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Mudede hunts down staffer who revealed blacklist
THE officer who revealed the existence of a government passport blacklist could be at risk after Registrar General Tobaiwa Mudede made clear he is keen to uncover the identity of what he described as ...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 13:42hrs | 3917 | by Staff reporter
Mudede denies refusing to issue passport to Gonda
Registrar-General Tobaiwa Mudede has denied reports that his department refused to issue a passport to prominent Zimbabwean journalist Violet Gonda on allegations that she was on a "stop list"....Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 06:50hrs | 1407 | by Staff reporter
Gonda to get passport
REGISTRAR-General Mr Tobaiwa Tonneth Mudede has agreed to issue a passport to United Kingdom-based Zimbabwean journalist Violet Gonda, who last week unsuccessfully applied for the travel document beca...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 06:05hrs | 533 | by Staff reporter
Mudede in humiliating climbdown over Gonda's passport blacklist
REGISTRAR-GENERAL (RG) Tobaiwa Mudede has made a U-turn and admitted that his officers erred by refusing to grant a passport to freelance journalist Violet Gonda, who had been blacklisted by the gover...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 16:36hrs | 4083 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa seems to be on track - ZUNDE
It is a matter of public record that, from inception, ZUNDE fiercely and consistently fought against President Mugabe and his destructive policies. On 24 October 2013, we came together to adva...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 07:17hrs | 3397 | by Moses Chamboko
Mnangagwa, charity begins at home
What compassionate people they are, President Mnangagwa and General Chiwenga. A millionairess in Singapore wants to return home to Zimbabwe because her mother has died. So they charter a plane to to g...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 07:23hrs | 810 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
Charity begins at home - Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
What compassionate people they are, President Mnangagwa and General Chiwenga. A millionairess in Singapore wants to return home to Zimbabwe because her mother has died. So they charter a plane to to g...Published: 10 Sep 2018 at 07:17hrs | 362 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
Jonathan Moyo shocked
Former Information Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo said he was shocked that Zimbabwe had a "Stop List" which was being used by the Registrar General to refuse to issue passports to Zimbabwean citizen...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 20:50hrs | 22948 | by Staff reporter
Mudede sued for blacklisting Violet Gonda
HUMAN rights lawyers have taken Registrar-General (RG) Tobaiwa Mudede to the High Court, seeking an order compelling him to remove travel restrictions imposed on freelance journalist Violet Gonda, who...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 07:10hrs | 646 | by Staff reporter
Violet Gonda denied Zimbabwe passport by Mnangagwa's govt
JOURNALIST Violet Gonda has been refused a Zimbabwean passport by registrar general Tobaiwa Mudede because she was apparently blacklisted by the government, NewZimbabwe.com reported.She is bel...Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 12:28hrs | 5368 | by Staff reporter
Journalists wait for Chamisa's election challenge
Crowds of reporters have gathered outside Zimbabwe's Constitutional Court in the capital, Harare, where the opposition MDC Alliance is due to mount a legal challenge to last month's presidential elect...Published: 10 Aug 2018 at 12:40hrs | 7304 | by BBC World Service
We, Zimbabweans, have condemned ourselves to 38 years of repeated rigged elections and counting, until we learn
"Those who fail to learn from history are condemned to repeat it," said Winston Churchill in a speech to the House of Commons. We have learned nothing about how Zanu PF has rigged elections an...Published: 30 Jul 2018 at 07:34hrs | 675 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa says, 'era of land seizures from white farmers is over'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa told a meeting in the capital, Harare, that the era of land seizures from white farmers is over. The land grabs under former leader Robert Mugabe were deeply unpopular and...Published: 21 Jul 2018 at 19:45hrs | 3234 | by AP
'Chinese are helping ED rig elections!' Moyo reveals - it is now impossible to ignore this reality
Just a month before the 2013 elections, SADC leaders advised both Zanu PF and MDC leaders to postpone the elections to allow democratic reforms to be implemented. This was unwelcome advice because eac...Published: 14 Jun 2018 at 07:10hrs | 3606 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mutsvangwa, Mawarire in vicious clash
There was drama on Thursday when President Emmerson Mnangagwa's special advisor and Zanu-PF politburo member Christopher Mutsvangwa exchanged harsh words with National Patriotic Front (NPF) spokespers...Published: 28 Apr 2018 at 14:44hrs | 1673 | by Staff reporterq
'Chamisa will win if election is free,' says Mandaza. Horse will win if it is alive - well is it?
