Culture. New Media. Activism. Innovation
By Wisdom Mumera A deepening economic crisis obtaining in Zimbabwe which resulted in recent violent protests that left more than 12 people dead have resulted in intensified calls for the establishment of the National Transitional Authority (NTA). The government has been struggling to contain the political and economic situation forcing President Emmerson Mnangagwa to abandon …
By Staff Reporter Zimbabweans online have dismissed President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s call for a national dialogue as a mere public relations stunt urging MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa to ignore the call. Mnangagwa returned home on Monday night after a week-long trip to Europe where he was extending his begging bowl in a bid to revive …
By Wisdom Mumera The court cases of hundreds arrested in the aftermath of the shutdown have become a legal sham with indications of a government conspiracy to undermine their rights through mishandling of the cases by the involved magistrates. The more than 700 people who include #ThisFlag leader Pastor Evan Mawarire, Mbizo MP Settlement Chikwinya …
By Daniel Chigundu President Emmerson Mnangagwa appears to be unaware of or might have forgotten that his government has shut down social media in the country. The under-fire Zanu PF leader who is currently globetrotting with a begging bowl brew a shocker when he took to Twitter which his government has shut down to announce …
By Daniel Chigundu President Emmerson Mnangagwa appears to be unaware of or might have forgotten that his government has shut down social media in the country. The under-fire Zanu PF leader who is currently globetrotting with a begging bowl brew a shocker when he took to Twitter which his government has shut down to announce …
By Wisdom Mumera The frenzied response by the Zanu PF government to public protests over the increased cost of living has all but signalled the pre-mature end of the honeymoon in which the new dispensation was teetering towards being an open and democratic entity. It’s now well and truly back in the boondocks of the …
By Daniel Chigundu The Cyber Bill which seeks among other things to regulate the use of internet in the country has reportedly been given the nod by Cabinet and is waiting to be sent to Parliament where it will go through various processes before it becomes law. The Bill has been part of the legislative …
By Daniel Chigundu Unknown assailants are suspected to have bombed MDC’s iconic headquarters Harvest House, the party has confirmed. Harvest House has been the party’s headquarters since its formation in the late 90s and has been attacked before by both. While details of what transpired are still sketchy, Zengeza West legislator Job Sikhala wrote that “as …
By Wisdom Mumera The Motlanthe Commission findings, revealing nothing new and crucifying no one for the shootings and deaths, have come to mirror the reptilian duplicity that has characterised President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s reign. ED has been selling himself as the Zimbabwean Deng Xiaoping coming after the disastrous zealotry of Mugabe’s Mao Zedong but the actions …
DOWNLOADS Final Report of the Commission of Inquiry 18 DEC 18 Transcript Consolidated Commission of Inquiry in to Post-violence 1 August 2018 Final EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Zimbabwe held its national elections on the 30th of July 2018. The electoral process was generally peaceful until the 1st of August 2018, when many demonstrators took to the streets …