{"id":11,"date":"2023-04-23T17:01:40","date_gmt":"2023-04-23T16:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/giftmangava.com\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2023-04-23T17:21:21","modified_gmt":"2023-04-23T16:21:21","slug":"opinions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/giftmangava.com\/index.php\/opinions\/","title":{"rendered":"OPINIONS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-652 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-opinions category-politics\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/giftmangava.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/30\/budiriro-needed-water-why-did-its-mp-need-a-fortuner\/\" target=\"_self\" >Budiriro Needed Water. Why Did Its MP Need a Fortuner?<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/giftmangava.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/30\/budiriro-needed-water-why-did-its-mp-need-a-fortuner\/\" target=\"_self\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"474\" src=\"https:\/\/giftmangava.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-2.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Budiriro Needed Water. Why Did Its MP Need a Fortuner?\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/giftmangava.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-2.png 474w, https:\/\/giftmangava.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-2-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/giftmangava.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-2-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">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&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-10-30T09:17:00+00:00\">30 October 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-649 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-opinions category-politics\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/giftmangava.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/20\/mnangagwa-can-appoint-a-senator-why-cant-i-elect-a-president\/\" target=\"_self\" >Mnangagwa Can Appoint a Senator. Why Can\u2019t I Elect a President?<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/giftmangava.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/20\/mnangagwa-can-appoint-a-senator-why-cant-i-elect-a-president\/\" target=\"_self\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/giftmangava.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-1.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Mnangagwa Can Appoint a Senator. Why Can\u2019t I Elect a President?\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/giftmangava.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-1.png 680w, https:\/\/giftmangava.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-1-300x168.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">President Emmerson Mnangagwa appointed businessman Kudakwashe Tagwirei to Zimbabwe\u2019s 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&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-10-20T09:15:00+01:00\">20 October 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-646 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-opinions category-politics\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/giftmangava.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/14\/mugabe-lost-the-presidency-zanu-pf-kept-the-microphone\/\" target=\"_self\" >Mugabe Lost the Presidency. ZANU PF Kept the Microphone.<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/giftmangava.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/14\/mugabe-lost-the-presidency-zanu-pf-kept-the-microphone\/\" target=\"_self\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"735\" src=\"https:\/\/giftmangava.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Mugabe Lost the Presidency. ZANU PF Kept the Microphone.\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/giftmangava.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image.png 1200w, https:\/\/giftmangava.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-300x184.png 300w, https:\/\/giftmangava.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-1024x627.png 1024w, https:\/\/giftmangava.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/image-768x470.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">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&hellip; <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2026-10-14T09:12:00+01:00\">14 October 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-11","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.4 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/giftmangava.com\/index.php\/opinions\/\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 5.0.4\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"gift  mangava - &#039;&#039;Activism works. So what I\u2019m telling you to do now is to act. Because no one is too small to make a difference.\u201d - Greta Thunberg\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"OPINIONS - gift mangava\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/giftmangava.com\/index.php\/opinions\/\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-04-23T16:01:40+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-04-23T16:21:21+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"OPINIONS - gift mangava\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/giftmangava.com\\\/index.php\\\/opinions\\\/#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/giftmangava.com\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/giftmangava.com\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/giftmangava.com\\\/index.php\\\/opinions\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"OPINIONS\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/giftmangava.com\\\/index.php\\\/opinions\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"OPINIONS\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/giftmangava.com\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/giftmangava.com\\\/#person\",\"name\":\"Gift Mangava\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/giftmangava.com\\\/index.php\\\/opinions\\\/#personImage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/daa55fd4b0f2409581cc491288ff6d0df11aaf45c66fad5d130ec43bfef30d73?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"width\":96,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"Gift Mangava\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/giftmangava.com\\\/index.php\\\/opinions\\\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/giftmangava.com\\\/index.php\\\/opinions\\\/\",\"name\":\"OPINIONS - gift mangava\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/giftmangava.com\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/giftmangava.com\\\/index.php\\\/opinions\\\/#breadcrumblist\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-04-23T17:01:40+01:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-04-23T17:21:21+01:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/giftmangava.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/giftmangava.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"giftmangava.com\",\"description\":\"''Activism works. So what I\\u2019m telling you to do now is to act. Because no one is too small to make a difference.\\u201d - Greta Thunberg\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/giftmangava.com\\\/#person\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO -->\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"OPINIONS - gift mangava","description":"","canonical_url":"https:\/\/giftmangava.com\/index.php\/opinions\/","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"","webmasterTools":{"miscellaneous":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/giftmangava.com\/index.php\/opinions\/#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/giftmangava.com\/#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/giftmangava.com\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/giftmangava.com\/index.php\/opinions\/#listItem","name":"OPINIONS"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/giftmangava.com\/index.php\/opinions\/#listItem","position":2,"name":"OPINIONS","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/giftmangava.com\/#listItem","name":"Home"}}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/giftmangava.com\/#person","name":"Gift Mangava","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/giftmangava.com\/index.php\/opinions\/#personImage","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/daa55fd4b0f2409581cc491288ff6d0df11aaf45c66fad5d130ec43bfef30d73?s=96&d=mm&r=g","width":96,"height":96,"caption":"Gift Mangava"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/giftmangava.com\/index.php\/opinions\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/giftmangava.com\/index.php\/opinions\/","name":"OPINIONS - gift mangava","inLanguage":"en-GB","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/giftmangava.com\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/giftmangava.com\/index.php\/opinions\/#breadcrumblist"},"datePublished":"2023-04-23T17:01:40+01:00","dateModified":"2023-04-23T17:21:21+01:00"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/giftmangava.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/giftmangava.com\/","name":"giftmangava.com","description":"''Activism works. So what I\u2019m telling you to do now is to act. Because no one is too small to make a difference.\u201d - Greta Thunberg","inLanguage":"en-GB","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/giftmangava.com\/#person"}}]},"og:locale":"en_GB","og:site_name":"gift  mangava - ''Activism works. So what I\u2019m telling you to do now is to act. Because no one is too small to make a difference.\u201d - Greta Thunberg","og:type":"article","og:title":"OPINIONS - gift mangava","og:url":"https:\/\/giftmangava.com\/index.php\/opinions\/","article:published_time":"2023-04-23T16:01:40+00:00","article:modified_time":"2023-04-23T16:21:21+00:00","twitter:card":"summary_large_image","twitter:title":"OPINIONS - gift mangava"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"11","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":[],"keyphrases":{"focus":{"keyphrase":"","score":0,"analysis":{"keyphraseInTitle":{"score":0,"maxScore":9,"error":1}}},"additional":[]},"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":"","og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":[],"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"schema_type":"default","schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":"-1","robots_max_videopreview":"-1","robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":"default","local_seo":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"created":"2023-04-23 16:01:41","updated":"2026-10-27 17:00:32","focus_keyword":null,"additional_keywords":null,"truseo_locale":null,"primary_term":null,"ai":null,"breadcrumb_settings":null,"seo_analyzer_scan_date":null},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/giftmangava.com\/\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">\u00bb<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\tOPINIONS\n\t\t<\/span><\/div>","aioseo_breadcrumb_json":[{"label":"Home","link":"https:\/\/giftmangava.com\/"},{"label":"OPINIONS","link":"https:\/\/giftmangava.com\/index.php\/opinions\/"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/giftmangava.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/giftmangava.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/giftmangava.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/giftmangava.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/giftmangava.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/giftmangava.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28,"href":"https:\/\/giftmangava.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions\/28"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/giftmangava.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}