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'West must support ED and no regime change for 20 years' argued Mutsvairo - so why bother
"IF Western governments are sincere about political reforms in Zimbabwe, then they have to support President Emmerson Mnangagwa's new government," wrote Bruce Mutsvairo."There are no two ways ...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 07:19hrs | 2286 | by Nomusa Garikai
Currency reform answer to Zimbabwe's economic woes
THE success of the new Government's effort to transform the country's economy, both in the immediate and future term hinges on addressing the currency reform problem. The vision of the Government is t...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 06:44hrs | 331 | by Bongani Ngwenya
ZAPU position on implementation of Devolution of Power
Whereas ZAPU, after noting that the increasingly centralist system of government that prevailed since independence in 1980 and including the tenure of the 2008 to 2013 GNU has not been responsive to t...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 14:15hrs | 1977 | by Zapu
Hiding in the comforts of Sweden: Paul Siwela pens a letter to Mnangagwa
Dear Bhudi Paul, With dismay I read the letter you wrote President Mnangagwa today. I hasten to say that I was disappointed by this militant language you have now adopted as a party: MLO. What...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 20:25hrs | 3473 | by Nomazulu Thata
Is MDC really for the people or just opportunistic?
MDC on its inception was more of a Workers party formed by trade unionists led by the late Dr Morgan Tsvangirai. The party eventually grew into a formidable vibrant opposition party with the likes of ...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 18:12hrs | 2370 | by AT Kadada
Chamisa now talking dialogue
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has called on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to "come to the negotiating table" or face the real prospect of driving the country down the abyss.In a...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 07:19hrs | 7740 | by Staff reporter
Why Mnangagwa 'won', but lost the 2018 election
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa won the 2018 election on one hand, but lost it on the other. First, while the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) and Mnangagwa celebrated their vindication by the Constitutional C...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 07:57hrs | 7418 | by Moses Tofa
'We are stuck with (vote rigging) ED junta, make it work' argue Cross - how, GNU fog has never cleared
The trouble with dealing with single track minded people like Eddie Cross is once they have made up their minds on something they are off. Even a train on a single track can be stopped and even revers...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 07:14hrs | 3000 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mthuli Ncube has little to offer to Zimbabwe's sodomized economy
The Zimbabwe's national debt is said to be well above $18 billion with the foreign debt contributing $7.5 billion. The foreign debt ($7.5 billion) excludes the private sector foreign debt of $2.5 bill...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 10:15hrs | 6703 | by Don Chigumb
Jonathan Moyo statment on Mugabe
Media enquiries have drawn my attention to a front-page story in today's Standard newspaper in which the former first lady, Mrs Grace Mugabe, is said to have called on her alleged followers, presumed ...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 09:01hrs | 6330 | by Prof Jonathan N Moyo
Grace Mugabe, Jonathan Moyo in nasty fallout
FORMER First Lady Grace Mugabe's stunning summersault from being a critic of President Emmerson Mnangagwa to a "prayer warrior" for the new Zanu PF leader has attracted the scorn of one of her ardent ...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 07:39hrs | 1711 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo lays into Grace Mugabe
SELF-exiled G40 cabalist Professor Jonathan Moyo yesterday tore into former First Lady Mrs Grace Mugabe while revealing a nasty fall out between the two that led to the latter blocking him from all he...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 06:59hrs | 748 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo's messy fallout with Grace Mugabe
Media enquiries have drawn my attention to a front-page story in today's (9 September) Standard newspaper in which the former first lady, Mrs Grace Mugabe, is said to have called on her alleged follow...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 06:27hrs | 1924 | by Jonathan Moyo
Zimbabwe a nation of contradictions
If Zimbabwe was a patient on a hospital bed we the relatives of the patient would have been expecting nothing less than being told by the doctors that the hospital has tried all we could do and we hav...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 18:57hrs | 2095 | by Isaac Nkomah
Jonathan Moyo savages Grace Mugabe in shock outburst
Former First Lady Grace Mugabe has had a major fallout with her former ally Professor Jonathan Moyo, apparently after the latter called her "toxic and polarising".This is revealed by Moyo, who...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 12:10hrs | 14529 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa to be installed as 'People's President' and unveil his alternative cabinet
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa says he would soon use the occasion of the party's upcoming 19th anniversary celebrations to be installed as 'People's President' and unveil his alternati...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 07:03hrs | 4724 | by Staff reporter
'Elections more open than any since 1980,' says Cross - for once, answer the question asked
The root cause of Zimbabwe's economic meltdown and political paralysis is the failure to remove Zanu PF from office even when it was clear the party was incompetent and corrupt. Zanu PF rigged the ele...Published: 09 Sep 2018 at 07:33hrs | 150 | by Nomusa Garikai
WATCH: Chinotimba's opinion on GNU with Nelson Chamisa
Buhera South MP Joseph Chinotimba's opinion on GNU with Nelson Chamisa.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1VEYeiZLH8...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 21:24hrs | 6328 | by Staff reporter
Biti cries political persecution
Former Finance minister Tendai Biti has said the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is being used by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to politically persecute him.Biti said th...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 18:05hrs | 1051 | by Staff reporter
Watch as Zanu PF fails economy alone, says Mutambara
