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By Tanonoka Joseph Whande Robert Mugabe’s Zanu-Pf is in as much a mess as Zimbabwe is – if we can separate one from the other, which we cannot do since Mugabe views the party as his own private club while his party takes the country as an extension of itself. We are owned! Unfortunately, both […]
By Tanonoka Joseph Whande More and more African leaders are succumbing to pressure and are declaring that they will not be running in the next presidential elections of their countries. Those who overshoot their constitutional time mandates and run are finding themselves exposed such as what has happened in the Gambia – not to mention Zimbabwe, […]
By Tanonoka Joseph Whande There seems to be a growing semblance of sanity among leaders of various political parties in Zimbabwe. One after the other, leaders of various political parties are coming out into the open and declaring that Morgan Tsvangirai, the everlasting Movement For Democratic Change’s head honcho, should be at the head of […]
By Tanonoka Joseph Whande No African president or ‘third world dictator’ advised newly-minted US President Donald Trump about the perceived ‘evil’ lurking in newsrooms or behind those cameras, pens and notebooks. The new kid on the block figured it all by himself and repeatedly told people on the campaign trail how much of “low lives” journalists […]
By Tanonoka Joseph Whande The Gambia is today picking up the pieces after a dictator of 22 years was voted out by the people and fled to the sanctuary of another despot in Equatorial Guinea. Like all dictators, the then president, Yahya Jammeh, flirted to deceive by accepting defeat then refusing to leave office. As […]
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 is not akin to any other in Africa. It seems ECOWAS is the only regional grouping in Africa that seriously wants to do something for its people and for its […]
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 and, for that, we have been taken advantage of. Zimbabweans face abuse with a forgiving but hopeful intention that ‘things will be okay’. We have respected those who volunteered to […]
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 do as they please. And, indeed, they do as they please: not what pleases the people. African leaders are the worst offenders in that their offences are deadly to both […]
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, and the Police, among others. That is one thing about corruption: you never walk alone! The issue is clear: Moyo and his deputy, a Dr. Gandawa, allegedly abused over $400 […]
In undemocratic countries, there are things we can never tell apart; situations we are expected to consider as one yet are vastly different.