Columnist / Patrick guramatunhu
'If I die in Chikurumbi, it will be for freedom' penned Sikhala - no, it's for pole position in gravy train rat race
The fight amount opposition politicians for headlines is hotting up! "MDC Alliance's outspoken Vice Chairman and MP, Job Sikhala that despite all adversities in jail and even if it means dying...Published: 8 hrs ago | 999 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Should we have empathy for Zanu-PF?' - not whilst thug big foot on our throat, can't breathe
"Should we have empathy for those we hate?" asked Taruberekera Masara in Bulawayo 24 article."Yes we have a moral obligation to. It was a heartwarming experience to read MDC Alliance communiqu...Published: 24 hrs ago | 1313 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Should we have empathy for Zanu PF?' - not whilst thug big foot on our throat, can't breathe
"Should we have empathy for those we hate?" asked Taruberekera Masara in Bulawayo24 article."Yes we have a moral obligation to. It was a heartwarming experience to read MDC Alliance communique...Published: 22 Jan 2021 at 08:09hrs | 1443 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Will Zimbabweans survive South Africa's anti-immigrant drive?
South Africa's strong and extensive ties with Zimbabwe are buckling under the strain of COVID-19 economic challenges and migration. The nearly 500 undocumented migrants arrested on a daily basis tryin...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 13:29hrs | 1587 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'SB Moyo meticulous planning saved nation from chaos' - yet 3 years on, chaos still rules the roost
"It is with a heavy heart that I announce Foreign Minister Dr S B Moyo has died," announce Emmerson Mnangagwa."Zimbabwe has lost a devoted public servant and a true hero, and I have lost a fri...Published: 21 Jan 2021 at 13:25hrs | 982 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Zimbabwe (Zanu-PF) and China enjoys excellent relations' - of course, China is guarantor of no regime change
Zanu-PF and its apologists are renowned for their single-mindedness belief in offence as not only the best but only defence. It is, therefore, a novelty to see them scrambling to mount a rear-guard de...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 19:22hrs | 414 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
MDC Alliance call for 'streetifying people's anger' - real change will come from implementing reforms
"It is Zanu-PF itself that has become a super-spreader of perfidy and unbridled falsehoods as exemplified by its statements alleging growth in the country's economy and the cheap allegation that victi...Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 15:50hrs | 1616 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Mnangagwa must stop selective application of the law' - Pete's sake, he is a tyrant and that is what tyrants do
Zimbabwe has been a nation of protestors and human rights activists contend to say what is wrong in society but rarely ever come up with what should be done about and rarest of all do it!"The ...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 07:47hrs | 462 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Another MDC leader arrested as fight for 'headlines' hots up - all deserted fight for reforms
The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) was launched by Morgan Tsvangirai and his friends in 1999 to answer the nation's cry for democratic changes as the only way to end the de facto one party, Zanu...Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 14:16hrs | 990 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mwonzora gleefully awaiting $2.72 m PPFA payout - reason why MDC will sell-out again come 2023
"Only Zanu-PF and MDC-T will share the $100 million allocated in the 2021 National Budget under the Political Parties Finance Act as all other parties failed to get at least five percent of the consti...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 19:03hrs | 935 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Plant broom stick and get fruit tree, in Zimbabwe' - yet we are starving, damning testimonial to failed leaders
"Crisis management is not solved in one day. There is no magic formula in State recovery… it is a process that HE Mnangagwa is leading in promoting important reforms in Zimbabwe that will undoubtedl...Published: 29 Dec 2020 at 19:32hrs | 858 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Sikhala 'berates' Mnangagwa - 20 years of posturing, it is reforms Mnangagwa fears
"MDC Alliance vice-chairperson Job Sikhala has said President Emmerson Mnangagwa has proved to be one of the worst authoritarian leaders to ever lead Zimbabwe, an accusation that comes as the nation n...Published: 28 Dec 2020 at 00:07hrs | 1250 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Zanu-PF will win 2023 because opposition lacks unity' - nonsense, unity will never ever supplant competence
"Opposition politician Jacob Ngarivhume sees a bleak future for opposition politics in Zimbabwe, and has resigned to the fact that the ruling Zanu-PF will win again in the 2023 elections," reported Zi...Published: 25 Dec 2020 at 08:57hrs | 970 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Record of successes towards attaining vision 2030' insists Mnangagwa - a midNIGHT mirage
"As we end today's Cabinet session, which is the last for the year 2020, it is imperative that we take stock of some of the achievements in our journey towards the attainment of Vision 2030," Mnangagw...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 11:14hrs | 367 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zimbabwe will pay dearly for super low covid-19 cases; vaccine cut to match, 5.2%
