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'I totally agree, we sold out during 2008 GNU' confessed one more MDC leader - since and will sell out in 2023
"I totally agree that we missed an opportunity during GNU when we controlled the levers of power that we should maybe have exerted more pressure on Zanu-PF to have all these things reformed," said Pri...Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 09:22hrs | 1516 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'I won 2018 elections, there is no crisis' insists Mnangagwa - rigged hence existential crisis
"I wish to unequivocally state that there is no crisis in Zimbabwe as elections were held in July 2018 and a winner was declared in terms of the country's Constitution," stated Emmerson Mnangagwa....Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 07:53hrs | 461 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'No one shall die on my journey to State House' - many have died already and for nothing, MDC sold-out
"No Zimbabwean must die because of politics. I receive calls from some supporters saying President Chamisa please give us the signal (to start street protests). I will never allow a single a person to...Published: 29 Aug 2020 at 07:34hrs | 8661 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Car rental company hired out abduction vehicle
One of the vehicles used by state security agents in the abduction of Tawanda Muchehiwa, the nephew of ZimLive editor Mduduzi Mathuthu, was hired from a Harare car rental company, ZimLive revealed....Published: 28 Aug 2020 at 19:43hrs | 3586 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance says councillor abducted and murdered by 'state agents'
An MDC Alliance councillor was killed and later dumped near his home in Hurungwe on Thursday night, the party said.The MDC Alliance said the body of Lovender Chiwaya, its ward 4 councillor in ...Published: 21 Aug 2020 at 19:35hrs | 2747 | by Staff reporter
'If Zanu PF has failed, vote them out' insist opposition - ballocks, not when they can rig elections
"The (November 2017) coup has been over taken by events and there has been an election in between, the disputed results notwithstanding. It is what it is and now we must focus on getting Zimbabweans t...Published: 18 Aug 2020 at 12:09hrs | 1199 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zimbabwe security sector reforms debunked
US-funded studies on security sector reform in Zimbabwe have largely taken the radical view that more often than not, the military has acted undemocratically through uttering and overseeing an array o...Published: 13 Aug 2020 at 09:15hrs | 7382 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF are obsessed with power retention, 'Chinhu chedu!' ranted Biti - hypocrite's own actions speak louder than ranting
Tendai Biti and his fellow MDC leaders are hypocrites the same Lord Jesus warned against. "The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat. So you must obey them and do everything...Published: 09 Aug 2020 at 17:21hrs | 3268 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Chamisa's party in ambitious campaign
THE MDC Alliance says it has embarked on a massive membership and fundraising campaign to shore up its finances following recent setbacks that saw it lose its party headquarters, several legislators a...Published: 26 Jul 2020 at 11:16hrs | 5319 | by Staff reporter
'America riles confrontational politics in Zimbabwe,' says Charamba - how so, by insisting on free elections
Zimbabweans have a knack for blaming everyone else but themselves for their problems, trials and tribulations."The US Embassy in Harare whose govt has always rooted for Tendai Biti as safe bet...Published: 25 Jul 2020 at 22:40hrs | 2228 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Chamisa's MDC yet to finalise audit
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance is yet to finalise an audit into its finances several months after announcing it had commenced the exercise following reports that $2 million was embezzled from the...Published: 23 Jul 2020 at 20:22hrs | 1117 | by Staff reporter
MDC A U-turn on boycotting 'illegitimate Mnangagwa' – next big U-turn, boycotting flawed 2023 elections
MDC Alliance in yet another political U-turn! A few weeks ago the party resolved that its MPs and Senators would boycott parliamentary activities to protest the recall of some of their members by Dr T...Published: 16 Jul 2020 at 21:37hrs | 7864 | by Wilbert Mukori
'We are united to bring democracy' says Coltart - spare us insults, sold-out and know it too
David Coltart has written to deny social media rumour mill claiming Nelson Chamisa and Tendai Biti are fighting each other. "What sheer unadulterated nonsense this is - this is a routine rotat...Published: 15 Jul 2020 at 18:55hrs | 1643 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
MDC an opposition party or tool of the West?
