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'Your vote counts!' said Obama. Only selective amnesia: politics (Sapo) sufferers believe it's equally true in Zimbabwe
Zimbabweans suffer from selective amnesia, a peculiar variant that affects their political thinking. I will call it selective amnesia: politics (Sapo). Amnesia...Published: 29 Apr 2023 at 06:57hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
Dr. Ralph Mguni: my Mentor, my Teacher
His proud self is still intact. He has never been different at any time and space. We should accept that the Nguni people are known for their high self-esteem are a proud people. In the interview he m...Published: 02 May 2021 at 17:13hrs | 10 | by Nomazulu Thata
'Willowgate' Shava refused to work over his US$100k arrears yet no qualms enforcing 'no work no pay' over slave wages
The 1980s Willowvale Motor Industries scandal in which the Zanu PF ruling elite used or rather abused their positions of power and authority to buy new vehicles at the low controlled prices, ostensibl...Published: 01 May 2021 at 09:18hrs | 1 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
At exactly 12.01 EST 20/01/21 America will heave sigh of relief - government of the people was tested and survived
Today, 20 January 2020, at exactly one minute past high noon Eastern Standard Time the whole of America will heave a huge sigh of relief. The four years of chaos, arrogance and down right lawlessness ...Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 09:14hrs | 4 | by Nomusa Garikai
'Zimbabwe (Zanu-PF) and China enjoys excellent relations' - of course, China is guarantor of no regime change
Zanu-PF and its apologists are renowned for their single-mindedness belief in offence as not only the best but only defence. It is, therefore, a novelty to see them scrambling to mount a rear-guard de...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 19:22hrs | 3 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Chamisa and Trumpism - Sanctions, Sex and Infiltration
That the MDC-Alliance led by Advocate Nelson Chamisa is an ailing force is no longer a subject for debate.The party suffers mostly from self-inflicted wounds - ones that its opponents are grac...Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 20:00hrs | | by Grace Kwinje
Over the moon Trump lost 2020, his 'America (cum Trump) first' divided free world - folly to tempt providence again
It was not until Friday evening 6th November 2020, three full day after the voting date, that it was finally clear Joe Biden had won the USA presidential election. I was over the moon with joy and, li...Published: 09 Nov 2020 at 08:14hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
Varsity workers declare incapacitation
WORKERS at State universities have declared incapacitation and threatened to return to work only after government reviews their salaries.Institutions of higher learning were set to reopen on O...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 08:00hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Ex-USA envoy calls for Zimbabwe sanctions removal
Former United States of America Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Andrew Young, who was recently in the country on a familiarisation visit, says there is no justification for the continued imposit...Published: 31 Mar 2019 at 22:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
United States insists Zimbabwe is 'a threat'
Government has described the extension of sanctions on Zimbabwe by the United States of America as a travesty of justice saying Zimbabwe has embarked on a path of rapprochement and expected a reciproc...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 22:51hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mnagagwa blocks MDC official on Twitter
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has blocked outgoing MDC Youth organising Secretary Shephard Dube (Shephard Ben Abraham) from interacting with him on Twitter.Posting on Facebook Dube said, ...Published: 21 Dec 2018 at 10:35hrs | 4 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Gutu revenging being booted out of MDC Alliance tent - outside pissing in
It is no secret that Obert Gutu's departure from the MDC Alliance was not a harmonious one. He joined up with Thokozani Khupe, another one who refused to join the proposed coalition, to form the MDC-T...Published: 21 Dec 2018 at 09:04hrs | 1 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Advocate Thabani Mpofu the Zimbabwe Clarence Seward Darrow
It was Friday on the 9th November 2018 as I was walking nearer to the statue of Father Zimbabwe the late vice president Cde Joshua Nkomo in Bulawayo CBD. A friend of mine an ex detective from police f...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 14:09hrs | 12 | by Enos Denhere
Elections were rigged: Chamisa's presidential claim is as nonsensical as ED's - 2 nonsense don't make a right
Nelson Chamisa is now a real pain in the backside of the nation! He is like the High School boy you agree to dance with and the next thing he is telling everyone you are his girlfriend! Whilst...Published: 03 Oct 2018 at 16:00hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
'Boycotting elections is suicidal,' argue Daily News - nonsense, risking all on capricious winning a rigged election is
"A boycott from this month's harmonised elections as mooted by the MDC Alliance can only have an impact if it has the buy-in of all opposition parties," argued Daily News. "The Alliance is bitter...Published: 07 Jul 2018 at 16:19hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Is Nelson Chamisa too young to be president?
