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Details of the Tanzanian plot bared
A senior official working for the Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt and Development (ZIMCODD) has bared details of how the civic society organisations had planned to stage a demonstration on the sidelines of...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 16:26hrs | | by John Sigauke
MDC tug of war rages on
The tussle for power between the MDC leader, Nelson Chamisa and his loud mouthed deputy continues unabated with the youthful leader introducing a plethora of standing orders to ring fence his position...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 12:05hrs | 1 | by John Sigauke
Tour Chimanimani with a clean intention
In times of bereavement, people of different political and social persuasions, even those who do not see eye to eye bury their hatchets and converge to comfort the bereaved.The devastating Cyc...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 12:29hrs | 3 | by John Sigauke
Swift action needed to bail ZESA
If there is anything that the people of Zimbabwe would like to quickly forget, worse still to experience once more, is the dark period in the recent past that saw load-shedding stretching for 18 hours...Published: 24 May 2017 at 15:06hrs | | by John Sigauke
Mugabe must be allowed to exercise his freedom of expression
President Robert Mugabe's critics say he denies them freedom of expression but what about allowing the longtime president the right to exercise his?That's the contorted argument being put ...Published: 14 Sep 2016 at 16:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cde Chimene could have done better
For once this writer totally concurs with the Minister of Welfare Services for War Veterans, War Collaborators, Political Detainees and Restrictees, Cde Tshinga Dube on how he perceives President Robe...Published: 28 Jul 2016 at 17:13hrs | | by John Sigauke
A lie cannot live forever
Dr Martin Luther King, the late American Baptist minister and activist who was a leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement was on the nose when he noted that "a lie cannot live forever."...Published: 08 Jul 2016 at 08:32hrs | | by John Sigauke
Chinese envoy visit: A reassurance on mega deals
The recent visit to Zimbabwe by a special Chinese envoy has reignited hope that the Asian economic giant is still committed to implementing the mega-deals signed between the two all-weather friends in...Published: 24 Jun 2016 at 09:36hrs | | by John Sigauke
Gukurahundi will not translate into votes
There have been frantic efforts by the opposition, civil society organisations and some section of the media to politically profit from on the Zanu PF internal tiff. They have overdone it to an extent...Published: 14 Jun 2016 at 16:42hrs | | by John Sigauke
Zanu-PF has a clear succession plan
The headlines in certain tabloids tell a big story of how some journalists have thrown the ethics of their profession in pursuit of partisan politics. A reader can hardly draw a line between a...Published: 08 Jun 2016 at 09:56hrs | | by John Sigauke
We are contented with our own Mugabe
The Zimbabwe Independent columnist, a Stewart Chabwinja this week had a piece in his candid comment column which I think should not go unchallenged. He headlined his piece- 'Zim crying out for Maguful...Published: 15 Dec 2015 at 12:07hrs | | by John Sigauke
Grace Mugabe is spot on, farm utilisation is needed
Among the critical issues that the First Lady Amai Dr Grace Mugabe is preaching at her rallies is the need to normalise the agricultural sector, especially the optimum use of the farms acquired during...Published: 19 Oct 2015 at 18:22hrs | 1 | by John Sigauke
Mnangagwa Interview: Much ado about nothing
I am one such a reader who was fascinated by the interview that Vice President Emerson Munangagwa generously gave to the London-based magazine, The New African Magazine.He spoke on a variety o...Published: 08 Sep 2015 at 13:42hrs | 1 | by John Sigauke
Dangote investment rattles MDC-T
The ongoing remarks by the MDCs and other opposition elements in the civil society and the media over the indication by Aliko Dangote to invest in Zimbabwe expose them in a big way.The richest...Published: 04 Sep 2015 at 09:10hrs | 3 | by John Sigauke
Fighting Zanu-PF no longer lucrative
There was a time when everybody who wanted to lure Western funding would venture into the business of fighting Zanu-PF. Cunning people made money out of this business through siphoning the gullible we...Published: 24 Aug 2015 at 11:03hrs | | by John Sigauke
Zimbabwe the poorest country? Only fools can buy this
The Global Finance Magazine, a US based publication with offices in London, has ranked Zimbabwe the second poorest country in its spurious survey of 184 countries. Can you believe?The survey i...Published: 21 Jul 2015 at 11:52hrs | | by John Sigauke
The MDC must shoulder the blame for economic decline
Blessed are those who, after going astray for a while, come back to their senses and come face to face with reality. The Shona people would call the scenario penga udzoke.At a recent public se...Published: 21 Jul 2015 at 11:50hrs | | by John Sigauke
The electorate must decide on term limits
During the African Union Assembly of Heads of State and Government in South Africa, President Mugabe aired his personal views on presidential term limits. Those views were blown out of proportion as t...Published: 25 Jun 2015 at 10:50hrs | | by John Sigauke
Tell them the truth Mr Tsvangirai!
Dear Mr TsvangiraiI learnt from the media that you are to hold series of rallies that will culminate in the holding of a rally that you have christened 'unemployed rally' in Gweru. Iam told yo...Published: 20 Apr 2015 at 13:49hrs | 1 | by John Sigauke
Bona Mugabe's visit to Japan: Much ado about nothing
The MDC formations are undisputedly the largest opposition party in the country, with a handful of representatives in the august house, courtesy of over a million of people who voted for them in the l...Published: 19 Mar 2015 at 09:50hrs | 4 | by John Sigauke
Congress must assess the implementation of Zim-Asset
Zanu-PF is holding its crucial 6th Congress from the 2nd to the 7th of December 2014. It is the most crucial congress the party has ever held. The Congress is held against the backdrop of critical po...Published: 28 Nov 2014 at 06:57hrs | | by John Sigauke
Mthwakazi Republic Party must be banned
Mthwakazi Republic Party (MNP) and Mthwakazi Republic party (MRP) held a joint meeting in Bulawayo last week. The meeting was organized by Dumisani Ncube, a Zimbabwean based in Australia.Ncube...Published: 17 Jul 2014 at 21:42hrs | | by John Sigauke
Take Sikhala at own risk
I was very happy when I learnt that Morgan Tsvangirai and some senior members of his party are very sceptical about Job Sikhala. They are spot on. I am told Tsvagirai has actually instructed Cham...Published: 25 Apr 2014 at 20:36hrs | | by John Sigauke - MDC-99
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