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Obliquity and politics of re-engagement

A man called John Kay is one of Britain's leading economists. His work â€” widely acclaimed â€” is centred on relationships between economics, finance and business while his career has spanned academic work and think tanks, business school…

Published: 31 Aug 2019 at 18:25hrs | 2 | by Tichaona Zindoga

Barbarians, be warned!

There is a sense of foreboding regarding the planned demonstrations by Zimbabwe's opposition MDC-Alliance. This is because everyone knows that "success" of the demos - measured in terms of attracting global attention - is predicated on vio…

Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 07:37hrs | | by Tichaona Zindoga

Chamisa's MDC has no more political depth than a finger bowl

"Yes, as in the shallow dish of lukewarm water â€” and, if you're ritzy, a lemon wedge â€” meant to clean any evidence of lavish dining off one's fingers during or after an upscale meal." That is how Canadian columnist, Zi-Ann Lum, explain…

Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 07:23hrs | | by Tichaona Zindoga

Mugabe Airways: The untold story

Former president Robert Mugabe's son-in-law, Mr Simba Chikore used his family ties to manipulate processes, corrupt people and enter into shady deals involving several stakeholders during his time at the national airliner, Air Zimbabwe, Th…

Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 06:54hrs | | by Tichaona Zindoga

Chamisa is weaker than he wants the world to believe

MDC-Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa is reported to have said that he will "doorstep" South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa when the latter comes to Zimbabwe in a fortnight. To doorstep someone is to, quite literally, waylay a person and …

Published: 26 Feb 2019 at 06:43hrs | | by Tichaona Zindoga

Zanu-PF Conference: What is at stake?

Next week, the ruling Zanu-PF party holds its 17th Annual People's Conference at Mzingwane High School in Esigodini, Matabeleland South province. This year's conference comes a year after last year's events that saw the resignation of form…

Published: 05 Dec 2018 at 05:23hrs | | by Tichaona Zindoga

What next for Nelson Chamisa?

On Thursday, Nelson Chamisa led Zimbabwe's opposition MDC-Alliance in a demonstration in central Harare. The demonstration, ostensibly protesting the current economic environment, was billed to be the mother of all demonstrations, coming o…

Published: 01 Dec 2018 at 08:07hrs | | by Tichaona Zindoga

Jim Kunaka falls on his own sword

When political activist and National Patriotic Front member Jim Kunaka appeared before the Motlanthe Commission that is investigating the August 1 post-election violence, he did little to mask that he was out to act a script - and he acted…

Published: 23 Nov 2018 at 05:19hrs | 1 | by Tichaona Zindoga

A dismissal that changed the course of Zimbabwe's history

The band played on. Feverishly. Madly. Deafening sounds and wet, clammy bodies gyrating against each other in lustful, prodigal passions. Zimbabwe was enthralled by a mad political spectacle. It was the year 2017. The ruling Zanu-PF party …

Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 05:57hrs | 2 | by Tichaona Zindoga

Mnanagwa's turning point

PRAGMATISM. That could be the word we were looking for to describe President Mnangagwa's approach and philosophy as he conducts business as leader of both Zanu-PF - the ruling party - and Government. He is a man so sparing with words and p…

Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 06:34hrs | | by Tichaona Zindoga

19 shades of the MDC

Yesterday marked the 19th birthday of the Movement of Democratic Change - Zimbabwe's once formidable opposition party. Of course, one can be forgiven for not knowing what that name actually now represents: it seems so many years ago when a…

Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 06:38hrs | 2 | by Tichaona Zindoga

Mnangagwa has the world at his feet

There were some heart-warming pictures from President Mnanagwa's swearing-in ceremony at the National Sports Stadium on the afternoon of August 26 in Harare. President Mnangagwa having a good laugh with African Union chairperson, Rwandan P…

Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 06:31hrs | 5 | by Tichaona Zindoga

We were too hopeful about Zimbabwe . . .

