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A weekend digest of Zimbabwean Politics - 'Just call it an erection and it will pass'
Don't be fooled – Even Political Junkies and spent forces can erect an Alliance – So just call it an erection and it will pass. (A weekend digest of Zimbabwean Pol...Published: 27 Aug 2017 at 06:18hrs | | by Mathula Lusinga
Thirty three years on and still B*llsh*t Politics prevails in Zimbabwe!
Zimbabwe has turned 33 and today we have nothing to show for those three decades. This line sounds self-defeating to many but truth be told, our country is embroiled in confusion. The fact is only a ...Published: 19 Apr 2013 at 01:58hrs | | by Mathula Lusinga
The death of Thatcher exposes ZANU-PF hypocrisy
This week, the world was awakened by the sad news of the death of Baroness Margaret Thatcher, a lady who became probably the first politically recognisable woman leader in the world.In a socie...Published: 10 Apr 2013 at 17:03hrs | | by Mathula Lusinga
Chinamasa smiles all the way to London, leaving Mugabe in the cold
The last two weeks have been dominated by discussions over crucial and interesting developments in Zimbabwe's political landscape. The European Union removed 81 members of Mugabe's Zanu-PF party from ...Published: 03 Apr 2013 at 10:12hrs | | by Mathula Lusinga
Wily Mugabe refuses to change his spots
as ZANU-PF leader arrests MDC people It would seem old habits refuse to go if one takes into account this week's arrest of officials from Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's party, including ce...Published: 19 Mar 2013 at 23:34hrs | | by Mathula Lusinga
Lessons from Kenya for Zimbabweans
There is a general consensus among the people I spoke to regarding the Kenyan elections that polls there hinged on tribal rivalry driven from the fact that the leading candidates, Uhuru Kenyatta and R...Published: 12 Mar 2013 at 06:29hrs | | by Mathula Lusinga
Zanu-PF's rejection of security sector reforms is the reason we have violence
One of the most worrying disturbances that are engulfing the Kenyan elections taking place this week is the inability of the state to protect its citizens as they cast their constitutionally protected...Published: 05 Mar 2013 at 06:20hrs | | by Mathula Lusinga
Tsvangirai, Wake up and smell the coffee
South Africa's infant terrible Julius Malema once remarked that there are no permanent enemies or friends in politics. This observation seems to aptly apply to Zimbabwe's present political situation a...Published: 26 Feb 2013 at 05:54hrs | | by Mathula Lusinga
Mugabe should take leaf from the Pope Benedict XVI
Next week, Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe will be turning 89 and I so happen to share a birthday with him. While he cuts his cake in Harare, I will be cutting mine somewhere in exile. There seem to ...Published: 13 Feb 2013 at 06:51hrs | | by Mathula Lusinga
GPA principals are not Zimbabwe
The elitist constitutional breakthrough is far from answers to solve Zimbabwe's problems.While I appreciate the said constitutional breakthrough by the Global Political Agreement principals, ...Published: 05 Feb 2013 at 05:57hrs | | by Mathula Lusinga
The fight to join the gravy train begins
The debate about the calibre of people to represent us in the next parliament has ensued as talk of elections in Zimbabwe gathers momentum on a daily basis. Although personally, I doubt if elections w...Published: 25 Jan 2013 at 08:08hrs | | by Mathula Lusinga
2013: The year Mugabe oversees his last political drama
I often clash with some of my Facebook friends about the state of our country where they sometimes argue that Zimbabwe is normal country. Some of them say we are on the right path towards economic a...Published: 17 Jan 2013 at 06:29hrs | | by Mathula Lusinga
Zimbabwe’s elusive electoral pact against Mugabe - who is to blame: Welshman Ncube or Tsvangirai
When MDC was formed in September 1999, Zimbabweans had hope that a new democratic dispensation would be ushered in by the men and women who had taken a bold step to challenge one of Africa√¢‚Ç...Published: 13 Jan 2013 at 08:43hrs | | by Mathula Lusinga
Mangaung: Critical lessons for ZANU-PF as Zuma issues veil warning to Mugabe and his friends
The much awaited 53rd African National Congress National Elective Conference has come and gone. As an observer at the conference in Mangaung, I was impressed by the way the conference went and how de...Published: 03 Jan 2013 at 07:11hrs | | by Mathula Lusinga
A political solution without manipulation is a key element for calm in South Africa's Lonmin debacle
A dark cloud covered South Africa last week when police opened fire and killed 34 miners, shocking the nation that is seen as the new hope for African regeneration. The whole world watched wi...Published: 24 Aug 2012 at 07:16hrs | | by Mathula Lusinga
Corrupt Zimbabwe army bosses panic
Recent activities of defiance in the military have exposed to Zimbabwe Service Chiefs that their tight grip on the military is slipping. At a recent military high command meeting to celebrate Zimbabwe...Published: 16 Aug 2012 at 08:12hrs | | by Mathula Lusinga
Will constitutional disagreements bring enemies closer!
