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Don't you feel envious seeing democracy at work in neighboring countries, Mr. Mnangagwa?
Zimbabwe stands as a glaring anomaly in a region where democratic transitions have become the norm. Since gaining independence in 1980, the country has never experienced a smooth transfer of p...Published: 04 Nov 2024 at 22:34hrs | 317 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
How Mnangagwa - Hichilema relations soured
The strained diplomatic relations between Zambia and Zimbabwe, culminating in Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema's boycott of the recent 44th Sadc summit in Harare, have deep roots tracing back to t...Published: 11 Sep 2024 at 11:53hrs | 1275 | by Staff reporter
Hichilema: Absolute power corrupts absolutely
I could not believe what I was hearing. I tried to reassure myself that I was only dreaming. For the third time, I played the video and listened gravely. Again, the words fell like stones into the roo...Published: 15 Aug 2024 at 11:38hrs | 1023 | by Dr. Field Ruwe
Ex-Zambian Vice President visits Mnangagwa
In a diplomatic gesture, former Vice President of Zambia, Mr Enock Kavindele, paid a courtesy call on President Emmerson Mnangagwa at the State House in Harare, Zimbabwe, this afternoon.Mr Kav...Published: 30 Jul 2024 at 17:07hrs | 1512 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa plots divisive constitutional coup
ZIMBABWEAN President Emmerson Mnangagwa's strategy for a third term - practically a constitutional coup - is now gathering momentum and going full steam ahead after a brief retreat as the military reg...Published: 04 Mar 2024 at 18:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa scared of gukurahundi, plots divisive constitutional coup
ZIMBABWEAN President Emmerson Mnangagwa's strategy for a third term - practically a constitutional coup - is now gathering momentum and going full steam ahead after a brief retreat as the military reg...Published: 29 Feb 2024 at 20:34hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Why Mnangagwa could be seeking a third term
IN 1990 to 1991 when Fredrick Chiluba was hot on a campaign for multi-party democracy that finally ushered him in as Zambian president to replace founding nationalist Kenneth Kaunda, he was so emphati...Published: 25 Feb 2024 at 10:42hrs | 1 | by Tawanda Majoni
The elusive promise of a democratic breakthrough
SINCE 2000, there have been several attempts to dislodge the ruling party, Zanu –PF, from government. The ruling party's mismanagement of the economy has led to an economic crisis that has rendered ...Published: 22 Dec 2023 at 18:19hrs | 12 | by Liam Kanhenga & Youngerson Matete
Zambia is on the verge of being a one-party state
Zambia's former ruling parties have typically fared poorly after losing power. The United National Independence Party (UNIP) ruled for 27 years but gradually collapsed following its defeat in 1991. Th...Published: 12 Dec 2023 at 21:11hrs | 13 | by Sishuwa Sishuwa
Zambian's Hichilema strips ex-President Lungu of retirement benefits
Zambia's government has withdrawn retirement benefits and privileges from former President Edgar Lungu following his decision to return to active politics.Lungu lost the presidency to Hakainde...Published: 02 Nov 2023 at 20:17hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
CCC Mthwakazi: kick out Shona supremacist Chamisa and declare Matabeleland independent, ignore Welshman apology
Nothing pains us more than seeing fellow Matabeles being humiliated, dehumanised, abused and used as voting cattle in the Zimbabwe election booths by opportunistic Zimbabwe opposition parties that do ...Published: 07 Aug 2023 at 19:46hrs | 11 | by Israel Dube
The difference between Mugabe and Mnangagwa
Based on pure analysis it can be argued that the difference between the late and former president of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe and the incumbent and successor Emmerson Mnangagwa can be cited in the fact ...Published: 05 Aug 2023 at 22:22hrs | 11 | by Martin Stobart
2008 election theme back again in 2023
One fascinating pursuit in the study of electoral politics is tracking recurring election campaign themes which, like the wheel, are unwise to reinvent.A typical example of such themes is time...Published: 18 Jul 2023 at 17:52hrs | 7 | by Jonathan Moyo
All Zimbabweans must enjoy the fruits of independence
ZIMBABWEAN politicians involve musicians in their political activities when they are campaigning to be voted into public office.Musicians sing songs of praise and many a time, such songs exagg...Published: 24 Apr 2023 at 07:52hrs | | by Clive Malunga
Africa: Embattling a Continent
When the IMF goes to warSo the International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff has decided to grant Ukraine some whooping USD15,6 billion?Ukraine is at war with Russia.A war funded and...Published: 25 Mar 2023 at 12:59hrs | | by Jamwanda2 on Saturday
Botswana rejects Iant Khama's 'outrageous' claims of assassination plot
The Botswana government has dismissed as "outrageous" claims by former President Ian Khama that his family is under siege and that there is a plot to assassinate him.Khama, who left Botswana i...Published: 05 May 2022 at 20:57hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Youth bulge: A demographic dividend or bomb?
