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Madhadha closure, Zanu PF Manicaland factional fights turns nasty
Zanu PF Manicaland factional wars have spilt into business, with companies owned by some members close to Sports Minister Anselem Sanyatwe being targeted over allegations of backing Vice-President Con...Published: 06 Jul 2025 at 17:18hrs | 1084 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe is a failed state. So, who will care for the carers when they are old?
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? "Who will guard the guards themselves?" or "Who will watch the watchmen?" Asked Roman poet Juvenal.Replace guard with political leader and you can see why democr...Published: 01 Jun 2025 at 13:18hrs | 413 | by Wilbert Mukori
Geza Revolution gaining ground
More than a million people were glued to Bombshell's news conference on Wednesday through various social media sites, whereas Mnangagwa's politburo statement received fewer than 75 views. That reflect...Published: 29 Mar 2025 at 09:46hrs | 5265 | by Leonard Koni
Zimbabweans have penchant for sugar-rush solution of Mnangagwa must go even at the cost of retaining the dictatorship yet again
"Zimbabwe is in desperate need of transformative leadership, not the routine recycling of failed politicians," argued Trevor Ncube. "A change in leadership might offer temporary relief, Zimbabwe's iss...Published: 18 Feb 2025 at 20:04hrs | 886 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabweans have penchant for sugar-rush solution of Mnangagwa must go even at the cost of retaining the dictatorship yet again
"Zimbabwe is in desperate need of transformative leadership, not the routine recycling of failed politicians," argued Trevor Ncube. "A change in leadership might offer temporary relief, Zimbabwe's iss...Published: 14 Feb 2025 at 12:03hrs | 611 | by Wilbert Mukori
Come 2031, what if Zimbabwe is still a failed state - proof vision 2030 was a mirage. What then Mnangagwa?
There are some things we can debate and argue over and even agree to disagree. There are others we should not even discuss because they are obvious and beyond dispute. The right of every Zimbabwean to...Published: 29 Jan 2025 at 19:43hrs | 531 | by Wilbert Mukori
Postponing 2028 elections tantamount to usurping people's power over politicians for all time - that's dangerous & high treason!
Zanu PF has always wanted to impose a de jure one-party state in independent Zimbabwe, the party's prize for spear heading the liberation war. Mnangagwa is hell bent on getting his wish. Or is he!...Published: 15 Jan 2025 at 20:14hrs | 513 | by Wilbert Mukori
Chamisa says Unity Day has lost its lustre
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has sharply criticized the current political environment in Zimbabwe, saying that the promise of a united nation has been sacrificed on the altar of "toxic politics." ...Published: 23 Dec 2024 at 05:55hrs | 809 | by Staff reporter
I have no locus to comment on local authority issues
On Monday, I was requested to testify before (Rtd) Justice Maphosa Cheda at the Harare City Commission inquiry, a forum set up by Mr Mnangagwa.I have reservations about the foundation of the C...Published: 10 Dec 2024 at 13:45hrs | 312 | by Nelson Chamisa
Mahere slams gifted cars to artists
Former Mt Pleasant Member of Parliament and outspoken political figure, Fadzayi Mahere, has sharply criticized the recent trend of gifting cars to Zimbabwean music artists, calling it a form of disres...Published: 30 Nov 2024 at 13:52hrs | 688 | by Staff reporter
Affinity to shut out truth don't want to hear is one cause we're a failed state
In 1975 lan Douglas Smith, Prime Minister Rhodesia said, "If blacks are to rule themselves people in towns will walk on sewage until they believe it's normal, all the gains from colonisation will varn...Published: 16 Nov 2024 at 20:17hrs | 803 | by Wilbert Mukori
MDC/CCC have 'fought in the trenches for change' said Mahere. Nonsense! Name one change they have brought in 24 years?
