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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 the first time after more than a decade of squ…

Published: 23 May 2019 at 21:42hrs | 1 | by 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 contagious as to have a pervasive "passive impact" …

Published: 17 Jul 2016 at 12:29hrs | 1 | by 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 Commerce. However it is difficult to underst…

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 conspiracy to rob Zimbabweans of their na…

Published: 03 Apr 2016 at 12:20hrs | | by 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 objectives. You might argue all you like that t…

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.As an ardent film goer of the 1980s, I was pa…

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, "Facts are sacrosanct and opinion is free…

Published: 04 Nov 2015 at 19:46hrs | | 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 makes provision for and treats what he us…

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 Chief of the Defense Forces not just r…

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 political power. Actually, the world's most …

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 another knocked our big toe against a stone (ukukhube…

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 Rhodesia's agriculture, whatever could be said of …

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  "was first used by Richard Auty in 1…

Published: 08 Aug 2015 at 07:34hrs | 1 | by 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 people. Maybe we should take it slow...' In…

Published: 27 Jun 2015 at 07:30hrs | | by 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 a the sum aggregate of contests between a de…

Published: 29 May 2015 at 08:32hrs | 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 massacre of 150 innocent passengers against th…

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 citizens who speak this language - like any…

Published: 09 May 2015 at 15:41hrs | | by Welshman Ncube

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 a time to talk and a time to listen. A time to list…

Published: 19 Feb 2015 at 08:29hrs | | 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 government, with the majority of its people going through severe suffering and hunger; businesses cl…

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 ultimate sacrifice of giving up their lives w…

Published: 18 Apr 2014 at 11:12hrs | | 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 or 3rd vice president or whatever else s…

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, (to which I belong) has never and will…

Published: 09 Jul 2013 at 07:25hrs | | by 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 segregation, we take a moment to reflect …

Published: 18 Apr 2013 at 05:54hrs | | by Welshman Ncube

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 astonished at the sheer scale of disrespect, contempt, ins…

Published: 22 Aug 2012 at 08:15hrs | | by 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 the MDC joins the nation and the world i…

Published: 17 Apr 2012 at 12:34hrs | | by Welshman Ncube

Zimbabwe sanctions are not only short sighted but unstrategic

Sanctions as a strategy to bring about political change in Zimbabwe in my opinion are not only short sighted but unstrategic and self defeating. They are ultimately foolish and similar to cutting off your nose in order to spite your face.W…

Published: 15 Feb 2012 at 18:14hrs | 2 | by Welshman Ncube

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