The local Daily News reports that Mandaza has predicted a Chamisa victory in the elections as long as the polls are held in a free, fair and credible manner.In 2008, Zanu PF showed the world t...Published: 26 Mar 2018 at 20:28hrs | 1999 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Violet Gonda returns to Zimbabwe after 17 years in exile
IN August 2000, Violet Gonda left her home country to study for an MA in International Journalism in London. She expected it would be for one year. However, she was to spend the next 17 years in exile...Published: 21 Mar 2018 at 11:20hrs | 13969 | by Nonee Walsh
MDC admits ignoring SADC 2013 advice, a first - worryingly, will SADC ignore their own advice in judging 2018
"President Chamisa told the (seven-member SADC Electoral Advisory Council) delegation, led by Advocate Leshele Thoahlane, that the Zimbabwe government has not been sincere on its commitment to a free,...Published: 14 Mar 2018 at 05:54hrs | 1275 | by Wilbert Mukori
'2018 are winnable on issues,' argue Kagoro - nonsense, povo frog march to beatings not issues
One of the things that has held us back as a people is our failure to grasp a problem, even one that should be obvious. After wasting a lot of time and money, the penny finally drops, we finally under...Published: 28 Feb 2018 at 05:44hrs | 298 | by Wilbert Mukori
Why EU embraced Mnangagwa govt
Since coming into power last November when the army forced former president Robert Mugabe to resign after it took over government, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has made it a priority to normalise Zimb...Published: 18 Feb 2018 at 22:15hrs | 610 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's promise of diaspora vote is a cynical ploy - unbroken bull's thigh bone to a puppy
In one of the many interviews President Mnangagwa gave in Davos, Switzerland, President Mnangagwa agreed on the need to allow Zimbabweans in the diaspora to vote. He did not give much detail on how th...Published: 29 Jan 2018 at 07:23hrs | 725 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Dr Mandaza, 'a SADC shadow ZEC' will not stop coup Zanu PF rig elections - just implement the reforms
One of the reasons Zimbabwe is this political and economic mess is because we do not like dealing with our unpleasant and tough problems decisively, even when we get the golden opportunity to do so. W...Published: 27 Jan 2018 at 06:34hrs | 499 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa on SADC tour, promising free elections - bitten by Mugabe's globe-trotting
It seems globe-trotting is in the blood of Zimbabwean leaders. We all know of Tsvangirai's world tour during his five-year term as Prime Minister. Little wonder the MDC failed to get even one democrat...Published: 15 Jan 2018 at 18:04hrs | 2513 | by Nomusa Garikai
Will only have time to register 5 m voters instead of 7 m, admits ZEC - yet to admit the worst part
The trouble with Zimbabweans is that we are our own worst enemies because we never stop to think anything through. When it was clear toward the end of the 2008 to 2013 GNU that MDC had failed ...Published: 21 Dec 2017 at 06:44hrs | 1474 | by Wilbert Mukori
If there is no verified voters' roll, will you still contest 2018? Question haunting every opposition politician!
Let me say, I am impressed by MDC-T VP Nelson Chamisa's list of objectives of his recent visit to America. (There are similar visits to SADC and AU countries)."The objectives of the trip are a...Published: 19 Dec 2017 at 06:41hrs | 822 | by Wilbert Mukori
How Mnangagwa got it wrong
Journalist Violet Gonda (VG) interviewed former Education minister David Coltart on the Hot Seat programme to understand President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Cabinet.Coltart warned the government wa...Published: 10 Dec 2017 at 06:08hrs | 2165 | by Violet Gonda
SADC 'tolerate violent and rigged elections,' says Tsvangirai - what chutzpah
"Over the years, Mr. Mugabe has presided over violent and rigged elections. Unfortunately, regional bodies have tolerated this for far too long. Mr Mugabe manipulates the voters roll, ballot papers an...Published: 17 Nov 2017 at 06:32hrs | 3057 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Mugabe was democratically elected,' said Muzamhindo - only fools believe that and SADC leaders are not fools!
