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Budiriro Needed Water. Why Did Its MP Need a Fortuner?
If the borehole breaks tomorrow, the people of Budiriro North will need their MP to ask who was paid to maintain it and when the water will run again. Susan Matsunga should be able to ask those questions as sharply as she praised President Emmerson Mnangagwa when the boreholes were unveiled. That is why the…
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Mnangagwa Can Appoint a Senator. Why Can’t I Elect a President?
President Emmerson Mnangagwa appointed businessman Kudakwashe Tagwirei to Zimbabwe’s Senate. Under the constitutional amendment Mnangagwa signed in July, senators will join members of the National Assembly in electing the president. Think about the privilege that gives Tagwirei. A man who entered Parliament by presidential appointment now has a vote in choosing a president. The citizen…
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Mugabe Lost the Presidency. ZANU PF Kept the Microphone.
At a rally in Chinhoyi in July 2017, Grace Mugabe had a complaint about The Herald. Some people in ZANU PF were getting favourable coverage. Others were being attacked. As for her own work in Mazowe, she thought the paper showed far too little interest. In front of thousands of people, she wagged a finger…
