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Politics of sympathetic pregnancies
Politics of mimesis Opposition in Zimbabwe - not the Zimbabwean opposition - is in a deep mess. It is vainly looking for causes, models and examples. Our politics, it would appear, has entered a p...Published: 11 Aug 2024 at 18:27hrs | 93 | by @Jamwanda2 on Saturday
Recalls immersed in Zanu-PF dark world of power
ACADEMIC and researcher Dr Phillan Zamchiya says recalls of CCC legislators by self-imposed secretary-general Sengezo Tshabangu which resulted in Zanu-PF attaining a two-thirds majority in the Nationa...Published: 19 May 2024 at 11:50hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
The politics of Zimbabwe's land reform: winners and losers
The political debates about the rights and wrongs of Zimbabwe's land reform continue to occupy many.The tired, old obsession about how the land was taken and the associated focus on so-called ...Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 16:34hrs | 3 | by Ian Scoones
Mnangagwa's gamble faces legal hurdles
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's long-standing bid to seek a third term in office faces legal hurdles amid revelations by constitutional law experts that any constitutional amendment for an extension of...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 13:55hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF has no two-thirds majority
Zanu-PF does not and cannot have two-thirds.Contrary to popular perceptions, the ruling Zanu-PF party does not and cannot have two-thirds majority in Parliament necessary to pass a constitutio...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 13:54hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Biti a team of irreconcilable rivals
Zimbabwe's main opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) led by Morgan Richard Tsvangirai, launched its campaign for the 31 July 2013 harmonised elections in Marondera, a small tow...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 08:57hrs | 11 | by Dr Phillan Zamchiya
Zimbabweans must defy voter suppression in the elections
One can fairly conclude that what is happening here in Zimbabwe on polling day is an attempt at voter suppression in opposition electoral strongholds in the metropolitan provinces. Reader, let...Published: 23 Aug 2023 at 21:41hrs | 14 | by Dr Phillan Zamchiya
What's next for CCC after High Court ruling?
The Bulawayo High Court has nullified the nomination of all 12 Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) candidates for Bulawayo province. The judge cited late submission of nomination papers.The CC...Published: 29 Jul 2023 at 07:26hrs | 13 | by Phillan Zamchiya
Zanu-PF win inevitable?
A SURGE in the support of President Mnangagwa ahead of this year's harmonised elections is an endorsement of his leadership and acceptance of the deliverables that are on the ground from the electorat...Published: 12 Jul 2023 at 08:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe pre-election survey an early wake up call for Chamisa
THE Mass Public Opinion Institute (MPOI) released the Afrobarometer survey on Zimbabwe on Monday.The survey is not all rosy for the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC)'s electoral prospects in...Published: 10 Jul 2023 at 19:39hrs | 13 | by Phillan Zamchiya
Mnangagwa 8 points ahead of Chamisa in presidential race - survey
President Emmerson Mnangagwa enjoys an eight percentage points lead on opposition rival Nelson Chamisa going into general elections on August 23, but none of the men has a sufficient vote to win the e...Published: 10 Jul 2023 at 19:34hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
How will Zimbabwe implement women, youth quotas in the absence of an electoral law?
