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'Zanu-PF, ANC Siamese twins whose end is nigh,' says EFF
SOUTH African opposition, Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), has described Zimbabwe's ruling party Zanu-PF and ANC as two peas in a pod whose involvement in corruption is a signal of their political dem...Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 06:53hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Incompetent Western puppet faking political bravery
There is a sequence that can be employed to identify CCC leader Nelson Chamisa as a snollygoster!A snollygoster is a political candidate, usually willing to be an instrument of another country...Published: 14 Jul 2023 at 07:41hrs | 12 | by Gibson Nyikadzino
Game over for Temba Mliswa the chameleon?
Temba Mliswa's greatest achievement has been to be all things to all people. However, his latest outbursts about internal processes in ZANU PF, a party that he is not a member of, suggest that his day...Published: 31 Mar 2023 at 11:33hrs | 4 | by Nicholas Ncube
Of Joshua Nkomo and the raging fires of Matabeleland independence
"The fly that does not heed advice follows the corpse to the grave", goes the Igbo proverb. MLO is happy that Matabeles refused to follow the Joshua Nkomo political corpse to the grave.It must...Published: 16 Jul 2022 at 20:15hrs | 13 | by Israel Dube
Mnangagwa has to make bold currency decision or face political demise
The president has to make hard currency decision sooner than later as doing that in 2023 will cause so much economic pain that may cause a huge protest vote which may send him home.The country...Published: 06 Jun 2022 at 12:45hrs | 13 | by Dr Brian Sedze
Mnangagwa fails to decimate opposition
THE Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) was the biggest winner in last weekend's by-elections, with Zanu PF coming a humble second while the MDC-T performed dismally despite the state pouring money i...Published: 02 Apr 2022 at 07:28hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Rivals plot to feast on Chamisa's extra-marital escapades …as the scheme to unseat him thickens
As factional battles in the MDC Alliance continue unabated, there is a plot by Nelson Chamisa's rivals to expose his string of alleged dirty secrets to the public in a bid to embarrass him and force h...Published: 24 Oct 2021 at 12:58hrs | | by Thokozani Zhou
If Mbuya Nehanda is a Heroine, why is Comrade Thenjwe Lesabe not one?
Some corrections at national level must be done because what is happening in Zimbabwe does not add up to full total. There are discrepancies openly done to provoke tribalism. Who does Nehanda represen...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 21:48hrs | 7 | by Nomazulu Thata
Where is Comrade Albert Matapo?
We always realize extremely late that we the general populace is taken for a ride by people without any conscience, unscrupulous chancers in politics who masquerade as genuine revolutionaries and yet ...Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 08:20hrs | 2 | by Nomazulu Thata
Opinion: Perspective . . .
SEEING things in perspective has never been more important in Zimbabwe. If we fail to do so, our view of the current problems we are encountering will be distorted and we may all make decisions we lat...Published: 17 Nov 2018 at 06:49hrs | | by Eddie Cross
We prayed and fasted for three days and three nights: The Lord God spoke!
We faithfully prayed and fasted for those specified days our Fuehrer Comrade Nelson Chamisa demanded us to do. We prayed for the right leader at the right time and space to lead the way to Canaan for ...Published: 25 Aug 2018 at 18:41hrs | 15 | by Nomazulu Thata
Chamisa's political demise: the best thing to happen to us women!
