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CCC participated in 2023 to give Zanu PF legitimacy and perpetuate our suffering for US$1.6m bonanza. Will sellout again 2028!
"Tshabangu smiles all the way to the bank." screamed the Bulawayo 24 headline accompanied by a picture of Senator Sengezo Tshabangu smiling from ear to ear!"Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC)...Published: 08 Sep 2024 at 19:45hrs | 714 | by Wilbert Mukori
Hustler nation: among the fragments, a new Zimbabwe takes shape
The world has forgotten about Zimbabwe. Few outsiders know, or would care, that the country is due to hold elections this month. And that's among those who could point to it on a map. For decades, Zim...Published: 03 Aug 2023 at 06:45hrs | 14 | by The Strategist
Mnangagwa swore a solemn oath to serve the good of Rome and not - by rigging elections - the glory of Caesar
If we in Zimbabwe are serious about digging ourselves out of the economic and political hell-on-earth we are in, then we must start by paying attention to detail on why we got into this mess. If we kn...Published: 28 Jan 2023 at 21:23hrs | 2 | by Wilbert Mukori
'We need NTA or heading for Armageddon' - no, we there and Zanu PF will drag us past no-return
Zimbabwe has sleep-walked into "failed state" and now the country is heading for dark dungeons of Armageddon!"We need a national transitional authority (NTA), we need a soft landing for our co...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 08:43hrs | 5 | by Wilbert Mukori
We, Zimbabweans, are our own worst enemy and made country hell-on-earth to live in
"Come on Wilbert, I thought you are smart enough to have figured it all out for yourself by now," Brian said, provokingly."What, may I ask, is it I should have figured out for myself by now!" ...Published: 30 Jul 2019 at 21:23hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
ANC had to boot out Zuma to win the elections – testimonial of Mandela's enduring legacy
"If ANC had failed to remove Jacob Zuma from office last year, the party would have lost the recent elections!" said Dumisani, a South African and ANC supporter. I was speechless! What a profo...Published: 27 May 2019 at 18:29hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Zanu-PF is a subculture of demonic evil
I have often wondered what it would have been like if my great, great, great grand-father; who, until that very moment had only seen the distorted image of his own reflection in pool of water and told...Published: 22 May 2019 at 07:24hrs | 5 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa's new cabinet an average team
THE cabinet appointed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa last week dubbed the "dream team" by government publicists, though a marked improvement from previous ones, has shortcomings as it features minist...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 16:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
When propaganda takes new dimension
A person can put make up on a pig but it will not work. This is what Noble Tawanda Ngara is trying on ED at the same time sugar coating it with mention of an opposition name. ED is no strategist, mayb...Published: 01 Apr 2018 at 07:43hrs | | by AT Kadada
Grace Mugabe to bounce back as women's league boss
Unconfirmed reports states that the members of the G40 who were ousted by the Lacoste from Zanu PF are strategizing in South Africa where they want to allegedly form a new party whose name is likely t...Published: 05 Feb 2018 at 07:37hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Will Mujuru survive?
ON March 1 2016 hundreds of people thronged a five-star hotel in Harare to meet former vice-president Joice Mujuru as she announced the launch of the Zimbabwe People First (ZimPF) party at a press...Published: 24 Feb 2017 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mliswa eyes Zanu-PF return - report
Former Hurungwe West legislator Temba Mliswa has made a passionate plea to Zanu-PF to accept him back following his ouster last year after being linked to a cabal that sought to unconstitutionally uns...Published: 07 Nov 2015 at 06:57hrs | | by Tichaona Zindoga
Zanu People First a pressure group
Max Mkandla a war veteran highly linked to the former Vice-President Joice Mujuru's faction which allegedly formed a political party called Original Zanu PF (People First), has dismissed claims th...Published: 26 Jul 2015 at 06:52hrs | 1 | by Steven Jacks
Forget about Joice Mujuru
It is surprising that there are people out there who still believe that Joice Mujuru will emerge from under the blankets to lead this vague movement they call People First. That will never happen beca...Published: 23 Jul 2015 at 09:38hrs | | by Tawanda Majoni
Mugabe almost fled Zimbabwe after 2008 elections
President Robert Mugabe seriously considered fleeing Zimbabwe for the Far East as he learnt of his shock defeat after the 2008 general elections. This is despite his oft-repeated public statements tha...Published: 01 Jul 2015 at 15:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's ally, July Moyo set to bounce back
Zanu-PF's deputy secretary for administration, July Moyo, is set to bounce back at the helm of the Midlands as provincial state minister, a position equated to that of previous governors.Moyo,...Published: 17 Jun 2015 at 19:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC continues to lose vital members
IN the past two years, following their loss in the 2013 elections, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) led by Welshman Ncube has had a growing number of its key members leaving the nest....Published: 26 Feb 2015 at 09:00hrs | | by Ray Ndlovu
Mutasa's plot to promote Grace Mugabe boomerang on him and Mujuru faction
The idea to make Grace Mugabe the head of the Zanu-PF Women's League originated with Didymus Mutasa - but the plot has boomeranged on him and the faction led by Joice Mujuru.Mutasa, who is the...Published: 27 Nov 2014 at 20:49hrs | 1 | by Tawanda Majoni
Ministers face arrest over Baba Jukwa saga
AS the fallout over the Baba Jukwa saga continues, the net is closing in on those connected to the shadowy Facebook character with high-profile arrests of cabinet ministers, politburo members, legisl...Published: 27 Jun 2014 at 15:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Is Zimbabwe headed to a new political discourse?
IS our opposition politics hitting a tipping point? Are we headed towards a new political discourse that gives Zimbabwe priority over foreign interests, a political discourse that fosters faith i...Published: 24 May 2014 at 20:29hrs | 3 | by Joram Nyathi
'Coalition without Tsvangirai will be doomed'
MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai still remains politically relevant and any plans to exclude him from a grand coalition to fight Zanu-PF will be doomed, his chief political strategist said on Wednesday....Published: 14 May 2014 at 22:16hrs | 2 | by Tichaona Sibanda
How Tsvangirai gifted this victory to Zanu-PF
Like many Zimbabweans the results of this election has left me speechless, but not entirely shocked.It has been more than a week since Zimbabweans took to the polls; it's difficult to fully di...Published: 10 Aug 2013 at 07:20hrs | 7 | by Gracious Chihuri
Zanu-PF's plan to weaken MDC-T exposed
The Financial Gazette on Saturday revealed Zanu-PF's plan to weaken Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) led by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai. Mugabe's party is said to be speci...Published: 19 Aug 2012 at 05:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Whether you like or hate Tsvangirai, this time he got it right
It was Professor Stephen Chan who not so very long ago wrote something to the effect that even though Morgan Tsvangirai is prone to gaffes, he is still capable of some strokes of "genius". Perhaps n...Published: 16 Nov 2011 at 08:06hrs | | by Muthulisi Mathuthu
Bulawayo suffers de-industrialisation
THE City of Bulawayo continues to suffer massive deindustrialisation, as companies continue to either relocate to other cities or close down due to a host of problems among them the acute shorta...Published: 07 Aug 2011 at 09:47hrs | 38 | by Dumisani Nsingo
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