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Trabablas Interchange scandal deepens
The cost of constructing the controversial Trabablas Traffic Interchange in Harare has surged to US$114 million, sparking a storm in Parliament amid growing concerns over fiscal transparency and poten...Published: 10 Jul 2025 at 21:10hrs | 1272 | by Staff reporter
'No one will starve under my watch' - Emakhandeni-Luveve MP Discent Bajila declares
Emakhandeni-Luveve Member of Parliament Discent Collins Bajila has vowed to ensure that no one in his constituency goes hungry as long as he remains in office. Speaking at the 2024 Cheer Fund event he...Published: 04 Jan 2025 at 19:07hrs | 720 | by Mandla Ndlovu
MP calls for unity against vandalism in Emakhandeni Luveve Constituency
Bulawayo, 27 Dec 2023 - Discent Collins Bajila, the Member of Parliament for Emakhandeni Luveve Constituency, has issued a passionate plea to end vandalism after a recent incident in New Lobhengula. D...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 09:50hrs | 13 | by Moyo Roy
FULL LIST: CCC Bulawayo MP nominees Under 40
The opposition Citizens Coalition for Change held its nominations recently around the country. What was exciting was its ability to attract young people under the age of 40 to get nominated. F...Published: 10 Apr 2023 at 13:15hrs | 3 | by Mandla Ndlovu
CCC leader distributes 45 letters to 45 Luveve Pastors on Chamisa birthday
Discent Collins Bajila who is one of the CCC champions in Luveve has written a letter to 45 church leaders in Luveve and Gwabalanda urging them to encourage their members to register to vote in the 20...Published: 03 Feb 2023 at 08:45hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
CCC officials arrested during house meetings
Citizens Coalition For Change, CCC, officials Discent Collins Bajila and other party members allegedly got arrested in Bubi where they were doing house meetings with citizens.The Nelson Chamis...Published: 05 Jun 2022 at 17:58hrs | 1 | by Moyo Roy
'Lack of IDs frustrates potential youth voters'
THE MDC Alliance youth assembly says the majority of youth in Bulawayo were keen to register as first-time voters in the 2023 polls, but most of them do not have national identity documents.Th...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 07:25hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance youths in door-to-door voter registration
MDC Alliance youths in Bulawayo have launched a door-to-door voter registration exercise targeting 90 000 new voters ahead of the next delimitation exercise.This follows warnings by the Zimbab...Published: 09 Sep 2021 at 06:12hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zupco monopoly: State capture or another Chimurenga?
BEGINNING January 21, 2019, the government of Zimbabwe has been making a series of declarations reinforcing the apparent principality of the Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (ZUPCO) in the provision ...Published: 11 May 2021 at 18:35hrs | 6 | by Discent Collins Bajila
Chamisa's MDC launches 1 million voter registration campaign
THE MDC Alliance has launched a voter registration campaign targeting 1million new first time voters to guarantee victory in any upcoming elections.Government has suspended the holding of elec...Published: 08 Nov 2020 at 23:32hrs | | 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 | 3 | by Conway Tutani
MDC Alliance resolved Mnangagwa coup
MDC Alliance resolved to topple President Emmerson Mnangagwa before he finishes his term in 2023 during its congress in Gweru this year. One of the party’s youth Discent Collins Bajila said ...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 10:13hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Police 'block' Chief Ndiweni solidarity march
POLICE in Bulawayo yesterday blocked a solidarity march organised by various political and civil society groups in support of Ntabazinduna's Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni, who is being hounded for al...Published: 18 May 2019 at 08:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Heavy police presence at Chef Ndiweni solidarity march
Members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police surrounded the Joshua Nkomo statue at the Bulawayo CBD on Friday after hearing of a planned Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni Solidarity March. Photos that...Published: 17 May 2019 at 11:23hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Tension mounts as MDC Youth leadership battle rages
Tension has surfaced between members of the Movement for Democratic Youth Assembly (MDCYA) as there is jostling of power ahead of the elective Youth Congress penciled for 22-24 May 2019.An MDC...Published: 07 Mar 2019 at 14:14hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Police badly assault MDC Youth leader
Police on Monday allegedly assaulted MDC Youth leader Discent Collins Bajila during violent protests that rocked Zimbabwe. Bajila was in Bulawayo when the incident happened.Meanwhile pol...Published: 14 Jan 2019 at 13:57hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
FULL LIST: MDC Youths elect new leaders
The Secretary General of the MDC Youth Assembly Lovemore Chinoputsa on Tuesday announced that the Youth Assembly has expanded its National Executive Committee in a bid to integrate other A...Published: 12 Dec 2018 at 14:13hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Factions in Zanu PF jostling to give Mthuli Ncube their proposed plans to recover the economy
MDC Alliance official Discent Collins Bajila has said his preliminary understanding is that Minister of finance Mthuli Ncube has been put in a precarious position by emerging Zanu PF factions....Published: 26 Oct 2018 at 09:07hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Jorum Gumbo a serious comedian for 2019
MDC Alliance official Discent Collins Bajila has described Energy minister Joram Gumbo as his 2019 comedian of the year considering his recent remarks concerning a company ownership."Here is a...Published: 25 Oct 2018 at 07:34hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
New dispensation just a talk show group
