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'I'm Christian, we're all fallen people' said Coltart - feeble excuse for 20 years of betrayal, Judas repented
"The one central tenet of the Christian faith is that we are all fallen people," said David Coltart, MDC treasurer general."We have our weaknesses, but it also helped me understand some of my ...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 15:53hrs | 1276 | by Nomusa Garikai
Zanu-PF turning country into a graveyard
ZIMBABWE hit the headlines this week as the world pondered in stunned silence how a government big on rhetoric and dismal on delivery has spectacularly squandered the goodwill of the international com...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 11:54hrs | 535 | by Brezh Malaba
Mnangagwa must be taken to ICC, says Sikhala
THE opposition MDC has pleaded with the international community to haul President Emmerson Mnangagwa to the International Criminal Court and charge him for committing human rights abuses.Party...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 07:58hrs | 3197 | by Staff reporter
MDC fights for Chief Ndiweni's release
THE Nelson Chamisa-led opposition MDC has vowed to fight for the release of outspoken Ntabazinduna traditional leader, Chief Nhlanhlayemangwe Ndiweni who was last week sentenced to 18 months in jail f...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 07:46hrs | 2149 | by Staff reporter
'Park rigged elections and focus on new GNU' - no, Zanu-PF must step down and rigged elections is the gist
"I think both leaders have to park that issue (whether last year's elections were free, fair and credible and therefore Mnangagwa and his Zanu-PF party are legitimate). In other words, Emmerson Mnanga...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 22:49hrs | 2783 | by Wilbert Mukori
Chamisa says despot Mugabe is better than Mnangagwa
Police on Friday assaulted and rounded up over 90 MDC supporters who had gathered in Harare for a peaceful march against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government.This followed a prohibition o...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 13:09hrs | 2520 | by Staff reporter
'Heavy is the head that wears the crown' said W Ncube - meant 'Empty is MDC head aspiring to wear the crown!'
"MDC Vice President Professor Welshman says the recent developments in the country have made him understand the being a leader of the opposition MDC is like a heavy crown," reported Bulawayo 24....Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 18:00hrs | 2243 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Whose rights are infringed upon by peaceful protest?
It is interesting listening to official mouthpieces or reading from the State-controlled press. But there is always a better or subtle way of spinning.According to the official line, peddled b...Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 08:32hrs | 602 | by Editorial - Newsday
Join demos, 'cowards sin by silence' - village idiots sin by ignorance, they know not destination
Man is a creature of reason, our superior brain should be our greatest strength but, like everything else, in the wrong hands a blessing is a curse. "In 1918, Eller Wheeler Wilcox the gre...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 20:49hrs | 483 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Join demos, 'cowards sin by silence' - village idiots sin by ignorance, they know not destination
Man is a creature of reason, our superior brain should be our greatest strength but, like everything else, in the wrong hands a blessing is a curse. "In 1918, Eller Wheeler Wilcox the gre...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 15:50hrs | 828 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Chamisa so obsessed with power
As Tsvangirai lay dying in a posh hospital in South Africa on a fully government funded health trip, against all African ways Nelson Chamisa was in the arms of the soon to be widow scheming on ways of...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 07:19hrs | 3080 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
We have more heroes in 40 years than UK in 400 years - but not one stopped Zim going to the dogs, why
"President Emmerson Mnangagwa is the biggest thief," said Thomas Mapfumo in a facebook video circulating in the social media.Thomas Mapfumo, is a very talented Zimbabwean musician who has cons...Published: 13 Aug 2019 at 20:38hrs | 1887 | by Wilbert Mukori
MDC demo preparations at an advanced stage
Preparations for the much awaited People's Free Zimbabwe Peaceful March remain on course and are now at an advanced stage.The people's Free Zimbabwe peaceful march will be held on Friday 16 Au...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 17:13hrs | 1191 | by Daniel Molokele
As long as culture of selling fellow blacks for piece of calico cloth remains, so will our troubles
As a people black Africans are dogged by self-hate. By God, we hate ourselves with a consuming passion! During the slave trade, one of the dark periods in black Africa, it was not the whi...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 16:22hrs | 359 | by Nomusa Garikai
Mnangagwa's SONA was empty promises and murderous defence of status quo – antithesis of what nation dying for
"Mnangagwa ndiChomugore!" (Mnangagwa is Chomugore!) was my instinctive response to President Mnangagwa's State Of Nation Address (SONA) yesterday.Chomugore was a mean old man who would ask you...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 16:21hrs | 1492 | by Wilbert Mukori
Lupane East By-election: A deceptive delineation of the narrow, gorged and mountainous pathway to democracy in Zimbabwe
The recently held parliamentary and council by-elections in Lupane East, Ward 23 Nkayi South and Ward 22 Bubi constituencies respectively, on the 3rd of August 2019, and many others before, are a dece...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 10:19hrs | 283 | by Nhlanhla Moses
