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Mnangagwa's insatiable appetite for power a security threat

There are a number of issues that disturb the security of any nation.  A nation's success depends largely on how it is governed. But for many nations in Africa, politics has been the most destabilising factor. Development has been slo…

Published: 12 Oct 2022 at 05:43hrs | 4 | by Zanda Shumba

Govt has failed to resolve strike by teachers, and all civil servants

The major reason why the Zimbabwe government is failing is in whole part for its reason to resist the tide. For a start, the government has over the decades tried and failed dismally to control the prices of commodities and services. Whene…

Published: 18 Nov 2020 at 12:29hrs | 9 | by Zanda Shumba

Mnangagwa must beware of people power

Zimbabweans notice with sadness the blatant violent violation of their constitutional right to peacefully demonstrate against a government that has totally failed to manage their affairs.On August 16, President Emmerson Mnangagwa's regime …

Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 08:34hrs | 1477 | by Zanda Shumba

Zimbabweans too domesticated, but Mnangagwa beware, people will come for you

Zimbabweans notice with deep sadness the blatant violent violation of their constitutional right to peacefully demonstrate against a government that has totally failed to manage their affairs. On the 16th of August the Mnangagwa's governme…

Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 15:27hrs | 10 | by Zanda Shumba

Mnangagwa beware, people will come for you

Zimbabweans notice with deep sadness the blatant violent violation of their constitutional right to peacefully demonstrate against a government that has totally failed to manage their affairs. On the 16th of August the Mnangagwa's governme…

Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 09:09hrs | 4 | by Zanda Shumba

Opposition, Civic Groups, et al should soon coordinate peaceful protests to inspire Mnangagwa to resign

"The voice of the people is the voice of God", said Mnangagwa before the elections. Little did he know that this will backfire on him. People spoke during the election but he refused to listen. He actually changed their words to suit what …

Published: 11 Jun 2019 at 09:18hrs | 8 | by Zanda Shumba

Mnangagwa govt should listen to voice of people

"The voice of the people is the voice of God", said President Emmerson Mnangagwa before the 2018 elections. Little did he know that this will backfire on him. People spoke during the elections, but he refused to listen. He actually changed…

Published: 07 Jun 2019 at 07:30hrs | 13 | by Zanda Shumba

Mnangagwa: cunningly succeeded in harmonising independent press

I used to send some of my articles to Alpha Media Holdings subsidiaries through Trevor Ncube and they would be published. But as soon as he was roped into the ED Mnangagwa President's Advisory Council, he soon morphed and rudely redirected…

Published: 06 May 2019 at 13:38hrs | 6 | by Zanda Shumba

Sanctions maintenance move by USA welcome as very little reforms carried out

This is a very welcome move by the USA to have sanctions extended on individuals for undermining democratic processes or institutions in Zimbabwe. Human rights abuses have grown worse after the military coup which ED Mnangagwa cunningly au…

Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 12:23hrs | 4 | by Zanda Shumba

ED Mnangagwa, once a murderer, always a murderer

Once upon time, there was a man who was so evil, and he did very cruel, gruesome thing. He dug a very big pit in the field, and cast some spell on it, to trap his own wife. When his wife went to get some vegetables from the garden, she fel…

Published: 26 Feb 2019 at 13:30hrs | 23 | by Zanda Shumba

ED Mnangagwa cannot eat his cake and still have it

 At some time, after Samuel had anointed Saul as king of Israel, the LORD commanded king Saul saying, "'I will punish the Amalekites for what they did to Israel when they waylaid them as they came up from Egypt. Now go, attack the Ama…

Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 09:22hrs | 5 | by Zanda Shumba

ED Mnangagwa will not hatch chickens from fried eggs

President Emmerson Munangagwa managed to openly rig the forgone polls, in a daylight robbery. All his political life after independence crocodile has waited patiently, worked meticulously carving his way to ultimately succeed RG Mugabe.&nb…

Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 11:22hrs | 14 | by Zanda Shumba

July 30 election a fake, waste of time

When Moses was sent to approach Pharaoh to demand the freedom of the Israelites, Pharaoh was adamant. He would not let them go.Every evidence was there that Egypt was not their land and that they were under heavy oppression.It had to take …

Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 08:20hrs | 7 | by Zanda Shumba

Priscilla Chigumba has neither Morals nor Shame

Zimbabwean people must understand that the decisions we take now affect the long future. ED may rape the nation and conduct a sham election and win aided by ZEC. What is needed is for people to be given a chance to choose their desired lea…

Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 14:16hrs | 9 | by Zanda Shumba

Response to 2018; Let's not be misled by armchair radicals

Response to 2018; Let's not be misled by armchair radicals, Newsday Jan 4I am surprised with how the author of the above article and some others seem to blindly support the new government. I have been following your articles and you portra…

Published: 09 Jan 2018 at 10:04hrs | 5 | by Zanda Shumba

Response to 2018; Let's not be misled by armchair radicals, Newsday Jan 4

I am surprised with how the author of the above article and some others seem to blindly support the new government . I have been following your articles and you portrayed a level headed front, chastising the Zanu pf gvt and its corrupt sys…

Published: 08 Jan 2018 at 11:28hrs | 785 | by Zanda Shumba

Without reforms, no fair election

The Movement of Democratic Party won the 2008 election, but Zanu Pf government simply refused to transfer power, and having withheld election results for more than a month without an explanation to the public, announced an election runoff …

Published: 25 Jul 2017 at 07:57hrs | 10 | by Zanda Shumba

Mugabe travels so many km only to lie, Zimbabwe is Not committed to implementing SDs

After oppressing the Zimbabwean people and having literally shred their livelihood by ill intending policies, the self imposing dictator has again flown to United Nations for a Conference to Support the Implementation of Sustainable develo…

Published: 13 Jun 2017 at 10:53hrs | 14 | by Zanda Shumba

'Jobs gaffe, expose Munangagwa's true character'

NicolÃ¡s Maduro Moros is a Venezuelan politician who has been the President of Venezuela since assuming office in 2013. Previously he served under President Hugo ChÃ¡vez as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2006 to 2013 and as Vice Presiden…

Published: 31 May 2017 at 14:30hrs | 1904 | by Zanda Shumba

Zimbabwe is greater than any single individual

One day king Ahab came back home, sullen and refusing to eat, to which Jezebel his queen inquired as to the source of his gloom. Ahab's responded precisely, 'Naboth has refused to sell me his vineyard'. Earlier the king of the northern kin…

Published: 08 Apr 2017 at 17:59hrs | 3 | by Zanda Shumba

Bishop Lazarus, Manheru, Sharp Shooter afraid of change

The Sunday Mail never fails to surprise and annoy me about its viciousness and malice against anyone who opposes the failed Robert Mugabe and his corrupt system. Now that we are getting close to the 2018 election, the Sunday Mail pseudo na…

Published: 28 Mar 2017 at 11:04hrs | 7 | by Zanda Shumba

Selfish political leaders mark Zimbabwean political landscape

A few days ago, Mrs Joyce Mujuru surprised many totally by saying that her party, ZPF will contest the 2018 elections with or with no reforms. It was very disturbing when she revealed this in direct opposition to many other sentiments aire…

Published: 24 Feb 2017 at 15:40hrs | 7 | by Zanda Shumba

Command Agriculture, Weapon of terror for 2018 elections

It is one year before the elections in 2018 and all reforms are still outstanding. The constitution that came into force in 2013 provides for these reforms but the ruling party largely disregards this constitution and most of the time, act…

Published: 18 Jan 2017 at 13:10hrs | 459 | by Zanda Shumba

Robert Gabriel Mugabe should retire, for the good of the Nation

Joseph Kabila is nurturing the natural African leadership style of not wanting to step down. Though his allowed two term provision has already come to an end, power still charming and beguiling him, he wishes to extend his term by another …

Published: 24 Dec 2016 at 12:07hrs | | by Zanda Shumba

Protests not an easy Road, but crucial

There is only one therapy that will see Zimbabwe to possible socio-economic recovery, and that is a free and transparent election and arrayed before the voters would be candidates presented by some range of political parties. These nominee…

