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Chamisa appoints 0 from Matebeleland?
Nelson Chamisa, leader of the opposition MDC Alliance has made several appointments this Thursday with Dr Felix Magalela Mafa-Sibanda as the only notable person with questionable Matebeleland roo...Published: 28 May 2020 at 20:54hrs | 9052 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa fires Daniel Molokela, replaces him with Mahere
MDC Alliance leader, Nelson Chamisa has appointed firebrand lawyer and party politician Fadzayi Mahere as spokesperson of the main opposition.Mahere, who replaces Daniel Molokele, is among 16 ...Published: 28 May 2020 at 19:16hrs | 5708 | by Staff reporter
Many Mutodis in Mnangagwa's government
The Zimbabwean government is still grappling with many incompetent and inexperienced government officials due to appointments made through nepotism and regionalism.It is unfortunate that we st...Published: 25 May 2020 at 13:51hrs | 6249 | by Leonard Koni
Judiciary not captured, says Ziyambi
JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi says the judiciary is not captured as alleged by the country's main opposition party, the MDC led by Nelson Chamisa, and civic organisations that claim it plays to the...Published: 23 May 2020 at 20:44hrs | 1519 | by Staff reporter
The Dumiso Dabengwa story that I know
On the 23rd of May 2019, Zimbabwe lost one of its sons of contemporary revolutionary struggle against social, political as well as economic injustice since the early 60's.Coming from a ZAPU in...Published: 19 May 2020 at 18:55hrs | 940 | by Mlondolozi Ndlovu
3 MDC legislators defy Chamisa
Three parliamentarians elected on the MDC-Alliance ticket yesterday defied a boycott and attended a sitting of the Portfolio Committee on Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement. The ...Published: 15 May 2020 at 06:53hrs | 1271 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa too busy to meddle in opposition parties' internal politics'
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa is too busy working towards achieving Vision 2030 to be meddling in the internal politics of opposition parties, Zanu-PF national political commissar Victor Matemadanda has said. ...Published: 13 May 2020 at 07:26hrs | 454 | by Staff reporter
It's now clear why Tsvangirai couldn't ascend to power
RECENT events within the main opposition are living proof that the late founder of the MDC in 1999, Morgan Tsvangirai, was all but surrounded by insincere, dishonest and mean-spirited people.T...Published: 12 May 2020 at 08:02hrs | 6870 | by Learnmore Zuze
MDC: Uphold rule of law, constitutionalism
THE March Supreme Court ruling nullifying Mr Nelson Chamisa's leadership of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change and ordering the party to hold an extraordinary congress within three months h...Published: 10 May 2020 at 07:24hrs | 406 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance rips into Zanu-PF
Confusion reigned on Tuesday after the Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda announced that parliament - meeting for an emergency session to rubberstamp coronavirus lockdown regulations - had noted and ...Published: 06 May 2020 at 15:24hrs | 2894 | by Staff reporter
Nust makes new appointments as long-serving workers retire
TWO long-serving Nust employees, Mr Fidelis Mhlanga the registrar and Dr Fortune Nkomo the university bursar, have resigned while former Chronicle Managing Editor Mr Thabani Mpofu has been appointed a...Published: 02 May 2020 at 07:20hrs | 1352 | by Staff reporter
Khupe 'fired' from MDC-T
PROBLEMS continue to rock the opposition MDC-T ship after one of its top officials approached Parliament to announce he had fired party president Thokozani Khupe, claiming that the Supreme Court had n...Published: 29 Apr 2020 at 08:13hrs | 7175 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe is not a family company
PEOPLE with little minds do not know the difference between a constitutional democracy and a monarchy. In a constitutional democracy, leadership is by election. It is not bequeathed like in a monarchy...Published: 26 Apr 2020 at 22:32hrs | 4344 | by O Gutu
Before his downfall, a man's heart is proud, but Humility comes before Honour - The MDC Supreme Court Judgment
It's been 3 weeks and the Supreme Court judgment on the MDC case has come and gone, but questions remain in people's minds. Was the judgment just and fair, given the material facts and evidence presen...Published: 23 Apr 2020 at 14:23hrs | 2965 | by Jonathan Chando
Komichi, you are violating the Supreme Court judgment
DEAR senator Morgen Komichi,I was watching a video interview where you were being interviewed by some online paper, where you insinuated that you were the bona fide MDC-T chairperson.T...Published: 23 Apr 2020 at 08:11hrs | 2464 | by Kennedy Kaitano
No coronavirus funds stollen by Mnangagwa
There has been an online news spreading rumours that the Zimbabwean government is funnelling millions of Corona virus dollars to a Mnangagwa-linked company. The article maintained th...Published: 22 Apr 2020 at 09:00hrs | 2242 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
The MDC, alternative or substitute?
