Maynard Manyowa

Maynard Manyowa - The truth is simple but unpalatable. Those that criticize Zuma do so because his profligacy affects their pockets. The rich elites don’t care about poor blacks, or equality, or empowerment. They care about their precious…
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Maynard Manyowa - Mmathabo knows who raped her the first time and the second time. It was her own paternal uncles; cousins to her father. The first time, she was much too young to even remember her own age, or much of what transpired in her…
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Maynard Manyowa - For the average social media user, the made up stuff can be impossible to discern. Most of the profiles and tweets are consistent, appear knowledgeable, and authentic. And the content fits the bill too. The fake letters…
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Maynard Manyowa - For the longest time, everyone had called Grace Mugabe mad, sick in the head, or plain crazy. Not without merit however. At one point, she vividly described how wild bees court each other for sexual favours, before…
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Maynard Manyowa - Dictators have found this out, and fake social media profiles are their new favourite toys. They are not holding back, and are using PR firms with little integrity to launch assaults all over. Ethical journalists are their…
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Maynard Manyowa - Mugabe is nearing a century of unfortunate existence. His body is giving in. He has lost his charisma, his energy, his touch. He sleeps throughout the day, and his wife runs the country by proxy.
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By Maynard Manyowa There is perhaps no other subject matter that confounds than elections in Zimbabwe, the once upon a time bread basket of Africa, touted to become the torch bearer of electoral democracy once upon a time. For the…
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By Maynard Manyowa Zimbabwe’s Minister of Local Government and Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front (Zanu-PF) Political Commissar, Comrade Saviour Kasukuwere, is not a happy man right now. He has no reason to be.…
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By Maynard Manyowa A long read on Zanu PFs 54 years of bitter infighting, betrayal and power games. There is no iota of doubt that Zanu PF remains the toughest and most resourceful movement in Zimbabwe and indeed a regional political…
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By Maynard Manyowa After the launch of her party, and her initial tour of the country, and then the diaspora a year or so ago, I was more than convinced that Joice Mujuru presented the biggest opportunity to end Robert Mugabe’s…
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