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SA, Namibian presidents roasted over Zimbabwe Mnangagwa inauguration
CONTROVERSY over Zimbabwe's disputed elections continues to hog the global limelight as foreign Parliaments debate the polls which saw President Emmerson Mnangagwa being declared winner last month....Published: 07 Sep 2023 at 06:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's Leadership Filled With Failure Weakness and Chaos
Looking at the Zimbabwean situation seems confusing at first glance yet in Zimbabwe, like any other country, the road to freedom and prosperity is long journey. It took the United States at least a ce...Published: 13 Aug 2023 at 12:47hrs | 7 | by Sam Wezhira
President Mnangagwa's ZANU PF neutralizes Chamisa's CCC
The opposition movement in Zimbabwe needs to be reformed. The leadership of all political opposition in Zimbabwe, whether it be MDC, CCC, ZIP, etc. is wooden, sclerotic, senile, and out of touch with ...Published: 26 Jun 2023 at 22:55hrs | 2 | by Sam Wezhira
Canada agonize readmitting Zanu PF into Commonwealth - trade democracy for ED's company, gold for fool's gold
"After allowing a wave of authoritarian regimes to become members in recent years, the Commonwealth and member states such as Canada are now pondering one of their toughest dilemmas: whether to approv...Published: 09 Feb 2023 at 19:22hrs | 2 | by Wilbert Mukori
After allowing authoritarian Rwanda to join, Commonwealth faces tough dilemma over Zimbabwe
After allowing a wave of authoritarian regimes to become members in recent years, the Commonwealth and member states such as Canada are now pondering one of their toughest dilemmas: whether to approve...Published: 08 Feb 2023 at 20:07hrs | 1 | by Geoffrey York
Mnangagwa invited to the US as the West lose hope on Zimbabwe's hopeless opposition
ZIMBABWE has been invited to the upcoming United States-Africa leaders' summit in Washington despite concern over a "dire" authoritarian pivot by the Harare government which has seen a crackdown again...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
'African dictators face resistance'
AFRICA is witnessing increasing resistance to autocratic regimes, Zimbabwe included, where opposition and human rights activists are taking to the streets at the risk of being arrested or shot, the Hu...Published: 22 Jan 2022 at 05:24hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
'POLAD are cheer-leading autocracy' said MDC A - and who keeps giving the autocrats legitimacy
"The MDC Alliance will never join POLAD. It's not the function of a legitimate opposition party to take trinkets in exchange for cheerleading autocracy. We continue to hold the regime accountable, dem...Published: 06 Aug 2021 at 21:32hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Biti rubbishes IMF over 7% Zimbabwe growth rate
FORMER finance minister Tendai Biti has describe the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as a naive and dishonest institution after it published a report forecasting a 7% growth in Zimbabwe's economy....Published: 10 Jul 2021 at 11:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Election puts to test character of leadership
In 2023, the country will go the polls. It is one of the most prominent features on our calendar. Many look forward to elections with high expectations. In a free and fair world, it is a leadership pe...Published: 10 May 2021 at 05:28hrs | | by Tapiwa Gomo
'Mnangagwa's govt one of the worst in the world'
THE United States has adjudged President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government as one of the worst administrations in terms of human rights violations in the world.This came out in a report titled 4...Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 07:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Is UK impeding Zimbabwe's democratisation?
WHERE persuasion does not work, the big powers continue turning to sanctions.The imposition of sanctions against perceived powerful individuals in "undemocratic regimes" like Zimbabwe has been...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 06:48hrs | | by Gibson Nyikadzino
COVID-19 perfect cover for autocrats
ZIMBABWE has never been the same after March 30, 2020. Ever since then, the country has been in a lockdown and normal life in a constitutional democracy has been severely pared in the name of combatin...Published: 19 Dec 2020 at 05:49hrs | 1 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
'Mugabe tactics replicated by Trump'
JOURNALISTS in the United States yesterday accused their President Donald Trump of emulating Zimbabwe's late former leader Robert Mugabe in refusing to concede electoral defeat.The US went to ...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 05:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Africa'second revolution whose time has come: Breaking-away from oppressive partisan poverty politics
The high-sounding and inspirational liberation of the entire of Africa by political parties and liberation movements that lost its cause! The law-abiding citizens that have been reduced to the level o...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 21:20hrs | | by Reginald Thabani Gola
Chamisa's MDC unhappy with IMF assisting Zimbabwe
Cyclone Idai, which brought unprecedented destruction as incessant rain and gusty winds caused catastrophic damage, has prompted the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to agree to deepen the Fund's eng...Published: 15 Apr 2019 at 10:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC against IMF's support for Zimbabwe
The proposed IMF Staff Monitored Program is an entry point for full support of the regime and it ignores the factors arresting the Zimbabwean economy. Zimbabwe has had a stolen election; ...Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 15:56hrs | | by Jacob Mafume
Biti blasts false poll results conviction
Former Finance minister and senior opposition politician Tendai Biti has said his conviction on charges of unlawfully and falsely announcing the results of last year's presidential election was a flag...Published: 25 Feb 2019 at 19:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Where did all the Zimbabwean man go?