The generality of Zimbabwean's has, in the past two weeks been drawn to the MDC Supreme Court ruling like mosquitos to a lantern. In what the main opposition laments as the weaponisation of th...Published: 18 Apr 2020 at 20:59hrs | 2510 | by Nkosiyazi Kan Kanjiri
Chamisa camp's bravado is palpable, the law must be upheld
THE court has delivered its judgment and lawyers, journalists and analysts have weighed in with their takes.One thing though is as absolute as the sun will rise from the east tomorrow: the ram...Published: 17 Apr 2020 at 08:27hrs | 8726 | by Charles Dube
MDC infighting intensifies
INFIGHTING in the opposition MDC party is escalating as the Thokozani Khupe-led faction - buoyed by a recent Supreme Court ruling ordering the party to revert to 2014 MDC-T structures - prepares to re...Published: 17 Apr 2020 at 08:23hrs | 4380 | by Staff reporter
Nixon Nyikadzino determined to scupper Komichi, Mwonzora plan
TROUBLE is brewing in the Thokozani Khupe-led MDC faction as the party's current secretary-general Nixon Nyikadzino is determined to scupper efforts by opposition stalwarts Morgen Komichi and Douglas ...Published: 15 Apr 2020 at 20:06hrs | 2250 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe politics, a dash of populism minus due process
ZIMBABWE is largely a politically polarised nation with most people exhibiting clear bias towards their preferred political outfit or individual. This is always more apparent when a politician does so...Published: 15 Apr 2020 at 08:06hrs | 311 | by Thabani Mnyama
Reprieve for Zimbabweans caught up in South Africa lockdown
ZIMBABWEANS in South Africa whose visas or days expired during the Covid-19 lockdown period will not be arrested or deported for violating the neighbouring country's immigration laws. The regu...Published: 15 Apr 2020 at 07:38hrs | 945 | by Staff reporter
Cassava HealthTech launches Maisha Medik digital health platform
Cassava HealthTech has launched the Maisha Medik digital health platform that will be accessible through a mobile application (app) that is set to enhance Zimbabwe's healthcare delivery sector. ...Published: 14 Apr 2020 at 07:45hrs | 160 | by Staff reporter
MDC, MDC-A or MDC-T?
This post explores the aftermath of the Supreme Court decision against the MDC.Whilst the judgment is binding on the MDC, its members have insisted on the MDC Alliance (MDC-A) identity and ass...Published: 13 Apr 2020 at 15:12hrs | 3451 | by David Tinashe Hofisi
Mudzuri says MDC has no other option after the court judgement
A fortnight ago, the Supreme Court ruled that Nelson Chamisa was an illegitimate leader of the MDC, paving the way for his rival Thokozani Khupe to return as the interim leader of the party pending an...Published: 12 Apr 2020 at 09:05hrs | 1023 | by staff reporter
The question that Chamisa's MDC Alliance must answer
In the debate over the just released Constitutional Court decision concerning the dispute between Sister Thokozani Khupe and the MDC-Alliance, the question that must be answered has not been posited i...Published: 12 Apr 2020 at 09:04hrs | 1327 | by Kenneth Mufuka
Khupe's MDC-T camp in turmoil
Fierce fights have rocked the Thokozani Khupe-led MDC-T party, with former members jostling for top positions after the Supreme Court recently ordered the opposition party to hold an extraordinary con...Published: 10 Apr 2020 at 08:41hrs | 4438 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC pays price for violating the constitution
THE Supreme Court ruling to the effect that Nelson Chamisa is not the legitimate leader of the main opposition MDC, coupled with an order compelling it to hold an extraordinary congress after three mo...Published: 10 Apr 2020 at 08:33hrs | 4274 | by Staff reporter
Welshman orders Mwonzora, Mudzuri, Komichi to resign as MDC Alliance Senators
MDC senior officials, Morgen Komichi, Elias Mudzuri and Douglas Mwonzora have been ordered to resign from their senatorial positions for openly associating themselves with a recent court order that in...Published: 09 Apr 2020 at 08:20hrs | 3748 | by newzimbabwe
'Tsvangirai ignored Chamisa appointment advice,' says Magaisa
THE former advisor to late MDC president Mr Morgan Tsvangirai has revealed that his ex-boss in 2016 ignored advice on the illegality of the appointment of Mr Nelson Chamisa and Engineer Elias Mudzuri ...Published: 07 Apr 2020 at 08:08hrs | 1913 | by Staff reporter
Simbisa lays off contract workers
LOCAL companies are starting to feel the pinch of coronavirus, with Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE)-listed fast-foods concern Simbisa Brands announcing that it is laying off contract workers, putting em...Published: 07 Apr 2020 at 07:49hrs | 257 | by Staff reporter
Mutumwa Mawere speaks on the MDC Supreme Court judgment
South Africa based business tycoon Mutumwa Mawere has given his indepth analysis on the Supreme Court judgment relating to the leadership wrangle in the MDC family.In a leaked whatsapp convers...Published: 06 Apr 2020 at 15:34hrs | 4923 | by Mandla Ndlovu
What does the supreme court ruling against MDC tell us
The opposition MDC with all its divisions and branches has been put on the limelight again. The task before the MDC is a very easy one. It is for the MDC to show that they are capable and able to prac...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 20:13hrs | 3766 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Thokozani Khupe says 'Supreme Court ruling a victory for democracy'
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court upheld a previous High Court judgment that declared Mr Nelson Chamisa an illegitimate leader of the MDC. The court ruled that Dr Thokozani Khupe was the legitimate acting...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 12:04hrs | 1719 | by Staff reporter
What the Khupe-Chamisa Supreme Court ruling means
On March 31, 2020, the Supreme Court delivered a unanimous ruling in the seemingly interminable battle over stewardship of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC). In the case of MDC and O...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 13:26hrs | 4742 | by David Hofisi
Mnangagwa not the change that Zimbabwe needs!
