Columnist / Chigumbu warikandwa
The economics of demonstrations
Demonstrations are a huge mark on a nation's economy. The average man is not aware of this. Maybe after reading this piece, the common man will be able to contextualize what a political demonstration ...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 12:10hrs | | by Chigumbu Warikandwa
A time to impose sanctions on America!
America has imposed a new set of sanctions that must run for the next 12 months against Zimbabwe. This is not new. America has been doing this for the past 18 years since Zimbabwe took the bold but lo...Published: 06 Mar 2019 at 14:47hrs | | by Chigumbu Warikandwa
Waves from Kempinski Hotel
Hello guys, hezvoko! Bwaa! Greetings from my five star apartments here at Kempinski Hotel, right in the heart of the sizzling sights of the Atlantic Ocean sending encouraging breezes from my b...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 10:47hrs | | by Chigumbu Warikandwa
Land Audit: A true test of national empathy
The ongoing land audit breathes a new ray of hope to landless masses who hope to chance their first immovable property in a landmass collectively owned by all daughters and sons of the soil, Zimbabwe....Published: 25 Feb 2019 at 12:55hrs | | by Chigumbu Warikandwa
ICC, a waste of African resources
The Democratic Alliance, an opposition political outfit in South Africa appears to have run out of steam and is seeking extra fodder to power its waning relevance. This week, the party hit the headlin...Published: 23 Jan 2019 at 11:29hrs | | by Chigumbu Warikandwa
MDC polishes art of violence
The blood thirsty opposition Movement for Democratic Change last week displayed its colours bare for all to see. Reports have it that eight civilians and a police officer have lost their lives so far ...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 10:48hrs | | by Chigumbu Warikandwa
Give peace a chance
The immediate past government of Robert Mugabe assembled a National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) mandated to investigate and make recommendations on past injustices in Zimbabwe. The need...Published: 08 Nov 2018 at 10:35hrs | 1 | by Chigumbu Warikandwa
ED delivering a most peaceful election
The election season is upon us. Already, all candidates are in full swing preparing for the historic election, the first without Robert Mugabe in 38 years, and without Morgan Tsvangirai in 18 years. H...Published: 10 May 2018 at 09:08hrs | | by Chigumbu Warikandwa
Adios Cde Dr Amai Grace
Now that the local news wires are ablaze with how lewd Mrs Grace Mugabe conducted herself in front of the law, it becomes clear that to her and her family, the Constitution was just but one of those p...Published: 27 Mar 2018 at 09:02hrs | | by Chigumbu Warikandwa
Mugabe must accept retirement
Imagine some man kidnaps your wife for a good four days, you gang up with sympathising villagers and some brave youths to go reclaim your wife, after rescuing her, the kidnapper says he wants to come ...Published: 23 Mar 2018 at 07:09hrs | | by Chigumbu Warikandwa
Mugabe must accept retirement
Imagine some man kidnaps your wife and gores her for a good four days, you gang up with sympathizing villagers and some brave youths to go reclaim your wife, after rescuing her, the kidnapper says he ...Published: 19 Mar 2018 at 10:16hrs | | by Chigumbu Warikandwa
G40 and the laws of power scarcity
People always argue that money is the scarcest commodity but political events in Zimbabwe lately show that there is one other thing scarcer than money. It is power. Because of this quality, power is v...Published: 08 Feb 2018 at 12:31hrs | 1 | by Chigumbu Warikandwa
Approachable presidency, the panacea to national engagement
Since taking the reins of power end of November last year, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's presence in office has been felt far and wide. Locally, he has made impact on the political terrain with his c...Published: 16 Jan 2018 at 11:58hrs | | by Chigumbu Warikandwa
Formalise art in education curricular: Artists
The Zimbabwe Applied Arts in Craft Association (ZAACA) is praying for Government's hand in improving artists and craftsmen working conditions. This, the organisation says, will improve individual live...Published: 20 Oct 2017 at 10:13hrs | 4 | by Chigumbu Warikandwa
Anti-Mugabe demo flops in New York
An anti-Mugabe and anti-Zimbabwe demonstration bankrolled by the country's traditional detractors and fronted by one shadowy activist based in New York Savanna Madamombe has failed to attract public i...Published: 16 Sep 2017 at 22:41hrs | | by Chigumbu Warikandwa in New York
Let the AU pay its own piper to dictate the tune
The first quarter of 2017 saw President Robert Mugabe, former chair of the African Union meeting his length of the bargain following his 300 strong herd of cattle donation to the continental body. Thi...Published: 10 Jul 2017 at 11:08hrs | 1 | by Chigumbu Warikandwa
