Columnist / Luke tamborinyoka
Exposing Mnangagwa Sadc facade
Your Excellencies, I write this public letter as an ordinary citizen of Zimbabwe, a member state of the Southern African Development Community (SADC).It is in the true African spirit of ubuntu...Published: 07 Aug 2024 at 15:34hrs | 1844 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
2 Mutsvangwas, 6 women and 3 Mnangagwas
With former television personality Tatenda Mavetera thrown into the mix, one needs very little imagination to describe Zimbabwe's Cabinet that was sworn into office early this week following a sham el...Published: 15 Sep 2023 at 22:09hrs | 5 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
The law cannot resolve Zimbabwe's political question
AS debate raged over the weekend on whether the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) should have gone to court in the matter of the sham election, l was and still remain unconvinced on what would have ...Published: 06 Sep 2023 at 06:20hrs | 11 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
From baba to daddy; the epic transformation of our time
SUNDAY was Fathers' Day. In our days, the father in the home was called baba/ubaba. Today, the children call him daddy. They also call me daddy in my own home but I grew up in the era when the father ...Published: 20 Jun 2023 at 06:52hrs | | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Of patriotism, Mahere and Zanu-PF's duplicity
NOW that the hubbub and furore over Fadzayi Mahere's submission at a recent UN summit in Geneva, Switzerland, has substantially died down, it is time for a sober, frank and honest reflection on whethe...Published: 14 Jun 2023 at 06:35hrs | | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Tsvangirai's epic speech on epic day
MEMORY is a site of the struggle. Only in the rubric of yester-year memories can we trace where we have come from so that we use the lessons of the past to forge and sharpen future struggles on the an...Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 06:11hrs | 9 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Tsvangirai speaks from the grave
EXACTLY four years ago, the doyen of the country's democratic struggle died. It was only befitting that the late Morgan Richard Tsvangirai would die on Valentine's Day - on the day that the power of l...Published: 15 Feb 2022 at 05:37hrs | | by Luke Tamborinyoka
A golden future: Unpacking the new direction
LAST week, Advocate Nelson Chamisa unveiled the Citizens Coalition for Change as the new name of the people's movement. Our old name had been pilfered and Zanunised by the political pirates of our tim...Published: 02 Feb 2022 at 05:28hrs | 1 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Electoral reforms must dominate political discourse in 2022
AS we bask on the cusp of a new year, Zimbabweans appear to have gone agog about the pending by-elections and what many deem to be the watershed plebiscite of 2023.And yet for some of us, high...Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 05:32hrs | | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Zimbabwe's 2nd Republic of contradictions, inconsistencies
DEVELOPMENTS in the past few days and weeks have shown that those in charge of our so-called Second Republic are nothing more than a clueless bunch given to gross lies, glaring contradictions and emba...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 06:26hrs | 1 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
The infamy of Mnangagwa's US$18m chopper toy
A parent's aptitude is determined by their priorities. As teachers and other civil servants table legitimate grievances regarding their grossly inadequate salaries and parlous living circumstances, Em...Published: 24 Apr 2021 at 07:12hrs | 1 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Zimbabwe independence is now a senior bachelor!
YOUR Excellency, President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Sunday April 18 was Independence Day a once-hallowed day that has since lost its glitz because the requisite freedoms associated with the occasion are...Published: 21 Apr 2021 at 07:11hrs | 1 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
A bad-bye to a bad year
Arsenal's emphatic win over Chelsea at the Emirates stadium on Boxing day lifted my spirits in a tenuous and gloomy year in which the despondent people of this country were boxed down mainly by the tw...Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 19:08hrs | 1 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Central government at the epicentre of the challenges facing local authorities
IntroductionToday is Christmas day, the day we celebrate the birth of the Son of Man, our Lord Jesus Christ. It is a day that is supposed to be a day of love, unity, togetherness and cel...Published: 25 Dec 2020 at 20:19hrs | 1 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Morgan Tsvangirai must be turning in his grave
Morgan Tsvangirai, the late icon of Zimbabwe's tenuous democratic struggle, is a man I knew so well, having served as his spokesperson and trusted lieutenant for almost a decade until his untime...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 09:34hrs | | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Zanu PF thugs brutally assault Chitungwiza Mayor
Chitungwiza Mayor Clr Lovemore Maiko was today brutally attacked by bussed Zanu PF thugs inside the municipality's Town House today.The Mayor sustained injuries and is seeking medical attentio...Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 16:10hrs | 1 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
State effects a de facto ban on civilian politics
