The Revolutionary Star Podcast

The Revolutionary Star Podcast

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The Revolutionary Star Podcast episodes

  • Douglas Mwonzora: Modern day Abel Muzorewa or Zimbabwe’s Constitutionalist Messiah Politically?
    A lawyer, politician and senator representing Movement for Democratic Change in parliament. Mwonzora is a former Secretary General of the MDC Alliance before he lost to Charlton Hwende in the 2019 Congress held in Gweru.
     He was the COPAC Co-Chairperson representing the opposition parties in the drafting of the new constitution in 2013, the other chairperson being Zanu-PF's Paul Mangwana. 
    He is a former Member of Parliament, Nyanga North Zimbabwe and a former Law Lecturer
    Today we talk about Mwonzora and get to understand him a little bit better........
    1 hr 4 min
  • Justice Wadyajena: Zanu PF’s Pitbull
    This Cadre has taken it upon himself to be one of Zanu PF's Pitbulls in politics........a bare knuckle political fighter who is a brawler and a tenacious parliamentarian 
    Today we highlight him on our wachlist as a cadre to know and observe
    Mayor Justice Wadyajena was elected to be the Member of Parliament (MP) of the Gokwe-Nembudziya 
    He is the current Parliamentary Portfolio Committee Chairman on Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement.
    Born in Bulawayo on 19 November 1980, he holds an MSc in International Relations from University of Zimbabwe and a BSc (Hons) degree.
    An unknown Zanu PF workhorse let us delve into the world of Cde Wadyajena
    40 min
  • MDC Alliance SMART Pledge versus Vision2030; did Zanu PF Copy and Paste?
    The Land Reform Agenda that has greatly empowered the people of Zimbabwe through Zanu PF with MDC now supporting it with their SMART Pledge.
    The focus on productive use of land and issuance of security of tenure documents to beneficiaries of land in order to allow for long term security of tenure; reflects both MDC and Zanu PF.
    Wider access to land being achieved through rightsizing of farms and elimination of multiple farm ownership; yet another tenet that MDC and Zanu PF agree on.
    Therefore what is actually the MDC; PLEDGE of a Sustainable and Modernisation Agenda for Real Transformation (Smart pledge)?
    SMART Governance, Nation Building and the Consensus State
    SMART Sustainable, Shared and Inclusive Economy
    SMART Citizen Rights, Interests and Protection
    SMART Social Justice and Delivery
    Did Zanu PF copy and paste this to Vision2030?
    Join Us as we discuss and deliberate
    follow us on twitter at @RevoltStarZim
    58 min
  • U.S Secretary of State Anthony Blinken: A Nation Building Proponent.. A Hawk that Acts Like a Dove
    An American government official and diplomat serving as the 71st United States secretary of state since January 26, 2021. Advocated for the 2003 invasion of Iraq while serving as the Democratic staff director of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from 2002 to 2008. Helped craft U.S. policy on Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the nuclear program of Iran.
    Was a member of the National Security Council (NSC) staff from 1994 to 2001; supported the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. In formulating Biden's support for the U.S. invasion of Iraq, with Blinken characterized the vote to invade Iraq as "a vote for tough diplomacy".
    In the years following the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq, Blinken assisted Biden in formulating a failed proposal in the Senate to establish in Iraq three independent regions divided along ethnic or sectarian lines: a "Shiastan" in the south, a "Sunnistan" in the north, as well as Iraqi Kurdistan.
    Welcome to the world of Anthony Blinken who from 2009 to 2013, was Deputy Assistant to the President and National Security Advisor to the Vice President. In this position he helped craft U.S. policy on Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the nuclear program of Iran.
    Supported the 2011 military intervention in Libya; a well as the supply of weapons to Syrian rebels. Voiced support for the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen; this is the United States' poster boy for Nation Building.........Today we discuss a hawkish Diplomat who masquerades as a Dove.
    50 min
  • Vision2030: Is this smoke and mirrors or can this be actual real change?
    According Cde ED Mnangagwa.......... Government will leave no stone unturned in transforming Zimbabwe into a knowledge driven and industrialised Upper Middle Income Economy by 2030.
    Vision 2030 supposedly reflects the collective aspirations and determination of the people of Zimbabwe towards a Prosperous Upper Middle Income Nation by 2030.
    Vision 2030 paints a vision of guiding the Transitional Stabilisation Programme (2018-2020), and successive Five-Year Medium-Term Development Strategies (2021-2025) and (2026- 2030) to success.
    Vision 2030 seeks to fundamentally transform Zimbabwe to an upper middle income economy,with a per capita Gross National Income of over US$5000 in real terms by 2030, from the current US$1 440.
    The key aspirations of Zimbabwe Vision 2030 will be realised through five strategic Pillars, namely:
    Governance;
    Macro-economic Stability and Financial Re-engagement;
    Inclusive Growth;
    Infrastructure and Utilities; and
    Social Development.
