Isdore Guvamombe
2 years ago | February 27, 2021
Don’t they say women are a clever lot . . .
Unbeknown to him, his wives had connived to take contraceptives and each had a place in her garden where the community ...
Remote, far and wide Matusadonha National Park
A WELL-FED monster of a crocodile snaps to life, startled from its nap. It stampedes through the crunchy undergrowth, ...
2 years ago | December 12, 2020
Parcel that shook the village…
The men retreated, but assured him they would come back. An irked Bhasa Johns went after Kajokoto. How the hell did he ...
3 years ago | June 26, 2020
Denial, blame game: Root cause of opposition failure
Isdore Guvamombe Reflections Back in my village, in the proverbial land of milk honey and dust — Guruve — my clique of ...
3 years ago | June 20, 2020
Freedom fighter’s spirit helps solve war mystery
Isdore Guvamombe “It was in the morning at Chimoio Camp, I was going to the main office to surrender school reports, as ...
3 years ago | June 12, 2020
Village girls reunite with their families 44 years on
Isdore Guvamombe Reflections As the evening slept away in Watsomba, two teenage girls bade farewell to their parents and ...
3 years ago | May 30, 2020
Ode, ode Chiware: The horror of Rhodesia!
Isdore Guvamombe Saturday Lounge The silence as one arrives at Chiware in Odzi near Rusape, is eerie and profound. Only ...
3 years ago | January 18, 2020
The SATURDAY COLUMN: How to keep snakes away
Isdore Guvamombe Assistant Editor It is Saturday night and the sky has cleared in Harare for what is a much-needed break ...
4 years ago | September 20, 2019
Face to fang with a black mamba
Isdore Guvamombe Reflections The September sun rose with a perfect smile, imperceptibly licking the tinder-hued grass ...
4 years ago | September 6, 2019
Cry our beloved ‘Sunshine City’
Isdore Guvamombe Reflections In the mid-1990s, I left my village in Guruve to work in Harare and it was a city of bliss ...
4 years ago | July 15, 2019
Zim goes a gear up in drive to boost tourism
Isdore Guvamombe Assistant Editor The world over, tourism is regarded a low hanging fruit that brings more attention to ...
4 years ago | June 28, 2019
Tsikamutandas: Tricksters stealing from villagers
Isdore Guvamombe Reflections We were confronted by kilometre after kilometre of apparently empty bush, then a scattering ...
4 years ago | June 7, 2019
June 7, 1977 and Rhodesia’s Keep
Back in the village, I was an eight-year-old, spike-haired boy. The year was 1977, and the moon was June. The day was ...
4 years ago | May 25, 2019
Gonarezhou: Zim’s jungle theatre
Isdore Guvamombe UNDER the blistering heat, a breeding herd of elephants blocks the way and a cow nudges its calf under ...
4 years ago | May 3, 2019
Liberation movements must unite
Isdore Guvamombe Reflections Back in the village, the emergence of organised popular liberation movements throughout ...
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