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Botswana's Boko is right: any president who wants to remain in power for more than 10 years has failed
The truth, although unpalatable at times, shall set us free.When Botswana's President Duma Boko recently declared that any president who desires to hold on to power beyond ten years is "instan...Published: 25 Apr 2025 at 14:19hrs | 556 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Democracy and Elections in an Uneven World
Democracy is often presented as the great political ideal—the fairest system of governance, where people choose their leaders, shape their future, and hold their governments accountable. In theory, ...Published: 07 Feb 2025 at 10:53hrs | 393 | by Avelina Banda
Another Strategic Ambiguity from Chamisa's CCC?
The upcoming mayoral elections in Masvingo are posing a fresh challenge for Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa as the party seeks to determine a successor for the shortest-servi...Published: 17 Nov 2023 at 21:00hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa has nowhere to play 'stolen village drum'
GOOD day, President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Your Excellency, an African proverb that says it is easier to steal the village drum than to find where to play it, came to mind as the presidential election re...Published: 30 Aug 2023 at 06:46hrs | 4 | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
Warriors players celebrate return to Fifa family
FORMER Warriors and Highlanders FC defender Bruce Kangwa has been watching the unfolding drama between Sport and Recreation Commission (SRC) and FIFA concerning the return of Zimbabwe into the interna...Published: 13 Jul 2023 at 06:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Who wants to challenge the strong man?
H-Metro is inviting strongmen to challenge man-of-the-moment Arnold 'Strongman' Zikhali on June 24 in an eating feast in Harare.The venue will be advised in due course.This comes after...Published: 16 Jun 2023 at 14:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
EU crafting own version of PVO Bill
THE European Union is working on a law that will force non-governmental groups, consultancies and academic institutions to disclose any non-EU funding - a piece of legislation that is almost similar t...Published: 16 Mar 2023 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa must sleep with one eye open
Elections always unfailingly produce rare and curious political creatures and species.You might think you have seen it all only for another election cycle to remind you that you ain't seen not...Published: 20 Feb 2022 at 08:49hrs | 8 | by Bishop Lazi
SA Deportation A Step Backwards for Africa Unity!
If the AU has any purposes at all, one of them should be to address and redefine what "foreigner", means.The deportation of any African from another African country, need not be a trauma...Published: 15 Jan 2022 at 18:33hrs | 1 | by Hlatshwayo Dhlamini
The era of strongman politics over in Africa
THE era of damaging personality-driven politics in Africa, including Zimbabwe, may soon be coming to an end due to democratic reforms by the African Union and changing political dynamics fuelled by a ...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 18:49hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Tyrants are generally cowards who flee when their bullying power is under threat
Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler hid in an underground bunker - where he eventually committed suicide - when Allied forces had surrounded Germany's capital Berlin in 1945.Iraq's iron-fisted tyrant, ...Published: 02 Jul 2021 at 16:09hrs | 3 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Covid 19, a blessing in disguise for despots and strongmen
The coming of a pandemic which Donald Trump, the former President of United States of America , referred to as 'Chinese Disease' has caused panic ar...Published: 11 Mar 2021 at 20:14hrs | 2 | by Fanuel Chinowaita
Mnangagwa, Chiwenga political tussling escalates
A FIERCE row has erupted between the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) and the Special Anti-Corruption Unit (Sacu) over the manner in which investigations are being handled, relating to alleg...Published: 20 Nov 2020 at 06:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Rushwaya gold case opens can of worms
THE dramatic arrest and subsequent prosecution of suspended Zimbabwe Miners Federation (ZMF) president Henrietta Rushwaya has lifted the lid on the cutthroat gold trafficking underworld dominated by t...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 06:56hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
So Mnangagwa will finally Resign?
On August 16 some people of Harare high density suburbs will yet again brave the wind and toyi-toyi the streets to exert pressure on a constitutionally elected and military backed government to resign...Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 07:48hrs | | by Robert Sigauke, Political Commentator, Cape Town
Plot to embarrass Mnangagwa at SADC exposed
A plot has been hatched by an international civic society organisation in collaboration with the MDC, to stage demonstrations against President Emmerson Mnangagwa at the on-going 39th SADC Ordinary Su...Published: 08 Aug 2019 at 17:31hrs | 3 | by John Sigauke
Of the Kambarami fiasco and Ndebele-Shona issues
It's just been a few weeks since the Deputy Mayor of the City of Bulawayo Mr. Tinashe Kambarami decided to fire the town clerk, Mr. Christopher Dube, in a move that would make Kambarami an internet se...Published: 29 Jul 2019 at 08:16hrs | | by Mandla Tshuma
Are we enjoying the fruits of our independence-Zimbabwe?
