Desmond Kumbuka

This is a story about what journalism has taught one man. It is a story about the good and bad goings on in the backstage of journalism.
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Desmond Kumbuka: "The contemporary cliché “elephant in the room”, a metaphorical idiom denoting a dilemma too large (hence elephant) or complex to contemplate aptly describes the monumental challenge facing Zimbabwe today – the scourge of…
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Desmond Kumbuka: "Some call it the silly season, perhaps justifiably. Silly probably because whenever Zimbabwe prepares for an election, as is the case now, all manner of creepy crawlies emerge from the woodwork making all kinds of…
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Desmond Kumbuka - Needless to say, the fact that Grace abandoned her first husband Stanley Goreraza and probably instigated his banishment to some obscure diplomatic posting in far-flung China where he could not interfere with her new life…
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By Desmond Kumbuka In the wake of the dramatic events surrounding the arrest and appearance in court of social media activist Pastor Evan Mawarire, on spurious charges of inciting violence later changed to the more serious attempting to…
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Zimbabwe’s disintegrating economy is claiming, arguably, its largest scalp to date - the country’s beleaguered education system, once touted as the show piece of the African continent.
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OPINION - After recent heavy rains which damaged powerlines resulting in an electricity black-out of close to week in most areas of Harare, I came face to face with the reality of the decaying public service culture pervading many of our…
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A cartoon graphically illustrating the plight of Zimbabweans recently went “viral” on Harare’s informal media grapevine.
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