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Extra US$26m splashed on Trabablas raises stink
Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube was grilled by legislators over concerns of excessive expenditure on the Trabablas Interchange project in Harare, with questions raised about the total cost and sources o...Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 11:13hrs | 41 | by Staff reporter
MPs demand answers on machete sales in Bulawayo
Legislators from Bulawayo have raised serious concerns in the National Assembly over the government's policy on the ownership and sale of machetes, following a disturbing increase in violent attacks l...Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 15:15hrs | 370 | by Staff reporter
CCC Bulawayo disaster includes Senatorial seats
THE main opposition Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) will not have representation in the Senate from Bulawayo after the party's 12 National Assembly candidates in the city were disqualified from t...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 21:15hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo voters sue Zec over late candidates?
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) is facing a lawsuit from some registered voters in Bulawayo for allegedly accepting nomination papers and candidature of members of various political parties in...Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 07:09hrs | 11 | by Staff rporter
ZEC faces lawsuit for accepting CCC nominations out of time
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) is facing a lawsuit from some registered voters in Bulawayo for allegedly accepting nomination papers and candidature of members of various political parties, i...Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 07:05hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF going to court to challenge nomination of 15 CCC National Assembly candidates
THE ruling Zanu-PF is going to court to challenge the nomination of 15 opposition CCC National Assembly candidates in Bulawayo that the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) registered after the 4pm dea...Published: 30 Jun 2023 at 14:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF wants 15 CCC candidates nullified
THE opposition CCC failed to meet the deadline to register 15 of its National Assembly Members in Bulawayo on June 21 and Zanu-PF is contesting the decision by the Zimbabwe Election Commission to exte...Published: 30 Jun 2023 at 14:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa pushes out CCC bigwigs in Bulawayo
A NUMBER of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) bigwigs aspiring to represent the party in the August 23 polls fell by the wayside after being disqualified during the verification process which starte...Published: 06 Jun 2023 at 06:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZCTU urges government not to evoke painful Gukurahundi memories
ZIMBABWE Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has urged authorities to be tactical enough to prevent the evoking of sad Gukurahundi memories by bringing to book all perpetrators behind instigating politica...Published: 19 Oct 2022 at 06:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Thokozani Khupe; Welshman Ncube tour Bulawayo
CCC Deputy President, Professor Welshman Ncube teamed up with former MDC-T President Thokozani Khupe on Tuesday to encourage residents of Bulawayo to register to vote. ...Published: 26 Apr 2022 at 17:12hrs | 3 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Storm over Nkayi trainee nurses recruitment
Nkayi is one of the districts in the Matabeleland region, which are facing serious challenges in having qualified nurses recruited from the local people.It has also been difficult for local el...Published: 31 Oct 2021 at 07:14hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Mujuru party hit by defections, Sipepa Nkomo, Jeffryson Chitando join MDC Alliance
National People's Party led by Joice Mujuru has been hit by several defections with most of the senior members joining the MDC Alliance.MDC Alliance official Descent Bajila posted the picture ...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 12:22hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabweans abroad should be given opportunity to vote, as well as become MPs
MDC Alliance official Descent Bajila has said Zimbabweans based abroad should be given an opportunity to vote some amongst themselves to be MPs."We must push for a Constitutional Amendment to ...Published: 03 Sep 2018 at 14:58hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
MDC Alliance principals unanimously agree on united force
MDC Alliance official Descent Bajila has said the alliance principals have unanimously resolved that the parties in the alliance must unite to be one party.He said sometime in May this year, t...Published: 02 Sep 2018 at 10:57hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Bulawayo councillor refuses to take oath in English, recites it in Shona
MDC Alliance official Descent Bajila has said he is disappointed with the conduct of some of the Bulawayo elected Councillors who openly disrespected the residents who elected them during their sweari...Published: 31 Aug 2018 at 16:03hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Courts have a duty to defend public good - Bajila
MDC Alliance official Descent Bajila has said outside interpretation of the law, courts also have duty to defend something called "the public good"."In today's sitting, the Con Court itself is...Published: 22 Aug 2018 at 07:15hrs | 3 | by Stephen Jakes
'Zanu PF plotting to impose commissions in councils'
MDC Alliance official Descent Bajila has claimed that Zanu PF is plotting to impose independent commissions to run the urban councils as the councillors cannot be installed before the president is ina...Published: 15 Aug 2018 at 07:37hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
MDC Alliance official exposes the altering of V11 forms figures in Bulawayo
The MDC Alliance official Descent Bajila has expores the whole scam on how Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) working with Zanu PF manipulated and altered figures on the V11 forms so as to add votes ...Published: 02 Aug 2018 at 17:01hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Responsible opposition leaders, activists must stop celebrating yet to be proven things - Bajila
