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Forthcoming Zimbabwean elections not a Chamisa alone spectacle
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa cannot wrestle power from Zanu PF single -handedly without all progressive Zimbabweans putting hands on deck....Published: 16 Dec 2022 at 16:03hrs | | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
Nelson Chamisa and Douglas Mwonzora - Water and Oil Don't mix
Advocate Nelson Chamisa and Douglas Mwonzora like water and oil do not mix. Not surprising then that the sly attempts to foist Mwonzora on the masses, are failing.As we head to 2023 elections,...Published: 27 May 2022 at 07:42hrs | 2 | by Grace Kwinjeh
Remove sanctions you imposed on your people first - Open letter to Mnangagwa
Editor Sir, Sanctions are political and economic decisions that are part of diplomatic efforts by countries, multilateral or regional organizations against states, organizations or...Published: 28 Oct 2020 at 07:45hrs | 2 | by Garikai Mananje
Is Mnangagwa going the Yahya Jammeh-way?
As 30 July poll beckons, the atmosphere flares up as parties crisscross the lengths and breadths of the country soliciting votes from a poverty-ridden electorate. All candidates mete out plans to revi...Published: 18 Jul 2018 at 15:43hrs | 1 | by Benny Gudo
Zimbabwe's July 30 elections: Will the will of the people slay Goliath?
A few weeks ago, a colleague, who was not registered to vote, told me he thought voting was a pointless exercise. He strongly believed that the new administrators would not relinquish power if they lo...Published: 31 May 2018 at 07:21hrs | 1 | by Nqaba Matshazi
Rigging will trounce Democracy come July 2018
International Community will endorse EDM's rigging shenanigans as it did in Kenya. With the head of state making a lot of noise promising to hold free, ...Published: 18 Apr 2018 at 07:17hrs | | by Knowledge Hakata
The dictator's dilemma: How to succeed at succession
Have dictators finally had their day? From retirements to coups d'etat, presidential term limits and opposition candidates winning elections, democracy appears to be making progress across Africa. But...Published: 10 Apr 2018 at 07:21hrs | 8 | by Joe Devanny, Marco Jowell
The spirit of fear diminishing in African politics
African politics has come of age. The abuse of political power has led to the formation of ethnic and political pluralism of civil political organisations which have resisted poor governance chronic u...Published: 08 Apr 2018 at 13:29hrs | 2 | by Leonard Koni
Gukurahundi: Walking in the deathly shadows of Kigali and Banjul
Should the architects of the Gukurahundi atrocities committed in Matabeleland and Midlands face legal action in an independent court of law convened in Zimbabwe, Africa or abroad? On May 30, 2016, His...Published: 20 Feb 2018 at 15:19hrs | 2 | by Tafi Mhaka
Commonwealth welcomes back The Gambia, Zimbabwe next
The Commonwealth has welcomed The Gambia back as a member, following the democratic election of former estate agent Adama Barrow as president.A flag-raising ceremony is being held at the Commo...Published: 08 Feb 2018 at 14:29hrs | | by AFP
'Bloody Zanu-PF, MDC primary elections loom'
A LEGISLATOR has raised the spectre of bloodshed during primary elections to select candidates for both the ruling Zanu-PF and opposition parties, but was hopeful that the general election would be re...Published: 20 Jan 2018 at 15:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
SADC must do to Mugabe what ECOWAS did to Yahya Jammeh
In a haze of nostalgia, social media was awash with people saying that it was a grave mistake that the electorate let go of a thorough politician like Thabo Mbeki only to be governed by the incumbent ...Published: 16 Jul 2017 at 14:47hrs | | by Rita T.M. Kufandarerwa
MDC-T youths threaten mass protests on Wednesday
OPPOSITION MDC-T youths have threatened mass protests on Wednesday to force the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to reform the electoral roadmap and increase voter registration centres, particularl...Published: 10 Jul 2017 at 06:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
General Chiwenga: The last action hero in Silobela, Muzarabani And Tsholotsho
My youthful soul bled profusely after my cousin had landed at Manyame Airbase in Harare badly injured and precariously close to his last day on earth. My troubled and hapless spirit experienced a thou...Published: 08 Jul 2017 at 21:41hrs | | by Tafi Mhaka
Mugabe should now step down
ANGOLAN President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, Africa's second longest-serving leader after Equatorial Guinea's dictator Teodoro Obiang Nguema, will not seek re-election in August after decades in power. ...Published: 09 Jun 2017 at 08:16hrs | | by Staff writer
'Sadc must give Zimbabwe poll reforms ultimatum'
Southern African leaders must keep an eye on Zimbabwe as it draws up a road-map for general elections in 2018, amid high tension and possible chaos over President Robert Mugabe's likely successor amid...Published: 28 May 2017 at 15:37hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai must be watched
That Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of the opposition MDC-T party, is a dangerous loser, who is staring a potentially career-ending defeat in 2018, has become a notorious fact not just for casual political...Published: 24 May 2017 at 06:52hrs | 1 | by zimpapers
Zimbabwean philathropists and educationist Tsitsi Masiyiwa, received the New African Woman Award in Education
DAKAR, Senegal - The fearless Gambian human rights activist won New African Woman magazine's Woman of the Year Award (http://NAW-Forum.com) at the their Award ceremony that took place in Dakar last ni...Published: 13 Apr 2017 at 18:56hrs | 1 | by APO
In Zimbabwe Elections Will Never Be a Tool to Change Government for As Long As Zanu Is in Power
Introduction: Who Really Is Zanu? A political organization that timely took an opportunity to talk right language at the right time on the need to fight...Published: 31 Mar 2017 at 00:13hrs | 15 | by Andrew Manyevere
Failure to establish a Grand coalition will be catastrophic for Zimbabwe
Coalitions have been known to win elections against some of the most brutal dictatorships in the world from the likes of Augusto Pinochet of Chile to the recent ousting of the Gambian dictator, Yahya ...Published: 28 Mar 2017 at 08:57hrs | 2 | by Kingstone Jambawo
Nollywood star: More than just talent
Award-winning Stephanie Okereke Linus raising awareness on fistula While still in her teens, Stephanie Okereke ...Published: 24 Mar 2017 at 19:38hrs | 2 | by Leon Usigbe
Malema urges African leaders to tell Mugabe to go
South Africa's Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader, Julius Malema has urged the Southern African Development Community (SADC) leaders to gather courage and tell President Robert Mugabe to say h...Published: 08 Mar 2017 at 08:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Open letter to Mmusi Maimane
Dear Mmusi, I hope this letter finds you well with a stable peace of mind so that you can be able to read and digest my concerns as a worried Zimbabwean citizen. I was turned off...Published: 24 Feb 2017 at 13:42hrs | | by Peacemaker Zano
Who am I to pick my own successor, Cdes?
Dear Cabinet and Politburo members COMRADES, for a very long time, I have been asked when I would start grooming my successor.I remember at one time being tempted to compromise on...Published: 23 Feb 2017 at 10:13hrs | | by CZ
Dog that killed Gambian president's son put down
BANJUL - A dog that killed a young son of the Gambian president Adama Barrow has undergone a fatal injection, according to the veterinary unit of the country's Ministry of Agriculture.Seven-ye...Published: 03 Feb 2017 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Smooth power transfer, nightmare for Zim- Mutodi
The Controversial Zanu PF youth member Energy Mutodi has said the smooth power transfer ideology is a serious nightmare for Zimbabwe amid concerns that Zanu PF would not allow any party which wins ele...Published: 27 Jan 2017 at 05:20hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Sadc must use Ecowas way to tackle Mugabe
Following Ecowas' sustained pressure that has forced Gambia's former authoritarian leader Yahya Jammeh into exile in Equatorial Guinea after his crushing poll defeat, analysts and opposition parties s...Published: 24 Jan 2017 at 06:24hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
ZUNDE challenges SADC to learn from The Gambia
An official statement by Zimbabweans United for Democracy published under the authority of Justice Benjamin Paradza, Exiled Judge of the High Court of Zimbabwe and President of ZUNDE.There...Published: 22 Jan 2017 at 14:57hrs | | by May. Chamboko
Zimbabweans look to the Gambia with envy
"We need an Ecowas in southern Africa!"According to ...Published: 21 Jan 2017 at 21:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Yahya Jammeh 'agrees to step down'
Gambia's new president has said that Yahya Jammeh, who ruled the country for 22 years and refused to step down after losing the recent election, has finally "agreed to leave".Writing on Twitte...Published: 20 Jan 2017 at 19:50hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Analyst hails ECOWAS Chair Sirleaf for condemning Jammeh's action
A Zimbabwean political analyst Rejoice Ngwenya has hailed Analyst hailed the ECOWAS Chair Ellen Johnson Sirleaf for condemning Yahya Jammeh's action and declaring that the Western African bl...Published: 19 Jan 2017 at 18:52hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
President Mphoko meets Nigerian envoy
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has deployed his special envoy to President Mugabe to introduce his country's candidate for the post of Commissioner for Peace and Security in the African Union...Published: 17 Jan 2017 at 05:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai & Co now appreciate rule of law, Cdes
