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ZUNDE condemns violation of the rule of law in Zimbabwe

On 24 November 2017, Zimbabweans United for Democracy (ZUNDE) issued a press statement in which we welcomed the fall of President Robert Mugabe and congratulated the incoming administration. We genuinely and sincerely wished them well. In …

Published: 01 Sep 2020 at 06:17hrs | | by Moses Chamboko

It is time we had leaders who listen

For all his shortcomings, real or imagined, Morgan Tsvangirai had two great strengths â€“ humility and the ability to listen. My first direct interaction with him was in 1999 in Gaborone, Botswana, when he was on a regional tour campaignin…

Published: 17 Jun 2018 at 11:33hrs | | by Moses Chamboko

Missing person : URGENT request

Gogo Rachel Chuma (in her 70s) also know as gogo vaRonnie or gogo vaTanya went missing from Rujeko B in Masvingo on Saturday around 5pm.She was last seen wearing a red jacket, a coffee skirt and a black head scarf.Please report her to the …

Published: 04 Jun 2018 at 12:44hrs | | by Moses Chamboko

Missing person: URGENT request

Gogo Rachel Chuma (in her 70s) also know as gogo vaRonnie or gogo vaTanya went missing from Rujeko B in Masvingo on Saturday around 5pm.She was last seen wearing a red jacket, a coffee skirt and a black head scarf.Please report her to the …

Published: 04 Jun 2018 at 12:32hrs | | by Moses Chamboko

Zimbabweans cannot stomach empty promises

The season for euphoria and empty promises seems to be upon us. It is that time when politicians say anything that pleases the crowds once they get access to the microphone. It resembles the "unopenga" era of Dr Stop It when she would say …

Published: 11 Apr 2018 at 19:40hrs | | by Moses Chamboko

Zimbabweans cannot stomach empty promises

The season for euphoria and empty promises seems to be upon us. It is that time when politicians say anything that pleases the crowds once they get access to the microphone. It resembles the "unopenga" era of Dr Stop It when she would say …

Published: 11 Apr 2018 at 06:55hrs | | by Moses Chamboko

MDC squabbles risk derailing the democratic struggle

Even if ZANU PF transformed itself into a truly democratic party, running a responsive and efficient government based on principles of good governance, and anchored in the rule of law; even if they transformed our economy, creating jobs in…

Published: 14 Feb 2018 at 10:03hrs | | by Moses Chamboko

It's time to put people before power, says ZUNDE

After a promising start at independence, former President Robert Mugabe became hugely unpopular in the 1990s and his popularity plunged even more sharply at the turn of the century. His protracted term in office will forever be remembered …

Published: 20 Dec 2017 at 04:47hrs | | by Moses Chamboko

Mnangagwa taking us where we are coming from

IN his own words, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said "the voice of the people is the voice of God". We now hold him to his word. He must start listening to the sacred voice of God and move our nation forward.Simply put, Mnangwagwa appears t…

Published: 06 Dec 2017 at 06:18hrs | | by Moses Chamboko

Who is the bogeyman - Mnangagwa or Mugabe?

It was not his real name but the entire community knew him as Jangwa. If a child misbehaved during those days, elders would threaten that they would call Jangwa "to deal with you". That name would send some shivers down the spine of the in…

Published: 06 Nov 2017 at 10:14hrs | 6 | by Moses Chamboko

ZUNDE condemns mushrooming coalitions

Recent reports about the People's Rainbow Coalition (PRC) led by Dr Joice Mujuru have invoked mixed reactions. After the creation of Tsvangirai's MDC Alliance and Mangoma's own coalition, Zimbabwe's politicians have settled for mini coalit…

Published: 24 Oct 2017 at 10:53hrs | | by Moses Chamboko

ZANU PF sideshows - a mere distraction

Despite intense infighting that characterises the party, the fact remains that ZANU PF is determined to win the next election at any cost. For them, there is just too much at stake and they cannot afford to take any chances. 2018 is a matt…

Published: 06 Sep 2017 at 12:56hrs | | by Moses Chamboko

Marujata vs Nathaniel Manheru - signs of a crumpling empire

Madness is when Grace Mugabe and George Charamba both pretend to be what they are not. Not long ago, George Charamba, the presidential spokesman and secretary for information, "disclosed" to the world that indeed, he was the acerbic charac…

Published: 02 Aug 2017 at 13:20hrs | 2 | by Moses Chamboko

An open letter to Joice Mujuru and the opposition parties of Zimbabwe

Dear mai Mujuru and colleagues in the opposition,It has been reported in several media outlets that the National People's Party (NPP) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Zimbabweans United for Democracy (ZUNDE). This is inc…

Published: 19 Jul 2017 at 12:47hrs | 1 | by Moses Chamboko

Unlocking the coalition conundrum

For the 2018 elections which are not very far, Zimbabwe needs nothing but an effective and genuine coalition guided by a shared vision, driven by common values, inspired by national aspirations and anchored on our proud and courageous hist…

Published: 15 May 2017 at 13:23hrs | | by Moses Chamboko

Are Zimbabweans worth dying for?

