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Chamisa naivety exposed by stance on UN R2P vote

It has long been said that Nelson Chamisa, the Movement for Democratic Change Alliance (MDC-A) leader, is not ready to be a proper statesman, but rather chooses to be stuck in his old Ahoyi student politics world. This has now been unequiv…

Published: 20 May 2021 at 19:56hrs | | by Charles Motsi

US duplicity exposed in Khashoggi fiasco

When you hear the United States of America's (USA) embassy in Harare talk of Chin'ono this and human rights that, you would think their own conduct is beyond reproach and that they are as pure as snow.Well, this notion has been crushed bey…

Published: 08 Mar 2021 at 17:38hrs | 4 | by Charles Motsi

When opposing becomes nonsense

The times we live in have been blessed with a tremendous tool called social media; it is one marvel that if used properly can bring about remarkable social, economic and political positive change. Unfortunately the likes of Jonathan Moyo, …

Published: 18 Feb 2021 at 11:39hrs | 1 | by Charles Motsi

Trump's madness a reflection of American hypocrisy

Today people on Central African Time (CAT), like this writer, woke up to news that the madman from New York, Donald John Trump, will actually have to defend himself in an impeachment trial that seeks to punish him for his shenanigans towar…

Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 12:16hrs | | by Charles Motsi

Panacea to Zim economy no fairy tale

As a child I used to like fairy tales because they had all the magic and stuff just happened so easy and everyone would be happy in the end, with ease. Take for instance the story of Aladdin and the magic lamp, he would just rub it and the…

Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 16:30hrs | 1 | by Charles Motsi

MDC Parliamentarians hypocritical: Mudzuri

MDC core-Vice President, Elias Mudzuri, has released a hash worded response to his party colleagues calling their actions and utterances hypocritical politicking.Mudzuri was responding to a video that has gone viral on social media where h…

Published: 26 Nov 2018 at 19:22hrs | | by Charles Motsi

Chamisa needs to get on with the program now

It is now a full month since the Constitutional Court delivered its watershed ruling to dismiss with costs MDC Alliance Presidential candidate, Nelson Chamisa's, application challenging the results released by the Zimbabwe Elections Commis…

Published: 23 Sep 2018 at 16:34hrs | | by Charles Motsi

Why rural vote is heart, soul of Zimbabwean democracy

Rural folk did not limit their usefulness to war times because even when we got political independence, the country still needed to protect itself from cultural and economic colonisers. In this new task, the rural folks did not disappoint.…

Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 06:32hrs | | by Charles Motsi

Why the rural vote is the heart and soul of Zimbabwean democracy

Now that all the hullaballoo of who won, who lost; who has V11 forms, who doesn't and whose lawyers have a richer bag of English tongue twisters is over, we can now critically reflect on what the election really meant and what it revealed.…

Published: 03 Sep 2018 at 15:13hrs | | by Charles Motsi

Demystifying the Chamisa myth

Guys, a quick walk around the streets of Kuwadzana left me wondering and questioning some 'truths' we have over the last months had begun to take as universal truth.It was, and I must confess even I believed it, that Chamisa had the youth …

Published: 07 Jun 2018 at 08:57hrs | 1 | by Charles Motsi

Whistle-blowers should heed government's call in Dzamara search

It is now three years since Itai Dzamara was abducted at a barbershop in Glen View 7 by five unknown assailants in a partially identified vehicle.The police continue to search for him as evidenced by their latest plea to members of the pub…

Published: 29 Mar 2018 at 12:47hrs | 5 | by Charles Motsi

Chamisa nothing more than a conman

The simplified definition of a conman is a man who cheats or tricks someone by gaining their trust and persuading them to believe something that is not true. This is the best description anyone can ever give when talking about MDC-T presid…

Published: 29 Mar 2018 at 12:45hrs | 2 | by Charles Motsi

Constitutionalism vs Populism: the MDC story

When Nelson Chamisa organized a rushed National Executive Council (NEC) meeting barely hours after the demise of his longtime leader and mentor, Morgan Tsvangirai, that should have rang some serious alarms of the disaster that would follow…

Published: 27 Mar 2018 at 15:13hrs | 1 | by Charles Motsi

Infrastructure sharing to improve telecoms services

Infrastructure sharing is increasingly becoming a necessary requirement and the most viable business model in the telecommunications industry. Its benefits for both consumers and service providers are now impossible to ignore.The Minister …

Published: 26 Mar 2018 at 12:12hrs | 2 | by Charles Motsi

MDC Alliance running scared, already making excuses for losing 2018 elections

Before any heavyweight boxing match you would hear some of the greatest athletes the world has ever seen, the likes of Mayweather; Ali and Tyson, pronouncing how they are going to trounce their opponents. One rarely hears these confident p…

Published: 21 Mar 2018 at 14:30hrs | 1 | by Charles Motsi

Bhasikiti in wrong basket again

As the old saying goes; "Show me your friends and I will tell you who you are." The same is true when it comes to politics. Those you associate yourself with reflect generally the kind of person you as "birds of the feathers flock together…

Published: 19 Mar 2018 at 14:28hrs | 4 | by Charles Motsi

MDC-T lacking direction

Battle lines have been drawn in the leaderless MDC-T party as faction players have shown their true colours and publicly stated their candidate of choice in the succession war.A statement released on social media yesterday by MDC-T Preside…

Published: 08 Feb 2018 at 12:37hrs | | by Charles Motsi

ZEC's long road to BVR success

These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before.This was the openin…

Published: 07 Feb 2018 at 14:14hrs | 1 | by Charles Motsi

Chamisa exposes the MDC alliance in Mutare

The MDC Alliance's fragile foundation has been exposed, as one of the MDC-T vice presidents, Nelson Chamisa took a swipe at his party spokesperson, Obert Gutu for going against Alliance arrangements regarding fielding of candidates for the…

Published: 29 Jan 2018 at 14:52hrs | 3 | by Charles Motsi

Another MDC self-made defeat on the horizon

Driving through the noisy downtown streets of Harare on a lazy, sunny, Tuesday afternoon, this writer came across a bumper sticker that got her thinking on the current state of affairs in one of the country's largest opposition parties, th…

Published: 11 Jan 2018 at 11:09hrs | | by Charles Motsi

Mpofu pledges support for BVR exercise

The Ministry of Home Affairs and Culture has assured voters that it will tirelessly work to ensure that no one is turned away from the on-going Bio-metric Voter Registration (BVR) program due to lack of proper identifying documentation.Thi…

Published: 12 Dec 2017 at 10:52hrs | | by Charles Motsi

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