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Time to re-energise the opposition
The future and quality of our opposition is in limbo and in dire straits. It needs to be fixed, improved as quickly as possible if it wants to be a force to reckon with. There are no short cuts to att...Published: 21 Feb 2024 at 11:47hrs | | by Leonard Koni
Chamisa's dictatorial leadership style spotlighted
ANALYSTS have expressed misgivings about former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa's leadership style as his former allies open up accusing him of dictatorial tendencies, refusi...Published: 16 Feb 2024 at 05:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
'I regret creating Nelson Chamisa the dictator' Lovemore Chinoputsa says
Former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Deputy Secretary for International Relations and Cooperation, Lovemore Chinoputsa, has become the first opposition leader to call out Nelson Chamisa a dictat...Published: 15 Feb 2024 at 14:58hrs | 1 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Chamisa lieutenant labels him a gospel-backed dictator
LOVEMORE Chinoputsa, a longstanding ally of opposition leader Nelson Chamisa, has announced his departure from politics in a forthright six-page resignation letter. In the letter, he criticizes the fo...Published: 15 Feb 2024 at 10:12hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's resignation created more factions in CCC
THE CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) candidate for Hunyani constituency in the August 2023 elections, Lovemore Chinoputsa has bemoaned the state of affairs in the two-year-old opposition movement, ...Published: 15 Feb 2024 at 10:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa now building a popular one-man dictatorship
One of Zimbabwe's seasoned political activists Lovemore Chinoputsa has painted a gloomy picture of the state of the opposition, saying its leaders have fundamentally departed from the late Morgan Tsva...Published: 14 Feb 2024 at 20:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Faz spearheads Zanu-PF by-elections campaign
FOREVER Associates Zimbabwe (Faz), a shadowy organisation linked to the country's spy agency, has retraced its footsteps back into the political arena, this time campaigning for ruling party candidate...Published: 28 Nov 2023 at 14:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF wants Chamisa's candidates disqualified
THE ruling Zanu-PF wants the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to disqualify 15 parliamentary candidates of the main opposition Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) in Bulawayo, saying they fi...Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 16:03hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Faz destabilises Chamisa's CCC
SHADOWY Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO)-linked Zanu-PF group Forever Associates of Zimbabwe (Faz), which took over the running of elections from the military in order to boost the prospects of...Published: 26 Jun 2023 at 19:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
CIO operative jailed 12 months for extortion
A MEMBER of the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) based in Harare has been slapped with a 12-month jail term for extorting two vehicles from a land developer as payment for personal security....Published: 09 Dec 2022 at 05:13hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
CIO agent convicted of extortion
A Central Intelligence Organisation officer accused of extorting two vehicles from a land developer on the pretext that he would provide personal security services to him was yesterday convicted after...Published: 08 Dec 2022 at 05:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Biti, Karenyi trial deferred
THE trial of CCC vice presidents, Tendai Biti and Lynette Karenyi, on charges of violating Covid-19 regulations during the lockdown period after they allegedly staged an illegal demonstration at their...Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 19:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Biti, Kore disorderly conduct trial pushed to winter
CITIZENS Coalition For Change (CCC) co-vice presidents, Tendai Biti and Lynette Karenyi-Kore trial for public disorder has been moved to May.They were arrested in 2020 at Harvest House (now Mo...Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC aspiring councillors arrested as Biti, Karenyi remanded
POLICE in Mutare on Monday arrested two aspiring Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) councillors as they were conducting a door-to-door campaign.Aspiring wards 5 and 4 councillors Simon Mapuwi...Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 05:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Biti's court case matter further deferred
The matter in which MDC-Alliance deputies-Tendai Biti and Lynette Karenyi are charged with violating Covid-19 national lockdown regulations after allegedly staging a demonstration at their party headq...Published: 30 Aug 2021 at 19:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance leaders challenge trial at anti-corruption courts
SIX MDC Alliance leaders, including party vice-presidents Tendai Biti and Lynette Karenyi-Kore, who were arrested for allegedly violating COVID-19 regulations in Harare, have filed a notice to challen...Published: 28 Apr 2021 at 06:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Covid 19, a blessing in disguise for despots and strongmen
The coming of a pandemic which Donald Trump, the former President of United States of America , referred to as 'Chinese Disease' has caused panic ar...Published: 11 Mar 2021 at 20:14hrs | | by Fanuel Chinowaita
2020: The year Zimbabwe opposition was decimated
The year 2020 put Zimbabwe's democracy to the test as many political activists were arrested for trying to exercise their rights to demonstrate while others were allegedly abducted.Political a...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 08:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
MDC -Alliance vice presidents' trial date set
THE trial of MDC-Alliance vice presidents Tendai Biti and Lynette Karenyi who are accused of violating Covid-19 regulations during the lockdown period after staging an illegal demonstrations at ...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 05:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Opposition, civil society groups embrace ANC's Zimbabwe mediation
THE continued push by Pretoria to help Zimbabwe overcome its decades-long political and economic crises has created an air of optimism among opposition parties, civil society groups and the Church....Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 13:02hrs | 1 | 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 | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe transitional authority long overdue: MDC
Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni torched a storm when he graced and addressed the MDC congress in Gweru on Saturday. The chief criticised the Zanu-PF government and Judiciary for failing the nation whic...Published: 27 May 2019 at 06:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa cranks up Mnangagwa pressure
