Columnist / Wilbert mukori
Chamisa's 'Nation's Agenda: 2020' - a fuzzy and confused plan, blundering from pillar to post
Nelson Chamisa's Harare 21st January 2020 address was dubbed "Nation's Agenda 2020" or "Nation's Plan of Action: 2020" As much as the nation is desperate for change it is as day this so called MDC's p...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 09:33hrs | 2166 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Teachers need new skills to counter Zanu PF enslavement' - name just one profession with 0% unemployment
Once upon a time, 40 years ago but it might as well be 400 years ago for we have regressed so quickly we are now back in the dark ages, Zimbabwe used to produce enough food to not only feed all her pe...Published: 10 Jan 2020 at 07:55hrs | 1085 | by Wilbert Mukori
'A prosperous 2020' said Mnangagwa - not when failed to hold free elections and plant sapling of good governance
"As your Listening President and a Servant Leader, I will continue engaging with you and listening to your concerns so that we walk hand in hand, together in unity, love, peace and harmony towards a p...Published: 03 Jan 2020 at 10:18hrs | 1013 | by Wilbert Mukori
Self criticism is the essence of good governance. May 2020 be our year of self criticism and introspection
“Blacks are incapable of self government!” said John. Bang! Came the explosive response from Chengetai.John was a white student fro...Published: 29 Dec 2019 at 01:25hrs | 855 | by Wilbert Mukori
SA our neighbour from hell, patronising and dishing out foolish advice - Mbeki shut up and fcuk off
"I am very glad with what the President of the country is doing to respond to the challenges and I think it is very important that the SADC region comes behind the President and the country because th...Published: 18 Dec 2019 at 06:55hrs | 3148 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Your (UK PM) focus is Brexit, mine is reforms' said Mnangagwa - 1 month, Brexit done; reforms, never ever
Mnangagwa's continued democratic reformer pretensions are an insult to all Zimbabweans and will not fool UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson! "Your re-election to this high office (Prime Minister)...Published: 17 Dec 2019 at 07:13hrs | 1594 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa can and should be impeach but will not as long as dictatorship rule the roost
Can the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa be impeached? On paper, yes he can be impeached. A complete list of all the articles of impeachment aga...Published: 16 Dec 2019 at 09:35hrs | 927 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Your (UK PM) focus is Brexit, mine is reforms' said Mnangagwa - 1 month, Brexit done; reforms, never ever
Mnangagwa's continued democratic reformer pretensions are an insult to all Zimbabweans and will not fool UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson! "Your re-election to this high office (Prime Minister)...Published: 14 Dec 2019 at 20:55hrs | 1456 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Need revolution, nor reforms, to remove Zanu PF' says J Moyo - Zanu PF mob psychosis
I readily confess that I was one of the people who held Professor Jonathan Moyo in high regard as a brilliant intellectual with impeccable moral ethics. That was in the late 1980s and early 1990s; whe...Published: 11 Dec 2019 at 07:27hrs | 3329 | by Wilbert Mukori
MDC agree to local mediator, no reforms will be implemented - pointless, fix everything but not seized engine
"Behind-the-scenes and indirect 'talks about the talks' appear to be gathering pace with Chamisa now saying that he will accept mediation by "neutral" locals," reported Dailynews."MDC spokespe...Published: 10 Dec 2019 at 16:53hrs | 1577 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mutendi can't tell ED truth of rigged elections, can't stand political heat - get out of the kitchen
"If you see a frog hoping in the midday heat, you can be certain something is amiss!" so goes the adage. Zimbabwe's economic situation is getting worse and worse. Unemployment still 90% plus; 3/4 ...Published: 03 Dec 2019 at 06:21hrs | 2330 | by Wilbert Mukori
ZCC still demanding Zanu PF and MDC dialogue - for 39 years insane set national agenda, enough is enough
Albert Einstein said "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result."It is very sad to note that Zimbabwe must have one of the largest number of insane ...Published: 30 Nov 2019 at 06:24hrs | 1846 | by Wilbert Mukori
Root cause of economic meltdown is rigged elections - must deal with curse or die
Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely! This is a common sense observation noted in every human society and goes back to the very beginning of human civilisation. Indeed, the me...Published: 28 Nov 2019 at 10:48hrs | 1428 | by Wilbert Mukori
