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            Professor Arthur Mutambara The SA Constitution is not Sacred and SA Judges are not Demigods.   By Arthur Guseni Oliver Mutambara 13 January 2022   Minister Lindiwe Sisulu penned an opinion piece on 7 January 2022 titled: ‘Hi Mzansi, have we seen justice?’  It was quite a refreshing critique of the challenges confronting South Africa.  Sisulu’s right to express herself and the content of her remarks must be vigorously defended without equivocation or ambiguity. On 8 January 2022, soon after I read the opinion piece, I publicly expressed the following remarks: ‘Wow, what a piece by Lindiwe Sisulu. I am pleasantly surprised that some in the ANC still get it and are prepared to articulate it eloquently. The issue is how to get such incisive thinking to influence the ANC and the country's direction. Is it a lost cause?’ I stand by these utterances. There has been quite several articles and remarks attacking Minister Sisulu. The ba...

• Lawyer challenging the organisation`s regulatory monopoly speaks out Hosia Mviringi They say that there is no smoke without fire, or else it becomes a worldwide wonder as is the ‘smoke that thunders’ at the Mosi-Oa-Tunya in Western Zimbabwe. The Law Society of Zimbabwe was established by an Act of Parliament in 1981 ostensibly to regulate the operations of legal practitioners in the country. Since then, it has morphed into an all-powerful entity which plays a triple role as the registrar of lawyers, regulator of the law practice and representative trade union for all legal practitioners in the country. After exactly 40 years of existence, one brave, yet soft spoken Advocate Joshua John Chirambwe, in his personal capacity, decided to challenge the Constitutional hegemony of the Society in the High Court of Zimbabwe. But why after all these years, nobody in the legal fraternity saw the existence of conflict of interest and thus a need to challenge the constitutional provision? “Challen...

Hosia Mviringi The day is Monday, January 10, 2022. It is such a crucial day in the political history of Zimbabwe, probably not one to celebrate for others, but obviously a cause for relief for others. On this day, the MDC Alliance,  or rather the nameless formation of the MDC led by Nelson Chamisa converged in Harare, could have been under a tree or some other borrowed office somewhere in the capital. The main agenda item is choosing a new name , or to be more specific forming a new party. Perhaps, more fascinating is not the act of forming a new party or finding a new name because these things are happening everyday. In fact Zimbabwe had 23 political parties in the 2018 harmonised elections,  on its own no mean feat. Rather what’s curious about the so-called  crunch meeting by Nelson Chamisa and his grouping is the timing of the meeting.  It will be recalled that, political analysts and advisors have offered varied advice to Nelson Chamisa before concerning the abo...

An Open Response to the Newsday Editorial of 13 January 2022 By Zadziso Nyikayaramba The word Democracy is derived from the Greek word dēmokratiā, from dēmos 'people' and kratos 'rule’. As a system democracy can loosely be said to mean that people can freely participate in the choosing of their leaders. However, it can be said that Zimbabwe, pre and post-Independence has never freely experienced democracy in its fullest. This could be attributed to many historical factors which could be the subject for another day. The Editorial comment in the Newsday of 13 January 2022 refers. The article betrays the personal hatred of the writer for the person of Senator Douglas Mwonzora. Titled “What is Mwonzora up to?” the editorial comment went on to lie that “Chamisa seeks political legitimacy that is based on a free and fair election, while Mwonzora is preoccupied with a strategy of political accommodation rather than respecting the will of the people.” This is sadly does not ring t...

Hosia Mviringi The ruling ZANU PF party is not leaving anything to chance as the country approaches yet another elections season with by-elections scheduled for March 26, 2022. This was contained in an election roadmap that the Party's Commissariat department released to the press on January 12, 2022. "ZANU PF is taking this election seriously and is expecting nothing short of outright victory in both National Assembly and Local Authority by-elections," said National Political Commissar Mike Bimha. The party notified its members that it will participate fully in the scheduled by-elections set for March 26, 2022 and as such the Party has set up an roadmap to be followed and implemented forthwith in the run-up to and after the nominations on January 26, 2022 up to Election Day on March 26, 2022. The party has set January 12 - 14 for submission of Curriculum Vitae to Provincial Chairpersons by aspiring candidates for Local government and National Assembly seats by 1600hrs. T...

SADC emboldened by Mozambique success story Hosia Mviringi The Southern African Development Community has toasted to the success of its intervention mission in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado. In a Communique after its Extraordinary Summit in Lilongwe Malawi on January 12, 2022, the Southern African regional Supreme policy-making body expressed satisfaction at the results of its military intervention which saw the region extinguish a highly dangerous terrorist incursion in the Cabo Delgado region of Mozambique. "Summit considered the report of the Organ Troika plus Personnel Contributing Countries (PCC's) and the Republic of Mozambique held on January 11, 2022, and commended the SADC Mission In Mozambique (SAMIM) leadership and the troops for conducting successful operations and for the achievements recorded since the deployment of the Mission in July 2021," said the statement. The Summit, ably chaired by Dr Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera, in his capacity as SADC Chairperson, ex...

SADC meets to review Mozambique progress Hosia Mviringi The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is meeting today in Lilongwe Malawi with a brief to review progress on the block's intervention in Mozambique. Oi The Southern African regional groupng has been meeting regularly since mid-2021 whoen a decision was reached for military intervention to help the Southern African country decisively deal with a menacing armed insurgency in the Cabo Delgado region. "The Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government to be held on January 11-12, 2022 will review progress on the Southern African Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM) which was deployed to support Mozambique to combat terrorism and acts of violent extremism," said the SADC Secretariat in a statement. The Summit will be chaired by Malawi President, Dr Lazarus Chakwera in his capacity as Vhairperson of SADC. The Extraordinary Summit will be preceded by a session of the SADC Troika Organ on Politics, Defence and S...