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Sengezo Tshabangu and his handlers have lost the plot big time
ZIMBABWE'S political history has been littered with opposition malcontents for a very long time, which has caused the weakening and splitting of the main opposition political party in the country....Published: 26 Nov 2023 at 08:31hrs | 10 | by Leonard Koni
Mnangagwa boasts of being Zimbabwe's 'CIO Godfather'
BY his own admission this week, President Emmerson Mnangagwa is the architect of Zimbabwe's brutal security system which has left a trail of human rights violations, abductions, forced disappearances ...Published: 23 Nov 2023 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
An opposition within an opposition
The Zimbabwean political history has been littered with opposition malcontents within itself for a very long time which has caused the weakening and splitting of the main opposition political party in...Published: 08 Nov 2023 at 14:27hrs | 4 | by Leonard Koni
CCC promises stands
CCC councillors and previous opposition parties that controlled urban councils have been grossly abusing stand allocations on council land, allowing themselves, other party officials and girlfriends o...Published: 07 Apr 2023 at 09:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiroto vows to expose Chamisa
Mutare-Former Harare Mayor and President of Urban Council Association in Zimbabwe who is among a host of Zanu-PF returnees has declared that he will expose all strategies and inside information that b...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 08:18hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
July Moyo must stop acting like a debt collector MPs
LEGISLATORS have slammed Local Government minister July Moyo for strangely behaving like a debt collector on behalf of Netherlands-based company Geogenix BV in the controversial US$400 million Pomona ...Published: 17 Jul 2022 at 09:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Senior CCC members praise Zanu-PF?
There is no need for anyone to call on the Zanu-PF Government to go when it is addressing all the issues that were not handled well by the old dispensation, a former top MDC official who has joined th...Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 05:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Opposition should stop day-dreaming, says Mutinhiri
FORMER Cabinet minister Tracy Mutinhiri, who recently rejoined Zanu-PF, has said the opposition is day-dreaming about unseating the ruling party.Mutinhiri was addressing Zanu-PF supporte...Published: 09 Feb 2022 at 05:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Students paraded as MDC Alliance defectors'
Zanu-PF on Saturday allegedly bussed students from various tertiary institutions to Marymount Teachers College in Mutare for a party event and later paraded them as MDC Alliance defectors.The ...Published: 01 Dec 2021 at 05:40hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says only God can rule forever
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has rubbished President Emmerson Mnangagwa's claims that the ruling Zanu-PF party would remain in power forever, stating that the electorate had the mandate to choos...Published: 06 Sep 2021 at 20:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF will rule forever, claims Mnangagwa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday ordered the ruling party to immediately start campaigning for the crunch 2023 elections and declared that Zanu-PF will never be removed from power.Mnanga...Published: 05 Sep 2021 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Top MDC Alliance officials join Zanu-PF
SEVEN senior MDC Alliance officials joined the mass exodus of opposition figures who are opting to join Zanu-PF after defecting to the ruling party yesterday.Former Zengeza Member of Parliamen...Published: 05 Sep 2021 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Setback for MDC-T
MDC-T has suffered a major setback after two top of its officials in Mashonaland East province resigned from the opposition party.Provincial information and publicity secretary Farai Nyandoro ...Published: 11 Jul 2021 at 11:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
A history of abductions, assassinations in Zimbabwe
October 15, 1975: Edson Sithole and his secretary Miriam Mhlanga were grabbed by unknown assailants, bundled into a car and were never seen again. A few weeks earlier, Sithole had fallen out with othe...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 15:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T's history of failure
In October 2012, Nelson Chamisa wrote a piece titled "MDC-T: Last mile towards real change," where he stated Zimbabwe "saunters towards the demise of the ultimate phase of a hard transition."H...Published: 16 Apr 2018 at 07:26hrs | 1 | by Reason Wafawarova
