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President Paul Kagame. Credit: ITU/J.Ohle  Morgan Tsvangirai Credit:  zimnews.net The past week has been an exciting spectacle on the African political scene. Rwanda saw Paul Kagame sweep to victory in a widely expected outcome. The Kenyan elections also came with the usual noise and violence that has become the norm, each time the country goes to the polls. Jacob Zuma survived yet another attempt by parliament to vote him out of office. On the home front, I watched with glee and disgust as the opposition in Zimbabwe continued to tussle each other on who is to lead their so called "grand coalition." Zanu Pf on the other hand still at crossroads after the hilarious shows by Grace and Bob at their youth rallies, continues to grab the headlines. Paul Kagame's near perfect re-election with a 99% vote, did not come as a surprise after his hugely attended last rally. What boggles the mind is where then is the opposition in Rwanda if any exists or is Kagame...

Zimbabweans in the diaspora continue to be unrecognised by their homeland. The ruling by the constitutional court comes as no surprise, for most of us in the diaspora as Zimbabwe continues to deny us the right to vote. The Herald on 20 July 2017 reported that Chief Justice Malaba defended Section 23(3) of the Electoral Act. “Section 23(3) required that a voter be resident in the constituency in which he or she was to vote for purposes of being qualified for registration on the voters’ roll for that constituency. “If the voter became absent from the constituency in which he or she was registered as a voter for a continuous period of 12 months, his or her name had to be removed from the voters’ roll of that constituency,” reads the judgment. The judgement effectively rendered millions of Zimbabweans on the voters roll with a notification that they will not take part in the electoral process in 2018. The current ruling party welcomes this judgement as it nullifies millions of votes whi...

THE past few weeks have been exciting on the Zimbabwean political landscape. New faces have entered the cryptic world of politics in Zim. The interesting part, with Fadzai Mahere and Dr Nkosana Moyo’s entrance has been the criticism from some sectors of the country.  The opposition MDC-T has been quick to denounce these new political aspirants. What boggles the mind further is that while the usual critical voices from the ruling elite have been at loggerheads, none has questioned the new political entrants. I have viewed the ruling Zanu PF’s silence as probably because there is too much mess in its own house to criticise the newest edition of political challenges. I won’t dwell much on the ruling party’s struggles as The Herald has been at lengths to legitimise them at the expense of the nutty professor. The most surprising and disappointing action has been within the MDC-T. So many people have posted on social media stating that the emergence of Nkosana Moyo would split t...