Columnist / Bernard bwoni
Zimbabwe not poor, not by a long shot
In 2013, a research website by the name New World Wealth published a "survey" report which bogusly claimed that Zimbabwe was the poorest country in Africa because of its "controversial indigenisation ...Published: 04 May 2017 at 06:37hrs | | by Bernard Bwoni
Robert Mugabe: Africa's finest son
Battles are won by men and women of physical, mental and moral mettle. They are fought in the trenches and the mind. The battles of the trenches are easier because the enemy is easily identifiable....Published: 26 Apr 2017 at 07:23hrs | | by Bernard Bwoni
Pastor Evan Mawarire not speaking for everyone
The individual or individuals behind the "flag movement" or whichever name they prefer to be known by, have issued a statement of what they claim are "citizens' demands" to the Government of Zimbabwe....Published: 11 Jul 2016 at 06:53hrs | | by Bernard Bwoni
Zimbabwe opposition contemptuous of grassroots voters
They are "stupid", "a complete joke", "mediocre", "dull and dumb", "blind and poor souls" and "crazy morons".These are some of the scathing terms and expressions used by oppositions officials ...Published: 02 Jun 2016 at 06:24hrs | | by Bernard Bwoni
Electronic spot fines will not end Zimbabwe police corruption
Corruption is a culture and an attitude that has firmly rooted itself in the Zimbabwe psyche and society at large. It comes in the form of a relationship; there are both givers and takers in the corru...Published: 23 May 2016 at 08:27hrs | | by Bernard Bwoni
Zimbabwe is not in tatters, broken
Such portrayal of Zimbabwe by a 'Zimbabwean' journalist is just inadequate journalism. What would possess any person who is supposedly 'Zimbabwean' to portray the country with such pessimism, absolute...Published: 02 May 2016 at 11:31hrs | | by Bernard Bwoni
De-campaigning Zimbabwe through falsehoods
To say that opposition politics in Zimbabwe is unimaginative and wholly uninspiring is an epic show of restraint with words out of respect. There is this very restricted and rigid view of the role of ...Published: 28 Mar 2016 at 10:33hrs | | by Bernard Bwoni
Dr Grace Mugabe, a woman of substance
HERE is a woman of substance, a woman with a charitable disposition and a woman of tangible and visibly irrefutable influence. Whilst the distinction between those who serve the self and those who se...Published: 24 Nov 2014 at 14:08hrs | | by Bernard Bwoni
The Robert Mugabe 'Big Idea'- why he remains under sanctions
Zimbabwe under President Robert Mugabe has posed a real threat to an economic system that only functions smoothly when resource-abundant African countries remain confined to the edges and the lower ra...Published: 24 Nov 2014 at 15:53hrs | 1 | by Bernard Bwoni
Tsvangirai, Sikhala and bane of Zimbabwean opposition
THE Achilles heel of Zimbabwe politics is the lack of an authentic, relevant and effective opposition. Instead of a policy-orientated response to the current economic challenges facing the country...Published: 25 Aug 2014 at 08:07hrs | | by Bernard Bwoni
Opposition killed Zim patriotism
There is a strikingly uncanny poverty of patriotism among opposition ranks in Zimbabwe and there is no way of correcting this sad political reality.The liberation struggle in Zimbabwe wa...Published: 30 Jun 2014 at 08:54hrs | | by Bernard Bwoni
Why Zanu-PF will rule for the next 50 years
A SOLIDLY empowered and economically liberated majority has been emerging at the same time as opposition politics in Zimbabwe has been relegated to bedroom buffoonery and Diasporan duplicity. The...Published: 02 Feb 2014 at 17:36hrs | | by Bernard Bwoni
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