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'Today Mwonzora joined Zanu PF to destroy Constitution' - stillborn 'MDC child' we should have rejected back in 2013
"Mwonzora and his lot joined hands with Zanu-PF today to destroy the Constitution. The MDC-T has officially enabled Zanu-PF to mutilate the Constitution of Zimbabwe," said a statement from the Chamisa...Published: 06 May 2021 at 06:42hrs | 1192 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Constitutional Amendment to give Mnangagwa Mugabe-era powers
Three years after sweeping into power through a military coup and promising a new and unfolding democracy, Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa is now being compared to his authoritarian predecesso...Published: 04 May 2021 at 08:00hrs | 1277 | by Staff reporter
Ndumiso Gumede the man
THE setting is Highlanders Sports Club, popularly known as Clubhouse, a perfect venue for the interview with Ndumiso Gumede since it is one of the properties acquired by Bosso under his chairmanship i...Published: 02 May 2021 at 09:17hrs | 738 | by Staff reporter
Heath Streak apologises
ZIMBABWE cricket legend, Heath Streak has apologised for his involvement with a shadowy character that resulted in the International Cricket Council slapping him with an eight-year ban from all cricke...Published: 30 Apr 2021 at 06:36hrs | 720 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala et al join in the scramble for land - they're now indistinguishable from Zanu PF
Let us start by defining the primary task the late Morgan Tsvangirai and his MDC friends were entrusted to do by the people of Zimbabwe. The people risked life and limb to MDC leaders into power on th...Published: 23 Apr 2021 at 09:09hrs | 3022 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
No to govt bullying, says teachers
TEACHERS' representatives yesterday described government as a heartless employer and vowed that their members would not be coerced to teach, despite threats to withhold their benefits.Primary ...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 07:23hrs | 1387 | by Staff reporter
Streak resigns from his rebranded academy
THE Heath Streak Academy has been renamed Zimbabwe Youth Cricket Academy. This follows the resignation of the founder, Streak, the former national team skipper and coach, from the Trust's operations....Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 07:11hrs | 428 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu PF has no legitimacy to amend constitution' said Biti - nonsense, you foolishly gave them legitimacy
"Mnangagwa, Chamisa in fresh legal fight!" read the headlines. And my instinctive reaction was the sinking feeling of pending doom.MDC A are going to challenge in the Constitutional Court the ...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 07:11hrs | 1288 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Zanu PF has dismembered MDC A, will not need to rig to win 2023' - only counter, demand reforms before 2023
Dear Tony Reeler,Thank you very much for your thought-provoking article 'Zanu PF won't concede electoral defeat' in New Zimbabwe and Bulawayo24. The root cause of Zimbabwe economic meltdown an...Published: 10 Apr 2021 at 06:44hrs | 1811 | by Wilbert Mukori
'MDC A must NOT boycott elections' advised Magaisa - echo of ruinous GNU advice NOT to implement reforms
"If there is a phrase that must not be entertained by the MDC Alliance right now, it is the phrase 'boycott by-elections'. Not when the opponents are doing everything to take you out of political spac...Published: 07 Apr 2021 at 10:17hrs | 1193 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Were MDC human rights violated in 2008?
MDC was created by the CFU (Commercial Farmers Union), capitalists and the west, so that they take power from Zanu-PF, reverse land reform and indigenization; pull the Zimbabwe National Army out of Co...Published: 05 Apr 2021 at 18:23hrs | 565 | by Rutendo Bereza Matinyarare
Mnangagwa's govt pleads with teachers
GOVERNMENT yesterday said it was committed to ensuring better conditions of service for teachers after they pled incapacitation and demanded that their salaries be restored to the 2018 US$520 to US$55...Published: 30 Mar 2021 at 06:47hrs | 2022 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC criticises Mudenda 'bias' in Parliament
MDC Alliance has criticised the alleged bias of the Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Mudenda, by allowing the expulsion of its legislators from parliament before ascertaining the motive and legality of re...Published: 25 Mar 2021 at 17:02hrs | 1558 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa dared us to dream' - insanity of zealot oblivious his is to Win In Rigged Elections (WIRE)
"How can he (Obert Gutu) say MDC died with Morgan Tsvangirai when MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa garnered 2,2 million votes in the 2018 presidential elections?" counted Chief Chiduku in Bulawayo24...Published: 23 Mar 2021 at 17:37hrs | 1916 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Biti vows to continue exposing graft
TENDAI Biti has effectively been using his position as the chair of Zimbabwe's parliamentary public accounts committee and his legal and financial skills to expose billions of US dollars of taxpayers'...Published: 22 Mar 2021 at 15:45hrs | 2032 | by Staff reporter
'3 000 new schools plan a campaign gimmick'
FORMER Primary and Secondary Education minister David Coltart yesterday took a dig at government's ambitious plan to construct 3 000 schools countrywide, describing it as a campaign gimmick ahead of t...Published: 19 Mar 2021 at 06:05hrs | 1105 | by Staff reporter
MDC wasted chance for free elections; for another chance, first povo must open their eyes
At the heart of Zimbabwe's economic mess and political paralysis; the nation is stuck with a corrupt, incompetent and tyrannical ruling party and an equally corrupt and incompetent opposition; is the ...Published: 15 Mar 2021 at 10:05hrs | 779 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Chiwenga abandon C&J mansion for 'White House', he's loaded - cut loot, two more white elephants
"VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga whose previous two divorce cases revealed that he is loaded with money, property and businesses has completed building a new luxurious mansion in Harare's upmarket...Published: 07 Mar 2021 at 10:31hrs | 3820 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
We must implement the democratic reforms to restore individual freedoms and rights including right to meaningful vote
"What electoral reforms?" asked Francov. "I have seen and read many articles on the need for Zimbabwe to reform/change its electoral laws. But I am yet to know or understand exactly what/which...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 09:50hrs | 504 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Chamisa to give MDC a a new name as MDC implodes
Zimbabweans owe Tsvangirai some gratitude for supporting maintaining democracy by holding the MDC together and provide the nation with a solid opposition. Ironically the MDC has transformed to be the ...Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 09:45hrs | 13586 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Chamisa blasted for failing to rein-in his kitchen cabinet
THE defection of top party executive, Lillian Timveos from the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance to the ruling Zanu PF has opened a can of worms, with party insiders claiming the young opposition leader...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 10:42hrs | 1455 | by Staff reporter
'SA lacks will to rescue Zimbabwe' - as we lack common sense to rescue ourselves
Dear Tendai Dumbutshena Thank you very much for yet another informative and thought provoking article, "SA lacks the will to rescue Zimbabwe" in Bulawayo 24."But hope springs eternal. ...Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 07:38hrs | 220 | by Wilbert Mukori
Chamisa's failure to rein in his 'toxic and divisive' SG has destroyed the party
THE defection of top party executive, Lillian Timveos from the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance to the ruling Zanu-PF has opened a can of worms, with party insiders claiming the young opposition leader...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:47hrs | 2866 | by Staff reporter
Senator Timveos speaks about MDC's politics of witchcraft & factions
I found the Twit by Charlton Hwende that my reasons for resigning from the MDC Alliance was that the First Lady promised me that my senatorial car will not be seized to be demeaning and a lie by an ev...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 21:28hrs | 2092 | by Senator Lillian Temvoes
Coltart speaks on poor pass rate
Former Primary and Secondary Education Minister David Coltart has said sanctions were in place during his tenure but educational outcomes improved, unlike the current Minister who blamed sanctions for...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 08:51hrs | 2541 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Magaisa advise 'MDC A strategies to win rigged election' - must stop the rigging by implementing the reforms
If there is one thing the ordinary Zimbabweans do NOT want right now is to be dragged into yet another meaningless election process whose outcome will be to confirm the corrupt, dysfunctional and tyra...Published: 22 Feb 2021 at 09:31hrs | 1707 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabwe 'cartels' report con-insides with US sanctions renewal
UNITED STATES President Joe Biden's administration is most likely to renew sanctions against senior Zanu-PF and government officials as well as service chiefs after the release early this week of a da...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 10:31hrs | 1281 | by Staff reporter
'Let's work on political reforms' - 'unprofitable servant who buried 1 talent,' verified voters' roll
"Let's work on political reforms and we go to the next election. But if you are not a political actor like a political party, we support an all-stakeholders' platform, where we can have continuous dis...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 09:22hrs | 166 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mandiwanzira hits out at 'staggering incompetence' over 'cartels' report
Former Cabinet Minister Supa Mandiwanzira has been left crying foul over what he called "staggering incompetence" by a South African publication, the Daily Maverick, whose exclusive report on the mass...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 05:55hrs | 3287 | by Staff reporter
'1978 Smith-Muzorewa show has no political capital, it flopped' - 2008 GNU Tsvangirai had 73% vote capital, it flopped too
MDC A is dismissing Douglas Mwonzora's call for national political dialogue, involving MDC-T, MDC A and Zanu PF as the leading player, as a waste of time. "Well, you have no dispute with Zanu-...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 10:14hrs | 1775 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Urgent action needed on Matabeleland schools
IT is a worrying trend that every year when Grade Seven results are released, a significant number of schools in Matabeleland record a 0% or poor pass rate.Even the Ordinary and Advanced Level...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 06:47hrs | 511 | by Staff reporter
Opposition still alive in Zimbabwe
The man made frictions within the opposition circles are too far from killing the opposition in Zimbabwe.The ructions have been badly misinterpreted to mean demise of the opposition in the Southern Af...Published: 29 Jan 2021 at 08:38hrs | 2665 | by Kurauone Chihwayi
Zanu-PF ministers' evil deeds can't be forgotten
UK-based lawyer and one of the founding opposition MDC leaders Yvonne Mahlunge-Gwashawanhu, David Coltart's deputy then, says while people should upon death mourn Zanu-PF ministers like Joel Biggie Ma...Published: 24 Jan 2021 at 16:07hrs | 2581 | by Staff reporter
No machinations can ever kill opposition politics in Zimbabwe
