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Special Message from Prof Welshman Ncube
Fellow MDC members, in the next twenty four (24) hours we will gather at Ascot Stadium in my hometown of Gweru for a historic, momentous occasion in the history of our party and our nation.For...Published: 23 May 2019 at 21:42hrs | 1 | by Welshman Ncube
'Lafa elihle – the Death of a once Thriving City' - Professor Welshman Ncube
In Bulawayo, this week began with a severe out of season windy and cold Monday replete with dark, none rain bearing clouds reminiscent of the misery of cold dreary winter days. I was reminded of Charl...Published: 24 Sep 2016 at 16:29hrs | 6 | by Professor Welshman Ncube
Turning the heat on Zimbabwe's politics
To any discerning or enlightened citizen, it is apparent that finally, the gravy on Zanu-PF's political train, and related contraband, have become contaminated. The resultant stench is so contagio...Published: 17 Jul 2016 at 12:29hrs | 1 | by Welshman Ncube
Is Africa rising?
Africa Day, 25 May, has come and gone and we remain with the burdens of being Africans, the burden of the indignities and humiliation of colonialism, the burden of slavery which no other continent suf...Published: 01 Jun 2016 at 16:13hrs | 1 | by MDC President Professor Welshman Ncube
Prof Welshman Ncube This Week - RBZ Governor transfers monetary headache to skeptical citizens
Dr John Mangudya is an eminently reasonable and sincere fellow. Passionate and intense about his country. I know this because I worked with him closely during my days as Minister of Industry and Com...Published: 13 May 2016 at 18:09hrs | | by Welshman Ncube
Time to demand $15 billion gems revenue
During the tenure of the Inclusive Government of February 2009 to July 2013, President Robert Mugabe was repeatedly informed on the high-level shenanigans that were part of a stealth and deliberate co...Published: 03 Apr 2016 at 12:20hrs | | by Welshman Ncube
The Zimbabwe MDC wants to build - Ncube
Oftentimes, with a degree of irritating frequency, I have encountered questions in the media asking why we, in the opposition, always mourn about the bad state of Zimbabwe without proffering sustainab...Published: 20 Dec 2015 at 10:01hrs | | by Prof Welshman Ncube
'Of Mega Deals and Mega Poverty'
As leader of a political party which is working tirelessly to win the confidence of the people of Zimbabwe, I have substantive interest in anxieties and expectations emanating from the litany of unful...Published: 11 Dec 2015 at 09:10hrs | 4 | by Professor Welshman Ncube
Obituary - May Nkomazana Dulini Ncube : The Unsung Heroine of our Nation
Death is horrible and such a stain and blight on life. Never does it ever make any sense. It is always so illogical, so pointless and meaningless and yet so final. It strikes disproportionately agains...Published: 27 Nov 2015 at 12:52hrs | 3 | by Professor Welshman Ncube
Welshman Ncube on Friday - 2008 ZANU PF's legacy of economic and political violence lingers on
One of the most distinct features that differentiates MDC from all other political parties in Zimbabwe - save for one or two - is our refusal to use violence as a means of achieving political objectiv...Published: 20 Nov 2015 at 11:32hrs | 2 | by Welshman Ncube
Zimbabwe's daily Friday the 13th
IT is but a coincidence that on a day, which I want to highlight the destructive nature of endemic and pervasive corruption in our country Zimbabwe, it is the metaphorical Friday the Thirteenth....Published: 13 Nov 2015 at 20:34hrs | 2 | by Welshman Ncube
Media can't do PR for Zanu-PF
In my more than two decades in academia and as a politician, I have heard again and again the often repeated assertion that the bond of any professional and ethical media practitioner is the maxim, "F...Published: 04 Nov 2015 at 19:46hrs | | by Welshman Ncube
Welshman Ncube on Friday - Celebrating Zimbabwe's Women of Excellence
This Friday, I find it so refreshing to for once write in celebratory mode, following the successful qualification of our women's soccer team, the Mighty Warriors into the Olympic Games in Rio de Jane...Published: 23 Oct 2015 at 19:17hrs | 1 | by Professor Welshman Ncube
Zimbabwe's deadly human conveyor belt
As an educationist with extensive teaching experience at university level, I feel particularly saddened that the young people who are graduating in their thousands every year from all manner of c...Published: 16 Oct 2015 at 15:28hrs | | by Professor Welshman Ncube