In solving Zimbabwe crisis, Ramaphosa is irrelevant; he endorse rigged elections and thus shot himself in the head
Ten years ago, SADC leaders condemned the 2008 Zimbabwe elections because Mugabe and his Zanu PF thugs had blatantly cheated in the March vote count and used wanton violence in the run-off. Mugabe was...Published: 27 Nov 2019 at 13:30hrs | 1167 | by Wilbert Mukori
By firing doctors Zanu PF delivered coup de grace on healthcare and, more notably, on Zanu PF itself
From November 2017 to July 2018 Mnangagwa had his party thugs, the rogue war veterans, the Police, Army and CIO on the leash. He did not want to see any violence because he wanted to claim the "2018 e...Published: 22 Nov 2019 at 07:39hrs | 1297 | by Wilbert Mukori
'It takes an active and informed people to keep a republic' - Zimbabweans were never given a chance
There is a story, often told, that upon exiting the Constitutional Convention Benjamin Franklin, one of America's founding fathers, was approached by a group of citizens asking what sort of government...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 09:17hrs | 515 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Inflation is because TSP failed to factor in drought' - yeah right, sell-out whitewashing Zanu PF tomb
Zimbabwe is well and truly stuck in this hell-on-earth mess! What makes our situation so, so frustrating about it is this is a man-made mess. For the last 39 years and counting the ruling party, Zanu ...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 09:06hrs | 2913 | by Wilbert Mukori
Govt splashing US$ 16m on new cars for ministers - still feeding blackholes, what a waste
"The Minister gave me an assignment about the purchase of Ministers' vehicles and we have agreed with the supplier of vehicles. We are going to buy these vehicles through a letter of credit so that yo...Published: 05 Nov 2019 at 12:35hrs | 1253 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa squealing as Excelgate expose of rigged 2018 goes viral - guilt of high treason
There is no denying the fact that Zimbabwe is facing a serious economic meltdown the much hoped for economic recovery of the post Mugabe era has not materialised. When Emmerson Mnangagwa took ...Published: 25 Oct 2019 at 07:43hrs | 14026 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Zanu-PF believe owned choicest fruits' - with economy in ICU, they still demand pound of flesh
"The new' regime can be viewed from different angles, but the nub of it is this: there's a recognition that the economic fiasco of the last 20 years was suboptimal, but Emmerson Mnangagwa and his fell...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 20:17hrs | 620 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Zimbabwe de-dollarisation is in tatters and with no political shift, no bailout' says expert
Most of us know that Zimbabwe is in serious economic and political trouble. It is only from reading expert analysis that one can start to comprehend the seriousness of our situation. Tony Hawkins a pr...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 08:59hrs | 3641 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Common sense must prevail, need GNU' argue Mzembi - 'less of him we'd have a better land'
Albert Einstein, one of the greatest physicist and innovative thinker to ever walk the earth, explained that psychologically, our beliefs and axioms rest upon our experiences. There exists, however, n...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 05:59hrs | 554 | by Wilbert Mukori
'You are a sell-outs!' - discredited opposition undermine ED's legitimacy
Up to now, many Zimbabweans have not fully appreciated the negative role the country's opposition politicians have played in our struggle to end the Zanu PF dictatorship. It is pleasing to note that m...Published: 14 Oct 2019 at 16:33hrs | 1186 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa is desperate to emulate Kagame, hires same PR - silk purse out sow's ear
There is one thing we can say with absolute certainty; President Mnangagwa and his fellow Joint Operation Command (JOC) junta members, comprising the top brass in the country's security services and a...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 16:08hrs | 772 | by Wilbert Mukori
'My government is implementing reforms' - rigged elections are illegitimate and must step down, now
Every economic performance indicator shows that the Zimbabwe economic is in total economic meltdown and yet Mnangagwa continue to claim otherwise."My government continues to take bold and deci...Published: 02 Oct 2019 at 08:02hrs | 1461 | by Wilbert Mukori
'I need time to get dead economy working again' - you killing it, just step down
