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Ramaphosa's ANC has not learnt from history
In 2018, ANC chose Cyril Ramaphosa as President because they believed that white capital liked him and thus he would attract western investment into the country. However, things did not quite go accor...Published: 14 Jun 2024 at 13:23hrs | 24 | by Staff reporter
Opposition Politics in Zimbabwe, 1999 - 2024: An Obituary
Advocate Nelson Chamisa's capitulation last week at the behest of the fifth column led by Sengezo Tshabangu was the final nail in opposition politics in Zimbabwe. Armed with state institutions and exp...Published: 03 Feb 2024 at 09:09hrs | 6 | by Innocent Mpoki
Zimbabwe army, CIO involvement in voting
In the run up to the June 2000 Parliamentary election, there was noticeable intervention of the army, and alleged war veterans. The election also came after the formation of the MDC, which fielded can...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 13:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
RETRACTED ARTICLE: An apology to Zimbabwe army and NRZ
I Themba Khumalo being the author of an opinion piece which was published on Bulawayo24.com and other platforms on the 27th of June 2022 titled "Demilitarize NRZ urgently" wish to unreservedly retract...Published: 02 Jul 2022 at 16:43hrs | 8 | by Themba Khumalo
'We are militarised, so what?, asks ZEC
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) said there was no law prohibiting the elections management body from being run by the military."You talk about the militarisation of the commission, I w...Published: 25 May 2022 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
US recalls official memo that hammered nations for being 'in Russia's camp'
The release of a strongly-worded instruction was an "error," according to the State DepartmentThe US has recalled a diplomatic cable that instructed its envoys to tell their Indian and UAE cou...Published: 04 Mar 2022 at 05:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Putin warns arrogant US, NATO
Russian troops launched their anticipated attack on Ukraine on Thursday, as President Vladimir Putin cast aside international condemnation and sanctions and warned other countries that any attempt to ...Published: 24 Feb 2022 at 07:31hrs | | by Associated Press
An attack on Chamisa is an attack on 'citizens'
A new Zimbabwe which will usher in a better economy, political space and a favorable social environment is now around the corner. I might disagree with Nelson Chamisa on some aspects but I now believe...Published: 01 Feb 2022 at 16:59hrs | 7 | by Knowledge Hakata
'Zimbabweans, military talks will end disputed elections, looting'
A REPORT, recently released by the Democracy in Africa, has called for urgent civilian and military negotiations in Zimbabwe to avoid future disputed elections and the ongoing unrestrained plunder of ...Published: 20 Sep 2021 at 19:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
My dream is to meet Chamisa not Mnangagwa
Zimbabwe is set to hold its harmonized elections in 2023, but the fallout from the last election in 2018 is still being felt with allegations President Emmerson Mnangagwa rigged his way to victory. Wi...Published: 25 Aug 2021 at 19:39hrs | 1 | by Knowledge Hakata
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
Violent storms in South Africa will not stop: a chance for new Zimbabwe Republic
A new republic we are talking about is not renewing Zanu or does it mean placing our hope and aspirations on MDC-Alliance, currently the only viable opposition, as the hope for our future. In any misf...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 19:37hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Another Zimbabwean survivor tells of horrific scenes in Cabo Delgado
A brief background of PalmaPalma is a coastal town located far north of Cabo Delgado province in Mozambique. It is very close to the Tanzanian boarder, 20 kilometres away.Since the dis...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 18:30hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Unpacking Professor Stephen Chan's interview with Bernard
There are no imaginative skills on how to move the country forward internally and externally, be it economic and political in both the ruling party and the opposition of Nelson Chamisa. In 2018,...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 11:58hrs | 1 | by Nomazulu Thata
Parliament under a Zanu-PF government manufactured majority
Our parliament under a zanu-PF government manufactured majority just doesn't exist, making every election in Zimbabwe a joke. There is no judiciary to complement the arms of government and therefore t...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 11:21hrs | | by Clemen Moyo
The Zimbabwe Parliament
Our parliament under a zanu pf government manufactured majority just doesn't exist, making every election in Zimbabwe a joke. There is no judiciary to complement the arms of government and therefore t...Published: 09 Oct 2020 at 08:17hrs | 1 | by Clemen Moyo
Underate Nero and Zimbabweans at your own risk, revolution now unavoidable
It is so sad that millions of innocent Zimbabweans continue to wallop in poverty at the expense of an un repentant, brutal, selfish, and ungodly system in the name of Zanu Pf plus a mercenary bunch of...Published: 05 Oct 2020 at 08:23hrs | 1 | by Knowledge Hakata
So what did the people's president bring us the povo from Russia and China?
