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Mnangagwa, Chivayo raise eyebrows again
Corruption-accused businessman Wicknell Chivayo, who has long been a subject of public scrutiny, was a conspicuous presence during President Emmerson Mnangagwa's recent visit to Bulawayo for the Zimba...Published: 28 Apr 2025 at 12:47hrs | 6983 | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland condemns 'ruinous' Zanu-PF factionalism
Political leaders and commentators in Matabeleland have raised concerns over the internal factional battles within the ruling Zanu-PF party, arguing that the ongoing power struggles are creating uncer...Published: 02 Apr 2025 at 11:20hrs | 1069 | by Staff reporter
Politics of sympathetic pregnancies
Politics of mimesis Opposition in Zimbabwe - not the Zimbabwean opposition - is in a deep mess. It is vainly looking for causes, models and examples. Our politics, it would appear, has entered a p...Published: 11 Aug 2024 at 18:27hrs | 93 | by @Jamwanda2 on Saturday
Chamisa, Biti a team of irreconcilable rivals
Zimbabwe's main opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) led by Morgan Richard Tsvangirai, launched its campaign for the 31 July 2013 harmonised elections in Marondera, a small tow...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 08:57hrs | 11 | by Dr Phillan Zamchiya
Disband Zinara, demands Zapu candidate
ZAPU candidate for Lupane East, Mthenjwa Gumbo, has demanded that the Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) be disbanded due to its failure to rehabilitate national roads, especially in the M...Published: 21 Aug 2023 at 06:35hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Council, war vets clash over torture base
A group of war veterans from Matabeleland North are locked in a fierce battle with the Nkayi Rural District Council for control of an abandoned building that was once used as a torture camp for opposi...Published: 09 Apr 2023 at 11:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's party battling fresh internal turbulence in cockpit
THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) is battling fresh internal turbulence after some party bigwigs openly said that they were uncomfortable with party leader Nelson Chamisa extending an olive bran...Published: 09 Apr 2022 at 08:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's Bulawayo province rejects Khupe
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Bulawayo structures have refused to work with MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe after she offered to rally behind Nelson Chamisa's candidates in the weekend b...Published: 24 Mar 2022 at 05:26hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland North, South risk losing constituencies
MATEBELELAND North and South had the lowest number of new voter registrants during the jus-ended voter registration blitz, with analysts citing poor timing by the electoral management body among the r...Published: 09 Mar 2022 at 07:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'We're losing ground in Matebeleland,' claims CCC
A few weeks before the holding of by-elections on 26 March, the country's opposition has acknowledged that the ruling Zanu-PF party was maintaining a tight grip in the Matabeleland region, an area the...Published: 06 Mar 2022 at 08:25hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
MDC fissures started under Tsvangirai
ON September 1999, a new political party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) was launched at a mass rally in Harare, the first time in years that the then President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF's dom...Published: 21 Feb 2022 at 05:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa promises to unleash?
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday vowed to unleash violence if he lost next year's presidential race to President Mnangagwa, amid divisions in the opposition outfit....Published: 21 Feb 2022 at 05:27hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Khupe edging closer to joining Chamisa's party
MDC-T faction leader Thokozani Khupe is edging closer to reuniting with her former colleagues in the Citizens Coalition for Change following a meeting with the party's vice president Welshman Ncube in...Published: 16 Feb 2022 at 08:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC distances itself from Thokozani Khupe -Welshman Ncube meeting
The Nelson Chamisa-led CCC has distanced itself from the meeting held by CCC Vice President Professor Welshman Ncube and the MDC-T President Thokazani Khupe brokered by Khupe's ally Abednico Bhebhe. ...Published: 16 Feb 2022 at 07:57hrs | 8 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Khupe begs to rejoin Chamisa?