The Zimbabwean political situation is presented with an interesting challenge as people will be asked in a referendum to vote Yes or No to the Constitution final draft that has cost over USD$45 milli...Published: 09 Aug 2012 at 07:50hrs | | by Mathula Lusinga
Will the Zimbabwe army kill citizens for Zanu-PF
"An army marches on its stomach" Napoleon BonaparteIt is deeply saddening that every time we approach elections, Zimbabweans are always intimidated by the fact that if Zanu-PF were to lose ele...Published: 01 Aug 2012 at 12:21hrs | | by Mathula Lusinga
Disastrous by-elections could make Mugabe's dream of an early election come true!
Are Zimbabweans going to regret the Supreme Court's Ruling to have by-elections before the full implementation of the GPA?Recently, the Supreme Court gave a green light to hold by-elections i...Published: 26 Jul 2012 at 08:42hrs | 1 | by Mathula Lusinga
Putting up with challenges of the Zimbabwean GNU
"The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain." - Dolly PartonWhen it was formed in September 2008, the Zimbabwe Government...Published: 19 Jul 2012 at 05:27hrs | | by Mathula Lusinga
Don't throw the baby away with the bath water
A case for some progress made by the Zimbabwean GNU (Part 1)Public reluctance to engage on key Global Political Agreement (GPA) issues might cost us in ...Published: 12 Jul 2012 at 05:41hrs | | by Mathula Lusinga
Isolated and exhausted, does Mugabe matter anymore
What can Zanu-PF learn from Hosni Mubarak and Mexico's Institutional Revolutionary Party?In response to my most recent blog entry, a reader mentioned that I spend more time writing about Mugab...Published: 04 Jul 2012 at 06:05hrs | | by Mathula Lusinga
Can Robert Mugabe's political career end like Mubarak's
A few thoughts of what it would take.SADC leaders have threatened political death for Mugabe with their statement that elections cannot be held without...Published: 04 Jun 2012 at 05:40hrs | | by Mathula Lusinga
It's PR, Stupid! – Blocking blows against Law Muscles in Zimbabwe!
A few weeks ago, the UK Sunday Times headlined a story detailing the embarrassing treatment of a New Zealand photo-journalist who was arrested while taking photos of desperate Zimbabweans crossing the...Published: 28 May 2012 at 05:14hrs | | by Mathula Lusinga
Secrets of a dying old man, moral and political bankruptcy and choices we have for Zimbabwe
Some Zimbabwean politicians will never stop taking Zimbabweans for a ride. They publicly declare their allegiance to secrecy, corruption, lies and political bankruptcy. For example, there are too many...Published: 15 May 2012 at 05:37hrs | | by Mathula Lusinga
Dead or alive, Mugabe is now useless - Zanu-PF
Zanu-PF high echelons have finally accepted that Mugabe is now part of their history rather than their present as the man is apparently struggling to cope with the day-to-day demands of both ruling t...Published: 25 Apr 2012 at 10:48hrs | | by Mathula Lusinga
32 years of political corruption, desperate voters and appalling service delivery
Is it time to fight back?Under 32 years of Mugabe's leadership, city councils across the country have seen services deteriorate to unspeakable levels. ...Published: 18 Apr 2012 at 05:48hrs | | by Mathula Lusinga
Is a dead Mugabe going to take with him the problems he created!
Easter holidays have come and gone and the Zimbabwean community celebrated the death and rise of Jesus Christ by trading news about Mugabe's rumoured ill-health and even his death. Official sour...Published: 11 Apr 2012 at 22:34hrs | | by Mathula Lusinga
Gukurahundi victims and other political violence victims
must go to Hell according to Patrick ChinamasaIt is one thing for people to talk about forgiveness and unity governments in future and it is another...Published: 29 Mar 2012 at 04:21hrs | | by Mathula Lusinga
Hold your horses, Mugabe and Zanu-PF are not going anywhere!
"We have to navigate the middle ground between the victims of injustice and perpetrators of injustice for the greater good of the country" – Morgan Richard T...Published: 21 Mar 2012 at 08:25hrs | | by Mathula Lusinga
Stop interfering or lose elections, Zimbabwe Defence Forces warn Zanu-PF big wigs!
Evidence that all is not well in the relationship between ZANU-PF and the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) continues to mount.Senior Zanu PF figures addressing rallies in the provinces have been...Published: 15 Mar 2012 at 08:57hrs | | by Mathula Lusinga
Looking for Government Corruption! - Read this article and see what happens inside the Mugabe led Zimbabwe Civil Service
"When I vote next time, I will seek to use my vote to send a message to government that corruption is a punishable offence that will be stopped by...Published: 07 Mar 2012 at 18:34hrs | | by Mathula Lusinga
It's the 'British', Mugabe's election Manifesto for his 2012 daydream election
Government corruption and theft are among the biggest threats to democracy in Zimbabwe and they are probably the main reason why Zanu PF will not give up power. But yet again, Mugabe uses the British ...Published: 28 Feb 2012 at 14:19hrs | | by Mathula Lusinga
Mugabe's letter of praise to the British Queen - Is he a political turncoat!
