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An inherited crisis of imagination: A Long Essay concerning the understanding of Zimbabwe - Pt2

Continuing from here...Truth be said, this is a great opportunity for Mnangagwa. And truth be repeated, the regime cannot be worse than Mugabe unless through lack of imagination they plunge the country into a war and a litany of military m…

Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 19:03hrs | | by Tshepo Mabalane Mabalane

An inherited crisis of imagination: A Long Essay concerning the understanding of Zimbabwe - Pt1

If it is a despot you would dethrone, see first his throne erected within you is destroyed lest what you call freedom is the strongest of chains. The Gibranian perception sums the November 2017 events in Zimbabwe where army generals and fa…

Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 19:02hrs | 5 | by Tshepo Mabalane Mabalane

Has Bosso finally capitulated?

Wothi ngizidlulele mina:Excavating snippets of the obscured Zimbabwean football landscape: Has Bosso finally capitulated?Today I have decided to write a brief about the interesting history of football in Zimbabwe and Southern Africa in gen…

Published: 12 Nov 2014 at 12:46hrs | 6 | by Tshepo Mabalane Mabalane

King Lobengula and the Rothschilds: A tragedy of a Son of Africa (Part 1)

'To tell men that they are equal has a certain sentimental appeal. But this appeal is small compared with that made by a propaganda that tells them they are superior to others, and others are inferior to them': Karl PopperIntroductionThe f…

Published: 03 Jul 2014 at 12:39hrs | | by Tshepo Mabalane Mabalane

Of Chief Albert Gumede, 'National' Reconstruction and the Unchaining of Django

In 1984 just at the beginning of Gukurahundi,( that rain that sweeps away the 'chuff) the 200 year old tree that King Lobengula conducted his business under,  was swept away by a rainstorm. A new generation of saplings have sprung up …

Published: 02 Apr 2014 at 06:42hrs | | by Tshepo Mabalane Mabalane

King Mzilikazi Reloaded: A story of how we begin to remember

"NO NO NO I will never say progress is being made....If you stick a knife in my back nine inches and pull it out six inches there's no progress..you pull it all out , now that's not progress. The progress is healing the wound the blow made…

Published: 23 Apr 2013 at 06:07hrs | 43 | by Tshepo Mabalane Mabalane

Mzilikazi the Sequel U-X Ongasolveki: The Shona are by no means enemies of the Ndebele nation!

This threatens to be a long piece. Besides the two primary texts, Andrew Giddens Bain's 'Moselekatse the Bull Elephant and Moffat's Matabeleland Journals' edited by AJR Wallis, the piece  has also benefited greatly from the opinions o…

Published: 14 Mar 2013 at 20:04hrs | 8 | by Tshepo Mabalane Mabalane

Let the 2013 Real Change Winner be Democracy âˆšÂ¢â€šÃ‡Â¨Â¬Â¶and If its Zanu-PF so let it be!

Considering the unfolding events in the Zimbabwean political scene today, it would appear history constantly repeats itself. But then again, as it pans out, Zimbabweans, a so called 'educated' lot are known for irresponsibly and contemptuo…

Published: 13 Mar 2013 at 10:34hrs | 1 | by Tshepo Mabalane Mabalane

King Mzilikazi unearthed: Affordances, Dynamics and Architectures

I have always been fascinated by Mzilikazi Mashobane Khumalo the man and king. Many questions about the man have remained unanswered and many gaps in literature have raised an eyebrow in any interested person. I have read a lot of Zulu nov…

Published: 18 Feb 2013 at 10:53hrs | 13 | by Tshepo Mabalane Mabalane

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