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We are stuck in a (Zanu PF and MDC) 'man-made crisis' - they cannot be man-made solution too
"For months now, we have been asking our African brothers and sisters to look into the man-made governance crisis in Zimbabwe and help us restore the dignity of citizens," said MDC President, Nelson C...Published: 6 hrs ago | 441 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
CIO agents monitor Jonathan Moyo in Kenya
Members of the dreaded Central Intelligence Organisation are reported to have solicited the services of a worker at a complex where exiled former cabinet Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo stays to grab...Published: 03 Oct 2019 at 09:06hrs | 7100 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'As long as Ramaphosa plays big brother to ED, I'm staying put' - see speck in his eye but not log in yours
"As long as Ramaphosa plays big brother to an illegal president (Emmerson Mnangagwa) then we (Zimbabweans in SA) are staying put and not going anywhere," twittered Kudakwashe KadenheThere is n...Published: 29 Aug 2019 at 14:30hrs | 2671 | by Nomusa Garikai
Jonathan Moyo, Kirsty Coventry mourn Mnangagwa's 'love-rival'
Professor Jonathan Moyo has wrote a tweet mourning the late veteran broadcaster and Deputy Director and Chairperson of Danhiko Annual Paralympic Games, Godfrey Majonga who passed away around 11p...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 19:12hrs | 10869 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'MDC went into GNU with no plan, sat and ate' - amused and irritated SADC in equal measure
"Chamisa: We went into GNU with no plan, sat and ate!" screamed the headlines in New Zimbabwe.Every SADC leader involved in the Zimbabwe political crisis during the 2008 to 2013 GNU was amused...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 22:41hrs | 2612 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mudenda calls for new GNU - last was soft-landing for Zanu PF, not this time
Zanu PF Speaker of parliament, Jacob Mudenda, calls for the formation of a new GNU."We enjoyed serenity of politics during the GNU. That spirit must come back. It must come back."I pray to...Published: 18 Jun 2019 at 07:33hrs | 6674 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Latest update on day 2 of Army killings
Zimbabwe Association of Doctors for Human Rights (ZADHR) have given an update on the state of the situation in Zimbabwe. They have released preliminary report of the injured and the deceased a...Published: 16 Jan 2019 at 08:06hrs | 3795 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Our journalists must up their game
Many have asked me why our media is as bad as it is today. It is not a question that can be answered with one magic sentence. It is true that we have a crisis in journalism; today's reporters ...Published: 31 Dec 2018 at 17:00hrs | | by Hopewell Chin'ono
WATCH: 1 August killings documentary
Seasoned journalist Violet Gonda has launched a short documentary about the deadly aftermath of Zimbabwe's 2018 election. Said Gonda, "This preliminary video is the result of numerous in...Published: 04 Dec 2018 at 09:56hrs | 4075 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Army killings shock details
Fresh harrowing evidence of people shot by the army during the August 1 protests in Harare has surfaced amid claims that the commission set up by President Emmerson Mnangagwa ignored the majority of t...Published: 02 Dec 2018 at 10:29hrs | 2293 | by Staff reportwr
Violet Gonda detained while filming at Mnangagwa's State House
Freelance journalist Violet Gonda was briefly detained by Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) agents on Monday while filming at State House.The freelance journalist had been covering a bre...Published: 31 Oct 2018 at 09:09hrs | | by ZimLive.com
Zimbabwe army faces grilling over killings
A commission set to investigate the August 1 deadly shooting of protestors began public hearings last week to establish what led to the killings.The inquiry led by former South African preside...Published: 21 Oct 2018 at 09:45hrs | 797 | by Staff reporter
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 | 3985 | 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 | | 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 | 573 | 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 | 4109 | 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 | | 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 | | 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 | 366 | 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 | 23169 | 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 | 653 | 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 | | 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 | 7332 | 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 | 713 | 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 | 3307 | 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 | 3696 | 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 | 1687 | 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 | 2013 | 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 | 14534 | 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 | 1248 | 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 | | 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 | | 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 | 687 | 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 | | 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 | | 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 | | 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 | 663 | 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 | 2232 | 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 | 3067 | 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 | | 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 | 2200 | 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 | 8597 | 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 | 678 | 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 | 852 | 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 | 428 | 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 | 220 | 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 | 751 | 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 | | 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 | | 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 | | by Chana ChaVatete
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