A multi-talented person across various fields, Babongile Sikhonjwa (Bulawayo, 1976-2025) is no more. <Read time: 6 min> Primary Schools: Baines Primary School; Mt. Batten Primary School, Harare; Cecil John Rhodes Primary School, Gweru; Baines Primary School.High Schools: Mzingwane High School; Milton High School.After School: Computer Science; Dip. Sound Engineering; North London University, UK. “No one […]
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She’s been a charismatic force in the literature and charitable sectors in Bulawayo. Publisher, Jane Morris (Ebbw Vale, Wales, 1953), who was agony columnist “Aunty Thandi”, shares her world. Read time: 9 minutes Primary School: Pontygof Infants, and Pontygof Junior.Secondary School: Hafod-y-Ddôl Grammar School (Welsh for summerhouse in the valley).After school: University of Sussex (BA, […]
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The Republic of… Ackim Ndebele
He is one of the #FreeMRP9 who was jailed for three years in maximum security after staging a protest in Bulawayo in 2021. Musician, poet, and Mthwakazi Republic Party’s communications head, Ackim “iGabazi” Ndebele (1987, Malalume, Plumtree), speaks out. <Read time: 9 min> “You don’t necessarily see blatant tribalism until you become older.” Primary School: […]