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EU in fresh regime change putsch

THERE was nothing surprising about the EU Election Observer Mission’s ‘final’ report released on Friday last week.  It was a regurgitation of the bloc’s initial foiled attempt to sway the August 23 harmonised elections in favour of the embattled opposition CCC or at the very...

McKinney: The unsung heroine …unanswered questions of November 28

IT is now slightly more than a decade since the US slapped Zimbabwe with illegal economic sanctions, but there remains an unsung heroine who stood up to the US Congress in protest against Uncle Sam’s actions. Her name is Cynthia McKinney who was then a...

History of power contestation …as CCC implodes

THE ongoing battle for power in the embattled opposition CCC does not only sum up the tragedy of opposition parties in Zimbabwe, it also confirms the widely held assertion that theirs is not in any way the ‘struggle for democracy’ they make noises about.  It...

SADC’s Damascene moment

WHILE the SADC Extraordinary Summit held in Luanda, Angola, recently put paid to frenetic attempts by raucous characters in Zimbabwe, Zambia and their Western handlers to put the country under the spotlight, there remains worrying signs that the bloc is still a target of...

CCC at it again …as SADC endorses polls

THE Extraordinary Southern African Development Community (SADC) Summit recently endorsed Zimbabwe’s August 23 2023 elections.   The summit applauded Zimbabwe for holding exemplary elections in the region.  Hours later, the CCC claimed one of their members had been abducted. On the morning of November 1, CCC National...

ED’s march to economic development

WHEN President Emmerson Mnangagwa sauntered into the ZANU PF Midlands Convention Centre, the venue of the Party’s 20th Annual National People’s Conference in Gweru on Friday last week, there was neither a spring in his step nor sign of it. Instead and unsurprisingly, there was...

Sanctions and the road ahead

THE provocative attempt by the opposition CCC to overshadow Wednesday’s Anti-Sanctions Day commemorations through their failed demonstration on Monday was yet another stark reminder that their Western handlers, the sponsors of the debilitating embargo, are not about to let go of Zimbabwe. The political compass...

ZANU PF powering Zim into a brighter future …and CCC’s politics of stagnation

WE, in the village, value gathering, getting together, and congregating. Chinua Achebe, our brilliant son of the soil, could not have put it better when describing why Africans gather. “A man who calls his kinsmen to a feast does not do so to save them from...

Sanctions: Weep no more

WE, in the village, since time immemorial, have always believed in self-sufficiency; Joromiyo ane gadhi rake, Juriet ane gandiwa rake, and we thrive and live comfortably. And as the West refuses to lift sanctions, we are now past being bothered by this evil act; we...

Sanctions and modern day slavery

By Elizabeth Sitotombe VIOLENCE, warfare and, most notably, religious influence were some of the numerous methods used to steal resources and capture slaves back in the day.  Another would be to pit Africans against one another (political rivalry).  Raise a group that would be deemed as superior...

Murder most foul …Western hypocrisy stinks

WE, in the village, cannot help but marvel at the hypocrisy, double-standards and brazen bully tendencies being displayed by the West with regards to the unfolding of events between Palestine and Israel. Every day, in the last 50 years, horrors are perpetrated against Palestinians while...

CSOs fast losing relevance

By Elizabeth Sitotombe ZIMBABWE held one of the most peaceful and fair elections in the history of the country recently.  Still it is vexing for those who have been earning their keep by sensationalising the state of affairs in the country through fake reports, lies and...

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