Only a Mugabe apologist and sycophant would pretend that Mugabe is a democratic. "Remember Mugabe is trying to save his legacy and he wants to be viewed as someone democratic," wrote Tinashe E...Published: 20 Oct 2017 at 18:09hrs | 1330 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mugabe's cabinet reshuffle paves way for succession plan
SYNOPSIS: Journalist Violet Gonda interviews veteran political analyst Ibbo Mandaza on President Robert Mugabe's recent cabinet appointments and the infighting within...Published: 15 Oct 2017 at 12:43hrs | 2181 | by Violet Gonda
'SADC will not recognise you,' Mugabe threatened coup plotters - so now SADC is important
"Kwawabva kanda huyo, kwaunoenda kanda huyo!" (Before you leave, make friends where you are and where you are going!) So, goes the Shona adage. President Mugabe, in his arrogance, was very dismissive ...Published: 07 Oct 2017 at 18:45hrs | 8498 | by Nomusa Garikai
Mugabe will rig 2018, orthodox thinkers say contest no matter what - is it time to think outside the box
Zimbabwe is in an unusual situation in that we are stuck with a corrupt, vote rigging and tyrannical dictatorship and the opposition we entrusted the task of implementing the democratic changes to end...Published: 21 Sep 2017 at 19:28hrs | 668 | by Wilbert Mukori
'BVR machine failing to pick polling stations,' admit ZEC - opens door to new rigging opportunities
The BVR voter registration exercise that started four days ago is failing already. In Bulawayo, for example, ZEC Officials are manually write the polling station name on registration slips, resulting ...Published: 19 Sep 2017 at 21:14hrs | 846 | by Wilbert Mukori
It is erroneous to assume 2013 elections were free and fair - they were not
"(MDC-T VP Thokozani) Khupe has been clear that she believes there is no need for a coalition in Matabeleland, but rather in the Mashonaland provinces, where MDC-T has performed badly in the past, alt...Published: 31 Aug 2017 at 16:39hrs | 527 | by Wilbert Mukori
As MDC fight over scraps hots up it underlines need for a new national consensus
Ever since President Mugabe came into power following Zanu PF's 1980 election victory, he has systematically undermined the country's democratic institution and eroded the people's individual freedoms...Published: 28 Aug 2017 at 16:36hrs | 217 | by Nomusa Garikai
Dabengwa first to call 'postponement' of 2018 elections - more nak3d Emperors will follow
May I be the first person to salute Dr Dumiso Dabengwa for being the SECOND of our, otherwise morbid, corrupt and incompetent opposition politicians given to burying their heads in the sand and talkin...Published: 26 Jul 2017 at 23:12hrs | 745 | by Wilbert Mukori
Biti wants ZEC replaced by UN trusteeship - useless reinvention, triangle shaped wheel
Tendai Biti and his MDC friends have refused to acknowledge they failed to implement the democratic reforms designed to stop Zanu PF vote rigging and are now coming up with all manner of solutions shy...Published: 12 Jul 2017 at 06:28hrs | 298 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabwe at cross road; implement reforms and end suffering or do nothing and suffer
Election time is a very important time in a democratic country where elections are free, fair and credible because it offers the ordinary people the rare opportunity to have a meaningful say in the go...Published: 03 Jul 2017 at 09:31hrs | 590 | by Wilbert Mukori
Nine Lives of a Democrat, A Journey to New Zimbabwe Post 2013
Background Every political party and its supporters need to rise again and retain their relevance in the political sphere especially after losing an e...Published: 29 Jun 2017 at 10:00hrs | 183 | by Chana ChaVatete
Misihairabwi warns Tsvangirai et al.
