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A curse that will forever haunt Zimbabwe opposition

THOSE of us who grew up in the village know that nothing can be as foul-smelling as a skunk.It literally stinks to high heaven.By some freak of nature, these cat-sized black-and-white bushy-tailed creatures have a fascinating defensive mec…

Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 07:40hrs | 19 | by Bishop Lazi

Writing's on the bright yellow wall

The Bishop is back.What a restful, restorative and therapeutic sabbatical it was!Once in a while, it is quite helpful to extricate ourselves from the maddening rush of our manic lifestyles, as well as the hyper-toxic environment of social …

Published: 15 Jan 2023 at 09:38hrs | 2 | by Bishop Lazi

We must prepare for the coming 'war'

From tomorrow until Wednesday, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will be mourning Patrice Lumumba - the country's first democratically elected prime minister - who was slain 61 years ago in the goriest way imaginable at the behest of …

Published: 26 Jun 2022 at 08:08hrs | 3 | by Bishop Lazi

Naysayers will be buried in own ignorance

For Bishop Lazi and his ilk, today - Palm Sunday - marks the beginning of Holy Week.It is a sacred period that commemorates Jesus Christ's â€˜triumphal entry' into Jerusalem for the Passover while riding a donkey, His arrest by Roman soldi…

Published: 10 Apr 2022 at 08:08hrs | 2 | by Bishop Lazi

A golden gift from the political gods

If next year's watershed elections needed any divination, then the just-ended by-elections were the divine bones cast by a bone-thrower to provide a reading of the future.Well, they are a golden gift from the political gods to show us our …

Published: 27 Mar 2022 at 07:27hrs | 3 | by Bishop Lazi

Warmongers will never preach peace

Do you still remember what the Bishop has been prophesying from the beginning?He hopes you still do!We will definitely inherit a different world order when the coronavirus finally runs its course.While the pandemic has shown us that as hum…

Published: 13 Mar 2022 at 08:00hrs | 1 | by Bishop Lazi

World War III might already be underway

IN life, it is absolutely critical to learn to pick your battles.While celebrated English playwright William Shakespeare once noted that "cowards die many times before their deaths", Nigerian novelist, poet and critic Chinua Achebe rather …

Published: 06 Mar 2022 at 08:15hrs | 2 | by Bishop Lazi

Chamisa must sleep with one eye open

Elections always unfailingly produce rare and curious political creatures and species.You might think you have seen it all only for another election cycle to remind you that you ain't seen nothing yet.I guess that is the reason they call e…

Published: 20 Feb 2022 at 08:49hrs | 8 | by Bishop Lazi

The last great war might have begun

The tongue can be a powerful weapon.It can build and destroy. It also can excite, spite and incite.And when a sharp tongue is mixed with potent ideas, it is easy to concoct a nuclear weapon.All these things are not lost to the book of wisd…

Published: 16 Jan 2022 at 08:50hrs | 2 | by Bishop Lazi

Why Zanu-PF is under siege

If Africans knew even half their history, they would understand the reason why they continue to stew in poverty, misery and disillusion while other parts of the world are swimming in prosperity, happiness and hope.Sadly, the inherited, rig…

Published: 17 Oct 2021 at 08:59hrs | 6 | by Bishop Lazi

When the police officer is actually a thug

CRISES bring out the best or worst in people.Well, for Britain, the current fuel shortages have brought out the bad and nasty side of a people that we are told are supposedly more civilised than Bishop Lazi and his kinsmen in this part of …

Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:10hrs | 6 | by Bishop Lazi

We need to repair our sick politics

AS strange as it might sound or seem, you can be sure there is an imbecile somewhere in our beloved teapot-shaped country that is very unhappy the weatherman is forecasting we might have a very good rainy season again this year.This is har…

Published: 05 Sep 2021 at 06:49hrs | 16 | by Bishop Lazi

When Zambia had a Tsvangirai moment

Phew! What an eventful week it was, from the fall of Kabul to the Taliban and the fall of Edgar "Chagwa" Lungu to Hakainde Hichilema in Zambia.And we also had new Malawian President Dr Lazarus Chakwera, who has just become SADC chair, deli…

Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 07:47hrs | 5 | by Bishop Lazi

