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Behind the walls of MDC-ZANU PF negotiations
During GNU talks, one reason MDC never got so-called reforms done is Tsvangirai assigned a sell-out to the negotiations. I will name him one day.To facilitate discussion, Mbeki pushed the form...Published: 14 Dec 2018 at 09:11hrs | 1 | by Mmatigari
ED may well ask 'Where is the evidence of vote rigging?' and dumbfounded to hear 'Here!' from Mugabe!
"Zimbabwe's ex-leader Robert Mugabe sent shockwaves through the party he dominated for decades when he posed with the retired general who will take on the ruling Zanu-PF in this year's election," repo...Published: 09 Mar 2018 at 17:21hrs | 1 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zanu PF aligns laws including NERA - Tsvangirai has no excuse but guarantee free
Be careful what you wish for! Instead of calling for the structural democratic reforms of the security services, media, ZEC, etc. as agreed in the 2008 GPA, the opposition parties, espec...Published: 18 Jun 2016 at 18:08hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Economic meltdown was top on politburo agenda - cannot ignore it any more
On Wednesday Mugabe chaired the Zanu PF politburo meeting and top on the agenda was the worsening cash crunch. Mugabe himself has probably not yet noticed the long bank queues as people fight to withd...Published: 10 Jun 2016 at 00:03hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Tsvangirai has no clue what reforms are required for free elections, never did!
Listening to Tsvangirai is like listening to a five year old telling a joke way out of his depth of comprehension and thus lose track of the punch-line and yet goes on to laugh totally unaware what he...Published: 01 May 2016 at 19:33hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa will never ever win free elections - not with that 'GUKURAHUNDI' tattoo
"Vice President, Emmerson Mnangagwa, is going to finish off President Robert Mugabe’s term in office, amid top secret disclosures that, a cross-section of International players are reportedly embrac...Published: 25 Mar 2016 at 21:30hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zim is in a hell-hole which every way OUT is uphill climb - implementing GPA reform
There is no thinking Zimbabwean out there who would dispute that the country is in serious polit-ical and economic trouble. The economy is in total meltdown with unemployment a nauseating 90% plus and...Published: 18 Mar 2016 at 18:36hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
MDC lost 2013 because no reforms were implemented - folly not to be repeated in 2018
"Former Zanu-PF bigwig, Temba Mliswa, has predicted the opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai will once again win the 2018 elections even if he does not reach an electoral pact with former Vice Presiden...Published: 16 Mar 2016 at 20:56hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
As Zimbabwe's culture of violence flares up, politicians pay lip-service but none really care
Pluralism, political tolerance of opposing opinion, respect of other people's right to a meaningful vote, etc.; these are not in our Zimbabwean political culture. Our political culture is founded on t...Published: 14 Mar 2016 at 21:51hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Mugabe eat humble pie and promise to pay IMF debt - he is not out of the woods yet
When Mugabe broke Zimbabwe's relationship with the IMF and WB in 1999, it was a very bitter and acrimonious breakup. Zimbabwe was coming to the tail end of the second and last Economic Structural Adju...Published: 10 Mar 2016 at 23:25hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
'Did Zanu PF ever rig elections?' and Mutasa laughed - this is no laughing matter
"Should I say yes or should I say no!" That is the question that must have occupied Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) members ever since they were kicked out of Zanu PF and decided to go back into politics....Published: 08 Mar 2016 at 14:38hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Being in Zanu PF 'was a learning curve' says Mujuru - what exactly did you learn
Mai Mujuru and her ZPF are a confused lot; they are condemning Mugabe and Zanu PF one minute and the next minute they are boasting of what they learnt under the dictator. "If you are in admini...Published: 07 Mar 2016 at 09:19hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mbeki cannot blame GNU failure on opposing West 'pernicious global diktat'
Former SA President Thabo Mbeki has used his latest article to justify why his administration had opposed the UN Security Council's attempts to imposed UN sanction on Zimbabwe after the 2008 rigged el...Published: 01 Mar 2016 at 07:34hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Ncube wants 'wart and all' coalition because 'beautiful ones are not yet born' - nonsense they are here
"We have in place a government which long stopped pretending it is in power to serve the collective interests of its nationals but one which has no shame at all in exhibiting itself as a government fo...Published: 29 Feb 2016 at 20:30hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Small clique' rigged elections and she saw nothing admits Mujuru - not at all surprised!
