The science of winning by-elections

URBAN folks are shocked how and why Zanu-PF is winning by-elections amid the economic turmoil. Again, their reasoning still stumbles back to how they mistakenly universalise city aspirations to assume...

Beyond elections: When the chickens come home to roost

This article could not have come at a better time than this interesting political  time when Bulawayo is battling with the local governance conundrum, probably a historical first when the opposit...

The curse and case of Linda Masarira

When I hear the word "sellout" I think of the infamous Morrison Nyathi, a former liberation war fighter who became an informant of the Rhodesian Army and led them, deep into Mozambique to slaughter th...

Is it 'Democrazy' or 'Democracy' in the Movement for Change?

The council vacancy in Bulawayo's Ward 28 presented us with yet another opportunity to see how Zimbabwe's political space is not about elimination of medieval politics, but a contest of violent hegemo...

The paradox of Chete Chete! Emerging understandings in 2019

Pursuant to last week's instalment, an erstwhile barrister in the making, Zwelithini Xaba gave a candid response on how Nelson Chamisa and his generational consensus are a façade. But the budding bar...