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Postponing 2028 elections tantamount to usurping people's power over politicians for all time - that's dangerous & high treason!
Zanu PF has always wanted to impose a de jure one-party state in independent Zimbabwe, the party's prize for spear heading the liberation war. Mnangagwa is hell bent on getting his wish. Or is he!...Published: 15 Jan 2025 at 20:14hrs | 513 | by Wilbert Mukori
CCC participated in 2023 to give Zanu PF legitimacy and perpetuate our suffering for US$1.6m bonanza. Will sellout again 2028!
"Tshabangu smiles all the way to the bank." screamed the Bulawayo 24 headline accompanied by a picture of Senator Sengezo Tshabangu smiling from ear to ear!"Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC)...Published: 08 Sep 2024 at 19:45hrs | 714 | by Wilbert Mukori
'We want regime change!' clamoured Mt Pleasant 'fat cows'. They did not get it, punishment for decades of navel-gazing
A picture is worth a thousand words. A recent Zimbabwe Daily cartoon was one such picture. It depicted Mt Pleasant resident family, the fat cows in Pharaoh's dream, shouting "We want change! Ngaapinde...Published: 26 Feb 2024 at 22:01hrs | 2 | by Wilbert Mukori
Once, rather vote for monkeys just to be rid of Zanu PF; now monkeys rather than imploding CCC
"A FORMER AFRICAN LEADER URGES MNANGAGWA TO STEP DOWN" screamed the headlines by Correspondent in WINDHOEK NAMIBIA circulating in social media."Several former Heads Of States and Government wh...Published: 26 Feb 2024 at 21:49hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Zimbabwe must function on basis of TRUTH.' CCC will never ever deliver free elections, is the truth that matters the most!
"Charovedzera charovedzera, gudo rakakwira mawere kwezviba!" so goes the Shona adage. Whose English equivalent would be some dirty habits never die!Zimbabwe is a failed state partly because th...Published: 05 Jan 2024 at 19:58hrs | 11 | by Wilbert Mukori
CCC boycott of opening of Parliament risks boomeranging as only a news headline stunt with no reform headway
While CCC is well within its rights to boycott today's opening of the First Session of the 1Oth Parliament by Emmerson Mnangagwa, the boycott could in fact boomerang on CCC; and ultimately leave the p...Published: 03 Oct 2023 at 13:39hrs | | by Jonathan Moyo
Mayor Coltart to forgo new mayoral limo. Yeah, the anaesthetic bite of deadly bug.
His Worship David Coltart, the newly elected CCC Mayor of the City of Bulawayo, has announced that he will not be buying a new mayoral car for the next 5 years!"I came here using a car which h...Published: 20 Sep 2023 at 12:11hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
CCC will thwart all Zanu PF mischief - exactly what Muzorewa said to justify Smith's Zimbabwe - Rhodesia
On 25 August 2023 SADC and AU Election Observer Missions declared the Zimbabwe elections flawed and illegal. The damning report had no effect on Zanu PF and the opposition winning candidates who all t...Published: 10 Sep 2023 at 13:03hrs | 6 | by Wilbert Mukori
'World will not end if Hichilema does not attend ED inauguration,' True. SEOM continues to speak volumes
"It will not be the start or the end of the world if Zambia's President Haikainde Hichilema does not attend tomorrow's inauguration," stated Professor Jonathan Moyo in his recent article."Whet...Published: 07 Sep 2023 at 11:27hrs | 2 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Povo are being force to choose Zanu PF or death' Chamisa admits. A consequence of CCC selling out on reforms
Zimbabwe is a failed state, stuck with a corrupt, incompetent and tyrannical ruling power, Zanu PF. The nation should have got rid of Zanu PF by 2013, at the latest, if it had not been for the fact th...Published: 08 Aug 2023 at 19:10hrs | 17 | by Wilbert Mukori
CCC is participating in 2023, 'so flawed the only logical step was withdraw', out of greed. So, spare us these crocodile teats
"Chamisa shares doubts about Zimbabwe elections!" screamed the headlines in Bulawayo 24. This is just nonsense, he knew without reforms Zanu PF would rig these elections, God knows how many ti...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 23:09hrs | 10 | by Wilbert Mukori
The pitfalls of Zimbabwe's 2023 elections
One thing that many people might not be seeing right now is that the 2023 general elections have already started.That's for the simple reason that elections are not just about a few days befor...Published: 16 Jul 2023 at 09:22hrs | 15 | by Tawanda Majoni
The pitfalls of the 2023 elections
One thing that many people might not be seeing right now is that the 2023 general elections have already started.That's for the simple reason that elections are not just about a few days befor...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 07:45hrs | 14 | by Tawanda Majoni
'Biti must remain MP, it's in national interest' argue Zamchiya. Surely, not just to 'legitimise sham elections!'
