Columnist / Vincent gono
Mnangagwa and the death of Gukurahundi as a campaign trump card
DEVELOPMENT milestones achieved in the short stint of the Second Republic in the Matabeleland region have busted the opposition's political ideological bubble that was hollow of tangibles but inflated...Published: 23 Jul 2023 at 08:31hrs | 1 | by Vincent Gono
Lifting lid on Gukurahundi exposes opposition's ideological bankruptcy
ICONIC Pan-African philosopher Mwalimu Julius Nyerere once opined that those that are politically and intellectually bankrupt turn to ethnicity and religion as their major tool for mobilisation....Published: 17 Mar 2022 at 05:43hrs | | by Vincent Gono
Citizens are collateral damage in sanctions matrix
SEVENTY TWO-year-old Sihle Jani* wriggles and whimpers in pain in a dim-lit kitchen hut where a cloud of smoke belches out in no particular order through the grass thatch giving evidence of life at a ...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 10:29hrs | | by Vincent Gono
Opposition failing democratic test
"WE MDC-T are being cruel to ourselves in candidate selection by allowing strangers a free ride at the expense of our long serving loyal committed cadres. Those with money and connections come through...Published: 03 Jun 2018 at 15:12hrs | | by Vincent Gono
Matabeleland politics and the tale of two failed professors
THE history of Zimbabwe is never complete without the mention of the region of Matabeleland whose politics has been a mixed tale of sacrifice, selflessness, bravado, betrayal, deception, grandstanding...Published: 13 May 2018 at 11:44hrs | | by Vincent Gono
Matabeleland politics and the tale of two failed professors
THE history of Zimbabwe is never complete without the mention of the region of Matabeleland whose politics has been a mixed tale of sacrifice, selflessness, bravado, betrayal, deception, grandstanding...Published: 13 May 2018 at 11:43hrs | | by Vincent Gono
Renewed political will gives hope for economic revival
THE new political dispensation has brought with it a renewed sense of hope for a genuine national economic turnaround that is expected to better the lives of the country's citizenry with economic anal...Published: 04 Feb 2018 at 09:33hrs | | by Vincent Gono
Zimbabwe political parties, coalitions and state of preparedness - Analysis
DEVELOPMENTS in the country's political landscape are both interesting and confusing. Interestingly, those in opposition have joined the succession debate in the ruling party.Opposition politi...Published: 30 Jul 2017 at 08:15hrs | | by Vincent Gono
Of protests, opposition politics and Western imperialism
THE wave of protests that characterised Harare in recent weeks all but confirmed a failed retracing of the Libyan, Tunisian, Egyptian and Syrian political footprints.Granted, the country is fa...Published: 11 Sep 2016 at 13:05hrs | | by Vincent Gono
The life of George Silundika
TOMORROW the country will commemorate the Heroes Day and all Zimbabweans across the political divide are expected to observe the sacrifices made for the liberation of the country from the yoke of oppr...Published: 07 Aug 2016 at 10:37hrs | 2 | by Vincent Gono
Hosiah Chipanga dreams of presidency
WITH 26 albums to his name, Hosiah ''Kwachukwachu'' Chipanga believes he has through his music done enough to endear himself to the people and now wants to turn his music fans to be the electorate com...Published: 03 Jul 2016 at 16:16hrs | | by Vincent Gono
Singer wants to be president of Zimbabwe
WITH 26 albums to his name, Hosiah "Kwachukwachu" Chipanga believes he has through his music done enough to endear himself to the people and now wants to turn his music fans to be the electorate come ...Published: 03 Jul 2016 at 07:01hrs | | by Vincent Gono
Rural Gwanda arts group in maiden SA tour
WHILE most arts groups and artistes relocate to big cities and towns following where the market is, an arts group based in deep rural Gwanda — Makua has managed despite the remoteness of their perfo...Published: 08 May 2016 at 10:45hrs | | by Vincent Gono
Minister warns exposure of political renegades
INFORMATION, Media and Broadcasting Services Minister Dr Christopher Mushohwe has warned his colleagues in the party and Government to stop leaking information discussed in closed door Government and ...Published: 17 Jan 2016 at 09:10hrs | | by Vincent Gono
Prostitution in rural communities
PROSTITUTION has never been so rife in rural communities but wait until you get just after Runde River along the busy Masvingo- Beitbridge highway at a thriving business centre called Lundi. It has fi...Published: 19 Jul 2015 at 11:32hrs | 2 | by Vincent Gono
Row over modern circumcision and culture
TRADITIONAL leaders in Chiredzi and Mwenezi districts in Masvingo Province have expressed concern over the recent involvement of strangers, among them women, in their circumcision rites saying it ha...Published: 19 Jul 2015 at 12:10hrs | | by Vincent Gono
Man mistakes boy for goblin, hits him with gun
AN intoxicated Mberengwa man struck and seriously injured a five-year-old boy with the nozzle of a pellet gun alleging that he had mistaken the boy for a grown up goblin.The boy - Francis Nyau...Published: 19 Jul 2015 at 10:38hrs | | by Vincent Gono
I am not keen on coming back to Zimbabwe
TALKING of popular television dramas in Zimbabwe will not be complete without mentioning such dramas as Mukadota, Paraffin, Sinjalo with the comic characters Sakhamuzi and Foromani, Hlengiwe Mntanami,...Published: 10 May 2015 at 10:14hrs | | by Vincent Gono
Paul Mativere's property looted
Paul MatavireTHE late Paul "Dr Love" Matavire who died in 2005, was one of the music greats of his time whose wit and humour-laced approach to serious social issues made his lyrics quite relevant even...Published: 10 Aug 2014 at 20:41hrs | | by Vincent Gono
Prophet Chiza's lavish lifestyle
FOUNDER and general overseer of Eagle Life Assembly Church in Bulawayo Prophet Blessing Chiza is no doubt growing in his celebrity status as evidenced by his lavish lifestyle although little has been ...Published: 01 Jun 2014 at 09:37hrs | | by Vincent Gono
Zim politicians to lose farms
There are reports by the state media, Sunday News that politicians and other multiple farm owners are likely to lose land in the Government's use it or lose it policy after revelations that some polit...Published: 30 Mar 2014 at 08:27hrs | | by Vincent Gono
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