Whitlaw Mugwiji

By Whitlaw Mugwiji With more than 40 million African citizens facing food insecurity and some outright starvation, Donald Trump’s proposal to cut the American aid budget by 38%couldn’t have come at a worse time. It is unfortunate that…
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By Whitlaw Mugwiji In 2014, Simbarashe Mumbengegwi the foreign affairs minister had the audacity to boast to his peers at the SADC summit held in Victoria falls, saying that even if the economy crumbles, Zimbabweans will not revolt.…
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By Whitlaw Mugwiji Former Hong Kong anti-corruption administrator Bertrand de Speville in his book Overcoming Corruption says, political will is the key driver in fighting corruption. I could not agree more with this statement, more so…
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By Whitlaw Mugwiji When we were growing up, politics was a pastime activity for the mature and the old. A dangerous pastime so to speak. In those days, people with divergent views from the party and government did not discuss politics in…
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By Whitlaw Mugwiji I would like to take this opportunity to wish you a Merry Christmas and prosperous 2017. These are lines we recite, year in year out but this year has been a bit difficult to simply recite the same lines. How could I…
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By Whitlaw Mugwiji There can be no doubt that Robert Mugabe’s grip on power is slipping. The so called one centre of power can longer hold Zanu PF together. Even after expelling a whole faction led by Joice Mujuru, factionalism remains…
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By Whitlaw Mugwiji The death of Fidel Castro, one of the world's most iconic leaders of 21st century last week was received with mixed feelings. And rightly so, he was a man of contrasting contradictions as one Chofamba Sithole put it. A…
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By Whitlaw Mugwiji Ndabaningi Sithole replying to his younger brother in a letter in 1977 raises a very interesting point on renewal and regeneration: ‘Seriously though, Mas you and your generation must begin to formulate and express…
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By Whitlaw Mugwiji I had initially planned to pen an article challenging Tendai Biti and his party on their proposal of the National Transitional Authority this week but I just could not bring myself to ignore some videos I saw on…
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By Whitlaw Tanyanyiwa Mugwiji In his book ‘How Europe Underdeveloped Africa’ Walter Rodney contends that Western capitalist nations developed through a process that underdeveloped African nations. It is true that the relationship between…
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