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Why is Africa always desperate for a master to serve?
Will Africa ever stand on her own two feet, or she is determined to forever be under the control of one global power or the other? In the recent history of our continent, it would appear we ar...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 22:15hrs | 9 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa crafts crude strategy to stay in power
IN December 2014, the late Zanu-PF Women's League national secretary Shuvai Mahofa collapsed after spending two hours singing and dancing in support of the then First Lady Grace Mugabe. Mahofa...Published: 20 Nov 2022 at 15:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's 5-year tenure divides public opinion
THE history of Zimbabwe is etched on the fateful events of November 14 and 21, 2017 an eventful week that saw soldiers roll their tanks onto the streets of Harare, culminating in the forced resignatio...Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa crafts crude strategy to stay in power, revels in adulation
IN December 2014, the late Zanu-PF Women's League national secretary Shuvai Mahofa collapsed after spending two hours singing and dancing in support of the then First Lady Grace Mugabe. Mahofa...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 09:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe will never prosper as long as we have turned our politics into cults and idolatry!
A few days ago, as my wife and I were attending to some errands in the city centre, we visited a tailoring shop, whereby we were greeted by attire advertising the tailor's work. To say we were...Published: 11 Jul 2022 at 09:15hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Why is Zimbabwe's 'listening president' fearful of people's voices, but rather blames 'outsiders' for challenges?
Quite frankly, I have never understood the mentality behind hero-worshipping and praise-singing another human being, since, my parents taught me five valuable concepts of life and human relationships ...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 08:10hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chebundo roped into Mnangagwa campaign squad
BLESSING Chebundo became "marked for death" in Kwekwe, his house razed down and forced into hiding for days as Zanu-PF hounds bayed for his blood.His sin was daring to challenge Emmerson Mnang...Published: 19 Feb 2022 at 18:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
How has hero-worshipping and praise-singing ever helped anyone?
There is nothing more nauseating and repugnant than listening to a hero-worshipping and praise-singing sycophant.What is more irritating is that there is never a shortage of them - to be found...Published: 16 Jan 2022 at 10:30hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zanu-PF conference a Mnangagwa bootlicking contest
THE King is dead … long live the King.The scenes at the Zanu-PF annual conference in Bindura have played out many times before.A posse of party faithful pledges und...Published: 01 Nov 2021 at 07:30hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
No leader has enjoyed universal approval
DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Your Excellency, if ever there was a period in your life that you needed to exercise diligence and foresight, it is now. It is at this moment that you need to...Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:13hrs | 1 | by Cyprian M Ndawana
Nehanda must be brought back but what about gukurahundi victims, post-2000 election victims?
I don't cope and usually don't quote fellow bloggers but on this one, I will quote Nomazulu, who said "I used to think bootlicking,hero-worshipping was for the uneducated but even the highly educated ...Published: 04 Oct 2021 at 19:41hrs | 3 | by Phosiwe Ncube
Inkotha sihlangu, uMqeqenshi uMthuli Ncube uthi uMnangagwa yiNkosi yakhe!
I have always thought bootlicking is done by people with little or without education at all. To see a professor who has served in highest international institutions such as London School of Economic a...Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 20:04hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
The same Eddy Cross said, 'U Tsvangirai yi Nkosi yami' Bootlicked; MDC-T now jumps to bed with Zanu PF
Mnumzana Eddy Cross is disregarding atrocities of geocide that Zanu PF government perpetrated in the early hours of independence. Cross lives in Matabeleland: he is versed in Mnangagwa's mass murders ...Published: 07 Aug 2021 at 19:12hrs | 2 | by Nomazulu Thata
A 'perfect' leader, incapable of erring, is the worst leader!
Quite frankly, I have never understood the mentality behind hero-worshipping and praise-singing another human being, since, my parents taught me five valuable concepts of life and human relationships ...Published: 07 Aug 2021 at 09:35hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Why did Zimbabwe regime invest so much in our post-independence education, yet always insults our intelligence?