Dear Cabinet and Politburo membersCOMRADES, I am happy that the courts have started showing in a practical way that there is rule of law in this country. I was very pleased that three of Morga...Published: 15 Dec 2016 at 05:40hrs | | by CZ
Tsvangirai's statement to the press following a meeting of the national council
IntroductionWelcome to this press conference that we have called after robust meetings of the national executive and the national council. The national executive met yesterday and the national...Published: 13 Dec 2016 at 13:09hrs | 1 | by Dr Morgan Tsvangirai
Mugwiji, Mugabe's rigging mastery vs Gambia's Jammeh, an amateur is chalk and cheese
The election of opposition candidates in countries like Gambia and Seychelles has re-energized people like Mugwiji who think we in Zimbabwe can do the same EVEN with not even one democratic reform imp...Published: 09 Dec 2016 at 22:02hrs | 2 | by Nomusa Garikai
Forget about Mugabe retiring, Charamba says
President Robert Mugabe (92) is not losing sleep over electoral defeats and stepping down of some of Africa's long standing rulers, regarded as dictators.Last week, Yahya Jammeh of Gambia lost...Published: 05 Dec 2016 at 16:59hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
PDP's position of grand coalition
Friday, December 02, 2016The People's Democratic Party (PDP) strongly believes the only way that the people of Zimbabwe can give themselves a decent chance for defeating Zanu PF is by ...Published: 02 Dec 2016 at 15:43hrs | | by PDP
'Mugabe did not turn his back on Burundi'
Claims that President Mugabe dragged his feet over the crisis in Burundi emanate from "sheer ignorance" of the procedural realities of international affairs in general and the workings of the African ...Published: 01 Feb 2016 at 05:47hrs | | by Mabasa Sasa
Why Mugabe flushed Obama's speech in the Lavatory
Obama reminds me of the farmer in the "Parable of the Sower" in Matthew 13 who scattered seed "some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up." His recent trip to Africa remains as fresh a...Published: 24 Aug 2015 at 08:04hrs | 1 | by Field Ruwe
Gambia to drop English as its official language
Dakar - Gambia will drop English as its official language, President Yahya Jammeh said in his latest tirade against former colonial power Britain."We're going to speak our own language," h...Published: 12 Mar 2014 at 08:04hrs | | by AFP
David Cameroon must meet Mugabe
Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe will participate in the European Union-Africa summit in Brussels at the beginning of April, as the EU's travel ban does not prevent him for taking part in internatio...Published: 13 Feb 2014 at 11:38hrs | 3 | by Blessing-Miles Tendi
'British govt sweating to get Zimbabwe back in the Commonwealth'
In a desperate bid to give the Commonwealth some measure of respect and relevance, the British government is once again sweating to have Zimbabwe back in the 53-member club which has been accused of e...Published: 09 Nov 2013 at 19:30hrs | 16 | by Staff Reporter
Gambia pulls out of Commonwealth
Banjul - The Gambian government announced on Wednesday that the former British colony is pulling out of the Commonwealth with immediate effect, saying it would "never be a member of any neo-colonial ...Published: 03 Oct 2013 at 05:39hrs | | by AFP
Homosexuality is 'more deadly than all natural disasters put together' - Gambia President
The president of Gambia has ranked homosexuality alongside obsession with power and greed as "more deadly than all natural disasters put together." Using his address to the United Nations Gen...Published: 30 Sep 2013 at 06:57hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe drops 12 places on world Press freedom index
ZIMBABWE has dropped 12 places to position 133 on the world's Press freedom index with analysts attributing the plunge to persecution of journalists and the tense atmosphere generated by preparations ...Published: 08 Feb 2013 at 05:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Government workers to have a 4-day work week
Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has decreed a four-day working week for public officials, making Friday a day of rest to allow residents in the small West African state more time for prayer and agricul...Published: 22 Jan 2013 at 11:42hrs | | by Reuters
Gambian journalist harassed for reporting farmers' complaints
NEW YORK - Police in Gambia are harassing a journalist for reporting farmers' complaints against a local official accused of mismanaging public resources, according to local journalists...Published: 11 Jan 2012 at 05:19hrs | | by APO | CJP
Mr Facilitator, do not forget the Sanctions
Sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by America and the European Union are an act of aggression. Much like war which causes monumental developmental and humanitarian damages sanctions have wrecked havoc on ...Published: 31 Jul 2011 at 15:42hrs | | by Dambudzo Mapuranga
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