Columnist / Wilbert mukori
'Am not at liberty to disclose covid-19 cases' - yet, per se, to condemn 100s X 1000s to covid-19 death
"We do have new (covid-19) cases at the hospital and the figures have changed but am not at liberty to disclose anything at the moment," said Mpilo Central Hospital Clinical Director and Acting CEO Dr...Published: 14 hrs ago | 3312 | by Wilbert Mukori
Chamisa et al primeval instinct stopping them admit he broke rules - to break free, we must
Once upon a time, a few moons ago although I remember it as if it was yesterday, I visited a number of High Schools and Colleges up and down Zimbabwe to talking about the UN Universal Declaration of H...Published: 30 May 2020 at 21:49hrs | 4056 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Zanu PF has embraced reforms, will repeal POSA' - rigged elections to repeal POSA, how nauseating
"For too long our country has been held back by the old ways of doing things. In our society, politics, economy and culture; everything was old. New ideas have been resisted; new developments, rejecte...Published: 26 May 2020 at 09:38hrs | 2167 | by Wilbert Mukori
'EU and US light fires under Mnangagwa' over abduction - nothing to fear, umpteenth empty threat
"EU, UK, US light fires under Mnangagwa!" screamed the Bulawayo24 headlines!There is increasing pressure on the regime to explain the country's worsening human rights violations including the ...Published: 22 May 2020 at 00:24hrs | 1926 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mtetwa, I'm done flattering tyrants: if ED 'committed no crime' then who is 'the monster of depravity'
My dear sister Beatrice Mtetwa, I am done with appeasing tyrants! We have allowed tyrants like Mugabe and Mnangagwa ride roughshod over us, denying us our freedoms and rights for the l...Published: 20 May 2020 at 07:56hrs | 3884 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa must extend lockdown, there are more than 42 covid-19 cases, but no one must starve
As of today, Friday 15 May 2020, Zimbabwe has 42 confirmed covid-19 cases, 13 have recovered, 4 deaths and 25 active cases, none of whom are in hospital.The country imposed a 3-week total nati...Published: 16 May 2020 at 13:00hrs | 1330 | by Wilbert Mukori
Chinese built 1 000 bed covid-19 hospital in 10 days: our isolation centres don't even have running water - after 6 months!
"The (Beitbridge Rainbow Hotel) Isolation Centre has no tap water because Beitbridge generally has a serious water crisis attributed to the inefficiencies of the local council. The borehole that the c...Published: 08 May 2020 at 15:02hrs | 988 | by Wilbert Mukori
MDC silverbacks out en masse to defend Chamisa thuggery yet betrayed right to free elections
Nelson Chamisa has said nothing about the 30 March 2020 Supreme Court judgement which ruled that his seizure of the MDC-T leadership after Tsvangirai's death was a violation of the party's constitutio...Published: 07 May 2020 at 07:32hrs | 2755 | by Wilbert Mukori
'We are standing on the edge of the precipice' warned Mandaza - true, Zanu PF centric NTA will take us over the edge
"Today Zimbabwe stands on the edge of the precipice, and it is no time for prevaricating, but one for action. The political crisis must be addressed with urgency, and we can see no other way than the ...Published: 04 May 2020 at 08:45hrs | 3146 | by Wilbert Mukori
Dear Mr President have your lockdown extension but if covid-19 deaths soar you MUST and WILL step down
Dear Mr President, "Balancing the need for economic growth or saving the lives of the people?" you said."I came to the conclusion that if citizens die, if our people die, we cannot res...Published: 30 Apr 2020 at 12:06hrs | 3429 | by Wilbert Mukori
UN buys US$4.1M PPE for covid-19 workers - yeah, whatever is left after kitting VP Chiwenga, etc
"The United Nations (UN) Monday announced plans to disburse US$4.1 million support to help Zimbabwe tackle Covid-19," reported New Zimbabwe.The funds will be used to procure personal protectiv...Published: 29 Apr 2020 at 10:37hrs | 1479 | by Wilbert Mukori
Cabinet hawks, fearful of civil unrest, forced 14, instead 21, day lockdown extension – pyrrhic victory as covid-19 marches on
There was never any doubt in anyone's mind that Zimbabwe was going to extend the country's initial 21-day lockdown. The lockdown was imposed when the country had less than 5 confirmed corona virus inf...Published: 24 Apr 2020 at 22:14hrs | 2780 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Returnees will stay in quarantine' decrees govt - until catch COVID-19 and recover or leave in a coffin
Government give returnee Zimbabweans quarantined Belvedere Teachers' College bottled water and tell them they must stay put! "The institution had running water, but what they wanted was boreho...Published: 23 Apr 2020 at 10:06hrs | 1279 | by Wilbert Mukori
Covid-19 cases are soaring Mnangagwa had to extend lockdown and will do so again - damned if dare, damned if doesn't
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has just announced that Zimbabwe's total lockdown will be extended by a further 14 days. This came as no surprise given the number of corona virus cases had gone up from 1...Published: 20 Apr 2020 at 09:19hrs | 1109 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Nothing can sanitise Chamisa's illegal transgressions' says Chamboko - Hear! Hear!