Chamisa was big-headed: he knew it all, apparently never listened to advice because he thought whatever advice came from himself. He lacked foresight, he lacked leadership qualities, his words were un...Published: 03 Aug 2018 at 21:37hrs | 5 | by Nomazulu Thata
Mugabe's bitterness the X-factor
FORMER president Robert Mugabe (pictured) has accused several of his former Zanu-PF lieutenants of betraying him in his hour of need and launched a fresh attack on President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 11:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Khupe looks beyond the Horizon
AS the mainstream MDC T parties ways with Dr Thokozani Khupe, many, including the party's friends and foes, have wondered why she has chosen this path. In Zimbabwe political circles, pund...Published: 31 Mar 2018 at 20:46hrs | | by Darlington Nyambiya
Lifting of Zimbabwe sanctions suspended - Trump government
The United States recently pronounced that the sanctions against targeted Zimbabwe government Ministers will not be lifted anytime soon, not before the looming general elections and the apology from...Published: 30 Mar 2018 at 22:24hrs | 3 | by Antiletha Tshabangu, Political activist
Chamisa in panic mode
Panic has gripped opposition political parties ahead of this year's harmonised elections, with officials worried about President Mnangagwa and Zanu-PF's resolve not to focus on electioneering on the e...Published: 24 Mar 2018 at 10:01hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'This is clearly a coup'
For the last eighteen months I have been warning of a gathering perfect storm in Zimbabwe - the unique convergence of several factors including Robert Mugabe's frailty, his inability to hold his own p...Published: 17 Nov 2017 at 12:12hrs | | by Mike Mswere
Zanu-PF's greatest opposition is not Tsvangirai's Alliance
AS THE Zanu-PF wars continue to grip the State, amid serious economic meltdown and a disjointed opposition, our reporter Tendai Kamhungira took time to speak to respected political analyst and civil s...Published: 10 Nov 2017 at 13:28hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere proposes special congress
ZANU-PF national political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere, believed to be a G40 kingpin, proposed this week at the party's politburo meeting that an extraordinary congress be held in December, two years...Published: 13 Oct 2017 at 18:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Politburo erupts as titans clash
SPARKS flew in an explosive Zanu-PF politburo meeting where Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa responded to allegations raised by Higher and Tertiary Education minister Jonathan Moyo who accused him of...Published: 13 Oct 2017 at 18:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Misihairabwi-Mushonga a championing Matabeleland concerns
OPPOSITION parties and civil society groups in Matabeleland have saluted Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga, MDC's proportional representation legislator for Matabeleland South, for single-handedly champ...Published: 11 Oct 2017 at 17:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
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
Tsvangirai might meet his political demise
The inimitable Nathaniel Manheru opined last week in his Saturday column that Zimbabwe faced a real prospect of a national by-election next year. That's instead of a so-called eagerly-anticipated harm...Published: 09 Jun 2017 at 08:28hrs | | by Joram Nyathi
Afrobarometer survey causes confusion in Zimbabwe
People have what some would call a strange approach to statistics.Where they do not like the figures, they discard the science — regardless of how unscientific the disputation itself is. But...Published: 14 May 2017 at 15:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Anti-Kasukuwere plotters in dilemma
Zanu-PF and State House officials who were allegedly at the centre of a plot to oust party political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere, have reportedly begun counting their losses after it emerged that Pre...Published: 30 Apr 2017 at 14:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe fails to address Zimbabwe's cash shortages
President Robert Mugabe yesterday skirted addressing the shortages of cash and policy inconsistencies within his government when he delivered a dour independence speech to spark fierce criticism from ...Published: 19 Apr 2017 at 12:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai is 'failing to inspire' says Zindoga - waking up to the reality too little too late
Democracy works best when the ruled take their duty of understanding the big issues of the day and holding the rulers to account very seriously. As a nation, we have been found wanting in this on both...Published: 29 Mar 2017 at 07:02hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
Tsvangirai's 'diplomatic offensive' futile
YESTERDAY readers woke up to a screaming headline extolling MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai's so- called diplomatic offensive during which he called on foreign nations to intervene in Zimbabwe's sup...Published: 10 Jan 2017 at 05:58hrs | | by Nduduzo Tshuma
We need NTA to guarantee free elections - forerunner of economic recovery
In his article "Biti's NTA a pointless idea for a fruitless exercise" Whitlaw Mugwiji (Nehanda Radio) has made an attempt to convince the readers on why he thinks the NTA is a "fruitless exercise" as ...Published: 15 Nov 2016 at 07:01hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
Khupe rise up, be counted
I see now why Sekesai Holland left the MDC-T, it failed to live up to its billing of being a democratic party. It let her down as a loyal member and as a woman, until frustration galvanised her to lea...Published: 19 Jul 2016 at 15:03hrs | 1 | by Prosperity Mzila
The rise and fall of Thokozani Khupe
ONE of MDC-T's three vice presidents, Ms Thokozani Khupe, at the weekend led a handful of women on the streets of Bulawayo beating pots in a self-serving campaign that served nothing but to mark her p...Published: 19 Jul 2016 at 06:26hrs | | by Nduduzo Tshuma
ZimPF's Jealousy Mawarire should respect Jim Kunaka's choice