MDC-T deputy leader Thokozani Khupe has discussed rejoining the MDC Alliance, ZimLive reported.Talks between Khupe and MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa have caused ructions in the MDC-T whic...Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 20:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Nkayi villagers to name, shame violence perpetrators
VILLAGERS in Nkayi, Matabeleland North province, have resolved to investigate and expose perpetrators of the 2002 to 2008 electoral violence.After compiling the names of the terror groups, the...Published: 03 Nov 2021 at 05:24hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Ex-MDC legislator survives car crash
FORMER MDC-T organising secretary Abednico Bhebhe cheated death on Sunday evening when he was involved in a car accident that saw his vehicle fell off a cliff along the Bulawayo-Beitbridge Highway....Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Poor roads haunt region
WHILE roads development brings social, cultural and economic changes in the lives of people in terms of providing connectivity between places and reducing poverty, in rural Matabeleland it is a privil...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 08:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Matabeleland is marginalised
FORMER speaker of Parliament Lovemore Moyo says the Matabeleland region continues to be marginalised with locals not benefiting from natural resources.Moyo, who now fronts the opposition Unite...Published: 12 Sep 2021 at 08:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt fears devolution may plug looting holes
LEADER of opposition United Movement for Devolution (UMD) party, Lovemore Moyo, says Zanu-PF is unwilling to implement devolution of power for fear it could deny its officials the opportunity to loot ...Published: 06 Sep 2021 at 20:39hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Human bones found at Bubi torture camp
HUMAN remains suspected to belong to a member of the opposition, who was abducted and tortured for a month at a Zanu-PF torture camp in Bubi, Matabeleland North ahead of the violent 2002 election, hav...Published: 15 Aug 2021 at 08:39hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF scuttled Nkayi development'
FORMER Nkayi South MP Abednico Bhebhe has alleged that developmental projects that he initiated during his tenure as MP from 2000 to 2009 were scuttled by the Zanu-PF government for political reasons....Published: 09 Aug 2021 at 07:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Time Zimbabwe sets educational qualifications for MPs'
FORMER Nkayi South MP Abednico Bhebhe (MDC) says Zimbabwe must draft a law which stipulates minimum qualifications for legislators so that they understand and effectively contribute to policymaking pr...Published: 03 Aug 2021 at 07:21hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo-Nkayi Road construction funds diverted again
GOVERNMENT has said the construction of the BulawayoNkayi Road has again been put on hold after funds allocated for the project in the 2021 budget were diverted. Construction of the road began...Published: 23 Apr 2021 at 07:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'State of opposition politics in Zimbabwe worrying'
Former MDC-T National Organising Secretary, Abednico Bhebhe, who denied allegation that he has joined the MDC Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa says the state of the opposition politics in Zimbabwe is wo...Published: 02 Apr 2021 at 15:41hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Abednico Bhebhe denies joining Chamisa's MDC
THE continued polarisation within the MDC family has long been a cause of concern to many progressive Zimbabweans. My position on this matter is known. I have not only decried the persistent fractiona...Published: 02 Apr 2021 at 12:34hrs | 2 | by Abednico Bhebhe
'Zanu-PF dangling money to MDC activists'
FORMER Nkayi South MP Abednico Bhebhe (MDC Alliance) was allegedly approached by Zanu-PF officials who dangled money to entice him to join the ruling party. The claim was made by former Zanu-P...Published: 02 Apr 2021 at 09:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Abednico Bhebhe rejoins Chamisa
UNSETTLED MDC founding politician and former legislator Abednico Bhebhe has rejoined the Nelson Chamisa led MDC Alliance.Bhebhe was expelled from the then Thokozani Khupe-led MDC-T during the ...Published: 29 Mar 2021 at 18:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Not yet ready for democracy
THE road to democracy is not easy for countries that have emerged from decades of colonial systems and replaced by autocratic ones which derive their power from military as well as tribal politics....Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 07:59hrs | 1 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Bhebhe dismisses claims of rejoining Mwonzora's MDC
EXPELLED MDC-T national organising secretary Abednico Bhebhe has rebuffed to claims by the opposition party's that he had been reinstated into the structures after begging for readmission.MDC-...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 06:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa loses more senior members?