The man-made frictions within the opposition circles are too far from killing the opposition in Zimbabwe. The ructions have been badly misinterpreted to mean demise of the opposition in this country....Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 22:44hrs | 232 | by Kurauone Chihwayi
'If I die in Chikurumbi, it will be for freedom' penned Sikhala - no, it's for pole position in gravy train rat race
The fight amount opposition politicians for headlines is hotting up! "MDC Alliance's outspoken Vice Chairman and MP, Job Sikhala that despite all adversities in jail and even if it means dying...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 12:04hrs | 1203 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
81% of Zimbabwe's primary schools do not have internet access
81% of primary schools in Zimbabwe have no access to the internet while only 19% have, a status quo that is heavily stalling e-learning programmes in primary schools. This was revealed by the Informat...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 18:21hrs | 264 | by Staff reporter
Another MDC leader arrested as fight for 'headlines' hots up - all deserted fight for reforms
The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) was launched by Morgan Tsvangirai and his friends in 1999 to answer the nation's cry for democratic changes as the only way to end the de facto one party, Zanu...Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 14:16hrs | 1005 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Thousands of Zimbabweans stranded at Beitbridge Border Post
THE situation at Beitbridge Border Post is fast degenerating into a humanitarian crisis, with thousands of South Africa-bound Zimbabweans stuck in the border town since Sunday as the Pretoria governme...Published: 06 Jan 2021 at 07:11hrs | 1677 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala 'berates' Mnangagwa - 20 years of posturing, it is reforms Mnangagwa fears
"MDC Alliance vice-chairperson Job Sikhala has said President Emmerson Mnangagwa has proved to be one of the worst authoritarian leaders to ever lead Zimbabwe, an accusation that comes as the nation n...Published: 28 Dec 2020 at 00:07hrs | 1274 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Zanu-PF will win 2023 because opposition lacks unity' - nonsense, unity will never ever supplant competence
"Opposition politician Jacob Ngarivhume sees a bleak future for opposition politics in Zimbabwe, and has resigned to the fact that the ruling Zanu-PF will win again in the 2023 elections," reported Zi...Published: 25 Dec 2020 at 08:57hrs | 983 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'SA can nudge Zimbabwe toward stability' - not until Zimbabweans finally deal with gadflies
"For years, South Africa trusted in behind-the-scenes contacts to alleviate Zimbabwe's political and economic problems. But those troubles have continued to mount. By stepping up pressure, and by work...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 21:20hrs | 503 | by Nomusa Garikai
Zimbabwe opposition's squandered opportunities
The political opposition in Zimbabwe, particularly the MDC, is stuck in the middle: between making news headlines and making reform headways.This is not new.Being stuck between making ...Published: 13 Dec 2020 at 08:18hrs | 1765 | by Jonathan Moyo
Rats cannot think beyond peanuts
AROUND this time in 2018, witty cynics, the majority of whom have happily found a convenient playground on social media platforms, were whining and whingeing that shortages of Coca-Cola which is a gen...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 07:47hrs | 139 | by Bishop Lazarus
'Zim prison, a crime against humanity' twittered Biti, prisoner - true all because selling out on reforms
Tendai Biti, MDC A vice President, has been arrested and will spend Friday night in a Police Prison. He is charged with assault, after calling a Russian woman an idiot.Biti has denied any wron...Published: 05 Dec 2020 at 00:04hrs | 1151 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mthuli Ncube ordered to disclose foreign debts by High Court
THE High Court has ordered Finance minister Mthuli Ncube to publish details of all loans and guarantees incurred by government from January 2017 to December 1, 2020 with the African Export–Import Ba...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 06:39hrs | 1335 | by Staff reporter
Lawyer up for theft of motor vehicle
A GURUVE-BASED lawyer Nancy Mabhoyi (37) of Mabhoyi and Associates has been summoned to Bindura magistrates' courts to answer a case of motor vehicle theft.Mabhoyi is set to appear in court on...Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 06:36hrs | 718 | by Staff reporter
MDC welcome Thomas-Greenfield US ambassador to UN - she must read ambassador Dell's Tsvangirai report
MDC Alliance treasurer-general David Coltart has welcomed the appointment of United States human rights defender and career diplomat Linda Thomas Greenfield as US ambassador to the United Nations....Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 06:37hrs | 616 | by Nomusa Garikai
New US envoy to UN good news for HRDs, claims Coltart
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance treasurer-general David Coltart yesterday welcomed the appointment of United States human rights defender and career diplomat Linda ThomasGreenfield as US ambassador to the Uni...Published: 25 Nov 2020 at 04:43hrs | 1202 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC failure-bound foray to the countryside
MDC-Alliance's youth assembly held a national executive council meeting in Bulawayo two weeks ago where it resolved to boost the party's electoral fortunes in 2023 by moving to rural areas to recruit ...Published: 24 Nov 2020 at 04:24hrs | 1524 | by Nobleman Runyanga
'MDC A #OneMillionCampaign will fight rural voter apathy' - biggest impediment to free elections, MDC sell-outs
"Mdc Alliance Namibia greatly appreciates and admires the historic innovation since the inception of the political behemoth to invade rural constituencies in preparation of the harmonised elections in...Published: 17 Nov 2020 at 08:47hrs | 1577 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
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