Many people have lost their lives fighting for democracy in Zimbabwe. These include Talent Mabika and Tichaona Chiminya, MDC activists who were callously murdered in the lead up to the hotly contested 2008 elections. David Coltart's person…

Published: 05 Mar 2017 at 08:06hrs | 1 | by Moses Chamboko

The struggle is greater than Tsvangirai and Biti

The recent public spat between Morgan Tsvangirai and Tendai Biti cannot be allowed to pass without reproof. Not only was it unfortunate but it was totally unnecessary - as unnecessary as buying a ring for more than a million US Dollars in …

Published: 10 Dec 2016 at 05:20hrs | | by Moses Chamboko

Jonathan Moyo is a tiny drop in an ocean of corruption

A stubborn fact that many Zimbabweans conveniently forget when we reflect on corruption in our country is that President Mugabe and his administration have no history of sacrificing loyal or useful lieutenants for corruption. In shame, Mor…

Published: 30 Nov 2016 at 05:12hrs | 3 | by Moses Chamboko

Unmasking 'Patrick Guramatunhu' and 'Nomsa Garikai'

In a democracy, everyone is entitled to their view. It is not a crime for 13 million Zimbabweans to have 13 million different opinions on a single subject. What is wrong and totally unacceptable is to promote the misconception that only yo…

Published: 17 Nov 2016 at 06:24hrs | 2 | by Moses Chamboko

Tribute to Kudzayi Mbudzi

Blunt and courageous - these are two words which best describe the late Retired Major Saviours Kudzayi Mbudzi. News of his untimely death came to us as a shock. Some of us spoke to him just last week and he never said he was unwell.Justice…

Published: 17 Oct 2016 at 09:48hrs | 1 | by Moses Chamboko

Mugabe and his son-in-law: a case of selective succession

In a normal environment, promotion of a young, visionary, professional and energetic young person to high office is commendable. We celebrate the prosperity of the young generation, including our own children. During the term of the Govern…

Published: 11 Oct 2016 at 06:17hrs | 2 | by Moses Chamboko

Time to look beyond President Mugabe

The euphoria of 1980 evokes both shame and nostalgia. We are ashamed that what we thought we were celebrating is not what we ended up getting. At the same time, we have the nostalgia of emotionally welcoming home gallant sons and daughters…

Published: 29 Sep 2016 at 14:24hrs | 14 | by Moses Chamboko

Calls for unity gather momentum

Saturday 6th August was a special day in the history of the democratic struggle. Never before have calls for unity of the opposition been that loud and clear on a single day and in different parts of the country by different opposition lea…

Published: 08 Aug 2016 at 11:19hrs | | by Moses Chamboko

Tsvangirai flagrantly violates his own constitution

The three vice presidents of the MDC-T is a comical story, a classic example as well as reminder of how leaders can easily violate their own constitutions and hope to get away with it. Granted, Morgan Tsvangirai is going through a very dif…

Published: 27 Jul 2016 at 08:14hrs | 1 | by Moses Chamboko

ZUNDE and Farai Mbira part ways

Farai Mbira was a founding member of ZUNDE. He has played a significant role in establishing ZUNDE as a movement with a recognised presence in Zimbabwe. For that he deserves our gratitude.  ZUNDE is a team effort. We are about the pol…

Published: 21 Jun 2016 at 11:01hrs | | by Moses Chamboko

Chipanga takes Mugabe and his cabinet to the cleaners

The so-called million man march, in actual fact a G40 rally, has come and gone with no million men in sight.  When Mnangagwa consciously avoided well-rehearsed slogans in praise of Dr Amai chanted by other senior leaders, ZANU PF's fa…

Published: 29 May 2016 at 10:16hrs | 1 | by Moses Chamboko

Despite the discord, coalition is Zimbabwe's only hope

"I would rather fight it alone : Tsvangirai" was a notable headline on one of the publications in the last few days. MDC leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, is said to have voiced that his experience of the GNU taught him to stay away from coalitio…

Published: 28 Apr 2016 at 08:55hrs | | by Moses Chamboko

Grace Mugabe: No sacred cows in politics

The hullabaloo at Zimbabwe's very foundation, The Great Zimbabwe Monuments, has come and gone. This annual shindig punctuated with obnoxious opulence, just like the one held in December at Victoria Falls, hardly brings anything new or exci…