Zimbabwe is back on the international radar following elections that were held on July 30. Feels like we have been here before.Yes, we have been. Anyone who had hoped otherwise is either a hopeless optimist or naÃ¯ve. Or perhaps stupid. Th…

Published: 11 Aug 2018 at 09:57hrs | 2 | by Tichaona Zindoga

The tyranny of the minority in Zimbabwe

Nelson Chamisa of the MDC-Alliance wants power despite the decisive loss in the popular vote. This is how he wants the tyranny of the minority. Ugly scenes that rocked Harare on Wednesday as hooligans linked to the opposition MDC Alliance …

Published: 03 Aug 2018 at 07:17hrs | | by Tichaona Zindoga

Goodbye history, hello tomorrow!

Yesterday, former president Robert Mugabe convened a press conference at his Blue Roof mansion in Harare's leafy Borrowdale surburb. In many respects the press conference was fascinating - but at the end of the day, it left a very bad tast…

Published: 30 Jul 2018 at 06:47hrs | 2 | by Tichaona Zindoga

Zimbabwe Election Support Network's damascene moment

In April 2008, Canadian writer and blogger Stephen Gowans wrote an insightful piece in which he revealed the unbelievably intricate web of local non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and Western organisations, in particular Western think t…

Published: 23 Jul 2018 at 06:43hrs | 1 | by Tichaona Zindoga

Chigumba wrong pick for Chamisa's tango pal

The history of tango music or tango dance, a South American (specifically Argentine) routine, dates back to the late 19th century and has seen its popularity rise and fall over the years. Tango is described as a partner dance, which origin…

Published: 19 Jul 2018 at 06:20hrs | 5 | by Tichaona Zindoga

Inside Chamisa's winter of discontent

On  Monday we woke up to a screaming headline in an opposition-leaning newspaper that told us that the MDC-Alliance had given the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission an ultimatum of 24 hours to address "demands for transparency in the print…

Published: 18 Jul 2018 at 06:24hrs | 1 | by Tichaona Zindoga

Waiting for Nelson Chamisa's phone call

At the time of writing, the opposition MDC-Alliance is holding its march against the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC), the independent body whose mandate is to administer elections in this country. Zimbabwe holds its crucial elections o…

Published: 12 Jul 2018 at 07:21hrs | 2 | by Tichaona Zindoga

Mnangagwa's escape: Dark symbolism, darker plot

The apparent attempt on the life of President Mnangagwa at White City Stadium in Bulawayo on Saturday is a twist to a story that was already fraught with symbolism. Mnangagwa addressed thousands of Zanu-PF supporters at Phelandaba Stadium …

Published: 25 Jun 2018 at 07:19hrs | 1 | by Tichaona Zindoga

Kasukuwere's adventures in solitude (Welcome back!)

There is a North American music band called The New Pornographers.It is described on one online portal as a Canadian indie rock band formed in 1997 in Vancouver, British Columbia, and is a musical collective of singer-songwriters and music…

Published: 06 Jun 2018 at 07:02hrs | 1 | by Tichaona Zindoga

Chamisa's failure in 'de propaganda fide'

Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has once again been caught offside after claiming at a rally in Beitbridge that he had helped grow the economy of Rwanda."I helped President Kagame Turn Rwanda into Economic Success", was the headline on on…

Published: 31 May 2018 at 06:56hrs | 1 | by Tichaona Zindoga

Inside Biti's self-hate and snobbery

This week, Tendai Biti, one of the principals of the opposition MDC-Alliance, touched off a storm when he described the people of Marange in eastern Zimbabwe as uncivilised and backward.The lawyer and former finance minister spat on Marang…

Published: 18 May 2018 at 07:12hrs | 1 | by Tichaona Zindoga

Chamisa's open-mouth-shut-mind freestyle

One of the emerging discourses around the forthcoming elections in Zimbabwe centres firmly on the hitherto untested leadership qualities of Nelson Chamisa, leader of the MDC-Alliance.Chamisa wrestled the leadership of the opposition moveme…

Published: 10 May 2018 at 06:57hrs | 1 | by Tichaona Zindoga

Chamisa and the rise of Nerrorism

Of course, we are tempted to talk about the controversial MDC faction Nelson Chamisa and his growing notoriety for making dubious claims during his rallies.Meeting US President Donald J. Trump and being promised US$15 billion. Promising to…

Published: 11 Apr 2018 at 07:04hrs | 2 | by Tichaona Zindoga

The Mugabe we knew, and hoped against

Political EditorIT must be such a difficult time for our political writers and columnists at the so-called State media. Each time they write about the developments in the post-Mugabe era and happen to point out his failures and human frail…