MDC Alliance co-principal and ZimPF leader Agrippa Mutambara yesterday called on fellow opposition leaders to shun being enticed into a coalition government with Zanu PF, but watch from the sidelines ...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 08:38hrs | 2306 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe endorses rigged elections as 'will of the people' after ED guarantees of fabulous wealth
A team of top notch scientists must be dispatched immediately to Blue Roof Mansion, Harare; the task is to take and test blood samples, urine samples, test all medicine, perfume, test all the fo...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 06:32hrs | 1341 | by Nomusa Garikai
ED rigged elections, per se, illegitimate and 'Chamisa holds the key' argue Biti - what a narcissist
Zimbabwe is in serious trouble already with unemployment at the dizzying heights of 90%, basic services such as clean running water and health all but collapsed and 75% of our people living on US$1.00...Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 16:37hrs | 2520 | by Nomusa Garikai
Biti in $30 million NSSA scam
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday indicated that it was keen to interview Finance Minister during the Government of National Unity era Tendai Biti over allegations that he instructed t...Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 06:31hrs | 526 | by Staff reporter
'Business is unsettled,' says Chamisa
There are three things one could have predicted with 100% certainty six months ago:1) That Nelson Chamisa and his MDC Alliance will take part in this year's elections even th...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 22:07hrs | 3702 | by Wilbert Mukori
'GNU is best foot forward' some say - feeble excuse for appeasing vote rigging Zanu PF, again
Desperate people do desperate things but there is nothing more irrational that doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result.Everyone knows that Zanu PF rigged these el...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 19:43hrs | 1458 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Chamisa wants Mnangagwa to fire Chiwenga, Mohadi
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has reportedly demanded the axing of Vice Presidents Constantino Chiwenga and Kembo Mohadi in a list of demands he has reportedly placed before President Emmerson Mn...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 15:16hrs | 19529 | by Staff reporter
Lessons from the Natural History of Nations
There is certainly no prize for predicting the reaction of the opposition alliance to the outcome of the elections, and of course the constitutional court challenge. After all, we have been made to be...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 12:39hrs | 420 | by Robert Sigauke
Zanu-PF rules out inclusive govt with Chamisa
ZANU-PF has effectively dashed people's hopes on the possibility of forming an inclusive government by shutting its doors on any negotiations in the face of a crippling economy, dilapidated public inf...Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 06:50hrs | 1902 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa 'out-stretch' his arms to Chamisa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa, has delayed announcing his Cabinet to give talks with youthful MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa a chance, highly-placed sources told the Daily News yesterday.Zi...Published: 03 Sep 2018 at 17:09hrs | 10747 | by Staff reporter
'ED stole elections!' insist Chamisa - what happened to 'stringent measures to stop rigging'?
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa wants any talks with President Emmerson Mnangagwa to yield electoral reforms and an economic rescue package for the country. "On 29 August 2018, the national...Published: 03 Sep 2018 at 08:13hrs | 1444 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mugabe's 'priest' wants youths to lobby for GNU formation
RESPECTED Catholic priest, Father Fidelis Mukonori, has called on youths from both Zanu PF and the MDC Alliance to lobby their warring party leaders to set aside their differences and form another Gov...Published: 03 Sep 2018 at 06:36hrs | 8063 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's folly of non-engagement exposed
The President set up the commission of enquiry into what happened on August the 1st when 6 people died as opposition supporters went on a rampage burning vehicles and destroying property. Naturally th...Published: 03 Sep 2018 at 06:14hrs | 596 | by Hopewell Chin'ono
'No bad blood between Chamisa, Mwonzora'
MDC-T chairman Morgen Komichi (MK) has dismissed swirling speculation pointing at a delicate rift between the party's top leaders and says party leader, Nelson Chamisa is working well with secretary-g...Published: 02 Sep 2018 at 13:26hrs | 1013 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa and ED must find each other,' argues Standard - to what end, appease vote rigging junta
It is heartening that many Zimbabweans are finally taking the country’s economic and political situation with the seriousness the matter demands. After decades of burying their heads in the sand and...Published: 02 Sep 2018 at 13:17hrs | 934 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
EU 'encourage but not involved' in GNU talks - to run full race after Zanu PF false start
The European Union says it is not involved in talks to bring Zanu PF and MDC Alliance together to form a government of national unity (GNU). Many western nations know that Zanu PF blatantly rigged the...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 13:38hrs | 974 | by Nomusa Garikai
Mnangagwa can do without Chamisa
IN the next few days, most likely next week, President Mnangagwa will announce his new Cabinet. This will follow the swearing-in of members of the National Assembly on Wednesday. Advice has be...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 08:48hrs | 622 | by Editorial - The Herald
Thucydides' 'something is not quite fair' with elections - is no licence to rig elections
One of the things that has helped to drag us into the economic and political mess we are in as a nation is our failure to distinguish the wood from the trees, the trivial from the important, lies and ...Published: 31 Aug 2018 at 21:21hrs | 731 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'ED is Mugabe mark 2!' skunk is out and UK wants it doused with GNU, Chanel 5 perfume
There are certain events which, on their own would not even be noticed, assume ginormous significance because of the circumstance under which they take place. The last straw that broke the camel's bac...Published: 30 Aug 2018 at 18:21hrs | 3563 | by Wilbert Mukori
Chamisa rules out coalition
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has ruled out any coalition deal with his Zanu PF nemesis President Emmerson Mnangagwa for fear of being "sunk and swallowed" the same way his late predec...Published: 30 Aug 2018 at 06:19hrs | 2646 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa is 'mark 2 Mugabe and deserves no support!' says UK MP - Hallelujah! Amen!
