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A golden future: Unpacking the new direction
LAST week, Advocate Nelson Chamisa unveiled the Citizens Coalition for Change as the new name of the people's movement. Our old name had been pilfered and Zanunised by the political pirates of our tim...Published: 02 Feb 2022 at 05:28hrs | 1 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Chamisa's MDC probes mass defections
THE MDC Alliance says it is investigating the defection of 11 of its Gweru councillors to the rival MDC-T last week.Media reports indicated that at least 11 Gweru Urban and four Vungu Rural Di...Published: 07 Sep 2021 at 18:28hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe needs fresh pressure groups'
EMERGING social movements must build social and political power by having structures and formulate concrete demands that can be articulated nationally than in small spaces, a local think-tank has ...Published: 14 Feb 2017 at 05:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
So how was America on November 9, and thereafter?
No surprises for me. Hopefully none for you too, gentle reader, if you didn't miss my September 24 and October 21 instalments. September 24 piece in part read: "However rough one finds him [Donald Tru...Published: 12 Nov 2016 at 18:41hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
Of protests, puppets and parochialism
NEO-COLONIALISM has and continues to be a stealthy yet salient cancer on the African and in particular, the Zimbabwean political landscape. The West's mantra of the ineptitude of African governments a...Published: 26 Jul 2016 at 06:55hrs | | by Mpumelelo Nyoni
MDC-T still in sync with hearts, minds of impoverished people of Zimbabwe
I am no prophet nor prophet's son but for all intents and purpose the demonstration by MDC-T managed to convey an unequivocal message to the Mugabe Regime that enough is enough.The demonstration also ...Published: 15 Apr 2016 at 16:26hrs | 1 | by Wilton Nyasha Machimbira a Political Scientist
Zanu PF UK discourages tribalism
The Zanu PF United Kingdom Chapter has warned politicians and the people in general to shun tribalism."This notion of several national languages is not restricted to Africa," said the Chap...Published: 06 Aug 2015 at 06:02hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Tribalism is trivialism
TWO Government ministers are pushing the Zim-Asset programme in their own very special way. If it had nobility then it would have been called lady-like. But then the whole saga is pregnant with ignobi...Published: 04 Aug 2015 at 12:37hrs | | by Nick Mangwana
'Tsvangirai actions are both duplicitous and retrogressive'
The Morgan Tsvangirai-led MDC - which has extended an olive branch to a rival faction - yesterday said the breakaway splinter groups should renounce their rebellion.This comes as the MDC-T is ...Published: 15 Mar 2015 at 09:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
A leaders' summit without African leadership
The entry of US President Barack Obama in 2009 was characterised by inflated and buoyant expectations by most Africans that the Washington song would be sweet melody for the rest of the continent....Published: 11 Aug 2014 at 11:03hrs | 1 | by Nelson Chamisa
'Africa has everything except leadership'
The entry of Barack Obama as United States President was characterised by inflated and buoyant expectations by most Africans who thought the Washington song would be sweet melody for the rest of the c...Published: 10 Aug 2014 at 09:26hrs | | by Nelson Chamisa
When we can't trust ourselves after Mugabe
"One of the commonest manifestations of underdevelopment is a tendency among the ruling elite to live in a world of make-believe and unrealistic expectations. This is the cargo cult mentality that ant...Published: 23 Mar 2013 at 17:08hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
MDC-N is pushing the devolution issue
This column has in the past highlighted US and other western manoeuvres in central and the horn of Africa, all under the guise of fighting Joseph Kony and that will-of-the-wisp called Al Qaeda. It ha...Published: 31 Mar 2012 at 14:05hrs | 24 | by Nathaniel Manheru
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