EIGHBOURING Zambia at one time an emblem of democracy in the southern African region, provides the best example of transitioning with changes in governance having taken place since the historic unseat...Published: 08 Mar 2022 at 05:45hrs | | by Ashton Bumhira
Zanu-PF rams on brickwall in Zambia
RATTLED by the rise of Zimbabwe's main opposition leader Nelson Chamisa's Citizens' Coalition for Change (CC) and its close relations with Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema's ruling United Party fo...Published: 19 Feb 2022 at 18:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe-Zambia: There goes the puppies again!
OVER the past few months, the political temperature has been heating up as if the country's general elections are scheduled for next year.Watching developments from my poshto has been quite in...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 20:06hrs | 10 | by Retired Major Action Mandingo
The slow death of key liberation movements in Southern Africa
SOUTH Africa's governing party, the African National Congress (ANC) - the continent's oldest liberation movement - has for the first time since the 1994 democratic elections - dropped below 50% in loc...Published: 13 Nov 2021 at 05:59hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa will not replicate Hichilema no more a tortoise replicate a cheetah
The refusal by Zimbabwe's MDC A leaders and their fanatical supporters to accept that Zimbabwe and Zambia share a common boarder but political share nothing else; the direction the two nations are tra...Published: 28 Aug 2021 at 21:36hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Will the Zambian winds blow in Zimbabwe?
IF the opposition in Zambia wins the elections this year, then the Zimbabwean opposition will win the elections in 2023. The Zambian opposition won the elections. Therefore, the Zimbabwean opposition ...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 08:10hrs | 2 | by Tawanda Majoni
When Zambia had a Tsvangirai moment
Phew! What an eventful week it was, from the fall of Kabul to the Taliban and the fall of Edgar "Chagwa" Lungu to Hakainde Hichilema in Zambia.And we also had new Malawian President Dr Lazarus...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 07:47hrs | 1 | by Bishop Lazi
Zimbabwe - What lessons can be drawn from the Zambian elections
The Zambian election has come and gone and Zimbabweans what lessons can be drawn from it. Well, to begin with Zambia got its independence in 1964 from the United Kingdom, with Kenneth Kaunda as its fi...Published: 17 Aug 2021 at 09:28hrs | 1 | by Lloyd Msipa
How to wreck a political party
One of the issues that MDC Alliance leader, Nelson Chamisa raised during his Agenda 2021 address last week were claims that Government was gunning for a one party State in Zimbabwe using some oppositi...Published: 22 Mar 2021 at 06:05hrs | 1 | by Nobleman Runyanga
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 | 3 | by Reginald Thabani Gola
MDC Congress: Proposals to achieve unity, progress
THERE is nothing amiss about the split of political parties, churches, football or other sporting teams, partnerships, corporates, or any voluntary organisation for that matter. While for the ...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 18:12hrs | 1 | by Makaita Noel Mutasa
Quick austerity measures to avert imminent economic collapse
Austerity is described as sternness, severity of manner or attitude. In other manner it is described difficult economic conditions created by the Government measures to reduce public expenditure. The ...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 20:27hrs | 1 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Zimbabwe and African countries urgently need a new generation of leaders?
For the youth in Zimbabwe, you have a chance for "youth quake" on July 30, 2018! Zimbabwe like most African countries' populations is dominated by young people. Unfortunately, these young peop...Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 18:34hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
Life after the Presidency
Life after Presidency has to be time to relax and enjoy the fruits of hard work, to regurgitate and reflect on the past, to be a role model to the society and not to be an unrepentant nuisance. Intere...Published: 27 Apr 2018 at 14:58hrs | | by Wilton Nyasha Machimbira
The most important question in Zimbabwe
There is no other period in the history of independent Zimbabwe that has saw significant shifts in the political discourse of the country than the last two decades. The contestation of divides was mai...Published: 16 Apr 2018 at 06:35hrs | | by Robert Sigauke
Grandpa hangs self over family dispute
A CHISUMBANJE octogenarian reportedly hanged himself from a tree in a bushy area following a family dispute.The incident happened on Thursday last week. The man, Chikuta Sumbano (86) of Uketi ...Published: 06 Apr 2018 at 06:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai had a secret wife - Reports
The late MDC-T leader, Mr Morgan Tsvangirai, secretly paid lobola for a Bulawayo woman, Nobuhle Marylin Ndiweni (36), last year while he was officially married to Ms Elizabeth Macheka, it has emerged....Published: 04 Apr 2018 at 09:12hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Recalling the bungling and painful reality
