Shingirai Mutonho

Last bid to save face

By Elizabeth Sitotombe THERE are rogue elements secretly mobilising individuals for mass demonstrations.  They have been burning the midnight oil as their plans to destabilise the country appear to be gaining momentum. In a last bid to save face, the West and their clueless opposition puppet Nelson...

‘Liberation movements must regroup’

THE brazen attempt by the head of the SADC Observer Mission (SOEM), Nevers Mumba, to tarnish Zimbabwe’s August 23 harmonised elections and the bizarre call for donations by former US President Barack Obama to flood hit Libya, a country whose destruction he led, are...

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Last bid to save face

By Elizabeth Sitotombe THERE are rogue elements secretly mobilising individuals for mass demonstrations.  They have been...

‘Liberation movements must regroup’

THE brazen attempt by the head of the SADC Observer Mission (SOEM), Nevers Mumba,...

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