Dr Phillan Zamchiya

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Zanu PF re-tests the ground for a referendum on Constitutional Amendment No. 3

The ruling ZANU-PF party says there will be no referendum on Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 3, come hell or thunder. Yet its political actions increasingly resemble a party preparing for one.

Geza exits the world stage: No generation owns the nation and the unfinished work of liberation

Blessed Runesu Geza, known to many as Comrade Bombshell, died in the early hours of 6 February 2026 at a cardiac hospital in South Africa.

A false choice: Should we defend the Constitution, or defend the country?

A number of Zimbabweans have mastered the art of majoring on minors and minoring on majors. We can spend days arguing over the wording of a slogan, the punctuation of a position, or the semantics of a statement, while the country burns behind us. Too often, we quarrel over the label while the substance collapses.

The Military, Kudakwashe ‘Joseph’ Tagwirei and Power Politics in Zimbabwe!

DEAR READER, it was on the 13th of May 2018 that Phineas Tagwirei, "father" to Kudakwashe Tagwirei a Zimbabwean tycoon with an avalanche of ‘’business’’ interests quietly breathed his last at the trauma center in the plushy suburb of Borrowdale in the north of Harare, Zimbabwe.

No goat cheese for Zimbabweans as hyenas vanish with millions

By Dr Phillan Zamchiya: "Dear Reader, It was in 2030 and the second dispensation had delivered a new goat-driven modern economy for all. I was in a luxurious 7-star hotel in Harare with fine whisky, apples, and a book just to remind people that I was still an active professor. The waiter asked me whether I wanted soft goat cheese or crumbled goat cheese. Reader, it was a new menu, built on the vision of the second dispensation."

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The kingmaker’s conundrum in the Mnangagwa-Chiwenga dynamic: Why power devours its own architects

Few patterns are as consistent and as lethal as the fate of the kingmaker in the unforgiving theatre of Zimbabwean politics. Again and again, the men who build power end up buried beneath it.

Six members of one family killed in Harare–Masvingo road crash

Six members of the same family have died following a devastating road accident on April 2 along the Harare–Masvingo Road, in what police have described as a tragic loss.

Missile and drone strikes hit Kuwait and UAE as Gulf conflict widens

Missile and drone attacks have struck key energy and infrastructure sites in Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates, injuring civilians and raising fears of a broader regional escalation on day 35 of the war involving the United States, Israel and Iran.

Benjani hints at strained relationship with Highlanders executive: “Everyone didn’t want me here”

Highlanders FC head coach Benjani Mwaruwari has dropped a bombshell revelation telling a press conference, "I have been working in difficult conditions. Everyone didn't want me here".