Dear Moses Chamboko, Thank you very much for your sober analysis of the recent Supreme Court judgement on the legality of Chamisa's takeover of the MDC-T following Tsvangirai's death. The fact...Published: 07 Apr 2020 at 15:04hrs | 2323 | by Wilbert Mukori
Price for NOT testing, 10%+ (1.5 m), instead <1%, Zimbabweans will die from covid-19
"Test! Test! Test"! The World Health Organisation (WHO) has advised all nations ever since it became clear that the corona virus was very contagious and was spreading. WHO declared covid-19 a pandemic...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 23:13hrs | 1954 | by Wilbert Mukori
The only strategy against Covid-19 is testing, 1 000 plus daily - only 316 done in 3 months
One more person has tested positive of corona virus bringing the total in Zimbabwe to 9. Here is the summary:30 March Cumulative number of test - 316Negative - 307Positive - 9D...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 23:06hrs | 1087 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Zanu PF must account for Makamba debacles' - good start but must self-empower too
A lot has been said about the tragic events surrounding the late Zororo Makamba's death but, sadly, most of it has been the usual static noise. So when I heard something coherent, a diamond amongst th...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 14:48hrs | 3324 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Ban social media corona virus chit-chat' argue Zanu PF - fearful truth will open our eyes, at last
"His (Chamisa) cheerleaders prayed and wished that the country suffers from this coronavirus that has killed thousands globally and in his unfathomable melancholy Chamisa appropriates for himself powe...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 21:04hrs | 2977 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Before re-engagement, first hold all-stake holders meeting' Mnangagwa told - it's beginning of the end of Zanu PF
"A report by the Khupe-led committee presented by Kwanele Hlabangana and gleaned by NewsDay Weekender revealed that the team met British ambassador to Zimbabwe Melanie Robinson, US ambassador to Zimba...Published: 15 Mar 2020 at 09:02hrs | 1608 | by Wilbert Mukori
'RBZ policies are litany of promises to be broken' Sadly, povo who suffer consequences are powerless - change is overdue
"Unsurprisingly, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ)'s 2020 monetary policy statement is more of the same — a tired litany of promises waiting to be broken and targets queuing up to be missed. Govern...Published: 11 Mar 2020 at 08:58hrs | 1625 | by Wilbert Mukori
LWF Secretary call for Mnangagwa vs Chamisa dialogue - to free hostages not to legitimise pariah state
Lutheran World Federation (LWF) Secretary General, Dr Martin Junge, add his voice to those calling for Mnangagwa and Chamisa to meet. "He (Mnangagwa) referred to the efforts of the government ...Published: 06 Mar 2020 at 10:22hrs | 1327 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Will never fund a pariah state' IMF confirmed and humanitarian crisis shifted into overdrive
Last week the IMF, WB, Paris Club, AfBD and all the other international financial institutions finally confirmed that they will not give Zimbabwe the fina...Published: 02 Mar 2020 at 06:10hrs | 1585 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Development stalled for want of requisite external funding' admitted Mnangagwa - IMF won't fund a pariah state
The trouble with people like Mnangagwa is that they think they are smart, they can not only have their cake and eat it too and, better still, that no one would be the wiser! Soon after the ...Published: 01 Mar 2020 at 08:55hrs | 1340 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Development stalled for want of requisite external funding' admitted Mnangagwa - IMF won't fund a pariah state
The trouble with people like Mnangagwa is that they think they are smart, they can not only have their cake and eat it too and, better still, that no one would be the wiser! Soon after the ...Published: 28 Feb 2020 at 13:05hrs | 759 | by Wilbert Mukori
'No one has monopoly of ideas' said Mnangagwa - he has monopoly to rig and rule!
My fellow Zimbabweans, we are well and truly stuck! Nothing encapsulates Zimbabwe's economic decline and helplessness more than what happened to our agricultural sector. We live in the day a...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 07:11hrs | 391 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Free elections are a process not event' - given will, 18/4/1980 event and not 40+ year process
Zimbabwe is facing a very serious social and economic crisis that is now causing untold human suffering and deaths and is threatening the country's stability and that of the whole southern African reg...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 21:42hrs | 533 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Let's smoke peace pipe' Chamisa invited ED - never had peace, ain't tobacco they are smoking
"Zimbabweans have their rights. They are the authors of the history of this country. They are the last line of authority in this country. It is not just the question of Mr Mnangagwa. Mnangagwa has no ...Published: 15 Feb 2020 at 18:25hrs | 1717 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Zimbabwe is not Malawi' true, still we too need 2018 nullified and Zanu-PF booted out
To Dr Ibbo Mandaza and Tony ReelerThank you for your article "Malawi election bombshell: Courts becoming too powe...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 20:42hrs | 2349 | by Wilbert Mukori
To end economic meltdown first end Zanu PF dictatorship; it is illegitimate and must step down
Mnangagwa has given up reviving the country's economy, he has no clue what to do. He is now focusing on how to stay in power at all cost. His main argument why he must be allowed to stay in po...Published: 06 Feb 2020 at 09:02hrs | 1708 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Trump to add new names to sanctions list' - splendid, please add Chamisa Mthuli Ncube!
"Trump to add more names on Zimbabwe sanctions list!" screamed the headlines in Bulawayo 24!YES! YES! I scream back, static ecstatic with in delight!The sanctions list needed revisitin...Published: 31 Jan 2020 at 09:30hrs | 5458 | by Wilbert Mukori
‘Lift sanction and the engage on reforms’ insist SADC - nonsense, sanctions cannot tramp good governance
The Americans continue to exert pressure on SADC leaders to abandon the foolish notion that Zimbabwe’s economic meltdown is caused by the sanctions....Published: 29 Jan 2020 at 22:33hrs | 2117 | by 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 | 2300 | 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 | 1159 | 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 | 1018 | 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 | 858 | 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 | 3316 | 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 | 1602 | 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 | 930 | 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 | 1465 | 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 | 3388 | 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 | 1582 | 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 | 2351 | 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 | 1855 | 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 | 1450 | 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 | 1169 | 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 | 1309 | 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 | 517 | 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 | 2926 | 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 | 1261 | by Wilbert Mukori
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