Columnist / Gwinyai mutongi
US citizens call for removal of Zim sanctions
Some US citizens are using the platform of the oncoming United Nations General Assembly Annual Conference to lobby for the removal of the illegal sanctions imposed by their country on Zimbabwe....Published: 16 Sep 2017 at 19:25hrs | | by Gwinyai Mutongi
Mliswa an aimless, selfish and unreliable nomad
History has taught us of a calculative group of people called nomads, who moved from one place to another in search of food and water. The hallmark of nomads was not to attach themselves to an...Published: 24 Aug 2016 at 09:34hrs | | by Gwinyai Mutongi
Sabotage through political activism should be criminalized
The wind of political hallucination and wishful thinking blowing across urban areas in Zimbabwe appears to have chipped away at the minds of most opposition activists, who are all now believing that i...Published: 12 Jul 2016 at 10:42hrs | | by Gwinyai Mutongi
Time to walk the talk on corruption
A story published in The Sunday Mail titled Tough times for Hwange, is not only heart-rending but reeks of corruption in the US$32 million Hwange Colliery Company deal.The story chronicles how...Published: 20 Jun 2016 at 15:19hrs | | by Gwinyai Mutongi
Opposition hypocrisy on succession plan
The unwarranted mounting pressure from opposition parties and some ZANU PF rejects for President Robert Mugabe to announce his succession plan is quite ill-advised.It is mind boggling why oppo...Published: 13 Jun 2016 at 22:29hrs | | by Gwinyai Mutongi
Tsvangirai's uneducated economic guesses useless
MDC-T leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, was once described by one political observer as someone who often opens his mouth while his mind is tightly shut.To his supporters, this sounded rather like a ...Published: 08 Jun 2016 at 09:52hrs | | by Gwinyai Mutongi
Those fighting national unity are misguided
At a time all countries and global organisations such as the United Nations are fighting for unity and peace in the world, it is baffling that some Zimbabweans are challenging the country's Unity Day ...Published: 26 May 2016 at 11:45hrs | | by Gwinyai Mutongi
No bad blood between President and war vets
Amidst the flimsily internal squabbles in ZANU PF, President Robert Mugabe's speech in Gutu, Masvingo last Friday became a directive for unity and cohesion in the party.President Mugabe rebuke...Published: 17 May 2016 at 13:44hrs | | by Gwinyai Mutongi
Tsvangirai's bond notes demo unjustified
News that the MDC-T leader, Morgan Tsvangirai and his opposition companion, Professor Lovemore Madhuku, are severally planning protest demonstrations against Government over the introduction of bond n...Published: 12 May 2016 at 10:36hrs | | by Gwinyai Mutongi
Mujuru to stumble on award
News that the Zimbabwe People First (Zim PF) leader, Joice Mujuru, last week attended an event in Dubai linked to some so-called 'US icon' did not surprise many Zimbabweans as the opposition leader ha...Published: 12 May 2016 at 10:33hrs | | by Gwinyai Mutongi
Coalition talks, a sum of zeros
Contradictory sentiments and statements emanating from the MDC-T party in the past few weeks clearly prove that there are sharp differences between officials in that party over the possibility of an o...Published: 06 May 2016 at 14:09hrs | | by Gwinyai Mutongi
National Pledge: 'Christian' outrage unjustified
The livid reactions that have preceded the introduction of the official National Schools Pledge on May 3, 2016 affords a worrying and frightening glimpse into possible religious intolerance and extrem...Published: 04 May 2016 at 06:56hrs | | by Gwinyai Mutongi
There's a lot to celebrate on Workers' Day
Whenever the country moves towards a commemoration of a national event such as the Independence Day holiday, it has become the norm for some habitual doomsayers to not only write obituaries about the ...Published: 29 Apr 2016 at 15:33hrs | | by Gwinyai Mutongi
Uncle Sam has no right to preach on human rights
It is confounding why the US continues to pose as the faultless global policeman and to author reports such as the one released last week titled, "the US 2015 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices...Published: 28 Apr 2016 at 06:43hrs | 1 | by Gwinyai Mutongi
Daily lies on the President would not work
A report in the Daily News of 19 April 2016, titled Stop making empty promises, brings to the fore the issue of make-believe, which seems to be driving force behind that paper's editorial leanings and...Published: 20 Apr 2016 at 13:15hrs | | by Gwinyai Mutongi
Msipa seeking cheap political fame
When Cephas Msipa announced his retirement from active politics, the expectation was that he would steer clear of any political shenanigans and would remain on the self-chosen terraces of a retired ca...Published: 20 Apr 2016 at 11:08hrs | | by Gwinyai Mutongi
Msipa seeking cheap political fame
When Cephas Msipa announced his retirement from active politics, the expectation was that he would steer clear of any political shenanigans and would remain on the self-chosen terraces of a retired ca...Published: 15 Apr 2016 at 11:00hrs | | by Gwinyai Mutongi
Let us value our Independence
As the country celebrates its 36th Independence Day anniversary, this is a time to address a growing tendency by some Zimbabweans to express unwarranted nostalgia for life in Rhodesia while dispar...Published: 14 Apr 2016 at 14:26hrs | | by Gwinyai Mutongi
Coltart's work of fiction
The book written by David Coltart titled, The Struggle Continues: 50 years of tyranny, is revealing itself to be a work of a spiteful politician who has failed to have his way in the jungle of politic...Published: 08 Apr 2016 at 13:49hrs | | by Gwinyai Mutongi
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