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Zanu-PF's pyrrhic victory
The by-elections were held in Seke, Goromonzi South, Zvimba East, Pelandaba-Tshabalala, Chegutu West and Mkoba North constituencies.THE ruling Zanu-PF has secured the much coveted two-thirds m...Published: 06 Feb 2024 at 07:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
CCC should reconsider its position on structures
THE ongoing drama within the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) is unfortunate and a huge blow to the country's fight for democracy, but this should serve as a wake-up call for the opposition outfit ...Published: 27 Oct 2023 at 06:23hrs | | by Canisio Mudzimu
Prison walls will not change the ideals I stand for- Job Sikhala
For the purposes of the record, my name is Job Sikhala. I am tendering this statement pursuant to the provision of section 334 [3] [c] of the Criminal Procedure and Evidence. Act. [Chapter 9] I am adv...Published: 09 May 2023 at 20:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
End of the road for Tsvangirai's MDC
D-DAY has arrived for the MDC brand, with the electorate expected to decide its fate, as analysts say the iconic party associated with the firebrand Morgan Tsvangirai may disappear into oblivion if it...Published: 27 Mar 2022 at 07:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The rise and fall of the MDC: Winners, losers and neutrals
AS Zimbabwe approaches crucial by-elections in March, which will test the strength of main contestants while determining the authentic opposition, there is no denying that the MDC, which has posed the...Published: 08 Feb 2022 at 18:21hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zezuru hardliners blocked Mnangagwa from becoming Defence minister
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's previous ambition of becoming the country's Defence minister was blocked by the ethnically driven politics of hawkish Zezuru stalwarts in the ruling Zanu-PF, a new book ...Published: 14 Aug 2021 at 18:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chaos in SA points to failure on democracy
The spate of violence that is engulfed South Africa shows that not all citizens have internalised constitutional democracy and the rule of law as the organising principle of the post-apartheid society...Published: 30 Jul 2021 at 07:33hrs | 6 | by Mashupye Maserumule
Malaba fallout: Ziyambi fingers EU, US
USTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi yesterday sensationally claimed that the European Union (EU) and the United States were pouring millions of dollars to destabilise the country by sponsoring non-governm...Published: 17 May 2021 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora claims victory
MDC-T interim secretary-general, Douglas Mwonzora won the race to become substantive party president at a chaotic extraordinary congress on Sunday but outgoing acting leader Thokozani Khupe held a Pre...Published: 29 Dec 2020 at 07:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's politicking without season dangerous
MDC-Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa is fast consolidating his position as a political Pinocchio. At the weekend, he was involved in what appeared to be an incident of road rage, which led to a scuffle....Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 05:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF rigged electoral victory is worse than a Pyrrhic - dog got hare's ticks and worse
You can tell the dog has a flea or tick problem by the frequency the poor creature scratches itself and the greater the vigour the greater the infestation! Rigging the recent elections was the easy bi...Published: 16 Oct 2018 at 19:57hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
It is now established fact: Zanu PF rigged the 2018 elections - Mnangagwa's world is falling apart
The electoral victory of the rigged elections has been but a hollow Pyrrhic victory for Mnangagwa.Here is the man who had executed all Zanu PF's vote rigging activities and Mnangagwa knows bet...Published: 28 Sep 2018 at 07:40hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
Commission of inquiry meant to discredit MDC Alliance- Ruhanya
The political commentator Pedzisai Ruhanya has said the commission of inquiry set by President Emmerson Mnangagwa was set up to discredit the MDC Alliance for allegedly sparking violence which led to ...Published: 05 Sep 2018 at 21:43hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
In the aftermath of the 'most peaceful' elections