The worst thing that has happened in Zimbabwe since MDC leaders sold out of implementing democratic reforms was for the nation to abandon the fight to implement the democratic reforms as the only sure...Published: 17 Jun 2023 at 07:17hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Enraged Biti calls CCC colleague 'a snake whose head must be crushed' - just another Zanu PF thug 'vafanana'
In his book David Coltart acknowledged the sheer of participating in flawed elections to give Zanu PF legitimacy. He explained that it was greed that forced him and his follow MDC friends to participa...Published: 14 Jun 2023 at 12:14hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
'In power Tsvangirai will be an albatross round nation's neck' warned USA Ambassador. That is exactly what CCC is!
"Morgan Tsvangirai is a flawed figure, not readily open to advice, indecisive and with questionable judgment," wrote then USA Ambassador to Zimbabwe 2004 to 2007, Chris Dell, in a top-secret cable to ...Published: 11 Jun 2023 at 10:14hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zanu PF is rigging 2023 and CCC is participating out of greed; it's insane. Even the mentally challenged must know this
"You should be ashamed of yourself! How can you keep attacking Nelson Chamisa and his CCC party? They are the only hope for Zimbabwe!" came the caustic attack. How naïve!In my article, I ...Published: 24 Apr 2023 at 07:36hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa preside over Zimbabwe implosion
WHILE President Emmerson Mnangagwa claimed that the majority of his ministers were doing well - with three outstanding and two being a dismal failure - the reality on the ground is different: Zimbabwe...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 15:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's son in-law is still offside
A significant number of our readers have reacted with anger and disappointment to comments made by Sports and Recreation Commission chairperson Gerald Mlotshwa who said that his organisation was unmov...Published: 18 Mar 2023 at 06:57hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
CCC hell bent on participating in 2023 regardless rigging and damned consequences
The 2023 Zimbabwe elections will be taking place by August 2023, that is seven months to go. The political temperature is rising!When Emmerson Mnangagwa seized power following the November 201...Published: 31 Jan 2023 at 07:25hrs | 1 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mnangagwa's foreign policy stuck in a time warp
ZIMBABWE'S foreign policy and international re-engagement drive has not shifted from the Mugabe era, as shown by the imposition of fresh sanctions on individuals, analysts have said.President ...Published: 17 Dec 2022 at 12:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'It's foolish participating in rigged elections to give Zanu PF legitimacy' admitted Biti in 2015 - of course, has known this al
"Look, you can't keep on participating in flawed electoral processes that serve to give big benefits to dictators such as Robert Mugabe. Mugabe has perfected the art of winning elections. So it will b...Published: 21 Nov 2022 at 09:42hrs | 2 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'ICT Min Chamisa reduce US$200 SIM card price to 50c in 1 month' - yet he plus MDC PM, 2 Deputy PM, 26 Min, 110 MPs, etc. implem
"When @nelsoncha became Minister of ICT, a mobile phone SIM card was US$200 in Zimbabwe due to the incompetence and looting of Zanu PF.It took Chamisa less than a month to bring the price of a SIM...Published: 01 Nov 2022 at 11:46hrs | 7 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Zanu PF will never win free elections!' said CCC. True. So, why is CCC one insisting on elections with NO reforms?