'Zanu PF is denying us the right to demos' - true, but thick jail wall is not why we are stuck
Zimbabwe is in this economic and political mess for one over-riding reason – ignorance. What makes ignorance such a difficult, a near impossible, failing to cure is that the ignorant are rarely awar...Published: 08 Aug 2019 at 22:11hrs | 1901 | by Nomusa Garikai
New Zanu-PF/ MDC GNU is 'ordained by God' - brainwashing Magaba theology at its worst
"I know some of you have been saying 'why are you praying'. There is no dialogue between man and man which is not ordained by God. Now that we have dialogued with God, we have to dialogue man and man;...Published: 08 Aug 2019 at 15:19hrs | 1305 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
16 August demos echoes 2017 coup marches, Mnangagwa abused us then and now Chamisa's turn
"Now that we have dialogued with our God, we have to dialogue between man and man. To be able to do that, we have to take some very practical steps going forward and those decisive steps are going to ...Published: 07 Aug 2019 at 08:08hrs | 1975 | by Nomusa Garikai
'Did God instruct MDC to take power by force?' - God is NOT in this, 'be as shrewd as snakes' He warned
"One thing for certain, which the opposition should know, is that there is not going to be any transfer of power outside the elections. Their decision to participate in the elections that brought Mnan...Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 17:39hrs | 2352 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Mnangagwa's moves are intelligent, complicated and effective' - what a laugh, name one, just one, such move
"Highly placed sources from Harare have indicated that President Emmerson Mnangagwa is vetting MDC MPs who are under consideration to form a quasi-government of national unity,"...Published: 05 Aug 2019 at 20:59hrs | 4197 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'US sanctions on 1st August commander undermine our sovereignty' - nonsense, vote rigging did that
When President Mnangagwa ordered the soldiers to shoot to kill protesters on the 1 st August 2018; this was a deliberate and calculated measure to send a clear message to all Zimbabweans that the Zanu...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 16:47hrs | 1345 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Mnangagwa is committed to implementing reforms' - so rigged 2018 so he can stop himself rigging 2023 elections, what a genius!
"Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has insisted that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration is committed to implementing electoral reforms recommended by electoral observers ahead of the 2023 ge...Published: 02 Aug 2019 at 09:19hrs | 1568 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
We, Zimbabweans, are our own worst enemy and made country hell-on-earth to live in
"Come on Wilbert, I thought you are smart enough to have figured it all out for yourself by now," Brian said, provokingly."What, may I ask, is it I should have figured out for myself by now!" ...Published: 30 Jul 2019 at 21:23hrs | 2765 | by Wilbert Mukori
'We must do something to end our suffering' - Zanu-PF GNU is not only wrong thing, it's insane
The economic situation in Zimbabwe is one in which doing nothing is no longer an option. As a citizen of a country one has a right to play a meaningful role in the governance of the country and when t...Published: 30 Jul 2019 at 16:53hrs | 1892 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
It's the political system and the regime we need to remove not Mnangagwa…
Former President Robert Mugabe was removed in a soft coup but the system remained in power, it is not ED that we need to kick out but the whole system, Zimbabwe's politics needs a new breath of life o...Published: 29 Jul 2019 at 08:19hrs | 1764 | by Knowledge Hakata
Mnangagwa to be impeached
THE opposition MDC says it is working with some of the ruling Zanu-PF party legislators to impeach President Emmerson Mnangagwa, a legislator has revealed.Addressing a rally in his constituenc...Published: 29 Jul 2019 at 07:43hrs | 2880 | by Staff reporter
'If ED resigns I give him a farm, whisky and women!' - has all that plus absolute power, for Pete's sake
"At the (Lupane East by-election) rally, Mr Chamisa left his supporters holding their mouths in disbelief when he said he had already hatched a retirement plan for President Mnangagwa, with women and ...Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 19:30hrs | 5501 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Speed up implementing reforms' argue Americans - undermining drive MDC, for 30 pieces of silver
Some people welcomed the 15 November 2017 military coup that saw the removal of Robert Mugabe from office by most of his own Join Operation Command (JOC) junta that had rigged elections and kept him i...Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 09:34hrs | 520 | by Nomusa Garikai
'Speed up implementing reforms' argue Americans - undermining drive MDC, for 30 pieces of silver
Some people welcomed the 15 November 2017 military coup that saw the removal of Robert Mugabe from office by most of his own Join Operation Command (JOC) junta that had rigged elections and kept him i...Published: 28 Jul 2019 at 08:48hrs | 379 | by Nomusa Garikai
'Gloomsters betting on UK democracy failing will lose their shirts' - indeed, nak*d already
"I pay tribute to the fortitude and patience of my predecessor and her deep sense of public service, but in spite of all her efforts, it has become clear that there are pessimists at home and abroad w...Published: 26 Jul 2019 at 08:12hrs | 215 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Intellectually bankrupt' view Gukurahundi as tribal as did Mugabe for same selfish reasons too
"The Great African Afro-Centric philosopher Mwalimu Julius Nyerere said that those that are politically and intellectually bankrupt turn to ethnicity and religion as their major tool for mobilisation....Published: 25 Jul 2019 at 19:21hrs | 451 | by Nomusa Garikai
