HARARE – It is hard to believe that Robert Mugabe has disappeared from the Zimbabwean political landscape which he dominated for the past 37 years, marking the end of one of the longest political careers the world over. The excitement that gripped Harare, with car hooters booming on the streets and crowds ululating and cheering,…
HARARE – My attention has been drawn to the Press Statement issued by the Commander of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, General Constantino Guveya Chiwenga. I can confirm that President Robert Gabriel Mugabe made contact with me and invited me to return home for a discussion on the current political events in the nation. I told…
HARARE – Zimbabwe seems to be a peculiar country. It is full of drama. For a long time now, it has gone through endless troubles — lurching from crisis to crisis. As the dust seemed to settle following the panic buying and hoarding of basic goods a month ago, with spooked long-suffering Zimbabweans besieging shops,…
HARARE – At 93 years, what else does President Robert Mugabe want to achieve which he hasn’t, whether right or wrong? That was the question on the lips of many Zimbabweans on Thursday when the veteran former Zanu PF leader played hardball in his talks with the mediation team that involved envoys of South African…
HARARE – The current military siege in the country which is meant to push President Robert Mugabe into resigning will most likely benefit the ruling Zanu PF while on the other hand this might signal the death of opposition politics in Zimbabwe, social and political analysts contend. With Zanu PF employing all the legitimate processes…
HARARE – On Friday, an office worker at a government building took down President Robert Mugabe’s portrait to dust it, as she has done every day for years. Then she paused, unsure whether to put it back up. The portrait is everywhere, from supermarkets, offices and banks. There he is — Mugabe, sitting stiffly in…
HARARE – Last Wednesday, the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) seized power from President Robert Mugabe in an intervention, that was cleverly worded. The takeover was staged initially to target the “criminals” around the 93-year-old but is now demanding the ouster of the autocratic and corrupt Mugabe regime and its replacement with a creature that we…
HARARE – After Zimbabweans celebrated the impending downfall of President Robert Mugabe on Saturday, it is becoming absolutely critical that they immediately get down to serious business to reason together about the future. Worth noting, as they ponder about that future, is the undeniable fact that Mugabe’s authoritarian rule was a result of the absence…
HARARE – The current military take-over in Zimbabwe is a “guardian” coup where the army has had to step in to deal with poor or bad governance, political analysts have said. They said while the political crisis in the country has just spun into a new orbit, it remains generally with us. Political analyst, Mcdonald…
HARARE – While the move by the army to step in and put President Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace under house arrest has been described as commendable by many Zimbabweans, the military should facilitate a return to constitutional rule as soon as is possible, thereby paving way for the holding of free and fair…