When it comes to elections, Zimbabwe is caught in a catch 22 situation. After 42 years of corrupt and tyrannical Zanu PF rule that has left the country in economic ruins, a pariah state and forced mil...Published: 12 Oct 2022 at 13:51hrs | 2 | by Nomusa Garikai
Nelson Chamisa is just not serious
Slightly into the second week of last month, CCC's Nelson Chamisa said something that, by the end of the same month, he was already contradicting, practically.In the first instance, he was in ...Published: 03 Oct 2022 at 19:56hrs | | by Tawanda Majoni
Zanu PF rigged 2018 and, with no reforms, is likewise rigging 2023 - holy grail is to deny it legitimacy
There are three questions anyone serious about getting Zimbabwe out of this economic and political mess must asked oneself, a CCC supporter and, most important of all, any CCC leaders including Nelson...Published: 20 Sep 2022 at 09:14hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Need pact and reforms to avoid disputed elections.' Need to end CCC sell out and confusion galore
One says this, another says that and a third says something else that is neither this nor that. Indeed, in Zimbabwe politics the same individual will say one thing now and say the exact opposite in th...Published: 04 May 2022 at 12:29hrs | 1 | by Nomusa Garikai
Chamisa's Pre-Elections Pact on Reforms is a pseudo pre-marital power sharing agreement- no reforms will be implemented
If I was in a position to do so, I would make reading George Orwell's book, Animal Farm compulsory reading for all Zimbabwe for two reasons:1) The book is an allegorised allu...Published: 30 Apr 2022 at 21:46hrs | 12 | by Wilbert Mukori
'CCC cannot work with Mwonzora and Khupe, snakes' - who amongst CCC did not sell out on reforms, cast first stone
"We have a situation where a snake sneaked into the house, swallowed all the kids and when we attempted to kill it, we did not finish it off … And now we want it to be part of the family. No. You ca...Published: 04 Apr 2022 at 16:10hrs | 2 | by Nomusa Garikai
CCC duplicity: insidiously participated in rigged elections banking on '(violent) peaceful protests' to end Zanu PF dictatorship
Zanu PF is rigging the 2023 elections! No one in Zimbabwe should ever say they did not know this! "Team Pachedu said a total of 170 867 addresses that were in the 2018 voters roll have been ed...Published: 16 Feb 2022 at 12:54hrs | 11 | by Nomusa Garikai
SADC has leverage to force Zanu PF to accede to reform, giving that up for 'winning in rigged elections strategies' is insane
Over the weekend Hopewell Chinono hosted a twitter discussion on "The importance of NOT boycotting elections with #ProfLevitsky". "I consider Zimbabwe to be a competitive authoritarian regime....Published: 19 Jan 2022 at 12:07hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
Omicron send covid-19 cases soaring 2 555 per day, up 5 000% in a week - with it pressure to ensure free elections
As of 6 December 2021, Zimbabwe had 141 601 cumulated covid-19 cases, 2 555 new cases up from the 50 or less per day of last week. The country has vaccinated 3.8 million and 2.8 million with t...Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 08:14hrs | 11 | by Nomusa Garikai
Chamisa in fresh call for dialogue following murder of MDC activist - implement reforms, hypocrite
The sheer hypocrisy and duplicity of MDC leaders when it comes to dealing with the thorny issue of Zimbabwe's political culture of violence, never seize t...Published: 28 Nov 2021 at 19:40hrs | 11 | by Nomusa Garikai
MDC still can't 'do the obvious - withdraw from (sham) elections' out of greed - will SADC continue punish povo for it
There is a real danger of Zimbabwe sending the wrong and confused message to SADC and the international community at large; yet again. SADC and the world at large want to know whether Zimbabweans want...Published: 26 Nov 2021 at 20:26hrs | 10 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zimbabwe is a prima facie failed state and incapable of self-governing - will we finally take the cure
"Blacks are incapable of self-governing!" was the standard justification for continued white colonial rule. Not many things said and done by the white supremacists got under my skin half as deep as th...Published: 21 Nov 2021 at 08:35hrs | 17 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Unoka' Biti 'appeals' to tyrant Mnangagwa to uphold rule of law - 'Go implement reforms like a man!'