The repeated calls by President Mnangagwa for unity and understanding, together with the condemnation of all violence must bring much hope to all Zimbabweans. This is a stance of a true statesman. If ...Published: 06 Aug 2018 at 18:16hrs | | by Dr Ralph Mguni
Mnangagwa's Pyrrhic victory
AFTER the coup that catapulted President Emmerson Mnangagwa to power last year, his Holy Grail in the election held on Monday this week was the quest for legitimacy: but it did not go according to pla...Published: 04 Aug 2018 at 12:25hrs | 1 | by Kudzai Kuwaza
Herald predicts 'grand (opposition) defeat' but fails to forewarn pyrrhic victory
"If you have been following the news long enough, and in recent weeks, you may have noted a particular trend in which Tendai Biti and his People's Democratic Party have been posturing as the biggest e...Published: 20 May 2017 at 20:16hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
Why I want to be Mujuru's second deputy
Most of you have asked what motivated me to contest for the post of vice president in the National People's Party. You have also asked me whether I think I will win. I would start with the second ques...Published: 20 Mar 2017 at 14:30hrs | | by Bongani Nyathi
The story of the Gamatox cabal
Forget about the bad guys for a while.I mean forget about Harry Thomas Jnr and his last ditch effort to curry favour with Donald J Trump by condemning the arrest of the church-less pastor call...Published: 11 Feb 2017 at 22:35hrs | | by Vukani Madoda
Victory in pyrrhic loss
I have been thinking, quite profoundly of late, that in life there may be some battles that one may gladly lose, not because of pyrrhic loss as there is victory but because there may be vindication in...Published: 18 Aug 2016 at 14:44hrs | | by Sambulo Vuma
Dabengwa tells war vets to 'go hang'
Zapu leader Dumiso Dabengwa says he does not feel sorry for disgruntled war veterans - many of whom he says have hands "dripping with the blood" of many innocent people.Speaking in an intervie...Published: 19 Apr 2016 at 12:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Cecil was much-loved by Yankees, just like Morgan Tsvangirai
The tale of a perverted Yankee with an obsession to inflict pain and misery, who hunted down a Zimbabwean lion for over two days with a bow and arrow, is strikingly symbolic of the manner in which the...Published: 02 Aug 2015 at 10:01hrs | | by Sunday Mail contributor
Futility of Tsvangirai politics, finally America speaks
FOR once, let's give it to them. The MDC-T appears to have mastered the politics of spite. Only the consistency is self-destructively cynical, masochistic even, exposing the lack of brains to formulat...Published: 03 Jul 2015 at 09:13hrs | | by Joram Nyathi
MDC-T celebrates by-elections outcome
THE MDC-T is celebrating the outcome of Wednesday's by-elections in Bulawayo which saw Zanu-PF winning with reduced figures after a majority of people heeded the opposition party's calls to boycott th...Published: 13 Jun 2015 at 13:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
'By-elections a sham,' mourns MDC-Tsvangirai
Morgan Tsvangirai's formation of the MDC says the low turn-out and poor figures in Wednesday's "sham" by-elections confirms its demands for the implementation of far-reaching electoral reforms, descri...Published: 12 Jun 2015 at 08:11hrs | | by Sij Ncube
Beware of Tsvangirai's second coming
THERE were copious tears and questions this week over the MDC-T's future, the folly of its leadership, and in the short-term, whether or not the party would or should take part in future by-elections ...Published: 20 Mar 2015 at 10:04hrs | | by Joram Nyathi
ZAPU Demonstrates at Zimbabwe embassy on two consecutive days
Yesterday the revolutionary ZAPU Youth leader, Arnold Dube, blockaded the Zimbabwean Embassy in London in protest of the Maleme Ranch occupation by Rodrick Mashingaidze, a member of the notorious ...Published: 15 Mar 2015 at 07:46hrs | | by Thulani Nkala
Econet offers TeleCash employees double salary
The battles between Zimbabwe`s largest mobile network operators are far from over; with a new cold war at tipping point. Econet Wireless Zimbabwe has been blamed for fishing directly in Telecel's sk...Published: 21 Aug 2014 at 13:07hrs | | by Tonderai Rutsito Tech Talk
Zimbabwe cases spill into SA courts
JOHANNESBURG - Five unique Zimbabwe-related cases have found their way into South Africa's courts.And though judicial intervention into terrain that impacts SA's foreign policy and relations ...Published: 14 Mar 2013 at 10:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
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