There is such a wide discrepancy between Zimbabwe and SA's official covid-19 cases and deaths.Zimbabwe has 11 162 cases and 306 deaths compared to SA's 845 083 cases and 22 952 deaths. Given t...Published: 13 Dec 2020 at 23:01hrs | 2336 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Change is unstoppable' said Chamisa - should be done and dusted yet failed to start it in 20 years
"What we know is victory is certain, it's only a matter of time. Every struggle has its own unique characteristics. We know exactly what we are doing – please do not panic," Nelson Chamisa told his ...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 10:10hrs | 1628 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Zim prison, a crime against humanity' twittered Biti, prisoner - true all because selling out on reforms
Tendai Biti, MDC A vice President, has been arrested and will spend Friday night in a Police Prison. He is charged with assault, after calling a Russian woman an idiot.Biti has denied any wron...Published: 05 Dec 2020 at 00:04hrs | 1138 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Thank God for ingenious coronavirus vaccine - we must now deal with political challenge
It was just over a year ago, November 2019, that the world learned of the coronavirus outbreak in China. By March 2020, the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the outbreak a world pandemic. ...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 17:57hrs | 2012 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mnangagwa living in constant fear of coup - as long economic meltdown remains so too will coup threat
'Mnangagwa makes hast military appointment amid coup threats' - screamed the headlines in Bulawayo24. "President Emmerson Mnangagwa has made forced cross-cutting changes to his Presidential Gu...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 07:40hrs | 3331 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'MDC A #OneMillionCampaign will fight rural voter apathy' - biggest impediment to free elections, MDC sell-outs
"Mdc Alliance Namibia greatly appreciates and admires the historic innovation since the inception of the political behemoth to invade rural constituencies in preparation of the harmonised elections in...Published: 17 Nov 2020 at 08:47hrs | 1568 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Real issue in Zim is a crisis of (Zanu PF) leadership' said Biti - admitting half the truth, as usual
"At the end of the day the real issue in Zim is a crisis of governance and leadership. "The nation carries the burden of illegitimacy, of corrupt incompetent clueless and incompetent leadershi...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 15:41hrs | 1285 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Thank God, covid-19 is not as deadly as Ebola, still it has delivered coup de grace on economy
"854 PCR tests done today (Wednesday), with the positivity at 2 percent. All 17 are local cases. 25 new recoveries reported: National Recovery rate stands at 94,5 percent and active cases go d...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 12:15hrs | 558 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'The corrupt will be arrested. No one is above the law!' twittered ED - What law! Scrapped laws to legitimise corruption
"The achievements scored so far by President Emerson Mnangagwa's New Dispensation have raised a ray of hope that Vision 2030 is indeed possible, more so if unity of purpose prevails in the country," c...Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 08:41hrs | 1212 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
War veterans demanding 'automatic entry into power' - povo can kiss 'One man! One vote!' goodbye
"One man! One vote!" was clarion call in the fight for independence. Not after independence and certainly not now!The very fact that blacks were denied a meaningful say, a free vote, in the go...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 07:23hrs | 3152 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Sanctions are NOT responsible for economic crisis - just because Zanu PF decrees so does not make it so
The root cause of Zimbabwe's economic mess and political paralysis is the failure to hold free, fair and credible elections. The country has been stuck with a corrupt, incompetent and murderous dictat...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 07:31hrs | 329 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Zanu PF has mastered art of rigging can't be removed with ballot' - rubbish, above all else, they are mortals
Albert Einstein defined insanity as "doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result." He was right! What he should have said too, is how easy it is to fall into this tra...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 08:10hrs | 1776 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zanu PF tell whites 'to shut up' on reforms - madness, hurting blacks not whites
One of the most offensive and exasperating things the white colonial oppressors did was to deny the blacks their voice and human dignity. In the workplace blacks were called "boyi" and were expected t...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 09:13hrs | 1372 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Making Zimbabwe ungovernable is not what we fought for' - look who is talking. Cup is full to overflow.
