Views of A Citizen

The horrible intra party political violence that rocked the opposition MDC-T political party in the recent past days is a serious cause for concern to the generality of the people especially when the country is preparing to go to the polls in the next few months. Just a few weeks back, the newspapers were also awash with headlines of ZANU-PF supporters terrorising villagers in the Hwedza area as the ruling party is gearing towards the primary elections to choose the candidates to represent the party in the 2018 elections. These ugly episodes point to some serious systematic challenges that are affecting the political lives of the generality of the Zimbabwean society. There is an urgent need on the part of the political parties' leadership and the general law enforcement machinery to take an active and lead role in addressing this issue and also to ensure that going forward there will not be a repeat of such ugly incidents. It has to be noted that the safety and security of the p...

The recent trip to the US by the leadership of the coalition opposition political parties in Zimbabwe has drawn mixed feelings among the politicians, the academics, human rights movement as well as the general populace in the country and beyond. Celebrated lawyer and politician, Tendai Biti, a former Minister of Finance in the inclusive government from 2009 to 2013 and Advocate Nelson Chamisa, Deputy President of the MDC who is also a former Minister in the inclusive government, undertook a trip to the US in the aftermath of the “bloodless” military coup that saw the departure of former President Mugabe from power after nearly  four  decades in office and the subsequent installation of the former Vice President E. D. Mnangagwa as the new President of the country.   Several public figures and experts took to social media and expressed their views regarding the visit by these two opposition leaders. Some viewed the visit with a lot of disdain citing that the oppo...