In her first interview since the registering of her Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) party, Joice Mujuru fails to impress! She told the British Sunday Times that she did not see any rigging in the 2013 ele...Published: 24 Feb 2016 at 14:20hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
It is Biti, not Thabo Mbeki, who is lying: MDC sold-out on implementing reforms
In a follow-up radio interview to President Thabo Mbeki letter "SA policy on Zimbabwe" with Redi Thlabi on 702 Cape Talk Tendai Biti said a lot of things, I would like to take him up one the one issue...Published: 24 Feb 2016 at 06:38hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mbeki, as GPA guarantor, is 5% responsible for its failure to deliver free and fair elections
I totally agree with Former President Thabo Mbeki's position to oppose the British proposal to invade Zimbabwe and forceful remove Mugabe from office. "In the period preceding the 2002 Zimbabw...Published: 22 Feb 2016 at 22:30hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
'ANC had good relations with ZAPU and none with ZANU,' says Mbeki
February 22, 2016Historically, with regard to the Zimbabwe liberation struggle, the ANC had good relations with ZAPU and none with ZANU when it broke away from ZAPU. This was a product of a co...Published: 22 Feb 2016 at 10:48hrs | 3 | by Thabo Mbeki
South Africa's policy towards Zimbabwe - A synopsis by Thabo Mbeki
February 22, 2016Historically, with regard to the Zimbabwe liberation struggle, the ANC had good relations with ZAPU and none with ZANU when it broke away from ZAPU. This was a product of a co...Published: 22 Feb 2016 at 10:22hrs | 4 | by Thabo Mbeki
Zanu PF infighting is not light at the end of the tunnel but run-away train
Many Zimbabweans are of the opinion that the dog-eat-dog fighting going on in Zanu PF is a good thing; it is true some of the militant war vets who have terrorized the people "got a taste of their own...Published: 19 Feb 2016 at 20:03hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Musewe has chutzpah to warn others of 'focusing on wrong things' only to step on the banana peel himself
Every bird has his song and so too have people. Brother Vince Musewe has settled into a set pattern which he now repeats with unfailing regularity; he will say something very sensible one minute and t...Published: 18 Feb 2016 at 18:07hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zim 'will go Rwanda way' warned Biti - with Zanu PF imploding be warned!
"I smell blood in this country. I smell war. I smell disaster. I am not a prophet, but I see dark clouds, I see a hurricane, a tsunami. If one plants a whirlwind, he will reap a tsunami. This country ...Published: 15 Feb 2016 at 17:51hrs | 1 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mugabe, master of intrigue, has fooled all the people for 36 year has now lost his touch
Mugabe has returned his top-dog position as Zanu PF leader for over 40 years and he has kept Zanu PF, by hook and by crook, in power for all the 36 years since independence because he is the grand mas...Published: 15 Feb 2016 at 08:17hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
Economic reforms will repair engine, GPA reforms will fix brakes and get a sober driver too
One of the outstanding features of our economic and political crisis is seen it coming but for the last 20 years at least we have been powerless to stop it because we lost the power to a meaningful sa...Published: 09 Feb 2016 at 07:26hrs | | by Nomusa
Musewe offers imaginary boom by 'assumed visionary' leaders to entice us away from GPA reforms
If I had to name the greatest challenge of our generation since Zimbabwe attained her independence in 1980 then, without a moment's hesitation, it is our failure to stop Mugabe imposing this corrupt a...Published: 08 Feb 2016 at 07:15hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
MDC finally admit 'free and fair' elections are essential but have given up fight for scraps!
