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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 | | 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 | | 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 | 211 | 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 | 386 | 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 | 9 | by Dereck Goto

Mozambique rocked by killings of opposition figures

Gunmen in two vehicles chased down the lawyer for Mozambique's leading opposition politician and a senior opposition official and fatally shot them in their SUV late at night on a main avenue in the capital, their party said Saturday, in a…

Published: 20 Oct 2024 at 12:12hrs | 250 | by Staff reporter

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 | 251 | by Zimbabwe Democracy Institute

Time to re-energise the opposition

The future and quality of our opposition is in limbo and in dire straits. It needs to be fixed, improved as quickly as possible if it wants to be a force to reckon with. There are no short cuts to attain political power.The opposition must…

Published: 21 Feb 2024 at 11:47hrs | 14 | by Leonard Koni

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 | 10 | by Leonard Koni

Zec dismisses opposition's claims

THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has dismissed claims by the opposition that the voters' roll has been manipulated against their favour as "mischievous and preposterous".Zec said the voters' roll inspection exercise which is current…

Published: 01 Jun 2023 at 06:41hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter

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 | 4 | 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 | 122 | 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 | 149 | by Bishop Lazarus

Cde Mutsvangwa, do birds and trees sexually violate each other?

I never desire to wade into these sexual indiscretion scandals, or sexual abuse accusations, which have hounded well-known Zimbabwean leaders of late - both from the ruling and opposition formations - since, I vehemently believe these are …

Published: 05 Aug 2022 at 09:41hrs | 6 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

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 | 11 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe opposition has let down electorate

SEVERAL fringe opposition parties in the country have failed to field candidates in all the contested seats, a situation which analysts say has given the ruling Zanu-PF party an upper hand.The March 26 by-elections are being held to fill 2…

Published: 02 Feb 2022 at 05:33hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter

United opposition can defeat Zanu-PF

THERE are three keys to defeating Zanu-PF at the polls in 2023.The first key is the formation of a united opposition. By showing that they are willing to change themselves in order to change the nation, they will clearly demonstrate to the…

Published: 19 Aug 2021 at 06:44hrs | 20 | by Zunde

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 | 14 | 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 | 15 | 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 | 7 | by Taurai J. Pachena

Chamisa confused about the role of the leader of the opposition in parliament

The president of Zimbabwe indicated that he is minded to create a formal position of a leader of the opposition in parliament in accordance with the British and commonwealth system. This raised a great excitement in the opposition where th…

Published: 27 Sep 2018 at 07:02hrs | 3145 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza

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 | | by Tendai Tagarira

'Lack of unity costs opposition'

Political analysts have blamed the country's opposition parties for authoring their own downfall in Monday's national harmonised elections by failing to set aside their differences and contest the ruling Zanu-PF as a united front.Zanu-PF t…

Published: 02 Aug 2018 at 14:31hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter

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 | 75 | 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 | 7 | by Staff rpeorter

Opposition must open their own private TV station

Editor, I want to say to the Zimbabwean opposition fraternity you will never ever be given a chance to sell your manifestos to the citizens of this country via the ZBC TV or radios. These national broadcasting tools are run and controlled …

Published: 16 May 2018 at 09:57hrs | 7 | by Nkomah Isaac

Zimbabwe opposition can win 'if it overwhelms polls'

Former president Robert Mugabe's attempts to stay in the limelight and a new party formed with his blessing could be good for the opposition in Zimbabwe's upcoming elections, #ThisFlag pastor Evan Mawarire has said, but he declined to answ…

Published: 20 Apr 2018 at 11:11hrs | 955 | by Carien Du Plessis

Disgruntled Zanu-PF supporters threaten to vote for opposition

DISGRUNTLED Zanu-PF supporters in Manicaland province have threatened to vote for the opposition after their preferred candidates were disqualified from contesting the ruling party's primary elections.The party members are demanding nation…

Published: 10 Apr 2018 at 07:20hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

Zanu PF activists threaten violence on villagers who will vote for opposition

Zanu PF activists in Mutare South have threatened violence on villagers if they vote against the ruling party in this year's election.Zimbabwe Peace Project reported in its latest report that a political meeting was held at Berzeley Bridge…

