Columnist / Moses chamboko
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 genuin...Published: 01 Sep 2020 at 06:17hrs | | by Moses Chamboko
Mnangagwa seems to be on track - ZUNDE
It is a matter of public record that, from inception, ZUNDE fiercely and consistently fought against President Mugabe and his destructive policies. On 24 October 2013, we came together to adva...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 07:17hrs | | by Moses Chamboko
It is time we had leaders who listen
For all his shortcomings, real or imagined, Morgan Tsvangirai had two great strengths – humility and the ability to listen. My first direct interaction with him was in 1999 in Gaborone, Botswana, wh...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 a...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 a...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...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...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 tr...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 ter...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 f...Published: 06 Dec 2017 at 06:18hrs | | by Moses Chamboko
Disappointing Cabinet - where Mnangagwa is leading us is 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 f...Published: 03 Dec 2017 at 07:31hrs | | 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 sen...Published: 06 Nov 2017 at 10:14hrs | | 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 p...Published: 24 Oct 2017 at 10:53hrs | 1 | by Moses Chamboko
ZEFF deplores the arrest of Pastor Mawarire
Zimbabwe Economic Freedom Fighters deplores the arrest of Pastor Mawarire. Any citizen of Zimbabwe has a constitutional right to peacefully protest. As such Mawarire and other democratic forces have a...Published: 25 Sep 2017 at 13:17hrs | 8 | by Moses Chamboko
ZUNDE urges mass public demonstration
This madness must end! It is time to finally get rid of Mugabe and ZANU PF - and the way to do it is by a mass demonstration of public sentiment.In the not so distant past, we watched the prot...Published: 25 Sep 2017 at 13:14hrs | | 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 aff...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...Published: 02 Aug 2017 at 13:20hrs | | 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 Zimbab...Published: 19 Jul 2017 at 12:47hrs | | by Moses Chamboko
Sale of Barclays exposes MUgabe's indigenisation hypocrisy
The imminent acquisition of Barclays Bank Zimbabwe by a Malawian bank, First Merchant Bank as widely reported is both curious and depressing. Curious in that indigenisation has been a political mantra...Published: 02 Jun 2017 at 08:48hrs | | 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 an...Published: 15 May 2017 at 13:23hrs | | by Moses Chamboko
Chiwenga must resign - ZUNDE
When a serving soldier goes astray, there are many different types of remedial actions that can be invoked. The most common of these punishments is what is known as Confinement Barracks (CB), usually ...Published: 05 May 2017 at 10:01hrs | | 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...Published: 05 Mar 2017 at 08:06hrs | | by Moses Chamboko
Who is abusing Mugabe?
"I am sorry" is all that President Mugabe should have said a long time ago before leaving centre-stage. Such remorse, whether genuine or not, would have left him with some semblance of integrity. Wait...Published: 20 Dec 2016 at 23:18hrs | | 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...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 usefu...Published: 30 Nov 2016 at 05:12hrs | | 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...Published: 17 Nov 2016 at 06:24hrs | | by Moses Chamboko
A coalition can trump Mugabe and ZANU PF in 2018
In 2008, it took the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) six weeks to release the results of an election in which only 3.2 million people had voted. Given that last week's American election attracted ...Published: 14 Nov 2016 at 06:34hrs | | 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 w...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 ...Published: 11 Oct 2016 at 06:17hrs | | 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 emotionall...Published: 29 Sep 2016 at 14:24hrs | 7 | 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...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, Mo...Published: 27 Jul 2016 at 08:14hrs | | by Moses Chamboko
ZUNDE condemns persecution of Evan Mawarire
Team ZUNDE unreservedly condemns the persecution of Pastor Evan Mawarire and other protestors disguised as a prosecution on clearly trumped up allegations that have no legal or factual justification w...Published: 13 Jul 2016 at 15:09hrs | | by Moses Chamboko
ZUNDE supports citizen action
The citizens of Zimbabwe have had enough. We gained independence but nearly 40 years later, we are still not free. It's time to finally confront our oppressors. Ordinary citizens have organised themse...Published: 05 Jul 2016 at 06:33hrs | | 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. ...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 chante...Published: 29 May 2016 at 10:16hrs | | 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 GN...Published: 28 Apr 2016 at 08:55hrs | | by Moses Chamboko
Inspired by the Jacaranda, we won't give up
One of those things that linger in our minds even if we happen to be thousands of miles away from home, is the exquisite beauty of blooming Jacaranda trees especially in September and October, when ou...Published: 13 Mar 2016 at 11:35hrs | | 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 Victori...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...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 t...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 p...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, automatic...Published: 19 Jan 2016 at 11:29hrs | | 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 ...Published: 23 Dec 2015 at 10:14hrs | | by Moses Chamboko
ZANU PF congress - a gathering of looters
ZANU PF's annual bootlicking shindig interestingly called People's Conference has come and gone. The dust is settling and there is no doubt that some are now counting their heavy losses including a nu...Published: 17 Dec 2015 at 21:05hrs | | by Vince Musewe and 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 question...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-ol...Published: 29 Oct 2015 at 11:56hrs | | by Moses Chamboko
Grace Mugabe, Simon Muzenda and the baboon
It was in 2000 when former Vice President Simon Muzenda's fallout with Dr. Eddison Zvobgo became a matter of public record. Addressing a rally in Chivi, rural Masvingo at a time when ZANU PF was...Published: 13 Oct 2015 at 14:10hrs | 3 | by Moses Chamboko
National convergence is a noble idea but…
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 democr...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 w...Published: 27 Aug 2015 at 11:23hrs | | by Moses Chamboko
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