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Chamisa's MDC paints Gweru red
GWERU lodges and hotels are fully booked ahead of the MDC elective congress this week to decide the party's leadership.The City of Progress, as Gweru likes to call itself, will host 6 200 MDC ...Published: 29 mins ago | 155 | by Staff reporter
Africans Day: Locating the role of the Youth in Africa's transformation
As we celebrate Africa Day this year, what are the major challenges facing Africa's youth? What is the position and role of the African youth in the transformation of Africa? While it is intrinsic to ...Published: 4 hrs ago | 92 | by Richard Mugobo
MDC congress roars to life
The MDC Alliance will hold its national congress in Gweru from tomorrow Friday to Sunday. In a statement, the Nelson Chamisa party has reveled itinerary for the elective event which is aimed a...Published: 9 hrs ago | 4413 | by Methusi Ncube
Chamisa blames Mnangagwa for fuel hikes
Government failure and inaction has become an increasingly common aspect of our political system, whether it is due to political polarisation or through poor planning, which characterised the slow imp...Published: 22 May 2019 at 07:41hrs | 7874 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Arrest of regime change suspects condemned
Heal Zimbabwe condemns the unwarranted arrest of Civil Society Organization(CSOs) members Tatenda Mombeyarara (Citizens Manifesto),George Makoni (Centre for Community Development in Zimbabwe) Frank Mp...Published: 21 May 2019 at 14:11hrs | 2197 | by Heal Zimbabwe
Patriotic Union of MaNdebeleland
While I was going through my archives I came across the Election Manifesto below. Quite interesting.PATRIOTIC UNION OF MANDEBELELAND (PUMA)ELECTION MANIFES...Published: 21 May 2019 at 12:35hrs | 3507 | by PUMA
Mnangagwa must heed voices from South Africa
There are press reports that the South African Ambassador to Zimbabwe,Mr. Mbete,said that Mnangagwa must have an External Credible Dialogue Facilitator.Elsewhere, a senior ANC member Fikile Mbalula is...Published: 21 May 2019 at 10:34hrs | 8524 | by Mkhululi Zulu
Chamisa in serious trouble As the dialogue makes headway
It was clear to all but Few and some on Zimbabwean left that any unlikely agreement with Chamisa would only lead to further the agenda of regime change. The unconstitutional removal of the constitutio...Published: 21 May 2019 at 06:05hrs | 11686 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Chamisa want sanctions on Zimbabwe to remain until Zanu-PF collapses
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa says western sanctions on Zimbabwe will only go with the collapse of the Zanu-PF government.Chamisa, speaking to supporters in Chiredzi at a 'thank you' rally in Chir...Published: 20 May 2019 at 08:13hrs | 1949 | by ZimLive
Mnangagwa's govt recognises MDC's 2014 structures
ZANU-PF has been accused of meddling in the affairs of the main opposition MDC party.These accusations intensified following a High Court ruling that appeared to stall the MDC congress prepara...Published: 20 May 2019 at 07:01hrs | 5279 | by Staff reporter
There is too much clutter in Mnangagwa's new dispensation
LEADERSHIP is about setting strategic goals for a nation or society and motivating individuals to effectively conduct assignments in service to those goals. In modern day democratic societies, leaders...Published: 20 May 2019 at 07:00hrs | 1388 | by Tapiwa Gomo
MDC Midlands sets up congress sub-committees
MDC Midlands has set up nine sub-committees to ensure the smooth running of the party's fifth congress in Gweru this week.The committees were set up at the provincial executive meeting held in...Published: 20 May 2019 at 06:53hrs | 738 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa launch POLAD, arch - "African solution" to bad governance - bury our heads in the sand, insane
"We are grateful that the leadership of Zimbabwe has established the dialogue voluntarily," commented Mphakama Mbete, SA Ambassador to Zimbabwe, at the official launch of Political Actors Dialogue (PO...Published: 19 May 2019 at 09:48hrs | 1651 | by Wilbert Mukori
Chief Ndiweni 'disowns' Chamisa?