When the undertaker wishes you long life

This time Africans have abjectly disappointed the world.For Pete's sake, why can they not simply die?At least that is what the world expected after the outbreak of the coronavirus.It is a story that the world has been waiting for ever sinc…

Published: 04 Oct 2020 at 09:57hrs | 2 | by Bishop Lazi

Lies run sprints, truth runs marathons

They say time heals even the deepest of scars, but not for Bishop Lazarus.And they say everything â€” absolutely everything and anything â€” has a price, but not this man of scripture and prayer.Even as seconds melt into hours, days and we…

Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 14:33hrs | 7 | by Bishop Lazi

When Excellencies grace Chitungwiza shebeen

What a couple of weeks of diplomatic intrigue.Epoch-making, maybe.Hallelujah! Praise be to the living God!We had desperately reckless American diplomats abandoning their airy and commodious residences to squeeze into a tiny house in Chitun…

Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 08:37hrs | 4 | by Bishop Lazi

Zimbabwe is not a banana republic

Blessed Sunday good people.How was Friday?Has the Government changed yet?Is Nelson Chamisa now president of our teapot-shaped republic? Kikikiki.Yes, exactly as Bishop Lazi called it last week: all pop, no corn; all sizzle but no steak; al…

Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:30hrs | 4 | by Bishop Lazi

God doesn't carry a red political party card

God is omnipotent, omniscient and omnipresent, which simply means He is all-powerful, all-knowing and everywhere in that order.His sheer preponderance as a Supreme Being means He cannot be appropriated and put in anyone's back pocket.Human…

Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 07:24hrs | 2 | by Bishop Lazi

Mthuli's mortal fight with the Hydra

If you ask the Bishop what will distinguish E D's Presidency, he will tell you that it is his fierce decisiveness, keen pragmatism and a commendable ability to swiftly change and adjust as the situation dictates.Phew!What a week it was!The…

Published: 30 Jun 2019 at 09:01hrs | 4 | by Bishop Lazi

The bane of rabid, frenzied media

Again, dear reader, if ever you are in doubt, if ever you are confused, if ever you need a moral compass, or whenever you find yourself agreeing with Jonathan Moyo, you should know that you are close to losing it.A village is the basest co…

Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 09:35hrs | | by Bishop Lazi

Comeuppance for Gucci comrades

Most people clumsily stumble through life thinking that intelligence is similar to wisdom.Well, it isn't!Intelligence is natural, but wisdom is preternatural. Similarly, while intelligence is worldly, wisdom is otherworldly.You see, there …

Published: 09 Jun 2019 at 08:08hrs | 2 | by Bishop Lazi

An abiding tortoise of White House goons

Politics, as an existential science, can be characteristically hot, heavy and heady.In its very extreme form, politics can be similar to religious fundamentalism, where it becomes a matter of life and death.It is high-octane stuff that can…

Published: 02 Jun 2019 at 08:18hrs | 147 | by Bishop Lazi

A potent enemy always lives within

Hallelujah. . . But wait . . . why was he killed in the first place?You see, over time, societies evolve into hierarchical and stratified communities that pit the powerful against the powerless; the haves against the have-nots; the bourgeo…

Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 08:50hrs | 1 | by Bishop Lazi

Of Wilfred Mugeyi, Boateng and MDC

Up until May 6 2015, arguably the most embarrassing episode in world football history was that last-gasp miss by Wilfred Mugeyi on January 25 2004 at Zimbabwe's first appearance at the African Cup of Nations (Afcon) finals in Tunisia.Not o…

Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 08:31hrs | | by Bishop Lazi

When seers failed to see the Ides of March

Bishop Lazi always tells his followers that as a people, we have been involved in a brutal rat race for the past two decades as we struggled for survival in choppy economic conditions.But the Hobbesian nature of a rat race â€”where the str…

Published: 23 Mar 2019 at 22:24hrs | 4 | by Bishop Lazi

Biti, this world will humble you!

Even after having gone through the intellectual rigours of philosophy and theology at seminary, Bishop Lazi still doesn't fancy the nature versus nurture debate.But there is a particularly inexplicable and curious phenomenon that has pique…

Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 08:48hrs | 3 | by Bishop Lazi

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