In light of the continued proscription of the people’s sacred right to freedom of assembly and expression, Zimbabweans are disheartened that all democratic space in the country has virtually been cl...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 14:16hrs | 2 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Broke MDC cries foul over party funding
In a brazen act of political thuggery, the government has withheld the MDC grant entitled to the party under the Political Parties Finance Act while Zanu-PF has already been paid their dues. The past ...Published: 08 Aug 2019 at 16:20hrs | 1 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
High Court ruling vindicates the MDC
The High Court ruling that the Zimbabwe Newspapers and the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation were biased in favour of Zanu-PF in their coverage of the 2018 election vindicates the MDC position that th...Published: 25 Jul 2019 at 19:20hrs | 1 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
MDC launches RELOAD rallies and grassroots engagement programme
The MDC this weekend launches nationwide RELOAD rallies as well as a robust nationwide consultation programme in the party's districts to engage the people on the key national grievances so as to coll...Published: 25 Jul 2019 at 19:19hrs | 1 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
MDC believes in non-violence, legality and constitutionalism
The MDC notes with deep worry and concern that Hon. Job Sikhala's statements made during a rally in Bikita East over the weekend have caused uproar and the party wishes to clarify its position regardi...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 10:00hrs | 1 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Silaigwana's appointment dents ZEC credibility
The MDC is worried that Utoile Silaigwana, a former army Major who joined ZEC as a serving military officer, has now been confirmed as the electoral body's substantive chief elections officer....Published: 04 Jul 2019 at 11:04hrs | 1 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Chamisa on diplomatic offensive in Africa
President Nelson Chamisa is out of the country on a diplomatic offensive in Africa to sensitize the continent on the situation in Zimbabwe.The MDC leader’s diplomatic engagement drive comes ...Published: 26 Feb 2019 at 13:40hrs | 1 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Morgan Tsvangirai: A lasting epoch in the national story
Morgan Richard Tsvangirai, my boss for 10 years until he died last year on 14 February on the day the power of love is celebrated worldwide, was not a persona but a gargantuan political moment whose i...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 11:34hrs | 2 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
An ode to Oliver Mtukudzi
Oliver Mtukudzi achieved both in life and in death what our national leaders have failed to do: uniting a deeply polarised and fractured nation.Such was his greatness.In life, he performed...Published: 31 Jan 2019 at 10:28hrs | 2 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
MDC reacts to ConCourt verdict
Zimbabweans have just received with a heavy heart the Constitutional court verdict that Emmerson Mnangagwa was legitimately elected president of Zimbabwe in the just-ended harmonized plebiscite....Published: 24 Aug 2018 at 15:59hrs | 1 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Tomorrow is D-day for Zimbabwe
Zimbabweans across the country are anxiously waiting for the Constitutional court hearing tomorrow as they ardently follow the fate of their vote. Even Zimbabweans in the Diaspora and the entire globa...Published: 21 Aug 2018 at 12:49hrs | 1 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Chamisa heads for Matabeleland South
The people's leader and MDC Alliance presidential candidate Adv Nelson Chamisa heads for Matabaleland South tomorrow where he is set to address four rallies in three days.Tomorrow, the people'...Published: 23 May 2018 at 15:49hrs | 1 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Public media ups propaganda ante against Chamisa
The public media has upped its propaganda ante against the people's leader, president Adv. Nelson Chamisa by putting words into his mouth in a desperate bid to malign and ostracize him from the women ...Published: 18 May 2018 at 12:35hrs | 1 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Chamisa's rural campaign rolls into Midlands
President Adv Nelson Chamisa's rural campaign juggernaut rolls into the Midlands province tomorrow for a four-day blitz that ends on Sunday.The people's leader will tomorrow address a rally at...Published: 16 May 2018 at 16:33hrs | 1 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
MDC-T candidate process proceeding well with no hiccups
The MDC-T candidate selection process is proceeding well with no hiccups and no violence, contrary to press reports. The party has not even begun its primary elections and is still holding pea...Published: 16 May 2018 at 13:39hrs | 1 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Plot to discredit Chamisa
There is a plot to soil and malign the people's leader, President Adv Nelson Chamisa by circulating concocted flyers with his phone number on them and falsely purporting that there will be a demonstra...Published: 10 May 2018 at 09:35hrs | 1 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
MDC salutes the Press Corps
The MDC joins the rest of the world in commemorating World Press Freedom Day under the theme "Keeping Power in Check: Media, Justice and The Rule of Law".It is common knowledge that the media ...Published: 03 May 2018 at 18:16hrs | 1 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Chamisa off to the United Kingdom