When a Republican Ronald Regan was still president of the United States back in 1986, his predecessor, then former president of the US, Jimmy Carter a Democrat visited Zimbabwe to meet local bankers t...Published: 15 Jul 2020 at 08:23hrs | 1561 | by Prosperity Mzila
David Coltart responds to the Chamisa - Tendai Biti fight reports
MDC Treasurer General David Coltart had dismissed reports that MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa is involved in a fight with a fight with his Deputy Tendai Biti.A social media user had posted...Published: 14 Jul 2020 at 13:04hrs | 11506 | by Mandla Ndlovu
MDC houses, motorbikes and cars missing
TOP MDC Alliance officials (names supplied) used their positions to strip the troubled opposition party of assets that include houses, vehicles as well as lining their pockets with donor and public fu...Published: 07 Jul 2020 at 20:21hrs | 2397 | by Staff reporter
'There are no 2023 elections without reforms' said Chamisa - same s***t different elections
Same s***t different day! That really sums up beautifully what Nelson Chamisa's E-Rally was about!"We want political reforms and these reforms must have people's consultation. We want credible...Published: 07 Jul 2020 at 09:06hrs | 3023 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Biti dismiss sanctions document
THE United Kingdom (UK) has dissociated itself from a letter allegedly written by their former Defence minister Geoffrey William Hoon, which fingers MDC vice president Tendai Biti and treasurer David ...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 15:50hrs | 3401 | by Staff reporter
MDC sanctions treachery exposed
ALTHOUGH the MDC Alliance vainly attempts to create the impression of being a saviour of the people of Zimbabwe from its opponent, ZANU-PF, it is increasingly coming to the fore that it is against the...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 11:06hrs | 655 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Chamisa has been hijacked, says Mashakada
Founding MDC member and Economic Planning former minister Tapiwa Mashakada recently left the MDC-Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa claiming the party had stopped being a workers' movement and that it had...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 17:44hrs | 9023 | by Staff reporter
13 MDC legislators recalled, few fence-sitters remain 'true to their conscience' - what sell-out has a conscience
"We take the firm view that the state institutions, including parliament are being abused to reverse the will of the people and replace it with an unholy alliance between Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa and Ms ...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 19:25hrs | 1489 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Senior MDC Alliance officials didn't loot party funds, claims Coltart
STATEMENT ON FALSE ALLEGATIONS OF FINANCIAL MISMANAGEMENT IN MDC-ALLIANCEI have noted with concern the allegations by Mr Mashakada reported in The Herald of the 16th of June, 2020 alleging tha...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 20:36hrs | 1752 | by David Coltart
MDC and politics of denial psychology and deflection
WE are a pretty impressionable people. We all like to say that we are independent, free individuals who make up our own minds, but the reality is that we are heavily influenced by the company we keep....Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 08:23hrs | 1706 | by Jonathan Chando
'Zanu PF corruption is killing us!' is one half, other 'MDC greed is Zanu PF's keeper!'
"MDC National Spokesperson Fadzai Mahere has condemned the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission for alleging failing to investigate the Coronavirus tender scam that has sucked in Minister of Health Oba...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 16:50hrs | 1080 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'MDC-T owns Harvest House'
A faction of the Movement for Democratic Change led by Thokozani Khupe has denied that security forces assisted their occupation of the disputed Harvest House party HQ in Harare.A company whic...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 16:18hrs | 4705 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF paranoid by the reuniting of MDC cadres under MDC Alliance - Coltart
MDC Alliance senior official David Coltart has said the ruling Zanu PF is paranoid by the reuniting of MDC cadres under MDC Alliance.The remarks come in the wake of state sponsored harassment ...Published: 03 Jun 2020 at 07:38hrs | 3544 | by Stephen Jakes
MDC Alliances loses confidence in Adv Mpofu?
MDC bigwigs in the Nelson Chamisa-led faction have expressed concern over the continued loss of MDC court cases by the opposition party's top lawyer Advocate Thabani Mpofu.A source within the ...Published: 27 May 2020 at 20:13hrs | 2985 | by Christopher Makaza
Dumiso Dabengwa - Tribute from a civic and personal perspective
The first time I had a close engagement with the late iconic hero Dr Dumiso Dabengwa was when he was Minister of Home Affairs and I was President of the Junior Association of Christian Communica...Published: 22 May 2020 at 11:34hrs | 627 | by Dumisani Nkomo
Chamisa's tit for tat, no quid pro quo for participating in rigged elections, backfires
During the 2008 to 2013 GNU, Morgan Tsvangirai shameless used his political position as Prime Minister to promote his selfish interests at the expense of the commonwealth. Nelson Chamisa is doing the ...Published: 16 May 2020 at 12:51hrs | 2300 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Mnangagwa pushing for one-party state'
RENOWNED lawyer and MDC-Alliance treasurer-general David Coltart says the crisis which played out in the last few weeks in the backyard of the country's main opposition MDC has Zanu-PF fingerprints al...Published: 15 May 2020 at 08:14hrs | 1600 | by Staff reporter
MDC must show strength and defy headwinds
THE ongoing battle for the heart and soul of the MDC is unfortunate, coming at a time Zimbabwe needs a strong, united and focussed opposition to tackle President Emmerson Mnangagwa's incompetent admin...Published: 15 May 2020 at 08:10hrs | 596 | by Owen Gagare
Abduction fears as police deny arresting Joana Mamombe
The Zimbabwe Republic Police has dismissed reports that the MDC Alliance members who include Johanna Mamombe, Obey Sithole, Ostallous Siziba, Stanley Manyenga, and Justin Chidziva who were involved in...Published: 14 May 2020 at 13:52hrs | 3015 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Covid-19 aid must be audited' says Biti - hypocrite, why you helping loot and rig elections
"Former Finance Minister Tendai Biti says government should audit all donations made towards curbing the spread of coronavirus to ensure that all those who abused the contributions are brought to book...Published: 11 May 2020 at 16:45hrs | 759 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Welshman Ncube told to quit politics
Former MDC Chief Communications Strategist Gifford Mehluli Sibanda has urged MDC Alliance Vice President to retire from politics and focus on building a legacy in the legal fraternity. Writing...Published: 10 May 2020 at 17:09hrs | 5407 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Reality check on Parliamentary recall
FOUR Movement for Democratic Change legislators were recalled from Parliament on May 5, 2020.Charlton Hwende, Prosper Mutseyami, Thabitha Khumalo and Lillian Timveos' seats were declared vacan...Published: 10 May 2020 at 07:28hrs | 426 | by Tinashe D. Hofisi
Advocate Thabani Mpofu is failing the MDC-Alliance dismally! I should be forgiven if I say he is an implant
You do not need to be a lawyer to recognize the chronic errors MDC-Alliance made after Richard Morgen Tsvangirai's death. It is equally surprising that a political party blessed with several lawyers, ...Published: 09 May 2020 at 20:26hrs | 8635 | by Nomazulu Thata
Will Tendai Biti and job Sikhala join Zanu-PF as MDC MPs are recalled?