WATCH: Tsvangirai treason trial explained
Today, 12 October 2015, the anniversary of the MDC split in 2005, we reflect on the lack of integrity and unscrupulous behaviour of some individuals in the top leadership of the MDC that made it impo...Published: 12 Oct 2015 at 20:59hrs | | by Welshman Ncube
Zimbabwean citizens slipping through social safety net
MY late father-in-law never tired of seeking to persuade me that the true measure of the success or failure of any given nation is never the successes of its well-to-do citizens but how that nation ma...Published: 04 Oct 2015 at 09:18hrs | | by Welshman Ncube
Mugabe cabinet reshuffles humiliate Matebeleland
This week I am meant to write about our manufacturing industry, but how do I do that without some reference to the bizarre event of the week when our Head of State, Head of Government and Commander in...Published: 20 Sep 2015 at 12:48hrs | | by Welshman Ncube
The Death of Infrastructure in Zimbabwe
We know from studying Greco-Roman history that civilisations do die, especially if momentum of human enlightenment is not maintained. Civilisations are also killed by wars, diseases and abuse of polit...Published: 15 Sep 2015 at 10:09hrs | 1 | by Welshman Ncube
Mugabe's 'cents-less' ten point plan
"President Mugabe deliberately evaded the Eleventh Point because he resents and despises effective democracy."EACH one of us - during our childhood or as teenagers - have at one time or anothe...Published: 04 Sep 2015 at 07:47hrs | | by Welshman Ncube
Zimbabwe - From bread basket to beg basket
THOSE of us who grew up in Rhodesia knew from an early age that the foundational pillars of the strength of the Rhodesian economy lay in agriculture, mining and manufacturing.So strong was Rho...Published: 29 Aug 2015 at 13:36hrs | | by Welshman Ncube
Zimbabwe's mineral wealth: From purse to zurse
FOR those of you who, like me, with a deep interest in the subject of political economy, will remember the phrase 'resource curse'. A quick reference to Wikipedia will tell you that the term&nbs...Published: 08 Aug 2015 at 07:34hrs | 1 | by Welshman Ncube
Zimbabwe's walking sick
One of the most basic human needs is to be in good health. Poor health inevitably leads to death. Thus one of the primary functions of any government must be to secure the health of its citizens. This...Published: 01 Aug 2015 at 19:38hrs | 2 | by Professor Welshman Ncube
Welshman Ncube on Friday: It Maybe Free, But Someone Pays For It
In the early 1980s, I was a young man in my twenties listening and reading with keen interest as nationalist politicians promised us unlimited access to free education, health and such other thing...Published: 03 Jul 2015 at 10:26hrs | | by Prof Welshman Ncube
Welshman Ncube on Friday: Who Really is an 'Ordinary' Zimbabwean?
A few years ago, I heard an Afro American rhythm and blues singer named John Legend sing this about ordinary people: 'We're just ordinary people. We don't know which way to go. Cuz we're ordinary...Published: 27 Jun 2015 at 07:30hrs | | by Welshman Ncube
Welshman Ncube on Friday: Whose job is it to create employment?
In my piece last week I wrote on poverty and there was one thing that stood out strongly; if all employable Zimbabweans would find a decent job, it would be a giant step, indeed a huge leap toward...Published: 19 Jun 2015 at 05:34hrs | 4 | by Prof Welshman Ncube
Welshman Ncube on Friday: Why are we Zimbabweans, so poor?
A few weeks ago, we woke up to a 'research' whose results showed a list of fifty wealthiest Zimbabweans. I do not know what benchmark the researchers used, but the message was simple: those...Published: 12 Jun 2015 at 11:44hrs | 2 | by Professor Welshman Ncube
Welshman Ncube on Friday: The Economics of Happiness
I am a lawyer by profession and a politician by choice, but this week I want to delve into a familiar but treacherous issue of human behaviour - happiness. We might not realise it, but our lives ...Published: 29 May 2015 at 08:32hrs | 2 | by Welshman Ncube
Elections: When Non - Participation is Important
Welshman Ncube on Friday - Weekly Commentary on National Issues &nb...Published: 22 May 2015 at 13:59hrs | 2 | by Welshman Ncube
Zimbabwe needs friends, every country needs friends
In the past six-months, we have witnessed some of the worst human created and natural disasters in the world. An AirAsia Airbus A320 crashing into the Java Sea destroying 160 lives; the tragic m...Published: 15 May 2015 at 08:57hrs | 1 | by Welshman Ncube
If I am Kalanga, so what?
