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Sydney Gata is no hero
When US president Abraham Lincoln said that one can fool some people sometime, but one cannot fool all the people all the time, he forgot to add that Zanu-PF, as a stalwart, disciplined and principled...Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 11:38hrs | 416 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Chamisa exhibits traits of a megalomaniac dictator
ADVOCATE Nelson Chamisa and his loyalists in the strife-torn Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) have been left in a quagmire as they contemplate what to do to stop the opposition party from tumbling ...Published: 04 Jan 2024 at 06:00hrs | 17 | by Cuthbert Mavheko
Chamisa's survival depends on his rivals
As the New Year inches closer, it has become apparent that opposition Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa's political survival will depend on his ability to work with a team of ...Published: 31 Dec 2023 at 14:19hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa has made a lot of mistakes because he is trying
IN the aftermath of local political activist Sengezo Tshabangu's recalls tsunami and by-elections that have shaken the main opposition CCC to the core and disrupted it badly, party leader Nelson Chami...Published: 16 Dec 2023 at 18:58hrs | 3 | by Dumisani Muleya
Resilience Behind Bars: A reflection on seven months in prison
It is seven months since magistrate Feresi Chakanyuka sentenced me to four years in prison for "calling for anti-corruption demonstrations". One year was suspended and am effectively serving three yea...Published: 04 Nov 2023 at 12:47hrs | 16 | by Jacob Ngarivhume
Zimbabwe is NOT a democracy and Zanu PF is rigging 2023 - the reality we must accept and act accordingly
Zimbabweans love to talk about democracy but most of us have no clue what they are talking about. None! "Democracy is the government of the people, for the people and by the people!" said Abra...Published: 14 Feb 2023 at 07:05hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mwonzora claims he is brewing a shocker for Zimbabwe
MDC-T president Douglas Mwonzora has said his party is brewing a shocker for the nation ahead of the crucial harmonised elections pencilled for next year.This is despite his party having fared...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 18:09hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Trevor Ncube's dalliances with Mnangagwa run much deeper
This article on the mysterious and controversial relations between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and local publisher Trevor Ncube is a summary based on an extract from...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 09:22hrs | 418 | by Jonathan Mbiriyamveka
It's the economy, stupid!
Eons ago, in Bishop Lazi's village, there lived a pint-sized legend who was known far and wide.Everyone always surmised — and with good reason too — he had inherited the worst biological q...Published: 03 Apr 2022 at 08:20hrs | 2 | by Bishop Lazarus
Abraham Lincoln and building national unity in Zimbabwe
There is a national consensus that the economic Structural Adjustment Programme (eSAP), imposed on Zimbabwe in 1991 by donors led by the IMF and the World Bank, has been one of the leading causes of t...Published: 29 Aug 2021 at 07:17hrs | 1 | by Fay Chung
Heroism can never be shoved down Zimbabweans' throats
The past week, after the official unveiling of Charwe Nyakasikana's (the spirit medium of Mbuya Nehanda) statue in the capital Harare, has reignited highly emotive, and long-standing divisions amongst...Published: 29 May 2021 at 17:22hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mwonzora finding out that his ruse fools no one
THOSE who have mastered the art of gambling know very well that when a gambler says to look carefully at the cards when shuffling, there is something that they are doing that they don't want you to ob...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 22:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
My suspicions go beyond the allegations against VP Mohadi!