'MDC does not discuss strategies on twitter' - never had any, dare you to name just one
Opposition MDC President Nelson Chamisa has refused to divulge his party's strategy and plans on social media.Chamisa was responding to a Twitter user who asked for a way forward in relation t...Published: 25 Jul 2019 at 09:05hrs | 1035 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mathebeleland - The Ndexit Era
The truth remains the truth no matter what your wishes may be. Amandebele people cannot live together with Shonas even if Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo would have wanted it that way, it is just water and oil, ...Published: 20 Jul 2019 at 19:25hrs | 3385 | by Clemen Moyo
WATCH: Tendai Biti says Mugabe was better than Mnangagwa
MDC Deputy President Tendai Biti says former President Robert Mugabe was better than the current Present Emmerson Mnangagwa. In a video that has gone viral on social media, Biti is heard sayin...Published: 18 Jul 2019 at 18:54hrs | 7210 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Sikhala case exposes MDC confusion' - Zanu-PF is no better; must clear deck for clean start
Dear Noble RunyangaRef: your Bulawayo 24 article "Sikhala case exposes MDC confusion, dilemma" Y...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 21:06hrs | 3752 | by Nomusa Garikai
'ZACC will leave no stone unturned to rid of corruption' - sit and eat and spare us the insults and chutzpah
In Zimbabwe, corruption is deep; it is a key pillar of the Zanu-PF dictatorship's patronage system. It is fair to say that to uproot corruption one must first dismantle and uproot the Zanu-PF dictator...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 08:28hrs | 886 | by Nomusa Garikai
Chamisa blocked from visiting Sikhala
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday said he was barred from seeing incarcerated party deputy national chairperson, Job Sikhala, charging that the situation in the country will now drive people into ta...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 08:21hrs | 3417 | by Staff reporter
'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 | 2590 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Having Zanu-PF and MDC for leaders is like having parents who are not a full shilling - life is hell-on-earth
In the rural village where I grew up lived an odd couple, both the husband and wife were "not a full shilling", people said. As luck would have it, the two were blessed with a child. The two would not...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 19:57hrs | 855 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
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 | 681 | by Wilbert Mukori
Civil servants get 40% pay rise (30% cut given 100% inflation), thin end of very thick hyperinflation wedge
"CIVIL servants yesterday started receiving a cushioning allowance while the National Joint Negotiating Council (NJNC) convened a meeting to discuss an increment and other conditions of service for Go...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 06:39hrs | 5357 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
The limits of mass protest in a dictatorship
HONG KONG is not Beijing. And July 1, 2019, is not June 4, 1989. First of all, in 1989, the violence in China came almost entirely from the side of the government; the weeks of demonstrations in Beiji...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 08:04hrs | 368 | by Ian Buruma
Sikhala's foot in mouth: Storm in a tea cup
THOSE who have been following Zimbabwean politics since the country's independence in 1980 are most likely wondering what all the hullaballoo is about over the statements made by ultra-controversial o...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 07:57hrs | 1160 | by Editorial - Newsday
In Zimbabwe 'war to overthrow is constitutional' just as 'coup is legal' - no wonder we are in a mess
Zimbabwe is in this political and economic mess because our political leaders have no respect for the constitution, the rule of law, the truth, the freedoms and rights of others and not even the sanc...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 06:21hrs | 1497 | by Nomusa Garikai
How to remove ZANU-PF: Overthrowing or Fair Elections?
This piece seeks to demonstrate that ZANU-PF has been provoking citizens to revolt since 1980s. President ED Mnangagwa should change his party's dictatorship system of governance and electoral fraud. ...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 19:43hrs | 2861 | by Don Chigumba
To compare 1950 USA 'opulence amidst public squalor' to same in Zimbabwe is compare mouldy strawberries to yew berries
"The late JK Galbraith, an influential economist in the US public sphere more than 60 years ago, described Americans' conspicuous consumption in his book The Affluent Society as "private opulence amid...Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 08:32hrs | 806 | by Wilbert Mukori
Chamisa barred from Chikurubi Maximum Prison
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa Friday brought panic among Chikurubi Maximum Prison officers who first blocked him before seeking permission to allow him into the high security compound.The oppositi...Published: 06 Jul 2019 at 10:30hrs | 3875 | by newzimbabwe
Chamisa says Zimbabwe prisons in sorry state
MDC activists jailed for the murder of police inspector Petros Mutedza in Glen View in 2011, together with other inmates, are living in squalid and overcrowded conditions at the Chikurubi Maximum Secu...Published: 06 Jul 2019 at 10:06hrs | 249 | by Staff reporter
Dictatorship clearly anachronistic
The propensity by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to dictatorial tendencies is probably the biggest drawback to his well-intentioned efforts to reform the country's economy, which has been in a tailspin ...Published: 04 Jul 2019 at 08:57hrs | 532 | by Staff reporter
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