Columnist / Wilbert mukori
EU to renew sanctions on illegitimate Zanu PF - imperative, step down before 2023
All those who love peace and justice and understand the need to end the long suffering of the people of Zimbabwe after 38 years and counting of this Zanu PF dictatorship will hearty welcomes EU Parlia...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 23:08hrs | 3427 | by Wilbert Mukori
New GNU will give Mnangagwa legitimacy - still appeasing after 38 years, madness
Zimbabwe is in this economic and political mess because we have again and again failed to define our problem(s) and, as one would expect, have failed to come up with working solution(s). With no worki...Published: 11 Feb 2019 at 09:07hrs | 5212 | by Wilbert Mukori
Povo must be clear what they want out of street protests - draining of political sewage swamp
"This is a foolish idea!" I wrote on 17 November 2017, to discourage the ordinary Zimbabweans planning to march in support of the military coup the following day."The ZDF coup is about the fac...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 09:34hrs | 619 | by Wilbert Mukori
Bishops want 'second chance' Zanu PF/ MDC GNU - how many chances wasted 2008 GNU alone!
I would like to thank the Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops Conference (ZCBC) for their well thought out letter of appeal and advice on the possible way out of the present political and economic mess Zimbabwe...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 07:55hrs | 579 | by Wilbert Mukori
We are starving in the Garden of Eden - damning testimonial on leaders and us all
"38 years of criminal waste of human and material resources through gross mismanagement and rampant corruption by this Zanu-PF regime has destroyed the country's economy. For decades now, the country ...Published: 13 Jan 2019 at 21:36hrs | 241 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa must make bold decisions
"Given the mood within the government workforce and the country at large, it would be wise for the government to abandon its bully tactics and take the demands of the workers seriously to avoid situat...Published: 08 Jan 2019 at 21:05hrs | 885 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Mnangagwa must make bold decisions to end crisis' - his last one was to rig elections and it has backfired
"Given the mood within the government workforce and the country at large, it would be wise for the government to abandon its bully tactics and take the demands of the workers seriously to avoid situat...Published: 06 Jan 2019 at 21:27hrs | 5007 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Tsvangirai will be an albatross round your neck' Dell predicted - he was right, now it is ED and Chamisa
"Morgan Tsvangirai a flawed figure, not readily open to advice, indecisive and with questionable judgment," wrote then USA Ambassador to Zimbabwe 2004 to 2007, Chris Dell in a leaked cable."He...Published: 23 Dec 2018 at 22:32hrs | 4362 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Zanu PF thugs are the wolves amongst us, lambs' - true, but only because we let them
"Zanu PF is using MDC Alliance's refusal to acknowledge Mnangagwa as the winner (of the 30 July 2018 elections) to justify its "shoot to kill" against the nation. (Zanu PF is punishing the whole natio...Published: 17 Dec 2018 at 16:54hrs | 922 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Zanu PF will rule!' says illegitimate ED - UDI echo, stakes are much higher
"I don't believe in black majority rule ever in Rhodesia - not in a thousand years!" This is the now infamous quote of the rebel Ian Douglas Smith after declaring the Unilateral Declaration of Indepen...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 09:41hrs | 974 | by Wilbert Mukori
'First accept Mnangagwa as president, then have dialogue' Motlanthe Commission instructed Chamisa
"One of the most impressive things you have said was about MDC being a party that respects the law. I take it that now that the Con-Court has made a pronouncement (on the election result), that in kee...Published: 27 Nov 2018 at 07:45hrs | 6041 | by Wilbert Mukori
Confronting ED dictatorship head-on: demand enlightened Gvt based on free elections – not next time, NOW
"England must move forward to a more enlightened form of government based on a true representation of a free people. Such an institution is known as a democracy!" These were the memorable words of Oli...Published: 20 Nov 2018 at 14:07hrs | 1456 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Second Republic saw expansion of democratic space' boasted ED - didn't last, tyranny returned with a deadly bang!
