Columnist / Nduduzo tshuma
Violence won't save MDC-Alliance from mass defections
THE MDC-Alliance is reeling from mass defections and recalls by rival formations, further weakening the troubled movement at a time when it should be tightening its belt ahead of the 2023 elections. E...Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 06:59hrs | | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Mnangagwa two years on
THE Second Republic under President Mnangagwa has, in the two years of its span, recorded a number of milestones across sectors towards the achievement of Vision 2030 to transform the economy and impr...Published: 28 Aug 2020 at 06:47hrs | 7 | by Nqobile Tshili, Nduduzo Tshuma and Prosper Ndlovu
Zimbabwe stands strong after MDC-Alliance conspiracy to cause chaos
ZIMBABWE stands strong following days of calculated conspiracy by the MDC Alliance and its western funders to not only destabilise the nation but throw it into chaos through violent demonstrations mea...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 07:34hrs | 1 | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Chamisa and the pretence to unity
AT the burial of liberation icon Dr Dumiso Dabengwa in Ntabazinduna recently, MDC Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa postured as a unifying figure vowing to work towards uniting the people of Zimbabwe....Published: 12 Jun 2019 at 06:59hrs | | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Chamisa's dictatorial traits laid bare
MDC ALLIANCE leader Mr Nelson Chamisa on Monday laid bare his dictatorial traits as he read the riot act to the party's Bulawayo structures to the point of threatening to shut them out of the party's ...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 06:39hrs | | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Mudzuri exposes Chamisa
THE weekend interview MDC deputy president Engineer Elias Mudzuri had with the private media has all but exposed the party's leader Mr Nelson Chamisa as an illegitimate, power hungry person whose poli...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 06:31hrs | | by Nduduzo Tshuma,
Chamisa's terrorist acts won't work
THE criminal and terrorist activities instigated by the opposition and its surrogate organisations is an attempt, albeit futile, to plunge the country into civil disobedience in a sinister agenda to o...Published: 17 Jan 2019 at 00:14hrs | 1 | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Chamisa - A case of paranoia
MDC leader Mr Nelson Chamisa's claim of an abduction attempt on his person by alleged State agents last Saturday as he made his way from a rally in Marondera is a diversionary tactic to shift from the...Published: 14 Nov 2018 at 05:51hrs | | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Lessons learnt from Mugabe's 'youth interface' rallies
YESTERDAY, November 6, 2018, marked a year since one of the darkest days in President Emmerson Mnangagwa's political and physical life.On the day, the then President Mr Robert Mugabe sacked Cd...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 06:59hrs | | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Chamisa's bravado and inauguration ceremony
THE farcical "inauguration" of MDC leader Mr Nelson Chamisa as president of the country during the party's 19th anniversary celebrations in Harare at the weekend did more harm to the troubled oppositi...Published: 30 Oct 2018 at 05:21hrs | | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Woe unto enemies of Mnangagwa's 2nd Republic
THE country faces threats from enemies of the Second Republic who want to frustrate Government efforts to turn around the economy and lead Zimbabweans to a prosperous future. The enemies of the Second...Published: 23 Oct 2018 at 06:17hrs | | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Readmission of expelled cadres revitalises Zanu-PF
"If you want to find me guilty of not attending the First Lady's rallies, I plead guilty on that one and I won't attend unless the programme changes. I can't attend a function where they say 'Pamberi ...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 06:55hrs | | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Is Chamisa losing grip?
THE revolt by councillors against MDC Alliance leader, Mr Nelson Chamisa, over his alleged attempts to impose candidates in the coalition-controlled councils is significant in showing his loose grip o...Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 06:37hrs | | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Bulawayo Mayor: No place for clowns
BULAWAYO councillors are expected to vote for the city's mayor and deputy mayor today, following chaotic scenes that rocked their swearing in last Friday and deep- seated intra-MDC Alliance divisions ...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 06:31hrs | | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Bob was in it, God wasn't
IN the run-up to Monday's harmonised elections, the MDC Alliance ran with the catch line "God Is in It" in what was, in their minds, an assumption that since God was supporting their aspirations, they...Published: 04 Aug 2018 at 09:23hrs | 1 | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Mnangagwa and keeping the promise
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa's meeting with members of the white, Asian and mixed race communities at Borrowdale Race course in Harare on Saturday generated a lot of excitement among opposition parties as they...Published: 23 Jul 2018 at 06:50hrs | | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Mnangagwa preserving Joshua Nkomo legacy?