Reading closely Jealousy Mawarire, the Zimbabwe People First (ZimPF) 's Harare spokesperson's comments over Jim Kunaka's defection from ZimPF and re-joining the revolutionary party Zanu-PF, leaves a l...Published: 15 Jun 2016 at 15:44hrs | | by Kazamula Matilaya
Zimbabweans 'insane' to bank on corrupt Mujuru to implement democratic reforms
"Insanity," the great Scientist Albert Einstein, "is doing the same thing over and over, and expect-ing a different result." For the last 36 years Zimbabweans have elected leaders who are inco...Published: 22 Mar 2016 at 07:46hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Zanu-PF should guard against the emergency of ZP-FP
Recent reports by both the private and public media indicating that the People First project led by the former Vice President Dr Joyce Mujuru has registered with the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC...Published: 17 Feb 2016 at 13:08hrs | | by John Mukumbo
'To put the world to order, put nation . . . self to order first,' advised Confucius Mugabe better listen and learn
"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall," said Confucius, the Chinese sage who died in 479 BC. Many would argue that it was his teaching and many others like who...Published: 06 Feb 2016 at 10:00hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Tsvangirai's political obituary under construction
Political analyst and media scholar Pedzisai Ruhanya has said while other people have already written MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai's political obituary, in his view the former labour activist's ...Published: 03 Aug 2015 at 12:27hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Zanu - People First a non-event project
It is surprising that some delusional people like Didymus Mutasa and his beleaguered nephew Temba Mliswa with Rugare Gumbo, former spokesperson of Zanu-PF and their perceived leader former VP Joyce Mu...Published: 08 Apr 2015 at 14:49hrs | 1 | by John Mukumbo
Dethroned Mujuru is to blame for her political downfall
Reading articles from various media houses citing former Vice President, Dr Joyce Mujuru as claiming that she was used and dumped by President Robert Mugabe when she was the first to go to the arm...Published: 31 Mar 2015 at 14:45hrs | 1 | by John Mukumbo
One on one with Professor Welshman Ncube
THE Chronicle's Political Editor Nduduzo Tshuma on Thursday sat down with MDC leader Professor Welshman Ncube in the wake of a spate of resignations of senior party officials, including secretary gen...Published: 28 Mar 2015 at 10:51hrs | | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Zanu PF will rule forever because of MDC's 'detrimental decision' - reverse psychology to save Zanu PF demise!
"The Herald Editor Caesar Zvayi has assured Zanu PF that it will govern until donkeys grow horns as the only opposition political party that claim to have massive support, the MDC-T take detrimental ...Published: 26 Mar 2015 at 12:51hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa side-lines Jonathan Moyo, Kasukuwere
The four senior Zanu-PF strategists largely responsible for the political demise of former Vice President Joice Mujuru and her supporters have been side-lined by the new Vice President. The so-called ...Published: 11 Feb 2015 at 22:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mujuru now a political pariah
Zimbabwe's vice president was a rebel commander during the war against white rulers and, at the age of 25, became the youngest Cabinet minister after independence. Now she is a political pariah, a...Published: 05 Dec 2014 at 17:54hrs | | by AP
Electoral vote-buying in MDC-T caused Chamisa's demise
The formation of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) in 1999 was seen as a milestone in the political system as people thought that this political party has brought democracy which they thoug...Published: 03 Dec 2014 at 09:30hrs | 1 | by Hanyani Matitemba
Sympathy for Mujuru is but Zim syndrome of victim of a tyranny pining for the tyrant
The out pouring of sympathy by ordinary Zimbabweans for what Mugabe and Mnangagwa are doing to VP Mujuru, Rugare Gumbo and many others in her faction is totally misplaced in that it fails see her and ...Published: 15 Nov 2014 at 17:00hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Joice Mujuru still in the presidential race'
FIRST Lady Grace Mugabe’s public attack on Vice-President Joice Mujuru is likely to help her remain Zanu-PF’s second in command on popularity ratings with the grassroots, analysts and loyalists ha...Published: 19 Oct 2014 at 14:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mujuru stronger after Grace Mugabe's attacks: Analysts say
VICE-PRESIDENT Joice Mujuru is likely stronger in popularity ratings with the grassroots, analysts and loyalists have said after alleged attacks from the First Lady Grace Mugabe.Mujuru and Zan...Published: 19 Oct 2014 at 10:22hrs | | by Staff Reporter
MDC-T Leadership: Mudzuri better than Tsvangirai
The misunderstandings and violence currently taking place within the MDC-T party because of the debate over issues to do with leadership renewal, resulting in the emergence of two opposing teams g...Published: 27 Jun 2014 at 09:36hrs | 1 | by John Mukumbo
'MDC-T's call for national dialogue is an 'opt-in' strategy for political relevance'
MDC-T'S call in February for national dialogue is an 'opt-in' strategy for political relevance, British think tank, Chatham House has said.In its report titled Zimbabwe International Re-e...Published: 25 Apr 2014 at 18:28hrs | | by Nicole Hondo
Mangoma good enough to replace Tsvangirai as MDC-T President
A close analysis of what is happening in the MDC-T shows a party sinking into a political dustbin as Morgan Tsvangirai, its current leader, clings onto power.Tsvangirai, who has perfecte...Published: 07 Apr 2014 at 15:38hrs | | by Mukachana Hanyani
Where is Mutambara?
FORMER deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara has made an unceremonious exit from the grand political stage, quietly slipping into the shadows.Ever since the expiry of the unity government las...Published: 23 Jan 2014 at 07:13hrs | | by Ray Ndlovu
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