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Fidelis Mukonori

Luke-ing the Beast in the Eye: Mukonori ‘is whistling in the graveyard’

By Luke Tamborinyoka

The honest truth is that with his call for dialogue, not a dialogue of disputants as should be the case, but with Chamisa as a “loser” and Mnangagwa as the “winner”, Bishop Mukonori is whistling in the graveyard.

The majority of Zimbabweans will certainly unhear him and will not agree with him . They will not countenances the exhortation of this man of the cloth, who now appears to be clothed in the tattered veil of false political knowledge, far removed from the spiritual realm that ought to be his turf.

Sep 29, 2023 Read more

Mukonori: A lifetime of mediating change

FATHER Fidelis Mukonori is a respected Catholic clergyman who has played key roles in Zimbabwe’s history. Little is known of how Fr Mukonori grew up on the outskirts of Harare under the jaws of the Ian Smith colonial yoke and how this shaped him into the man he is today.

Sep 02, 2018 Read more

Mugabe, Mnangagwa talks at risk

Former president Robert Mugabe has snubbed the mediation team led by Roman Catholic cleric, Father Fidelis Mukonori, which is frantically trying to get him to close ranks with his successor, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, the Daily News can report

Apr 20, 2018 Read more

Mugabe ouster negotiator preaches reconciliation

Father Fidelis Mukonori – the cleric who was at the centre of shepherding long-serving deposed Robert Mugabe’s shock departure last November – last week preached a loaded message of reconciliation, saying without it, there is no “true and meaningful development” of Zimbabwe.

Mar 19, 2018 Read more

“Operation Restore Mugabe Legacy”: The Catholic Way

Tendai Chabvuta – It is rather interesting that this man, Father Fidelis Mukonori in interviews with the BBC and local media is telling a narrative that seeks to protect Mugabe’s legacy in a positive way when the truth is harkening him the other way. Father Mukonori noted in the interview with the BBC that “Mugabe’s face glowed and … was not weeping unless there were some angels weeping elsewhere …“ after signing the resignation papers on 21 November 2017.

What could be the interests in peddling such a narrative which amounts to some sort of nonsensical religious propaganda whitewashing the fact that Robert Mugabe was forced out of office?

Dec 03, 2017 Read more

#Mugabe cried when he agreed to step down

Zimbabwe’s former president Robert Mugabe cried and lamented “betrayal by his lieutenants” when he agreed to step down last week under pressure from the military and his party after 37 years in power, the Standard newspaper said in its Sunday edition.

Nov 26, 2017 Read more

Mugabe’s last days in office

In an interview at Chishawasha Mission yesterday, Roman Catholic Priest Father Fidelis Mukonori — who mediated Mugabe’s resignation last week, said the former Head of State and Government had left with no hard feelings.

Nov 26, 2017 Read more