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My take on Tendai Biti and the scarcity of visionaries

Biti, by all means, embodies the archetype of the political activist: vocally critical of power, sharply articulate, and willing to agitate against institutional decay. He thrives on confrontation with the state apparatus, and in this rega…

Published: 30 Jul 2025 at 10:55hrs | 485 | by Charline P Chikomo

Zimbabwe opposition needs reshuffle

MANY Zimbabweans are wondering how they can fit into a new political discourse as the hunger for political change wanes.The conflict requires realignment and recalibration.A robust, resilient political party that can win over both rural an…

Published: 17 Jul 2025 at 09:00hrs | 571 | by Leonard Koni

DOP leader slams Zimbabwe opposition

Harry Peter Wilson, the founder and leader of the Democratic Official Party (DOP), has delivered a scathing critique of Zimbabwe's opposition parties, accusing them of failing to challenge the ruling Zanu-PF party effectively while also co…

Published: 24 Jan 2025 at 07:57hrs | 205 | by Staff reporter

A reset of the opposition

The opposition party is currently in dire straits and needs a serious resuscitation and to get back to its factory settings.Anyone who was in opposition for more than ten years is likely to be compromised; they are either reaching retireme…

Published: 18 Jan 2025 at 11:25hrs | 379 | by Leonard Koni

SADC must crush the plague of opposition agitation

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) must abandon its feeble approach to dealing with the destructive chaos orchestrated by opposition political parties and take an uncompromising stand against their blatant role in fuelling p…

Published: 24 Nov 2024 at 15:37hrs | 946 | by Dereck Goto

Zanu-PF, opposition and the road to 2028

Zanu-PF's internal power dynamics regarding President Emmerson Mnangagwa's tenure beyond the constitutionally mandated two terms ending in 2028 and the state of the currently fractured opposition.Following the release of the most recent op…

Published: 29 Sep 2024 at 11:32hrs | 245 | by Zimbabwe Democracy Institute

A free and fair election will heal Zimbabwe

The Zanu PF's government crack on the opposition, abuse of human rights, and failure to embrace and tolerate divergent views makes it harder for the party to appeal both to regional and international community.The party has been too stubbo…

Published: 18 Aug 2023 at 21:27hrs | 2 | by Leonard Koni

Opposition should break, and not actually perpetuate, cycle of dictatorship in Zimbabwe!

Every dictator has a justification for his decision to be a tyrant. Authoritarian rulers have always given what appeared sound reasons as to why they should govern with an iron-fist, and any who challenged them treated as treasonous and an…

Published: 02 Apr 2023 at 08:50hrs | 3 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

Zimbabwe opposition calls for removal of embargo

Opposition political parties have called for the unconditional removal of sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe, saying the measures are holding back the country's development.On Tuesday, Zimbabwe will join the region in commemorating the fourth S…

Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 09:09hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe opposition set for Armageddon in 2023

What a hugely important and symbolic week this will be for Zimbabwe.On Tuesday, African voices, particularly those from Southern Africa, will rise to a crescendo, as they continue to speak out against the obscene and brazen injustice of un…

Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 09:08hrs | 1 | by Bishop Lazarus

Aspiring MP accuses Binga investor of funding opposition

AN aspiring Zanu-PF Binga North Member of Parliament, Kudakwashe Munsaka, has allegedly threatened an International Anti-Poaching Foundation (IAPF) investor he accuses of funding the opposition party in the area.It is alleged that the Bing…

Published: 14 Feb 2022 at 05:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe opposition's squandered opportunities

The political opposition in Zimbabwe, particularly the MDC, is stuck in the middle: between making news headlines and making reform headways.This is not new.Being stuck between making news headlines and making reform headways, has been the…

Published: 13 Dec 2020 at 08:18hrs | | by Jonathan Moyo

Numbers & brand only can't take you to State House

Zanu PF is not afraid of Facebook posts, Whatsapp and Twitter rants. Zanu PF only panics when you go back silently to the drawing board to plan and refresh on ideas. Come 2023, opposition may be given a surprise boot which may perhaps para…

Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 13:43hrs | 1 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo

Zimbabwe violent protests 'false flag' operations by ZANU PF to suppress opposition?