The Zimbabwe is on standstill not because of sanctions. The real matter is on "CORRUPTION" and Zimbabwe to go forward need to adhere to its "Constitution".. In the Zimbabwean scenario, a certain secti...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 21:26hrs | 12 | by Enos Denhere
Bosso official gets bodyguards
IN what could be an indicator of how relations have deteriorated in the Highlanders leadership, a club executive member has reportedly hired bodyguards to protect him during Bosso's league encou...Published: 05 May 2019 at 09:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Couple hires bouncers from SA to 'kidnap' cop
A COUPLE from Masvingo allegedly hired four bouncers to kidnap a policeman. Missing Jerifanos Muganyi (48) and his wife Mercy Muganyi (41) of Rutenga Business centre allegedly also hired the s...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 22:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Jah Prayzah must cut army ties'
At one time the wearing of military clothes caught up with Zimbabweans but it quickly fizzled out after government outlawed it.But there was one person who continued to don the army uniform wi...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 15:02hrs | 8 | by Maxwell Sibanda
More evil to visit Zimbabwe under Mnangagwa
THE ousting of former President Robert Mugabe by political and military elites will result in more of the same abuse of Zimbabweans unless the Sadc joins forces with world powers to effect real change...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 08:53hrs | 4 | by Mondli Makhanya
Zimbabweans need to find each other as a nation
As we begin 2019, there are key lessons from the coup and Zimbabwe's post-coup experiences. The key lessons going forward relate to ethical leadership, public sector performance management, service de...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 11:00hrs | 1 | by Brian Kagoro
Plot to oust Chiwenga thickens
The factional fights between Vice President Constantino Chiwenga and President Emmerson are far from being over with revelations that some ZANU PF Youth aligned to President Mnangagwa have been target...Published: 19 Jan 2019 at 10:25hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa left Russia empty handed
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa arrived for a meeting with Russian leader Vladmir Putin at the Kremlin on Tuesday seeking loans from Russia but left with a stack of agreements on military coop...Published: 18 Jan 2019 at 13:16hrs | 1 | by ZimLive
Lessons from the Zimbabwe coup
PART ONEZimbabwean politics is characterised by the existence of schizophrenic public and private sector leadership. The structure of post-coup politics in Zimbabwe owes a great deal to this schiz...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 10:01hrs | 1 | by Brian T Kagoro
Zimbabwe judiciary should retain its independence
STUNNING revelations by acting Prosecutor-General Kumbirai Hodzi that he took instructions from the Executive on criminal prosecutions can only leave one with a sour taste in the mouth.Whether...Published: 03 Nov 2018 at 08:47hrs | | by Editorial - newsday
Zimbabwe doomed as May, Merkel back Mnangagwa
On August 28, British Prime Minister Theresa May arrived in Cape Town, South Africa, for a one-day working visit. This visit was part of a three-nation tour of South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria designed...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 07:04hrs | | by Tafi Mhaka
Chamisa issues out a warning, 'it's me, myself and I only'
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday warned that if he fails to win his case against President Emmerson Mnangagwa at the Constitutional Court (Con-Court) this week, he will turn to the people to...Published: 21 Aug 2018 at 12:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa anxious
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday warned that if he fails to win his case against President Emmerson Mnangagwa at the Constitutional Court (Con-Court) this week, he will turn to the people to...Published: 21 Aug 2018 at 07:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Is Nelson Chamisa too young to be president?
Election season in any country brings with it some crazy "vote for me" rhetoric. Politicians become "snake oil salespersons" gunning for the public's vote. In a normal voting system, it is the candida...Published: 14 Jun 2018 at 13:29hrs | | by Dr Gus Manatsa
Mugabe told to stop mourning job loss
EQUITORIAL Guinea President and close friend to former President Robert Mugabe reportedly told the ousted leader to count his blessings for having his life spared during the November coup that saw the...Published: 28 May 2018 at 08:45hrs | 3 | by Staff rperter
Road to Victory (R2V): Nelson Chamisa on Tuesday
Completing our liberation heroes' struggle I was in the Midlands last week and addressed two rallies at Maboleni in Vungu and at Tongogara in Shurugwi; where I felt proud of connecting w...Published: 23 May 2018 at 12:27hrs | | by Nelson Chamisa
Mahathir Mohamad inspires possible Mugabe comeback
The return to the throne of 93-year-old former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad appears to have stirred some cemented belief in winning the forthcoming poll by newly-formed opposition party, ...Published: 13 May 2018 at 17:50hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Can the Zimbabwe 'good coup' usher in democracy?