"Given the onslaught, machinations and clandestine shenanigans by our detractors, isu tasara, ngatirambei takabatana (we the living must remain united) … in defence of our hard-won independence," Mn...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 19:34hrs | 1722 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
2 Matabeles shot dead by Zimbabwe soldiers for speaking Ndebele language
MLO Supreme Council was angered by the gunning down of 2 Matabeles, Morgan Sibanda and Dumisani Mpofu by the the number one killers of Matabele people, Zimbabwe National Army, for speaking Ndebe...Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 08:33hrs | 5732 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Zanu PF creating fake MDC to win 2023' - why bother, won 2018 with genuine MDC
Dear Knowledge Hakata, "As a political student this is my prediction of what is happening and what is going to happen in Zimbabwe. Zanu PF knows that they won't stand a chance in 2023 presiden...Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 08:31hrs | 1966 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Stopping by-elections will stifle democracy' - oxymoron, can't stifle what has never existed.
"Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga's suspension of by-elections cannot be read in isolation as it is part of a well-thought-out strategy to stifle democracy in Zimbabwe," reported The Standard....Published: 05 Oct 2020 at 08:17hrs | 493 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'We celebrate 21 years of struggle and leadership' said Chamisa - celebrate failure and selling out
Our political leaders have the knack for celebrating failure! "On September 11, 1999, this movement (MDC) was formed at Rufaro Stadium and the country's political terrain would never be the sa...Published: 29 Sep 2020 at 19:31hrs | 1507 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Yet to see what was stolen' Kasukuwere denying being corrupt - seen his bullet-proof mansion, etc.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is reportedly seeking to have Zanu PF G40 faction leaders like Saviour Kasukuwere, now living in self-imposed exile brought back to Zimbabwe to face justice. The G40 leade...Published: 28 Sep 2020 at 12:17hrs | 2632 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'We cannot impose ourselves on Zimbabwe' says SA - yet no qualms imposing illegitimate Zanu PF
South African International Relations Minister Naledi Pandor says South Africa's intervention in Zimbabwe can only happen at the request of the Government of Zimbabwe.There is real very little...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 15:34hrs | 2368 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zimbabwe has cannot buy covid-19 test kits, PPE, etc. but is squandering US$ 100m on pointless by-elections
"The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) would like to inform the public that is has lifted with immediate effect the suspension of electoral activities with immediate effect the suspension of elector...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 08:16hrs | 816 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'I totally agree, we sold out during 2008 GNU' confessed one more MDC leader - since and will sell out in 2023
"I totally agree that we missed an opportunity during GNU when we controlled the levers of power that we should maybe have exerted more pressure on Zanu-PF to have all these things reformed," said Pri...Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 09:22hrs | 1533 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'As we move forward, let's transform our work ethics' argue Chiwenga - until end vote rigging culture, going nowhere
"As we move forward and face the future with courage, the expectation of government is that the work ethics and work culture within the Ministry of Health and Child Care undergo deep transformation," ...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 08:39hrs | 2086 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'I won 2018 elections, there is no crisis' insists Mnangagwa - rigged hence existential crisis
"I wish to unequivocally state that there is no crisis in Zimbabwe as elections were held in July 2018 and a winner was declared in terms of the country's Constitution," stated Emmerson Mnangagwa....Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 07:53hrs | 484 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Zimbabwe will have 5 000 MW capacity (2.5X present) by 2023' boasted Mnangagwa - buying time to rig 2023 elections