Published: 17 Mar 2018 at 07:52hrs | | by Tichaona Zindoga

Obert Gutu to contest in Harare East Constituency

A lot of developments have taken place in the MDC-T party since the death of party leader Morgan Tsvangirai recently. There has been internal fighting within the party with factionalism and accusations of disregard of the party's constitut…

Published: 17 Mar 2018 at 07:52hrs | 2 | by Tichaona Zindoga

Mugabe must face reality like all of us

The private media have in the past week or so afforded us a glimpse into the life of Zimbabwe's former First Family.The former President, Cde Robert Mugabe, is an unhappy man, according to these reports.His wife, Grace, is inconsolable, an…

Published: 28 Feb 2018 at 05:51hrs | 1 | by Tichaona Zindoga

Same old Bob, same old Joice?

We wish we could talk nicely to one cartoonist from a private daily and his publishers for the reproduction of a wonderful cartoon they carried a couple of days back. It's too late, unfortunately. The cartoon, in one of the more redeeming …

Published: 07 Feb 2018 at 06:39hrs | 2 | by Tichaona Zindoga

Brand Mnangagwa shaping up, working

A couple of months ago, at the height of the factional fighting in the ruling Zanu-PF, a small study I carried out while in South Africa led me to conclude that the then Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa who at the time was politically bes…

Published: 10 Jan 2018 at 05:37hrs | 2 | by Tichaona Zindoga

The Victor Matemadanda story

A couple of weeks ago, I attended a seminar at the University of Johannesburg in South Africa running under the theme, "Zimbabwe: The Morning After", one of those events that you would expect after the heady developments that led to the re…

Published: 13 Dec 2017 at 05:08hrs | 1 | by Tichaona Zindoga

Jonathan Moyo's G40 and the lessons of history

Anyone with a sense of history would have known that the end was going to be bad for the manipulative, greedy, immoral and power hungry cabalSomeone has just remarked - beautifully â€“ that the Zimbabwean story, shaped by recent events, is…

Published: 22 Nov 2017 at 05:57hrs | 1 | by Tichaona Zindoga

Succession coming earlier to MDC-T

We take the risk of being accused of wishing someone dead, which is unAfrican. Well, fair enough!We cannot, however, choose to ignore what is happening with one of Zimbabwe's aspiring leaders, Morgan Tsvangirai. He is bedridden in a South …

Published: 20 Sep 2017 at 06:35hrs | | by Tichaona Zindoga

Mnangagwa's poisoned chalice

For those who have dispassionately followed the polarised politics of the ruling party in light of factionalisms of recent years, there have been two kinds of reaction.Either to watch it all as a kind of political football that swings from…

Published: 11 Sep 2017 at 05:57hrs | | by Tichaona Zindoga

South Africa: Dirty, dirty politics

THE ruling African National Congress (ANC) is going for its elective congress in December to choose who is going to replace President Jacob Zuma as his term at the helm of the revolutionary party expires â€“ and things are getting interest…

Published: 06 Sep 2017 at 06:36hrs | | by Tichaona Zindoga

Tsvangirai's gift to Zimbabwean women

Congratulations are in order for Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of the opposition, MDC-T and the fledgling MDC Alliance!We hear that he has just managed to bring another little Tsvangirai to the world, this time with another Bulawayo woman, Ms …

Published: 30 Aug 2017 at 06:36hrs | 1 | by Tichaona Zindoga

Quo vadis MDC-T?

Opposition MDC-T faces a constitutional and leadership crisis due to the deteriorating health of its leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai, who is battling cancer of the colon.Mr Tsvangirai was diagnosed with the condition last year and has been mak…

Published: 31 Jul 2017 at 06:48hrs | | by Tichaona Zindoga

Time to write Tsvangirai's (political) obituary

Morgan Tsvangirai is ill. Let's all pray for him. The opposition MDC-T leader was last year diagnosed with colon cancer and it has taken a toll on his health, wasting away his once bouncing, chubby self.He is undergoing medical treatment i…