Zimbabwe is currently witnessing two very different political trajectories unfolding at the same time. In one; the coup leader is calling for economic transformation and in another; the coup governmen...Published: 29 Jan 2018 at 07:24hrs | 1 | by Kingstone Jambawo
Open letter to Mrs Mnangagwa
Dear first lady,It is with tremendous obligation that I have been moved to publish this open letter to you since your husband duly assumed office when he took the oath of office as President a...Published: 16 Jan 2018 at 11:09hrs | 3 | by Gift Phiri
Mnangagwa craft Zanu-PF's post-Mugabe survival strategy
All eyes will be on this week's congress, which will decide the party's future.Robert Mugabe Square, an open area near the Magistrates' Court in Harare, has been chosen as the venue for Zanu-P...Published: 10 Dec 2017 at 13:59hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
General #Chiwenga in state ZBC TV address
Zimbabwe's top general said on Monday talks were planned between President Robert Mugabe and former vice president Emmerson Mnangagwa, whose sacking by the 93-year-old leader two weeks ago triggered a...Published: 21 Nov 2017 at 07:41hrs | 1 | by Joe Brock and MacDonald Dzirutwe
Zimbabweans' fate now rests with men whose 'arms are covered in blood right up to the armpits'
The ousting of President Robert Mugabe by political and military elites will result in more of the same abuse of Zimbabweans unless t...Published: 19 Nov 2017 at 15:59hrs | 1 | by Mondli Makhanya
Tables turn on Mugabe
For 37 years Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has led his country on the back of brute force, incredible wit, and constitutional gamesmanship. When tables have turned on him, he has used his...Published: 18 Nov 2017 at 12:12hrs | | by Maynard Manyowa
Will this be the end of an era and error?
Zimbabwe's current political conundrum is hinged on Zanu PF's weakness and the opposition's confusion. Zanu PF is engulfed in a fierce succession battle and it has never been this weak since its forma...Published: 31 Oct 2017 at 09:39hrs | | by Patson Dzamara
Robert Mugabe day, a mockery of epic proportions
That Robert Mugabe's name is indelibly inscribed and embellished in the hall of Africa's revolutionary icons is not contestable. In his trail blazing years, Mugabe inscribed a permanent mark on the sa...Published: 24 Aug 2017 at 14:26hrs | | by Patson Dzamara
Can Chiyangwa help oust Mugabe?
They're calling it regime change.President Robert Mugabe's flamboyant and very rich nephew Philip Chiyangwa played a large part in achieving the unthinkable: the unseating of a man who's been ...Published: 19 Mar 2017 at 14:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Masarira call for a push to abolish satanic regime
Civil rights activist Linda Masarira has called for the citizens to push for the abolishing of the satanic regime of President Robert Mugabe and Zanu PF if the nation is to get out of its problems....Published: 20 Feb 2017 at 05:40hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Mugabe, Museveni and Others: Dictators and Enemies of Africa, not Pan Africanists
Do not be fooled by empty speeches against America and her friends on the United Nations stage, ruthless African dictators are not Pan-Africanists.People are quick to forget the crimes of dict...Published: 30 Jan 2017 at 04:46hrs | 5 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe's vacationing President goes largely off the grid
It was an urgent matter for President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe: His approval was needed so that a loyal supporter who had just died could be buried at a cemetery for national heroes.But with ...Published: 27 Jan 2017 at 12:31hrs | 2 | by Jeffrey Moyo and Norimitsu Onishi
Geek to gun-runner: the super-villain with Zimbabwean links
Cape Town - He established hothouses in lawless Somalia, protecting them with a private militia to grow opium poppies, cocaine and other narcotic substances under scientifically controlled conditions....Published: 11 Apr 2016 at 10:09hrs | 16 | by Ivor Powell
Mugabe is the best leader for the country, says Grace
First Lady Grace Mugabe has said President Robert Mugabe is the best leader for the country and was incomparable to anyone, while also warning Zimbabweans to stay away from Arab Spring like uprisi...Published: 12 Oct 2015 at 08:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
The rise and fall of Morgan Tsvangirai
FROM a trailblazing labour leader who transformed into a fiery democracy activist who came within a whisker of deposing one of Africa's strongmen, to the sorry sight of his furniture strewn outside hi...Published: 09 Aug 2015 at 09:44hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Don't mess with Grace Mugabe
During a state banquet in Pretoria, South Africa, in April 2015, I had a brief encounter with Grace Mugabe, the first lady of Zimbabwe. I was asking her husband, Robert Mugabe, about the question of ...Published: 16 Jul 2015 at 08:47hrs | 3 | by David Smith
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