Columnist / Andrew kunambura
Zimbabwe judges, generals and post-coup dynamics
Soon after the toppling of former president Robert Mugabe in November last year in a coup and the ascendancy of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, High Court judge Charles Hungwe immediately ruled that the...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 14:50hrs | | by Andrew Kunambura
All love lost in Mugabe's Zanu-PF
All love is lost, so carry the cross;Cause there's no human in us left;We are music made for the deafThey play a game that they know they'll never win;Sick and tired of...Published: 22 Apr 2017 at 12:19hrs | | by Andrew Kunambura and Tendai Makaripe
Fears over constitutional crisis
FEARS abound that Zimbabwe could plunge into a constitutional crisis in the wake of law enforcement agents deliberately trembling on the rule of law by fragrantly defying court orders, the Financial G...Published: 01 Sep 2016 at 09:27hrs | | by Andrew Kunambura and Njabulo Ncube
Is Mnangagwa the ultimate survivor or is he living on borrowed time?
EVENTS of Wednesday last week proved that the 69-year old veteran politician is indeed a cunning survivor - that is if he is not living on borrowed time.GIVEN the rough and tumble of Zimbabwean politi...Published: 04 Aug 2016 at 09:22hrs | | by Andrew Kunambura
The demise of Zanu-PF's 'famous seven'
FOR months, Godfrey Tsenengamu, Godwin Gomwe, Vengai Musengi, Kumbulani Mpofu, Edmore Samambwa, Tamuka Nyoni and Washington Nkomo traversed the length and breadth of the Zimbabwe, de-campaigning Zanu-...Published: 17 Mar 2016 at 07:29hrs | | by Andrew Kunambura
Gruelling political battle awaits Mujuru
A SHONA proverb goes: "Mudzimu waro bonga kuwana huku dzichirwa (lucky is the wildcat that finds chickens fighting)."The proverb depicts a scenario whereby a hunting wildcat comes across a coc...Published: 10 Mar 2016 at 07:13hrs | | by Andrew Kunambura
The day Mugabe brought Masvingo to a standstill
UNCOMPROMISING security personnel stood guard at the point where the road takes a sudden upward turn to scale a hill leading to the Great Zimbabwe Monuments, to usher all vehicles.The order, i...Published: 03 Mar 2016 at 10:41hrs | | by Andrew Kunambura
Mliswa rubbishes Zanu-PF return talk
MERCURIAL former Zanu-PF Mashonaland West provincial chairman, Temba Mliswa, has dismissed media reports that he was itching to rejoin the ruling party as lies.Some sections of the local Press...Published: 12 Nov 2015 at 09:02hrs | | by Andrew Kunambura
Mugabe's cabinet reshuffle exposes Zanu-PF leadership crisis
President Robert Mugabe's Cabinet reshuffle last Friday, the third in nine months, brought in a combination of tired oldies and relatively unknown quantities in what has been described, by many, as ev...Published: 19 Sep 2015 at 14:51hrs | | by Shame Makoshori and Andrew Kunambura
Zimbabwe's political power couples
IT is common to think of politicians as socially inept to have fulfilling personal relationships. If a politician does have a spouse or partner, we imagine they would choose someone entirely uninteres...Published: 29 Jan 2015 at 09:25hrs | | by Andrew Kunambura
Horror bus crash raises safety concerns
AFTER the horror bus crash that claimed 26 lives along the Harare-Nyamapanda highway, road traffic safety is taking centre stage once again. Tragedy struck along the highway following a head-on collis...Published: 22 Jan 2015 at 08:36hrs | | by Andrew Kunambura
More expulsions loom in Zanu-PF
THE net is closing in on Zanu-PF officials suspected of corruption with party insiders saying those caught on the wrong side of the law would, apart from being prosecuted, lose both party and governme...Published: 08 Jan 2015 at 08:59hrs | | by Andrew Kunambura
2014 in Zimbabwe politics
WHAT a year in politics 2014 has been! Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) leader, Morgan Tsvangirai and his party set the ball in motion for the high octane drama that left Zimbabweans spellbound ...Published: 18 Dec 2014 at 09:18hrs | | by Andrew Kunambura and Ray Ndlovu
How Mwonzora stunned Chamisa
FROM an old woman walking with the aid of a rod to jubilant youths shouting and hanging precariously onto the backs and car roofs that repeatedly circled around the venue of the Movement for Democrat...Published: 06 Nov 2014 at 08:21hrs | | by Andrew Kunambura
Mujuru's fear of the secret ballot
Zanu-PF must surely have plucked and perfected a few leaves from Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), the man squarely blamed for the outbreak of, perhaps, the greatest war in the history of the world and mankin...Published: 06 Nov 2014 at 10:10hrs | | by Andrew Kunambura
Tsvangirai backs Mashakada to succeed Biti
MDC-T president Morgan Tsvangirai is battling to control fissures within his party after trusted lieutenants successfully lobbied against proposals to entrench his powers through constitutional amendm...Published: 25 Sep 2014 at 09:35hrs | | by Andrew Kunambura
Dilemma for SA Zimbabweans (the makwerekweres)
RAIDS come fast, furious and at random, from one street end to the other. Squealing and shrieking, the makwerekweres, as Zimbabwean immigrants are derogatorily called in South Africa, are dragged out ...Published: 22 Aug 2014 at 10:48hrs | | by Andrew Kunambura
High Court ruling escalates MDC-T war
AN interim High Court ruling barring the MDC-T Renewal Team from implementing the Mandel resolutions against a rival faction led by Morgan Tsvangirai has re-ignited the scramble for the party's assets...Published: 04 Jul 2014 at 09:41hrs | | by Andrew Kunambura
Tsvangirai's world crumbles
EMBATTLED Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, risks becoming irrelevant, politically, unless something dramatic happens to salvage his credibility, which is currently on...Published: 19 Jun 2014 at 19:26hrs | | by Andrew Kunambura
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