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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 any location but to temporarily inhabit it for it…

Published: 24 Aug 2016 at 09:34hrs | 976 | 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 Hwange was brought to a standstill due to a co…

Published: 20 Jun 2016 at 15:19hrs | 2 | 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 opposition politicians are keen to face President M…

Published: 13 Jun 2016 at 22:29hrs | 2 | 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 harsh and unwarranted assessment yet, interesti…

Published: 08 Jun 2016 at 09:52hrs | 2 | 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 holiday.Three opposition activists name…

Published: 26 May 2016 at 11:45hrs | 8 | 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 rebuked indiscipline in all party structures, particu…

Published: 17 May 2016 at 13:44hrs | 2878 | 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 notes is not only saddening but speak vo…

Published: 12 May 2016 at 10:36hrs | 3046 | 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 had previous secretive escapades with the…

Published: 12 May 2016 at 10:33hrs | 3 | 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 opposition coalition.It is now hard to p…

Published: 06 May 2016 at 14:09hrs | 3019 | 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 extremism in Zimbabwe, whose sour after-taste…

Published: 04 May 2016 at 06:56hrs | 8 | 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 country's economy but also to dismiss t…

Published: 29 Apr 2016 at 15:33hrs | 2431 | 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", in which it accuses Zimbabwe and oth…

Published: 28 Apr 2016 at 06:43hrs | 7 | 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 those of other critics of President Ro…

Published: 20 Apr 2016 at 13:15hrs | 3724 | 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 cadre, but his hyper-active comments in t…

Published: 20 Apr 2016 at 11:08hrs | 3 | 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 cadre, but his hyper-active comments in t…

Published: 15 Apr 2016 at 11:00hrs | 3910 | 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 disparaging the gains so far registered under a n…

Published: 14 Apr 2016 at 14:26hrs | 8 | 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 politics.From the reviews so far published abo…

Published: 08 Apr 2016 at 13:49hrs | 3 | by Gwinyai Mutongi

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