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Qualifying and quantifying political reform in Zimbabwe

Earlier this week a local daily reproduced an article from the American weekly magazine, Newsweek. The article was titled "White farmers 'getting poorer, sicker' as they await Government compensation". This was in reference to former white…

Published: 08 Dec 2018 at 14:37hrs | 2 | by Joram Nyathi

#BobIsInIt: Wamba gets kiss of death

THE story of how former president Robert Mugabe left office is now in the public domain. The momentous development had the full endorsement of his own Zanu-PF, the military and above all, the people of Zimbabwe as a whole. Everyone felt Mu…

Published: 30 Jul 2018 at 06:50hrs | | by Joram Nyathi

MDC-T must resolve its land dilemma

LET us open the Spectrum with something pretty banal: the challenges of Africa's economic backwardness cannot and will not be resolved on the white man's terms. Closer to home, we have determined that land is the economy and the economy is…

Published: 15 Sep 2017 at 06:44hrs | | by Joram Nyathi

Zodwa and the carnival

I long ceased to be a fan of America. I have come to associate America with war, hypocrisy and a high level of superciliousness born of its claim to a divine mission in the world, so-called "manifest destiny" and exceptionalism. This has o…

Published: 01 Sep 2017 at 06:41hrs | | by Joram Nyathi

Morgan Tsvangirai and ghost of July 31

THERE shall be no coalition of opposition political parties any time soon beside the delusions of a "grand" one. That means Zanu-PF is left to fight demons only from within for possibly a landslide victory bigger than it got in 2013.For al…

Published: 28 Jul 2017 at 06:19hrs | 1 | by Joram Nyathi

Tsvangirai and the politics of despair, apathy

Yesterday morning I received a WhatsApp message. On it was a graph. It was done by pan-African research network, Afrobarometer. The graph indicated that Zanu-PF is once again headed for a massive victory in next year's harmonised elections…

Published: 07 Jul 2017 at 06:30hrs | | by Joram Nyathi

Tsvangirai might meet his political demise

The inimitable Nathaniel Manheru opined last week in his Saturday column that Zimbabwe faced a real prospect of a national by-election next year. That's instead of a so-called eagerly-anticipated harmonised election. A possibility exists t…

Published: 09 Jun 2017 at 08:28hrs | | by Joram Nyathi

Opposition crowded out

MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai says he will not accept defeat, or will reject it, if he loses next year's harmonised elections. That's his own look out. Recent surveys show that Zanu-PF and President Mugabe are trusted better than oppositi…

Published: 12 May 2017 at 05:59hrs | | by Joram Nyathi

The Boer, donkeys and Zimbabweans

Over the Easter holiday, while most good Christians were looking up in the sky, I went home in Mberengwa.That journey would take me as far as Bulawayo, along the Beitbridge Highway, from the small town of West Nicholson, which used to be t…

Published: 28 Apr 2017 at 06:59hrs | 4 | by Joram Nyathi

Gordhan or the nation?

The prospects for a genuine revolution, for a radical economic transformation, are not looking good for Zuma and the ANC. The liberation movement is sorely dividedA FEW months ago President Mugabe said South Africa needed another revolutio…

Published: 07 Apr 2017 at 06:41hrs | | by Joram Nyathi

Myth of the whiteman's burden

If opposition parties want electoral reforms, the legislative route is provided for in the Constitution and ZEC is a creature of the same. It doesn't make laws and cannot allocate itself functions beyond what is in the ConstitutionI FEEL s…

Published: 24 Mar 2017 at 05:49hrs | 14 | by Joram Nyathi

Silly season is upon us

The teachers must be wary that their cause is not hijacked for devious ends, unless that is the mandate they have given to the union leadersIS the silly season already in full swing again? When opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai first set…

Published: 03 Mar 2017 at 05:38hrs | | by Joram Nyathi

Fare thee well Osama, sorry Obama

An askari sat in the Oval Office at the White House for eight years, and did not want to disappoint the white establishment standing guard over his every action. And he made sure he left a lasting imprint and legacy of destruction in Afric…

Published: 21 Jan 2017 at 11:09hrs | | by Joram Nyathi

Blair will keep his Britain

I AM enjoying the debate about UN secretary-general Kofi Annan and his chosen mediator between Zimbabwe and Britain, or more specifically, between President Robert Mugabe (pictured) and prime minister Tony Blair, Benjamin Mkapa.Comments ar…

Published: 08 Oct 2016 at 09:28hrs | 2 | by Joram Nyathi

Mugabe opens gates of hell

I ended this column last week by asking the tormented question of who will protect us "from a vengeful police force so emboldened by a culture of impunity that they can break people's skulls in broad daylight without any fear of prosecutio…

Published: 06 Oct 2016 at 15:49hrs | 2 | by Joram Nyathi

Did Mugabe attack the Judiciary last Saturday?