Published: 01 Mar 2016 at 12:48hrs | | by Moses Chamboko

Zim opposition: defragment or lose relevance

Coalition or convergence has become as much of a mantra in the opposition circles as sanctions and regime change are in the crumbling ZANU PF. True, obsolescence of ZANU PF is now a matter of when not if. Like Kenneth Kaunda and his UNIP, …

Published: 25 Feb 2016 at 07:26hrs | 1 | by Moses Chamboko

Opposition must not be fooled by ZANU PF 'squabbles'

"My generation has played its part, at times not as well as we should have. It is now time for a new generation to take over". This is paraphrased from the late Masipula's Sithole's Struggles within the Struggle (rest in eternal peace tale…

Published: 12 Feb 2016 at 13:51hrs | | by Moses Chamboko

Mugabe's UN rumbling - pot calling the kettle black

That the United Nations, especially some of the key arms such as the Security Council need reform, is never debatable. In fact, such reform is long overdue. For starters, having only one of the five permanent Security Council members exerc…

Published: 02 Feb 2016 at 13:00hrs | | by Moses Chamboko

People First - is it a pig with lipstick?

"Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?" The rich young ruler was confident that since he had followed all the Ten Commandments from the time he was a young boy, he therefore, automatically qualified for eternal life.  …

Published: 19 Jan 2016 at 11:29hrs | 2 | by Moses Chamboko

Zimbabwe Diaspora - a case of fatigue and loss of interest

For many years, especially in the last fifteen when the Zimbabwean economy took a sharp nosedive owing to ZANU PF's classic malfeasance coupled with gross ineptitude, Zimbabweans in the diaspora have done their level best in keeping togeth…

Published: 23 Dec 2015 at 10:14hrs | | by Moses Chamboko

Disgusting donations at Lucifer's oversubscribed dinner

Reports that ZANU PF's fundraising dinner for the annual conference to be held early December in Victoria Falls was "oversubscribed" did not come as a surprise though it certainly raises some questions.Those who know how ZANU PF has system…

Published: 10 Nov 2015 at 15:46hrs | | by Moses Chamboko

Zimbabwe's lost generation - a product of tyranny

Without any warning, Ndaizivei (not her real name) asks "Dad, why are you so passionate about Zimbabwe? Why would you ever want to live there?" Dad turns his head, looks at the innocent eleven-year-old girl straight in the eyes. Unfortunat…

Published: 29 Oct 2015 at 11:56hrs | 1 | by Moses Chamboko

National convergence is a noble idea butâ€¦

As the old axiom goes "The devil is in the detail".  A convergence of progressive ideas, genuine intentions driven by national interest and values, is one that can gain currency across our democracy and prosperity-starved nation."Hame…

Published: 06 Sep 2015 at 13:39hrs | | by Moses Chamboko

Mugabe's hollow State of the Nation Address

Even as he was dying, Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda, one of Africa's worst dictators, affectionately known as the Ngwazi mostly by those who benefitted from his decades of political madness, believed he was still president of Malawi. This was …

Published: 27 Aug 2015 at 11:23hrs | 1 | by Moses Chamboko

Time to redefine Zimbabwe politics

After decades of economic stagnation, political paralysis and leadership crisis which Madiba bluntly and correctly called "tragic failure of leadership", Zimbabwe is now at a crossroads. More than ever before, there is now an urgent need t…

Published: 09 Aug 2015 at 08:54hrs | | by Moses Chamboko

Zimbabwe - time to redefine our politics

After decades of economic stagnation, political paralysis and leadership crisis which Madiba bluntly and correctly called "tragic failure of leadership", Zimbabwe is now at a crossroads. More than ever before, there is now an urgent need t…

Published: 08 Aug 2015 at 23:20hrs | | by Moses Chamboko

ZUNDE will not be intimidated nor discouraged

Following ZUNDE's successful launch in Harare a few days ago which was covered extensively by both private and public media, some have started questioning the wisdom of forming yet another political party. Others have gone on to personalis…

Published: 07 Jun 2015 at 18:02hrs | | by Moses Chamboko

Zimbabwe's land reform is far from over

Not long ago, ZANU PF "chefs" and blind followers praised land redistribution as one of Mugabe's major successes, an epitome of his three and half decades of leadership. We were told that people had been empowered by giving them back their…

Published: 04 May 2015 at 07:31hrs | 1 | by Moses Chamboko

35 years on, nothing to celebrate

Talented with foresight and frankness, Mwalimu Julius Nyerere did not mince his words when he advised then Prime Minister Robert Mugabe in 1980 "You have inherited the jewel of Africa, please don't destroy it".As the nation commemorates th…

