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'Sanctions frustrating Mnangagwa's plans to upgrade riot gear'
JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi last week told the Senate that there was need to upgrade anti-riot gear in the country during debate in Parliament on the Maintenance of Peace and Order Bill (Mopa), w...Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 07:45hrs | 1017 | by Sytaff reporter
Mopa faces ConCourt challenge
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance legislators have threatened to launch a Constitutional Court (ConCourt) challenge against provisions in the Maintenance of Peace and Order Bill (Mopa) which the party and other...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 07:47hrs | 477 | by Staff reporter
US role in MDC demonstrations unmasked
DETAILS of how the United States of America Ambassador to Zimbabwe Brian Nichols actively encouraged senior MDC officials to press on with Friday's demonstrations by assuring them that Washington "wou...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:37hrs | 360 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala accuses Chamisa of cowardice
Details of how the United States of America Ambassador to Zimbabwe Brian Nichols actively encouraged senior MDC officials to press on with Friday's demonstrations by assuring them that Washington "wou...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:23hrs | 626 | by Staff reporter
USA role in MDC demonstrations exposed
DETAILS of how the United States of America Ambassador to Zimbabwe Brian Nichols actively encouraged senior MDC officials to press on with Friday's demonstrations by assuring them that Washington "wou...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 08:47hrs | 1455 | by Staff Reporter
Mwonzora linked mayors face the boot from MDC Alliance?
Serious divisions and infighting has rocked the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC-Alliance ahead of a violent demonstration scheduled for tomorrow, with a section of senior party officials and supporters saying ...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 07:13hrs | 362 | by Staff reporter
No funds for political parties, says Govt
Government is still to disburse funds to political parties under the Political Parties (Finance) Act as it remains seized with availing basic commodities and cushioning citizens from the obtaining eco...Published: 07 Aug 2019 at 09:18hrs | 173 | by Staff reporter
By-elections defeats divide Chamisa's Alliance
The MDC-ALLIANCE leadership is under scrutiny from members and supporters following a string of recent defeats to the ruling party, Zanu-PF. Disgruntlement in the party, led by Mr Nelson Chami...Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 07:26hrs | 838 | by Staff reporter
We are here waiting for the signal
As Bishop Lazi writes this, somewhere in Tripoli, Libya, a family is hunkered down or huddled in an apartment, fearing that if they venture out onto the streets, the likelihood of parting with their l...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 10:08hrs | 453 | by Bisho Lazi
Chamisa flexes his muscles
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has flexed his muscles and placed stringent conditions on all party Standing Committee members to keep to time tables and desist from bunking meetings.It has been lea...Published: 31 Jul 2019 at 07:55hrs | 1983 | by newzimbabwe
Biti thrown into ZACC's jaws …as Chamisa unleashes Varakashi on him
The bickering within the MDC Alliance presidium continues to crescendo with that party's leader, Nelson Chamisa hurling every weapon he bumps into, to his fiercest rival, Tendai Biti.The Harar...Published: 30 Jul 2019 at 16:04hrs | 13179 | by John Sigauke
MDC youths attack Zanu-PF members
The MDC rally held in Harare South constituency in the High Density suburb of Hopely during the weekend ended in chaos after that party's rowdy youths triggered violence at EyeCourt tuck-shops in the ...Published: 25 Jul 2019 at 19:22hrs | 733 | by Rudo Saungweme
MDC to probe reasons for by-election defeats
The MDC has set up a panel led by its security department to probe into the embarrassing losses in a series of by-elections held so far.The probe comes amid accusations being levelled against ...Published: 24 Jul 2019 at 14:19hrs | 1246 | by John Sigauke
MDC youths attack Zanu PF members
The MDC rally held in Harare South constituency in the High Density suburb of Hopely during the weekend ended in chaos after that party's rowdy youths triggered violence at EyeCourt tuck-shops in the ...Published: 24 Jul 2019 at 14:17hrs | 2450 | by Rudo Saungweme
'Ian Smith busted sanctions because he never had MDC in opposition'
HOME AFFAIRS deputy minister Mike Madiro says Zimbabwe's predecessor Rhodesian government was able to manage and steer the national economy to prosperity because it did not have a party like the MDC i...Published: 22 Jul 2019 at 08:13hrs | 872 | by newzimbabwe
Cops almost killed Sikhala?