Published: 07 Nov 2016 at 12:16hrs | 5 | by Zanda Shumba

Corruption, motivates Zanu-PF grip on power

I have said it before, again and again that corruption in Zimbabwe is state sanctioned. Here we have the Minister of Higher education and Technology abusing the ZIMDEF fund. Some of the money was used to curry favour in his own constituenc…

Published: 26 Oct 2016 at 07:59hrs | 8 | by Zanda Shumba

Hyper hypocrite Mugabe rushes to Lungu inauguration

RG Mugabe has just returned from Zambia where he had gone to to witness the swearing in of Edgar Lungu of the Patriotic Front. Currently, with a usurped mandate, he is at the United Nations, misrepresenting Zimbabweans. The Patriotic Front…

Published: 20 Sep 2016 at 13:45hrs | 5 | by Zanda Shumba

Mugabe can never win free, fair elections

CDE Mugabe knows very well that people have lost confidence in his rule. He also knows that he is now only forcing himself and his will on the people of Zimbabwe. People don't want him anymore because he has and is still ruining their live…

Published: 14 Sep 2016 at 12:06hrs | 11 | by Zanda Shumba

Mushohwe scapegoats US and Canada, whilst Charamba intimidates protestors

Asked by a BBC reporter in 1979 whether he had any qualms about the use of violence on the Smith regime, Mugabe answered, "We have tried all manner of peaceful demonstrations, with the biggest being in Salisbury in which Sally took part. T…

Published: 06 Sep 2016 at 19:36hrs | 4 | by Zanda Shumba

Things fall apart in Zimbabwe

ZBC TV had no choice but to broadcast to the public the shortage of medicines at public hospitals nationwide. At another news bulletin it was forced again to screen parents deferring to enroll their children for 2016 because they are afrai…

Published: 29 Jan 2016 at 14:42hrs | 14 | by Zanda Shumba

Mugabe with his alliance of villains

The Zanu Pf government has shown its insensitivity to the plight of the Zimbabwean people through it's unwilling to abate the unfolding crisis. I think Mugabe and his administration have the capacity to turn around the economic meltdown, b…

Published: 06 Nov 2015 at 16:55hrs | 1975 | by Zanda Shumba

Electoral Reforms, the primary step

Congratulations to the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet for winning the Nobel peace Prize awarded for its efforts for paving the way for democracy in the country through nurturing institutions necessary for democracy and human rights pro…

Published: 10 Oct 2015 at 11:51hrs | 2985 | by Zanda Shumba

Betrayal time

When Robert Gabriel Mugabe fell at the Harare international airport, his security detail was quick to confiscate all then present journalists' gadgets with the embarrassing images, and we were told that he had tripped and fell, a fold on t…

Published: 23 Sep 2015 at 13:10hrs | 4972 | by Zanda Shumba

Mugabe, biggest obstacle to socio-economic progress in Zimbabwe

We have seen clearly that Mugabe himself is the enemy of progress in Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe has not progressed since independence; in fact the country has actually regressed enormously. Mugabe should have abducted long back but he is continuou…

Published: 18 May 2015 at 11:37hrs | 3 | by Zanda Shumba

Mugabe must be charged for undermining the constitution

The constitution of Zimbabwe provides for the independence of judiciary in a bid to satisfy the condition for the separation of powers or vice versa. However by letting a sitting president to single-handedly appoint all the key positions w…

Published: 21 Apr 2015 at 12:53hrs | 4133 | by Zanda Shumba

Zanupf-ism, living In the past

This week,  running down to the Zanu-PF independence day, one can hardly listen to ZBC, ZTV or read the state owned and operated newspapers like the herald and Sunday Mail. There is lot of liberation history, heroes and accolades to t…

Published: 21 Apr 2015 at 11:03hrs | 8 | by Zanda Shumba

Covering footsteps of Dzamara's abductors

This is a response to, Political opportunists feasting on Dzamara,  published by the The Herald March 24, 2015 by Benny Tsododo.Didymus Mutasa said in one interview, "Mnangagwa is very good at covering his footsteps." If Mnangagwa kno…

