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Emmerson Mnangagwa and the 26 criminals around him

In November 2017, former President Robert Mugabe was removed from office and his crime, according to the putschists who ousted him in a coup, was that he had allowed himself to be surrounded by criminals. Sadly, we have now morphed to an e…

Published: 08 Mar 2025 at 15:51hrs | 1752 | by 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 that we, the ordinary citizens of this land, w…

Published: 07 Aug 2024 at 15:34hrs | 1851 | 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 election. And with two 2 ) Mutsvangwas, s…

Published: 15 Sep 2023 at 22:09hrs | 11 | 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 been achieved by going to the captured …

Published: 06 Sep 2023 at 06:20hrs | 16 | 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 was baba, a powerful, God-like figure w…

Published: 20 Jun 2023 at 06:52hrs | 7 | 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 whether all that shrill noise was really wort…

Published: 14 Jun 2023 at 06:35hrs | 1 | 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 anvil of a history that has been seriousl…

Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 06:11hrs | 13 | 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 love is celebrated worldwide - for the m…

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 time. The old brand had equally become tox…

Published: 02 Feb 2022 at 05:28hrs | 3 | 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, highly expectant conversations about the pending el…

Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 05:32hrs | 2 | 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 embarrassing inconsistencies.  It has …

Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 06:26hrs | 4 | 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, Emmerson Mnangagwa has chosen to prioriti…

Published: 24 Apr 2021 at 07:12hrs | 10 | 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 glaringly absent in this cursed nation.Com…

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 twin evils of a global pandemic and an in…

Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 19:08hrs | 2 | 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 celebration. A day that families in this country m…

Published: 25 Dec 2020 at 20:19hrs | 5 | 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 untimely death in February 2018.This is the m…

Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 09:34hrs | 1 | 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 one week has seen top MDC officials bei…

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 the last plebiscite was rigged.Apart from…

Published: 25 Jul 2019 at 19:20hrs | 2 | 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 collectively chart the way forward in the w…

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 regarding the same.It is the party's view that…

Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 10:00hrs | 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 imprint will outlive him for many years …

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 at a ceremony to celebrate the appointment of Joic…

Published: 31 Jan 2019 at 10:28hrs | 6 | 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, opportunities and prosperity in the fort…

Published: 16 Mar 2018 at 15:26hrs | 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 and embarrassment.Chinhoyi evinces an o…

Published: 07 Mar 2018 at 07:45hrs | 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 deserves his own space in the national narrative for …

Published: 18 Feb 2018 at 12:22hrs | 2 | 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 communicating the President's messages for almos…

Published: 09 Feb 2018 at 14:33hrs | 1 | by Luke Tamborinyoka

The regrouping of a Zanu-PF cabal

A cabal can generally be defined as a group, a faction, a gang, a set, a confederacy or a junta. The Merriam-Webster dictionary refers to a cabal as the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot while the English Co…

Published: 02 Feb 2018 at 09:45hrs | 2 | by Luke Tamborinyoka

Acting MDC-T President Mudzuri visits Chegutu

Acting President Hon Engineer Elias Mudzuri and the party's senior leadership spent the day in cholera-plagued Chegutu where they held a meeting with the mayor and councilors and paid condolences to some of the bereaved families following …

Published: 30 Jan 2018 at 16:16hrs | | by Luke Tamborinyoka

Implicating Tsvangirai's children meant to taint his name

We note with concern that the State-media has been unrelenting in its plot to malign and soil the Tsvangirai name through a smear campaign implicating the MDC leader's children in trumped-up charges of corruption.The false story in the lat…

Published: 31 May 2017 at 10:04hrs | 1 | by Luke Tamborinyoka

Tsvangirai engages opinion leaders, students in Ngezi, Chinhoyi

President Morgan Tsvangirai today continued with his Mash West tour, first engaging community leaders in rural Ngezi before proceeding to Chinhoyi, where he spoke to community leaders and later engaged students from Chinhoyi University of …

Published: 05 Mar 2017 at 16:37hrs | 3 | by Luke Tamborinyoka

Tsvangirai today chaired an MDC-T meeting

President Morgan Tsvangirai today chaired a meeting of the full-standing committee that also welcomed the two new Vice Presidents that were appointed into office last week.Advocate Nelson Chamisa and Engineer Elias Mudzuri were part of the…

Published: 27 Jul 2016 at 13:35hrs | 3 | by Luke Tamborinyoka

Police double standards as Zanu-PF marches in Harare

The MDC notes with concern the selective police attitude on protesters displayed by the police following the Zanu-PF march in Harare today.As a party, we applaud Zanu-PF supporters for seeking to exercise their constitutional right by marc…

Published: 20 Jul 2016 at 16:37hrs | | by Luke Tamborinyoka

Tsvangirai and his 3 deputies: The facts

On Thursday, 14 July 2016, two MDC's organs, the national executive and national council met for nine hours at the party's headquarters at 44 Nelson Mandela Avenue, Harare.As usual, the national executive met first for four hours from 10am…

Published: 19 Jul 2016 at 11:33hrs | | by Luke Tamborinyoka

Happy birthday, Comrade Mugabe

You turn 92 today; amid unprecedented turmoil in the country, especially in the party you lead. Your birthday comes on the back of the cruel irony of both party and country firmly stuck in a post-Mugabe era even though you are still physic…