If Zimbabweans were serious about changing their lot, they could borrow a page from the Jasmine Revolution in Tunisia (December 17 - January 14, 2011). In 2010, Tunisia's experienced high unemployment...Published: 31 Dec 2018 at 15:42hrs | 1 | by Sam Wezhira
Democracy, elections bad for collective cause
SOMETHING is going wrong with democracy. Something has gone wrong with democracy. It was the most successful political idea of the 21st century, but increasingly democracy is running into trouble, not...Published: 20 Aug 2018 at 05:53hrs | 1 | by Reason Wafawarova
Who is in Chamisa's Cabinet-in-Waiting?
The Editor,In November 2010, a senior official of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) in Zimbabwe was quoted as saying, "We've done a lousy job in government. While Zanu-PF have used the last...Published: 21 Jul 2018 at 19:14hrs | | by Sam Wezhira
Mnanganwa's Authoritarian Elections
"Busing of kids to rallies is Zanu-PF's way of creating the image of a supermajority, which signals to opponents that a contest is hopeless".- The junta knows...Published: 16 Jul 2018 at 14:44hrs | | by Dr Gus Manatsa
Catriona Laing's tweet of shame
The People' Democratic Party is irked by Catriona Laing's unrepentant nauseating conduct, that coming from a diplomat and one from a country which is known for strong democratic practices....Published: 02 Jul 2018 at 11:18hrs | | by PDP
'There will always be corrupt leaders,' argue Maphosa - compare bruise to severed head, detail matters
There are many, many reasons why Zimbabwe is in this economic and political mess. One of those reasons has to be our, we the people, failure to appreciate the importance detail resulting in us making ...Published: 07 Jun 2018 at 19:03hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
It's not about Chamisa or Mnangagwa, stupid!
The political brouhaha is fast reaching a crescendo, with political parties launching their manifestos pasted with unrealistic promises. I am no longer a fan of those, as they have become nothing ...Published: 28 May 2018 at 07:59hrs | | by Tapiwa Gomo
'Military might decree Mnangagwa's victory in upcoming presidential election'
COLOGNE/VANCOUVER - Hardline military securocrats aligned to the ruling Zanu PF party, may reportedly ignore any presidential election outcome that disfavours incumbent caretaker, President Emmerson M...Published: 18 May 2018 at 06:55hrs | | by Itai Mushekwe/Nancy Mabaya
Zanu-PF should level electoral playing field
The requirement to stage regular elections that are both free and fair is one of the defining features of a liberal democracy.In past elections, pointedly the internationally condemned 2008 po...Published: 09 Apr 2018 at 10:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
NPF, a party of Autocrats
Driving around in my neighbourhood, I am reminded of a scene in an African movie with a Nigeria's setting. The roads are potholed and muddy, with patches of what used to be tarmac, but now just rough ...Published: 13 Mar 2018 at 06:50hrs | | by Prosperity Mzila
Mnangagwa's barren 100 days
After his inauguration in November last year, President Emmerson Mnangagwa set for himself a 100-day target to turn things around but as the curtain comes down, the President has realised that he has ...Published: 05 Mar 2018 at 07:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Can the Zimbabwe 'good coup' usher in democracy?