MDC-T President Adv Nelson Chamisa this weekend leaves for the United Kingdom where he will take the opportunity to interact with Zimbabweans in the Diaspora.The people's leader and MDC Allian...Published: 03 May 2018 at 18:13hrs | 1 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Chamisa calls for an Audit of all business deals
The MDC dismisses malicious falsehoods peddled by the state-owned newspaper, The Herald attributing certain statements to the People's President Nelson Chamisa. The gist and essence of Preside...Published: 02 May 2018 at 20:36hrs | 1 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Chamisa the person enriching Chamisa the moment
It all began two years ago when MDC-T president Morgan Tsvangirai appointed a then 38-year-old Nelson Chamisa as one of his two additional vice presidents following his diagnosis with cancer of the co...Published: 26 Apr 2018 at 09:02hrs | 1 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Chamisa meets Carter Centre observer mission
President Nelson Chamisa today held meetings with the Carter Centre pre-election observer team where he bemoaned the lack of comprehensive reforms that will ensure the free expression of the sovereign...Published: 27 Mar 2018 at 16:48hrs | 1 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Chamisa urges BYO Councilors to prioritize service delivery
President Adv Nelson Chamisa today held a meeting with Bulawayo City councilors committees to discuss issues affecting the second largest city where the people's President exhorted the city fathers to...Published: 27 Mar 2018 at 15:34hrs | 1 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Chamisa unveils innovative Road to Victory (R2V) platforms
The people's President Adv Nelson Chamisa this week unveils new and exciting interactive platforms to share ideas and his vision for the imminent new Zimbabwe that sets in after the watershed forthcom...Published: 26 Mar 2018 at 13:44hrs | 1 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Chamisa, MDC Alliance and Party leadership meets EU observer team
MDC-T President and MDC Alliance presidential candidate Adv Nelson Chamisa, Alliance partners and senior leaders of the party today met the eight-member European Union Electoral Preparatory Team at th...Published: 21 Mar 2018 at 10:25hrs | 1 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
MDC Alliance campaign goes rural
The MDC Alliance Presidential candidate Adv Nelson Chamisa and his fellow principals will this weekend take their campaign to the rural hinterland as despondent Zimbabweans anxiously wait for a new go...Published: 20 Mar 2018 at 12:27hrs | 1 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Chamisa to address MDC Alliance rallies in Kwekwe, Gweru
President Nelson Chamisa and fellow MDC Alliance principals will this weekend address huge rallies in Kwekwe and Gweru as part of the national effort to rally Zimbabweans to vote for transformation, o...Published: 16 Mar 2018 at 15:26hrs | 1 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Chamisa, MDC-T leadership meet SADC observer team
President Nelson Chamisa and nine other national standing committee members today held a two-hour briefing with the seven-member SADC Electoral Advisory Council at the party's headquarters ahead of th...Published: 13 Mar 2018 at 13:52hrs | 1 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Chamisa launches new battle of Chinhoyi
AS a venue for any political gathering, Chinhoyi evokes conflicting emotions to many Zimbabweans simply because the Mashonaland West provincial capital has always been a source of both national pride ...Published: 07 Mar 2018 at 07:45hrs | 1 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Chamisa appointed Party leader and Presidential candidate - Fulltext
After six hour meetings of the national executive and the national council, the party's supreme decision-making organ between Congresses, the following resolutions were passed unanimously:Nelson C...Published: 01 Mar 2018 at 15:42hrs | 1 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
A befitting 'violent' farewell to an iconic boss
We parked 9km away from Humanikwa village in Buhera and walked the rest of the journey to his homestead to bury an icon who to me was not just a boss, but a friend and a father.A long line of ...Published: 22 Feb 2018 at 05:34hrs | 2 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Thank You Zimbabwe - MDC-T
The Acting President Hon. Advocate Nelson Chamisa, the standing committee, national executive, national council and the party leadership at various levels would like to thank the multitudes of Zimbabw...Published: 21 Feb 2018 at 10:51hrs | 1 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Morgan Tsvangirai: Footprints on the sands of history
Facts are stubborn. It is trite to state that the story of this country cannot be written without according veneration to the name of Morgan Richard Tsvangirai.For there is no debate he deserv...Published: 18 Feb 2018 at 12:22hrs | 1 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
'I remain President Tsvangirai's official voice'
There has been needless furore over my statement communicating President Tsvangirai's position that Vice President Hon. Nelson Chamisa is now the acting President.For the record, I have been c...Published: 09 Feb 2018 at 14:33hrs | 1 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Chamisa addresses Zvimba
Acting President Advocate Nelson Chamisa today addressed the Zvimba East district strucure and presented a summary of the party's policy programme to improve people's lives after the election....Published: 09 Feb 2018 at 11:46hrs | 1 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
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