Published: 16 Jan 2018 at 14:59hrs | 2528 | by Stephen Jakes

Opposition frets over securocrats

BULAWAYO - As the eagerly-anticipated 2018 national polls beckon, the People's Rainbow Coalition (PRC) has challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to introduce security sector reforms to guarantee the holding of free and fair elections the…

Published: 29 Dec 2017 at 20:22hrs | 1083 | by Staff Reporter

Zimbabwe opposition politics faces annihilation

Opposition political parties are quickly losing their relevance in the Zimbabwean political arena. Their political relevance has been hinged on the now obsolete "Mugabe Must Go" mantra which was recently obliterated when President Emmerson…

Published: 04 Dec 2017 at 07:27hrs | 10 | by Prosperity Mzila

Mugabe scoffs at opposition 'coalition'

The 93-year-old Zanu-PF leader President Robert Mugabe has claimed that the Presidential Youth Interface Meetings are a huge seal of approval on the work the ruling party is doing to empower ZimbabweansAddressing guests at a dinner hosted …

Published: 09 Aug 2017 at 09:37hrs | 1442 | by Staff Reporter

Youth convergence a crucial part of the opposition electoral victory

As the political temperatures are heating up with each day ahead of the 2018 plebiscite, ordinarily thoughts and actions should be brought together to work out a superior plan of victory. This coming election, just like any other election …

Published: 23 Jul 2017 at 23:17hrs | 274 | by Tererai Obey Sithole

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 | 5 | 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 | 114 | 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 | 194 | by Joram Nyathi

'Unite to unseat Zanu-PF'

UNITED STATES-BASED opposition Build Zimbabwe Alliance (BZA) leader, Noah Manyika, on Friday called on all opposition parties engaged in coalition talks to unseat the Zanu-PF government to be clear of what they want to achieve instead of j…

Published: 27 Feb 2017 at 06:07hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter

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Published: 08 Feb 2017 at 15:18hrs | 387 | by online

Opposition parties coalition not feasible

EDITOR,The much talked about formation of the grand coalition among the opposition political parties in the country supposedly fronted by the former Vice President Joice Mujuru of the Zimbabwe People First party as leader and Morgan Tsvang…

Published: 31 Jan 2017 at 10:22hrs | 503 | by JM

Zimbabwe gets another political party

Zimbabwe which already has over 50 opposition parties working to topple veteran ruler President Robert Mugabe has not stopped the formation of new minor political parties a move which is seen as a continuous splitting of opposition votes t…

Published: 18 Dec 2016 at 07:12hrs | 3207 | by Stephen Jakes

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 | 9 | by Stephen Jakes

Opposition supporter arrested after urging others to retaliate against police brutality

AN opposition political party supporter was on Wednesday 26 October 2016 arrested and charged for allegedly inciting party supporters to retaliate against Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers in the face of mounting incidences of police…

Published: 27 Oct 2016 at 20:04hrs | 9 | 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 | 173 | by Staff writer

Accusations of big brother mentality rocks opposition parties

Opposition parties continue to struggle to form a coalition despite claims that they would be a unified force in time for the 2018 harmonised elections. Zanu-PF has, on the other hand, continued to defend its election victory as opposition…

Published: 11 Aug 2016 at 08:07hrs | 12 | by Zvamaida Murwira

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 | 11 | 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 | 20 | 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 | 15 | by Nicole Hondo

Zim opposition: defragment or lose relevance

Coalition or convergence has become as much of a mantra in the opposition circles as sanctions and regime change are in the crumbling ZANU PF. True, obsolescence of ZANU PF is now a matter of when not if. Like Kenneth Kaunda and his UNIP, …

Published: 25 Feb 2016 at 07:26hrs | 13 | by Moses Chamboko

Opposition must not be fooled by ZANU PF 'squabbles'

"My generation has played its part, at times not as well as we should have. It is now time for a new generation to take over". This is paraphrased from the late Masipula's Sithole's Struggles within the Struggle (rest in eternal peace tale…

Published: 12 Feb 2016 at 13:51hrs | 21 | by Moses Chamboko

Zimbabwe Simply Needs Serious Opposition

As things are running haywire, with the economy at the tip edge as poverty and lawlessness are sinking in, Zimbabweans remain anxious. There is no hope for the way forward. The once supposed formidable MDC movement, that had once gave the …

Published: 04 Apr 2015 at 23:48hrs | 15 | by Chris Tongogara

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