AFTER a 17-year-long wait, Ekusileni Medical Centre, a brainchild of one of the founding fathers of the liberation, Dr Joshua Nkomo will finally open its doors thanks to the new administration led by ...Published: 01 Jul 2018 at 08:12hrs | | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Chamisa must back his democracy claims by holding primary elections
IN the past week, the opposition and their surrogates were in a frenzied excitement over the recently held Zanu-PF primary elections.Their source of excitement was the few cases of hiccups in ...Published: 09 May 2018 at 07:05hrs | | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Chamisa vs Khupe: The End Game
A DRAMATIC end game on the battle for the control of the MDC-T is unfolding following the expulsion of Dr Thokozani Khupe from the party last week and her determination to fight to the bitter end....Published: 29 Mar 2018 at 06:45hrs | | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Scenario of a post-Tsvangirai MDC-T
THE inescapable reality that the MDC-T faces now is the inevitable end of its leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai's reign over the opposition party leaving many possible scenarios after his exit.Since...Published: 08 Feb 2018 at 06:54hrs | | by Nduduzo Tshuma
'Mujuru, G40 coalition sign of desperation'
ON Sunday morning, Zimbabweans woke up to fake news of a developing electoral pact between Dr Joice Mujuru's National People's Party and former First Lady Mrs Grace Mugabe.It was reported by o...Published: 06 Feb 2018 at 05:18hrs | 1 | by Nduduzo Tshuma
New look Zanu-PF refocused, stronger
Zanu-PF is reconfiguring itself, detoxifying itself from the destructive politics of the G40 cabal and restoring its revolutionary legacy through a number of initiatives that will make it the stronges...Published: 24 Jan 2018 at 05:34hrs | | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Mphoko, the Vice President that never was
FORMER Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko will be remembered for all the firsts, albeit all negative, in his brief but forgettable tenure punctuated by political blunders, useless projects and chaotic ...Published: 29 Nov 2017 at 05:17hrs | | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Khupe led faction to make spirited campaigns to dump Welshman Ncube
Of interest, for the purposes of this article, is not the wishful thinking that Tsvangirai will run this country in 2018 because Ms Khupe was exercising her right to dream but of note is how she silen...Published: 27 Oct 2017 at 06:46hrs | | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Tsvangirai and the violent DNA
ATTEMPTS by MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai to shift blame on the violence that rocked his party at the weekend is not only laughable but betrays the hypocrisy of the opposition leader accused by hi...Published: 09 Aug 2017 at 11:07hrs | | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Matabeleland should be wary of political clowns
AS the clock slowly ticks towards elections next year, the Matabeleland region needs to be wary of political clowns who sprout ahead of polls to cause commotion only to disappear after the plebiscite....Published: 14 Jul 2017 at 07:10hrs | 1 | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Of Tsvangirai and the politics of entitlement
RECENT attacks on Dr Nkosana Moyo by MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai and his members for launching his presidential bid is useful in confirming the egotistical politics of the latter and their feeli...Published: 12 Jul 2017 at 06:47hrs | | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Tsvangirai's 'diplomatic offensive' futile
YESTERDAY readers woke up to a screaming headline extolling MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai's so- called diplomatic offensive during which he called on foreign nations to intervene in Zimbabwe's sup...Published: 10 Jan 2017 at 05:58hrs | | by Nduduzo Tshuma
US blacks taught Evan Mawarire about #thiscountry
THE campaign by #ThisFlag front man Pastor Evan Mawarire and a handful of shadowy characters at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, United States, not only spectacularly failed but was la...Published: 24 Sep 2016 at 17:15hrs | | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Moment of truth for Mawarire
SOCCER fans on Sunday snubbed Pastor Evan Mawarire of the infamous #ThisFlag campaign all but proving the clergyman's is a chancer who has been basking in the false glory of once shutting down the cou...Published: 13 Sep 2016 at 15:59hrs | | by Nduduzo Tshuma
ZimPF rally postponed
THE Zimbabwe People First (ZimPF) party which is challenging police refusal to sanction their Ntabazinduna rally was forced to cancel the rally which was scheduled for yesterday after a High Court jud...Published: 10 Sep 2016 at 08:23hrs | | by Mashudu Netsianda and Nduduzo Tshuma
Phetshu quits Zanu-PF
FORMER Matabeleland South war veterans' chairman and Zanu-PF provincial member Mr Jabulani Phetshu has resigned from the revolutionary party.Mr Phetshu submitted his resignation letter at the ...Published: 09 Sep 2016 at 08:02hrs | | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Jonathan Moyo blasts US, EU Embassies
ZANU-PF Politburo member Professor Jonathan Moyo yesterday castigated the United States and European Union Embassies in Zimbabwe for meddling in the country's internal affairs and behaving like opposi...Published: 03 Sep 2016 at 09:34hrs | | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Lovemore Moyo raise the ire of MDC-T Bulawayo provincial executive