Zimbabwe has paid dearly for having had a breathtakingly corrupt and incompetent MDC during the GNU; they failed to get even one GPA democratic reform implemented in the five years of the GNU. But bec...Published: 03 Feb 2016 at 07:15hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Mugabe calls truce to carefully orchestrated factional war that has Mnangagwa shaken and stirred in equal measure
Zanu-PF spokesperson Simon Khaya Moyo reminds the warring party factions that President Mugabe is the party's 2018 Presidential candidate and threatens those plotting to succeed him with "disciplinary...Published: 01 Feb 2016 at 20:59hrs | 1 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Musewe democracy is the 'contentious issue' for debate by being 'selective' you're killing the debate
"It is at times futile to have press debates on contentious issues because these debates never really end as we tend to be selective on what catches our attention based on our mental biases and dispos...Published: 30 Jan 2016 at 08:12hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
Musewe dumps Tsvangirai for Biti but still against reforms - honey bird with the twitchy tail
Comrade Vince Musewe has jumped ship; he has left the Tsvangirai and Mujuru led coalition project he had tried hard to promote, he has now joined People Democratic Party, led by Tendai Biti."W...Published: 29 Jan 2016 at 07:15hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Caveat populo! (Let the people beware!) with no reforms it is HEAD Mugabe win TAIL MDC lose!
The story goes that a man bought a horse on the mistaken belief that the animal was a strong animal with many productive years ahead of it. It was a strong beast alright but did not have many producti...Published: 28 Jan 2016 at 06:49hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Deal with the urgent NOW!' advises neophyte Guru MP Cross yet forgot same for 5 GNU years!
The trouble with being neophyte Guru is that people do not take them seriously even when they have said something sensible because of the yawning chasm between what they say and what they do. Our MDC ...Published: 27 Jan 2016 at 00:00hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Free elections are 'political suicide' for Mugabe vs rigged elections are human sacrifice for the nation
I agree with Patrick Guramatunhu, Mugabe has a nuclear arsenal with which to fight off Mai Mujuru and her PF if they should ever become a real serious political threat to the tyrant (Bulawayo24 opinio...Published: 25 Jan 2016 at 20:17hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Mujuru and PF are not a threat to Mugabe, the honey badger, if corner it will let rip!
Joice Mujuru and her People First pose a real serious political threat to President Mugabe and Zanu PF's no-regime-change mantra; more serious that Tsvangirai and MDC ever posed in 2008 and 2013. ...Published: 25 Jan 2016 at 09:56hrs | 1 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Musewe calls for multiparty democracy but 'managed' into a coalition - double Dutch to escape GPA reforms
Ever since Vince Musewe declared his support for the Tsvangirai and Mujuru led coalition he has he become dangerous single track-minded. Instead of letting the facts and reason lead he has now decided...Published: 21 Jan 2016 at 20:14hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
PF is 'Zanu PF pig in lipstick' and implementing GPA reforms is the tonic to remove it
"They have to unreservedly and in the strongest possible terms, condemn corruption, lawlessness, violence, extortion (even if it's given another name) and self-centeredness, amongst other things. ...Published: 19 Jan 2016 at 19:24hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Crunch time! Zimbabweans must now decide which reforms to demand, GPA or NERA
The people of Zimbabwe have been present with two possible options out of the present political and economic nightmare the nation now finds itself in. The last two and half years the nation has debate...Published: 18 Jan 2016 at 19:57hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
The fight for reforms is the fight for free elections; this is the battle royal, losing it is not an option!
