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Harare has over 5,000 illegal billboards
Shocking revelations emerged this week that Harare City Council officials are allegedly complicit in the illegal erection and operation of over 5,000 billboards across the capital, costing the local a...Published: 30 Jun 2025 at 18:33hrs | 178 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa was not involved in Gushungo Dairies transport scheme'
As controversy continues to swirl around embattled former opposition leader Nelson Chamisa, Chalton Hwende, a senior official with the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), has once again vehemently di...Published: 09 Mar 2025 at 14:25hrs | 1412 | by Staff reporter
CCC owes US$1,2m in salary arrears
The opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party is under pressure as it faces claims from its employees for over US$1.2 million in accumulated salary arrears spanning a two-year period. The e...Published: 22 Oct 2024 at 08:05hrs | 396 | by Staff reporter
'SADC will not intervene in Zimbabwe's electoral dispute'
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator Chalton Hwende has expressed skepticism about the Southern African Development Community's (SADC) intervention in Zimbabwe's disputed 2023 elections. Thi...Published: 07 Jun 2024 at 07:34hrs | 155 | by Staff reporter
Welshman Ncube camp daydreaming
POWER wrangles in the beleaguered Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) are deepening amid revelations by a camp led by self-imposed secretary-general Sengezo Tshabangu that it will not budge or enter ...Published: 04 Mar 2024 at 20:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's 'blue ocean movement' picks up pace
Friction persists between traditional figures in the opposition and those aligned with former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa.Following Chamisa's departure from CCC a...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 09:29hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
CCC splits into three warring factions
THE Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) has disintegrated into three distinct yet fluid factions following last week's resignation of Nelson Chamisa which took some legislators and party officials by...Published: 06 Feb 2024 at 15:36hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa will 'never return'
Chalton Hwende, Member of Parliament for Kuwadzana East and a member of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), revealed that he had a two-hour meeting with the party's former president, Nelson Chami...Published: 02 Feb 2024 at 09:03hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa remains the opposition's 'best foot forward'
Political activist Chalton Hwende, who was MDC Alliance Secretary-General and its successor CCC senior official, says former CCC leader Nelson Chamisa remains the opposition's "best foot forward" in t...Published: 01 Feb 2024 at 17:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Hwende challenges Chamisa to save sinking opposition
Legislator Chalton Hwende of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has urged the leadership of the opposition party to find a resolution to address the challenges facing the political movement....Published: 21 Jan 2024 at 07:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chin'ono calls CCC to expose members behind Sengezo Tshabangu
Journalist Hopewell Chin'ono has called on the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) to reveal members suspected of collaborating with Sengezo Tshabangu, the self-proclaimed interim secretary...Published: 12 Nov 2023 at 14:18hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF gets lion's share of Parly committees
Zanu-PF has secured control over 15 of the 22 parliamentary portfolio committees, with former ministers assuming leadership positions in many of these committees.For instance, former Informati...Published: 14 Oct 2023 at 07:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa accepts Chamisa's request for dialogue
President Mnangagwa has extended an invitation for dialogue to CCC leader Mr. Nelson Chamisa and is open to engaging in discussions. However, Zanu-PF Secretary for Information and Publicity, Christoph...Published: 13 Oct 2023 at 06:38hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
CCC resorts to ward-to-ward campaigns
WITH less than two months to the August 23 general elections, Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) says it has adopted a ward-to-ward campaign approach to get to grips with the aspirations of the const...Published: 10 Jul 2023 at 07:17hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Thabitha Khumalo vowed to block Khupe admission into CCC, where is she now?
