Nqaba Matshazi
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Allow me to reintroduce myself
Fast forward to 2025, we have Blessed Geza, or as we now all fondly call him, Bombshell, making all the right noises.
By Nqaba Matshazi
Feb. 9, 2025
From the leadership code to the kleptocracy – the story of Zanu PF
When Enos Nkala, a former Home Affairs minister was implicated in the Willowgate Scandal, he was soon jettisoned from the ministry.
By Nqaba Matshazi
Feb. 16, 2025
Mixed messaging and confusion over Mnangagwa term extension
The contradictory messages are only going to encourage further speculations and fuel doubts about the president’s term extension.
By Nqaba Matshazi
Feb. 22, 2025
Mhlanga’s arrest challenges govt’s claims for democratic progress
An arrest of a journalist will always raise questions about whether a country upholds human rights.
By Nqaba Matshazi
Mar. 2, 2025
Chamisa needs to be held accountable for Tshabangu’s rise
I must confess, when Chamisa launched the CCC in 2022, I thought his “strategic ambiguity” was a clever and innovative plan.
By Nqaba Matshazi
Mar. 16, 2025
Zimbabweans reduced to a placid, apathetic lot with no agency
Instead of dealing with our issues, we sub-contracted our problems to the regional bloc.
By Nqaba Matshazi
Mar. 23, 2025
Geoff Nyarota’s cry for help
For some, he was a doyen of Zimbabwean journalism, for others his record on reporting on the Gukurahundi massacres will always be a blemish on his record.
By Nqaba Matshazi
Mar. 30, 2025
Zimbabwe, no country for young people
One observation Mutsvangwa made was that it was comical to see Geza in military fatigue threatening an uprising at over 70 years.
By Nqaba Matshazi
Apr. 6, 2025
Mnangagwa’s response to Trump tariffs a betrayal of neighbours
Mnangagwa’s statement was in response to US President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on almost all the countries in the world.
By Nqaba Matshazi
Apr. 13, 2025
Why Nelson Chamisa has come unstuck
Chamisa remains quite popular, but there is more to elections and winning power than popularity and that is where our opposition has come unstuck.
By Nqaba Matshazi
Apr. 20, 2025
Why interest in Geza might be waning
Two of his erstwhile business pals are languishing in remand prison and we ask ourselves how he has managed to escape a similar fate.
By Nqaba Matshazi
May. 4, 2025
Uproar over King caused by fear, paranoia
Daniel Garwe, the local government minister set the ball rolling, with an incoherent and illogical letter reprimanding Coltart for meeting with a supposed imposter.
By Nqaba Matshazi
May. 11, 2025
Mutsvangwa’s half-truths and the need for fact-checking
Mutsvangwa was in his element with half-truths and mistruths, but the tragedy of it all is that no journalist held him to account or even fact checked some of the things he said.
By Nqaba Matshazi
Aug. 3, 2025
For Pete’s sake, it’s time to cancel ZBC licence fees
The government and ZBC have proved to be intransigent to calls for reform and we cannot continue to reward this intransigence by paying licence fees.
By Nqaba Matshazi
Aug. 10, 2025
Xenophobia in SA a symptom of Zimbabwe’s collapse, regional inertia
While in the past the attacks often manifested in violence, the agitators have taken a new route, arguing that foreigners cannot be prioritised at public hospitals at the expense of locals
By Nqaba Matshazi
Aug. 17, 2025