On August 23, 2023, Zimbabwe is going to have five elections under the proportional representation even though national focus has been on the directly elected ward councillors and Members of Parliamen...Published: 21 Jun 2023 at 06:20hrs | | by Phillan Zamchiya
Biti's defeat sends shock waves within CCC
The defeat of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) senior leader Tendai Biti (technically the vice-president) in the candidates selection process (primaries) has sent shock waves within the party, the ...Published: 18 Jun 2023 at 15:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
'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
'Biti should be retained in parliament in the 'national interest'
Oxford-trained Zimbabwean academic Dr Phillan Zamchiya says opposition CCC senior leader Tendai Biti, who is one of the best MPs in the National Assembly, should be retained in parliament in the "nati...Published: 15 Jun 2023 at 08:54hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in panic mode
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has pressed the panic button over galloping prices of basic commodity as he accused retailers of plotting his defeat ahead of the August elections. Retailers last ...Published: 22 May 2023 at 06:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Why Zimbabwe elections must be held between August 20 and 26
Let me attempt to answer three topical issues in relation to Zimbabwe's upcoming general elections. When is the general election going to be held? Will the general election be postponed? When is the a...Published: 20 May 2023 at 19:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt moves to seize Chihuri farm
GOVERNMENT is intensifying its vindictive approach to seizing farms belonging to its critics, most of whom were the late former president Robert Mugabe's loyalists in the twilight years of life and ru...Published: 16 Oct 2022 at 19:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa linked CSOs rule out credible 2023 polls in Zimbabwe
LOCAL civic society organisations (CSOs) have ruled out a free and fair election in 2023, saying there is no political will from authorities to guarantee credible polls.This came out during a ...Published: 20 Aug 2022 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa welcomes Alex Magaisa's body
The body of prominent lawyer and constitutional expert Alex Magaisa arrived in Harare yesterday to a sombre atmosphere ahead of his burial.Magaisa, a former adviser to late former prime minist...Published: 26 Jun 2022 at 10:47hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa to beat Mnangagwa predicts Afrobarometer
A MASS Public Opinion Institute (MPOI) survey has predicted that President Emmerson Mnangagwa stands no chance against opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa if elections...Published: 16 Jun 2022 at 08:36hrs | 28 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's mythical 3,9m registered members
ZIMBABWE'S ruling party claims that its membership base is growing astronomically. A cursory glance at the Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front (Zanu-PF)'s cell registers shows that its sco...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 07:38hrs | 3 | by Phillan Zamchiya
Ziyambi Ziyambi challenged over PVOs Bill
JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has been challenged to provide evidence on political interference by non-governmental organisations and that some charities are conduits for sponsoring terrorism and o...Published: 03 May 2022 at 16:02hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chamisa in NGOs war
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's threats to kick out non-governmental organisations (NGOs) is reckless and likely to plunge Zimbabwe into further decay and humanitarian crisis, Citizens' Coalition for C...Published: 27 Mar 2022 at 07:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
US$800m regime change kitty at risk in 2022 NGOs Bill
THE Private Voluntary Organisations Amendment Bill could cost Zimbabwe close to US$800 million in development funding this year – with devastating social and economic consequences – if the governm...Published: 20 Mar 2022 at 06:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
A new film about Zimbabwe's 2018 elections is worth watching, but flawed
Danish director Camilla Nielsson's documentary President (2021) is an up-close, intimate tale. It follows the election travails of Zimbabwe's main opposition party the Movement for Democratic Change A...Published: 11 Jun 2021 at 18:58hrs | 4 | by The Conversatio - David B. Moore
Govt under fire over evictions
Rights groups have denounced government plans to evict thousands of villagers from their communal land and convert it to industrial animal feed farming.More than 13 000 Shangani people, an ind...Published: 07 Mar 2021 at 08:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's associates under fire from the public over Chilonga land seizure
OUTRAGE is growing over government's plan to displace over 12 500 villagers in the Chilonga area of Chiredzi to accommodate President Emmerson Mnangagwa's cronies at Dendairy.Darren Coetzee, D...Published: 06 Mar 2021 at 08:04hrs | 23 | by Staff reporter
Beyond the Zanu-PF/ ANC communique
THE vagueness of the joint Zanu-PF/ African National Congress (ANC) communique on the bilateral meeting co...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 07:21hrs | | by Phillan Zamchiya
ANC determined to dump camaraderie approach and reprimand Zanu-PF
Analyst Phillan Zamchiya yesterday said while liberation parties operate secretively, the actors and nature of the delegation dispatched by Ramaphosa showed that South Africa was now more determined t...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 08:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans' lives are not bargaining chips
TRUE to the base instinct of human nature - that subconscious urge or behaviour directed by primeval, animalistic, self-serving, and/or ignoble motivations - some people have quickly rushed to complet...Published: 16 Nov 2018 at 05:54hrs | 1 | by Conway Tutani