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday told his supporters to brace for more sustained pressure on President Emmerson Mnangagwa over the disputed 2018 elections, saying Zimbabwe's problems needed an imme...Published: 26 May 2019 at 13:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC congress in slow start
THE MDC congress started slowly in Gweru yesterday, which it blamed on a spike in transport costs and shortages of fuel.The congress was supposed to kick off at midday at Ascot Stadium with a ...Published: 25 May 2019 at 15:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mpariwa chickens out from MDC VP race
MDC veteran politician Paurina Mpariwa has chickened out of the race as Nelson Chamisa's deputy opting to contest for the position of women assembly chairperson.MDC spokesperson Jacob Mafume c...Published: 07 May 2019 at 20:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa will be at the helm of MDC for the next 5 years
MDC bigwigs vying for top positions at the party's looming congress will next week come under scrutiny when they meet ordinary members to pitch their plans ahead of the big gathering set for Gweru lat...Published: 01 May 2019 at 17:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa to stand uncontested at congress
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa is on the brink of getting his 13th nomination to retain his position at the party's elective congress next month.Chamisa now has 12 nominations and if he gets the no...Published: 24 Apr 2019 at 15:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Surprise nominees for MDC congress
MDC's ongoing congress nomination process has produced some surprises in the individuals chosen for the main elective congress scheduled for next month.The youth assembly race is being led by ...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 07:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
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 | 5 | 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 | | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: MDC Youth Chairman candidate robbed
One of the candidates vying for the MDC National Youth Chairperson post Tererai Obey Sithole had his car broken into and valuables were stolen."I have just lost my laptop and US$150 to thieves...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 21:17hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Biti is key to MDC-Alliance, and this congress must be negotiated to avert a split
What MDC Alliance forgets is that you need international recognition and legitimacy after congress. I have earlier on reiterated that Chamisa needs key people around him and he must do away with prais...Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 09:58hrs | | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
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 | | 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 | | 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 | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's youths regret Khupe split
THE MDC Youth Assembly this week said it regrets the departure of the party's former deputy president Thokozani Khupe and others early last year. Following the death of the party's founding father Mor...Published: 16 Mar 2019 at 15:57hrs | | 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 | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa fears MDC Alliance split
Ahead of the MDC Alliance's 5th congress, the party's president Nelson Chamisa has sensationally claimed that Zanu-PF is working around the clock to ensure that the country's biggest opposition moveme...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 13:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tension mounts as MDC Youth leadership battle rages
Tension has surfaced between members of the Movement for Democratic Youth Assembly (MDCYA) as there is jostling of power ahead of the elective Youth Congress penciled for 22-24 May 2019.An MDC...Published: 07 Mar 2019 at 14:14hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Rat race for MDC posts
A mad rat race for the positions of MDC vice president has ensued within the country's main opposition, with nearly a dozen bigwigs apparently set to throw their names into the hat at the party's eage...Published: 06 Mar 2019 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Biti lashes 'nincompoop' Mwonzora
MDC vice chairperson Tendai Biti, whom many are tipping to contest for one of the party's vice president posts, angrily reacted to suggestions that MDC Alliance secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora may ...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 12:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
'No plans to infiltrate MDC Alliance'
Government has denied allegations that it has devised a plan to infiltrate MDC structures ahead of its congress saying none of the opposition presidential candidates could be a match to President Emme...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 11:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa rape accuser maybe 'mentally unwell
THE curious case in which opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has been accused of raping a 39-year-old woman (name withheld for ethical reasons) is floundering after police confirmed yesterday that the c...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 11:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
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 | 1 | 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 | | by Staff reporyter
Sparks fly within Chamisa's MDC
With just under three months to go to the MDC's eagerly-anticipated elective congress in May where a new substantive party leader will be chosen — sparks are flying within the country's main o...Published: 01 Mar 2019 at 18:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa and Mwonzora fight turns nasty
The ongoing struggle to be MDC's leader is a sign of just how hegemonic the party's left has become. The contest between Nelson Chamisa and Douglas Mwonzora has shown worrying flashes of acrimony, bot...Published: 28 Feb 2019 at 17:07hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
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 | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa receives early boost ahead of MDC congress
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 in three months' time - after several party struc...Published: 26 Feb 2019 at 13:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora eligible to challenge Chamisa for MDC presidency
OPPOSITION MDC secretary general Douglas Mwonzora is not ruling out a challenge for party presidency at an elective congress which is now set for May this year.Reports have linked Mwonzora, al...Published: 26 Feb 2019 at 06:42hrs | | by newzimbabwe
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