Dear ZimbabweansGreetings in the name of our blessed country Zimbabwe. I hope and trust I find you all well despite the obtaining economic hardships and this drought which is threatening to sw...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 22:35hrs | | by Munya Shumba
To what end Mr Chamisa, does the end justify the means?
Dear Nelson ChamisaI write to you with a very heavy heart for ever since you usurped the MDC Presidency Zimbabwe has never known peace and thousands of people have been brutalized, hundreds ma...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 14:48hrs | | by Munya Shumba
Mnangagwa threatens to unleash army on businesses
As the military government becomes clueless on how to control the wayward economy, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has reverted to what he knows best, the military – as he has threatened the business c...Published: 16 Aug 2019 at 07:33hrs | | by Makho Precious Moyo
Patriotic Union of MaNdebeleland
While I was going through my archives I came across the Election Manifesto below. Quite interesting.PATRIOTIC UNION OF MANDEBELELAND (PUMA)ELECTION MANIFES...Published: 21 May 2019 at 12:35hrs | 12 | by PUMA
Land compensation and IMF re-engagement: A legacy of an Anti-poor government.
The full import of Mnangagwa's Zimbabwe is open for business mantra is now being painfully realized by the working class of Zimbabwe. Salaries of the workers have been eroded, the majority of our popu...Published: 21 Apr 2019 at 20:10hrs | 8 | by Obert Masaraure
Charamba's obsession of arrogance
President Mnangagwa's spokesperson George Charamba who has dedicated his life to justify all evils perpetrated by Zanu-PF over the decades displayed once more his arrogance as he gave Zanu-PF's positi...Published: 15 Apr 2019 at 10:16hrs | | by Mkhululi Zulu
Chamisa splits MDC?
It happened there: how democracy died in MDC. A new kind of authoritarianism is taking root in the opposition and there are warning signs for Zimbabwe and its people.The MDC T or A's border ru...Published: 07 Mar 2019 at 07:12hrs | 1 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Biti warns of Rwanda-scale genocide in Zimbabwe
MDC deputy national chairman Tendai Biti has likened the recent brutalisation of civilians by the security forces to the Rwanda genocide of 1994 which claimed 800,000 lives.He was speaking dur...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 08:07hrs | | by newzimbabwe
A year after Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean politics appear to have changed due to the media reportage of the past twelve months since Robert Mugabe's ouster in the political scene. The question of a new Zimbabwe in the name of the n...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 12:29hrs | 1 | by Brian Maregedze
Letter to Comrade Julius Malema
Dear Mr. Malema, Firstly, I would like to apologize to you personally because when you started your political path, I am one of those you did not take you seriously. I was deeply concerned abo...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 06:51hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
ROHR condemns Harare violence
Restoration of Human Rights (ROHR) Zimbabwe has strongly condemned the shooting of unarmed civilian protesters by soldiers of the Zimbabwe National Army in Harare, using live ammunition, on the 1st of...Published: 02 Aug 2018 at 15:45hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa's government is militarized
There was drama at National Sports Stadium as Zanu pf Youths and Soldiers were searching the police before entering the stadium yesterday. This is a clear evidence that enemity between soldier...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 12:18hrs | | by Fanuel Chinowaita
Mwananga's type of freedom
I am not surprised when someone from DRC, a country that is yet to hold free and democratic elections comments that Zimbabweans have too much freedom which is being abused. Mr observer, when o...Published: 26 Jul 2018 at 19:23hrs | 1 | by Isaac Nkomah
The immediate aim of the Nov 2017 coup leaders, Mnangagwa & Chiwenga is to put on the garment of legitimacy.
The coup junta led by interim President Mnangagwa and interim vice President Chiwenga seized power from dethroned former president Mugabe insisting that it was a necessary evil to deal with the crimin...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 06:47hrs | | by Themba Mthethwa
Once beaten twice shy - How about this Election and the processes?