MDC Alliance member Descent Bajila has said responsible opposition leaders and activists must stop celebrating things that we don't know where they come from or are going to.He said a few year...Published: 22 Jul 2018 at 09:52hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Mugabe system still in place with Mnangagwa at the helm - Bajila
MDC Alliance official Descent Bajila has said the systems of former President Robert Mugabe are still intact with President Emmerson Mnanggwa at the helm.He said those who are haunted by the t...Published: 10 Jul 2018 at 09:00hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
MDC Alliance to hold rally in Dete, Plumtree over the weekend
MDC Alliance Presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa is expected to address two rallies in Matabeleland Provinces amid speculation the meetings are likely to be tense as this is the region where those o...Published: 08 Mar 2018 at 10:00hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
General Sibusiso Moyo listed as international offender - MDC official
An MDC official based in South Africa Descent Bajila has said according to international records the now new Minister of foreign affairs General Sibusiso Moyo is listed as an international offender on...Published: 03 Dec 2017 at 08:13hrs | 14 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa's cabinet closes debate on multiparty govt - MDC official
An MDC official Discent C Bajila has said the announcement of cabinet ministers by President Emmerson Mnangagwa closes the chapter of debate as to whether there would be a multiparty government in Zim...Published: 02 Dec 2017 at 07:29hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa is an extension of Mugabe - MDC official
An MDC official Descent Bajila has said President Emmerson Mnangagwa through his appointment of a new cabinet has exhibited that he is just an extension of the former President Robert Mugabe."...Published: 02 Dec 2017 at 07:26hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
'Tsvangirai, Mugabe connived to appoint Makarau as ZEC chairperson'
An MDC official Descent Bajila has claimed that MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai and Zanu PF leader Robert Mugabe connived to appoint Ritha Makarau as Zimbabwe Electoral Commission Chairperson despite t...Published: 18 Nov 2017 at 05:59hrs | | by Simbarashe Mwandipenda
'Mugabe will remove justice ministry from Mnangagwa, ED will not be fired'
National People's Party spokesperson Methuseli Moyo has said he only sees President Robert Mugabe removing the Ministry of Justice from Vice President Emmerson Mnagagwa's hands, while MDC officials Di...Published: 09 Oct 2017 at 16:03hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Matobo villagers to appear in court today
Matobo villagers are appearing in court for demonstrating against Arda and Trek's invasion of their land.MDC official Descent Bajila said the people have a long and well documented history of ...Published: 19 Oct 2016 at 06:36hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Do to Mugabe what you did to Ian Smith, Zimbabweans urged
A Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) official and renowned activist Collins Descent Bajila has said Zimbabweans should do to Mugabe what they did to Ian Smith.Bajila said "In dealing with Ia...Published: 07 Jul 2016 at 14:41hrs | | by Mafu Sithabile
Zimbabweans are beginning to free themselves
A Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) official and renowned activist Collins Descent Bajila has said the civil unrest at the Beitbridge border is an indication that Zimbabweans are yearning for...Published: 02 Jul 2016 at 09:40hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Key participant in Mpilo Hospital probe of corruption dies mysteriously
A key participant in the investigations of Mpilo Hospital probing the issues of corruption which reportedly hit the health institution, Dr Phinot Moyo has died mysteriously.Social media users ...Published: 01 Nov 2015 at 11:31hrs | 7 | by Stephen Jakes
'Zanu PF comes up with stupid stunts'
The MDC led by Welshman Ncube official Descent Bajila has exposed that Zanu PF makes stupid stunts that spark a wave of press releases in a deliberate effort to shape and determine the conduct of civi...Published: 28 Aug 2015 at 11:45hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Zanu-PF's latest purge annihilates families
Most Zimbabweans are familiar with this wedding vow: "To have and to hold from this day forward, for better or worse, in sickness and in health, for richer or poorer, until death do us part."T...Published: 07 Jun 2015 at 15:59hrs | | by Sij Ncube
MDC war of words continues
War of words in the press and social networks between senior members of the MDC led by Professor Welshman Ncube continues to escalate on a daily basis raising fears of imminent factionalism in the bat...Published: 29 Oct 2013 at 08:32hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
MDC Mat South Youth treasurer defects to MDC-T
The MDC Matebeleland South Youth Treasurer Wellington Nare has defected to the MDC-T citing an ideological problem by the Welshman Ncube led party.In an statement Nare accused the MDC of suppo...Published: 10 Oct 2013 at 13:49hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Pius Ncube spotted at Welshman Ncube's meeting
THE former Roman Catholic Archbishop for Bulawayo, Pius Ncube attended an MDC organised meeting recently, raising eyebrows that the disgraced man of the cloth could be probably be venturing into pol...Published: 11 Mar 2013 at 18:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Welshman Ncube tipped to shock Mugabe and Tsvangirai
Former university of Zimbabwe law Professor and current President of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Welshman Ncube could be widely tipped to scoop the majority vote in this year's do-or-die ...Published: 03 Feb 2013 at 06:54hrs | 2 | by Gugugu Magorira, Zvishavane.
MDC releases a jingles album to spruce up image
MDC president Welshman Ncube has adopted the infamous political jingles to spruce up his image and enhance popularity.Before presenting her acceptance speech on Sunday the newly elected MDC s...Published: 22 Feb 2012 at 20:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC officially opens School of Politics in Bulawayo
The Movement for Democratic Change led by Industry and Commerce Minister, Welshman Ncube on Friday officially opened a School of Politics, the first of its kind in Zimbabwe.The School of Polit...Published: 27 Aug 2011 at 10:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
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