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Zimbabweans have penchant for sugar-rush solution of Mnangagwa must go even at the cost of retaining the dictatorship yet again
"Zimbabwe is in desperate need of transformative leadership, not the routine recycling of failed politicians," argued Trevor Ncube. "A change in leadership might offer temporary relief, Zimbabwe's iss...Published: 18 Feb 2025 at 20:04hrs | 886 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabweans have penchant for sugar-rush solution of Mnangagwa must go even at the cost of retaining the dictatorship yet again
"Zimbabwe is in desperate need of transformative leadership, not the routine recycling of failed politicians," argued Trevor Ncube. "A change in leadership might offer temporary relief, Zimbabwe's iss...Published: 14 Feb 2025 at 12:03hrs | 611 | by Wilbert Mukori
Sanyatwe effectively confirmed ZANU PF can't win free and fair elections!
The recent utterances by ZNA (Zimbabwe National Army) Commander General Anselem Sanyatwe were quite troubling on many fronts.The most obvious, of course, was the flagrant disregard for the sup...Published: 04 Jul 2024 at 20:29hrs | 21 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Coalition candidates in financial dilemma over calls for fresh elections
Political Analyst, Gift Msipa revealed that the elected members of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) find themselves divided over that party leader, Nelson Chamisa's recent call for fresh electi...Published: 07 Sep 2023 at 09:32hrs | 4 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Is ZEC's deafening silence on ballot secrecy meant to enable election rigging?
A few days ago, I came across a video capturing a ZANU PF aspiring MP (member of parliament) intimidating the rural electorate into voting for no one else except President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa ...Published: 17 Aug 2023 at 20:20hrs | 15 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe needs change in governance system as much as change of government!
As the crucial 23rd August 2023 Zimbabwe harmonized elections beckon, all competing political players appear to have one convergence point for a chance to be voted into power.Regardl...Published: 20 Jul 2023 at 18:22hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Biti must remain MP, it's in national interest' argue Zamchiya. Surely, not just to 'legitimise sham elections!'
The worst thing that has happened in Zimbabwe since MDC leaders sold out of implementing democratic reforms was for the nation to abandon the fight to implement the democratic reforms as the only sure...Published: 17 Jun 2023 at 07:17hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Enraged Biti calls CCC colleague 'a snake whose head must be crushed' - just another Zanu PF thug 'vafanana'
In his book David Coltart acknowledged the sheer of participating in flawed elections to give Zanu PF legitimacy. He explained that it was greed that forced him and his follow MDC friends to participa...Published: 14 Jun 2023 at 12:14hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa has failed the youths, through Mutoriro and Kambwa
As far as Zimbabwe is concerned things are not appealing ranging from economic, social to political discourse. The government of Zimbabwe is supposed to start now to lay out robust and effective mecha...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 09:11hrs | 2 | by General Franco
Chamisa et al are hell bent on participating in flawed 2023 out of greed. What's in it for povo?
Zimbabwe's 2008 elections were a watershed elections in that Zanu PF's power to rig elections was exposed in its ugliest and graphic details. Ever since Zimbabwe's independence in 1980, the co...Published: 24 Feb 2023 at 15:25hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
America, Europe easing their stance on Zimbabwe
The current economic stability prevailing in the country is indirectly forcing the West to mend its relations with Zimbabwe, economic analysts have said.Economic analysts, Abednigo Matsika sai...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 09:59hrs | | by Innocent Mujeri
Zimbabwe to issue biometric title deeds
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has promised the residents of Epworth that he will give them biometric title deeds so as to deal with fraudsters who may print their own title deeds. He was speaki...Published: 23 Apr 2022 at 13:31hrs | 16 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Our illness is decades of bad governance, cure is free elections – must take it or die. Simple!