"Mupakati anokubirwa nomutsitsi; akakupa chisvanda, anopendedza nenyika!" (A tyrant robs you by the bushel full; if he gives away a bowl, he will make a big song and dance of his generosity!) So goes ...Published: 18 Nov 2018 at 18:08hrs | 1330 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Do we have the vision to reset our dysfunctional politics?' - not until have thinking caps back on
"After 38 years of blundering from pillar to post, we have a chance of resetting our dysfunctional political system. The question is Do we have the vision to see the opportunity and the resolve to sei...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 09:47hrs | 167 | by Wilbert Mukori
We are caught between rock and the abyss and lack Odysseus insight to escape
Zimbabweans are well and truly caught between a rock and the deep blue sea, they either have to confront the corrupt and tyrannical Zanu PF regime and demand meaningful political change or continue to...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 19:23hrs | 2249 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Zimbabwe is one of the poorest nations' says IMF - our prize for being mental couch potato
Mankind is a creature of reason, it is our ability to think that have made us the most dominant creature on earth. But just as having feathers is the common characteristic that has enabled bir...Published: 30 Oct 2018 at 18:23hrs | 2042 | by Wilbert Mukori
'POSA is unconstitutional' ruled Con-Court - so what, ED already has New Constitution Section 209
Public Order and Security Act (POSA) was one of the many obnoxious pieces of legislations on the Zimbabwe statute books that this Zanu PF dictatorship has relied on to deny the people of Zimbabwe thei...Published: 19 Oct 2018 at 22:16hrs | 2815 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Elections failed to meet standards' EU tells Mnangagwa and dishing out the punishment - so must we!
President Mnangagwa and his Zanu PF regime, as the government of the day, had the legal obligation to hold free, fair and credible elections; the highest law of the land, the constitution demanded it,...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 19:43hrs | 2733 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa is illegitimate, he must step down!
It is highly likely that Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa will rig the 2023 elections. He must therefore be forced out or he will rig again the 2023 elections. "Are we men or are we mice!"The purpo...Published: 09 Oct 2018 at 10:02hrs | 5798 | by Wilbert Mukori
ED rigged elections, must be forced out or will rig 2023. 'Are we men or are we mice?'
"The purpose of the facilities ($500 million credit) is to fund the procurement of essential commodities including fuel, electricity, wheat and raw materials for the manufacturing of cooking oil and p...Published: 09 Oct 2018 at 07:10hrs | 1514 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Seek ye first the political kingdom' advised Dr Nkrumah - after 38 years of blundering, the penny has finally dropped
There is a growing hunger by an ever increasing pool Zimbabweans to engage in serious debate and search for the country's way out of this hell-on-earth mess the nation finds itself in. This is just wh...Published: 30 Sep 2018 at 20:20hrs | 707 | by Wilbert Mukori
It is now established fact: Zanu PF rigged the 2018 elections - Mnangagwa's world is falling apart
The electoral victory of the rigged elections has been but a hollow Pyrrhic victory for Mnangagwa.Here is the man who had executed all Zanu PF's vote rigging activities and Mnangagwa knows bet...Published: 28 Sep 2018 at 07:40hrs | 18413 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Blacks like to lie to ourselves' confessed Simbi - real genius starts with being honest to oneself
Terence Simbi, your article; "Zidera 2018 amendments Act, What does this mean for Zimbabwe?" in Bulawayo24 opinion; is one of the most thought provoking articles I have read in the last five years! Th...Published: 26 Sep 2018 at 07:40hrs | 1364 | by Wilbert Mukori
ED offers Chamisa 'opposition leader recognition' to buy legitimacy – a hyena is a hyena with or without ticks
President Mnangagwa and his Zanu PF junta rigged the 30 July 2018 elections, that is a fundament truth at issue here. If the truth must be told; here, the truth will be told even if it makes s...Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 16:49hrs | 5247 | by Wilbert Mukori
Life cycle of the Zanu-PF dictatorship vs bilharzia parasite - cure is the same too
