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Tribalism, fear, paranoia drive Zanu PF's response to Ndebele king

A seemingly innocuous picture of Bulawayo mayor David Coltart and Bulelani Khumalo, who claims to be the Ndebele king, seems to have caused panic in the corridors of power with a tempest in a coffee pot brewing.Daniel Garwe, the local gove…

Published: 13 May 2025 at 16:31hrs | 460 | by Nqaba Matshazi

Zimbabweans reduced to a placid, apathetic lot with no agency

During the past week, I was driving along Emmerson Mnangagwa (neÃ© Enterprise Road) in Harare towards the central business district.If you know Harare, you will know that it gets congested in the evenings, particularly on the lane that is …

Published: 28 Mar 2025 at 11:54hrs | 282 | by Nqaba Matshazi

Highlanders versus Dynamos: The anatomy of violence

Once again â€” and not for the last time â€” a Highlanders versus Dynamos football match ended in violence with the usual accusations and counter accusations of referee bias and oppression being the order of the day.Highlanders' fans are c…

Published: 10 Sep 2023 at 21:33hrs | 20 | by Nqaba Matshazi

Chamisa repeating Tsvangirai's mistakes

In the aftermath of the 2013 elections, then MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai cried foul, claimed the polls were rigged and threatened to go to the Constitutional Court with a dossier to prove he had been robbed.He pulled out of the court ac…

Published: 29 Aug 2019 at 07:59hrs | 9753 | by Nqaba Matshazi

Mnangagwa's government: The mask has slipped

In April last year, on these pages, I expressed concern at President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his government's obvious fascination with Rwanda and China.On the face of it, it seemed as if Mnangagwa wanted to learn from Rwanda how a country c…

Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 07:45hrs | 6 | by Nqaba Matshazi

#ShutDownZimbabwe: Why Chamisa's MDC needs to spell out its objectives

On June 2, 2003, the MDC undertook its most ambitious action ever; they were going to stage a three-day demonstration known as the "final push", with the intention of either forcing then President Robert Mugabe out or at least to the negot…

Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 07:32hrs | 2 | by Nqaba Matshazi

Chamisa's MDC at crossroads: Damned if they do, damned if they don't

FOR the best part of the last 12 months, the MDC has been threatening to roll out demonstrations and mass protests to either force President Emmerson Mnangagwa out of power or at least to the negotiating table.The failing economy and the o…

Published: 25 Jul 2019 at 08:06hrs | 7 | by Nqaba Matshazi

Sunshine journalism: What happens on cloudy days?

I RECENTLY read on the ZBC website that Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa had "urged the media to write positive developmental stories about Zimbabwe in the new dispensation", and this reminded me of a concept called "sunshine journal…

Published: 20 Jun 2019 at 07:58hrs | 6 | by Nqaba Matshazi

Deny, deflect and divert: Zanu-PF's flawed approach to governings

When the news that the Association of Rural Teachers of Zimbabwe (Artuz) boss, Obert Masaraure had allegedly been kidnapped, brutalised and left for dead first filtered in, the government and by extension Zanu-PF's response was predictable…

Published: 13 Jun 2019 at 07:20hrs | 3 | by Nqaba Matshazi

Ndiweni, the chief who dared bell the cat

IF ever you did history in a Zimbabwean school or at least watched ZBC-TV, you are sure to have come across the name of Manicaland traditional leader Chief Rekayi Tangwena, who is famed for helping Robert Mugabe and the now late Edgar Teke…

Published: 06 Jun 2019 at 07:32hrs | 12 | by Nqaba Matshazi

'Maybe Zimbabweans prefer a reformed Zanu-PF'

A day after the 2013 elections, I sat with one MDC parliamentary candidate, who had lost heavily and was crestfallen, after losing in 2008, he had hoped the 2013 polls would mark his coronation.The results were quite chastening for him, af…

Published: 25 May 2017 at 07:59hrs | | by Nqaba Matshazi

Tsvangirai has to be wary of war vets

IN the past week, the buzzword was "coalition", as MDC-T leader, Morgan Tsvangirai signed memoranda of understanding with his MDC and National People's Party (NPP) counterparts, Welshman Ncube and Joice Mujuru, respectively.Tsvangirai has …

Published: 29 Apr 2017 at 15:51hrs | 1 | by Nqaba Matshazi

Tsvangirai et al learnt nothing, forgot everything from 2013 debacle

IN 2013 I watched as a seemingly defeated President Robert Mugabe emerged from a Sadc meeting in Mozambique, his body language and his demeanour betrayed his frustration, things had not gone his way.As the Sadc leaders posed for pictures, …

Published: 20 Apr 2017 at 11:37hrs | 3 | by Nqaba Matshazi

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