The old saying that "if you stay in the glass house do not throw stones." It goes on to say if stones are to be thrown back you must not cry the loudest. MDC in all its shapes has been masquerading as...Published: 08 May 2020 at 19:40hrs | 6883 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
BREAKING: Armed police invade MDC's Harvest House
Armed members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police have reportedly invaded MDC's Morgan Richard Tsvangirai House.The police are said to have come on the invitation of Douglas Mwonzora who is the Se...Published: 07 May 2020 at 18:58hrs | 4875 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Jacob Mudenda assisted Mwonzora and Khupe to recall MPs
Former Minister of Education David Coltart claims that Douglas Mwonzora and Thokozani Khupe breached the Constitution and recalled four MDC Members...Published: 07 May 2020 at 10:03hrs | 2140 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
MDC silverbacks out en masse to defend Chamisa thuggery yet betrayed right to free elections
Nelson Chamisa has said nothing about the 30 March 2020 Supreme Court judgement which ruled that his seizure of the MDC-T leadership after Tsvangirai's death was a violation of the party's constitutio...Published: 07 May 2020 at 07:32hrs | 2768 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Mnangagwa, Khupe, Mwonzora focusing on destroying MDC'
Former Minister of Education David Coltart has sensesionally claimed that president Emmerson Mnangagwa together with Thokozani Khupe and Douglas Mwonzora are focusing on destroying the opposition part...Published: 05 May 2020 at 17:46hrs | 6660 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
'Why is Covid-19 testing pegged in USD?'- Mahere
MDC executive member Fadzai Mahere has questioned why Covid 19 testing is pegged in US dollars in hospitals."We all know that the economy is not dollarized.Till recently, they said USD was ban...Published: 05 May 2020 at 16:04hrs | 902 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Dr Moyo itching to contest 2023 with no reforms, 'innovative solution' - another blinded by greed
The people of Zimbabwe have risked life and limb to elect Zanu PF's political opponents on the understanding, once in power, they would implement the democratic reforms the nation was dying for.&n...Published: 27 Apr 2020 at 10:36hrs | 2213 | by Nomusa Garikai
Before his downfall, a man's heart is proud, but Humility comes before Honour - The MDC Supreme Court Judgment
It's been 3 weeks and the Supreme Court judgment on the MDC case has come and gone, but questions remain in people's minds. Was the judgment just and fair, given the material facts and evidence presen...Published: 23 Apr 2020 at 14:23hrs | 3081 | by Jonathan Chando
FULL TEXT: David Coltart speaks on Mnangagwa's lockdown
The Zimbabwean Coronavirus lockdown is due to end at midnight on Sunday the 19th April. Mr Mnangagwa has stated that his government is going to review that policy and has suggested he will make a deci...Published: 19 Apr 2020 at 12:12hrs | 2410 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa to announce lockdown wayforward today
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is leaving it till late to announce the next steps following the expiry of the 21-day lockdown to combat the spread of the new coronavirus.Government spokesman, Ni...Published: 19 Apr 2020 at 08:40hrs | 2796 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa speaks on lockdown
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is today expected to announce the next steps the government will take to contain the spread of coronavirus as the current 21-day national lockdown comes to an end....Published: 19 Apr 2020 at 08:20hrs | 1158 | by Staff reporter
Some personal thoughts on Zimbabwe's Coronavirus lockdown policy
The Zimbabwean coronavirus lockdown is due to end at midnight on Sunday April, 19 April.President Emmerson Mnangagwa has stated that his government is going to review that policy and has sugge...Published: 19 Apr 2020 at 08:14hrs | 518 | by David Coltart
'We must not betray the people' says opportunist Mudzuri - but did by failing to implement reforms
"I am aware that there have been expressions of opposing views, trading of nasty words, accusations and counter accusations, anger and frustrations, but I think we need to sober up, sit down together ...Published: 13 Apr 2020 at 10:48hrs | 1687 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Tributes pour in for human rights campaigner Auret
Former MDC MP and human rights campaigner Mike Auret died in the Republic of Ireland on Good Friday, his family said.He was 83.His death sparked a stream of tributes, with many reflect...Published: 13 Apr 2020 at 08:25hrs | 360 | by Staff repprter
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