Columnist / Wilbert mukori
Comrade Geza, swapping Mnangagwa for Chiwenga will change nothing; most war veterans will remain poor as a church mouse
"Isu hatina kusafira vanhu vemezvibvindo. Takasafira povo yanetsva nevarungu. Ndiyo yavakusupwa nesu nhasi!" (We did not suffer for the few ruling elite. We suffered to free povo who were suffering fr...Published: 07 Feb 2025 at 20:37hrs | 2467 | by Wilbert Mukori
Dr Mandaza, 'a SADC shadow ZEC' will not stop coup Zanu PF rig elections - just implement the reforms
One of the reasons Zimbabwe is this political and economic mess is because we do not like dealing with our unpleasant and tough problems decisively, even when we get the golden opportunity to do so. W...Published: 27 Jan 2018 at 06:34hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
President Mnangagwa cannot afford to hold free elections, Chiwenga will force him to resign too
There are many reasons one can give as why Zimbabwe is in this economic and political mess; amongst the top five must be our failure to stay focused on the task on hand and see it through. We get easi...Published: 25 Nov 2017 at 21:58hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Tsvangirai proposes wishy-washy reforms to give Mugabe another 'soft landing'
In response to the nation's worsening economic meltdown and the growing street protests, Morgan Tsvangirai proposes the formation of the National Transition Authority (NTA) to steer the nation out of ...Published: 15 Jul 2016 at 20:09hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
$15bn was 'not looted only mispriced' Chinamasa tells BBC HardTalk
"Zanu-PF remains a very solid, cohesive formidable political force in Zimbabwe," Zimbabwe's Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa told Zeina Badawi on the BBC programme Hardtalk. Zanu-PF is imploding...Published: 05 Jul 2016 at 19:28hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
NKC African Economics say bigger opposition needed to win 2018 - not with no implemented reforms
The failure to get MDC to implement the democratic reforms during the GNU is one of the most frustrating things SADC Heads of States, notably President Ian Khama of Botswana and President Jacob Zuma o...Published: 05 Jun 2016 at 14:56hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Ian Khama has cold sweat running Mugabe's spine!
Botswana’s President Ian Khama is now the new chairman of SADC Head of State and boy-oh-boy is he a man on a mission. He said he wanted the region “to be a beacon for democracy for Africa, a...Published: 23 Aug 2015 at 09:24hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Tsvangirai cannot be President, he took 2 steps forward 10 back
MDC Secretary, Douglas Mwonzora's justifying his assertion that Tsvangirai is the best foot forward for the nation on Tsvangirai and MDC electoral achievements. They defeated Mugabe and Zanu PF at all...Published: 21 Aug 2015 at 20:40hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
35 years of absolute power have absolutely corrupted and corroded Mugabe's mind!
"The best way of thanking them (our heroes) and showing appreciation is no longer to shed tears but to say we have the country you fought for, we have the natural resources you fought for and we are d...Published: 10 Aug 2015 at 15:54hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Proof that Zimbabwe opposition has no common sense!
The calibre of our political leaders has been the nation's Achilles heel in our search for democracy and good governance. Here we are, we have all the country's opposition parties meeting in B...Published: 15 Jul 2015 at 11:45hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Scrap-reinstate bonuses is a good-cop - bad-cop Mugabe trick
David Coltart believes Minister Chinamasa did not just "jump the gun" in announcing that the regime will scrap civil servants bonuses in 2015 and 2016, he did so to impress IMF and the World Bank offi...Published: 21 Apr 2015 at 11:00hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Tsvangirai categorically denies SADC warned against standing in 2013 without reforms
There are three things one can now be absolutely certain of with Tsvangirai; one that he will flip-flop from one position to the opposite with the regularity of a pulsating star from chronic indecisio...Published: 20 Apr 2015 at 16:39hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
Hailstone storm has broken on Mugabe's parade!
Rugare Gumbo and Didymus Mutasa, have bitten the bullet and submitted the Court challenge of legality of Mugabe's rigged 2014 Zanu PF party elections. Many people were beginning to fear the two would ...Published: 05 Mar 2015 at 06:13hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Mugabe's imprisonment threat enough to scar the cowardly Mutasa!
Mugabe accuses Mutasa of embezzling party funds and imprisonment."... cheating and cheating and cheating and even cheating at high level of members of the politburo who divert funds in ord...Published: 02 Mar 2015 at 16:45hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
'I am worn out but then so are you, mate!' said the carpet to the fallen Mugabe!
Mugabe was coming back from Ethiopia in what he desperately wanted the whole world to view as in triumph! In fact every time he returns from any trip outside the country, and God knows he is a re...Published: 07 Feb 2015 at 08:06hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
'Half-baked' graduates - quantity without quality counts for nothing!
Most of the thousands of students churned out of the country's tertiary institutions are half-baked and do not have the requisite industrial skills required of them, Higher and Tertiary Education depu...Published: 30 Jan 2015 at 15:43hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Coltart welcomes unification of 'doers' MDC and MDC-R
"I am pleased to be reuniting with "doers", said David Coltart in welcoming the unification of the two breakaway MDC factions, one led by Profession Welshman Ncube of which Mr Coltart is a member and ...Published: 26 Nov 2014 at 07:01hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
All Mugabe's power has gone with the destruction of Mujuru faction
The Mujuru faction is finished so what next? That is the billion dollar question that will engage the nation now. Mugabe's political strength up to now was bases on his ability to play one fac...Published: 21 Nov 2014 at 05:56hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
ZSD condemn UK and EU for putting plunder profits above human rights
The British government has sent a high powered trade delegation to Zimbabwe, the first in ten years. The Zanu PF regime has heralded the move as proof of the British and European Union (EU) ending the...Published: 29 Oct 2014 at 06:06hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori Secretary General Zimbabwe Social Democrats
ZEC admitting 2013 election irregularities not good enough, must declare result null and void
It is disappointing that Zimbabwe Election Commission (ZEC) is still failing to take the seriously flawed July 2013 elections with the seriousness it deserves. In its latest report to parliament ZEC ...Published: 04 Sep 2014 at 17:20hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori Secretary General Zimbabwe Social Democrats
Zanu-PF dragging Zimbabwe over the edge of the abyss
Zanu-PF's decision hang on to power and cancel talks will drag nation over the edge of the abyss. We in the Zimbabwe Social Democrats welcomed the announcement early this month by Zanu-PF Spok...Published: 29 Jul 2014 at 18:12hrs | 2 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mujuru's call on the diaspora to return home shows she has no clue
Vice President Joyce Mujuru's call on all Zimbabwean in the diaspora to return to Zimbabwe to help build the nation shows that she really does not a clue what is wrong in Zimbabwe much less what ...Published: 07 Jul 2014 at 20:01hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
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