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Sikhala arrest cost us Bikita East by-election, claims MDC
SMARTING from a defeat in the Bikita East ward 31 by-election held on Saturday, the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC party has blamed Zanu-PF and the State for intimidating voters through the arrest of party de...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 08:04hrs | 2788 | by Stafff reporter
Sikhala case exposes MDC confusion, dilemma
MDC leader, Nelson Chamisa, and his top lieutenants should be ruing the day that party's deputy chair, Job Sikhala, told party supporters at a rally in Bikita East last week that the MDC would overthr...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 07:57hrs | 3409 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Kambarami: A limping goat with one horn on its forehead!
The uncanny and hellish school boy behaviour by one Tinashe Kambarami of unknown origin, who by the devil's design, strangely found himself being the self-proclaimed godfather of Bulawayo, is exceedin...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 00:31hrs | 4388 | by Muntukaziwa
Sympathizers turn against Chamisa after by-election defeats
The opposition MDC has received criticism from unlikely quarters after losing two council by-elections in Bikita and Nyanga to the ruling Zanu-PF party.The by-elections held yesterday saw Zanu...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 08:32hrs | 5079 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Zanu-PF unstoppable, says Matemadanda
Zanu-PF National Political Commissar, Victor Matemadanda says the revolutionary party is now unstoppable as its programmes continue to receive overwhelming approval from the people who have now come t...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 08:29hrs | 2795 | by Staff reporter
Chmaisa mustn't underestimate the electorate
Despite efforts by the opposition party, Movement for Democratic Change, to tarnish the image of Zanu-PF, the revolutionary party has remained the party of choice. The MDC has no policy and no selling...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 07:24hrs | 615 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC has no more political depth than a finger bowl
"Yes, as in the shallow dish of lukewarm water — and, if you're ritzy, a lemon wedge — meant to clean any evidence of lavish dining off one's fingers during or after an upscale meal." That...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 07:23hrs | 1997 | by Tichaona Zindoga
Father beats 1 year old son to death
The Zimbabwe Republic Police in Bikita has reported that a one-year-old male infant was assaulted by his father after he started crying. The child's health deteriorated and he died twelve days la...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 21:39hrs | 3818 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Sikhala threatened to go on hunger strike
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa was barred from seeing Zengeza West MP and MDC deputy chairman Job Sikhala, who is being held in prison in Masvingo awaiting his trial.Chamisa told a rally at Mucheke...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 08:27hrs | 2833 | by ZimLive
Zanu-PF trounces MDC Alliance in by-elections
Zanu-PF snatched a ward from the MDC-Alliance in Nyanga and retained another in Bikita by considerable margins in by-elections held over the weekend, underlying the ruling party's dominance in local p...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 07:38hrs | 497 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala court case, 'No laughing in court,' magistrate tells gallery
There were moments of drama, humour and stern warnings during the initial appearance in court of MDC deputy chairperson Job Sikhala at the Bikita Magistrates Court in Masvingo on Thursday.Whil...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 14:59hrs | 3981 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF wins Nyanga and Bikita by-elections
THE ruling Zanu-PF has wrestled the Nyanga South ward 26 seat from the MDC Alliance in a by-election which was held Saturday and retained Bikita Rural District Council ward 31 on the same day....Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 12:38hrs | 876 | by newzimbabwe
Jonathan Moyo advises Chamisa's MDC
Professor Jonathan Moyo has advised MDC leadership to be with the people if they want to win elections. Moyo was responding to Twitter comments after the MDC lost the Bikita by-election with a...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 12:32hrs | 7973 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Violence never an option
Zimbabweans are generally renowned as hospitable and peace loving people but the tendency to cause violence that seems to rear its ugly head, particularly by the MDC Alliance and its handlers is a ser...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 12:22hrs | 153 | by Staff reporter
ZEC ignores SI 142, charges accreditation fees in US$
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has come under fire from members of the media, civil society and elections observers who argue that the charging of accreditation fees in US dollars is unjustif...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 10:50hrs | 1004 | by Staff reporter
MDC confident of winning Bikita by-election
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC has urged the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to guard against all electoral malpractices, including vote rigging during the Bikita ward 31 by-by-election set for today,...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 08:11hrs | 279 | by Staff reporter
Cops almost killed Sikhala?