Published: 13 Apr 2015 at 12:21hrs | | by Moses Chamboko

Nigerian election - ZEC must shape up or ship out

Running a smooth, credible, free and fair election can never be rocket science unless one has something to hide. Nigeria's recent election where opposition's Muhammadu Buhari beat incumbent Goodluck Jonathan who was quick to concede defeat…

Published: 01 Apr 2015 at 06:23hrs | | by Moses Chamboko

Mugabe and Zanu-PF poking a restless nation in the eye

It was the 28th June 1918 assassination of Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austrian Empire that provided the spark to the First World War even though bold signs of an imminent war had been on the wall for a long time. This, in history, became…

Published: 12 Mar 2015 at 08:16hrs | 1 | by Moses Chamboko

Mugabe's promotion of deadwood Shuvai Mahofa condemned

Even before the ink had dried on the new national constitution, Zanu-PF and its leader, in typical fashion, had already started violating what the nation regarded to be at least an improvement from the Lancaster House ceasefire document. T…

Published: 24 Feb 2015 at 06:48hrs | | by Moses Chamboko

Zimbabwe - must we be worse than Somalia to admit failure?

At the Beitbridge border post, what attracts your attention easily, in addition to visible corruption, filthy environments and faces of hopeless men, women and children, is the inscription on one of the walls "Vision - To provide world cla…

Published: 24 Jan 2015 at 06:38hrs | 4 | by Moses Chamboko

Please buckle up, this is Flight Zimbabwe

Emmerson Mnangagwa, Joice Mujuru and Sydney Sekeramayi are/were the longest serving ministers in the Mugabe government who have/had been there for 34 years. Mnangagwa only had a brief stint out of cabinet when he was generously elevated to…

Published: 10 Dec 2014 at 07:43hrs | 4 | by Moses Chamboko

Prof Jonathan Moyo was right, Zanu-PF can only be destroyed from within

UNDOUBTEDLY, post-independence fissures in Zanu PF have never been as wide or at least as visible as they are today. A replay of the 1963 split from ZAPU seems imminent.Grace Mugabe's entry into active politics decorated by shocking accusa…

Published: 20 Nov 2014 at 12:30hrs | | by Moses Chamboko

Zanu-PF chaos - early Xmas present?

Undoubtedly, post-independence fissures in Zanu-PF have never been as wide or at least as visible as they are today.A replay of the 1963 split from ZAPU seems imminent. Grace Mugabe's entry into active politics decorated by shocking accusa…

Published: 18 Nov 2014 at 16:34hrs | | by Moses Chamboko

'Grace - a useful fool?'

Those who recently allowed Grace Mugabe frequent access to the microphone did the nation a great favour by exposing the brainless dwarf that hides behind her well-groomed body. Given her entertaining theatrics and verbal diarrhoea, many pe…

Published: 20 Oct 2014 at 19:54hrs | | by Moses Chamboko

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BCC launch blitz on traffic laws violator

Gray Hair: Nature’s Warning Signal or Cancer Shield?

'Power cut at Parly during SONA was deliberate'

MPs Push for Service Charge Relief for Elderly Amid Lack of National Policy

Zimbabwean agitator deported from Tanzania

Zimbabwean national arrested in Khayelitsha

Push for unity among Ndebele Royal claimants

Herentals to play 3 home games behind closed doors

Zimbabwe to give Zambia more water at Kariba

ZRP disciplines cops over viral video

Matobo rocked by corrupt and dubious land grab

Mnangagwa launches AI-powered smart silos in Mutare

No justification for bread price increases

Teen girl raped twice by cousin during babysitting sleepover

Teen remanded over blanket, shoe theft

Bulawayo hits Starlink capacity

Herdsman jailed for sleeping with schoolgirl

Mandaza was left visibly shaken as Biti, Sikhala, Ngarivhume fled

Telecel Zimbabwe enters voluntary corporate rescue

Zimbabwe warns foreign investors against labour law violations

Court dismisses Zinasu students' appeal

MPs Demand Relief for Elderly on Local Authority Charges Amid Lack of National Policy

Wrong decision to suspend ZETDC boss, a symptom of shallow thinking

MPs Push for Service Charge Relief for Elderly Amid Lack of National Policy

ZETDC MD fired after SONA power outage

Mliswa likens Tagwirei to Chamisa

Harare adopts a 'Pay first, drink later' strategy

Police foil launch of movement against Mnangagwa term extension

Parliament apologises to Mnangagwa

Mnangagwa the merchant of darkness