Zimbabwe's economic mess is a man-made problem, a product of 39 years of gross mismanagement and rampant corruption. Some people would argue that mismanagement and corruption is a human frailty found ...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 17:09hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
MDC tripping itself
The MDC continues to refuse to recognise the legitimacy of President Mnangagwa despite various Elections Observer Missions having largely endorsed the conduct of the polls. As is usual in many electio...Published: 14 Dec 2018 at 09:16hrs | 1 | by Bevan Musoko
MDC legislators are confused
Dear Sir, The opposition has been very critical of the Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, Ziyambi Ziyambi for his position that opposition legislators should not expect resp...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 13:16hrs | 1 | by Elijah Chihota
Chamisa's supporters stuck in Wonderland
Some issues do not add up, but some people believe them anyway. Could it be escapism – creating a bubble enabling one to escape from his shortcomings in the real world, or such people strongly belie...Published: 09 Oct 2018 at 12:14hrs | 1 | by Mapozho Saruchera
Disputed polls: Zimbabwe govt credibility in jeopardy
HOW the government of Zimbabwe rejuvenates its re-engagement strategy will be critical to the country's prospects for economic recovery and political cohesion.The government posited that the f...Published: 23 Aug 2018 at 06:44hrs | 2 | by Piers Pigou
Resolve election issues speedily to move Zim out of logjam
WHILE it is commendable that several diplomats accredited to Zimbabwe - just like many international observers that witnessed the recent elections won by Zanu PF leader Emmerson Mnangagwa - have recog...Published: 09 Aug 2018 at 07:41hrs | 1 | by Editorial - newsday
Zimbabwe awaits EU, USA, etc. elections reports: honest and constructive or patronising BS
In next day or so the international community election observer teams will be releasing their preliminary reports on Zimbabwe's 2018 elections. The reports must answer the central question: Where the ...Published: 08 Aug 2018 at 16:42hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
Eddie Cross crossed to ZANU PF long back or can be a victim of mental neurosis
Since October 2017 when Eddie Cross declared that he was a victim of prostate cancer, his political and economic analysis has not been consistent. Today Eddie Cross is in ZANU PF, tomorrow in MDC Alli...Published: 06 Aug 2018 at 18:20hrs | 6 | by Don Chigumba
'MDC will win rigged elections hands down,' insist Chamisa - come 30th wailing and gnashing of teeth
"We will go to the people; we will go to the court of public opinion. Let the people decide. We are not joking. We insist, and what we used to do at university, we will this time do it 10 times. We do...Published: 25 Jul 2018 at 07:26hrs | 2 | by Nomusa Garikai
'Those boycotting elections are confused,' says Khupe - she has learned nothing and never will
MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe has castigated fellow opposition parties who are threatening to boycott the July 30 polls, reported Zimeye. "MDC-T president Dr Thokozani Khupe has lashed out...Published: 19 Jul 2018 at 19:51hrs | 3 | by Nomusa Garikai
Mujuru party exposes Zanu PF rigging mechanism
Revolutionary greetings comrades. We are 13 days away from the general elections. What is painfully disappointing is the fact that the voters roll is littered with ghost names and unadulterated duplic...Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 20:47hrs | | by Khulani David Ndhlovu
Dabengwa's warning
ZAPU leader Dumiso Dabengwa has challenged opposition parties to block "the continued militarisation" of the ruling Zanu PF party.The liberation war veteran warned that a Zanu PF victory in th...Published: 07 Jul 2018 at 09:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Unpacking the avarice behind the 23 Presidential candidates for July 30
Busha Joseph Makamba (FreeZim Congress)The little known Busha in the political circles of Zimbabwe's hot political environment successfully launched his...Published: 21 Jun 2018 at 05:55hrs | 15 | by Knowledge Hakata
Chamisa-led MDC Alliance fissures could bolster Zanu PF victory
REPORTS of fissures in the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance are regrettable given that for many years, opposition parties in the country have been known to shoot themselves in the foot - and at very cr...Published: 19 Jun 2018 at 07:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC rigging claims calculated and misplaced
Ever since the MDC-T came to the political scene it has consistently raised unsubstantiated claims of alleged electoral rigging and insisted that all electoral results were rigged. During Morg...Published: 08 Jun 2018 at 15:22hrs | | by Charity Maodza
Panic grips MDC Alliance as elections draw closer
With the do-or-die elections now on the horizon, the MDC-Alliance is apparently showing signs of panic. Reality has crossed their mind that the match ahead is a delayed one with a scoreboard that is n...Published: 04 Jun 2018 at 14:12hrs | | by Tafara Shumba
Plot to impeach Mnangagwa exposed
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, who is Zanu PF presidential candidate, yesterday claimed he had unearthed a plot by disgruntled party parliamentary candidates to impeach him soon after winning the gener...Published: 31 May 2018 at 07:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa bid to anoint successor backfires
Demonstrations, petitions and threats of 'bhora musango' have engulfed Chirumanzu - Zivagwe Constituency after First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa allegedly imposed a candidate who came fourth in the just-e...Published: 28 May 2018 at 08:57hrs | 1 | by Staff rpeorter
NPF in paralysis, fails to hold elective convention
The National Patriotic Front fronted by Ambrose Mutinhiri is facing a stillbirth as it has failed to hold its elective convention as originally planned due to explosive in-fighting over control of the...Published: 18 May 2018 at 11:53hrs | | by Bevan Musoko
'Mnangagwa is playing CHESS to Chamisa's DAFT,' says Gara - ED has his Achilles' heel too
"Rine manyanga hariputirwi!" (No matter how well one tries to hide the truth, it will always come out!) so goes the Shona adage. Ever since the last November coup President Mnangagwa has tried so hard...Published: 30 Mar 2018 at 07:50hrs | 2 | by Wilbert Mukori