MDC-T national chairman Mr Lovemore Moyo has raised the ire of the party's Bulawayo provincial executive after allegedly scuttling plans to hand over a communiqué denouncing the recent appointment of...Published: 06 Aug 2016 at 11:25hrs | | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Tsvangirai weakening Matabeleland in national politics
THE recent appointment by MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai of two additional deputies, as expected, caused a storm in the party, unsettling Ms Thokozani Khupe whose powers were eroded by the coming i...Published: 27 Jul 2016 at 08:11hrs | | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Khupe's MDC-T faction powerless, adopts wait and see stance
MDC-T deputy president Ms Thokozani Khupe and her faction have reportedly adopted a wait and see approach after party leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai's shock appointments of two additional deputies last F...Published: 21 Jul 2016 at 06:55hrs | | by Nduduzo Tshuma
The rise and fall of Thokozani Khupe
ONE of MDC-T's three vice presidents, Ms Thokozani Khupe, at the weekend led a handful of women on the streets of Bulawayo beating pots in a self-serving campaign that served nothing but to mark her p...Published: 19 Jul 2016 at 06:26hrs | | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Tsvangirai worried that #ThisFlag Pastor is taking the limelight
EMBATTLED MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai, fast losing steam after being diagnosed with colon cancer recently, yesterday made shock appointments of two additional deputy presidents. He appointed Mr ...Published: 16 Jul 2016 at 08:20hrs | | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Opposition seeks relevance via failed protest
THE announcement by MDC-T deputy president Ms Thokozani Khupe of another demonstration, this time called "beat the pots" to protest "against hunger" in the country points to something going wrong in h...Published: 14 Jul 2016 at 07:18hrs | | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Desperate Welshman courts Tsvangirai
EMBATTLED MDC leader Professor Welshman Ncube has staged a spectacular about turn and is cosying up to his MDC-T counterpart, Morgan Tsvangirai, whom he vowed never to work with because of "his dictat...Published: 09 Jul 2016 at 08:49hrs | | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Regime change stooges shamed, claims Chronicle
MERCHANTS of regime change yesterday tried to hijack the civil servants strike in an effort to create the false impression that people have turned against their Government, analysts said.The c...Published: 07 Jul 2016 at 07:18hrs | | by Nduduzo Tshuma
The Beitbridge situation
THE violent protests in Beitbridge last Friday that led to the torching of Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (Zimra) warehouse at the border post was no ordinary street march but a programme by the oppositio...Published: 06 Jul 2016 at 06:39hrs | | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Zipra forces refused to rebel against Joshua Nkomo
THE Zipra command declined suggestions by Mozambican President Samora Machel to rebel against their commander-in-chief Dr Joshua Nkomo and take over the leadership of Zapu after Independence, form...Published: 01 Jul 2016 at 08:45hrs | | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Mugabe evokes spirit of Father Zimbabwe
PRESIDENT Mugabe evoked the spirit of his late deputy Joshua Nkomo as he called for unity in the party, saying it was one of the two fundamental principles the veteran nationalist urged him to uph...Published: 01 Jul 2016 at 08:35hrs | | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Sithembiso Nyoni reveals details of Joshua Nkomo's last days
THE Late Vice President Dr Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo remained very close to President Mugabe and in his last days frequently requested that the head of State is called so that he would visit and t...Published: 01 Jul 2016 at 08:22hrs | | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Zimbabwe watches UK exit from EU with interest
THE Government is watching with relative interest the developments in the European Union following the exit by Britain from the bloc yesterday. The British voted in a referendum to exit the EU resulti...Published: 25 Jun 2016 at 09:16hrs | | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Fresh turmoil looms in MDC-T
Fresh turmoil is looming in MDC-T with its secretary general Mr Douglas Mwonzora allegedly targeting loyalists to party leader, Mr Morgan Tsvangirai in a purge to replace them with those aligned to hi...Published: 22 Jun 2016 at 07:04hrs | | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Mujuru's lined up rallies a non-event, says Zanu-PF
THE Zanu-PF national political commissar, Saviour Kasukuwere, yesterday dismissed former Vice President Dr Joice Mujuru's lined up rallies as a non-event that the ruling party won't lose sleep over. ...Published: 18 Jun 2016 at 11:56hrs | | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Mphoko cries treason, slams war vets for naming preferred successor
ACTING President Phelekezela Mphoko yesterday admonished some members of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans' Association (ZNLWVA) for endorsing a candidate to succeed President Robert Mugab...Published: 03 Jun 2016 at 06:41hrs | | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Million-man march affirms ZANU-PF dominance
THE successful Zanu-PF One Million-Man March held in Harare last week has not only confirmed President Mugabe's popularity but also dismissed perennial allegations of poll rigging against the ruling p...Published: 01 Jun 2016 at 06:51hrs | | by Nduduzo Tshuma
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