MDC-Alliance continues to count costs after it lost more senior party officials to the MDC-T led by Mr Douglas Mwonzora, who now leads the biggest opposition party in terms of representation in Parlia...Published: 08 Feb 2021 at 05:45hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora battling various plots to topple him
MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora is battling various plots to topple him, barely two months after he was elected to the helm of the party.Mwonzora beat then interim MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe i...Published: 07 Feb 2021 at 08:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Thokozani Khupe was, will never win leadership of MDC-T
The recently concluded chaotic extraordinary congress of MDC-T, shows that the ambitious and former deputy prime minister of Zimbabwe was never going to win the election regardless of the support she ...Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 17:46hrs | 2 | by Ncube Posiwe
Khupe wasn't going to win MDC-T presidency, says analysts
There was no way MDC-T acting president, Thokozani Khupe, could have won the party' presidency at the Sunday congress, notwithstanding the violence that marred it, political analysts told CITE this we...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 16:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bhebhe speaks on MDC-T chaotic Congress
EXPELLED MDC-T organising secretary, Abednico Bhebhe says he expected mayhem during the party's weekend extraordinary congress which was controversially won by then interim secretary general Douglas M...Published: 29 Dec 2020 at 07:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bhebhe's bid to stop MDC-T Congress dismissed with costs
BULAWAYO High Court Judge, Thompson Mabhikwa Saturday dismissed with costs, a case in which expelled MDC-T organising secretary, Abednico Bhebhe was seeking a stop to the opposition's congress in Hara...Published: 26 Dec 2020 at 20:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora allies in demo over voters roll
THE fight over the MDC-T party's voters roll to be used this Sunday at their extraordinary congress escalated yesterday after supporters of secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora staged a demonstration at...Published: 24 Dec 2020 at 17:05hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T presidency in my bag, says Mwonzora
MDC-T interim secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora says he is confident of winning the presidency of the party at the extraordinary congress to be held this Sunday. The MDC-T is set to hold its ...Published: 23 Dec 2020 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T hopefuls face off in crunch meeting
MDC-T interim president Thokozani Khupe and acting secretary general faced off in a stormy meeting yesterday to resolve the dispute over the voters roll to be used at the party's extraordinary meeting...Published: 22 Dec 2020 at 06:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Abednico Bhebhe has the last laugh
Expelled MDC-T National Organising Secretary, Abednico Bhebhe, had the last laugh after the party failed to hold its extraordinary congress due to anomalies in the party's voters roll.Sources ...Published: 21 Dec 2020 at 20:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC chaos worsens
IN YET another sign of the chaos that has been engulfing the opposition, the Thokozani Khupe-led MDC yesterday cancelled its much-anticipated extraordinary congress hours before it was due, citing log...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 18:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
MDC infighting timeline 2014 - 2020
AS the drama of recalls of MPs and councillors continues to unravel within the strife-torn opposition MDC, we trace the roots of the crisis back to May 2014 when the party was deeply divided before an...Published: 19 Dec 2020 at 16:40hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Bhebhe suffers blow
A BID by former MDC organising secretary Abednico Bhebhe to stop the Thokozani Khupe-led MDC-T party from holding its extraordinary congress on Saturday was dealt a blow yesterday after the High Court...Published: 17 Dec 2020 at 07:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bhebhe's bid to stop MDC-T Congress dealt a severe blow
BULAWAYO High Court judge, Justice Christopher Dube Banda Wednesday poured cold water on expelled former MDC-T organising secretary, Abednico Bhebhe's bid to stop the opposition party's extraordinary ...Published: 17 Dec 2020 at 06:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Khupe's MDC challenges Bhebhe's High Court application
Lawyers representing the MDC-T have sought an application to postpone the urgent chamber application filed by former national organising secretary, Abednico Bhebhe, who wanted to stop the party from h...Published: 16 Dec 2020 at 14:53hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Khupe's party in flames
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) yesterday distanced itself from MDC-T's extraordinary congress, delivering a blow to the beleaguered party which was seeking to associate itself with the l...Published: 16 Dec 2020 at 07:11hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Bhebhe in bid to stop MDC-T extraordinary congress
Expelled former MDC-T National Organising Secretary, Abednico Bhebhe has filed an urgent application at the Bulawayo High Court in an attempt to stop the party's extraordinary congress, set for this S...Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Khupe congress awaits police nod
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) will decide how the MDC-T's extraordinary congress set for this weekend will be held after a proposal to have the event held virtually was shot down. However, police...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Khupe used by Zanu PF to destroy opposition, says rival
EXPELLED MDC-T organising secretary, Abednico Bhebhe has described recent re-calls on MDC Alliance councillors by the Thokozani Khupe led party as a Zanu PF strategy to decimate the opposition party, ...Published: 10 Dec 2020 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T's Phugeni cleared of rape charge
SUSPENDED MDC-T spokesperson Khaliphani Phugeni yesterday walked out of court a free man after being acquitted of rape charges he was facing.He was being accused of raping a minor.Phug...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
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