Columnist / Maxwell sibanda
'Intra-party violence fomenting split'
THE intra-party violence rocking the main MDC party ahead of its May congress might cause the party to split if history is anything to go by, analysts contend.Reports coming from the provinces...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 12:36hrs | | by Maxwell Sibanda
75-year-old retraces colonial days, cycled from Buhera to Gweru in search of work
BORN in 1944, Naison Dhakwa Muganyi still looks fit and his memory is as sharp, telling jokes captured mainly from his early days as a youth working at BATA Shoe Company in Gweru, then Gwelo. ...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 16:20hrs | 35 | by Maxwell Sibanda
Spirit mediums also didn't foresee Cyclone Idai calamity
RECENTLY, I was taken aback when I heard the Chief's Council president Fortune Charumbira mocking local prophets for failing to predict the devastating Cyclone Idai which killed hundreds and left thou...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 12:44hrs | 2 | by Maxwell Sibanda
Zimbabwe should have long invested in sniffer dogs
With close to 400 people still missing since Cyclone Idai hit the eastern parts of the country over a week ago, it is sad to note that Zimbabwe had to ask for special sniffer dogs from neighbouring So...Published: 28 Mar 2019 at 12:59hrs | | by Maxwell Sibanda
Staff at ZBCtv are very lazy
AS a taxpayer who is religiously paying for the upkeep of public broadcaster ZBCTV, I am disappointed at how this station is packaging its news content.The issues I will raise in this instalme...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 10:16hrs | | by Maxwell Sibanda
'Scare tactics will not work'
The continued clampdown and arbitrary arrest of civic leaders and opposition Members of Parliament in the aftermath of the January 14 to 16 stay-away called by the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (Z...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 13:50hrs | | by Maxwell Sibanda
'Zimbabwe courts politicised, militarised'
Recent mandatory jail sentences of rioters which range from one year to 5 years are stiffer compared to those imposed in Smith's regime, lawyers and analysts contend.The harsh sentences being ...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 01:03hrs | 1 | by Maxwell Sibanda and Tarisai Machakaire
Mnangagwa, Mthuli Ncube lost opportunity at CEO's meeting
The reported anger by captains of industry when President Emmerson Mnangagwa and finance minister Mthuli Ncube snubbed the recent CEO Africa Roundtable meeting in Victoria Falls is understandabl...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 01:02hrs | | by Maxwell Sibanda
'Chamisa-run councils disappoint'
DESPITE dominating some of the country's biggest municipalities, analysts say the MDC has little to show in terms of achievements since its formation in 1999.They argue that the MDC leadership...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 13:45hrs | | by Maxwell Sibanda
Zimbabwe army creates temporary bases in suburbs
The presence of soldiers patrolling most high density suburbs across the country has instilled fear and uncertainty in citizens as some areas are reporting forced curfews.Coupled with this is ...Published: 13 Feb 2019 at 10:33hrs | 2 | by Maxwell Sibanda
'Jah Prayzah must cut army ties'
At one time the wearing of military clothes caught up with Zimbabweans but it quickly fizzled out after government outlawed it.But there was one person who continued to don the army uniform wi...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 15:02hrs | | by Maxwell Sibanda
'Tuku was a clever politician'
At the peak of Zimbabwe's liberation struggle (1975 to 1979) a group of brave local musicians rose to offer morale to the fighters and the supporting masses.Oliver Mtukudzi, together with Thom...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 15:38hrs | | by Maxwell Sibanda
'Current economic chaos to define future'
As Zimbabwe hurtles towards into the New Year, the majority of the country's population is bruised economically, socially and politically. The "Daily News on Sunday's Assistant Editor Maxwell ...Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 17:55hrs | 1 | by Maxwell Sibanda
Mugabe farms are a hot potato
Threats to strip former president Robert Mugabe of his rumoured 15 farms are being seen more as cheap politicking as most Zanu-PF officials own several farms each.In a recent interview with th...Published: 31 Aug 2018 at 16:40hrs | | by Maxwell Sibanda
Electoral outcome predetermined
There is nothing new about the shortcomings of the 2018 harmonised elections as the stage for the current dispute was set when authorities refused to strengthen the legal framework for elections immed...Published: 18 Aug 2018 at 14:01hrs | | by Maxwell Sibanda
Is Mnangagwa's censure of ZRP genuine?
