Recently, I came across a social media post in which Harare Mayor Jacob Mafume was referred to as “chigananda", a reference to a clique of allegedly corrupt "dealers", "tenderpreneurs" and other less-than-esteemed persons said to be associates of President Emmerson Mnangagwa.
Few figures in Zimbabwe’s opposition politics evoke as much debate and fascination as Fadzayi Mahere. She's my personal favourite of all the opposition characters.
I have great respect for Tawanda Nyambirai. I have known him since our days as classmates back in 1987. He has a brilliant mind, a gracious personality, a fine character — and above all, he is a man of faith and integrity.
There comes a time in the life of every political movement when it must pause before the mirror of history and ask itself whether it still resembles the cause it once embodied. For ZANU-PF, that moment has arrived — and the mirror does not flatter.
Warm greetings to you, Sir. It is with profound respect and a sense of patriotic duty that I write this open letter. Zimbabwe stands at a crossroads - politically, economically, and morally. Your stewardship since 2017 has been both consequential and controversial, producing moments of promise and periods of deep concern.
It’s astonishing how easy it is to convince oneself to see what simply isn’t there. The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) wants us to believe that the growing number of transactions conducted in the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) is a sign of renewed public confidence in the local currency. But let us not be deceived. The truth is far less flattering.
The recently concluded ZANU-PF National People’s Conference in Mutare has once again thrust Zimbabwe’s politics into a dangerous constitutional moment.
The proposition by former independent legislator Temba Mliswa that ZANU-PF should adopt a transitional presidium has sparked significant debate within Zimbabwe’s political and intellectual circles.
So at the end of the Zanu PF conference in Mutare, Ziyambi Ziyambi, the Zanu PF legal secretary stood up, read out the contentious resolution number one and instructed Ziyambi Ziyambi, the Justice Minister and leader of government business in Parliament to find a pathway to make sure the resolution was implemented.
