By Christopher Makaza

Over the past few months, members from the opposition political parties MDC Alliance in particular, Civic Society Organisations (SCOs) and  Non- Governmental Organisations (NGOs) have been making claims of being abducted, being under surveillance, their lives being in danger and other imagined threats from the Government, claims which some people suspect could be stage managed to tarnish government image.

By Elijah Chihota

Chapter 4 of Zimbabwe’s Constitution adopted in 2013 outlines various rights which are supposed to be enjoyed by Zimbabwean citizens as they go about their business. A few bad apples among us are busy abusing Section 59 which affords the “freedom to demonstrate and petition”. Of late Zimbabweans have seen both the MDC and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) crying the loudest about alleged human rights abuses.

By Chigumbu Warikandwa

I was at Matopos not so long ago. An impressive 3 dimensional mural has been erected at the granite dome where Cecil John Rhodes’ grave is. It is the most impressive structure in the vicinity and is standing quite tall. In the western horizons whose imposing late afternoon mists create a symbiotic infusion with the rock outcrops is a very conspicuous cross announcing its presence to the villages beyond. This mural is inscribed, “to brave men,” and with 3D images of men on horseback holding rifles of war.

By Nobleman Runyanga

In the middle of the busy national schedule of the body viewing and funeral service for the former President, the late Robert Mugabe over the weekend word filtered over the social media that Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association (ZHDA) leader, Dr Peter Magombeyi had been allegedly abducted by three masked men on Saturday.

By Nobleman Runyanga

A cursory perusal of last week’s mainstream and online media publications painted a gloomy picture of the opposition’s compound. In one online media story, the MDC leader, Nelson Chamisa is reported to have threatened law enforcement agents with armed confrontation in response to the latter’s enforcement of police prohibition orders issued in view of the that party’s chequered protests record.

By Nobleman Runyanga

Africa and the whole world are perturbed by the gory sights of acts of Afrophobia which are perpetrated against African foreign nationals in South Africa by some citizens of that country. And rightly so too given the fact that such treatment of fellow Africans should have no place in this modern era.

By Derick Tsimba

Zimbabwe has been in attendance of this year’s World Economic Forum (WEF) for Africa in Cape Town, South Africa. The WEF is the International Organization for Public-Private Cooperation. It serves to provide a platform for the engagement of political, business and social leaders in a bid to shape the global and regional developmental agendas.

By Shongedzai Mugwagwa

Zimbabwe of late has become an eyeball of the US foreign policy and therefore has been under siege as the US has upped the wager to remove Zanu PF from power using a combination of deceit and unfathomable regime change tactics.

By Christopher Makaza

….as service delivery suffers

MDC-led urban councils are now concentrating more on power struggles and diverting their focus from their core mandate of providing proper service delivery to rate payers. They are obssessed with strategically positioning themselves for benefits which come with their positions in urban local authorities.