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's rebuke of the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) over its involvement in the running of Zanu-PF primary elections has received mixed reactions, with some analysts saying he ...Published: 09 May 2018 at 13:31hrs | | by Maxwell Sibanda
'Tsvangirai family has no future role in MDC-T'
The late Morgan Tsvangirai's family will not have anything to do with MDC politics as their role in the party naturally ended when he was buried on Wednesday, social and political analysts have said....Published: 25 Feb 2018 at 11:16hrs | | by Maxwell Sibanda
'#Zimbabwe military coup strengthens Zanu-PF'
The current military siege in the country which is meant to push President Robert Mugabe into resigning will most likely benefit the ruling Zanu-PF while on the other hand this might signal the death ...Published: 21 Nov 2017 at 22:02hrs | 1 | by Maxwell Sibanda
Mnangagwa's wait for night of the political hangman
Embattled Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa is one of a kind as exhibited during the weekend's 9th presidential youth interface rally in Bulawayo when President Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace tore i...Published: 09 Nov 2017 at 11:00hrs | | by Maxwell Sibanda
BVR not the panacea to Zim's electoral challenges
With the 2018 elections fast approaching, this week the Daily News speaks to Rindai Chipfunde-Vava, the Director of Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) on a number of issues around this crucial v...Published: 18 Jul 2017 at 12:06hrs | | by Maxwell Sibanda
Jonathan Moyo: Rebel without a cause or voice of reason?
In a bid to stem the factional fights spiralling out of control in his party, President Robert Mugabe barred his quarrelling cadres from using social media to air their views.In spite of the b...Published: 17 Jul 2017 at 16:33hrs | 1 | by Maxwell Sibanda
Radio stations too close to Zanu-PF
While local radio stations will be the conduit for delivering political parties' campaign messages ahead of the 2018 elections as they have a wider reach, there are others who feel most of the promine...Published: 04 Jul 2017 at 16:05hrs | 1 | by Maxwell Sibanda
Zanu-PF captures State
With the 2018 elections on the horizon, Zanu-PF seems to have captured key institutions like Zimbabwe Election Commission (ZEC), ZBC, police and army among others that can aid it to win the elections....Published: 01 Jun 2017 at 11:42hrs | | by Maxwell Sibanda
Zimbabweans: Is it cowardice or fear?
Remember firebrand politician and former Zanu-PF legislator Margaret Dongo who in the early 1990s caused pandemonium in Parliament after she called Zanu-PF MPs, including cabinet ministers, "Mugabe's ...Published: 30 Jan 2017 at 16:42hrs | | by Maxwell Sibanda
Should Mnangagwa declare interests?
Political analysts have said it would be suicidal for Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa to come clean on his mooted presidential ambitions despite growing calls by his supporters who feel his silence ...Published: 30 Jan 2017 at 16:37hrs | | by Maxwell Sibanda
ANC, Zanu-PF ready for female presidents?
Recent political developments in neighbouring South Africa where president Jacob Zuma has said the governing African National Congress (ANC) party is ready for its first female leader, days after ...Published: 15 Jan 2017 at 12:04hrs | | by Maxwell Sibanda
'Dog-eat-dog' in post-Mugabe era
As the debate on who will succeed President Robert Mugabe if he finally vacates office continues, interesting scenarios have come out with two front-runners in First Lady Grace Mugabe and Vice Preside...Published: 12 Oct 2015 at 14:51hrs | | by Maxwell Sibanda
'I'm not Masuka, I'm Masuku,' says Auntie Dot
While Zimbabweans and others the world over have known and called her Dorothy Masuka, the legendary musician said people were getting her surname wrong.On Thursday, the jazz singer who was cel...Published: 08 Sep 2015 at 14:54hrs | | by Maxwell Sibanda
'Tendai Biti's U-turn puzzling'
Tendai Biti, MDC secretary-general, on Thursday last week touched off a storm when he admitted that his party lost to Zanu-PF in the watershed July 31 elections due to poor electoral messages....Published: 12 Mar 2014 at 09:21hrs | | by Maxwell Sibanda
Heroes acre is strictly Zanu-PF
President Robert Mugabe finally admitted that the National Heroes Acre is a preserve for Zanu-PF cadres adding that only those whose history in the liberation struggle was unquestioned deserved to be ...Published: 04 Sep 2013 at 11:34hrs | | by Maxwell Sibanda
Elite groups pushing for devolution of power
The debate on devolution is not being raised by people from communities but by an elite group that includes civic organisations.In separate interviews conducted by the Daily News, commentators...Published: 14 Jun 2012 at 16:31hrs | | by Maxwell Sibanda I Daily News
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