"This is to advise friends and family that I am ok and in a good space. Thank you for your love and care. To Mr Mnangagwa, I appeal to you to stop your shenanigans, uphold the rule of law and protect ...Published: 12 Nov 2021 at 07:58hrs | 10 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Panicky Zanu-PF deploy riot Police' - no reforms means no economic recovery, civil unrest is inevitable
"Emmerson Mnangagwa's panicky administration has deployed hundreds of police officers, many in riot gear, in Harare amid fears of an imminent uprising, it has emerged," reported Zimeye."Securi...Published: 04 Nov 2021 at 06:16hrs | 2 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Votes are won by ideas, not intimidation' tweeted USA - how naive and infuriatingly so too
"We are very concerned about reports of rising political violence in multiple provinces," the United States embassy in Harare said in a tweeted statement."As Zimbabwe prepares for the 2023 ele...Published: 02 Nov 2021 at 13:34hrs | 14 | by Nomusa Garikai
'Engage political reforms and abandon sanctions rhetoric' UN rebuke Mnangagwa - no time for diplomatic niceties
Zanu PF invited the UN Special rapporteur to investigate the negative impact of sanctions on the ordinary people. The regime hoped the rapporteur would confirm its claim that sanctions were the root c...Published: 01 Nov 2021 at 00:29hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
'Zanu PF has no policy of beating up people' - Both Zanu PF and MDC denials are now no.1 impediment to free elections
"If they are being harassed, beaten or threatened, they should report such cases to the police. The police is there to investigate if they receive those reports. But if they bring the reports to us as...Published: 01 Nov 2021 at 00:26hrs | 1 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
What China's overseas coal exit could mean for Zimbabwe
IN response to What China's overseas coal exit plans could mean for Zimbabwe' XYZ says: Is being fair to acknowledge that the environmental accusations made towards China are somehow unfair.As...Published: 11 Oct 2021 at 06:02hrs | 12 | by MDC-T president Douglas Mwonzora
'We want reforms and then elections' demanded Mwonzora - this was no epiphany; why now
"We want reforms and then elections. Unlike our colleagues in the opposition who are calling for an election whether or not there are reforms," said Douglas Mwonzora, leader of MDC - T."That g...Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 17:21hrs | 2 | by Nomusa Garikai
What good is Mutambara prosperity pentagon if buffoon can, once again, rig elections and impose voodoo policies
Dear Nomazulu Thata, Thank you for your thought provoking article "Professor Arthur Mutambara, Dr Nkosana Moyo and Advocate Nelson Chamisa are speaking" in Bulawayo24.com. I agree that...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 07:38hrs | 2 | by Wilbert Mukori
Muleya, if Zanu PF is blatantly rigging elections (and it is) then how can '2023 be won on voter registration'
Common sense is the ability to change one's position on a subject matter when the overwhelming evidence before you support change.My grandparents believed the world was flat, for example; thei...Published: 06 Sep 2021 at 17:36hrs | 10 | by Wilbert Mukori
'We should push for reforms and free elections' - sweet music to my ears
"I find these comparisons (of Zambia and Zimbabwe) ambitious, childish and far-fetched because the political dynamics are completely different."We should be frank to ourselves and push for ref...Published: 31 Aug 2021 at 07:15hrs | 3 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
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 | 4 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
No: 1 challenge is stopping 'facilius fallere' Chamisa participating in 2023 and give Zanu PF modicum of legitimacy again
There have been many golden opportunities to end the Zanu PF dictatorship in the last 41 years; the only reason the regime is still in office and lording over us is because the nation has had the grea...Published: 24 Aug 2021 at 21:05hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
'WANGU (Mine) go and register to vote' argue Chamisa - so can give vote rigging Zanu-PF legitimacy again
The primary purpose of the 2008 to 2013 GNU was to implement the democratic reforms designed to stop Zanu-PF rigging elections and repeat the blatant rigging of the 2008 elections. Not even one reform...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 09:12hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
'Everyone must vote to effect Zambia type regime change' - how will 3 m in diaspora denied vote, vote
"Umorasiswa chirimuruoko, chirimuropa unofa nacho!" (Poison in your hand can be thrown away, if it is in your blood, it will kill you.) So goes a Shona adage! Some Zimbabweans have it in the h...Published: 19 Aug 2021 at 08:56hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Thinking that the military are just wearing overalls (military gear) for Chamisa to just rule, fear God'
MDC had the golden opportunity to implement the democratic reforms including reforms of the military, Police, CIO and Prison Services; sadly, the golden opportunity was wasted because not even one ref...Published: 19 Aug 2021 at 08:53hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
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