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Afrikans and their songs

Zimba Ramabwe — Sun, 19 Oct 2014 12:13:01 +0000

Much has been said about the Afrikan’s love for song and rhythm. During the days of slavery, the slave master thought of the slaves’ singing as a sign that they were happy and content with their lot. A DJ on a national radio station was even flippant enough to say that it was the slaves’ [...]

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Koze kubenini Afrika?

Zimba Ramabwe — Tue, 23 Sep 2014 08:58:08 +0000

Putting Afrika on an even keel in terms of the continent’s relations with the world, eliminating the culture of dependence, and enabling the continent to exercise its sovereignty and thereby, taking its destiny in its own hands. That is the essence of the much vaunted Afrikan Renaissance. In Afrika define yourself, former South Afrikan President, [...]

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Afrikan Bank placed under curatorship

Zimba Ramabwe — Sun, 17 Aug 2014 09:00:07 +0000

In his autobiography, A Testament of Hope, Dr. Sam Motsuenyane tells the story of how Afrikan Bank was started. As Afrikan businessmen in apartheid South Afrika, getting finance to start and/or grow their businesses was like climbing an insurmountable mountain. Established banks insisted on collateral in the form of immovable property being put up as [...]

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Profile: Who is Zimba Ramabwe?

Consciousness Admin — Sun, 10 Aug 2014 10:23:53 +0000

The name of the business, Zimba Ramabwe means ‘a house built on rocks’ in the Shona language spoken in neighbouring Zimbabwe. It is from a combination of the two words that the country got its name. To name the business such was inspired by the words our Lord spoke in Matthew 16:18 that “…on [...]

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The dilemma of the Afrikan Intellectual

Zimba Ramabwe — Sun, 10 Aug 2014 09:10:05 +0000

In his autobiography, ‘Sometimes there is a Void’, prolific South Afrikan author, playwright and academic, Zakes Mda tells of how he became an outsider and was overlooked for government jobs because of his independent and critical stance on the issues of the day. As a columnist for a weekly newspaper he was critical of former [...]

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Sometimes there is a Void – Zakes Mda

Zimba Ramabwe — Sun, 27 Jul 2014 14:29:47 +0000

A review by Smart M. Maqubela Reading Zanemvula Kizito Gatyeni (popularly known as Zakes) Mda’s novels, one can’t help but notice that they are based in an historical setting. His Heart of Redness was set against the backdrop of the Nonqgawuse catastrophic prophesy that Afrikans must kill all their cattle and thereafter the dead will [...]

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