WATCH: Stop it!, Grace Mugabe tells Midlands
The First Lady, Dr Grace Mugabe says she is not convinced that there is no factionalism in the Midlands and Masvingo provinces despite earlier claims by Zanu PF Midlands Provincial Youth Chairperson, ...Published: 01 Sep 2017 at 22:11hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Kaukonde to topple Mujuru
Zimbabwe People First leader (ZimPF), Dr Joice Mujuru's home province, Mashonaland Central is in a panic mode following revelations that three other provinces from greater Mashonaland could be support...Published: 03 Feb 2017 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff Reporter
ZimPF bigwigs to dump Mujuru
The Zimbabwe People First (ZimPF) outfit is on the brink of collapse amid revelations that some of its founding elders and members are contemplating abandoning Joyce Mujuru, while ZimPF Masvingo Provi...Published: 30 Jan 2017 at 09:10hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zacc investigation corruption involving MDC-T bigwigs
In yet another high profile case that is set to send political temperatures soaring, the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has launched investigations into cases of alleged corruption run...Published: 16 Nov 2016 at 13:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZAAC probing Tsvangirai
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has turned its guns on opposition MDC-T top brass including Morgan Tsvangirai's son, Edwin.Edwin Tsvangirai is under prove over his alleged p...Published: 14 Nov 2016 at 07:44hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Violence at Mujuru's rally, 4 people injured
Four people were reportedly injured when violence broke out at a Zimbabwe People First rally in Glen View, Harare yesterday after a group of unidentified youths started throwing stones.A party...Published: 13 Mar 2016 at 07:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mujuru fishes in Zanu-PF ponds
Post-congress Zanu-PF insiders say many of the party's structures are in turmoil amid reports that former Vice President Joice Mujuru's yet-to-be launched People First outfit is vigorously "fishing" f...Published: 06 Jan 2016 at 07:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai's councillors defect to Mujuru's People First
SEVERAL former MDC-T councillors in Harare have reportedly defected to ex-Vice-President Joice Mujuru's yet-to-be-officially launched People First project, where they are already involved in membe...Published: 08 Dec 2015 at 10:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Your death isn't the death of our Tonderai Surgie Ndira my hero we remember you
MAY YOUR SOUL REST IN PEACE Wednesday 14 May 2008, was just like any other day. Around 8am, news spread like veld fire that Tonderai "Serge" Ndira ...Published: 14 May 2015 at 11:15hrs | | by Prof Richard M Simango
Why we laughed when Mugabe collapsed
We all have elderly people in our lives that we love and care for dearly. None of us would make fun of them if they stumble, trip or fall over. So how come the 91-year-old president of Zimbabwe, Rober...Published: 08 Feb 2015 at 09:50hrs | | by Lance Guma
MDC Tsvangirai celebrates the 'Spirit' of Nelson Mandela
The MDC T South Africa Province and President Tsvangirai join South Africa and the rest of the...Published: 05 Dec 2014 at 10:09hrs | 1 | by Dr. Wangu Mazodze
Zanu-PF purging continues, Sheila Mutsenhu booted out
The Zanu-PF Manicaland provincial youth executive yesterday unanimously passed a vote of no confidence in its deputy secretary for tourism Sheila Mutsenhu and secretary for security Emmanuel Tavaziva ...Published: 08 Nov 2014 at 16:23hrs | | by Liberty Dube
Cholera outbreak looms in Harare
The MDC Renewal Team is seriously concerned by the acute water shortages in Harare and exposing its residents to communicable diseases such as dysentery and cholera.A Local Government comm...Published: 17 Oct 2014 at 08:14hrs | | by Emmanuel Chiroto
Madhuku's NCA courts Mutambara
Lovemore Madhuku, National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) leader, is courting former Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara to join his party, in an effort to mount a strong opposition against Zanu P...Published: 05 Dec 2013 at 07:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T divided over murambatsvina demolitions
THE MDC-T is reportedly divided over the proposed demolition of illegal structures around Zimbabwe amid reports that some councillors from the party were in support of the move on the grounds that ill...Published: 12 Nov 2013 at 02:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Madhuku courts MDC-T rebels