Zimbabwe is in this political and economic mess because the country has been stuck with a this corrupt and tyrannical Zanu-PF dictatorship for 38 years. The party rigs elections to stay in power and i...Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 10:43hrs | 1108 | by Wilbert Mukori
38 years of Zanu PF tyranny has sucked all marrow out of life - We are living dead
"Insanity," said the great Physicist Albert Einstein "in doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result" Talk of insanity and one immediately thinks of the mental patien...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 08:28hrs | 3047 | by Wilbert Mukori
'I will take Zimbabwe forward' twittered Coventry - how naïve, vote rigging ED is taking it backward
"I am honoured to be appointed by President Mnangagwa as Zimbabwe's Minister of Youth, Sports, Art and Recreation. I will continue to carry our Flag with pride and dedication of service so we can come...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 18:56hrs | 5509 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Business is unsettled,' says Chamisa
There are three things one could have predicted with 100% certainty six months ago:1) That Nelson Chamisa and his MDC Alliance will take part in this year's elections even th...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 22:07hrs | 3746 | by Wilbert Mukori
'ED is Mugabe mark 2!' skunk is out and UK wants it doused with GNU, Chanel 5 perfume
There are certain events which, on their own would not even be noticed, assume ginormous significance because of the circumstance under which they take place. The last straw that broke the camel's bac...Published: 30 Aug 2018 at 18:21hrs | 3620 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa's greatest test, camel through needle's eye, was to hold free elections - he failed miserably
The greatest test If Zimbabwe's 2018 elections were free, fair and credible would President Mnangagwa and his Zanu PF junta have won the elections? The answer must be an emphatic YES. ...Published: 26 Aug 2018 at 20:19hrs | 2057 | by Wilbert Mukori
Case was more than Chamisa vs Mnangagwa it was People vs Zanu PF - we were cheated again
The single most important issue raised in Nelson Chamisa's Con-Court challenge of Emmerson Mnangagwa's electoral victory was that the election process was not free, fair and credible. This is importan...Published: 25 Aug 2018 at 17:52hrs | 3624 | by Wilbert Mukori
If Chamisa fools investors with lacklustre Con-Court double act, he deserves an Oscar
There is no doubt that MDC should have never agreed to take part in these elections without first implementing the democratic reforms which would have made is very difficult for Zanu PF to rig the ele...Published: 24 Aug 2018 at 21:55hrs | 8952 | by Wilbert Mukori
After swearing in 'ED must regain West's trust,' advised Pigou - impossible, blow it by rigging elections
The political circus going on in the Con-Court will be over by the end of next week and many expect President Mnangagwa will be confirmed the winner. Many people are turning their minds to what next?...Published: 24 Aug 2018 at 09:27hrs | 3325 | by Wilbert Mukori
'We neither give up nor give in!' twittered Chamisa - fancy that, insane too never give up
"Insanity," said the great Physicist Albert Einstein, "is doing the same thing over and over again, expecting a different result!"I had my first encounter with the insane when I visited my aun...Published: 22 Aug 2018 at 15:12hrs | 9046 | by Wilbert Mukori
'EU Ambassador apologised for fake human rights violations,' said ED - 'Ridiculous!' Ambassador shot back
There are those who wanted to believe that the removal of Mugabe from office last November transformed Zanu PF from a party of thugs into a party of democrats. It was none other than President Emmerso...Published: 21 Aug 2018 at 19:23hrs | 4383 | by Wilbert Mukori
SADC must demand ED account for 7 killed protesters - but much, much more; for rigged elections
"THE Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) has implored SADC to issue an ultimatum on President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to explain the fatal shooting of at least seven civilians ...Published: 18 Aug 2018 at 17:23hrs | 2101 | by Wilbert Mukori
'USA sanctions will harm the poor,' argue analysts - garbage in garbage out
"In computer science, garbage in, garbage out (GIGO) is where flawed, or nonsense input data produces nonsense output or "garbage"!" explained Wikipedia."The principle also applies more genera...Published: 13 Aug 2018 at 07:51hrs | 900 | by Wilbert Mukori
Biti relates epic capture by 'balaclava and gun-wielding soldiers' - who mourns povo, victims of his greed