MDC Alliance official Discent Collins Bajila has said there is overwhelming evidence that the so called new dispensation is hot air and a group of people enjoying a talk show."If you want to u...Published: 24 Oct 2018 at 10:12hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Exchange rate of US Dollar passes 100%
MDC Alliance official Discent Collins Bajila has claimed that the rate of exchange of US$ to Bank transfer in Zimbabwe has reached +100%.He said this means that if one have US$100 hard cash an...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 07:06hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
No one has a monopoly on use of 'president' in Zimbabwe
MDC Alliance official Discent Collins Bajila has said there is no one who has a monopoly on use of the term "President" in Zimbabwe after some Zanu PF members seemed to be angry and threatening when M...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 09:29hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
We experienced a repeat of 2008 calamity - Bajila
MDC Alliance official Discent Collins Bajila has said the nation has again experienced the repeat of the 2008 calamity arising from the just disputed harmonised elections."I have said it befor...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 09:33hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
'Mnangagwa not appointed chair of SADC Troika'
MDC Alliance official Discent Collins Bajila has said it was not true that declared President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been appointed an incoming Chair of the Southern African Development Community Troi...Published: 21 Aug 2018 at 08:30hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
ConCourt has a task to determine ZEC errors
MDC Alliance official Discent Collins Bajila has said the Constitutional Court's duty will be to declare and determine if the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission announced election results on error or it wa...Published: 21 Aug 2018 at 08:28hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
MDC Alliance official mourns death of Mathuthu
MDC Alliance official Discent Collins Bajila has mourned the death of former Matabeleland North governor Thokozile Mathuthu who passed on Monday morning."Umama u Thokozile Mathuthu is no more....Published: 14 Aug 2018 at 09:36hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
A polling station in Matobo has only 7 registered voters - Bajila
MDC Alliance official Discent Collins Bajila has said one polling station in Matobo district has only seven registered voters a figure that gets into the number of presidential candidates three times....Published: 11 Jul 2018 at 10:11hrs | 14 | by Stephen Jakes
Political Campaigns in Zimbabwe: Voters worried about what candidates do to them
MDC official Discent Collins Bajila has said the situation in Zimbabwe has resulted to many voters are no longer concerned about the history of the candidates during political campaigns but they are w...Published: 06 Jul 2018 at 11:57hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
White City bombing - Gukurahundi started the same way, says Bajila
MDC Alliance member Discent Collins Bajila has said the moral police officers and professional mourners who want to rule out the possibility that the White City bombing was a stage managed thing must ...Published: 25 Jun 2018 at 07:17hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Bussed supporters claim on MDC Alliance rally in Bulawayo Rally misleading
AN MDC Alliance member Discent Collins Bajila has described the claims that the alliance supporters who filled the White City Stadium to the brim recently were bussed was misleading."So, it's ...Published: 16 Apr 2018 at 09:39hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
MDC leader discloses HIV status
The Youth Secretary General of the Movement for Democratic Change led by Professor Welshman Ncube Discent Collins Bajila has urged young people to do an overall check up of their health status a...Published: 28 Mar 2018 at 16:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Idea of bullet train noble - MDC official
An MDC official Discent Collins Bajila has said the idea of bullet train suggested by MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa was a noble one though the question can be how long does it tak...Published: 08 Mar 2018 at 10:13hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Colins Bajila's analysis flawed
Dear Editor,I was disappointed by the flawed analysis of the MDC official Discent Collins Bajila which conc...Published: 07 Mar 2018 at 10:36hrs | 2 | by S. Dube
MDC-T violence not based on tribes as officials who are Ndebele get arrested
An MDC official Discent Collins Bajila has said the violence which broke out in Bulawayo MDC-T offices on Sunday can not be said to be tribal because some of the top provincial officials who were arre...Published: 07 Mar 2018 at 07:17hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
WE must work towards renewing original MDC, says party official
An MDC official Discent Collins Bajila has urged MDC-N and MDC-T and other parties formed by members who defected from the party to work towards renewing the party through re-uniting.He said a...Published: 24 Feb 2018 at 10:07hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa's administration rapped over selective application of law against G40
MDC official Discent Collins Bajila has rapped President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration over what he called selective application of the law, which has seen most of the members of the G40 which c...Published: 21 Jan 2018 at 09:26hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
Haulage trucks prove to be dangerous on Zimbabwe roads
An MDC official Discent Collins Bajila has said the haulage trucks seem to be dangerous on the country's roads as people's lives continue to be claimed through them latest being Zanu PF Bulawayo youth...Published: 16 Jan 2018 at 10:03hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Zanu-PF commissar Rugeje is one of Gukurahundi gang?
