Archive for Category: "Opinion"

By-elections testing ground for Zanu PF violence

By-elections testing ground for Zanu PF violence

Calls to have by-elections in the 28 vacant parliamentary and senatorial seats before the general elections in Zimbabwe being advanced by organic intellectuals in Zanu PF led by Jonathan Moyo need to be interrogated in the bigger scheme of things, and the broader underlying trends and electoral stratagems of the regime.

MuckRaker: Tendai Savanhu a sore loser

MuckRaker: Tendai Savanhu a sore loser

Another example of Zanu PF’s approach to democratic reform could be found in a front-page article in The Zimbabwean where Tendai Savanhu declared he would “eliminate whites in Marondera within a week”.

Only force can remove Mugabe and Zanu PF

Only force can remove Mugabe and Zanu PF

What I am going to write here is not new. It is common knowledge. It claimed the life of Hebert Chitepo and Josiah Tongogara. Rugare Gumbo, Henry Hamadziripi and Dzinashe Machingura spent close to 3 years in a dugout prison in Mozambique because of it.

Zanu PF cronies must pay up and shut up

Zanu PF cronies must pay up and shut up

The behavior of the politicians of attempting to hide their debts and demanding secrecy in a matter which is affecting the generality of Zimbabweans is repulsive and a symptom of the lawlessness which has characterized the government for more than three decades.

Zanu PF Chipangano gang is a terrorist group

Zanu PF Chipangano gang is a terrorist group

Chipangano—the notorious shadowy militant ZANU PF group from Mbare, has been in the news for the wrong reasons: murder, violence, robbery, intimidation, coercion, looting and disrupting business among others.

The arrogance of the penis: Tendo Shares

The arrogance of the penis: Tendo Shares

It appears as if they have no sense of decorum at all. There are quite a number who just arbitrarily yank out their winkies from their trousers and point at some tree, wall, wheel or whatever feature is convenient at that particular moment and wee!

Masaiti marriage: curse of the woman politician

Masaiti marriage: curse of the woman politician

A recent case involving MDC-T MP Evelyn Masaiti’s failed attempt to marry her Cameroonian partner yet again illustrates the raw deal women in general and women politicians in particular receive in the media.

Zanu PF afraid of the power of new media

Zanu PF afraid of the power of new media

Facebook is currently the most accessed site by Zimbabweans, with over 900 000 users reported in October 2011. However, out of fear of the rising power of the new media, ZANU PF has used both human and financial resources to increase cyber- policing.