THE National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) leadership is targeting former allies of the MDC-T to pose a strong challenge and become the biggest opposition to Zanu-PF, it has emerged.NCA lead...Published: 30 Sep 2013 at 05:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
'MDC has failed to bring a democratic society' - Madhuku
The National Constitution Assembly (NCA) has officially transformed itself into a political party which is going to be actively involved in all political contestations and participation.Ad...Published: 29 Sep 2013 at 16:20hrs | | by Own correspondent
Madhuku's party to welcome MDC-T rebels
MDC-T members who contested the last elections as independents will seek to join the new party expected to be formed by National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) chair, Lovemore Madhuku, it was confirmed...Published: 26 Sep 2013 at 17:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Madhuku luring disgruntled MDC-T members to his party
Professor Lovemore Madhuku's National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) is reportedly luring disgruntled MDC-T members into a new political party which it intends to launch soon.The discontented ...Published: 06 Sep 2013 at 06:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T moves to accommodate Diaspora, defectors and mafikizolos
THE MDC-T has bent its candidate selection rules backwards to accommodate newcomers and several Diaspora-based party members, a move that is likely to irk long-serving members who had positioned them...Published: 22 Jan 2013 at 05:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T releases names of dismissed councillors
releases names of dismissed councillorsThe Movement for Democratic Change led by Morgan Tsvangirai's National Executive has released names of the 12 councillors who were expelled from the par...Published: 29 Aug 2012 at 17:37hrs | | by Ndou Paul
Fired MDC-T councillors can be arrested for corruption
PRIME Minister Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday said it was up to the law enforcement agencies to pursue charges against councillors fired from the party for corrupt activities last week. The MDC-...Published: 29 Aug 2012 at 04:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Waterworks poison saga deepens
POLICE have arrested a manager with a local transport company over the delivery of toxic sodium cyanide to Harare's main waterworks last week.The arrest c...Published: 03 Aug 2012 at 02:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Delivery of wrong water treatment chemical (poison) politicised
The Movement for Democratic Change led council claims that events surrounding the delivery of a wrong water treatment chemical at Morton Jaffrey Water Treatment Works in Harare on 24 July 2012 have sh...Published: 02 Aug 2012 at 18:29hrs | 1 | by Ndou Paul
Zimbabwe can have cholera outbreak anytime
HARARE hotels, restaurants and open air food spots face immediate closure for failing to meet health and hygienic standards amid fears that a cholera outbreak looms. The city's Health Services has rai...Published: 28 Jan 2012 at 04:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Graft probe could harm the party - MDC-T councillor
Deputy Harare mayor Emmanuel Chiroto said the move to probe allegations of corruption, amid reports party officials were abusing their positions to acquire residential plots, business premises and veh...Published: 28 Dec 2011 at 06:56hrs | | by Staff reporter I VOA
Zanu-PF, MDC-T youth clash, police use tear smoke and rubber bullets
SW Radio reports that police had to fire teargas and rubber bullets during clashes between MDC-T and Zanu-PF supporters in Hatcliffe, a constituency held by co-Home Affairs Minister Theresa Makone....Published: 01 Nov 2011 at 07:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai addressing MDC-T Women's Assembly Congress, Byo
This is the original full-text Key Note Address by MDC-T President Tsvangirai to the MDC Women’s Assembly Congre...Published: 28 Apr 2011 at 16:45hrs | | by MDC Information Department
Only impeachment can guarantee Mugabe a dignified exit
It is said a week is a long time in politics. This has indeed been an eventful week especially in Africa. For instance, nobody thought that the Libyan Leader Muammar Gaddafi would ever write US...Published: 07 Apr 2011 at 08:05hrs | 1 | by Clifford Chitupa Mashiri
Tsvangirai unveils tombstones of MDC activists
Hundreds of MDC supporters gathered in Harare for the memorial service and unveiling of the tombstones of MDC activists, Tonderai Ndira, Godfrey Kauzani, Cain Nyevhe, Better Chokururama and Abigail Ch...Published: 06 Apr 2011 at 17:08hrs | | by MDC Information Department
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