I would like to thank Vivid Gwede for summing up so precisely what our political leaders from all sides of the political divide are doing here; asking Zimbabweans to "democratise within a dictatorship...Published: 15 Jan 2016 at 16:33hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Zimbabweans are being asked to democratise within the (dictatorship) straitjacket,' warns Vivid Gwede
In one of the best commentaries on Zimbabwean politics, Vivid Gwede, has exposed some of the weakness of the arguments we have been bombarded with on why Zimbabweans should support Mai Mujuru and her ...Published: 15 Jan 2016 at 10:46hrs | 1 | by Wilbert mukori
Zim needs 'new government' says Musewe; yes but how - the devil is always in the detail
"If the poverty and degeneration around us is not an indicator of complete failure for ZANU (PF), then what is? If 90% unemployment, widespread poverty and lack of food security for many is success, t...Published: 15 Jan 2016 at 10:41hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
'What if there are no reform in 2018?' asked V Musewe - a wrong and misleading question
The cynical phrase "Vote early …. and vote often!" is often attributed to Al Capone a USA, Chicago Mafia gangster notorious being corrupt and unashamed vote rigging schemes to manipulate the democra...Published: 08 Jan 2016 at 21:45hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Tsvangirai will never implement GPA reform, like Mujuru, he will never win free elections
When it comes to reforms and elections there are four basic scenarios the Zimbabwean people must be aware of. These can be present in the form of questions and answers: a) Is it possible ...Published: 06 Jan 2016 at 07:38hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
Eddie Cross said SA denied MDC 'assistance' to unseat Mugabe - a damned lie!
MP Eddie Cross as the nation's political and economic crisis gets worse and worse the people of Zimbabwe will look back and ask themselves could this nightmare been avoided and, with time, they will k...Published: 05 Jan 2016 at 07:14hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Musewe wants change from 'hungry' patriots' blood not implementing GPA reforms!
"It was Thomas Jefferson who said that the tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots. It therefore can never be refreshed by continuous false hope and non-action a...Published: 04 Jan 2016 at 08:04hrs | 1 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
We must implement the GPA reforms and get rid both dictatorship and dictator - no Musewe compromises!
Dear Editor, "Some of our brothers and sisters in the Diaspora continue to protest and demand political reforms from a regime which knows that it will be suicidal to do so," argued Musew...Published: 02 Jan 2016 at 16:09hrs | 1 | by Nomusa
Musewe says no to GPA reforms because are 'suicidal' for Mugabe - how typical!
Vince Musewe, you used to write wonderful pieces guided by one thing and one thing only the truth but ever since you took unto yourself the task of midwife to this Tsvangirai - Mujuru coalition you ha...Published: 02 Jan 2016 at 08:27hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Nkulumane by election exposes the folly of hoping for free and fair elections with no GPA reforms
"We failed to secure critical reforms before participating in the elections. The whole world advised us not to get into the elections without reforms, and so in everything that we have been saying we ...Published: 30 Dec 2015 at 16:41hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Free and fair elections will remain a mirage as long as we trust leaders to deliver!
Democracy is government by the people that is only possible when the people have a meaningful say on who governs. The meaningful say is universally acknowledged as the people expressing their democrat...Published: 29 Dec 2015 at 09:10hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Musewe still campaigning for Tsvangirai Mujuru coalition - it is like talking to a brick wall
Talking to people like Vince Musewe is like talking to a brick wall; whatever you say just bounces of the wall leaving the wall no wiser. "A number of people have argued vociferously about bo...Published: 27 Dec 2015 at 18:05hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
For free and fair elections we must implement GPA reforms and stop wasting time with NERA
Tsvangirai is presenting National Electoral Reform Agenda (NERA) as if it was a viable alternative route to ensuring the next elections are free, fair and credible. The truth is NERA will never stop Z...Published: 22 Dec 2015 at 07:07hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
People First 'major focus' is toppling Mugabe - if all we do is replace one dictator with another, we deserve to suffer!
According to a report in Zimeye Joice Mujuru's People First is attracting some following with a number of people deserting other parties to joint. Notable amongst those joining her is Jeffryson Chitan...Published: 19 Dec 2015 at 22:21hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
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