DID President Mugabe attack the Judiciary last Saturday? Is there a war between the Judiciary and the Executive, or is someone trying to foment one? Should the judges feel intimidated?A layman's observationsJustice Priscillah Chigumba's ju…

Published: 09 Sep 2016 at 08:03hrs | | by Joram Nyathi

The MDC-T's political harakiri

The Herald political editor Tichaona Zindoga did a good job on Wednesday this week in exposing the hypocrisy and double standards of America and its allies in dealing with issues of public violence.This was in reaction to sanctimonious sta…

Published: 02 Sep 2016 at 06:41hrs | | by Joram Nyathi

Beware the ghost of Benghazi

YOUTH is a period of impetuosity and adventure. It is a time to test and experiment. It is a period of physical and mental growth.Youth is a time of discovery and for self-definition. It is a time to search for oneself and to also reach ou…

Published: 26 Aug 2016 at 06:48hrs | | by Joram Nyathi

The fight Zanu-PF can't afford to lose

ZIMBABWEANS celebrate this Heroes and Defence Forces holiday more divided than the country has ever been since Independence.And the most divided institution in the country is the governing Zanu-PF party. Because recently a group of anonymo…

Published: 05 Aug 2016 at 07:01hrs | 1 | by Joram Nyathi

It's not bond notes, but bank charges

ZIMBABWE's banking sector this week came under withering attack for very old sins which financial institutions have benefited from with near absolute impunity while insulating themselves from critical public scrutiny by playing political v…

Published: 03 Jun 2016 at 06:32hrs | | by Joram Nyathi

Zimbabwe: A nation of spenders

PRESIDENT Mugabe's intervention last week in the indigenisation turf war between Finance and Economic Development Minister Patrick Chinamasa on one hand, and Youth, Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Minister Patrick Zhuwao on the oth…

Published: 15 Apr 2016 at 06:47hrs | | by Joram Nyathi

When America aims fatal blow to the stomach

A genius in the American establishment must finally have realised that so long as Zimbabweans have the land and they can feed themselves, it would be very hard to separate them from Zanu-PF, never mind the El Nino-induced drought, which ha…

Published: 18 Mar 2016 at 05:29hrs | | by Joram Nyathi

Futility of Tsvangirai politics, finally America speaks

FOR once, let's give it to them. The MDC-T appears to have mastered the politics of spite. Only the consistency is self-destructively cynical, masochistic even, exposing the lack of brains to formulate policies which can be sold to voters …

Published: 03 Jul 2015 at 09:13hrs | 2 | by Joram Nyathi

Logic simply ain't Tsvangirai's forte

There is a bigger lesson for voters. In future elections people must elect people on the basis of their values and principles. The MDC has just demonstrated by its suicidal decision to recall its MPs from Parliament without intending to re…

Published: 29 Mar 2015 at 09:42hrs | 3 | by Joram Nyathi

Beware of Tsvangirai's second coming

THERE were copious tears and questions this week over the MDC-T's future, the folly of its leadership, and in the short-term, whether or not the party would or should take part in future by-elections following its "boycott" congress resolu…

Published: 20 Mar 2015 at 10:04hrs | 1 | by Joram Nyathi

Tendai Biti is a troubled man

Tendai Biti is a troubled man. Unfortunately his views mirror an alienated opposition movement in Zimbabwe leading many astray with its bauble of democracy and human rights. Last week he seized an opportunity during a public discussion org…

Published: 14 Feb 2015 at 17:06hrs | 1 | by Joram Nyathi

Living in dread of sex, cellphones

Zimbabwe is fast hurtling into a state of anarchy. The desire to appear modern, democratic and progressive appears to have been hijacked by nihilistic, iconoclastic forces whose sinister agenda is yet to fully manifest itself.Two weeks ago…

Published: 08 Feb 2015 at 10:53hrs | | by Joram Nyathi

Women have failed the women of Gaza

Most Zimbabweans profess the Christian faith, full of compassion and a shared eternal destiny with all humanity.I believe it is partly in recognition of their compassionate nature, their advanced sense of care that most countries are begin…

Published: 03 Aug 2014 at 20:51hrs | | by Joram Nyathi

Is Zimbabwe headed to a new political discourse?

IS our opposition politics hitting a tipping point? Are we headed towards a new political discourse that gives Zimbabwe priority over foreign interests, a political discourse that fosters faith in Zimbabwe's ability to serve and save itsel…

Published: 24 May 2014 at 20:29hrs | 3 | by Joram Nyathi

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US$600,000 school commissioned in Kwekwe

Bulawayo Councillors Alarmed by Water Bowser Shortage Amid Ongoing Crisis

Mr. Ambassador, surely you can't deny that China treats Zimbabwe as a colonial outpos

Dzimbabwe our heritage, let's claim our heritage at all cost

Zimbabwe–SA relations: A long history of cooperation and tension

President Zandile Dubula is illiterate

Zimbabwe opens electricity sector to private players

Govt, ZIFA in landmark schools football deal

Parents protest controversial head's appointment

Chimanimani emerges as new HIV hotspot

Madzibaba WeShanduko's denied bail over Geza demo

Police dragged into messy Gwasira estate feud

Grade 7 pupil helps deliver neighbour's baby

Zambezi River tiger fish faces extinction

Traditional ceremony ends in murder as siblings kill brother

O-Zapu leader clashes with Binga traditional leaders

ZIFA to name new Warriors coach within a week

Treasury slashes Health Ministry's 2026 national budget bid

'Mnangagwa won't serve beyond 2028': ZANU-PF insider, opposition confirm

Harare woman arrested for stabbing husband over loan shark dispute

Gweru man killed in hit-and-run near church, driver surrenders to police

Zimbabwe's teacher training colleges face sharp decline in male enrolment

Zimbabwe rubbishes remarks by US lawmaker

US lawmaker warns Mnangagwa

George's political Sudoku failed to align

Mohadi awarded Honorary Doctorate

ZRP addresses public concerns over roadblocks

Kasukuwere rubbishes Mnangagwa's 2030 bid

'A junior soldier, not Chiwenga, could remove Mnangagwa' analyst warns of a 'neat, sadly bloody' plot

Jonathan Moyo's legal gymnastics cannot stretch Mnangagwa's term beyond 2028