Election season in any country brings with it some crazy "vote for me" rhetoric. Politicians become "snake oil salespersons" gunning for the public's vote. In a normal voting system, it is the candida...Published: 14 Jun 2018 at 13:29hrs | | by Dr Gus Manatsa
Chamisa wants to sell us a dummy again
The MDC Alliance election manifesto which was released last week can aptly be summed up as old wine in a new bottle.Reading the MDC-T election manifesto of 2008 and its predecessor 2013 JUICE ...Published: 14 Jun 2018 at 07:20hrs | 2 | by Ngoni Masvaya
Only a revolution will remove Mnangagwa and Zanu-PF from power
Mnangagwa signed the election proclamation two weeks ago after he got an electronic copy of the voters roll. As Zanu PF's Presidential Candidate, he has the updated voters roll. He's given it to Rugej...Published: 14 Jun 2018 at 07:06hrs | | by Knowledge Hakata
The US should not meddle in Zimbabwe politics
The Americans are so proud of their Declaration on Independence (DoI); they hold it with such high regard even though it was a document created by a bunch of white supremacists slave owners. The funda...Published: 23 Mar 2018 at 14:24hrs | 3 | by Sibusiso Ndlamini
Botswana chides Trump for derogatory claims against Africa
The Botswana government has issued a statement criticising USA president Donald Trump for calling Africa 'shithole countries' due to excessive immigration from the block.Trump is reported to h...Published: 12 Jan 2018 at 15:17hrs | 5 | by Takudzwa Chiwara
Donald Trump's Twitter account taken down
USA President Donald Trump's Twitter account briefly vanished on Thursday but has since been restored, the social media company said.An employee deactivated the @realdonaldtrump account, it sa...Published: 03 Nov 2017 at 11:38hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
'Mugabe is our asset for 2018,' says Zanu PF Minister - counting on brute to rig the vote
"The long (bank) queues (for cash) are very worrisome. These may lead to voter apathy and we need to seriously look into this issue and find a lasting solution. We cannot afford to have voter apathy b...Published: 24 Oct 2017 at 21:22hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Mugabe endorsed as Zanu-PF's 2018 Presidential candidate
IT'S a done deal!President Mugabe will be confirmed as the ruling Zanu-PF party candidate in next year's presidential election during an Extraordinary Congress to be held in December after the...Published: 16 Oct 2017 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dear Heavenly Father: When will this religious madness end?
Dear Heavenly Father: As 2017 has been beset by so much tragedy in Zimbabwe, I seek your wise counsel. I have a dilemma of faith troubling my soul and I find myself wallowing in a wilderness o...Published: 21 Jul 2017 at 07:40hrs | | by Tafi Mhaka
Condemning Nikuv's continued interference in Zimbabwe elections
The inquiry into possible collusion between the Russians and President Trump's aides in United States of America's 2016 presidential elections is heating up. Both the US Senate Foreign Relations Commi...Published: 30 May 2017 at 07:51hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabwean-born analyst targeted over South Africa's S&P downgrade
South African politician, Sello Rasethaba, has targeted a Zimbabwean-born Standard and Poor's analyst as the man behind South Africa's sovereign ratings downgrade by S&P Global on Monday....Published: 04 Apr 2017 at 15:38hrs | 25 | by Mary Charamba
Zimbabweans 'know it's my chance' to lead, says delirious Mujuru - cure is free elections
"Rinemanyanga hariputirwi!" (It is impossible to conceal one's weaknesses forever!) so goes the Shona adage. Mai Mujuru's weaknesses, hidden and only guessed at for many years, are coming out now....Published: 14 Mar 2017 at 17:11hrs | 1 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Lessons for Africa from Trump election victory
After the November 2016 United States of America presidential elections, the American establishment that was fronted by the losing presidential candidate of the Democratic Party, Mrs Hillary Clinton, ...Published: 20 Jan 2017 at 10:18hrs | | by Dancase. B. Gideon
Coltart pumpers Obamas
Former Education minister David Coltart has praised USA president Barack Obama and his wife for serving their country well during his term of office without an incident of misuse of power and resource...Published: 11 Jan 2017 at 22:08hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
'It's my property,' insist Tsvangirai of $4 m mansion - maths does not add up
We all know that Politics is not an exact science with clear cut answers but rather an art with no clear cut answers.Arithmetic, for an example is an exact science, so 1 + 1 = 2 and will never...Published: 07 Oct 2016 at 20:04hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Tsvangirai's final battle
To the spiritually inclined, no offence intended here, who always hunker for miracles even where common sense ought to prevail and will regress to their respective religions when faced with supposedly...Published: 27 Jul 2016 at 12:11hrs | | by Sambulo Vuma
Is Trump the next US President?
