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'Did you vote MPs to live large' asked Nkosana Moyo - how insulting, when he helped rig the vote
"As you continue to suffer, your representatives in parliament and government are preparing to receive brand new cars. Is this what you vote them in to office for? To live large in the face of crisis?...Published: 12 hrs ago | 1712 | by Wilbert Mukori
MISSING USD$ 3 BILLION: Mnangagwa called to account
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the Chief Secretary to the Office of the President and Cabinet Dr Misheck Sibanda have been called upon to account for the USD$3 billion that went missing after treasu...Published: 20 Jul 2019 at 12:56hrs | 9837 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mthuli Ncube told to resign
MDC Treasurer General David Coltart has urged Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube to resign from his post before he dents his credibility by implanting policies that he does not bel...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 12:50hrs | 19032 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Coltart alerts International community of death threats
Former Education Minister David Coltart has alerted the international community to death threats against leaders of trade union movements. Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) President Pe...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 11:49hrs | 6687 | by Staff Reporter
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 | 5102 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa and allies: Don't start wars that you can't finish
To hide a lie, a thousand lies are needed.The main opposition MDC was caught totally off-guard when one of their own, the talkative Job Sikhala, revealed the party worst-kept secret: That they...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 08:20hrs | 6177 | by Conway Tutani
MDC's RELOAD road-map is the road to nowhere - as long as Zanu-PF remains in power Zimbabwe is going nowhere
MDC is a party of corrupt and incompetent individuals; I did not expect the party's promised road-map plan, Road to Economic Recovery, Legitimacy, Openness And Democracy (RELOAD), to be worth much. I ...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 10:07hrs | 658 | by Nomusa Garikai
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 | 3605 | by Ndou Paul
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 | 4885 | by ZimLive
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 | 1419 | by Nomusa Garikai
'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 | 1375 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mnangagwa promised a 'Zimbabwe you want' but has failed to deliver
Last year, during Zimbabwe's national elections, the ruling party erected dozens of banners all over the country, emblazoned with lofty promises and a giant photo of the man who won that contest, Emme...Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 08:37hrs | 2997 | by John Sparks
To compare 1950 USA 'opulence amidst public squalor' to same in Zimbabwe is compare mouldy strawberries to yew berries
"The late JK Galbraith, an influential economist in the US public sphere more than 60 years ago, described Americans' conspicuous consumption in his book The Affluent Society as "private opulence amid...Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 08:32hrs | 750 | by Wilbert Mukori
ZANU PF tried to kill David Coltart?
MDC Treasurer General David Coltart has alleged that suspected ZANU PF agent attempted to kill him thrice through a road accident in the past 20 years.Said Coltart, "In the last two decades my...Published: 05 Jul 2019 at 09:23hrs | 8608 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Zanu PF will not turn around economy' said MDC A, gleefully - neither will you, just want TA
MDC Vice President Professor Welshman Ncube says the current Zimbabwean government is poised for failure and anyone pinning their hopes on it will be disappointed."Is there still anyone who st...Published: 04 Jul 2019 at 15:18hrs | 1525 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'People look up to MDC for leadership' - how is that still possible given Chamisa et al pathetic track record
Zimbabwe is in this economic and political mess for many reasons and one of those reasons is the nation is cursed in having many citizens with an IQ not much above that of an idiot. There is a mountai...Published: 03 Jul 2019 at 07:45hrs | 2421 | by Wilbert Mukori
'We ran economy well, figures speak for themselves' - economy is not half of it, mess speaks volume
"If you look at the Zimbabwean crisis in the last 20 years, the Central Bank has been at the epicentre of the distortions. Some of you might not know that during the GNU we didn't have the central ban...Published: 01 Jul 2019 at 07:39hrs | 1707 | by Nomusa Garikai
Zanu PF rigged 2018 elections, it was not the first but must and WILL be the last
Both Zanu PF and MDC know that the solution to ending Zimbabwe's economic and political crisis is implementing the democratic reforms to ensure there free, fair and credible elections. Both parties ha...Published: 29 Jun 2019 at 06:58hrs | 2881 | by Wilbert Mukori
'We must make Z$ work', who is 'we' - it's doomed and quadrillionaires are to blame; how convenient!