"I'm aware of the pain being experienced by the poor and the marginalised," said Mnangagwa in his speech, to mark the official opening of parliament."Getting the economy working again from bei...Published: 02 Oct 2019 at 08:02hrs | 1835 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Punish Mnangagwa for his barbarism vis-a-vis Dr Magombiye,' called Coltart - why is MDC propping up regime
"This is a regime which is increasingly paranoid and unhinged. It has dug itself into a deep hole. In seeking to exculpate itself from the crimes against humanity it is alleged to have committed in re...Published: 26 Sep 2019 at 06:44hrs | 1303 | by Wilbert Mukori
'2018 elections failed to meet standards' - illegitimate Zanu-PF must step down to stop repeat
"Amid Zimbabwe's deteriorating political situation and worsening economic rot, opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has held a meeting with former Nigerian Olusegun Obasanjo - in a bid to trigger dialogue...Published: 25 Sep 2019 at 21:07hrs | 1893 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mugabe's legacy is palatial Blue Roof for himself and condemn povo to mud hovel - Sodom and Gomorrah of greed
-A lot has been said about Robert Gabriel Mugabe's legacy; some declared him a Pan-Africanist liberation hero per excellence, the founding father of Zimbabwe, etc. A picture speaks a thousand words an...Published: 20 Sep 2019 at 17:42hrs | 1185 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabwe to build mausoleum to honour dictator Mugabe - even in death his selfish greed is insatiable
President Emmerson Mnangagwa says the Zimbabwean government is building a mausoleum at the National Heroes Acre as a way of paying homage and honour to the country's late founding father Robert Mugabe...Published: 14 Sep 2019 at 11:49hrs | 938 | by Wilbert Mukori
Giving Mugabe a hero's send-off proves we love our dictators and don't want change - not yet
Zimbabweans are not yet ready to end the de facto Zanu PF one-party dictatorship and with it the economic meltdown and political paralysis.Last year Mnangagwa and Zanu PF blatantly rigged the ...Published: 11 Sep 2019 at 10:56hrs | 870 | by Wilbert Mukori
R G Mugabe was a corrupt and murderous dictator, not a hero - to all dictators 'Pidigori waenda!' (Memento mori!)
The late Robert Gabriel Mugabe was a corrupt, incompetent and murderous dictator whose love of power and wealth was insatiable. Zimbabwe, the country and nation have paid dearly for his greed. Anyone ...Published: 06 Sep 2019 at 20:36hrs | 4210 | by Wilbert Mukori
'We need NTA or heading for Armageddon' - no, we there and Zanu PF will drag us past no-return
Zimbabwe has sleep-walked into "failed state" and now the country is heading for dark dungeons of Armageddon!"We need a national transitional authority (NTA), we need a soft landing for our co...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 08:43hrs | 1329 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Zanu PF media ad hominem attacks on ambassadors is insulting' - remain focused and tighten screw
"President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government appeared determined to commit diplomatic hara-kiri - ritual suicide by disembowelment with a sword, which used to be practised in Japan - with its officials ...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 15:54hrs | 1049 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Can still have successful economy regardless' ED advised - excuse for the illegitimate to hang on
"PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is surrounded by good people. Among them, he has great formal and informal advisers; talented and eminent people from different backgrounds, who really can make a differe...Published: 31 Aug 2019 at 09:13hrs | 1106 | by Wilbert Mukori
Jonathan Moyo's Exclegate 'expose how ED rigged elections' - rubbish, don't learn tango from fiddler crab
"A NEW case study done by exiled former cabinet minister Jonathan Moyo, a political science professor, in collaboration with publisher Ibbo Mandaza, under his Southern African Political Economy Trust ...Published: 27 Aug 2019 at 15:22hrs | 7488 | by Wilbert Mukori
What is holding back Zimbabwe - perverse Zanu-PF and MDC entente cordiale
There is no doubt that ever since the 2008 to 2013 GNU there was mutual understanding, a cordial agreement, a "entente cordiale" as the French would say, struck between Zanu-PF and MDC. MDC was suppos...Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 09:29hrs | 2467 | by Wilbert Mukori
'New GNU will address legitimacy deficit' argues Biti - he is still breathtakingly incompetent
Some of us castigated Morgan Tsvangirai, Tendai Biti, Nelson Chamisa, Welshmen Ncube, David Coltart and the rest of the MDC leaders as "breathtakingly corrupt and incompetent" as far back as 2010; whe...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 08:51hrs | 4179 | by Wilbert Mukori