KALANGA is one of the officially recognised languages embedded as an obligation in section 6 of Zimbabwe's constitution. To someone with normal, functional faculties, this would mean those of our citi...Published: 09 May 2015 at 15:41hrs | | by Welshman Ncube
Welshman Ncube rips into Zuma
MDC leader, Welshman Ncube has lashed out at his in-law, South Africa President Jacob Zuma saying Zuma's statements on xenophobic attacks were unfortunate and must have been directed at unreservedly...Published: 29 Apr 2015 at 17:34hrs | 1 | by Welshman Ncube
@35 'Zimbabwe is on an accelerated trajectory of self destruction' - Prof Welshman Ncube
#AreWeMissingSomething on #1980sofarsogood? At this time of the year, our hearts are supposed to be melting, eyes twinkling and faces glowing incessantly with triumphant tribute to our 35-ye...Published: 17 Apr 2015 at 10:35hrs | 3 | by Prof. Welshman Ncube
A Weekly Commentary on Bread and Butter Issues - Prof Welshman Ncube
Are elections the only democratic means for an opposition party to assume political power?Zimbabwe is a constitutional democracy. What this means is that most, if not all political proces...Published: 10 Apr 2015 at 09:18hrs | 1 | by Prof Welshman Ncube, President, MDC
Welshman Ncube letter to Priscilla attackers
These are trying times for us as leadership of the party at different levels and for the entire membership of the party. It is a time for serious and deep SILENT reflection. There is ...Published: 19 Feb 2015 at 08:29hrs | | by Welshman Ncube
End of year message from MDC leader Welshman Ncube
Season's Greetings fellow Zimbabweans Even though, like most recent years, 2014 has been a difficult and challenging year for most Zimbabweans, we must nonetheless look back on the year w...Published: 19 Dec 2014 at 09:29hrs | 1 | by Welshman Ncube, MDC President
Speech by MDC President Welshman Ncube at Signing of Reunification Agreement
Mama Sekai Holland, President of MDC RENEWAL. Pamusoroi Edwin Mushoriwa Vice President MDC. Pamusoroi Baba Chimbaira, ...Published: 28 Nov 2014 at 23:09hrs | 1 | by Prof Welshman Ncube
Fletcher Dulini Ncube: Principled and Dependable to the End
1940 to 2014I first met Fletcher Dulini Ncube in 1999 during the early days of the processes of the formation of the MDC. He was introduced to me by the late Gibson Sibanda at a meeting th...Published: 18 Sep 2014 at 21:05hrs | 1 | by Welshman Ncube
Welshman Ncube responds to Tsvangirai - Full statement
Press Release23 July 2014Response to Morgan TsvangiraiZimbabwe lies on its belly groaning under the weight of a clueless and cruel Zanu PF gover...Published: 25 Jul 2014 at 09:55hrs | | by Welshman Ncube
Welshman Ncube's Independence Day message
Today we celebrate our 34th year of independence, a relatively short period in the history of nations but a great milestone which came at a high cost where thousands of our compatriots made the u...Published: 18 Apr 2014 at 11:12hrs | | by Welshman Ncube
Welshman Ncube: A tale of two countries
Kenya and Zimbabwe offer an interesting case study for us as Zimbabweans.Both Kenya and Zimbabwe had violence around its previous elections, both were on the SADC and AU agenda for a number of...Published: 08 Apr 2014 at 09:52hrs | 1 | by Professor Welshman Ncube
Welshman Ncube: 'That the elections were rigged is not debatable'
THE MDC is aware that the just ended elections were neither fair nor free in the strictest definition of the terms and as such the outcome is not a legitimate one.That the elections were rigg...Published: 18 Aug 2013 at 07:01hrs | | by Welshman Ncube
'I have never asked to be the first VP,' Welshman Ncube snaps
I have NOT at any time asked to be first Vice President in the so called grand coalition. I have NOT asked for any position in that grand coalition. I have no issues with Khupe being first or second ...Published: 11 Jul 2013 at 06:22hrs | | by Welshman Ncube
MDC will never oppose a grand coalition, says Welshman Ncube
To ALL my dear friends, after most of you are asking about the much publicised so-called grand coalition, I would like to categorically make it very clear that the MDC led by Professor Welshman Ncube...Published: 09 Jul 2013 at 07:25hrs | | by Welshman Ncube
Elections date judgment from a Constitutional lawyer's perspective
A judgment by the final court in the land has far reaching implications considering that, if it is wrong, it is uncorrectable. The power to be the final arbiter in any country surely carries with it ...Published: 04 Jun 2013 at 19:14hrs | | by Professor Welshman Ncube
'Let's take the final leap,' says Welshman Ncube
AS the MDC joins the rest of the nation in celebrating our 33rd Independence anniversary and remembering the sacrifices made by our forbearers to free us from the shackles of colonialism and racial se...Published: 18 Apr 2013 at 05:54hrs | | by Welshman Ncube
MDC angered by Appointment of ZEC and ZHRC chairpersons
MDC Press Statement on Appointment of ZEC and ZHRC chairpersons The MDC is dismayed, distressed and angered by the twin announcements that Jaco...Published: 21 Feb 2013 at 07:26hrs | | by Professor Welshman Ncube
Ncube the pessimist Vs Coltart the optimist
Following a report on this site last week that MDC leader Welshman Ncube and Senator David Coltart were at odds over need for an electoral pact ahead of the 2013 elections, the two have sought to play...Published: 31 Dec 2012 at 22:13hrs | 1 | by Welshman Ncube l David Coltart
Welshman Ncube meets Mugabe
Yesterday afternoon I met President Mugabe and he handed to me the Zanu-PF amended COPAC Draft constitution.I have now studied the amendments Zanu-PF has made to the draft and I am astonishe...Published: 22 Aug 2012 at 08:15hrs | | by Welshman Ncube
Workers Day Press Statement -MDC
MDC PRESS STATEMENT The MDC joins all workers and the nation in celebrating the Workers Day. As we celebrate this day, we take time to reflect on ...Published: 30 Apr 2012 at 09:17hrs | | by Prof Welshman Ncube
Welshman Ncube's Independence Day Message
Every year on the 18th of April, we celebrate our national independence with great jubilation. This is the celebration of our triumph against a century of subjugation by the colonialist. On this day ...Published: 17 Apr 2012 at 12:34hrs | | by Welshman Ncube
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