Dear Linda – Tribute by Dr. Abigale Mupambi Delivered on the Last Day, 27 May 2026 Dear Linda, Lilomatic , Nyon’onyai, Mambokadzi, Masarira, You fought a good fight. You ran your race with focus, bravery, and a clear resolve. You stood as a voice for the voiceless, a defender of…
Harare – Labour Economists and Afrikan Democrats (LEAD) president Linda Masarira has thrown her party’s conditional support behind a controversial proposal to scrap direct presidential elections in favour of a parliamentary vote, warning that the reform would backfire without simultaneous proportional representation changes. In formal submissions on the Constitution of…
Harare — In a moment that will be etched into the annals of Zimbabwe’s history, Justice Elizabeth Gwaunza, appointed as the country’s first female Chief Justice, has shattered a 46-year-old glass ceiling, sending ripples of inspiration across the nation and beyond. The appointment, announced by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, took effect…
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Harare– A Zimbabwean political party has called for the immediate arrest of those responsible for the violent assault on human rights lawyer, Douglas Coltart, condemning the attack as a “direct assault on democracy” during public hearings on a constitutional amendment bill. The assault occurred on Wednesday at the City Sports…
Harare– Linda Tsungirirai Masarira, president of the Labour Economists and Afrikan Democrats (LEAD), has issued a strong public rebuke of fellow opposition figure Fadzayi Mahere, condemning what she describes as “unnecessary, hostile, and regressive” social media attacks against another female politician. In a press statement dated December 8, Masarira called…
Harare- The Labour Economists and Afrikan Democrats (LEAD) has condemned the Zimbabwean government's new fiscal policy, labelling a forthcoming 15% withholding tax on international digital services as "regressive" and "anti-innovation." In a press statement released today, LEAD President Linda Tsungirirai Masarira declared the tax, set to take effect on January…
Harare- In a forceful intervention into a national controversy, Linda Tsungirirai Masarira, President of the Labour Economists and Afrikan Democrats (LEAD), has declared that the alleged sexual encounter between adult woman Memory Makedenge and a 17-year-old boy constitutes a criminal offence under Zimbabwean law, regardless of public perception or social…
By Linda Tsungirirai Masarira 29 November 2025 The 2026 national budget arrives at a time when Zimbabweans are suffocating under the weight of rising living costs, collapsing social services, structural unemployment, and a chronic erosion of real incomes. What the country needed was a people-centred, rights-based, redistributive budget anchored in…
The Labour Economists and Afrikan Democrats (LEAD) unequivocally condemn the inflammatory remarks issued by former U.S. President Donald J. Trump regarding South Africa and the G20 Summit. His statement is laden with racism, falsehoods, and neo-colonial arrogance, which is an affront not only to South Africa but to the dignity…