Zimbabwe is currently witnessing two very different political trajectories unfolding at the same time. In one; the coup leader is calling for economic transformation and in another; the coup governmen...Published: 29 Jan 2018 at 07:24hrs | | by Kingstone Jambawo
Deployment of soldiers through out rural Zimbabwe confirms the country is a military state
Revolutionary greetings dear comrades. Mnangagwa's rise to power though a coup was a violation of the constitution and a premonition of military rule. The masses were cunningly pushed to participate i...Published: 18 Jan 2018 at 18:46hrs | | by Khulani David Ndhlovu, NPP National youth spokesperson
The failures of Zanu-PF and Robert Mugabe that are visible and indisputable
While African students specializing in social sciences that promote political studies on dictatorship is growing weaker than strong, ingratiative than advisorial; there is a strong world disapproval a...Published: 13 Nov 2017 at 23:08hrs | | by Andrew M Manyevere
Zimbabwe Rise
All national stakeholders - the labour, women, youth groups, veterans, political parties, activists, churches, all Zimbabweans from all corners of the world, the young and the old, IT IS TIME to stand...Published: 13 Nov 2017 at 19:41hrs | | by Dr. Takesure Tazvishaya
Lungu does a Mugabe, as Zambia follows Zimbabwe's disastrous path
Zambia and Zimbabwe used to be pretty much one 'country'; Rhodesia. Separated by a natural barrier, the Zambezi, one was Northern Rhodesia, one was Southern Rhodesia. Political history...Published: 14 Jun 2017 at 20:11hrs | 1 | by Maynard Manyowa
Want to know how to ruin a nation? Ask Mugabe
It is probably the result of our usual obsession with our own little difficulties that we've been unable to pay adequate attention to the drama unfolding north of the Limpopo.Zimbabwe is a fre...Published: 26 Sep 2016 at 15:41hrs | | by Barney Mthombothi
Mugabe finds himself ensnared by his favourite vices
There is something ubiquitous about the impending fall of Robert Mugabe. The walls are closing in on a leader who seemed so invincible for well over 6 decades. What is ironic is that, the same walls t...Published: 10 Jul 2016 at 11:04hrs | 2 | by Maynard Manyowa
No-regime-change elections are bees with no sting - will never remove badger tyrant
"ANC Secretary General, Gwede Mantashe, has once again warned against western powers' apparent attempts at destabilising former liberation movements in Southern Africa," ENCA reported. "Mantas...Published: 11 May 2016 at 21:08hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
Grace Mugabe now a national disaster
Grace Mugabe is not an idiot. Or so her record would indicate, anyway. It is hard to imagine an idiot amassing power and wealth in fields as diverse as property and dairy, fast-food outlets and mining...Published: 08 Mar 2016 at 09:39hrs | | by Maynard Manyowa
Mugabe cannot take 'honest criticism' says Gumbo - failed to do so when it mattered most
Rugare Gumbo says Mugabe is an autocrat who cannot take honest criticism. "His major problem is that he cannot distinguish between criticism and betrayal and this has been his biggest undoing," said R...Published: 08 Jan 2016 at 07:39hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Chamisa now rules the roost
Recent reports in the MDC-T has it that Morgan Tsvangirai the leader, is planning to discipline Mr Nelson Chamisa who is allegedly leading a faction within that opposition party that is threatening th...Published: 03 Nov 2015 at 11:56hrs | | by Peacemaker Zano
MDC-T expel Senator Hlalo, a Chamisa supporter, build up for yet another earthquake change!
MDC-T spokesperson Obert Gutu on Friday confirmed the party's national council resolved to expel MDC-T Senator Mattson Hlalo. The Senator is believed to be a Nelson Chamisa supporter. MDC-T has never ...Published: 01 Nov 2015 at 17:42hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Robert Mugabe succession imperils Zimbabwe
MOZAMBIQUE's ruling Frelimo and its presidential candidate, Filipe Nyussi took an early lead in Wednesday's general elections sensing victory, even though the main opposition Renamo has put fierce...Published: 18 Oct 2014 at 21:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Obama wrong on Robert Mugabe'
US President Barrack Obama erred in not inviting President Mugabe to the US-Africa Summit held last month as this exclusion compromised the effectiveness of the discussions.This was said by Ta...Published: 02 Sep 2014 at 08:03hrs | | by Tichaona Zindoga
Mugabe's AU post 'insignificant'
President Robert Mugabe's recent election to a top African Union (AU) position should not be seen as significant, the South African Institute for Security Studies has said, quashing reports that the ...Published: 06 Feb 2014 at 14:33hrs | | by News24
Robert Mugabe 'a haunted and stressed octogenarian tyrant'
AT 86, and approaching 87 years of age, Robert Mugabe, the president of Zimbabwe is the world's oldest ruler.Depending on where one stands, the political life and historical legacy of Mugabe i...Published: 30 Jan 2014 at 07:01hrs | | by Dinizulu Mbikokayise Macaphulana
Africa's natural resources must benefit the African people
In May 2012, Maged Abdelaziz was appointed as the UN's new special adviser on Africa, at the level ...Published: 26 Jan 2013 at 05:22hrs | | by Kingsley Ighobor
Judgement day for Egypt's Hosni Mubarak
CAIRO - Hosni Mubarak, who governed Egypt for 30 years before a popular uprising toppled him last year, returns to court on Saturday to hear a judge rule on whether he is guilty of graft and co...Published: 02 Jun 2012 at 05:12hrs | | by Moyo Roy
Dollariastion was a Zanu- PF idea, Biti wants to give it an MDC-T patent
Restoring the Zimdollar at this stage is like swerving a combat body forward, baring the chest, stomach, groin and all.I am ...Published: 28 Jan 2012 at 03:59hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
Secret desert grave for Gaddafi's burial
Misrata - Ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi will be buried on Tuesday in a secret desert grave, a National Transitional Council official said, ending a wrangle over his rotting corpse that led many...Published: 25 Oct 2011 at 04:58hrs | 1 | by -
Muammar Gaddafi's decomposing body still on show
Misrata - Libyans filed past Muammar Gaddafi's decomposing body for a fourth day on Monday, to see for themselves that the dictator was dead, while talks dragged on among emerging local factions over ...Published: 24 Oct 2011 at 14:00hrs | | by -
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