The Zanu PF propaganda machine has gone into overdrive in a rearguard action to justify the regime's decision to reverse the 2009 decision to allow a basket of foreign currencies as legal tender. ...Published: 28 Jun 2019 at 18:33hrs | 1198 | by Nomusa Garikai
Sudan Army hires Mugabe's consultant
The notorious Sudanese army has hired Dickens & Madson (Canada) Inc a firm owned by Ari Ben-Menashe, a former Israeli spy based in Montreal,Canada to polish the image of Sudan's milita...Published: 28 Jun 2019 at 09:40hrs | 9370 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'We are not USA must use Z$' argue Professor Chakravarti - no common sense nor integrity, must shut up
"Ever since we dollarised, everybody has been benchmarking against the US dollars," said Zimbabwe economics lecturer Professor Ashok Chakravarti."We are not the United States of America, we ar...Published: 27 Jun 2019 at 21:31hrs | 2307 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'2018 elections were illegal' MDC A admit, finally - cannot confer legitimacy on selves, step down
"Legitimacy is an issue - last year's elections were illegal, and not free and fair. All reasonable observers concede that," admitted David Coltart, MDC Alliance Treasurer General. It has taken almost...Published: 27 Jun 2019 at 13:00hrs | 4099 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mthuli Ncube did not know about banning of the US$?
Award winning journalist Hopewell Chin'ono says he has been informed that Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuuli Ncube and the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe did not know anything about the Statu...Published: 27 Jun 2019 at 10:57hrs | 14520 | by Mandla Ndlovu
David Coltart speaks on dialogue with Mnangagwa
MDC Treasurer General David Coltart says the MDC will not allow a person who stole an election to dictate the terms of the much needed national dialogue.In a Twitter conversation with Mnangagw...Published: 26 Jun 2019 at 11:48hrs | 12891 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mthuli Ncube explains US Dollar ban
Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube has clarified the statutory instrument that banned the use of foreign currency in the country. In an interview with ZBC Mthuli said...Published: 24 Jun 2019 at 18:37hrs | 14414 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Civil servants get pay rise
GOVERNMENT has fended off a potentially crippling industrial action in the civil service after President Emmerson Mnangagwa assented to a pay raise for the restive workers effective next month....Published: 24 Jun 2019 at 07:19hrs | 8597 | by Staff Reporter
European Union embarasses ZBC
The European Union Mission in Zimbabwe has embarrassed the national broadcaster the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation after it tweeted a EU Afunded solar project in Gwanda and credited the government ...Published: 21 Jun 2019 at 14:38hrs | 10447 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Reforms are empty words, lipstick on Zanu PF crocodile' - and MDC meerkat
I once watched a documentary on a family of meerkats. In their daily foraging they group came across an ostrich egg. The whole group was certainly very excited with the find, there was a lot of good f...Published: 20 Jun 2019 at 06:34hrs | 2461 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa hires second United States public relations firm for $1 million
President Emmerson Mnangagwa, battling to end Zimbabwe's international isolation, has recruited a second public relations firm in the United States at a cost of US$1 million per year.Documents...Published: 18 Jun 2019 at 08:57hrs | 4417 | by ZimLive
'MDC A will give dialogue a chance' - to what end if chance of free 2023 elections is zero
The people of Zimbabwe risked life and limb to elect Morgan Tsvangirai, Tendai Biti, Nelson Chamisa, David Coltart and the other MDC A leaders into power on the promise the party will deliver the demo...Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 19:11hrs | 552 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'MDC A will give dialogue a chance' - to what end if chance of free 2023 elections is zero
The people of Zimbabwe risked life and limb to elect Morgan Tsvangirai, Tendai Biti, Nelson Chamisa, David Coltart and the other MDC A leaders into power on the promise the party will deliver the demo...Published: 15 Jun 2019 at 09:13hrs | 615 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
MDC Youth Leader arrested for threatening to 'eliminate Mnangagwa'
Newly elected MDC Youth Leader Obey Sithole is reported to have been arrested by the police after he was summoned to the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) Law and Order section. The cha...Published: 14 Jun 2019 at 19:35hrs | 5275 | by Staff reporter
MDC ratchet up calls for mass protests - piggybacking TA, another MDC sell-out and Zanu-PF whitewash
"It's not criminal to demonstrate and voice your concerns; voice what we are saying are the main problems. It's a national crisis and as you can see, besides me as a politician speaking, there is a wa...Published: 11 Jun 2019 at 09:22hrs | 1851 | by Nomusa Garikai
Coltart raises red flag over education crisis
FORMER Education minister David Coltart has painted a gloomy picture of the country's education sector, saying lack of motivation among teachers will see schoolchildren paying a heavy price in future....Published: 09 Jun 2019 at 09:38hrs | 488 | by Staff reporter
MDC will never split again, says Hwende
NEWLY-ELECTED MDC secretary-general Charlton Hwende says the Nelson Chamisa-led party will never split again as structural issues which were causing divisions have been addressed through constitutiona...Published: 09 Jun 2019 at 09:35hrs | 418 | by Staff reporter
'Ncube lacks realism, intelligence and honesty' charged Biti - true enough but what about you
"When asked about the economy and Mthuli Ncube, Mr Biti said among other things, "Mthuli is a Loud mouth that doesn't have a connection with its brain and the economy has found him out. This is about ...Published: 07 Jun 2019 at 18:07hrs | 2403 | by Wilbert Mukori
Do elections work in Zimbabwe?