Published: 26 Jul 2017 at 06:32hrs | | by Tichaona Zindoga

In defence of Psychology Maziwisa

Last week a discussion forum was held in Harare featuring prominent youth leaders under the theme, "Zimbabwe: The Task At Hand - A View from Young Professionals".Among the speakers were lawyer and political activist Fadzayi Mahere; busines…

Published: 19 Jul 2017 at 06:32hrs | 3 | by Tichaona Zindoga

Something's ugly with Jonathan Moyo's head

"Moyo scoffs at 'Command Ugly-Culture'."That was a headline in one of the country's daily newspapers on Monday. The paper was referring to statements attributed to Zanu-PF Politburo member and Cabinet minister Professor Jonathan Moyo on hi…

Published: 21 Jun 2017 at 06:51hrs | 2 | by Tichaona Zindoga

Tsvangirai and his 'Bhora Musango' moment

Interesting! A couple of days ago, a local newspaper ran a story that alleged that MDC-T's ELECTED (emphasis mine) deputy president Thokozani Khupe was ganging up with National People's Party (NPP) leader Joice Mujuru to have an alliance t…

Published: 16 Jun 2017 at 08:26hrs | 1 | by Tichaona Zindoga

Cde Patrick Zhuwao is out of order

Recent utterances by Zanu-PF Politburo member and Youth, Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Minister Patrick Zhuwao, that "Zanu-PF (is) full of idiots" (The Standard, May 14, 2017); and his latest attack on The Herald over what he cal…

Published: 09 Jun 2017 at 08:30hrs | 2 | by Tichaona Zindoga

The house that Tsvangirai is building

Those with an interest in semiotics will find discomfiting connotations in our mention of Morgan Tsvangirai and houses. The MDC-T leader has been haunted by the fact that he lives in a Government house, nay mansion, in Harare's Highlands a…

Published: 21 Apr 2017 at 06:29hrs | 1 | by Tichaona Zindoga

Tsvangirai: Grand defeat or a grand face-saver?

FIVE issues have had a profound influence in the writing of this piece; President Mugabe says the opposition faces a grand defeat in 2018.Zanu-PF wins Mwenezi East by-election: yet another massive by-election victory.Yesterday Morgan Tsvan…

Published: 12 Apr 2017 at 06:26hrs | | by Tichaona Zindoga

Maimane 'My-monkey' is on Zille's leash

We have expressed, in these lines before, the superlative admiration for one Joram Nyathi and his wisdom that comes oftentimes with a generous seasoning of dark and savage humour.For a good measure, this column continues many conversations…

Published: 05 Apr 2017 at 06:41hrs | 2 | by Tichaona Zindoga

Tsvangirai's navel-gazing national tour

In the past couple of months there has been a clear and increasing interest and scrutiny of the opposition leadership in Zimbabwe. The interest is informed by the reality that Zimbabwe faces national elections in 12 or so months' time and …

Published: 15 Mar 2017 at 05:20hrs | | by Tichaona Zindoga

Mugabe is forever

Western powers such as Britain and the United States are furious. They have been livid, in fact. To them Mugabe set a bad example, especially by trying to show the world that the white man can be defeated, and more so be stripped of stolen…

Published: 22 Feb 2017 at 05:46hrs | 1 | by Tichaona Zindoga

Botswana has witnessed unprecedented killings and purges of Khama's opponents

There are two things that loom large when people discuss Botswana's president Ian Khama in Zimbabwe: his maverick (if queer is not the word) nature and a particular knack for taking potshots at President Mugabe.Associating openly with the …

Published: 24 Sep 2016 at 17:23hrs | 1 | by Tichaona Zindoga

Kofi Annan, Zimbabwe does not drink bad coffee!

TWO or so days ago Kofi Annan, the former United Nations secretary-general; Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa and Graca Machel, the former wife of Nelson Mandela (and a couple of other men) released a statement concerning Zimbabwe.Ac…

Published: 24 Aug 2016 at 06:27hrs | 30 | by Tichaona Zindoga

Social media: more than a political devil's workshop

There is an ongoing debate around the issue of social media in Zimbabwe at the moment. The debate is largely political. Social media has been used by opposition political elements to unruffle the government and the ruling party, Zanu-PF. T…

Published: 12 Aug 2016 at 08:06hrs | 4 | by Tichaona Zindoga

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