One of the most efficient and effective strategies of dictatorships - that has been used since time immemorial - to suppress any form of opposition, has been the employment of 'false flag' operations, which they will blame their opponents …

Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 07:47hrs | 2 | by Taurai J. Pachena

Zimbabwe prophecy fulfilled

On 26 June 2018 at 07:27HRS Bulawayo24 published a prophecy that I received in the spirit on Friday June 8, 2018 in which i mentioned I saw "an atmosphere of sudden repression and intimidation" In the prophecy I also saw a traumatized woma…

Published: 07 Aug 2018 at 06:00hrs | 18 | by Tendai Tagarira

Self-aggrandisement mars opposition politics in Zimbabwe

I arrived at Oslo International Airport one late afternoon in October 2005 en route to Oslo University where I had been invited as guest professor.By some coincidence, the then secretary-general of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC),…

Published: 06 Jul 2018 at 16:30hrs | 66 | by Geoffrey Nyarota.

Opposition must close ranks for Zimbabwe's sake

Zimbabwe is currently on the verge of possibility and there are high indications that President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zanu-PF's hegemony on power could be broken if the opposition parties play their cards well.There has never been so much…

Published: 28 May 2018 at 07:16hrs | 2 | by Staff rpeorter

Zanu-PF has sought to proffer a new narrative

Given the history of a parked transition since 1980, Zimbabweans are worried that the country remains arrested by retrogression. Zimbabwe has been stagnant without tangible development and the future of the country is threatened by misgove…

Published: 07 Jul 2017 at 18:08hrs | 1 | by Toendepi Shonhe, Academic

Zimbabwe opposition lacks internal democracy

Zanu-PF'S 2018 campaign is slowly gathering momentum. In a few months, it will be all systems go at every level. This will kick in what is considered the primary election season for the party. When done well, this is where the party wins e…

Published: 13 Jun 2017 at 06:36hrs | 1 | by Nick Mangwana

Opposition crowded out

MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai says he will not accept defeat, or will reject it, if he loses next year's harmonised elections. That's his own look out. Recent surveys show that Zanu-PF and President Mugabe are trusted better than oppositi…

Published: 12 May 2017 at 05:59hrs | | by Joram Nyathi

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Published: 08 Feb 2017 at 15:18hrs | | by online

Will Mugabe ever wish opposition well?- analyst

A political commentator Tinashe Rudhumbu  has questioned if  President Robert Mugabe in his life time will ever wish the opposition political parties well considering the escalating retribution and brutality committed by the stat…

Published: 04 Dec 2016 at 11:44hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes

Opposition abusing democratic process

MDC-T and fringe opposition political parties are abusing the democratic process, and it is incumbent on Government and State institutions to protect the public from the political confusionists. The main opposition MDC-T, after nearly 17 y…

Published: 26 Aug 2016 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff writer

No unit between war veterans and opposition

It is a misinterpretation of reality to say that war veterans have united with opposition political parties in fighting against President Robert Mugabe's rule. This assumption is being raised by false alarmists who want to cause alarm and …

Published: 11 Jul 2016 at 14:40hrs | 2 | by Stewart Murewa

Unpacking the rigmarole of opposition political coalitions in Zimbabwe

Few weeks ago a motley of fringe opposition parties in Zimbabwe singed a political agreement called Coalition of Democrats "CODE" in which they pledged to work together in elections. Conspicuous by their absence was MDC-T and Zim-PF.The si…

Published: 22 Jun 2016 at 12:20hrs | 2 | by Wilton Nyasha Machimbira

Opposition coalition: Of inflated egos and parasites

Media reports on the mooted coalition of opposition parties that is somehow miraculously expected to dislodge ZANU-PF from power makes for interesting reading. From as far back as last year, the so-called grand coalition has been "gatherin…

Published: 20 Apr 2016 at 06:41hrs | 2 | by Nicole Hondo

Zimbabwe opposition must change from confrontation to cooperation

It could be true that only a fool will do the same thing over and over again but still expect a different result. After 15 years of the same strategy, it is high time opposition political parties accept that the old strategy has not worked…

Published: 05 Mar 2015 at 15:47hrs | | by Dr Tapiwa Shumba

Is Zimbabwe opposition disabled without the letters, 'MDC'?

Just looking at the proliferation of any opposition political force in Zimbabwe, the letters MDC ring bells. A stranger may easily be forgiven for thinking that MDC is the only ticket with which to start an opposition front. It seems like …

Published: 07 Aug 2014 at 07:21hrs | 1 | by Chris Tongogara

'Zimbabwe needs a united opposition'

Zanu-PF, which won last year's contested elections, sealing its autonomy to continuously rule for 38 years, has begun preparations for the watershed 2018 polls, the Daily News is reliably informed.Sources close to the developments say the …

Published: 14 Apr 2014 at 10:10hrs | 1 | by John Kachembere and Tendai Kamhungira

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