As CAB3 moves through Parliament, Pride Mkono argues that opposition MPs have focused on winning social media applause instead of building the political pressure needed to stop the Bill.
Zimbabwe is a nation in precipitous decline. The slide from crisis to catastrophe has accelerated, politically, economically, and socially, particularly since the push to extend President Mnangagwa’s term to 2030 gained traction.
The ongoing, purported and increasingly shambolic, public consultations around President Mnangagwa’s 2030 term extension are no longer just a scheme of constitutional manipulation. They are mutating into something far more sinister.
British historian Lord Acton once plainly stated, “power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” That sincere observation gives a precise diagnosis of Emmerson Mnangagwa’s unraveling presidency in Zimbabwe.
Political analysis is not fortune-telling. Analysts are not seers gazing into crystal balls; we work more like cartographers, drawing maps from traces of the past and the present to help societies anticipate what lies beyond the next bend.
Has Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 3 ended Constantino Chiwenga's presidential ambitions? Gabriel Manyati argues that while Emmerson Mnangagwa has won a major constitutional battle, Zimbabwe's succession war is far from over.
The High Court has dismissed Turnall Holdings' attempt to have a US$260,000 settlement paid to its former finance director declared subject to PAYE deductions, ruling that the matter was already conclusively settled by the Supreme Court.
A bitter public feud has erupted between businessman Wicknell Chivayo and activist Rutendo Matinyarare after claims that South African tax authorities were investigating the reported cost of Chivayo's luxury Cape Town mansion.
Gabriel Manyati examines Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 3 through the lens of political science, arguing that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's latest reforms are less about governance than the enduring logic of political survival.