BELEAGUERED Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni of Ntabazinduna was yesterday singing another tune when he said he is not in any way associated with MDC-Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa, claiming they had...Published: 19 May 2019 at 09:14hrs | 5276 | by Staff reporter
Warts of democracy can be an eyesore
Cynics often say politics is like a sewage as it allows stinking and filthy scum to rise to the top.In a twisted way, it's pretty much like milk, which, as it matures, allows cream to rise....Published: 19 May 2019 at 09:05hrs | 66 | by Bishop Lazarus
Complications of the congress season
WELCOME to the MDC Congress season. The circus has just dropped right down at Harvest House. All the actors have already donned their stage costumes, save for Vimbai Tsvangirai-Java, whose congress ap...Published: 18 May 2019 at 10:37hrs | 1485 | by Chenai Mutasa
Khupe is dancing Nobert Kunonga music
Not so long ago the Anglican Church in Zimbabwe had tasted abhorrent deep factional fights pitted embattled cleric Bishop Nobert Kunonga and the then incumbent Chad Gandiya cabal. Kunonga, a stan Muga...Published: 18 May 2019 at 08:44hrs | 1371 | by Benny Gudo
The Annointed of the MDC
The claim by Welshman Ncube that he was 'annointed' by Tsvangirayi in the presence of Nelson Chamisa reveals the danger posed to democracy by the thuggish party. There is no part of the MDC constituti...Published: 18 May 2019 at 08:22hrs | 721 | by Nkosenhle Ndlovu
Zanu-PF Youth League calls for Chief Ndiweni's ouster
THE Zanu-PF Youth League in Matabeleland North has appealed to the Minister of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing, July Moyo, to dethrone Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni of Ntabazindun...Published: 18 May 2019 at 08:08hrs | 591 | by Staff reporter
Political party leaders must be exemplary
Address by His Excellency, the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, E. D. Mnangagwa, at the launch of the National Political Actors Dialogue at the Harare International Con...Published: 18 May 2019 at 08:00hrs | 136 | by E. D. Mnangagwa
Fuel crisis has nothing to do with MDC unconstitutionalism
Some of the problems Zimbabwe is facing today are clearly due to faulty thinking resulting in people mixing issues —and not knowing what the idiom "fair game" means.For starters, if Presiden...Published: 17 May 2019 at 17:32hrs | 3386 | by Conway Tutani
'Mnangagwa's govt must accelerate reforms to move forward'
THE European Union (EU) and Zimbabwe are set to resume political dialogue, which officially stopped in 2002. Under Article 8 of the Cotonou Agreement, the EU will seek to re-engage with government, a ...Published: 17 May 2019 at 17:24hrs | 313 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa reels over security sector reform
AS the European Union (EU) and Zimbabwe prepare to resume formal re-engagement talks, with Brussels insisting on sweeping reforms, including security sector overhaul, President Emmerson Mnangagwa is b...Published: 17 May 2019 at 07:22hrs | 3273 | by Staff reporter
Plot to unleash violent protests unearthed
A group of shady organisations from Zimbabwe with links to the opposition MDC-Alliance has in recent months been hard at work laying the groundwork for civil unrest set to be unleashed next month, The...Published: 17 May 2019 at 06:25hrs | 2551 | by Staff reporter
US shows hand in potential destabilisation of Zimbabwe
The United States of America (USA)'s latest "Zimbabwe Travel Advisory" to Americans intending to visit Zimbabwe, and those in Zimbabwe, is couched as a routine cautionary statement, yet it is laden wi...Published: 17 May 2019 at 06:22hrs | 2163 | by Staff reporter
Chief Ndiweni told to quit chieftaincy & join politics
CHIEF Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni of Ntabazinduna has been accused of abusing his position to further the agenda of the opposition MDC Alliance with the ruling Zanu-PF party challenging him to step down ...Published: 16 May 2019 at 06:47hrs | 2009 | by Staff reporter
Chief Ndiweni stage-manages attack?
Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni of Ntabazinduna, with the aid of known anti-Government activists, yesterday stage-managed an attack on himself by people he claimed to be Zanu-PF youths in Bulawayo....Published: 15 May 2019 at 23:45hrs | 2945 | by Staff reporter
Police in Zimbabwe: Helping hand or iron fist?
In response to public protests against a drastic increase in fuel prices in January 2019, the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) were joined by the army in a brutal crackdown that resulted in at least 15 ...Published: 15 May 2019 at 15:03hrs | 583 | by Afrobarometer
PHOTO: CIOs try to grab car from Chief Ndiweni
A group of self-proclaimed members of the Central Intelligence Organisation attempted to grab Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiiweni's car at the Bulawayo Central Business District on Wednesday. ...Published: 15 May 2019 at 11:50hrs | 10802 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Khupe deserves Respect
The rabidly tribal and sexist letter by Eric Muzamhindo reflects that the MDC is a poor imitation of ZANU( PF). It is the citadel of intolerance and the epitome of the devilish Gukurahundi spirit that...Published: 14 May 2019 at 20:38hrs | 5436 | by Nkosenhle Ndlovu
MDC's 'Black Monday Shock'
On behalf of myself, the National Reclamation Assembly and the 5 Million Vote Effect Campaign Worldwide, It is grievous and greasly that i learnt of the passing on of Leader Paul Rukanda the Glenview&...Published: 14 May 2019 at 08:54hrs | 5053 | by Taurai Leonard Gwesu
MDC provincial caucuses buries politics of nominations
Political waves are key in any given political situation. Never underestimate the power of voters. People are already making key decisions. Never relax and I have outshined my opponent, this varies fr...Published: 14 May 2019 at 07:44hrs | 1240 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
