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Chamisa invites CVs for shadow cabinet
OVER 500 party faithful are seeking appointment into the opposition Movement for Democratic Change's national executive and standing committees, officials said yesterday.Party leader Nelson Ch...Published: 17 Jun 2019 at 09:45hrs | 3872 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa can't shoot entire nation'
THE opposition MDC party has vowed to drag President Emmerson Mnangagwa to the negotiating table kicking and screaming through civil disobedience, international pressure and other constitutional means...Published: 10 Jun 2019 at 07:30hrs | 3178 | by Staff reporter
Fresh headache for Chamisa
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa faces a delicate balancing act of making critical appointments to serve in his top party decision-making body, the national standing committee, amid jostling and lobbying by ...Published: 04 Jun 2019 at 07:19hrs | 7547 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa sweats over posts for 'losing' bigwigs
MDC Alliance leader, Mr Nelson Chamisa is sweating over how to accommodate losing party bigwigs who fell by the wayside in the just ended party congress. The congress claimed the scalp of severa...Published: 04 Jun 2019 at 07:11hrs | 2132 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa to throw lifeline to fallen bigwigs
Reports indicate that MDC president Nelson Chamisa is set to throw a lifeline to party bigwigs sidelined during last weekend's elective Congress held in Gweru's Ascot Stadium.Chamisa has the p...Published: 29 May 2019 at 16:04hrs | 4806 | by Staff reporter
MDC rebels rewarded as loyalists booted out of power
The opposition MDC Alliance party saw former rebels being rewarded by getting elected into top positions, while loyalists were booted out, when the opposition movement elected new leadership over the ...Published: 29 May 2019 at 08:30hrs | 1619 | by African News Agency
Chamisa's MDC pushes to oust Mnangagwa
THE just-ended MDC congress has passed a potentially-explosive resolution that empowers its leader Nelson Chamisa to push for the ouster of President Emmerson Mnangagwa before his five-year term expir...Published: 28 May 2019 at 15:07hrs | 2604 | by Staff reporter
Car burglar triggered US travel warning on Zimbabwe
A HARARE man whose CCTV footage of him breaking into a vehicle prompting the United States embassy to issue a travel warning to Zimbabwe appeared in court yesterday.The CCTV footage captured t...Published: 28 May 2019 at 08:29hrs | 1684 | by Staff reporter
MDC bigwigs bite the dust
Former Cabinet ministers and long-serving party bigwigs are among the officials who lost their positions in the MDC's just-ended elective congress in Gweru.The MDC congress brew a shocker afte...Published: 28 May 2019 at 08:15hrs | 2372 | by Staff reporter
Komichi speaks on losing Vice Presidency
Former MDC Vice President Morgan Komichi says he is not bitter about losing in the Vice Presidency role. Komichi was speaking on Monday after the party announced the full list of elected Vice ...Published: 27 May 2019 at 14:00hrs | 7877 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa's govt sabotaged Chamisa's congress
THOUSANDS of MDC supporters slept in the open for the entire duration of their party congress in Gweru at the weekend due to lack of financial resources, amid allegations that the Zanu-PF government h...Published: 27 May 2019 at 12:19hrs | 3471 | by Staff reporter
What MDC congress hopefuls said
The MDC congress kicks off today with youths and women's assemblies elections. NewsDay caught up with some of the candidates vying for positions at the congress to get their views on why they think th...Published: 24 May 2019 at 06:50hrs | 892 | by Staff reporter
Welshman Ncube,Hwende take early lead in MDC poll
An online publication says it has conducted an opinion poll on candidate preferences for MDC congress amongst delegates from Mashonaland West Province. The outcomes show that for the pos...Published: 23 May 2019 at 12:13hrs | 12300 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa sharpening swords against Mudzuri, Mwonzora
LAWYERS for the opposition MDC spent the better part of yesterday studying High Court Judge Justice Edith Mushore's ruling nullifying Nelson Chamisa's leadership of the party in order to give advice o...Published: 10 May 2019 at 14:04hrs | 3669 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa to appoint half of the MDC's leadership
MDC president Nelson Chamisa will appoint almost half of the party's leadership after he was given a blank cheque to do so by the party's national council.Chamisa, who has no challengers for t...Published: 30 Apr 2019 at 20:49hrs | 2463 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa unveils Mwonzora, Mudzuri rescue plan
OPPOSITION MDC leader Nelson Chamisa, who is all, but one province away from winning the party presidency uncontested, says he will not purge his challengers after congress, but will deploy them to in...Published: 22 Apr 2019 at 17:18hrs | 3689 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa extends lead, as Mudzuri gets first VP nomination
MDC president Nelson Chamisa has extended his uncontested run to eight out of 13 possible nominations for the party's top post, while vice-president Elias Mudzuri finally got his first nomination to r...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 07:17hrs | 2021 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora was rejected by his home province Manicaland
MDC secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora says he will decide in the next few days if there is still any merit in fighting to retain his current position at the party's congress scheduled for May 24 to 2...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 08:12hrs | 3317 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa causes stir at provincial elections