MDC deputy national chairperson Job "Wiwa" Sikhala's lawyer yesterday accused the police of torturing and almost killing him during the surprise transportation on Tuesday from Harare to Masvingo - whe...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 08:57hrs | 7519 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala tells of 'horror' in police custody
MDC deputy chairperson Job Sikhala, who appeared yesterday at the Bikita Magistrates' Court facing a treason charge, has recounted a horror tale at the hands of the police when he was nicodemously tak...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 08:08hrs | 1984 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa ups ante on Mnangangwa
THE MDC is galvanising its support base for action against President Emmerson Mnangagwa until he acts to solve a "legitimacy crisis" which party leader Nelson Chamisa says is at the centre of all prob...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 07:53hrs | 1543 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala to spend 2 weeks in jail
MDC Alliance vice chairman Job Sikhala has appeared before a Bikita Magistrates Court facing subversion charges after he allegedly said his party was going to overthrow the Government before 2023....Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 17:10hrs | 2644 | by Staff reporter
PHOTO: Job Sikhala arrives in court
A photo of MDC Deputy National Chairperson Job Sikhala entering the courts in Bikita Masvingo has surfaced online. Job Sikhala was reported missing on Wednesday after his lawyers f...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 10:06hrs | 6941 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Sikhala whisked away in a facial mask
MDC vice chair Job Sikhala Wednesday failed to appear at the Harare magistrates' court as announced before amid confusion on whether he should be tried in Harare where he lives or in Masvingo where he...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 09:53hrs | 3577 | by Ndou Paul
Police lock up Job Sikhala lawyers
MDC Alliance deputy president Tendai Biti who is one of the party’s vice chairperson Job Sikhala’s lawyers in his treason case has revealed that the police locked them behind a steel door so that ...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 08:58hrs | 7879 | by Staff Reporter
Sikhala secretly transported out of Harare by police
A GROUP of MDC supporters yesterday brought business near Harare Central Police Station to a halt as they protested against the arrest of their leaders, including vice-chairman Job Sikhala.Sik...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 07:26hrs | 2049 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala to appear before Bikita magistrate
The MDC-Alliance deputy national chairperson, Job Sikhala, who was arrested on Monday for allegedly subverting a constitutionally elected Government is expected to appear before a Bikita magistrate to...Published: 11 Jul 2019 at 07:23hrs | 537 | by Staff reporter
Outpouring of support for Sikhala after Chamisa MDC dumped him
Zengeza West MP and MDC deputy national chairman Job Sikhala presented himself to a police station in Harare on Tuesday, hours after a government spokesman described him as a "miscreant" who belonged ...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 20:59hrs | 4882 | by ZimLive
Crucifying 'Wiwa' for a mere political rhetoric: A countenance of the Devil
While we mutually admonish instigators of anarchy, despondency, divisiveness and secessionism we loudly criticize an all-out war on the deputy chairperson of MDC-Alliance over an address at a politica...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 18:41hrs | 1321 | by Benny Gudo
Tamborinyoka must resign
It was disturbing to read the press statement issued by the MDC Deputy Spokesperson published on the party's facebook page a day before Jacob Sikhala was arrested by the Zimbabwe Republic police on Tu...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 15:18hrs | 4882 | by Etiwel Mutero
PHOTOS: MDC Youths besiege Harare police station
Members of the MDC Youth Assembly on Wednesday besieged Harare Central Police Station where they staged a demonstration displaying their displeasure at the arrest of Party Deputy National Chairperson ...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 10:48hrs | 9143 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Job Sikhala's court hearing moved to Masvingo
The initial court appearance of MDC Deputy National Chairperson Job Sikhalaq has been moved to Masvingo at and will be held at 2 PM on Wednesday.The prosecutors argued that the utterance by Si...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 10:19hrs | 5085 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa faces a potential rebellion over Sikhala
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa faces a potential rebellion from his increasingly restive supporters riled by the party's decision to throw its deputy national chairperson Job Sikhala under the bus f...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 08:19hrs | 8908 | by Staff reporter
'Coup plotter' Sikhala to appear in court today
MDC-Alliance deputy national chairperson Job Sikhala was yesterday arrested on allegations of subverting a constitutionally-elected Government and is expected to appear in court today. He was by last ...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 07:37hrs | 458 | by Staff reporter
In Zimbabwe 'war to overthrow is constitutional' just as 'coup is legal' - no wonder we are in a mess
Zimbabwe is in this political and economic mess because our political leaders have no respect for the constitution, the rule of law, the truth, the freedoms and rights of others and not even the sanc...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 06:21hrs | 1416 | by Nomusa Garikai
Chamisa opens up on Job Sikhala