Oceans are public property
Oceans are an important natural resource whose actions on the livelihood of every citizen of the earth can not be ignored. In the same vein, activities of villagers far away from a river's banks affec...Published: 12 Jun 2017 at 16:36hrs | | by Chigumbu Warikandwa
Disaster awareness, an important factor in rehabilitation
Delegates sat for a disaster preparedness workshop at Ndlela Centre in Gweru in 2009. This centre is owned by the Methodist Church in Zimbabwe (MCZ). The workshop was steered by the MCZ Education Depa...Published: 08 Jun 2017 at 15:47hrs | | by Chigumbu Warikandwa
Rural Industrialization: A sleeping potential for economic development
It is the fashion of the developing world that there largely is rural to urban migration. The opposite is true in developed worlds. The great trek to the city is in search of opportunities and other c...Published: 17 May 2017 at 14:16hrs | | by Chigumbu Warikandwa
Inside Morgan Tsvangirai's Mansion of Understanding
The last time we witnessed a national power-conferring ceremony was when President Mugabe offered Justice Luke Malaba the reigns to lead the Judiciary as Chief Justice.The ceremony took place ...Published: 24 Apr 2017 at 06:26hrs | | by Chigumbu Warikandwa
Of Mujuru and Tsvangirai: A coalition of blunder masters
The last time I witnessed a national power conferring ceremony was when President Mugabe offered Justice Luke Malaba the reigns to lead the judiciary in Zimbabwe as Chief Justice. The ceremony happene...Published: 20 Apr 2017 at 14:57hrs | | by Chigumbu Warikandwa
MDC-T, a poorly performer in internal democracy
So the MDC-T does not have a candidate election criteria, 18 years after it was formed? Did the MDC-T not come into existence to participate in elections? Failing to have a candidate selection criteri...Published: 11 Apr 2017 at 16:19hrs | | by Chigumbu Warikandwa
Nestlé Zimbabwe: It's back to serious business
Nestlé Zimbabwe is back to serious business. The giant Swiss firm is not looking back on meeting the satisfaction of its market. At a time other companies are whining about a harsh economic environme...Published: 10 Apr 2017 at 18:21hrs | | by Chigumbu Warikandwa
Burundi and the Comoros: A time for SADC to show its mettle
The Hutus and Tutsis appear to be a quarrelsome lot. In Rwanda the cousin tribes engineered a world famous genocide that wiped a million people in nine months. Just 270 days my people! This tran...Published: 28 Mar 2017 at 13:34hrs | | by Chigumbu Warikandwa
Water, a top priority human right
A water-wise Good Samaritan has been offering clean water for free to strangers along Samora Machel Avenue West in the vicinities of Belvedere's Marimba shopping centre for decades now. Possibly that ...Published: 23 Mar 2017 at 07:28hrs | 1 | by Chigumbu Warikandwa
Concrete roads, the concrete solution
Zimbabwe has lost thousands of breadwinners on its highways leaving orphans whose path of life will be left to the hands of fate. Together with poor driving, the poor state of the roads is a cause for...Published: 14 Mar 2017 at 12:56hrs | 1 | by Chigumbu Warikandwa
Corporal punishment must never be viewed as violence
Editor,Children have to be put on a leash. A child who grows without the leash of fear of the stick meanders boundlessly into forbidden seams of the social realm. The element of force is an es...Published: 11 Mar 2017 at 12:25hrs | | by Chigumbu Warikandwa
Spare the rod and spoil the child
We keep a German shepherd at home. He is quite an intelligent and polite dog. He is very inquisitive and playful with every new person it meets. It is very alert and energetic.The dog weighs a...Published: 06 Mar 2017 at 13:56hrs | | by Chigumbu Warikandwa
Downtown shops must pay tax
The trend in town is that unless one wants to buy from a supermarket, he has to be armed with a credit card only east of Julius Nyerere Way. Tradition has it that downtown shops trade only in hard cas...Published: 13 Feb 2017 at 14:02hrs | 10 | by Chigumbu Warikandwa
Learning sciences in local languages: now is the time
Let's talk about the philosophy of natural sciences. The mention of the word philosophy frightens many a people. Philosophy requires deep thought. Because the average person dislikes cranking his own ...Published: 06 Feb 2017 at 14:51hrs | | by Chigumbu Warikandwa
Of 2018 and 'Quarrelations' of the opposition
Political discord is the order of the day in corridors of power in the opposition political movement. All eyes are on Joice Mujuru and Morgan Tsvangirai. The biggest open secret is that the two leader...Published: 06 Feb 2017 at 14:48hrs | | by Chigumbu Warikandwa
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