Columnist / Mike tawanda
A new year's resolution
As we enter the final hours on 2018 and the clock ticks towards midnight, it will bring to a close a pivotal year in Zimbabwe's history.A year of change and progress no doubt, but also a year ...Published: 31 Dec 2018 at 11:23hrs | | by Mike Tawanda
Commission Report: Something to build on
In the late afternoon on December 18th, the moment many thought would never come arrived. Addressing the media at his Munhumutapa Offices, President Mnangagwa released the full Commission of Inquiry r...Published: 20 Dec 2018 at 11:53hrs | | by Mike Tawanda
Patience and Positivity required to reach Vision 2030
Every African leader has a vision. Every president has a slogan. But some leaders are actually doing something about reaching their vision. ED, for all the impatience the Twimbos are showi...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 09:27hrs | | by Mike Tawanda
Patience and Positivity required to reach Vision 2030
Every African leader has a vision. Every president has a slogan. But some leaders are actually doing something about reaching their vision. ED, for all the impatience the Twimbos are showi...Published: 12 Dec 2018 at 16:24hrs | | by Mike Tawanda
Not even ED can circumvent the laws of nature
Some laws of nature can't be changed, as much as we would like to. Produce only grows after rain, objects fall to the ground because of gravity, and to turn a truck around, one needs a lot of space. I...Published: 03 Oct 2018 at 13:56hrs | | by Mike tawanda
ED means Business
By now, we all know President Emmerson Mnangagwa's mantra by heart: Zimbabwe is open for business! We have heard it countless times since the beginning of the new dispensation in November 2017. I alwa...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 19:56hrs | | by Mike Tawanda
Pariah state no more
More often in life than not, the small moments are the ones that matter most. Their preciousness might stem from the fact that if one is not aware and not sensitive to the seemingly normal, one misses...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 14:11hrs | | by Mike Tawanda
The election results were genuine
So finally its clear, Nelson Chamisa is going to court. After hesitating about his next move, at the 90th minute Chamisa's lawyers turned up at the Constitutional Court to put in their papers....Published: 12 Aug 2018 at 09:41hrs | | by Mike Tawanda
The polls got it right
In general, the last few years have not been great for pollsters. They have been misread all over the world. In America they correctly predicted that Hilary would win the popular vote, but...Published: 03 Aug 2018 at 11:30hrs | | by Mike Tawanda
The polls were correct: ED and Zanu-F won big
In general, the last few years have not been great for pollsters. They have been misread all over the world. In America they correctly predicted that Hilary would win the popular vote, but failed in t...Published: 01 Aug 2018 at 09:14hrs | | by Mike Tawanda
How to stop Gucci Grace
Gucci Grace is back. And she is flashing her cash. Spotting her free ride back into State House she has decided to throw millions at the MDC campaign. And what is the deal? Well it is not ...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 08:43hrs | | by Mike Tawanda
Revealed: The electoral conspiracy and how YOU can stop it
In recent weeks there has been lots of talk of conspiracies affecting our upcoming election. And while I am far from a believer in conspiracy theories, there is one conspiracy going on that is unmissa...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 11:22hrs | | by Mike Tawanda
The New Zimbabwe Has a Chance to Make History
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that."The great Martin Luther King left a legacy which will live forever. A legacy of ...Published: 24 Jul 2018 at 14:47hrs | | by Mike Tawanda
Mnangagwa doesn't dream of success, he makes it happen
While everyone's focus is on the upcoming elections, especially the saga revolving around Nelson Chamisa's threats against many bodies, like the ZEC, a weird and wonderful thing has been taking place ...Published: 23 Jul 2018 at 13:04hrs | | by Mike Tawanda
Chamisa ignores wise and sage advice at all our peril
Over the last few days, MDC leader Mr Nelson Chamisa's plans to get the nation to disrupt the elections have taken hard hits. While most of the country is looking forward to casting their ballot in ar...Published: 23 Jul 2018 at 08:04hrs | 1 | by Mike Tawanda
Afrobarometer Poll counters Chamisa's absurd claims
This morning, with just ten days to go until the election, respected pan-African research organisation AfroBarometer released their latest pre-election poll, showing ED maintaining a 3% lead over Nels...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 10:54hrs | | by Mike Tawanda