Revealations have emerged that the new Zanu PF National Commisar Engelbert Rugeje is one of the surviving Fifth Brigade operative that massacred over 20 000 people in Matabeleland and Midlands during ...Published: 06 Jan 2018 at 06:52hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
BREAKING: PDP official dies on New Year's day
The People's Democratic Party (PDP) Secretary for Legal Affairs Advocate Sabelo Sithambelumthetho Ngwenya reportedly died in Harare this morning.According to Fortune N Mlalazi, Ngwenya died th...Published: 01 Jan 2018 at 11:22hrs | 6 | by Moyo Roy
Mohadi leaves Beitbridge seat vacant
The parliamentary seat for Beitbridge which has been held by Kembo Mohadi for years today fell vacant after he was sworn in as Vice President.MDC- Alliance official Discent Collins Bajila said...Published: 28 Dec 2017 at 12:20hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
'Extension of sanctions claims are is hogwash'
An MDC official Discent Collins Bajila has described the claims that opposition officials invited to the USA went there for extension of sanctions against Zanu-PF as hogwash.He said the idea t...Published: 15 Dec 2017 at 08:19hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa violated law appointing cabinet ministers
MDC official Discent Collins Bajila has said the president Emmerson Mnangagwa by appointing more than five ministers from outside parliament violated the law."I highlighted that we must ex...Published: 04 Dec 2017 at 10:17hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Fall of Mugabe does not mean fall of Mugabeism - MDC official
MDC official Discent Collins Bajila has lamented that people must now be aware that the fall of former President Robert Mugabe does not mean the fall of Mugabeism as his habits still continue to be im...Published: 24 Nov 2017 at 07:50hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa will not have a GNU with Tsvangirai - MDC official
MDC official Discent Collins Bajila has said that there is now way the ruling Zanu PF at the moment can have a government of national unity with the MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai even when the party ...Published: 22 Nov 2017 at 07:32hrs | 10 | by Stephen Jakes
Poor registration figures in Matabeleland irking
I am going to speak a very regional message to the people of my region right now which I know when you speak you are given that dreaded tribalist tag.I have learnt to completely ignore that ta...Published: 20 Oct 2017 at 14:30hrs | | by Bekezela Maduma Fuzwayo
There is need to reconstruct MDC of 1999, says Bajila
Those who signed alliance with Mujuru are the ones who suggested MDC not to challenge Jonathan Moyo in TsholotshoAn MDC official Discent Collins Bajila has said he has no doubt that it is the ...Published: 04 Oct 2017 at 07:41hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa cornered by Mugabe's G40
MDC official Discent Collins Bajila has described Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa's supporters as desperate in the wilderness of their preferred leader. Bajila says Mnangagwa is being attacked left ...Published: 15 Sep 2017 at 07:38hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
2018 marks death of liberation credentials - MDC official
An MDC official Discent Collins Bajila has declared that 2018 will mark the end of liberation credentials in which the ruling Zanu PF has been viewing itself as the only eligible party to rule the cou...Published: 05 Sep 2017 at 07:28hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Mugabe's open grave waiting for him
A Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) official Discent Collins Bajila has insinuated that during his last visit to National Heroes acre he noticed some empty graves and one of them was just close to ...Published: 25 Aug 2017 at 07:30hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
Women's number reduced through dismissals in parliament
MDC official Discent Collins Bajila has said the number of women in parliament and top government offices has reduced following an array of dismissals of women from position on political grounds....Published: 13 Aug 2017 at 07:40hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
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