The sheer chutzpah and hypocrisy of Zimbabwe's opposition leaders stinks!"On the 1st of November, I spoke on the phone with Duma Boko to congratulate him on an outstanding victory in Botswana'...Published: 13 Nov 2024 at 21:58hrs | 874 | by Wilbert Mukori
Edgar Lungu announces return to save Zambia
On October 28, 2023, Edgar Chagwa Lungu, the sixth President of Zambia, formally announced his return to active politics during the 9th memorial ceremony of President Michael Sata, the founder of the ...Published: 09 Nov 2024 at 17:34hrs | 2820 | by Staff reporter
No quality leaders can ever justify participating in flawed 2028 elections especially after 44 years of rigged elections
Let us be clear on this one thing: Zimbabwe is a failed state, a pariah state, stuck with this corrupt, incompetent, tyrannical and vote rigging Zanu PF regime and its equally corrupt and useless MDC/...Published: 04 Nov 2024 at 22:42hrs | 634 | by Wilbert Mukori
Can Peter Ndlovu breathe fresh air to the embattled ZIFA?
A plethora of possible contenders are vying for the controversial post of head of Zimbabwean football as the elections to select a Zifa boss approach.Some supporters are supporting former foot...Published: 17 Oct 2024 at 12:25hrs | 5704 | by Leonard Koni
Strive Masiyiwa among Top 10 richest black people in the world
Systemic injustice, colonial exploitation, and economic marginalization have plagued Africa and the Black population for centuries. This narrative is challenged by the emergence of black billionaires,...Published: 14 Oct 2024 at 08:18hrs | 895 | by Staff reporter
The scream of sanctions: A weary story
Zimbabwe has been under sanctions since 2001 due to human rights abuses, poor governance policies, and actions that impede and shrink democratic spaces and rule of law.It is now necessary to a...Published: 01 Oct 2024 at 15:05hrs | 146 | by Leonard Koni
SADC Summit brings problems for Zimbabwe vendors
Some 300 vendors operating along main roads in Chivhu will go without incomes for the next three weeks after Government removed them from their stalls to paint a clean picture of the country to delega...Published: 03 Aug 2024 at 15:54hrs | 862 | by Staff reporter
Are we cursed as Zimbabweans?
Let us not pretend and lie to each other. We need to be brutally honest.Have we not, at some point, asked ourselves or one another this question?Are we cursed as Zimbabweans?...Published: 29 Jul 2024 at 08:13hrs | 1292 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Zimbabweans must unite for a shared vision,' argued Komichi. What vision has MDC/CCC ever had other than a seat on gravy train!
"Veteran opposition politician and anti-Zanu PF hardcore, Senator Morgan Komichi has claimed that there is need for opposition movements must to unite and fight Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangwagwa's administ...Published: 17 May 2024 at 17:04hrs | 17 | by Wilbert Mukori
'2018 elections were free and Mnangagwa won; Americans know it.' claimed Cross. A lie, dismissed with contempt it deserve
I have heard Eddie Cross say a lot of rubbish over the years but his latest claim that the 2018 elections were free, fair and credible, Mnangagwa won and the Americans knew it; takes the biscuit. He m...Published: 25 Mar 2024 at 20:18hrs | 18 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa niece's legacy woes haunt ZBC
THE Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) is grappling with serious management challenges linked to Helliate Rushwaya - the newly appointed board chair - during her tenure as the acting chief execut...Published: 10 Mar 2024 at 06:51hrs | 25 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe - the Stockholm syndrome capital of the world!
This morning, my heart broke and fell straight into my guts!I watched with utter dismay and sadness as hundreds of rural villagers in Muzarabani converged, in the sweltering sun, to sing, danc...Published: 07 Mar 2024 at 21:10hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Future depends on CCC leaders finding each other to defeat Zanu PF.' Who/what stopped them last 23 years?
"As the man he has always been, @DavidColtart has maturely advised anyone opposed to ZANUPF corrupt rule to not fight to kill each other.He realises that these opposition fights have only one bene...Published: 24 Feb 2024 at 17:57hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
Bad governance, not drought, causing hunger in Zimbabwe!
It can not be denied that the 2023/24 agricultural season is one of the worst in Zimbabwe. This is largely due to the frighteningly low rainfall experienced as a direct result of the El Niño ...Published: 24 Feb 2024 at 17:54hrs | 8 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Tshabangu was his own man,' claimed Professor Ncube. I believe him. My beef is why you lot sold out of reforms?