Tendai Biti was hurried and haunted out of Zimbabwe and he almost escaped to Zambia only to be nabbed at the last minute and brought back to Zimbabwe. He has been telling us his adventure and we will,...Published: 11 Aug 2018 at 20:21hrs | 4089 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabwe awaits EU, USA, etc. elections reports: honest and constructive or patronising BS
In next day or so the international community election observer teams will be releasing their preliminary reports on Zimbabwe's 2018 elections. The reports must answer the central question: Where the ...Published: 08 Aug 2018 at 16:42hrs | 4442 | by Wilbert Mukori
UK government wishy-washy posturing on elections is helping ED escape 'illegitimate' condemnation
The people of Zimbabwe and all level headed people out there will be outraged if the EU and the other international elections observers election observers come out with a wishy-washy report comparable...Published: 06 Aug 2018 at 07:32hrs | 4990 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Chamisa won 61%!' claim Biti, if ZEC differ then Court must punish the criminal
Talk of shooting oneself in the foot before a race, this is becoming a Tendai Biti specialty. In 2008 he is the one who jumped the gun and announced that Morgan Tsvangirai had won 60% of the March vot...Published: 02 Aug 2018 at 20:41hrs | 8833 | by Wilbert Mukori
EU observer witness Zanu PF bus in fraudulent voters - we need a clean start
"Kutaurirwa hunyimwa mbare dzokumusana!" (There are somethings in life one only fully appreciate by seeing them with their own eyes!) so goes the Shona saying. One of the most significant chan...Published: 31 Jul 2018 at 07:25hrs | 4181 | by Wilbert Mukori
We, Zimbabweans, have condemned ourselves to 38 years of repeated rigged elections and counting, until we learn
"Those who fail to learn from history are condemned to repeat it," said Winston Churchill in a speech to the House of Commons. We have learned nothing about how Zanu PF has rigged elections an...Published: 30 Jul 2018 at 07:34hrs | 682 | by Wilbert Mukori
WARNING: both ED and Nero do NOT want you to know this - not before you have voted
It was the great Physicist, Albert Einstein, who said "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result!" I believe, like many other Zimbabweans now do, th...Published: 26 Jul 2018 at 10:39hrs | 4062 | by Wilbert Mukori
Chihota praise coup-changed ED for president - warning, he IS rigging these elections, a skunk soaked in Channel 5
"President Mnangagwa as tried and tested politician, held separate meetings with chiefs, church leaders, youths, students, whites and business community as well as farmers. The President realised that...Published: 25 Jul 2018 at 11:11hrs | 3432 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Where has ZEC deviated from the law?' asked Muzanenhamo - in failing to deliver free elections
"People have different views and opinions. Where has ZEC deviated from the constitution. Point and then I can be held liable. To just say elections are not free and fair without facts and evidence of ...Published: 22 Jul 2018 at 14:18hrs | 1166 | by Wilbert Mukori
Need new ballots to save elections, argue Mandaza - there is more at stake here than appeasing Chamisa
Here is a case of one whose spirit is willing to do the right thing but again and again the lack of intellectual capacity let them down. Dr Ibbo Mandaza was right, see Bulawayo 24 opinion, in saying t...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 20:44hrs | 4093 | by Wilbert Mukori
Is it too late to reprint ballots? - First answer: Is reprinting enough to turn flawed into free and elections?
IS IT TOO LATE TO RE-PRINT THE BALLOT PAPER AS CHIGUMBA SAYS? This is a good question but before answering it answer this question first: what wou...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 07:04hrs | 304 | by Wilbert Mukori
'SADC throw MDC petition in the dustbin,' reports Herald - bloated Chamisa balloon is deflating fast
The blatant cheating and wanton violence of 2008 elections have proven one thing beyond all doubt - that Zimbabwe cannot hold free, fair and credible elections without first doing something to take aw...Published: 19 Jul 2018 at 16:11hrs | 1493 | by Wilbert Mukori
'We want proper voters' roll!' cried demo - desperate voice but feeble mind, heart breaking
"Thousands of Zimbabwean opposition supporters took to the streets of Harare on Wednesday demanding fair elections following alleged irregularities in the electoral roll ahead of the July 30 vote," re...Published: 12 Jul 2018 at 10:05hrs | 651 | by Wilbert Mukori
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