President Mnangagwa, his Minister of Finance, Professor Mthuli Ncube, and other Zanu PF leaders have promised economic recovery pegged at the country attaining middle income status by 2030, "Vision 20...Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 07:46hrs | 415 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'MDC cannot lecture us on land reform' said two-face Chinamasa - neither can you, we are not all stupid
"The MDC and its allies who resisted the land reform process, and begged sanctions for our people to be punished for taking back the land cannot lecture or school us about land reform," said Patrick C...Published: 03 Sep 2020 at 18:32hrs | 631 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Everyone is taking potshot at Zimbabwe' tweeted Mnangagwa in exasperation, knows the game is up
"In sending back the first delegation led by gentleman Sydney Mufamadi with tails between legs, Mnangagwa simply racked up pressure on himself. Now the ANC sends in the hard man (Magashule)," said Pro...Published: 02 Sep 2020 at 17:28hrs | 6833 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'No one shall die on my journey to State House' - many have died already and for nothing, MDC sold-out
"No Zimbabwean must die because of politics. I receive calls from some supporters saying President Chamisa please give us the signal (to start street protests). I will never allow a single a person to...Published: 29 Aug 2020 at 07:34hrs | 8687 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
We following WHO guidelines in fighting covid-19" says Minister - but only to save chefs' lives
"Sadly, I too tested positive for the Covid-19 virus. This virus is real and we need to fight it by following the guidelines that our Government has given us which is in line with the WHO regulations,...Published: 25 Aug 2020 at 20:35hrs | 1434 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zimbabwe's 5 745 confirmed covid-19 cases is an artful aberration with humongous penalty to follow
"There were 102 new covid-19 cases and one death in the country bring the total to 5 745 confirmed cases and 151 deaths," reported Ministry of Health and Child Care.The people of Zimbabwe like...Published: 22 Aug 2020 at 20:19hrs | 1592 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'If Zanu PF has failed, vote them out' insist opposition - ballocks, not when they can rig elections
"The (November 2017) coup has been over taken by events and there has been an election in between, the disputed results notwithstanding. It is what it is and now we must focus on getting Zimbabweans t...Published: 18 Aug 2020 at 12:09hrs | 1208 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Have identified problems, will now revive health service' promised Chiwenga - No: 1 problem remains, Zanu PF
"Things will never be the same again. We are restructuring and reforming our health delivery system. We want to rebuild the structures from village to referral level. Things will never be the same aga...Published: 13 Aug 2020 at 23:53hrs | 8095 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Ramaphosa advised 'go to Harare and meet opposition' after envoys forced to eat humble pie - even worse will follow
"The decision by the Zimbabwean government to deny President Cyril Ramphosa's envoys an opportunity to meet with opposition leaders was not only disrespectful to the office of the African Union Chairp...Published: 13 Aug 2020 at 18:22hrs | 2192 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Ramaphosa advised 'go to Harare and meet opposition' after envoys forced to eat humble pie - even worse will follow
"The decision by the Zimbabwean government to deny President Cyril Ramphosa's envoys an opportunity to meet with opposition leaders was not only disrespectful to the office of the African Union Chairp...Published: 12 Aug 2020 at 08:32hrs | 6354 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'I have consolidated democracy and rule of law' insist Mnangagwa - dog claiming to put out furnace fire with its puny fart
"Muromo hauzarirwi nerwizi!" is a Shona adage highlighting the disparity between what one says they can do and actually doing it. "What kind of power was it if everybody knew that it would nev...Published: 11 Aug 2020 at 05:58hrs | 3544 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zanu PF are obsessed with power retention, 'Chinhu chedu!' ranted Biti - hypocrite's own actions speak louder than ranting
Tendai Biti and his fellow MDC leaders are hypocrites the same Lord Jesus warned against. "The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat. So you must obey them and do everything...Published: 09 Aug 2020 at 17:21hrs | 3277 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
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