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) interim national chairperson Thabitha Khumalo vowed to block the admission of Thokozani Khupe, into the party for her role destroying the MDC Alliance.The b...Published: 06 Jul 2023 at 19:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube remains mum as Zimdollar crashes
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube's failure to update the nation on the state of the economy, despite several calls by legislators, shows the typical arrogance associated with Zanu-PF leaders when confron...Published: 22 Jun 2023 at 08:44hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Cowdray Park residents must reject Mthuli Ncube
IF there is a nation of people who can be easily taken for granted in the world, it is Zimbabwe.At most government events that have to do with development, it's either President Emmerson Mnang...Published: 16 Jun 2023 at 07:53hrs | | by Isaac Mupinyuri
Parliament turns heat on Mthuli Ncube
LEGISLATORS have taken Finance and Economic Development minister Mthuli Ncube to task over the galloping inflation and the crumbling local currency, which they say has eroded salaries of government wo...Published: 15 Jun 2023 at 06:51hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Parly mulls returning voter registration to RG's Office
The position taken during the inclusive Government to migrate voter registration from the Registrar-General to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission has created a lot of red tape through duplication of du...Published: 30 May 2023 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa must warn his Apostolic Sect supporters against child marriages'
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) Kadoma Central legislator Muchineripi Chinyanganya has called on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to urgently condemn early child marriages which are rampant in the Apo...Published: 23 May 2023 at 06:47hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
'Why is Clerk still on duty despite computer scandal?'
CITIZENS' Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator for Kuwadzana East Chalton Hwende has challenged the Speaker of Parliament to explain why under-fire Clerk of Parliament Kennedy Chokuda is still coming...Published: 22 May 2023 at 08:10hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MPs wants Zimbabwe to dump the Zimdollar
GOVERNMENT has defied opposition calls to abandon the local currency despite its spectacular free-fall and price spikes that have seen businesses abandoning it.In Parliament on Wednesday, oppo...Published: 19 May 2023 at 20:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa's CCC struggles for rural candidates'
THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC)'s candidate selection process has reportedly hit a brickwall in some rural wards as villagers are said to be reluctant to come out in the open and stand as oppo...Published: 25 Apr 2023 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hwende wants Uebert Angel arrested
KUWADZANA East legislator Chalton Hwende this week in Parliament cranked up pressure on the government to arrest President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Ambassador-at-Large to Europe and the Americas Uebert An...Published: 08 Apr 2023 at 14:21hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC disowns Sikhala?
THE opposition CCC has disowned Mr Job Sikhala, who is currently in remand prison facing a litany of charges, as the fallout between the party and its dissatisfied former top officials widens amid ind...Published: 05 Apr 2023 at 02:34hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Kirsty Coventry complicit in Zimbabwean football ban
YOUTH, Sport, Arts and Recreation minister, Kirsty Coventry has quashed any lingering hopes of the government reinstating the fired Zifa board members as has been demanded by Fifa for the country's su...Published: 31 Mar 2023 at 07:46hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe MPs fret over accommodation
LEGISLATORS have asked Finance minister Mthuli Ncube to urgently address the issue of their accommodation in Harare to allow them to complete crafting outstanding Bills currently before Parliament....Published: 29 Mar 2023 at 06:57hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC throws Murehwa violence investigations into disarray
CCC leaders have surreptitiously spirited witnesses involved in the disturbing political violence that took place in Murehwa from their homes even before police have finished conducting crucial interv...Published: 13 Jan 2023 at 05:46hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC made loud splash in 2022
THE dawn of 2022, January 24 to be precise, marked the birth of a new political party, the Citizens' Coalition for Change, which has outdone itself in terms of branding and publicity in just one year....Published: 27 Dec 2022 at 06:50hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Sarcastic' Hwende chased out of Parliament
The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Member of Parliament for Kuwadzana East Chalton Hwende was on Thursday [yesterday] chased out of parliament before he could debate the budget, apparently for no...Published: 16 Dec 2022 at 09:58hrs | | by Moyo Roy
'Selfish' CCC MPs defend US$40,000 loans
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Members of Parliament yesterday said there was nothing wrong in them accepting the US$40 000 housing loans despite criticism by their leader Nelson Chami...Published: 08 Dec 2022 at 05:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Things not looking good for Chamisa's CCC
The events that are taking place within CCC coupled with the party's defeat by Zanu-PF in the by-elections held in Binga, Gweru and Mberengwa over the weekend show that things are falling apart in the...Published: 08 Dec 2022 at 05:05hrs | 1 | by Mukachana Hanyani
Hwende dumps CCC campaign
KUWADZANA East legislator Chalton Hwende (Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC)) has withdrawn from the party's rural mobilisation exercise, citing "too much negative social media comments" from colleag...Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 05:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa faces open revolt from CCC MPs?
