PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is on record for saying let us continue our unity and commitment to progress and that, together, we will build a resilient Zimbabwe, honouring those who came before us.
Before the country held elections on August 23, ZANU PF had campaign rallies...
WE are happy with the peace that has characterised the Zimbabwean polity before, during and has continued even after the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) announced the final results of the just ended harmonised general elections.
We take this opportunity to congratulate President Emmerson Mnangagwa and...
By Dr Tafataona Mahoso
I STARTED working with the late Ambassador Johannes Tomana in 2002, when he was a partner at Muzangaza, Mandaza and Tomana. He became legal counsel for the then Media and Information Commission (MIC). I was one of the seven...
AUGUST 23 is finally here and the die is cast.
Eligible voters in the country shall throng various polling stations countrywide, selecting their preferred candidates to take the nation forward.
Yes, there are many political parties on the ballot but the two main rivals are President...
AS we approach August 23, we would like to have a look at the campaign trail of the two main contesting political parties — ZANU PF and CCC — and try to weigh their chances at the impending polls.
Right from the word go, ZANU...
A LOT has been happening in our beloved country as we head towards the August 23 harmonised general elections.
All political parties are on the ground campaigning and canvassing for votes; the most visible being the ruling and revolutionary ZANU PF led by President Emmerson...
THE initial choice of Chipadze Stadium in Bindura as the venue of the intended star launch rally for the CCC last Sunday appears to have been a deliberate ploy by the opposition party to play the blame game.
This was supposed to be a very...
By Dr Tafataona Mahoso
ON July 8 2023, independent pan-Africanist intellectual Chacha Gicheni told me of the persistence or resurgence of collective African habits of the dariro in the treatment of film and television in East Africa.
The first African petty middle class to acquire television...
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa was at Nyele Primary School in Bulilima, Matabeleland South, last week.
That was the venue for the second ZANU PF star rally ahead of the August 23 general elections.
The Patriot was there.
The previous rally was held in Chipinge at Mutema Secondary School...
THE choice of venues for the two opening star rallies, addressed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa in ZANU PF’s election campaigns, demonstrates adherence of the revolutionary Party to the generational principles that have evolved to shape our national ethos.
Because our struggle as a nation is...
By Dr Tafataona Mahoso
THERE will be no shortage of mission statements and star-gazing visions during the on-going election campaign.
Therefore, this is the time for those whose work involves real long-term strategic thinking to ponder the issue of vision/mission versus securing a sustainable national...
The Patriot was at Mutema Secondary School in Chipinge to witness the 2023 ZANU PF elections campaign launch.
Indeed, we are now in the election season.
Some have said the launch was oversubscribed.
Others said it was the mother of all gatherings. Locals on the other...