I have been battling with the question of the power of the press. To tell you the truth, I have not made up my mind where the line should be drawn. The allegations against Vice-Presi...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 08:58hrs | | by Kenneth Mufuka
At exactly 12.01 EST 20/01/21 America will heave sigh of relief - government of the people was tested and survived
Today, 20 January 2020, at exactly one minute past high noon Eastern Standard Time the whole of America will heave a huge sigh of relief. The four years of chaos, arrogance and down right lawlessness ...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 09:14hrs | 4 | by Nomusa Garikai
Mbuya Nehanda's remains must be repatriated first then erection of the statue
One of the greatest achievements of the President of Zimbabwe comrade Emerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa is to honour the heroes. The president has shown that he does not forget those deserving to be honoured...Published: 13 Dec 2020 at 08:40hrs | 8 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mnangagwa honours King Lobengula's commander
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has posthumously conferred National Hero status on revered military tactician, General Mtshana Khumalo ahead of the unveiling of a monument at the site where the commander won his ...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 06:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
National Hero status for Gen Mtshana Khumalo
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has posthumously conferred National Hero status on revered military tactician, General Mtshana Khumalo ahead of the unveiling of a monument at the site where the commander won his ...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 05:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Over the moon Trump lost 2020, his 'America (cum Trump) first' divided free world - folly to tempt providence again
It was not until Friday evening 6th November 2020, three full day after the voting date, that it was finally clear Joe Biden had won the USA presidential election. I was over the moon with joy and, li...Published: 09 Nov 2020 at 08:14hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
Demagogues are abandoning democratic values and high ground to defend recalled sell-out MPs
Democracy is the greatest gift the Greeks gave to mankind. "Government of the people, by the people, for the people," as US President Abraham Lincoln defined democracy in his famous Gettysburg speech ...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 08:07hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa honours General Mtshana Khumalo with National hero status
The Second Republic has been commended for honouring revered General Mtshana Khumalo who has been granted National hero status. Gen Khumalo was the commander of King Lobengula's Imbizo Regimen...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 06:34hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Gono says GNU days were the best
ormer reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor Gideon Gono says the days of the government of national unity (GNU) were "one of the best economic episodes of our lives".Gono (GG), who retired in 20...Published: 13 Sep 2020 at 07:24hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Unrealistic expectations of the president's austerity measures
Whether President Mnangagwa visits members of the opposition or takes them out to dinner or pays them visits in hospitals, he needs their support in order to achieve major parts of his agenda....Published: 02 Sep 2019 at 07:24hrs | 6 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Open letter to Nelson Chamisa
Attention : Advocate Nelson Chamisa The Movement for Democratic Change has become the most powerful political organization in Zimbabwe. This influence h...Published: 27 Jul 2019 at 19:54hrs | 1 | by Pongo
'Mission: Zanu PF realise link between Z$, knowledge and production' - how, when only they know best
Last month the Mnangagwa government enacted the Statutory Instrument 142 (2019) in which the regime banish the use of the basketful of multi-foreign currencies as legal tender in Zimbabwe leaving the ...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 19:46hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
US downed its own drone thinking it belongs to ran
Iran's deputy foreign minister Abbas Araghchi denied on Friday having lost any drone recently and hinted that the US could have downed their own "by mistake.""We have not lost any drone in the...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 09:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
A currency backed by nothing
On February 25, 1862, United States President Abraham Lincoln signed the Legal Tender Act, a brainchild of Elbridge Spaulding. Those were terrifying times. The republic was at war with itself and woul...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:51hrs | 2 | by eBusiness Weekly
Mnangagwa's political dialogue immobilises Chamisa's divisive politics
While Zimbabweans have largely moved on with life, following the 30 July 2018 harmonised elections, which President ED Mnangagwa and Zanu-PF won resoundingly, MDC- Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has a...Published: 13 Jun 2019 at 08:05hrs | 4 | by Cuthbert Mavheko
How Grace's power grew in inverse proportion to Mugabe's declining health
Chapter 29Shortly before the Zanu-PF conference held at Victoria Falls in early December 2015, the Women's League proposed a resolution to reintroduce a...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 10:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe how long?
It goes without saying...Africa has economic, constitutional, political struggles that appear endlessly to come out of the depressed conditions her leadership is taking her through. African ci...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 07:37hrs | 1 | by Manyevere M Andrew
Post-Election violence commission submission
I am an independent member of the Zimbabwean society, meaning that I make rational decision and conclusions on political matters. Officially I am trained in the accounting profession henceforth in my ...Published: 23 Jan 2019 at 13:17hrs | | by Terence Simbi
Zimbabwe's internet clampdown: A tale of absurdities
When the current crop of leaders in government executed a clever coup that drove out Robert Mugabe in November 2017, most of us overestimated their ability to think. Those guys are just a dumb lump of...Published: 20 Jan 2019 at 09:38hrs | 17 | by Tawanda Majoni
Mnangagwa needs Lincolnian wisdom
IN the aftermath of yet another hotly-disputed presidential election between President-Elect Emmerson Mnangagwa and opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa, as well as subsequent brutal retribut...Published: 17 Aug 2018 at 14:48hrs | 3 | by Dumisani Muleya
Mr. President: With freedom comes responsibility.