Sickening abuse of Chigumba a sad indictment of MDC culture
With all the hate and incitement in the air, it was inevitable it would get to this.With all the aggressive language, menacing threats and toxic masculinity emerging from the MDC leadership, i...Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 19:08hrs | | by Mike Tawanda
Ray Goba's dismissal shows 'No Tolerance' is not just a slogan
This cannot have been an easy decision. Prosecutor General Advocate Ray Goba has not been in the job long. He was well respected by his peers and the President alike. But friendship and hi...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 18:32hrs | 1 | by Mike Tawanda
Chamisa and Biti are losing the plot and its putting us all in danger
Another day, another MDC protest. More noise, more bombastic claims, more unfounded accusations. At this stage, just par for the course.But when we delve deeper, we realise that this isn't jus...Published: 12 Jul 2018 at 19:29hrs | | by Mike Tawanda
How Robert Mugabe is buying your vote
There are a few certainties in life. Firstly, and unfortunately, money talks.Secondly, Robert and Grace Mugabe need to be in positions of power at all cost, and will do almost anything to reta...Published: 06 Jul 2018 at 11:37hrs | | by Mike Tawanda
A plea to Nelson Chamisa: Change your rhetoric
As the harmonised elections get closer and closer, I am hit by a strange mixture of excitement and fear. Elections in Zimbabwe have traditionally been more of the latter. Violent and unfai...Published: 28 Jun 2018 at 15:49hrs | | by Mike Tawanda
MDC Shirking Responsibility For Peace
In just over a month's time, 23 presidential candidates will be asking us, the people of Zimbabwe, for a mandate to serve us and rule our country.There are many aspects that we will look at wh...Published: 27 Jun 2018 at 15:46hrs | | by Mike Tawanda
Calm reaction proves Mnangagwa is for real
Mere minutes after the explosion was heard at White City Stadium in Bulawayo, leaving over 40 injured and at least one dead, the usual suspects had begun to get to work. All over social media, people ...Published: 25 Jun 2018 at 15:59hrs | | by Mike Tawanda
Our new Zimbabwe will not be derailed by violence
Like the birth pangs during labour, which brings forth new life, the birthing of our new Zimbabwe it seems will also not be without pain.While we took to the streets in November and demanded a...Published: 24 Jun 2018 at 10:52hrs | | by Mike Tawanda
The 'ED effect' is already boosting our economy and saving us money
Since President Emmerson Mnangagwa came into office, he has brought a new way of thinking to the Zimbabwean economy. He has touted free trade principles and opened up the country to unprecedented inve...Published: 22 Jun 2018 at 12:51hrs | | by Mike Tawanda
Mnangagwa is building a Silicon Savannah in Zimbabwe
"Zimbabwe's ICT policy is aimed at transformation, growth, inclusiveness, sustainability, innovation and partnerships in the mainstream economy and puts in place institutional, legal and regulatory fr...Published: 15 Jun 2018 at 13:46hrs | | by Mike Tawanda
The day the MDC died
There are lots of stages in the life of a political party or movement. There is the founding, the constitution, the vision it sets for itself, if it remains true to its values, and whether it is able ...Published: 13 Jun 2018 at 08:30hrs | | by Mike Tawanda Dube
Good news to confront the naysayers
As we begin a truly new era for Zimbabwe, I cannot fathom the vile negativity with which so many people still view the new dispensation.It appears as if people have very short memories. Not lo...Published: 15 May 2018 at 17:08hrs | 1 | by Mike Tawanda
Chamisa becoming mini-Mugabe
Over the last few months, a Zimbabwean leader has allowed his people to violently harassed rival supporters, used undemocratic means to expel party members who dared to disagree with him, walks around...Published: 13 Apr 2018 at 08:48hrs | | by Mike Tawanda J, Harare
A week is a long time in politics, just ask Nelson Chamisa
Former British Prime Minister Harold Wilson used to famously say that ‘a week is a long time in politics'. And few weeks have proven this statement more than the one we have just had.This ti...Published: 27 Mar 2018 at 08:16hrs | | by Mike Tawanda
The bullied becomes the bully
As a people we have been bullied for more than three decades. We weren't allowed to speak up, we faced harassment and violence.Now that chapter is over and Zimbabwe is free of dictatorship, so...Published: 22 Mar 2018 at 13:54hrs | | by Mike Tawanda
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