The Zimbabwe government has always prided itself in the phenomenal strides it made in the country's post-independence education, that witnessed the proliferation of schools to reach nearly all section...Published: 17 May 2021 at 10:25hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
There's nothing 'Excellent' about a president, the sooner Zimbabweans got rid of such hero-worshipping titles the better
If ever there was one thing that could be attributed to the demise of most countries - of course, most especially, our own Zimbabwe - I would confidently and unhesitatingly point to the scourge of her...Published: 20 Mar 2021 at 09:48hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zanu-PF should give in to talks with opposition
Recent calls for dialogue by the two MDC formations should be embraced by all those believing in a homegrown inclusive solution to our social, political and economic problems. An engagement pl...Published: 07 Feb 2021 at 08:01hrs | | by Kurauone Chihwayi
Bootlickers, praise-singers, and hero-worshippers greatest impediments to Zimbabwe's development
As someone who has always been involved in leadership, and leadership positions, from a very young age, one of the most influential persons in my life, once advised me: "a great leader surrounds him o...Published: 23 Dec 2020 at 13:23hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Mnangagwa our own Mbuya Nehanda,' says Chinamasa
ZANU-PF acting spokes-person Patrick China-masa yesterday took praise-singing to a new level, describing President Emmerson Mnangagwa as the country's own Mbuya Nehanda, an ancient ancestral spirit fr...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 07:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Africa'second revolution whose time has come: Breaking-away from oppressive partisan poverty politics
The high-sounding and inspirational liberation of the entire of Africa by political parties and liberation movements that lost its cause! The law-abiding citizens that have been reduced to the level o...Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 21:20hrs | 3 | by Reginald Thabani Gola
'Interface' with President Chamisa: Of the Holiday Inn 'ordeal and prospects'
As promised this is my brief instalment on my interface with the MDC President Nelson Chamisa and his team namely Professor Welshman Ncube, Hon Tendai Biti, Madam Hon Mai Kore, Organiser Hon Chibaya, ...Published: 30 Jul 2019 at 21:14hrs | 1 | by Sindiso Shepherd Mazibisa
'Hello Congress delegates! May I deeply kiss your conscience?'
Naturally, pangs of conscience should mercilessly prick and pound every normal MDC 5th Congress delegate who is likely to misguidedly cast any stray vote in shameless defiance of the party founding pr...Published: 24 May 2019 at 08:02hrs | | by Nhlanhla Moses
Reduced political power is a veiled attack on Mthwakazi
The reduction of political power through among other things, the unelected VP slots and the imposition of candidates from outside the region is a veiled attack on Mthwakazi and smacks of muzzled democ...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 07:56hrs | 1 | by Nhlanhla Moses
Nervous allies mobilising support for Mnangagwa
AMID worsening poverty, Zanu-PF will early next month splash millions on a solidarity rally for President Emmerson Mnangagwa, whose administration is accused of human rights abuses and failing to stab...Published: 01 Mar 2019 at 18:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's messy takeover and other 2018 highlights
AFTER nearly 40 years of former guerrilla leader Robert Mugabe's rule, 2018 opened with the successor he did not want, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, consolidating his rule and embarking on a global ch...Published: 31 Dec 2018 at 18:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa consolidates power
Zanu-PF's annual people's conference opened in Esigodini yesterday amid indications that the event would be used to cement President Emmerson Mnangagwa's grip on power and keep ambitious cadres at bay...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 07:44hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF indaba to crush Mnangagwa foes
Zanu-PF's annual people's conference opened in Esigodini yesterday amid indications that the event would be used to cement President Emmerson Mnangagwa's grip on power and keep ambitious cadres at bay...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 06:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Some Zimbabweans have poisoned themselves with spit
THE more one reads some reactions to the current upheavals in the economy, the more one sees that some people have poisoned themselves with spite.It's not only me who has observed that. Level-...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 07:17hrs | | by Conway Tutani
Mugabe bootlicking musicians hit hard times
The majority of musicians who had carved their careers through bootlicking former president Robert Mugabe and his Zanu PF regime are facing a bleak as their compositions are now considered "politicall...Published: 06 Mar 2018 at 09:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe is not for sale, Mr President
President Emmerson Mnangagwa was in Davos, Switzerland for the World Economic Forum (Wef) and the run up to his visit had been characterised by a significant amount of State-controlled media fanfare, ...Published: 31 Jan 2018 at 14:32hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Claims and counter claims to power in MDC-T
Morgan Tsvangirai remains the president of Zimbabwe’s Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T). I have checked and his current term ends in 2019.Some medical reports indicate he is not too wel...Published: 22 Jan 2018 at 06:51hrs | | by Dr Phillan Zamchiya
Mnangagwa is right to reject demi-god status