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has opened up on the issue regarding the embattled MDC Deputy National Chairperson Job Sikhala who is being charged with treasohn over utterances he made in Bikita calling fo...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 20:56hrs | 16302 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa throws Sikhala under the bus
THE opposition MDC yesterday disowned statements by its deputy national chairperson Job Sikhala that the party would overthrow President Emmerson Mnangagwa before the 2023 general elections, insisting...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 18:00hrs | 5451 | by Staff reporter
'Operation Restore Legacy has collapsed'
The time is now for New Freedom Fighters and war veterans .The Job Wiwa Sikhala MDC Bikita rally declaration to "overthrow " the ED government before 2023'has generated a lot political.and legal talk....Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 13:28hrs | 7727 | by Sindiso Mazibisa
Job Sikhala faces a death penalty for treason
Former president Mugabe once said of Madhuku "that once he is broke he provokes the law enforcement so that when he is arrested his sponsors will vilify Zimbabwe and consequently pour money to his poc...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 11:36hrs | 6982 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
MDC Youths rally behind Job Sikhala
The MDC Youth Assembly is riled by the state and ZANU PF's overtures to flagrantly and wantonly disregard the right to freedom of expression through the ill thought move to charge MDC National Vice Ch...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 10:28hrs | 2426 | by Stephen Sarkozy Chuma
MDC Alliance resolved Mnangagwa coup
MDC Alliance resolved to topple President Emmerson Mnangagwa before he finishes his term in 2023 during its congress in Gweru this year. One of the party’s youth Discent Collins Bajila said ...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 10:13hrs | 3625 | by Staff Reporter
MDC believes in non-violence, legality and constitutionalism
The MDC notes with deep worry and concern that Hon. Job Sikhala's statements made during a rally in Bikita East over the weekend have caused uproar and the party wishes to clarify its position regardi...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 10:00hrs | 289 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
'MDC will overthrow Zanu-PF before 2023' - irony of irony, ones foolishly keeping illegitimate regime in power
The country is in serious trouble with unemployment a nauseating 90%; basic services such sheath and education all but collapse; facing fuel, cash and medicine shortages; 19-hour power cuts; 5.7 milli...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 10:00hrs | 1374 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Woman granted order to DNA-test her mothers
A 49-YEAR-OLD Harare woman, who grew up being moved around from one mother to another, has obtained a court order compelling two women to undergo a DNA test to establish who her real mother is....Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 07:27hrs | 1484 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance and the politics of violence
THREATS by the MDC Alliance at the weekend to topple a democratically elected Government confirms that they have been part of plots to unleash a wave of violence in the country for the purposes of bre...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 07:19hrs | 442 | by Staff reporter
Khaya Moyo warns MDC
ZANU-PF has warned the MDC leadership against making any threats of trying to overthrow a constitutionally-elected Government. The call comes after the opposition said it is going to overthrow Pre...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 07:14hrs | 929 | by Staff rpeorter
Sikhala to surrender himself to police at 9 am
MDC deputy national chair, Job Sikhala has confirmed being summoned to Harare Central police station for Tuesday where treason charges hang over his head over weekend threats to overthrow President Em...Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 22:08hrs | 7019 | by newzimbabwe
Nelson Chamisa dumps Job Sikhala
MDC has distanced the party from statements made by its deputy chairperson Job Sikhala that they were planning to overthrow President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government. In a statement, party dep...Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 18:32hrs | 9820 | by Staff Reporter
Chamisa's MDC to overthrow Mnangagwa govt before 2023
THE opposition MDC says it is going to overthrow President Emmerson Mnangagwa before his term of office expires in 2023.At a rally in Bikita, Masvingo province on Saturday as the main oppositi...Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 08:03hrs | 5021 | by Staff reporter
Birth certificate challenges in Masvingo
A NUMBER of children in Masvingo are still facing challenges in acquiring birth certificates because of a number of reasons among them death of parents and problems related to legal issues, an officia...Published: 07 Jul 2019 at 21:13hrs | 126 | by Staff reporter
Ministers lead Makokoba clean up
Bulawayo Provincial Affairs Minister Judith Ncube was joined by her counterpart Energy and Power Development Minister Fortune Chasi and the Deputy Minister of Industry and Commerce Raj Modi in cleanin...Published: 06 Jul 2019 at 09:50hrs | 1082 | by Staff Reporter
Ndiweni praises Mnangagwa? Setting the record straight
Outspoken traditional leader, Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni - who has in recent months courted the ire of Zanu-PF apparatchiks with his stinging criticism of the government - has praised President Em...Published: 02 Jul 2019 at 08:55hrs | 5927 | by Staff reporter
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