CCC leader Mr Nelson Chamisa faces open revolt from his party legislators after he tried to stop them from receiving a US$40 000 Government loan through a populist announcement on social media....Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 05:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Hwende stops campaigning over negative comments from CCC citizens on Twitter
THERE is internecine strife in the Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) party to the extent that top official, Charlton Hwende, has decided to stop campaigning for the party in Mhondoro.This c...Published: 05 Dec 2022 at 05:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Mwonzora's MDC is too broke to hold an elective congress'
MDC Alliance leader Douglas Mwonzora stands accused of delaying the party's elective congress. NewsDay (ND) chief reporter Taurai Mangudhla interviewed MDC Alliance presidential spokesperson Lloyd Dam...Published: 14 Nov 2022 at 05:16hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga circumvents Parliament grilling for 6 months
KUWADZANA East legislator Chalton Hwende this week took to task deputy speaker of Parliament Tsitsi Gezi over the continued non-attendance of Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga who doubles as ministe...Published: 16 Oct 2022 at 19:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs political tolerance during, after elections
ZIMBABWEANS yesterday woke up to the most surprising, but welcome news that the country's main political parties shared the same platform to condemn violence and to promote peace in the run-up to the ...Published: 12 Oct 2022 at 05:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Mnangagwa parties smoke peace pipe
ZIMBABWE'S three political parties in Parliament, Zanu-PF, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) and MDC Alliance (MDC-A) have called for a truce ahead of the 2023 general elections.In a rar...Published: 11 Oct 2022 at 06:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Guvamatanga dodges Parliament again
FINANCE and Economic Development ministry secretary George Guvamatanga yesterday failed to appear before Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to explain government's US$9,6 billion over-expend...Published: 23 Aug 2022 at 06:32hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Parly grills govt over US$9.6bn unauthorised expenditure
PARLIAMENT last week grilled ministry of Finance officials for failing to furnish the Auditor-General's office and the Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) with adequate information justifyin...Published: 07 Aug 2022 at 18:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Fake Chamisa intel: riot cops in heavy Kuwadzana deployment
ZIMBABWE Republic Police's (ZRP) anti-riot officers Saturday besieged Kuwadzana community hall, thwarting a Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) and residents interface after getting ‘false intellige...Published: 07 Aug 2022 at 08:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Storm over Mohadi ZEC appointment
A POLITICAL storm is raging over the controversial appointment of the daughter of Zanu-PF vice-president Kembo Mohadi (pictured) and the ruling party's Beitbridge senator Tambudzani Mohadi, Abigail Mi...Published: 17 Jul 2022 at 09:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
MPs demand answers over Pomona saga
SPEAKER of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda last week ejected Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) MPs Chalton Hwende and Tendai Biti from the House after they demanded answers on the controversial ...Published: 12 Jun 2022 at 09:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
CCC craving for Ian Smith and his come-again UDI
Craving for Smith, a Second RhodesiaTHOSE who have read big book know what Spinoza saw clearly as the problem which political philosophy could not crack , a problem which Wilhelm Reich rhetori...Published: 11 Jun 2022 at 09:07hrs | 1 | by Jamwanda
ZANU PF internal challenges a blessing for Chamisa in Mashonaland Central
Mashonaland Central is home to Madzibaba veShanduko real name Godfrey Karembera who hails from Guruve. Madzibaba veShanduko and several Citizens for Change have descended upon Mashonaland Central as C...Published: 06 Jun 2022 at 10:36hrs | 13 | by Hector Muringani
'CCC, MDC-T too poor to hold congresses'
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) and the MDC-T cannot hold elective congresses because of funding challenges.CCC secretary-general Chalton Hwende said a congress required large s...Published: 28 Apr 2022 at 09:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa dodges dying Zimdollar
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa dodged the question of the struggling Zimbabwe dollar in his keynote address at the 42nd Independence Day commemorations in Bulawayo yesterday.The local currency i...Published: 19 Apr 2022 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZEC refuses to be audited by Chiri over public funds
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec), which is always accused of electoral fraud and subverting the people's will, while undermining democracy; especially ahead of the critical 2023 general electio...Published: 09 Apr 2022 at 11:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC MPs ordered to stop wearing yellow ties in Parliament
New CCC Members of Parliament have been ordered to stop wearing yellow neckties as they are a colour of their political party. The drama started on Tuesday when ZANU PF MPs protested against o...Published: 06 Apr 2022 at 10:04hrs | 4 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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