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3 weeks ago | nehandaradio.com | Luke Tamborinyoka

Memory is a site of the struggle. Today marks the third anniversary of the death of Alex Tawanda Magaisa, a prolific writer, a friend, a colleague and a former workmate. Magaisa died of cardiac arrest around 8am Sunday morning on 5 June, 2022 and Zimbabweans across the spectrum received the news of his death with great shock. Today, Alex, the boy from Njanja, lies still and motionless in the dark rictus of death.

3 weeks ago | nehandaradio.com | Tendai Ruben Mbofana

Zimbabwe keeps going round in circles—if not hurtling backwards. On the surface, the recently launched Zimbabwe Media Policy appears to be a progressive and much-needed step toward professionalizing and modernizing the country’s media landscape. President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his administration have framed this policy as a visionary blueprint aligned with Vision 2030, promising a vibrant, inclusive, and sustainable media sector.

3 weeks ago | nehandaradio.com | Luke Tamborinyoka

Today is 1 June 2025. A year ago to the month and following shocking revelations of the looting of public funds in what became known as the ZEC-gate scandal, Zimbabwe Anti Corruption chairperson Michael Reza addressed the press on 17 June 2024 and assured an awed nation that heads were going to roll. A few days later on 21 June 2024, this column made it clear that Reza’s promise to take action on ZEC-gate criminals was just hot air.

1 month ago | nehandaradio.com | Luke Tamborinyoka

Today is Africa Day, that hallowed day when we celebrate our beloved continent, its diverse people and cultures as well as its varied but rich resources that ought to bring positive change in the lives of the citizens of this blessed land. It is sad, if not tragic, that this year’s Africa Day comes at a time when as Africans we are not only at war with each other but have become a collective shame through the various acts of omission and commission, especially by our respective leaders.

1 month ago | nehandaradio.com | Luke Tamborinyoka

The time is exactly 10:47 hrs and the day is 15 May 2020, exactly five years ago to the day. On this serene Friday morning and under a cloudless blue sky, an ambulance screeches to an agonizing halt outside Parktown Hospital near Waterfalls, some 15 kilometers south of Harare. A visibly traumatized female patient, face contorted and hair dishevelled, is being helped out.