The move by President Emmerson Mnangagwa ordering his party comrades to stop idolising him through praise songs is a good decision which will save Zimbabwe from creating another demi-god.Mnang...Published: 17 Dec 2017 at 07:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
MPs get chance to bootlick Mnangagwa
LEGISLATORS with a penchant for praise-singing leaders now have a chance to pay tribute to President Emmerson Mnangagwa after Mutasa South MP Irene Zindi (Zanu PF) yesterday gave notice to move a moti...Published: 01 Dec 2017 at 13:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's 'new dispensation' has no room for bootlickers and sycophants
I could not help but be flabbergasted and disgusted by the manner in which some sections of our society, especially the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC), seem intent on continuing the 'legacy' ...Published: 01 Dec 2017 at 06:33hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Mnangagwa didn't want to share the spoils after Mujuru ouster
THE rift between Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the G40 faction coalesced around First Lady Grace Mugabe emerged days after he was appointed as President Robert Mugabe's deputy following the ou...Published: 15 Sep 2017 at 18:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF factions fight over Mahofa burial
HARARE - Succession battles in Zanu PF escalated yesterday as it emerged that the confusion surrounding the burial of the late senior party official Shuvai Mahofa is being caused by the party's warrin...Published: 20 Aug 2017 at 17:56hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mahofa's status divides Zanu-PF
Masvingo Provincial Affairs minister Shuvai Mahofa collapsed and died early yesterday morning, splitting opinion in the deeply-divided Zanu-PF party almost immediately after the provincial leadership ...Published: 16 Aug 2017 at 14:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chipanga: Bootlicking gone awry
The late Harare mayor Tony Gara who infamously once likened President Robert Mugabe to Jesus Christ, would have been proud of Zanu-PF youth leader Kudzanai Chipanga if he was still alive.Gara'...Published: 13 Aug 2017 at 12:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF on propaganda overdrive
For the past months Zanu-pf has been on the overdrive, upping the ante, roping in a motley of academics and political writers in a desperate bid to propagate the narrative that change in Zimbabwe will...Published: 03 Aug 2017 at 07:27hrs | | by Wilton Nyasha Machimbira
I did not invite myself to the Oceans summit, Cdes
Dear Cabinet and Politburo membersCOMRADES, I am so disappointed by the ignorance displayed by our opposition. Their ignorance of global issues is inexcusable for people who harbour dreams of ...Published: 08 Jun 2017 at 13:53hrs | | by CZ
Mugabe is not angel Gabriel Cde Chipanga
The tomfoolery that was displayed by Zanu-PF youth secretary Kudzanai Chipanga at Marondera on Friday is sickening.It is well within the excitable Zanu-PF youth leader to grovel and lick boot ...Published: 04 Jun 2017 at 20:33hrs | | by The Standard Editor
April 18th is coming: Wish Wilfred Mhanda: Dzino had lived to see these developments unfolding!
For those of us who have lived in Germany we know how the German system itself loathes the loyalty to one individual: individual loyalty should go to the nation, its constitution and its flag. The "De...Published: 17 Apr 2017 at 08:14hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
Madhuku a victim of Stockholme Syndrome
Professor Lovemore Madhuku made a stunning volte face with regards to the way elections are conducted in the Republic of Zimbabwe. "Elections in the country have never been rigged and are ...Published: 19 May 2016 at 22:47hrs | | by Wilton Nyasha Machimbira
Tsvangirai can eat his cake, literally
LAST week, on March 10, opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai turned 64.We all wished him a happy birthday and so many happy returns.In fact, begrudging Tsvangirai a happy birthday is as...Published: 16 Mar 2016 at 05:32hrs | 1 | by Staff writer
Opposition must not be fooled by ZANU PF 'squabbles'
"My generation has played its part, at times not as well as we should have. It is now time for a new generation to take over". This is paraphrased from the late Masipula's Sithole's Struggles within t...Published: 12 Feb 2016 at 13:51hrs | | by Moses Chamboko
Zanu-PF legislators praise Mugabe's speech
Zanu-PF legislators yesterday sang praises of President Robert Mugabe in the National Assembly for his address last week in Parliament, saying he proved he was really a pan-African leader. ...Published: 23 Sep 2015 at 07:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mudenda warns MDC-T MPs
Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda has warned MDC-T MPs against heckling Zanu-PF legislators who survived the party's brutal purge saying "all political parties are not perfect".M...Published: 17 Jun 2015 at 06:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's latest purge annihilates families
Most Zimbabweans are familiar with this wedding vow: "To have and to hold from this day forward, for better or worse, in sickness and in health, for richer or poorer, until death do us part."T...Published: 07 Jun 2015 at 15:59hrs | | by Sij Ncube
What is Mphoko smoking?
Gukurahundi was a sad chapter in our country's young history and the sooner that our leadership admits it, the better for national healing and progress, but sadly we have a whole Vice President Phelek...Published: 17 Feb 2015 at 14:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai wants Mujuru & Co
The opposition MDC has invited officials from the camp led by ex-vice president Joice Mujuru to cross the floor and join hands with Morgan Tsvangirai in a grand coalition to defeat President Robert M...Published: 16 Feb 2015 at 18:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
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