Published: 21 Feb 2016 at 07:31hrs | | by Luke Tamborinyoka

Mujuru's move confirms the inevitable demise of Zanu-PF, says Tsvangirai

There has been a lot of speculation on the proper position of President Morgan Tsvangirai regarding the entrance of former Vice President Joice Mujuru into the political fray as a fellow opposition leader.Firstly, President Tsvangirai's po…

Published: 10 Sep 2015 at 09:56hrs | | by Luke Tamborinyoka

MDC-T anniversary set for Chivhu

President Morgan Tsvangirai will join thousands from the MDC family at the party's 16th anniversary celebrations that have been set for Nharira business centre, Chivhu on Saturday, 12 September, 2015.At 16, the party has had a long history…

Published: 03 Sep 2015 at 14:24hrs | 2 | by Luke Tamborinyoka

Mugabe fails to rise to the occasion

In the middle of a debilitating crisis that has brought the country to its knees, President Robert Mugabe today dismally failed to rise to the occasion and presented an uncharacteristically terse speech that did not address the monumental …

Published: 25 Aug 2015 at 15:54hrs | | by Luke Tamborinyoka

Police, court officials in cheap drama - MDC-T claims

Two truckloads of armed riot police and state media journalists today accompanied the Messenger of Court in a cheap, well-choreographed drama ostensibly to embarrass President Tsvangirai and the Movement for Democratic Change.The Messenger…

Published: 21 Jul 2015 at 13:48hrs | | by Luke Tamborinyoka

Tsvangirai engages Gweru

Movement for Democratic Change President Morgan Tsvangirai's meet the people programme in which he meets with local authorities took him to Gweru today where he expressed concern at the level of suffering of the ordinary people. The MDC-T …

Published: 05 Mar 2015 at 17:13hrs | | by Luke Tamborinyoka

Mugabe @ 91: A time to reflect

The month of June 2015 is the deadline of the International Telecommunications Union by which we must have fully digitalised.But while we are in such haste to move from the analogue to the digital in terms of our broadcasting system, we ar…

Published: 21 Feb 2015 at 20:06hrs | 1 | by Luke Tamborinyoka

'Tsvangirai not involved in any scam'

The Zanu-PF attempts to drag President Tsvangirai's name into the controversial RBZ Debt Assumption Bill will not wash simply because  he is not involved in any scam at all. The allegations by Marondera East MP Jeremiah Chiwetu t…

Published: 18 Feb 2015 at 10:36hrs | | by Luke Tamborinyoka

Tsvangirai's day in the Zambezi Valley

MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai and his convoy slowly drove down the Mavhuradonha Mountain range into the Zambezi escarpment, the picturesque scenery slowly devouring us as we descended into the belly of this vast, desolate valley.We enter…

Published: 11 Feb 2015 at 16:10hrs | 1 | by Luke Tamborinyoka

Mnangagwa - when stealing votes for the boss gets rewarded

The curious, awaiting press corps fretted with impatience until Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa and a then unknown Israeli finally came out after what appeared to have been a long meeting with President Robert Mugabe.The journalists had …

Published: 28 Jan 2015 at 13:36hrs | 1 | by Luke Tamborinyoka

Welcome to sanity, Cde Mutasa

It is refreshing to hear Zanu-PF stalwarts attacking their own party on the same grounds and using the same language we in the MDC have used over the years.Reading the press statement by former Zanu-PF secretary for administration, Didymus…

Published: 18 Jan 2015 at 10:47hrs | | by Luke Tamborinyoka

MDC-T vs Zanu-PF congress, a tale of two leaders

At the MDC Congress, they gathered to elect their leaders while at the Zanu-PF congress, the people's business was simply to sing and to wait in vain for the dear leader to appoint his personal preferences into the cockpit of the party.Whi…

Published: 09 Dec 2014 at 15:10hrs | | by Luke Tamborinyoka

Tsvangirai is not becoming a dictator

Before its conclusion on Friday September 19 2014, which conclusion confounded skeptics and naysayers inside and outside the party, the constitutional review exercise of the MDC had been a subject of frenzied debate and media speculation.T…

Published: 28 Sep 2014 at 19:34hrs | 1 | by Luke Tamborinyoka

A traumatised people in a 'free' Zimbabwe

The floor remained intact, itself the only surviving evidence of a round hut that once stood there.MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai sits down on the desolate floor, listening intently to the gory details from villagers of how it all happene…

Published: 09 Sep 2014 at 11:01hrs | 1 | by Luke Tamborinyoka

Tsvangirai outflanks his political opponents with unparalleled dexterity

In a mere three days, Morgan Tsvangirai communicated with Africa as a statesman but ended up two days later at a village in Domboshawa to commiserate with a bereaved family in an ordinary village under a tree.In between, he had spoken on t…

Published: 16 May 2014 at 15:39hrs | 2 | by Luke Tamborinyoka

Mugabe unwittingly confirmed he had a hand in Tsvangirai's ouster

Zanu-PF's President Robert Mugabe recently unwittingly confirmed he had a hand in the shrill calls by the few, but well-oiled MDC rebels to unconstitutionally oust popular party leader, Morgan Richard Tsvangirai.Discussions in the township…

Published: 29 Apr 2014 at 06:48hrs | 1 | by Luke Tamborinyoka

Tsvangirai not at centre of the Zimbabwe crisis

IT bordered on both the hilarious and the tragic to have an intellectual like one, Takura Zhangazha, condemning Morgan Tsvangirai and his whole generation for the problems bedevilling the country.Zhangazha's article titled Tsvangirai's gen…

Published: 16 Jan 2014 at 05:18hrs | 2 | by Luke Tamborinyoka

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