Some Zimbabweans have poisoned themselves with spit
THE more one reads some reactions to the current upheavals in the economy, the more one sees that some people have poisoned themselves with spite.It's not only me who has observed that. Level-...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 07:17hrs | | by Conway Tutani
Chamisa piles pressure on Mnangangwa
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa wants any talks with President Emmerson Mnangagwa to yield electoral reforms and an economic rescue package for the country, it has been revealed.According t...Published: 02 Sep 2018 at 09:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa ups the pressure
MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa yesterday dispatched a three-member team to lobby Sadc leaders at the ongoing regional summit in Namibia as Zimbabwe's political situation remains in...Published: 18 Aug 2018 at 08:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa cries foul over military crackdown
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has cried foul over the alleged military crackdown and overnight raids on his lieutenants' homes since Wednesday last week after he rejected the election ...Published: 06 Aug 2018 at 07:18hrs | 1 | by Agencies
Ballot politics & electoral risks
"Any initiative which makes our elections more credible, inclusive and democratic cannot be said to be in violation of the constitution and electoral laws."Just across the mighty Zambezi River...Published: 12 Jul 2018 at 07:30hrs | 2 | by Phillan Zamchiya & Washington Katema
Foreign help urged in blast probe
A GROUP of non-aligned war veterans have called on the government to rope in international forensic investigators to assist local police in probing the explosion that rocked the White City Stadium in ...Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 07:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's rising star
A PRE-ELECTION survey was conducted from April 28 to May 13, 2018 by Afrobarometer in Zimbabwe. The results were published on June 7, 2018.Yes, it is useful in my view. The major finding was o...Published: 09 Jun 2018 at 15:56hrs | 1 | by Phillan Zamchiya
MDC Primaries: Repeating the mistakes of 2013
Just a few weeks ago, many took to social media to gloat about the chaos in the ZANU-PF primaries, and to suggest that this was evidence of a wider weakness in the party that would have implications c...Published: 21 May 2018 at 11:19hrs | 1 | by Joice, Harare
How to smoke out Zanu-PF in Harare
Come 2018 general elections, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) must win resoundingly in Harare Metropolitan to stand a chance to win the Presidency and govern.It is an opposition tradit...Published: 17 Apr 2018 at 07:25hrs | | by Phillan Zamchiya
Chamisa's new path: High modernism and patriotism
Before we even reflect on MDC-T leader Nelson Chamisa's political messaging at rallies, let us look at his appearance. He has a savvy hi-tech gadget and a Zimbabwean flag which sums it up. Some form o...Published: 28 Mar 2018 at 07:33hrs | 5 | by Phillan Zamchiya
Tsvangirai's ideals light up MDC rallies
Despite his long absence due to ill-health, MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai (MT)'s influence is being felt at the party's gatherings.The Daily News can report that the former trade unionist who i...Published: 02 Feb 2018 at 09:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa threats rattle Mugabe
Following exiled former Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa's chilling threats that he would be back in the country in a few weeks' time to grab power from President Robert Mugabe, the Zanu-PF governmen...Published: 10 Nov 2017 at 13:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai advised to dump Mujuru coalition
Outspoken secretary-general of the Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ), Raymond Majongwe, has urged opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai to dump the mooted grand coalition - saying many of hi...Published: 30 May 2017 at 13:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Opposition alliance raises regime change prospects'
Zimbabwe's opposition political parties announced an alliance last week to fight next year's presidential and parliamentary elections against President Robert Mugabe and his long-ruling Zanu-P...Published: 23 Apr 2017 at 13:44hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai sends Mugabe scrambling for cover with coalition talk
Opposition MDC leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, has shot down Zanu-PF's "premature celebrations" and also asserted that he would form a coalition alliance with former Vice President Joice Mujuru despite...Published: 27 Jan 2017 at 12:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai shoot down Zanu-PF's 'premature celebrations'
Opposition MDC leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, yesterday shot down Zanu-PF's "premature celebrations" and also asserted that he would form a coalition alliance with former Vice President Joice Mujuru d...Published: 27 Jan 2017 at 06:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Analysts speak on Jonathan Moyo saga
THE Financial Gazette this week sought comments from a range of political and social commentators over the ensuing drama involving Higher and Tertiary Education Minister, Jonathan Moyo's alleged sipho...Published: 20 Oct 2016 at 09:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
NGOs must stick to their mandate
We are not lost to the immense contributions being made by Non-Governmental Organizations in Zimbabwe. Since independence, NGOs have incredibly assisted in the humanitarian field and the socio-economi...Published: 05 Feb 2016 at 08:17hrs | 1 | by John Sigauke
Fighting Zanu-PF no longer lucrative
There was a time when everybody who wanted to lure Western funding would venture into the business of fighting Zanu-PF. Cunning people made money out of this business through siphoning the gullible we...Published: 24 Aug 2015 at 11:03hrs | | by John Sigauke
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