'Khupe taking over MDC is a bad joke'
MDC is at crossroads following a High Court ruling that declared its leader Nelson Chamisa illegitimate and ordered the party to hold an extraordinary congress instead of its planned congress....Published: 13 May 2019 at 16:20hrs | 3326 | by Staff reporter
African Union Elections Observer Team impressed by South Africa elections
The African Union Observer Team which recently visited the Pan African Parliament (PAP) on the eve of South Africa's General Elections 2019 expressed satisfaction on the progress of the elections desc...Published: 13 May 2019 at 08:51hrs | 296 | by Staff Reporter
US must come clean on Zimbabwe sanctions
There is this common tactic by the West to mislead the world by creating a false spoor in order to hide some of their evil machinations. It is unfortunate that Zimbabwe is such a victim when we come t...Published: 13 May 2019 at 08:48hrs | 453 | by Patriot
Why unity is unachievable for Chamisa's MDC
Leading to election 2018, we saw the formation of what is now called the MDC - Alliance on the backdrop of massive campaigning for a united front against Zanu-PF, not around a common cause or unity of...Published: 13 May 2019 at 08:47hrs | 1177 | by Reason Wafawarova
Ndiweni's call for more sanctions mind-boggling
Zimbabweans should have been taken aback last week when one of their own traditional leaders, Chief Nhlanhla Ndiweni, called on the United States of America and the European Union to increase illegal ...Published: 13 May 2019 at 08:44hrs | 438 | by Staff reporter
Khupe lays stake on MDC-T
Dr Thokozani Khupe on Saturday said she is ready to lead the MDC after the High Court judgment which nullified the appointment of Mr Nelson Chamisa and Engineer Elias Mudzuri as MDC-T vice-presidents ...Published: 13 May 2019 at 08:43hrs | 659 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa flies into MDC storm
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa is arriving in Bulawayo on Monday to attend the Provincial caucus ahead of the Party Congress that will be held in in the last week of May.Bulawayo has been a hot pot...Published: 13 May 2019 at 08:10hrs | 4032 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Fascist Mthwakazi denying people a voice' - we must remove dictators and stop fascists
"A Republic of Matabeleland or Bloodshed: my reply," wrote Nomazulu Thata. "We have spoken on several occasions about the marginalisation of Mathebeleland and that we demand the reburial of ma...Published: 12 May 2019 at 23:14hrs | 518 | by Wilbert Mukori
Israel Dube warns Mnangagwa govt on one and threatens the people of Mathebeleland on the other hand! Is that not fascism!
A Republic of Matabeleland or Bloodshed: my reply We have spoken on several occasions about the marginalisation of Mathebeleland and that we demand the reburial of mass-shallow graves in this ...Published: 12 May 2019 at 08:32hrs | 6651 | by Nomazulu Thata
Chamisa's committee completes Bulawayo deliberations
AN MDC special committee has completed deliberations on appeals challenging results of the Bulawayo provincial congress held last month with the appellants now waiting for the verdict.MDC Bula...Published: 11 May 2019 at 14:58hrs | 834 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa must step down'
INFORMATION deputy minister Energy Mutodi has called on MDC leader Nelson Chamisa to relinquish his position to Thokozani Khupe, leader of another faction of the MDC-T.Mutodi said if Chamisa r...Published: 11 May 2019 at 14:56hrs | 1188 | by Staff reporter
Chief Ndiweni calls for more sanctions on Zimbabwe
POLITICIANS and analysts have slammed outspoken Ntabazinduna traditional leader, Chief Nhlanhla Ndiweni, for his unrelenting call for the United States of America and the European Union to add more il...Published: 11 May 2019 at 14:50hrs | 2406 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's battle of Populism vs Constitutionalism
INTRODUCTION The High Court sitting at Harare dealt a body-blow to Nelson Chamisa's leadership of the MDC on 8 May 2019. In the case of Elias Mashavira vs. Movement for Democratic Chan...Published: 11 May 2019 at 14:48hrs | 325 | by David Tinashe Hofisi
'High court or ZanuPF cannot choose MDC Leaders'
MDC Matebeleland South Province Press Statement As Matebeleland South Province we are not moved by the politically motivated High court ruling concernin...Published: 11 May 2019 at 07:38hrs | 4760 | by Solani Njemnyama Moyo
Elections in South Africa are a reflection of the democracy the country enjoys
In South Africa one is not killed for belonging to his or political party of his or her choice nor do you hear of 'party thugs 'setting up bases in the rural. While the late Dr Joshua Nkomo could be t...Published: 10 May 2019 at 15:00hrs | 1698 | by A T Kadada
Illegitimate Nelson Chamisa what next?
Following the High Court ruling yesterday, that the appointment of Nelson Chamisa as one of the two additional vice presidents three years ago was illegal, thus his current presidency at the helm of t...Published: 10 May 2019 at 12:13hrs | 3808 | by Christine Lethokuhle Mabhena
'Stop polarising political activities ' Zimbabweans told
Zimbabweans have been urged to cease in engaging in all political activities that undermine the spirit on national dialogue. The call was made by the Zimbabwe Heads of Christian Denominations ...Published: 10 May 2019 at 09:27hrs | 2426 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Africa doesn't need this thing called Africom
Back in the village, the best men are known to ring-fence their interests and defend them to the last stain of their blood. There, the best man is he who, against all odds, crafts a policy tha...Published: 10 May 2019 at 06:54hrs | 356 | by Isdore Guvamombe
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