By Sibanengi Dube
President Emmerson Mnangagwa, fearful of losing elections next year, is now in campaign overdrive, dishing out bribes to people right in the seat of government.
Cabinet ministers are getting US$500 000 “loans” they have not applied for despite having a few months left in their terms. How they are going to repay them is never said.
Deputy ministers are getting US$350 000 under a similar dodgy scheme. The bribes have been extended to all Members of Parliament who will each get US$40 000. How they are going to repay the “loans” is not explained, given that some may not be in the august house after the elections.
Surprisingly, opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) MPs have also fallen for the bait – smiling from ear to ear as they clutched the latest windfall from Mnangagwa.
By Sibanengi Dube | Opinion |
Nelson Chamisa’s MDC Alliance is losing senior members faster than the rate at which a jetfighter drops missiles in a war zone. No party can survive such a hemorrhaging of members. The rate is frightening. Too much loss of blood has a fatal effect on human beings or any other animal.
The same applies to any organization which survives through the good will of the masses. People are the blood and oxygen of any organization, especially political parties whose relevance is determined by numbers.
By Sibanengi Dube
Zimbabweans across the political divides are merely asking government leaders to immediately stop looting state coffers and start diverting resources towards the benefits of all citizens. How is this wrong? The response is just as stupid as stitching up the ass in an effort to get rid of diarrhea.
By Sibanengi Dube
In life Thokozani Khupe disrespected her late boss Morgan Tsvangirai and in death, she invaded his grave to give him posthumous orders.
By Sibanengi Dube
My dad had two Pfaff sewing machines, which he used to mend the tattered camouflages of the freedom fighters. Our yard was always green with crops as we had irrigation equipment which allowed us to have leafy crops in the field throughout the year including sugar-canes.
Liberation fighters used our ever green fields as cover to hide and conceal their armaments. As time went on only senior commanders were allowed to frequent to our home for meals, while juniors were fed from the bases, notably Chehondo, Mutete or Federation.
At the center of this modern display is the daughter of tenderpreneur Paul Tungwarara, whose digital footprint is increasingly defined by the kind of unashamed flaunting of wealth that leaves a bitter taste in the mouths of a struggling populace.
Controversial Zimdancehall artists Hulengende and Malloti Rose have come under scrutiny after being named in Parliament over allegations that they are promoting and normalising drug and substance abuse through their social media content.
For many keen observers of the country’s politics, Muchena, though no longer serving, represents the significant position of the Deep State, whose serving members could not publicly articulate the same position as it is at variance with the stated position of the party and government, though it resonates with the people.
Sadio Mané has not held back in blasting the decision by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to strip Senegal of their 2025 Africa Cup of Nations title and hand it to Morocco.