During the course of my life I heard three stories that I dismissed as mere jokes. Firstly a human resources lecturer once told us that he once came come across a white colour employee that did not kn...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 11:17hrs | 1041 | by Ishemunyoro Mupokosera
BREAKING: Mnangagwa's Constitutional Amendment No 1 unconstitutional, says Court
The Constitutional Court has ruled that the Constitutional Amendment No 1 of 2017 is unconstitutional.The main effect of the amendment was to change the procedure for the appointment of the Ch...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 15:48hrs | 3497 | by Staff reporter
Government awaits technical report on Gwanda solar project
THE Government is awaiting a technical report from Zesa Holdings to make a decision on the way forward with regards to the commencement of work at the proposed 100-megawatt Gwanda Solar Farm project i...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 05:30hrs | 276 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa divides MDC as a plot against Mwonzora thickens
MDC has generated into a monstrous party led by vampires who are killers and ruthless in their ways. Biti is flashing his python colours towards the presidency. Biti Sikhala are both ambitious and ver...Published: 22 Mar 2020 at 09:45hrs | 7144 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Aston Villa reluctant to allow Nakamba to join Zimbabwe squad - reports
Aston Villa are reluctant to allow Marvelous Nakamba join up with the Zimbabwe squad, amid concerns about the Coronavirus outbreak.The virus has caused sporting fixtures across Europe to be ei...Published: 11 Mar 2020 at 06:27hrs | 1165 | by Staff reporter
Agent Sawu divides Zifa
IT'S now virtually certain that there will be no immediate Warriors team manager appointment as there seems to be some haggling over the right candidate for the important job within the Zimbabwe Footb...Published: 08 Mar 2020 at 13:15hrs | 1900 | by Staff reporter
Gift Banda acquitted
GIFT BANDA has sensationally bounced back into the ZIFA board after the association's disciplinary committee acquitted him of charges that led to his suspension by the domestic soccer body in January ...Published: 08 Mar 2020 at 09:08hrs | 1257 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa proposes raft of electoral reforms
THE opposition MDC has proposed that decisions made by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) in the conduct of elections in the country should be reviewed by the courts.The proposal is one o...Published: 03 Mar 2020 at 05:54hrs | 2415 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai's MDC burns
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has been warned against betraying his late predecessor Morgan Tsvangirai's legacy, which saw the former prime minister becoming the only person ever to defeat Zimbabwe's late...Published: 03 Mar 2020 at 05:51hrs | 1319 | by Staff reporter
Mujuru biography traces hero's life, suspicious death
CHOFAMBA SITHOLE - A newly-published scholarly biography of the late retired commander of the Zimbabwe National Army, General Solomon Mujuru, captures the liberation war hero's key role in shaping the...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 07:13hrs | 1873 | by Staff reporter
MDC position on the proposed constitutional amendments
The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) is deeply concerned with the various constitutional amendments that were recently proposed by the Zanu PF regime....Published: 23 Feb 2020 at 21:07hrs | 868 | by Kucaca Phulu
Why Mnangagwa's constitutional amendments are raising dust
Pressure is mounting on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to abandon plans to amend the constitution with civil society groups plotting campaigns to derail the process.The government last year gaze...Published: 23 Feb 2020 at 08:36hrs | 585 | by Everson Mushava
New passport measures will go a long way
On Tuesday, Cabinet reviewed fees for ordinary and emergency passport applications.Under the new fee structure, ordinary passports, which were previously $53, are now $150, while emergency pas...Published: 23 Feb 2020 at 08:18hrs | 2266 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa was not a ZPRA founder member'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa was not one of the founding members of Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZPRA) as he recently claimed, former high ranking ZPRA and Zapu cadres have revealed.L...Published: 19 Feb 2020 at 16:32hrs | 3867 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's spin nurse speaks of MDC friction
DR Nkululeko Sibanda, the spin nurse for MDC leader Nelson Chamisa, dismissed speculation that there was friction between the MDC leader and the party's chairperson Tabitha Khumalo."I need to ...Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 08:53hrs | 2715 | by Staff reporter
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