Two days ago the UK's Sunday Times published a story about a letter Robert Mugabe wrote to the British Government, thanking them for their support in helping him secure victory in 1980. Now Mugabe ...Published: 22 Feb 2012 at 06:00hrs | | by Mathula Lusinga
While Tsvangirai prays for Mugabe to have wisdom, others pray for him to be arrested and tried in The Hague
Religion took a centre stage in my political world last week in countries where I come from and where I live. For this reason, I couldn't resist the temptation of writing about it and what the people ...Published: 14 Feb 2012 at 06:47hrs | | by Mathula Lusinga
Aged Mugabe will never obey rules, it could be time we follow our own rules!
Failure to implement what was agreed in the Global Political Agreement is turning Zimbabwe into a nightmare. Most of the disagreements which threaten peace in Zimbabwe are brought about ...Published: 08 Feb 2012 at 16:51hrs | | by Mathula Lusinga
Violent Mugabe set to hand over power to Military Men!
Can the African Union help us?Personally, I have little hope in the African Union when it comes to the Zimbabwe questions. They have failed to stop people getting massacred in the DRC, Rwan...Published: 30 Jan 2012 at 22:00hrs | | by Mathula Lusinga | Harare Sunset
Mugabe's Ministers splash out on parties, sex and hard drugs but where does the money come from !
Why do Zimbabweans bark up the wrong trees leaving the real culprits splashing the diamonds money like there is no tomorrow?When schools opened for the first term of 2012, teachers went on s...Published: 16 Jan 2012 at 08:48hrs | | by Mathula Lusinga
Give Robert Mugabe a 'Black Eye' once and for all: Learn from the ANC!
"I am still young and I can still punch" – Robert Mugabe (2005). Elections and their aftermath can give Zimbabweans another chance to punch Mugabe back and g...Published: 10 Jan 2012 at 17:36hrs | | by Mathula Lusinga
Will Mugabe's health and his call for elections make him the joker of the year 2012?
Last year ended in style. Of note were the results of the Daily News and Zimbabwe Independent performance ratings of government ministers for the year 2011. Although it was not clear how they conducte...Published: 04 Jan 2012 at 17:43hrs | | by Mathula Lusinga
Chiwenga's stupidity is now a major concern for Zanu PF and the Military!
All is not well between Zanu PF and the military…Two days after the Zanu PF conference in Bulawayo earlier this month, a war of texts began between the military and political -...Published: 22 Dec 2011 at 17:50hrs | | by Mathula Lusinga
Whose resources did Zanu PF use to fund "whose people's conference"?
It is fine by me for anyone who so wishes to attend any gathering of a movement/party of their choice. It is also, I think, right for the state police to protect members of such gatherings as part of ...Published: 12 Dec 2011 at 09:27hrs | | by Mathula Lusinga
Robert Mugabe, Zanu PF and the Stockholm syndrome
Breaking the ranks of bondage!From being called a "Son of God" to being labelled a "madman", the story of Robert Mugabe and his corrupt regime is n...Published: 29 Nov 2011 at 20:30hrs | | by Mathula Lusinga
How serious is 'serious news' in Zimbabwe today?
Maybe the question I should be asking is what is serious news? In a country like Zimbabwe, serious news would be matters that relate to how the inclusive government, amongst other actors of societ...Published: 25 Nov 2011 at 19:58hrs | | by Mathula Lusinga
Report to expose looting of national resources to be released
Since the formation of the Coalition government, a handful of people in Government and the private sector have taken looting of national resources to extreme levels, practising corruption at its most ...Published: 23 Nov 2011 at 19:50hrs | | by Mathula Lusinga
When tolerance is rejected, leaders end up in sewers and holes
is Mugabe prepared to go this way?It's very sad, as in so many years before, that Zimbabwe celebrates the International Day of Tolerance today...Published: 16 Nov 2011 at 19:03hrs | | by Mathula Lusinga
'Mugabe is my father' – Peace Pacts, Loyalty and Handcuffs
It is hard not to be a prophet of doom in Zimbabwe. Yesterday, a peace pact was agreed between three main political parties as they sat at one table together and denounced violence. This was some kind...Published: 12 Nov 2011 at 14:34hrs | | by Mathula Lusinga
Get ready for violent elections…
followed by intervention later for a new GPA?You must admire the wisdom and courage of some political leaders in Zimbabwe, who in the midst of an uncomp...Published: 09 Nov 2011 at 17:40hrs | | by Mathula Lusinga
Community Development starts with 'A Right to Play' – Hararesunset!
'The right to play is the child's first claim on the community. Play is nature's training for life. No community can infringe that right without doing enduring harm to the minds and bodi...Published: 07 Nov 2011 at 04:40hrs | | by Mathula Lusinga
The Memoirs, Gay Rights and the Prime Minister
– Am I hearing things?So why do we hit the headlines? The answer is for the right and wrong reasons. There are many ways to do it. Som...Published: 04 Nov 2011 at 04:53hrs | | by Mathula Lusinga
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