Outspoken opposition Member of Parliament Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga warns that Zanu-PF will not agree to electoral reforms before next year's elections and calls on the opposition to focus on ge...Published: 25 Jun 2017 at 12:26hrs | 1933 | by Staff reporter
'Mujuru, Tsvangirai need to wise up,' says Daily News - no it is povo who need to wise up
The road to hell is paved with good intentions! Zimbabwe is a hell-hole right now and the route has been paved well-intended but nonetheless wrong advice."Zanu-PF is known to take full advanta...Published: 19 Jun 2017 at 16:22hrs | 1368 | by Nomusa Garikai
Mugabe gears for retirement
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe, on his final political campaign in eastern Zimbabwe on Friday told thousands of supporters that he had delivered political and economic freedom since he came to power in 1980....Published: 18 Jun 2017 at 10:29hrs | 1699 | by Peta Thornycroft
Reports of human rights abuses before Zanu PF rally pouring in - what will it take to stop the madness
"In another incident it was reported that on the 14th of June, Mutasa villagers were forced to contribute towards the rally. Unidentified Zanu PF youths were demanding $2 from each vendor at Watsomba ...Published: 16 Jun 2017 at 07:14hrs | 330 | by Nomusa Garikai
Deja vu, MDC ignore 1000s warnings BVR will not stop rigging - bombarded with zillion warnings
When Tsvangirai told his supporters in Gweru that the new Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) kits from China would stop Zanu PF rigging the elections next year the official MDC-T position was that Zan...Published: 14 Jun 2017 at 22:21hrs | 837 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mujuru, contesting yet another flawed election is not new or 'strategic' - it is the crass of stupidity
"You can lead a horse to the river but you cannot make it drive." So, goes the common proverb. People are like an animal, you can present them with a golden opportunity, but you cannot force the indiv...Published: 13 Jun 2017 at 08:28hrs | 365 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Know first what coalition is about,' says Ms Holland - dumb getting dumber, we do not need it
Zimbabwe's greatest curse is to have some of the most corrupt and incompetent leaders the world has ever seen!"They (opposition parties) should know first what the coalition is about," Ms Seka...Published: 12 Jun 2017 at 19:32hrs | 569 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'BVR will stop Zanu PF rigging elections,' promise Tsvangirai - dog's fart putting out the fire.
The sheer political naivety of Morgan Tsvangirai never seize to amuse and amaze me. "If this time they rig the elections, I will go the [American president Donald] Trump way and I will not acc...Published: 11 Jun 2017 at 19:31hrs | 859 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Wilbert, you are a disruptor with no solutions,' says Paradza - and still call yourself' learned Judge
Let is not be said that Wilbert Mukori does not listen; I do listen to what you, Benjamin Paradza, and many others are saying. What you have failed to do is convince me that you KNOW what you are talk...Published: 08 Jun 2017 at 20:19hrs | 1161 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zanu PF 'voodoo economics' have failed - just as MDC failed in all during GNU
Tendai Biti gave a sterling performance in his attack of the Zanu PF government on Violet Gonda's Hot Seat. He did not fool me!Tendai Biti and his MDC friends' primary task in the GNU was to i...Published: 08 Jun 2017 at 06:30hrs | 151 | by Wilbert Mukori
Do not 'bombard voters with reform' advises Magaisa - rancorous cry of the crow
"Imwe neimwe shiri inemaririro ayo!" (Every bird has his own characteristic song!) So, goes the Shona adage. Alex Magaisa, like the rancorous cry of the crow which is offensive to the ear, specialises...Published: 24 May 2017 at 18:01hrs | 525 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Reports of 'ZEC disenfranchising voters' regardless BVR are eroding MDC credibility
The people of Zimbabwe went into the 2013 elections beaming with confidence that the elections will be the watershed elections the nation had waited for - free, fair and credible elections. Morgan Tsv...Published: 17 May 2017 at 16:50hrs | 599 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
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