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Has democracy failed in Zimbabwe?
This is the million-dollar question we all need to ask ourselves.Democracy, by its very nature, is a noble and necessary concept. It is anchored on the principle that every human ...Published: 05 Jun 2025 at 22:28hrs | 260 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
We need to reset Zimbabwe
IT'S undeniable that Zimbabwe, as a country, needs change.This is not about delving into politics, but rather about reaching a consensus as leaders and people where we agree to work together....Published: 22 Feb 2025 at 11:46hrs | 1042 | by Jonah Nyoni
Innocent Mpoki, Zimbabweans do not deserve academic insults
Whoever read your today's article on Bulawayo24 is wondering on what planet you live on. I realized you live in USA: The hardships Zimbabwean are going through in that hellhole in Zimbabwe, you have n...Published: 15 Jan 2025 at 21:23hrs | 998 | by Nomazulu Thata
The dangers of colonial nostalgia and Amnesia
The legacy of colonialism remains a stain on our society - something that cannot be whitewashed. It remains a source of trauma - a source of collective pain. Four decades after independence, its...Published: 15 Jan 2025 at 11:21hrs | 448 | by Innocent Mpoki
Zimbabwe - the Stockholm syndrome capital of the world!
This morning, my heart broke and fell straight into my guts!I watched with utter dismay and sadness as hundreds of rural villagers in Muzarabani converged, in the sweltering sun, to sing, danc...Published: 07 Mar 2024 at 21:10hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Incompetent Western puppet faking political bravery
There is a sequence that can be employed to identify CCC leader Nelson Chamisa as a snollygoster!A snollygoster is a political candidate, usually willing to be an instrument of another country...Published: 14 Jul 2023 at 07:41hrs | 12 | by Gibson Nyikadzino
'Teachers For ED' indictment on unions' weaknesses and failure in addressing teachers' plight
Let us not delude and deceive ourselves.There were no teachers who suddenly had a 'patriotism' epiphany - waking up one day, fallen head over heals in love with Zimbabwe President Emmerson Dam...Published: 20 Oct 2022 at 18:27hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe has taught me how easy it is to oppress people!
There is a popular saying - "if you don't want a prisoner to escape, don't let him know he is in prison".A bit cocky, it may sound - but, this is one of the most packed saying I have ever come...Published: 07 Apr 2022 at 19:05hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chamisa a cunning megalomaniac
THERE is a problem that the Zimbabwean electorate is not seeing in the opposition politics of our country.The situation cannot even be explained using the words disaster and catastrophe. Many ...Published: 17 Jan 2022 at 06:34hrs | 1 | by Gibson Nyikadzino
NPF: Possessed by a retrogressive agenda?
Mark Duncan, writing from Moscow, felt compelled to advise The Economist [Letters - A party of the people, April 14, 2018], that its belief that Russian youth post Gorbachev generation offered optimis...Published: 04 Jul 2018 at 08:22hrs | 1 | by Tapiwa Nyandoro
'Doctor cry' mother killed during Gukurahundi?
One of the commenters on an article about a Doctor who cried while trying to find a softer word to describe Mnangagwa, claimed that the Doctor's mother was killed in Zhombe during Gukurahundi. I have ...Published: 02 Jun 2018 at 08:35hrs | 3 | by Multiverse Dungani
Zanu-PF primary elections: Success wrapped in chaos
Last week I focussed on unpacking the Zanu-PF primary elections, which have now come, but have not gone as they still dominate the news cycle.There is a prevalent view that the commissariat (o...Published: 04 May 2018 at 08:04hrs | 1 | by Innocent Batsani Ncube
The political middle finger we love - good read
You will know that they have given you a middle finger when they conduct their rallies in the center of your poorest business district. The distance to the venue will tire even your strongest donkey. ...Published: 24 Apr 2018 at 15:00hrs | 1 | by Bhekumusa Moyo
We should have said, No to Robert Mugabe!
People in Zanu-PF have been called cowards and all such names. Maybe we were. For surely talking to some comrades it is clear very few genuinely loved Robert Mugabe in his last years as President....Published: 13 Mar 2018 at 05:49hrs | | by Nick Mangwana
Zanu-PF has no supporters, only victims
Ax Zipra war veteran Max Mkandla has claimed that the ruling Zanu PF party has no supporters but victims of its coercing and abuse."We present here a special case of a psychological condition ...Published: 09 Mar 2018 at 07:14hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Wither Zimbabwe?
For the last two years I have warned that Zimbabwe was facing a perfect storm - the unique convergence of several factors which could tear the country apart. The eye of that storm hit Zimbabwe in mid ...Published: 31 Dec 2017 at 17:12hrs | 2 | by David Coltart
Robert Mugabe: Africa's finest son
Battles are won by men and women of physical, mental and moral mettle. They are fought in the trenches and the mind. The battles of the trenches are easier because the enemy is easily identifiable....Published: 26 Apr 2017 at 07:23hrs | | by Bernard Bwoni
Madhuku a victim of Stockholme Syndrome
Professor Lovemore Madhuku made a stunning volte face with regards to the way elections are conducted in the Republic of Zimbabwe. "Elections in the country have never been rigged and are ...Published: 19 May 2016 at 22:47hrs | 1 | by Wilton Nyasha Machimbira
Dare's Africa Day Message
My fellow Zimbabweans, today we join the rest of the African family both on the African continent and in the diaspora in a celebration of the ideal of African unity which our visionary Pan- African le...Published: 25 May 2015 at 07:57hrs | 1 | by Benny Mukusha
Sympathy for Mujuru is but Zim syndrome of victim of a tyranny pining for the tyrant
The out pouring of sympathy by ordinary Zimbabweans for what Mugabe and Mnangagwa are doing to VP Mujuru, Rugare Gumbo and many others in her faction is totally misplaced in that it fails see her and ...Published: 15 Nov 2014 at 17:00hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
From Zapu, To the British Government, with Love!
Who said the Stockholm syndrome is a bad disease? Love is a choice, and falling in love with one's own tormenter is not always bad. It is the victim's choice to kiss or to spit on his tormenter and i...Published: 13 Jan 2012 at 06:39hrs | 1 | by Ryton Dzimiri
Robert Mugabe, Zanu PF and the Stockholm syndrome
Breaking the ranks of bondage!From being called a "Son of God" to being labelled a "madman", the story of Robert Mugabe and his corrupt regime is n...Published: 29 Nov 2011 at 20:30hrs | | by Mathula Lusinga
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