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The Constitutional Court (Con-Court) yesterday reserved ruling in a legal challenge to government’s decision to bar expatriate Zimbabweans from voting from their foreign bases in the forthcoming key 2018 vote.
Darlington Nyambiya – Nelson Chamisa is also known as cobra by both friends and foes. His enemies claim that Chamisa is like a snake that cannot be trusted because no matter what agreement you strike with him, he will turn around and betray you. But his friends argue that betrayal is a strong trait of a shrewd leader because in the life of a politician you sometimes need to indicate that you are turning left when you are actually going right in order for you to outwit and stay ahead of your opponents.
Darlington Nyambiya – After 37 years of Mugabe’s rule, Zimbabwe finally had a forced transition through a mixture of people power, political pressure and military intervention. The forced transition gave birth to the new Mnangagwa administration which has promised to hit the ground running and combine politics with economics.
Darlington Nyambiya – Zimbabwe opposition political parties’ chances of a victory in 2018 national elections appear dim against a well resourced Zanu PF machine, but last year’s surprise victory by Ghana and Gambia’s opposition gives hope that with a well thought-out Election Campaign Strategy, the apple cart can still be turned.
By Darlington Nyambiya When Botswana secured independence in 1966, it was an impoverished, arid and hungry land without hope of achieving economic stability but the discovery of diamonds a year later changed the economic fortunes of the country. But the discovery of Diamonds in Chiadzwa in 2006 has neither changed the fortunes for the province […]
By Darlington Nyambiya As the momentum for the formation of a Grand Coalition gathers pace in Zimbabwe for the 2018 Elections and as the ruling party continues to press the self destruct button, it is only with wisdom that we take a close look at the man more likely to lead the coalition. Morgan Tsvangirai […]
By Darlington Nyambiya As Zimbabwe’s Opposition leaders gradually find each other on the roadmap to form a Grand Coalition and plot the country’s economic revival; it is important to note that under Zanu PF long ruinous rule, the economy of Zimbabwe shrank significantly after 2000. In fact between 2000 and 2007, the national economy contracted […]
By Darlington Nyambiya As Zimbabwe’s Opposition continues to be in disarray and President Mugabe is gradually forced out of power by old age, it looks more likely that Mugabe’s successor will emerge from the Zanu PF succession matrix. Although Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa is the front runner in the race to succeed President Mugabe, it […]
By Darlington Nyambiya Zanu PF’s most formidable opponent in its 37 year long ruinous rule of Zimbabwe has not been the overstated sanctions imposed by the West, nor has it been Morgan Tsvangirai and the MDC despite beating the ruling party in the March 2008 election. But Zanu PF’s worst enemy has been its political gamesmanship that […]
By Darlington Nyambiya Since Zimbabwe attained independence in 1980, the country’s opposition has largely been outclassed and beaten by Zanu PF’s confrontational tactics. The only time the opposition made inroads was in March 2008 when the opposition won 110 seats against Zanu PF’s 99 seats. And Morgan Tsvangirai went on to beat Mugabe for the […]