African Moves

One frequently hears English expressions derived from sporting terminology. This is true even if one is in a professional setting or amongst "polite company". The aim of this blogpost is to guide the reader through some of the more frequent sporting...

My mother still reminisces about her teen years in the 60s and how she and her friends used to listen to Radio Lourenco Marques, blasting into Rhodesia all the way from Portuguese-run Mozambique. When I was a teen in the late 80s I liked nothing bett...

A mantra from the 60s states that having a national airline is one of the key markers of sovereignty. This mantra is held dearly by all of Africa's leaders, the majority of whom came of age in the 50s and 60s. But the airline business is cruel and he...

I remember it like it was yesterday: for a few days, rumors had been circulating in Harare that the ANC's President was about to be released from prison; finally that day had come (Feb 11, 1990); it was a weekend and the whole extended family were ga...

I still have about 200 or so vinyl albums and 12 inch singles. Being a music aficionado, I kept on buying vinyls well into the 90s even when the CD format had become totally dominant. What I cherish most about vinyls are the album covers. For many al...

Zimbabwe's new Cabinet was announced today after an almost two-month long wait. Let me just briefly unpack a few of the names and the issues surrounding the appointments (and non-appointments):Amai Mujuru: Our Vice-President was clearly the winner in...

Three days to go to Zimbabwe's elections and never a dull moment to the election campaign. I thought I'd share with readers a few snippets of some of the goings-on in this crucial election campaign.ZimboNames: Foreign readers trying to follow the act...