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa on Friday afternoon caused a stir at Rudhaka Stadium in Marondera after he unexpectedly appeared at the venue where Mashonaland East Provincial elections were underway....Published: 15 Apr 2019 at 06:45hrs | 3276 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa extends nomination lead
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa, pictured, is likely to go to the party's elective congress with a spring in his step after extending his lead in on-going provincial nominations.The Daily News repor...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 10:05hrs | 1000 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa puts Mwonzora on the ropes
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa is likely to go to the party's elective congress with a spring in his step after extending his lead in on-going provincial nominations.The Daily News can report that ...Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 16:02hrs | 18879 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa backed, Mwonzora snubbed
MDC Midlands province has nominated party leader Nelson Chamisa for the post of president ahead of next month's elective congress, but denied secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora any post in the standin...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 06:48hrs | 3173 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora rejected by Midlands
Nelson Chamisa was still unopposed after Midlands province became the fourth of the Movement for Democratic Change's (MDC) 13 administrative provinces to make its nominations ahead of the party's cong...Published: 11 Apr 2019 at 21:01hrs | 8602 | by ZimLive
Chamisa running away with it
OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa has received an early boost ahead of what could turn out to be a bruising contest when the MDC congress gets underway next month after bagging two nominations from two...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 14:43hrs | 3778 | by Staff reporter
Rival camp plots Chamisa isolation
MDC members opposed to Nelson Chamisa's presidency are reportedly plotting to leave him isolated after the opposition party's congress next month, with most of his trusted lieutenants culled off in th...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 13:55hrs | 2711 | by Staff reporter
Stampede to endorse Chamisa
MDC members who are vying for different posts ahead of the party's congress are stampeding to endorse Nelson Chamisa after they put his picture on their campaigning posters mentioning him as the only ...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 12:36hrs | 5962 | by Staff reporter
Provincial nominations to settle Chamisa, Mwonzora rivalry
THE MDC has entered a crucial week after it set the ball rolling on provincial nominations for the party's national leadership over the weekend, ahead of next month's do-or-die elective congress....Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 12:28hrs | 1529 | by Staff reporter
Crucial week for Chamisa's MDC
THE MDC has entered a crucial week after it set the ball rolling on provincial nominations for the party's national leadership over the weekend, ahead of next month's do-or-die elective congress....Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 07:17hrs | 3191 | by Staff reporter
Blow for Tendai Biti, Douglas Mwonzora ahead of MDC Alliance congress
MDC deputy chairperson Tendai Biti has failed to secure nomination to any post from the opposition MDC structures in North America, ahead of the party's Congress set for May 24.The province al...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 07:14hrs | 8719 | by Staff reporter
MDC bigwigs sweat over congress
THE heat is on in the MDC where fearful bigwigs have forged alliances with their would-be rivals for posts at the party's looming congress which could usher in a new breed of politicians in the countr...Published: 31 Mar 2019 at 16:44hrs | 1890 | by Staff reporter
Jostling for posts intensifies ahead of MDC Alliance congress
JOSTLING for positions in the MDC Alliance is heating up with five party members vying for the national Youth Assembly's chairmanship ahead of the party's Congress set for May 24-26. ...Published: 27 Mar 2019 at 06:56hrs | 261 | by Staff reporter
10 vie for MDC vice-presidency
JOSTLING for positions in the MDC has heightened with many high-ranking officials vying for senior positions ahead of the congress coming in two months' time.Almost 10 names have been thrown i...Published: 26 Mar 2019 at 06:40hrs | 4188 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa won't split MDC
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has dismissed warnings that the party's May elective congress was divisive that it could lead to another split.Chamisa, who cancelled a rally scheduled for Bulawayo a...Published: 16 Mar 2019 at 13:22hrs | 821 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's allies lock horns
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa's staunchest allies are set to lock horns in the battle to lead the party's youth assembly at the forthcoming elective congress in May after more than four threw their...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 10:17hrs | 3018 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance youths threaten mayhem
MDC-Alliance youths aligned to party president Mr Nelson Chamisa on Friday last week disrupted the party's Harare provincial meeting and threatened to harm members perceived to be seeking to dislodge ...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 05:46hrs | 490 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's Statement to the Press
MDC Alliance President Nelson Chamisa's Statement to the Press on the 6th of March 2019 - Morgan Richard Tsvangirai HouseDefining a new course for Zimbabwe.(New Direction, New Ideas)Ba...Published: 06 Mar 2019 at 23:13hrs | 1067 | by Adv. Nelson Chamisa
Chibhebhe eyeing Chamisa job?