The Zimbabwean de javu! We have come a full circle as a country, but whether can we identify where the path begins and branches remain the questions with elusive answers. The first twenty years of our...Published: 14 Jul 2018 at 17:24hrs | 1 | by Dr Vusumuzi Sibanda
Ongoings about 2018 Elections
Rigging has started in all police stations and not only in Bulawayo. How can voting of this magnitude be done without the knowledge of ZEC? Who was officiating the voting process? Voting under t...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 13:35hrs | | by Clement Moyo
It's electoral reforms demo on the 5th of June 2018 in Harare
MDC T Students' Council call for all Students to come and join hands with MDC Alliance and other progressive Zimbabweans in a demonstration to demand for Electoral reforms in Harare tomorrow.S...Published: 04 Jun 2018 at 10:54hrs | 1 | by Fanuel Chinowaita
Chamisa dares Zimbabwe military
OPPOSITION MDC-T leader Nelson Chamisa, has challenged the military to stay out of this year's electoral processes and allow democracy to flourish.Chamisa, who was answering questions at the O...Published: 09 May 2018 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
All doors to 2018 elections are written 'SILENCE, RIGGING IN PROGRESS'
A fly that does not listen will follow the corpse in the grave. Time and again we keep reminding the opposition of the need for electoral reforms but surprisingly the opposition continues giving us th...Published: 28 Mar 2018 at 13:13hrs | | by Chikuni Gaba
Mnangagwa's hundred days, much ado about nothing
The phrase a Hundred Days was made famous by Franklin Delano Roosevelt on his ascention to the American presidential throne. He promised a new deal for the people of America. Indeed he changed the fac...Published: 28 Feb 2018 at 09:37hrs | | by Nqobizitha Dumakude Khumalo.
Acting President Mudzuri interacts with Harare vendors
The acting MDC President Hon Engineer Elias Mudzuri today spent three hours interacting with Harare vendors and listening to their issues and concerns.In his remarks, the acting President urge...Published: 01 Feb 2018 at 12:49hrs | | by Luke Tamborinyoka
US orders Zimbabwe army off the streets
THE military must return to the barracks while Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has a "window of opportunity to demonstrate commitment to a democratic, just, healthy and prosperous Zimbabwe", a strateg...Published: 13 Dec 2017 at 13:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
The Zimbabwean cabinet militarized
Mthwakazi Republic Party has said it is concerned with the deliberate militarization of cabinet and government by the coup leaders of this country."As well as recycling dead wood, this therefo...Published: 04 Dec 2017 at 10:19hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Spot on Eric Knight
I really like the positive look of this guy Eric Knight. Zimbabwe is ours. It has its problems like any other country in the world. Everything happens for a reason. What the army did by bringing back ...Published: 02 Dec 2017 at 09:27hrs | | by S.W. Sibanda
Zimbabwe: A nation of Keyboard Warriors
A heinous dictator like Mugabe will need more that rumours and keyboard survey populace to dispose of him.The modus operandi of all despots is similar but Mugabe is a cut above all. He is: a c...Published: 12 Nov 2017 at 18:24hrs | 1 | by Sam Wezhira
Electorate has lost interest in Tsvangirai, Mugabe
I never said Tsvangirai should never contest 2018 elections but I simply said they must go to the election with this in knowledge. It is very important to take a post-mortem and really know what is ex...Published: 23 Oct 2017 at 16:18hrs | | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo (PhD candidate)
Slow pace of registration in towns a deliberate move to De-enfranchise town voters
A political commentator Pedzisai Ruhanya has said the slow pace of voter registration process in urban areas shows that it is a deliberate ploy by the ruling government to limit voters numbers in urba...Published: 21 Sep 2017 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe elections a militarised form of authoritarianism - analyst
A political analyst Pedzisai Ruhanya has described the Zimbabwean electoral process as a militarised authoritarianism."The Zimbabwean electoral problem fits well in what is conceptualized as m...Published: 13 Aug 2017 at 07:43hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe army in another looting scam in Lupane
Mthwakazi Republic Party has claimed that it has come to our attention that Zimbabwe's top military brass has engaged on yet another Looting spree in Lupane district after they were once again given L...Published: 05 Jul 2017 at 14:21hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
The beauty of democracy displayed in the United Kingdom
Elections in United Kingdom signify the beauty of Democracy, Political Parties and the People of that country must be commended for once again showing tolerance and respect for divergent views....Published: 09 Jun 2017 at 16:01hrs | | by Jacob Mafume - PDP Spokesperson
Presiding over an election is a trust issue, ZEC just doesn't have it
The People's Democratic Party expresses its concern on the way ZEC is handling the procurement of the BVR equipment. The public outcry over the allocation of the BVR tender to Laxton is m...Published: 06 Jun 2017 at 17:35hrs | | by Jacob Mafume
Flush out intelligence operatives within ZEC secretariat
The Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition notes with deep concern the snail pace at which key institutional, constitutional and electoral reforms have been carried out barely a year away from the next. ...Published: 11 May 2017 at 19:01hrs | | by Dumisani O. Nkomo
In Zimbabwe Elections Will Never Be a Tool to Change Government for As Long As Zanu Is in Power
Introduction: Who Really Is Zanu? A political organization that timely took an opportunity to talk right language at the right time on the need to fight...Published: 31 Mar 2017 at 00:13hrs | 12 | by Andrew Manyevere
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