Johannesburg - Donald Trump has defied all odds to emerge as the Republican Party (GOP – Grand Old Party) nominee for the next United States of America (USA) Presidential elections in November 2016....Published: 14 Jun 2016 at 08:59hrs | 1 | by Vusumuzi Moyo
Mugabe fooled war vets every time for 36 years - shocked cannot do so now
The trouble with President Mugabe is he is a ruthless tyrant and thus per se has no regard for the rule of law and he routinely broken the law when it suits his selfish needs and then surprise, surpri...Published: 10 Jun 2016 at 06:13hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
The Truth: Only Christians in Politics Can Improve Society
Ever since The Lord banished the two, fig tree leaf clad, lovers, Adam and Eve, from the Garden of Eden with those unforgettable and unforgiving words:"In the sweat of your face you shall eat brea...Published: 06 May 2016 at 07:51hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
'We are prepared to die for the people,' says Bhasikiti - rich, killed them just as readily
Kudakwashe Bhasikiti is just a confused and greed individual who is so desperate to get back into power and the gravy train he is displaying the most common characteristic behaviour of villain; "Sell ...Published: 17 Mar 2016 at 16:33hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
President Mugabe's UN Security Reform stance laudable
Some private media houses have chosen to ignore the good work that President Robert Mugabe did as the AU Chairperson only to shame themselves by saying that his big brother stature is what makes the A...Published: 03 Feb 2016 at 13:04hrs | 1 | by John Mukumbo
Zanu PF is imploding: a danger to Mugabe but an opportunity to us to finally get regime change!
"The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word "crisis". One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger …. But recognize the opportunity," s...Published: 19 Nov 2015 at 00:14hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Economic meltdown forcing Zanu PF to panic, MDC is excited but what of povo the prawns!
Zimbabwe's economic meltdown has been relentless; the situation cannot continue like this, there must be change. There is panic in the Zanu PF camp because political change will only mean one thing re...Published: 10 Nov 2015 at 20:51hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Patience paying dividends for Morgan Tsvangirai: 2018
MORGAN RICHARD 'SAVE' TSVANGIRAI IS THE UNDISPUTED leader of the MDC-T, and it is beyond reasonable doubt that he is going to be the next president of Zimbabwe. Patience is a virtue. Through the help ...Published: 24 Sep 2015 at 05:28hrs | | by Ntate Moruti Tapiwa Diamond Chadya
Three hours at the ICC- a journalist's perspective
I had in mind a court housed at an opulent building with massive security, but alas, the International Criminal Court (ICC) is temporarily located at a modest building in The Hague, Netherlands wi...Published: 15 Dec 2014 at 06:17hrs | | by Andrew Mambondiyani recently at The Hague, Netherlands
Enos Nkala tell-all book may never be published for fear of a paper tiger!
"The late former Home Affairs and Defence minister, Enos Mzombi Nkala must be turning in his grave in the wake of allegations that some of his trusted friends and relatives are deliberately delaying t...Published: 08 Oct 2014 at 16:08hrs | 2 | by Wilbert Mukori
Tsvangirai, the best since sliced bread
The highly compromised elections of the 31st of July 2013, which were meant to produce stability and an election whose outcome is beyond reproach, brought about a huge apprehension in the country....Published: 20 Aug 2014 at 09:13hrs | | by Dlayila Omuhle
Let's rally behind Amai's candidature
I always admire and appreciate the concept of the Shona saying that says, "Ushe madzore hunoravadzanwa", literally translated to mean that leadership is not a permanent duty but should be always ...Published: 30 Jul 2014 at 13:16hrs | | by John Mukumbo
Zim Universities games set for NUST
Zimbabwe universities will on Saturday converge at the National University of Science and Technology (NUST) in Bulawayo for the universities sports association track and field championships....Published: 21 Mar 2014 at 19:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
'I'll work with Russians,' Museveni tells Obama
Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has said he will work with the Russian government because they don't meddle in the internal affairs of other countries.The comment follows US President ...Published: 25 Feb 2014 at 19:31hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's rallies- what a tired campaign!
For the past weeks I have been religiously following the campaign trails by different political parties in Zimbabwe as the July 31 watershed harmonised election campaigns enter the homestretch....Published: 26 Jul 2013 at 05:55hrs | 2 | by Andrew Mambondiyani
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