{"id":10,"date":"2024-01-13T16:03:05","date_gmt":"2024-01-13T16:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mellisamarewangepo.com\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2024-01-13T16:08:12","modified_gmt":"2024-01-13T16:08:12","slug":"opinion","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mellisamarewangepo.com\/index.php\/opinion\/","title":{"rendered":"OPINION"},"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-227 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-opinion category-politics\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mellisamarewangepo.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/24\/mnangagwa-has-appointed-himself-judge-jury-and-executioner-over-every-commission-in-this-country\/\" target=\"_self\" >MNANGAGWA HAS APPOINTED HIMSELF JUDGE JURY AND EXECUTIONER OVER EVERY COMMISSION IN THIS COUNTRY<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mellisamarewangepo.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/24\/mnangagwa-has-appointed-himself-judge-jury-and-executioner-over-every-commission-in-this-country\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"634\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/mellisamarewangepo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-2.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"MNANGAGWA HAS APPOINTED HIMSELF JUDGE JURY AND EXECUTIONER OVER EVERY COMMISSION IN THIS COUNTRY\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mellisamarewangepo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-2.png 634w, https:\/\/mellisamarewangepo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-2-280x300.png 280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 634px) 100vw, 634px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">The lawyers have spoken with one voice, and the verdict is damning. The removal of Jessie Majome from the chairmanship of the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission is unconstitutional, unprocedural and unlawful. Senior advocates, the Constitution Defenders Forum, civil society and every Zimbabwean lawyer who has read Section 237 of our supreme law have reached 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=\"2026-04-24T17:00:38+00:00\">April 24, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-224 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-opinion category-politics\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mellisamarewangepo.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/16\/zanu-pf-fears-the-ballot-and-charamba-has-been-sent-to-hide-it\/\" target=\"_self\" >ZANU PF FEARS THE BALLOT AND CHARAMBA HAS BEEN SENT TO HIDE IT<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mellisamarewangepo.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/16\/zanu-pf-fears-the-ballot-and-charamba-has-been-sent-to-hide-it\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1370\" src=\"https:\/\/mellisamarewangepo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-1.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"ZANU PF FEARS THE BALLOT AND CHARAMBA HAS BEEN SENT TO HIDE IT\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mellisamarewangepo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-1.png 1440w, https:\/\/mellisamarewangepo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-1-300x285.png 300w, https:\/\/mellisamarewangepo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-1-1024x974.png 1024w, https:\/\/mellisamarewangepo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-1-768x731.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">It takes a particular kind of contempt for the public to stand before a national audience, on a state platform, and openly misrepresent the constitution of the Republic. That is exactly what George Charamba, Deputy Chief Secretary in the Office of the President and Cabinet, has just done. In a wide ranging interview with state&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=\"2026-04-16T16:49:19+00:00\">April 16, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-221 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-politics\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mellisamarewangepo.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/10\/the-colonial-playbook-returns-this-time-in-the-hands-of-zanu-pf\/\" target=\"_self\" >THE COLONIAL PLAYBOOK RETURNS, THIS TIME IN THE HANDS OF ZANU PF<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mellisamarewangepo.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/10\/the-colonial-playbook-returns-this-time-in-the-hands-of-zanu-pf\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1392\" src=\"https:\/\/mellisamarewangepo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"THE COLONIAL PLAYBOOK RETURNS, THIS TIME IN THE HANDS OF ZANU PF\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mellisamarewangepo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image.png 1440w, https:\/\/mellisamarewangepo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-300x290.png 300w, https:\/\/mellisamarewangepo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-1024x990.png 1024w, https:\/\/mellisamarewangepo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-768x742.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">There is a special kind of arrogance required to defend Constitutional Amendment Bill Number 3 by invoking the history of African disenfranchisement. Yet that is precisely what the regime&#8217;s propagandists are now doing. They walk us through the colonial statute books, from the Cape of Good Hope law of 1891 to the British South Africa&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=\"2026-04-10T16:46:11+00:00\">April 10, 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,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mellisamarewangepo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mellisamarewangepo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mellisamarewangepo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mellisamarewangepo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mellisamarewangepo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mellisamarewangepo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18,"href":"https:\/\/mellisamarewangepo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10\/revisions\/18"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mellisamarewangepo.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}