{"id":6,"date":"2024-01-13T15:55:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-13T15:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mellisamarewangepo.com\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2024-01-13T16:08:33","modified_gmt":"2024-01-13T16:08:33","slug":"politics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mellisamarewangepo.com\/index.php\/politics\/","title":{"rendered":"Politics"},"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-311 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\/10\/05\/trevor-ncube-cannot-condemn-press-intimidation-and-practise-its-logic-at-home\/\" target=\"_self\" >TREVOR NCUBE CANNOT CONDEMN PRESS INTIMIDATION AND PRACTISE ITS LOGIC AT HOME<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mellisamarewangepo.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/05\/trevor-ncube-cannot-condemn-press-intimidation-and-practise-its-logic-at-home\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"314\" src=\"https:\/\/mellisamarewangepo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-1.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"TREVOR NCUBE CANNOT CONDEMN PRESS INTIMIDATION AND PRACTISE ITS LOGIC AT HOME\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mellisamarewangepo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-1.png 500w, https:\/\/mellisamarewangepo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-1-300x188.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">Trevor Ncube has spent years presenting himself as a defender of independent journalism, free expression and the right of the media to scrutinise powerful people. That history makes the latest legal battle involving his own publishing company deeply uncomfortable. ZimInd Publishers, the company behind NewsDay, The Standard and the Zimbabwe Independent, has taken 36 employees&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=\"2026-10-05T08:14:43+00:00\">October 5, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-308 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\/09\/11\/from-business-power-to-state-power-tagwireis-rise-exposes-the-real-stakes-of-cab-3\/\" target=\"_self\" >FROM BUSINESS POWER TO STATE POWER: TAGWIREI\u2019S RISE EXPOSES THE REAL STAKES OF CAB 3<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mellisamarewangepo.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/11\/from-business-power-to-state-power-tagwireis-rise-exposes-the-real-stakes-of-cab-3\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"426\" src=\"https:\/\/mellisamarewangepo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"FROM BUSINESS POWER TO STATE POWER: TAGWIREI\u2019S RISE EXPOSES THE REAL STAKES OF CAB 3\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mellisamarewangepo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image.png 728w, https:\/\/mellisamarewangepo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/image-300x176.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">The political significance of Kudakwashe Tagwirei\u2019s sudden arrival in Parliament should not be underestimated. For years, Tagwirei was discussed as one of Zimbabwe\u2019s most influential businessmen, a figure whose proximity to the centres of political and economic power generated intense public debate despite him holding no elected national office. Today, he sits in the Senate&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=\"2026-09-11T18:08:00+00:00\">September 11, 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/li><li class=\"wp-block-post post-284 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\/07\/09\/democracy-sold-in-broad-daylight-as-zimbabwe-enters-a-new-constitutional-era\/\" target=\"_self\" >DEMOCRACY SOLD IN BROAD DAYLIGHT AS ZIMBABWE ENTERS A &#8216;NEW&#8217; CONSTITUTIONAL ERA<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<figure class=\"alignwide wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mellisamarewangepo.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/09\/democracy-sold-in-broad-daylight-as-zimbabwe-enters-a-new-constitutional-era\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1384\" src=\"https:\/\/mellisamarewangepo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-1.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"DEMOCRACY SOLD IN BROAD DAYLIGHT AS ZIMBABWE ENTERS A &#8216;NEW&#8217; CONSTITUTIONAL ERA\" style=\"object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mellisamarewangepo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-1.png 1440w, https:\/\/mellisamarewangepo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-1-300x288.png 300w, https:\/\/mellisamarewangepo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-1-1024x984.png 1024w, https:\/\/mellisamarewangepo.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-1-768x738.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">For many Zimbabweans, the signing of Constitution Amendment No. 3 is not simply another legal development. It is viewed as one of the most significant democratic setbacks since the adoption of the 2013 Constitution. To its critics, this is nothing less than a constitutional coup against democracy, executed not with tanks on the streets but&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=\"2026-07-09T08:05:21+00:00\">July 9, 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-6","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:\/\/mellisamarewangepo.com\/index.php\/politics\/\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 5.0.4\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"MELLISA MAREWANGEPO -\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Politics - 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