"You cannot run an authoritarian and autocratic opposition and once in government pretend you can switch to become a democratic system," Professor Welshman Ncube, acting CCC President, told local jour...Published: 21 Feb 2024 at 09:31hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
CCC and MDC were led same corrupt leaders and both accomplished nothing. Same again are leading new blue party!
There is an eye-catching Zimbabwe Daily cartoon depicting a Yellow Kobi with three drivers (the three rotational presidents in the Tshabangu CCC faction). The Kobi has no wheels and resting on bricks....Published: 20 Feb 2024 at 11:15hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
Recalled Binga MP resigns from CCC
Recalled Binga North Member of Parliament (MP) Prince Dubeko Sibanda, has resigned from the Citizen Coalition for Change (CCC) party.Sibanda wrote, "Since Advocate Nelson Chamisa's disassociat...Published: 02 Feb 2024 at 10:53hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
'I'll follow Chamisa no matter what!' Only one devoid of common sense would especially given his track record
Zimbabwe is a failed state and this has been a 43 year growling descend into this hell-on-earth of our own making. The ruling party, Zanu PF, the numerous opposition parties and the ordinary Zimbabwea...Published: 18 Jan 2024 at 19:43hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
US Embassy's revelation exposes decades of economic sabotage in Zimbabwe
In a declaration that has rekindled fervent discourse, the United States Embassy proclaimed Zimbabwe's potential as a burgeoning economic powerhouse within Southern Africa, a revelation reigniting the...Published: 12 Jan 2024 at 05:26hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe must function on basis of TRUTH.' CCC will never ever deliver free elections, is the truth that matters the most!
"Charovedzera charovedzera, gudo rakakwira mawere kwezviba!" so goes the Shona adage. Whose English equivalent would be some dirty habits never die!Zimbabwe is a failed state partly because th...Published: 05 Jan 2024 at 19:58hrs | 11 | by Wilbert Mukori
2024 started on bitter note - Zanu PF rigged 2023 elections, for umpteenth time - it must end on sweet note!
A slave who can think never stays in chains for long. A free man who cannot think might as well be in chains. Man is a creature of reason. A man who cannot think is but as claw...Published: 02 Jan 2024 at 17:46hrs | 12 | by Wilbert Mukori
Secrecy surrounding resource-backed loans in Zimbabwe
IntroductionTO realize the aspirations of Vision 2030, Zimbabwe needs to invest US$2 billion in infrastructure development in five consecutive years to close the infrastructure asset gap, a hu...Published: 07 Dec 2023 at 05:29hrs | 27 | by Mbongeni Nhliziyo
'Zimbabweans like to be RULED and not LED' - cold comfort and have paid dearly for it
"Zimbabweans like to be RULED and not LED, ruling requires supporters to support their favourite leader even when he is being undemocratic," observed Hopewell Chin'ono."Leading requires suppor...Published: 14 Nov 2023 at 19:22hrs | 14 | by Wilbert Mukori
After all posturing CCC withdraw court challenge of recalled MPs - proof of CCC's blundering incompetence
After all the grandstanding and finger pointing by Chamisa following the recall of the party's elected officials, the case ends with yet another humiliating defeat for CCC. The High Court challenge of...Published: 03 Nov 2023 at 15:59hrs | 12 | by Wilbert Mukori
CIO-linked outfit takes over ahead of watershed elections
THE shadowy Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO)-run Forever Associates Zimbabwe (Faz), which has unconstitutionally seized control of the running of the 2023 elections to retain President Emmerson...Published: 23 Oct 2023 at 10:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Flea with no legs cannot hear, is a fallacy. So too is, Chamisa did us a favour participating in 2023 elections
To claim that Nelson Chamisa and his CCC friends did the people of Zimbabwe a great favour by participating in the flawed 2023 elections is a fallacy. "If CCC had boycotted the elections, the ...Published: 07 Oct 2023 at 07:42hrs | 3 | by Wilbert Mukori
'We (povo) lacked strategic thinking for electoral victory.' Quick burning grass fire passion will never bring change.