That was no Zimbabwe Spring
Hundreds of thousands of Zimbabweans have taken to the streets in recent days in protest marches calling for Robert Mugabe to resign and then again to celebrate when the dictator was finally gone. Ten...Published: 25 Nov 2017 at 17:06hrs | | by Tapson Muchena
Gutu, Zanu PF is NOT 'subsisting on voter apathy,' but is thriving on MDC incompetence
A politician's work is never done! In the case of Zimbabwe's politicians, on both sides of the political divide, they never do anything the people ask or expected them to do because they are always wo...Published: 17 Oct 2017 at 05:31hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
When your confidence is low, you fight to lose - ZLHR wants us to fight lost elections
The opposition and those determined to contest regardless they will win the elections against whatever Zanu PF throws at them. They will accept that Zanu PF has been rigging elections and some even ac...Published: 15 Oct 2017 at 20:33hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
We keep contesting flawed elections because we believe ourselves wiser than King Solomon
The opposition and those determined to contest regardless they will win the elections against whatever Zanu PF throws at them. They will accept that Zanu PF has been rigging elections and some even ac...Published: 12 Oct 2017 at 06:42hrs | 2 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zanu-PF needs key changes in order to campaign effectively
CDE Mugabe has confounded his critics and increased ZANU's lion's share of the vote in the General Election in 2018. It is not a secret that MUGABE still commands great support both in the country and...Published: 01 Oct 2017 at 23:03hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Self-proclaimed (Goliath) Mugabe plot to kill (David) Mnangagwa flops, Fraud probe now preferred
Grace Mugabe and G40 strategy to eliminate, decapitate, debilitate and eradicate Emmerson Mnangagwa from any slightness chance of him succeeding the geriatric incumbent President Robert Mugabe was pla...Published: 30 Sep 2017 at 05:57hrs | 3 | by Themba Mthethwa
Nyikayaramba commands chiefs to vote for Mugabe
ZIMBABWE National Army (ZNA) Major-General Douglas Nyikayaramba last week ordered traditional leaders to play a leading role in ensuring that President Robert Mugabe wins next year's presidential elec...Published: 12 Sep 2017 at 08:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa plots GNU,' reports Reuter - learnt 1st lesson but clearly not 2nd lesson
"AS the solution to Zimbabwe's crisis remains elusive details have emerged on how Vice President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, colleagues and other political players have been preparing for a post-Muga...Published: 07 Sep 2017 at 07:41hrs | 2 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zanu PF bribe war veterans with 150% pension rise to $500 pm - must bribe SADC, next
"In its bid to win back insurgent liberation war veterans, President Robert Mugabe's ruling ZANU PF is pushing government to increase allowances paid to the veterans from the current $200 per month to...Published: 21 Aug 2017 at 05:59hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
Can blame 'proliferation of parties' for Zanu PF victory - it is hara-kiri contesting in the first place
Without even one democratic reform in place there is nothing to stop Zanu PF rigging next year's elections. The party will rig the vote just as readily as it rigged the July 2013 elections. "I...Published: 19 Aug 2017 at 17:54hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
We must demand change
It has been said that insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Zimbabweans cannot, must not, participate in another ZANU PF controlled election. That would...Published: 24 Jul 2017 at 00:09hrs | | by Tapson Muchena
Village heads ordered to make sure Zanu PF candidate wins in by-election
Heal Zimbabwe Trust has claimed that the ruling Zanu PF leader in Chiwundura Ward 11 and 12 called a meeting with the village heads whom he ordered to make sure that the ruling party candidate Brown w...Published: 21 Jul 2017 at 07:50hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Mugabe victory in 2018, another 5 years of pain on top of 38 years
MDC-T deputy secretary general Tapiwa Mashakada has said people of Zimbabwe must realise that the victory of Zanu PF in 2018 election will mean yet another five years of agony and pain on top of the 3...Published: 20 Jun 2017 at 10:26hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Nkosana Moyo 'seriously considering contesting 2018' - no reforms, then no common sense
I have listened with interest to the Zimeye LIVE panel discussion "Dr Nkosana Moyo seriously considering entering 2018 Presidential race". The reader should make the effort to listen to the video beca...Published: 15 Apr 2017 at 13:04hrs | 1 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Another 'Mujuru Bhora Musango will defeat Zanu PF' - lost her balls in Bikita West
The elephant in Zimbabwe's political room is Zanu PF's now limitless power to rig elections. When a number of Zimbabwe's opposition parties came together to form NERA, they promised to pressure the Za...Published: 30 Mar 2017 at 17:50hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
United, the People can reform Zanu-PF out of power
The People's Democratic Party urges the nation to continue on a unity path in the fight for electoral reforms, the power of unity was visible at the NERA demonstration yesterday.ZANU-PF have i...Published: 23 Mar 2017 at 11:53hrs | | by Settlement Chikwinya
The case for boycotting 2018 elections until reforms is even more compelling than 2013
The first and by far the most important reality in Zimbabwe today is that the country is in a real economic mess; unemployment has soared to 95%, millions now live in abject poverty - they type that k...Published: 22 Mar 2017 at 10:54hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
'Zanu PF will rule forever!' boast Mnangagwa blind to the 'Dead End Ahead!' warning signs
There those, like MDC leaders, who have failed to understand that power means everything to Mugabe and his Zanu PF ruling elite. This nation has paid dearly for their folly. As we now know, Mu...Published: 24 Feb 2017 at 19:05hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
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