THIS article seeks to explore the efficacy of elections as a tool of democratic governance in Zimbabwe since 1980.It is by no means exhaustive, but in a brief and cursory manner looks at the m...Published: 07 Jun 2019 at 07:06hrs | 276 | by Dumisani Nkomo
Sudanese soldiers kill protestors
Sudan media has reported that the Sudanese security forces stormed a protest sit-in camp in the capital Monday setting fire to tents and spraying bullets with machine guns. About 8 people are ...Published: 03 Jun 2019 at 12:21hrs | 5171 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Heavily armed police invade Bulawayo
Bulawayo woke up to heavy police presence on Monday morning. The police who were moving around in armoured vehicles urged the people of Bulawayo to shun calls of violoncello by people from outside Bul...Published: 03 Jun 2019 at 09:29hrs | 17084 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Lead if you may, without power
The top left grandstand at the iconic White City Stadium gave me a vintage hawk's eye view of proceedings. Increasingly, White City has become an arena less popular for sport, for football and Boy Ndl...Published: 02 Jun 2019 at 09:24hrs | 2767 | by Zifiso Masiye
MDC and the colonial ghost of whiteness
David Coltart, the self-confessed former British South African Police (BSAP) member, who authored a rehashed moribund autobiography, recently rebounded as treasurer of the MDC at the party's congress ...Published: 02 Jun 2019 at 08:16hrs | 293 | by Ranga Mataire
Chamisa ring-fences presidency
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has moved to ring fence his post at the helm of the party by asking delegates to ensure that they endorse him as party leader in the next congress.In his acceptance s...Published: 01 Jun 2019 at 07:56hrs | 4172 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa barred from Dabengwa memorial VIP tent
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa was Friday barred from taking up a seat in the VIP section during late national hero Dumiso Dabengwa's memorial gala at White City Stadium in Bulawayo.Sources close t...Published: 31 May 2019 at 18:26hrs | 9653 | by Staff reporter
Coltart backtracks on negative Chamisa remarks
The new MDC Treasurer General David Coltart has described as a distortion of what he said. The Chronicle article suggested that Coltart had said that Chamisa had no capacity to lead.Coltart ha...Published: 30 May 2019 at 10:54hrs | 7525 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube and Mangudya told to resign
Former MDC-T Spokesperson Linda Masarira has called upon Reserve Bank Governor Dr John Panonetsa Mangudya and Finance Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube to resign because they have in solving the economi...Published: 30 May 2019 at 05:04hrs | 12785 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabweans should not put high expectations on Chamisa, says Coltart
Newly elected MDC treasurer general David Coltart and party president Nelson Chamisa seem to have different timelines on the turnaround period of economic revival should they assume power....Published: 29 May 2019 at 18:33hrs | 6861 | 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 | 1628 | by African News Agency
Logistical nightmare cast doubt on MDC congress credibility
THE just-ended MDC congress was a logistical nightmare, with the party failing to meet set timelines and pushing voting into the dead of the night.Already, knives are out for organising secret...Published: 29 May 2019 at 08:05hrs | 963 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa has no capacity, says Coltart
NEWLY elected MDC Alliance treasurer general Mr David Coltart says opposition leader Mr Nelson Chamisa has no capacity to turn around the country's economy "in months", even if he were to become presi...Published: 29 May 2019 at 07:54hrs | 5011 | by Staff reporter
Parliament snubs Dabengwa
ZANU PF Members of Parliament on Tuesday refused to observe a moment of silence in honour of the late ZPRA Intelligence Supremo Dumiso Dabengwa who was declared a National Hero on Sunday by President ...Published: 28 May 2019 at 18:32hrs | 6025 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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