FORMER Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) secretary general Wellington Chibhebhe could be a surprise inclusion among politicians vying to become MDC president.This is according to inside...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 00:56hrs | 348 | by newzimbabwe
MDC leadership battles escalate
INTENSE jostling for senior positions, plotting and horse-trading have intensified in the MDC-Alliance following the announcement of dates for the opposition party's elective congress where a showdown...Published: 01 Mar 2019 at 18:41hrs | 1073 | by Staff reporyter
Dog-eat-dog affair ensues in MDC ahead of congress
Jostling for positions has intensified in the MDC ahead of its elective congress in May.Party bigwigs are likely to take each other head-on at the congress as they battle for supremacy in the ...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 14:30hrs | 891 | by Staff reporter
Hidding MDC MPs left with 7 parliamentary sits or they lose their seats
Parliament has ignored the opposition MDC party's plea for guarantees that protect their MPs who are in hiding for fear of persecution over recent violent protests triggered by government's decision t...Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 16:01hrs | 3489 | by Staff reporter
MDC Youth President speaks on arrest and persecution
On Tuesday, 19 February 2019, I was acquitted of any crimes by a Gweru magistrate. I was being tried for frivolous charges of inciting public violence since July 2018.From the beginning I had ...Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 08:42hrs | 1210 | by Mandla Ndlovu
BREAKING: MDC Youth leader acquitted
MDC Youth President Happymore Chidziva has been acquitted of charges of inciting public violence by a Gweru magistrate.Chidziva was being accused of inciting public violence during the pre-ele...Published: 19 Feb 2019 at 15:10hrs | 6239 | by Mandla Ndlovu
MDC Youths speak on Chamisa Presidency
MDC Youth Assembly National Chairperson Happymore Chidziva says Nelson Chamisa is not the Acting President of MDC but a substantive President who was elected by the National Council at the directive o...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:44hrs | 3692 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Prison officer up for public violence
A 29-YEAR-OLD prison guard based at Whawha Security Prison in Gweru appeared in court last week facing a public violence charge after he allegedly took part in last month's violent protests against fu...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:13hrs | 381 | by Staff reporter
MDC youth leader's freedom bid deferred
RULING on the application for discharge by MDC Alliance youth leader and Highfield West legislator, Happymore Chidziva, accused of inciting violence ahead of last year's elections, was on Monday defer...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 07:26hrs | 299 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF plots to embarrass Chamisa at congress
The clampdown on the ring leaders of the national shutdown that left a trail of destruction and over 12 civilians dead at the hands of security forces across the country is a Zanu-PF ploy to target MD...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 20:11hrs | 6574 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC slams 'worsening' abduction of supporters
Zimbabwe's main opposition has said security forces were abducting its members in night raids in a massive crackdown in the wake of the unrest sparked by a national strike.At least 12 people h...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 15:36hrs | 1925 | by Staff reporter
MDC youth leader seeks discharge
LAWYERS representing MDC Alliance youth leader and Highfield West MP Happymore Chidziva, accused of inciting violence ahead of last year's elections, on Monday applied for discharge at the close of th...Published: 06 Feb 2019 at 08:23hrs | 566 | by Staff reporter
Manhunt for MDC officials
POLICE have launched a manhunt for at least 27 MDC-Alliance officials and activists, including their civil society partners, for allegedly organising the so-called stay-away that degenerated into an o...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 10:35hrs | 270 | by Staff reporter
Diasporans picket at Zimbabwe, SA embassies
Zimbabweans living in the United States (US) will today converge at the Zimbabwean and South African embassies in Washington to present two petitions, demanding an end to persecution of civilians by t...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 08:14hrs | 655 | by Staff reporter
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