THE recent announcement by the Government that Zimbabwe has joined Zambia and Botswana in the Kazungula Bridge project, belated though it is, is a coup de grace in international relations and co-opera...Published: 20 Mar 2018 at 06:16hrs | 1 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
Vulnerability of politicians when they fall from grace
Political leaders appear to be saints for as long as they are in power but tumble off that pedestal of cleanliness once they are out of the power equation.This, however, is not limited to Zimb...Published: 15 Mar 2018 at 08:56hrs | | by Eddie Zvinonzwa
I trained Tsvangirai on peace-building, says Mukonori
ROMAN Catholic priest Father Fidelis Mukonori has revealed how he trained the late former trade unionist and MDC-T leader, Morgan Tsvangirai on peace-building.Speaking at a Zimbabwe Union of J...Published: 19 Feb 2018 at 05:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's close friend reveals he trained Tsvangirai
ROMAN Catholic priest Father Fidelis Mukonori has revealed how he trained the late former trade unionist and MDC-T leader, Morgan Tsvangirai on peace-building.Speaking at a Zimbabwe Union of J...Published: 17 Feb 2018 at 07:44hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
President, VP, must 'Live and Leave' together
Mbeki-Zuma, Zuma-Motlanthe, Zuma-Ramaphosa, Mugabe-Mujuru, Mugabe-Mnangagwa, Chiluba-Mwanawasa. History is littered with episodes of back-biting, catfights and political Russian-roulettes between the ...Published: 07 Feb 2018 at 08:42hrs | | by Robert Sigauke - Political Analyst, Johannesburg
Mnangagwa back from Zambia
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has returned home from Zambia where he briefed his Zambian counterpart Mr Edgar Lungu on developments which led to the change of guard in Zimbabwe.President Mnanga...Published: 20 Jan 2018 at 08:05hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
The day Mnangagwa visited Tsvangirai - Is it a noble gesture or cheap political points scoring?
Campaigning in Zimbabwe for 2018 elections has begun, at Tsvangirai's bedside, ZANU PF using his painful situation for image building, campaigning at the expense of MDC T /Alliance. This is for public...Published: 05 Jan 2018 at 18:30hrs | | by Sikhumbuzo SK Ndiweni
Mnangagwa's extra-ordinary track-record of escape
A child of the revolution, nurtured on the perennial run, from childhood to the present age of 75. Multiple narrow escapes! Emmerson Munangagwa's multiple escapes remain too extra-ordinary to ...Published: 11 Dec 2017 at 06:24hrs | | by Reginald Thabani Gola
How to spot a coup!
Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has been detained by the country's military, who have seized control of the national broadcaster, ZBC.Soldiers and army vehicles are on the streets of the ca...Published: 16 Nov 2017 at 08:00hrs | | by BBC
President Robert Mugabe will not be Buried at National Heroes Acre
It became clear to some of us a long time ago that Mrs Grace Mugabe would become the next President of Zimbabwe while her husband Robert Mugabe shall retain the Presidency of Zanu-PF indefinitely....Published: 07 Oct 2017 at 18:41hrs | 1 | by Paul Siwela
Tsvangirai's wife in an affair with her ex-husband?
As the clock ticks towards make-or-break elections next year, the governing party is pulling everything out of its bag of tricks, including attempts to destabilise MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai's five-...Published: 28 Sep 2017 at 12:00hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai speaks on pregnancy storm
Amid spirited efforts to avert an implosion in the MDC party resulting from the fallout over his decision to forge an alliance with seven other opposition leaders, former trade unionist Morgan Tsvangi...Published: 30 Aug 2017 at 07:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai's gift to Zimbabwean women
Congratulations are in order for Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of the opposition, MDC-T and the fledgling MDC Alliance!We hear that he has just managed to bring another little Tsvangirai to the wo...Published: 30 Aug 2017 at 06:36hrs | 1 | by Tichaona Zindoga
'Tsvangirai impregnates another Bulawayo woman'
The state media on Sunday reported that leader of the Movement for Democratic Change Morgan Tsvangirai allegedly impregnated a Bulawayo woman who gave birth to a baby boy at Mater Dei Hospital in Bula...Published: 27 Aug 2017 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Biti in Solidarity with Hakainde Hichilema in Lusaka
On Monday the 14th of August 2017 President Tendai Biti led a party delegation which attended the trial of United Party for National Development (UPND) President Hakainde Hichilema.Addressing ...Published: 16 Aug 2017 at 11:51hrs | | by PDP
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
Zanu PF is rigging elections already with Moyo's 'connectedness' - MDC must be forced to see it
Zanu PF is already busy rigging the elections, there is no chance of opposition dislodging them from power. The only reason Morgan Tsvangirai and his MDC friends will not give up the claim of winning ...Published: 07 Jun 2017 at 23:24hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
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