    Today we delve into this policy document and direct it to see if it holds water.
    1 hr 5 min
  • Acie Lumumuba: A Revolutionaries’ Canary in a Coal Mine.
    A Pan Africanist Media Provocatuer; the Canary in the Coal Mine and Zanu PF Loyalist Comrade Acie Lumumba
    This Cadre is storm unto himself..... 
    Comrade Lumumba is a Cadre wether u like him or not and believe us we say this grudgingly
    Today we find out whether or not he is the Zimbo you love to hate
    a Zanu-PF activist who was appointed by Zimbabwe’s Minister of Finance and Economic development Mthuli Ncube to head the ministry’s communications task force.
    Lumumba William Gerald Mutumanje born 29 September 1988, known as Acie Lumumba, is a today's cadre
    37 min
  • Regime Change: Lessons Zimbabwe Can Learn From Afghanistan!
    Taliban is gaining ground in Afghanistan as the United States Retreats. What lessons can a small nation in Africa learn when a Superpower makes a mistake 
    How to avoid being sacrificed as a pawn in this global Geo-political world......
    Today is Sunday the 15th of August 2021 today we talk on Regime Change: Lessons Zimbabwe can learn from Afghanistan! When the United States breaks something and cant fix it
    On Thursday the 12th of August, Herat, Afghanistan’s third-largest city, fell to the Taliban, becoming the eleventh provincial capital to be captured by the Taliban since the U.S decided to withdraw from Afghanistan
    Earlier on Thursday, the armed group took control of Ghazni, the capital of Ghazni province, about 130km (80 miles) southwest of the national capital, Kabul.
    The Taliban now controls an 65% of the country’s territory, as the US-led foreign forces are about to complete the pullout from the country after 20 years of war.
    Comrades we live in a Predatory environment and need to be vigilant
    when a great power fails..... we stop and analyze not to critique but to learn
    41 min
  • Joanna Mamombe: Zimbabwean 100% however Is she a Political Opportunist or MDC’s future Golda Meir?
    Welcome to the Watchlist a weekly commentary that tracks upcoming power brokers within Zimbabwe and SADC every Thursday
    Today is Thursday the 11th of August and today's Watchlist is the Firebrand and Upcoming Politician Member of Parliament Joanna Mamombe
    A shout out to the talkshow Enisia Mashusha Official for providing some of the audio we used
    So who is Joana Mamombe
    Joana Ruvimbo Mamombe (born 18 June 1993) is a Zimbawean politician, former student leader and a member of Movement for Democratic Change Alliance. She is known to be one of the youngest Zimbawean members of parliament, representing Harare West.
    born in Harare on June 18, 1993. She had her secondary education at Monte Cassino Girls High School where she graduated in 2011. She proceeded to Chinhoyi University of Technology and graduated with a bachelor's degree in Biotechnology.
    While at the university, she served as Gender Officer for the Zimbabwe National Students Union (ZINASU). After graduating from Chinhoyi University of Technology , she furthered at University of Bergen in Norway where she attained a Masters Degree in Molecular Biology.
    Mamombe joined politics after completing her studies in Norway and returning to Zimbabwe in 2018. In that same year, she was elected as the member of parliament representing Harare West under the ticket of the MDC Alliance. After the elections which was held on July 30 2018, she was sworn into office.
    Help us delve into Joanna mamombe as an individual......
    35 min
  • Gukurahundi Part 1: Foreigners and Outsiders how they affected Zimbabwe in the 1980s
    The Revolutionary Star 15th Episode: 15th
    Episode 15: Gukurahundi Foreign Backdrop
    Today is Sunday the 8th of August 2021 today we talk on Gukurahundi: How; Who; What and Where!
    Gukurahundi is a term used to refer to disturbances in Matabeleland and Midlands in the 1980s which resulted in the death of an estimated 20,000 Ndebele people. It was carried out by the North Korean trained 5th Brigade which was an elite regiment of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces. Gukurahundi is derived from a Shona language term which loosely translates to "the early rain which washes away the chaff before the spring rains". For Gukurahundi timeline click here.
    Today we discuss on the foreign aspect of Gukurahundi; what were the dynamics happening in the Geopolitical environment at the time?
    Join us today for Part 1 of Gukurahundi and comment on all our platforms
    1 hr 6 min
  • Kudakwashe Tagwirei: Is he Zimbabwe’s Robber Baron or A Steadfast Patriot?
    Today is Wednesday the 4th of August 2021 and today's Watchlist is a Pan Africanist Tycoon Mogul and Zanu PF Loyalist Comrade Tagwirei
    This Cadre has taken it upon himself to do business within Zimbabwe his homeland and has refused to be harangued into shunning Zanu PF within his own country. This however has come at a huge cost to him.
    Today we find out wether or not he is the Robber Baron plundering Zimbabwe or if he truly is a patriot?
    56 min

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The Revolutionary Star is a Zimbabwean Social and Political Commentary Podcast that covers issues that affect Zimbabwe and other Southern African countries. Our views are based on a Southern African Nationalistic ideology that is known to have birthed the independence of most African Countries from colonialism.