Tanonoka Joseph Whande

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ECOWAS might just as well replace the African Union

By Tanonoka Joseph Whande I have been watching the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) for some time and it has grown a trajectory that...

Oh, no; it’s happening in the Gambia, not in Zimbabwe!

By Tanonoka Joseph Whande Zimbabweans are determined, well educated, resilient and high spirited. We forgive too readily. We always find ways to turn pain into acceptance...

Just change ICC’s name to the African Criminal Court

By Tanonoka Joseph Whande African leaders never miss the opportunity to remind everyone outside their borders that they are sovereign nations that are free to...

Of Jonathan Moyo, useful idiots and witting assets

By Tanonoka Joseph Whande Jonathan Moyo’s disgusting ZIMDEF issue now stars Robert Mugabe, a vice president, civic society, the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC), a lawyers’ organization,...

Zimbabwean Parliamentarians, Police and Army are a tragic disgrace 

In undemocratic countries, there are things we can never tell apart; situations we are expected to consider as one yet are vastly different.

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The uneasy peace: Grace Mugabe, Mnangagwa and the politics of controlled memory

At a recent public function, the opening of The Sprout Restaurant in Harare, we saw former First Lady Grace Mugabe moving within the same orbit as senior ZANU PF figures, her presence neither resisted nor theatrically embraced.

Who will drive the bus: Mamvura, General Chiwenga, or someone else? Will President Mnangagwa retire peacefully? (Part 2)

In this second and final part of the article, I continue to examine the potential outcomes of ZANU-PF’s succession politics, focusing on whether Kudakwashe Tagwirei (whom I metaphorically refer to as “Mamvura”) will succeed in his presumed bid for the presidency, whether General Constantino Chiwenga will recover his political standing and take over, whether someone else will ascend to the throne, and whether President Mnangagwa will ultimately retire in peace.

The gospel according to the herdsman: When the mooing stops, the clay cow is exposed

Rutendo Benson Matinyarare, long celebrated as the chief acoustics engineer of Zimbabwe’s most delicate economic sculpture, the ZiG—now appears to have discovered an inconvenient truth: even the most beautifully crafted clay cow cannot moo indefinitely without cracking.

Air Marshal Henry Muchena is right to stand with Zimbabweans

At a time when silence would be easier, Air Marshal (Retired) Henry Muchena has chosen principle over comfort and he is right to do so.