty Coventry, with President Emmerson Mnangagwa after taking the oath of office. Aaron Ufumeli/EPA

Why Mnangagwa’s been wooing Zim’s white sports heroes

In mending relations with Zimbabwe’s white community by roping in Kirsty Coventry and Bruce Grobbelaar, Mnangagwa may have pulled off a masterstroke

A full-blown nation-building effort informed by the people’s agenda must get underway if we are to build the Zimbabwe we want.

Only a third way will fix Zimbabwe

April 18 marked 36 years of self-rule for Zimbabwe. Trevor Ncube argues that a new set of principled leaders is needed to save the country.

A 2000 picture of Ian Smith

Zim government seizes former PM Smith’s farm

The Zimbabwe government has seized the farm of late former white minority leader Ian Smith, listing it "for compulsory acquisition for resettlement."

Soweto Open called off amid sponsorship crisis

Following the cancellation of the SA Open, South African tennis has suffered another setback with the scrapping of the Soweto Open.

The M&G lodged its initial application in 2007 following the government’s decision not to release the 2002 report

Zimbabwe by book: The good, the bad and the dire

On the 46th anniversary of Ian Smith’s Unilateral Declaration of Independence, <b>Percy Zvomuya</b> surveys three books about Zimbabwe.

Cloud of doubt casts shadow over Montecasino finale

As the third version of the South African Open tennis tournament comes to a conclusion this weekend, it would seem that all is fine at Montecasino.

Don’t worry, be happy

Lack of stars just 72 hours before the SA Open deadline doesn’t faze Sata chief.

The only thing we have to fear is ‘The Fear’ itself

The only thing we have to fear is ‘The Fear’ itself

Four very different books on Zimbabwe cast diverse perspectives on the country’s past and current issues — besides saying a lot about the authors.

Mugabe set to come out fighting

Zimbabwe’s beleaguered President Robert Mugabe was set on Friday to make his first keynote speech since the country’s disputed polls at celebrations to mark the 28th anniversary…

‘Reform the ICC, or we walk’

Cricket faces the threat of the biggest revolt in its history, with elite players ready to call for a breakaway from the International Cricket Council (ICC). Fica, the…

Opposition voters defy odds to make their voices heard

Will Mugabe accept the result? Zimbabweans didn’t so much speak in Saturday’s presidential election as shout so overwhelmingly that Robert Mugabe and the Zanu-PF party elite who…

Zim meltdown: SA keeps counsel

South Africa has steadfastly refused to join in the chorus of criticism of Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe despite paying an ever higher price for the crisis across its…

When the media’s voice is misheard

What is the voice of the media? The question was sparked by a recent complaint about a report on service delivery protests, as well as some elements of the current debate around…

Hundreds pay tribute to Ian Smith

Hundreds of people gathered in a Cape Town church on Thursday to remember Ian Smith, Rhodesia’s widely reviled former prime minister, as a kind, stubborn and misunderstood son of…

Senegal’s Wade to mediate with Mugabe

Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade will fly to Zimbabwe on Wednesday for talks with President Robert Mugabe in an attempt to resolve a row between Harare and London that…

Former Rhodesian leader Ian Smith dies

Ian Smith, who defied the world in 1965 when he led 270Â 000 white Rhodesians in a unilateral declaration of independence from Britain rather than accept moves to black-majority…