The Zimbabwe electorate’s political activism is like a grass fire, it will flares up but very quickly die down because there was not much to burn. Similarly there is not much in-depth knowledge of a...Published: 27 Sep 2023 at 20:04hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
'SADC consulting CCC for way forward.' Already know CCC and Zanu PF ARE the problem and, notably, they're not the solution!
"Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has claimed that leaders from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) have been consulting with him to seek his opinions on how to...Published: 24 Sep 2023 at 18:45hrs | 2 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mbeki advised Mnangagwa to put 'best national interests above self'. Must reprimand Ramaphosa for interfering
After the SADC election observers virtually said the 23 August 2023 Zimbabwe elections are not representative of popular opinion and submitted their report. It was then for SADC to decide," commented ...Published: 22 Sep 2023 at 16:06hrs | 2 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mayor Coltart to forgo new mayoral limo. Yeah, the anaesthetic bite of deadly bug.
His Worship David Coltart, the newly elected CCC Mayor of the City of Bulawayo, has announced that he will not be buying a new mayoral car for the next 5 years!"I came here using a car which h...Published: 20 Sep 2023 at 12:11hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
'Chamisa has a solid plan.' Muscle into new GNU and thus guarantee yet another wasted opportunity to implement ALL reform
"Chamisa has a solid plan!" read the Bulawayo24 headline!If each one of Chamisa’s "solid plan" was a brick then one would have built by now a pyramid of solid brick ten kilometres square and...Published: 19 Sep 2023 at 23:27hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
'Disputed polls worsening voter apathy,' Stop using sticky band-aid to fix broken limb - vote rigging
"Disputed polls to worsen voter apathy" proclaimed Bulawayo 24 headline. "The frequency of disputed elections in Zimbabwe, the most recent being the August 23 polls, will discourage more regis...Published: 12 Sep 2023 at 14:15hrs | 2 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa has defied all to present fait accompli sworn government. It's incumbent on all that he fails
Well, Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa has defied SADC and AU who condemned the 23 August 2023 election process as a flawed and illegal process that could not produce a legitimate. He has gone ahead and st...Published: 07 Sep 2023 at 11:33hrs | 2 | by Wilbert Mukori
'World will not end if Hichilema does not attend ED inauguration,' True. SEOM continues to speak volumes
"It will not be the start or the end of the world if Zambia's President Haikainde Hichilema does not attend tomorrow's inauguration," stated Professor Jonathan Moyo in his recent article."Whet...Published: 07 Sep 2023 at 11:27hrs | 2 | by Wilbert Mukori
CCC were hell bent on participating in flawed 2023 out of greed and now want to stampede into fresh flawed election
"Zimbabwe's main opposition party, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), has initiated a 30-day campaign calling for fresh elections following last week's controversial poll results," reported Pind...Published: 02 Sep 2023 at 07:08hrs | 2 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa's govt to offload 49% POSB stake
GOVERNMENT has put a 29% stake in the People's Own Savings Bank (POSB) for sale as the bank's partial privatisation exercise gets underway.The private placement will be followed by an initial ...Published: 21 Aug 2023 at 06:41hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
'We consider free elections as a tool for peace and stability' said SADC chief election observer. Yeah! Since when?
"So our determination is to support every effort that is going to give us a free and fair election," SADC chief election observer and former Zambian deputy president Never Sekwila Mumba said on arriva...Published: 19 Aug 2023 at 17:03hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Chris Maroleng urges Zimbabweans to 'rise against tyranny'
Former SABC broadcaster Chris Maroleng has called on Zimbabweans to "rise against tyranny" as he took to his social media handles Thursday to express disappointment over being deported from the countr...Published: 18 Aug 2023 at 18:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nigeria's Bola Tinubu warned against attacking Niger
Usman Yusuf, a vocal Nigerian professor of Haematology-Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplantation, has warned President Bola Tinubu not to get entangled in a messy proxy geopolitical war between Nato an...Published: 17 Aug 2023 at 08:47hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
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