If President Mnangagwa was beginning to feel that he had blatantly rigged the elections and going to get away with it he has just had a very rude wake-up call. British MP Kate Hoey has spelt it in pla...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 19:08hrs | 9997 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mnangagwa's New Cabinet?
COCKPIT PRESIDENT --- ED DEPUTY PRESIDENT --- CHIWENGA DEPUTY PRESIDENT --- KHAYA MOYO CHAIRMAN --- OPPAH KASHIRI ...Published: 28 Aug 2018 at 07:02hrs | 36940 | by Noble Tawanda Ngara
Mnangagwa's greatest test, camel through needle's eye, was to hold free elections - he failed miserably
The greatest test If Zimbabwe's 2018 elections were free, fair and credible would President Mnangagwa and his Zanu PF junta have won the elections? The answer must be an emphatic YES. ...Published: 26 Aug 2018 at 20:19hrs | 2051 | by Wilbert Mukori
An open letter to advocate pastor president Nelson Chamisa
Dear President N Chamisa Sir, I hope my letter finds you well, in good spirits and in good health. Allow me to be one of those who have chosen to congratulate you on your being inaug...Published: 26 Aug 2018 at 16:33hrs | 4009 | by Albert M. Matapo
'Chamisa getting advice from Jonathan Moyo'
Smarting from a numbing election loss, MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa is trying to form a new political party and is being advised in the endeavour by, among others, self-exiled G40 hard liner Pro...Published: 26 Aug 2018 at 07:21hrs | 7748 | by Staff Reporter
If Chamisa fools investors with lacklustre Con-Court double act, he deserves an Oscar
There is no doubt that MDC should have never agreed to take part in these elections without first implementing the democratic reforms which would have made is very difficult for Zanu PF to rig the ele...Published: 24 Aug 2018 at 21:55hrs | 8908 | by Wilbert Mukori
'MDC did well, winning 64 MP seats,' boasted Cross - elections were rigged, for Pete's sake
MDC leaders sold-out during the GNU, if you lot had implemented the democratic reforms we would not still be in this mess! Many thinking Zimbabweans have long lost patience with you MDC leaders and I ...Published: 23 Aug 2018 at 07:08hrs | 5943 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'We neither give up nor give in!' twittered Chamisa - fancy that, insane too never give up
"Insanity," said the great Physicist Albert Einstein, "is doing the same thing over and over again, expecting a different result!"I had my first encounter with the insane when I visited my aun...Published: 22 Aug 2018 at 15:12hrs | 9026 | by Wilbert Mukori
'EU Ambassador apologised for fake human rights violations,' said ED - 'Ridiculous!' Ambassador shot back
There are those who wanted to believe that the removal of Mugabe from office last November transformed Zanu PF from a party of thugs into a party of democrats. It was none other than President Emmerso...Published: 21 Aug 2018 at 19:23hrs | 4362 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Chamisa cannot be trusted in the GNU much less to govern,' says ED apologist - true but neither can ED
Those who defend the indefensible are fools and Zanu PF apologists are some of the biggest fools there is. Give a fool a long rope and he will hang himself, so goes the adage. Bishop Lazarus, a season...Published: 19 Aug 2018 at 18:47hrs | 10208 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
USAid funds abusers push for Zimbabwe GNU
A GROUP of NGOs is contriving reports of State-sanctioned post-election human rights abuses in an effort to get Western countries to pressure President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa into forming a "Governm...Published: 19 Aug 2018 at 06:33hrs | 1225 | by Staff reporter
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