Published: 29 Mar 2015 at 18:53hrs | 4 | by Zanda Shumba

Mugabe, Mnangagwa and wives force themselves on Zimbabweans

Zanu-PF government must Release Itai Dzamara (Mnangagwa recently boosted that he was trained to kill and Mugabe had earlier on intimidated people by saying he has degrees of violence). Itai Dzamara's Occupy the Africa Unity Square is a nob…

Published: 17 Mar 2015 at 08:12hrs | 2 | by Zanda Shumba

Mugabe will taste his evil rebound

Please don't be afraid to publish this article.Zanu-PF has been a party that has thrived through every form of evil. All the decades Mugabe has managed to stay in power, he has managed to do so through manipulation, cheating on the elector…

Published: 19 Nov 2014 at 14:11hrs | 1 | by Zanda Shumba

Grace must give details on Mujuru's corrupt acts

The political muscle displayed by Grace Mugabe when she carried out her meet the people tour clearly shows how Zanu Pf is ignorant totally about how democracy works.  It shows that clearly in black and white how Mugabe has managed to …

Published: 30 Oct 2014 at 11:07hrs | 5220 | by Zanda Shumba

Grace Mugabe may rule naÃ¯ve Zimbabweans

It may actually come to pass that 'Dr' Grace may actually rule the silent diplomacy Zimbabweans. The attitude of the Zimbos is that of laissez faire kind with regard to what happens in their country or what is done by their government on t…

Published: 10 Oct 2014 at 09:00hrs | 1 | by Zanda Shumba

Grace Mugabe may be Zimbabwe's President

It might actually come to pass that First Lady Grace Mugabe could one day rule Zimbabwe.The attitude of Zimbabweans is that of laissez faire kind with regard to what happens in their country or what is done by their government.We have beco…

Published: 21 Sep 2014 at 11:22hrs | 3942 | by Zanda Shumba

Israel Gaza Conflict, difficult to resolve

When the Al Jazeera journalists were arrested and put to trial in Egypt for allegedly supporting the Moslem Brotherhood, I was filled with deep sympathy and indignation with the Egyptian government. I don't support the incarceration or per…

Published: 01 Aug 2014 at 11:39hrs | 7 | by Zanda Shumba

Economy, factor to sport performance

Play so that you may be serious, Anarchasis.It is funny how people expect our soccer team to perform well when the economy is in tatters. I also find it stupid for government and parliament to be shocked at the poor performance of the "war…

Published: 23 Jun 2014 at 20:51hrs | 373 | by Zanda Shumba

A Revolution must take place now

Is the Zimbabwean powerless over  evil?.Last week's ZRP action to prohibit the march to mark world press freedom day should ring bells in the minds of the Zimbabwean that ZANU PF will never uphold the constitution. For those who still…

Published: 10 May 2014 at 21:30hrs | 6 | by Zanda Shumba

Homosexuality not the problem, but Mugabe's scapegoat for ZANU PF failure

Homosexuality is not the real problem afflicting Zimbabwe. The real problem is political, more precisely Mugabe and Zanu Pf's stranglehold on power. Not wanting to let go of power though failing to deliver. There is a wide range of vices t…

Published: 28 Apr 2014 at 08:15hrs | 2795 | by Zanda Shumba

'Mugabe is a self serving tyrant'

The comment in Sunday mail 15-21 Dec on page 7 gave an entirely different topic to its content. It started off with singing praises to the tyrant Mugabe. The praises are out of place. Mugabe has actually made worse the lives of ordinary Zi…

Published: 20 Dec 2013 at 10:19hrs | 4837 | by Zanda Shumba

Columnist threatened by Zanu-PF's midnight section

I have received the e-mail below from a purportedly Zanu-PF headquarters midnight section. I think these threat are in response to articles I wrote and were published in various press and electronic media.The following are the URLs for the…

Published: 15 Nov 2013 at 11:58hrs | 5 | by Zanda Shumba

Cart before the horses

This is just a story about my friend Dzimbahwe. All characters appearing in this story are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead is purely coincidental.My friend Dzimbahwe had a company bequeathed to him after the dea…

Published: 11 Nov 2013 at 08:14hrs | 1809 | by Zanda Shumba

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