'People have lost confidence in elected regime' says Fr Wermter - it's worse and more complex
"IF the citizens do not feel any longer represented by the men and women they have cast their ballots for, and Parliament is no longer effective in serving the common good, can no longer defend human ...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 21:05hrs | 2019 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Park rigged elections and focus on new GNU' - no, Zanu-PF must step down and rigged elections is the gist
"I think both leaders have to park that issue (whether last year's elections were free, fair and credible and therefore Mnangagwa and his Zanu-PF party are legitimate). In other words, Emmerson Mnanga...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 22:49hrs | 2916 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Solve socio-economic crisis' prescribe UN - rubbish, treat disease, bad governance, not the symptom
Zimbabwe is a pariah state ruled by corrupt, incompetent, vote rigging and murderous thugs. The ruling party, Zanu-PF, has captured all state institutions so that the Police, Army, Judiciary, etc. are...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 10:48hrs | 294 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Don't care how Zanu-PF got power, account for it' - too late, MDC gave them absolute power
"THIS is a message to those who currently hold power in Zimbabwe. I do not really care about how you got into this position, but now that you are there, we need to ask you what you are going to use th...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 15:54hrs | 3187 | by Wilbert Mukori
We have more heroes in 40 years than UK in 400 years - but not one stopped Zim going to the dogs, why
"President Emmerson Mnangagwa is the biggest thief," said Thomas Mapfumo in a facebook video circulating in the social media.Thomas Mapfumo, is a very talented Zimbabwean musician who has cons...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 20:38hrs | 1929 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa's SONA was empty promises and murderous defence of status quo – antithesis of what nation dying for
"Mnangagwa ndiChomugore!" (Mnangagwa is Chomugore!) was my instinctive response to President Mnangagwa's State Of Nation Address (SONA) yesterday.Chomugore was a mean old man who would ask you...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 16:21hrs | 1573 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Did God instruct MDC to take power by force?' - God is NOT in this, 'be as shrewd as snakes' He warned
"One thing for certain, which the opposition should know, is that there is not going to be any transfer of power outside the elections. Their decision to participate in the elections that brought Mnan...Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 17:39hrs | 2406 | by Wilbert Mukori
We, Zimbabweans, are our own worst enemy and made country hell-on-earth to live in
"Come on Wilbert, I thought you are smart enough to have figured it all out for yourself by now," Brian said, provokingly."What, may I ask, is it I should have figured out for myself by now!" ...Published: 30 Jul 2019 at 21:23hrs | 2809 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Beseech God for wisdom' calls Chamisa - endorsing illegitimate Zanu-PF is not wise, it's stupid
"I am urging all Zimbabweans from all walks of life and various denominations, in and outside the country to embark on a seven day prayer, fasting and intercession for our beloved country, Zimbabwe be...Published: 27 Jul 2019 at 17:03hrs | 2160 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Gloomsters betting on UK democracy failing will lose their shirts' - indeed, nak*d already
"I pay tribute to the fortitude and patience of my predecessor and her deep sense of public service, but in spite of all her efforts, it has become clear that there are pessimists at home and abroad w...Published: 26 Jul 2019 at 08:12hrs | 237 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Did you vote MPs to live large' asked Nkosana Moyo - how insulting, when he helped rig the vote
"As you continue to suffer, your representatives in parliament and government are preparing to receive brand new cars. Is this what you vote them in to office for? To live large in the face of crisis?...Published: 22 Jul 2019 at 08:56hrs | 1949 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Mission: Zanu PF realise link between Z$, knowledge and production' - how, when only they know best
Last month the Mnangagwa government enacted the Statutory Instrument 142 (2019) in which the regime banish the use of the basketful of multi-foreign currencies as legal tender in Zimbabwe leaving the ...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 19:46hrs | 3521 | by Wilbert Mukori
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