Columnist / Zanda shumba
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 destabi...Published: 12 Oct 2022 at 05:43hrs | | 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 th...Published: 18 Nov 2020 at 12:29hrs | | 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 Au...Published: 30 Aug 2019 at 08:34hrs | | 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 ...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 15:27hrs | | by Zanda Shumba
Protests a form of feedback
Zimbabweans have noted with sadness the blatant violation of their constitutional right to peacefully demonstrate against a government that has totally failed to manage their affairs. On August 16, th...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 15:15hrs | | 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 ...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 09:09hrs | | 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 act...Published: 11 Jun 2019 at 09:18hrs | 1 | 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...Published: 07 Jun 2019 at 07:30hrs | 1 | 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...Published: 06 May 2019 at 13:38hrs | | 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 milita...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 12:23hrs | 1 | 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 s...Published: 26 Feb 2019 at 13:30hrs | 4 | 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 cam...Published: 29 Jan 2019 at 09:22hrs | | 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 ...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 11:22hrs | | 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 t...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 08:20hrs | | 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 giv...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 14:16hrs | 1 | 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 h...Published: 09 Jan 2018 at 10:04hrs | | 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, chastis...Published: 08 Jan 2018 at 11:28hrs | | 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 th...Published: 25 Jul 2017 at 07:57hrs | | 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 t...Published: 13 Jun 2017 at 10:53hrs | | by Zanda Shumba
'Jobs gaffe, expose Munangagwa's true character'
Nicolás Maduro Moros is a Venezuelan politician who has been the President of Venezuela since assuming office in 2013. Previously he served under President Hugo Chávez as Minister of Foreign Affairs...Published: 31 May 2017 at 14:30hrs | | 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...Published: 08 Apr 2017 at 17:59hrs | 1 | 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 t...Published: 28 Mar 2017 at 11:04hrs | | 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 o...Published: 24 Feb 2017 at 15:40hrs | | 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...Published: 18 Jan 2017 at 13:10hrs | | 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, h...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 ra...Published: 07 Nov 2016 at 12:16hrs | | 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...Published: 26 Oct 2016 at 07:59hrs | | by Zanda Shumba
Mugabe himself setting a nepotistic precedence
RG Mugabe has been able to publicly condemn nepotism when at the same time managed to give powerful and rewarding positions to members of his family. When nepotism is executed by the highest office th...Published: 16 Oct 2016 at 07:52hrs | | 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, misrepres...Published: 20 Sep 2016 at 13:45hrs | | 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...Published: 14 Sep 2016 at 12:06hrs | | 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 i...Published: 06 Sep 2016 at 19:36hrs | | 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 c...Published: 29 Jan 2016 at 14:42hrs | 9 | 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 ...Published: 06 Nov 2015 at 16:55hrs | | 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 neces...Published: 10 Oct 2015 at 11:51hrs | | 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 th...Published: 23 Sep 2015 at 13:10hrs | | 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...Published: 18 May 2015 at 11:37hrs | | 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-h...Published: 21 Apr 2015 at 12:53hrs | | 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 libera...Published: 21 Apr 2015 at 11:03hrs | | 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 go...Published: 29 Mar 2015 at 18:53hrs | | 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 ...Published: 17 Mar 2015 at 08:12hrs | | 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 s...Published: 19 Nov 2014 at 14:11hrs | | 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 bla...Published: 30 Oct 2014 at 11:07hrs | | by Zanda Shumba
Grace Mugabe may rule naïve 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 ...Published: 10 Oct 2014 at 09:00hrs | | 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 o...Published: 21 Sep 2014 at 11:22hrs | | by Zanda Shumba
Zanu-PF, a bootlickers orgarnisation
I saw it on ZTV during the youth conference, Robert Mugabe failing to walk well. He limbed sickly and staggered on to hold on to the chair arranged for him to sit. That is pathetic for Zanu Pf t...Published: 19 Aug 2014 at 16:14hrs | | by Zanda Shumba, ZANU PF Disgusting Hypocrisy, and Opposition Naivety
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...Published: 01 Aug 2014 at 11:39hrs | | 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 i...Published: 23 Jun 2014 at 20:51hrs | | 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 min...Published: 10 May 2014 at 21:30hrs | | 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 de...Published: 28 Apr 2014 at 08:15hrs | | by Zanda Shumba
Job Sikhala spot on; seem we are getting some traction eventually
I fully support Job Sikhala's position and utterances of a possible way forward. That's true and fearless leadership. Zimbabweans missed such kind of leadership and direction for a long time. The ...Published: 05 Apr 2014 at 09:49hrs | 1 | by Zanda Shumba
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