For years, I have been warning Zimbabweans about the dangers of the so-called experts. Today I want to speak directly to President Emmerson Mnangagwa (ED). Time has arrived for ED to decisively deal w...Published: 15 Aug 2018 at 07:50hrs | 1 | by Sam Wezhira
'Nothing wrong with retired generals in Zimbabwe Govt'
Personnel with a military background have proven to be best performers in running State business and their deployment in Government is not unique to Zimbabwe, political analysts have said. This comes ...Published: 13 Aug 2018 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Unlike Trump, Chamisa's lies won't work
In an American election campaign riddled with exaggerated claims, half-truths and outright lies, Donald Trump famously promised to Make America Great Again. 18 months in, how much he has succeeded is ...Published: 15 Jul 2018 at 10:22hrs | 2 | by Knowledge Moyo
Why the Zuva case is no joke: Chamisa destroyed my family
Opinion - In 2015, a Supreme Court case changed the history of Zimbabwe’s worker-employee relationship. A country that was supposed to care about and look after the weaker members of society all...Published: 14 Jul 2018 at 17:30hrs | 10 | by Tom Nkala
The Sunshine City that lost its lustre
Elections are a time when politicians set up their stalls so the electorate can "shop around" and make a choice. All over the world when politicians hit the campaign trail they make outrageous promise...Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 08:24hrs | | by Ish Mafundikwa
If they're shooting at you, you know you're doing something right
In a memorable episode of the hit US political drama, The West Wing, there is an assassination attempt on the (fictional) president by a white supremacist group. As his team tries to process the event...Published: 27 Jun 2018 at 11:18hrs | 1 | by Charles Kanye
Zanu-PF must not fall into the criminal cabal's trap
THE holding of the harmonised elections sometime this year will be the highpoint for judging Operation Restore Legacy and the subsequent events that saw former President Robert Mugabe stepping down fr...Published: 15 Mar 2018 at 05:55hrs | | by Hildegarde
2018 Elections - Who will take the front seat?
Looking at the current political developments in the country one would agree with me that, the country is now ripe for Economic development. 2018 elections were once necessary mainly to end the regime...Published: 07 Feb 2018 at 14:08hrs | | by Patrick Imbayarwo
Unrealistic expectations on the first hundred days of the president
Whether President Mnangagwa visits members of the opposition or takes them out to dinner or pays them visits in hospitals, he needs their support in order to achieve major parts of his agenda....Published: 23 Jan 2018 at 09:44hrs | 3 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Appointing military men in government is normal
The appointment of the military personnel I government is not only peculiar to Zimbabwe. World over governments are filled with ex army officers and there is no one who complains about it.In p...Published: 25 Dec 2017 at 22:05hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
RG Mugabe International Airport: Zimbabweans have made a statement
While a few rouge protestors, not exceeding 20 to be precise, are demonstrating against President Mugabe at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, US, the generality of Zimbabweans ha...Published: 20 Sep 2017 at 12:10hrs | | by Tafara Shumba
Ethnolinguistic Federalism or Restoration (Secession): What's the More Credible Alternative for Matebeleland Part II
Experience throughout history and the world shows that there has not been a single country that was established by a "mere motion" (pronouncement), without things descending into anarchy, as Abraham L...Published: 20 Aug 2017 at 13:51hrs | 7 | by Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo
For umpteenth time DR Moyo, 'will of the people' alone is not enough to dislodge Zanu PF
When Dr Nkosana Moyo agreed to contesting in next year's elections knowing fully well that Zanu PF rigs elections and that not even one reform was implemented since the last rigged elections of July 2...Published: 11 Jul 2017 at 21:10hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Persevere, beware of dream killers
Success is the accomplishment of an aim or purpose. Many great achievers have written inspiring statements about success. We need staying power in the journey to success.In order to succeed, your desi...Published: 17 May 2017 at 15:15hrs | | by Enos Denhere
Cry my beloved Zimbabwe
Every time I keep asking myself what the Zanu-PF leaders discuss about when the state of the nation is in shambles this. Do they not see that they have failed and the best solution to the country ...Published: 06 Apr 2017 at 17:45hrs | 2 | by Tendai Mazenge
Zimbabweans 'know it's my chance' to lead, says delirious Mujuru - cure is free elections
"Rinemanyanga hariputirwi!" (It is impossible to conceal one's weaknesses forever!) so goes the Shona adage. Mai Mujuru's weaknesses, hidden and only guessed at for many years, are coming out now....Published: 14 Mar 2017 at 17:11hrs | 1 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'I am getting better with age,' boasted CZ (Mugabe) - 2018 will be free and your Waterloo
It is easy to see why President Robert Mugabe, satirized as Comrade CZ, would be feeling smug as a bug right now, the coast is clear for him to rig the 2018 elections to extend his rule by another fiv...Published: 03 Mar 2017 at 18:44hrs | 4 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Digesting Mugabe's opinion of Trump
Because President Mugabe's birthday happens to be the same day Malcolm X was assassinated at the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem, Mother Africa's children at home and abroad have always considered this day...Published: 24 Feb 2017 at 05:44hrs | 1 | by Obi Egbuna Jnr Simunye
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