MDC deputy national chairperson Job "Wiwa" Sikhala's lawyer yesterday accused the police of torturing and almost killing him during the surprise transportation on Tuesday from Harare to Masvingo - whe...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 08:57hrs | 7593 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala tells of 'horror' in police custody
MDC deputy chairperson Job Sikhala, who appeared yesterday at the Bikita Magistrates' Court facing a treason charge, has recounted a horror tale at the hands of the police when he was nicodemously tak...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 08:08hrs | 2010 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora's law firm fails to pay rent
OPPOSITION leader Douglas Mwonzora's law firm faces eviction over alleged non-payment of rent at premises in Eastlea.According to papers filed at Harare Civil Court, Mwonzora is being sued for...Published: 26 Jun 2019 at 22:32hrs | 2064 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa fires 145 party employees who served in Mwonzora's office
MDC Alliance leader, Mr Nelson Chamisa, has fired 145 party employees recruited by the party's founding leader Morgan Tsvangirai as sharp divisions have emerged in the party. Mr Chamisa, who a...Published: 25 Jun 2019 at 07:52hrs | 6016 | by Staff reporter
'I did not demote Mwonzora,' Chamisa says
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has dismissed claims he has deliberately relegated his former challenger Douglas Mwonzora to the less influential job of party deputy secretary for international relations in...Published: 21 Jun 2019 at 07:47hrs | 5232 | by newzimbabwe.com
'MDC develops into a four-headed monster'
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has created a bloated National Executive which is a concoction of four factions of the original MDC and that is bound to cost Chamisa in the next elections a former MDC...Published: 20 Jun 2019 at 14:25hrs | 7419 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa rescues congress losers
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday fished his political nemesis from the political dustbin when he appointed former party vice-presidents Morgen Komichi, Elias Mudzuri and former secretary-general Do...Published: 20 Jun 2019 at 07:57hrs | 1461 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa gives Mwonzora a junior position
Information that has leaked from Harare indicate the MDC leader Nelson Chamisa's National Council has appointed individuals who shall occupy the all powerful National Executive Council. Of not...Published: 19 Jun 2019 at 18:30hrs | 15660 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa invites CVs for shadow cabinet
OVER 500 party faithful are seeking appointment into the opposition Movement for Democratic Change's national executive and standing committees, officials said yesterday.Party leader Nelson Ch...Published: 17 Jun 2019 at 09:45hrs | 4008 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Chamisa honours Thokozani Khupe
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has extended an olive branch to MDC-T President Dr Thokozani Khupe and told her that she is wanted inside the MDC family and one day they will unite. Chamisa was spea...Published: 13 Jun 2019 at 12:23hrs | 14267 | by Mandla Ndlovu
How Chamisa shredded MDC rules to assume power
When Nelson Chamisa seized control of the MDC from Dr Thokozani Khupe in February last year while his predecessor, Morgan Tsvangirai's body was still lying in a South African funeral parlour, Tsvangir...Published: 12 Jun 2019 at 06:50hrs | 504 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Chamisa: The personification of a selfish leader
When Nelson Chamisa seized control of the MDC from the heiress apparent, Dr Thokozani Khupe in February last year while his predecessor, Morgan Tsvangirai's body was still lying in a South African fun...Published: 10 Jun 2019 at 14:20hrs | 4656 | by Nobleman Runyanga
MDC will never split again, says Hwende
NEWLY-ELECTED MDC secretary-general Charlton Hwende says the Nelson Chamisa-led party will never split again as structural issues which were causing divisions have been addressed through constitutiona...Published: 09 Jun 2019 at 09:35hrs | 421 | by Staff reporter
Harare residents shoot down MOPA Bill
HARARE residents yesterday dismissed the Maintenance of Peace and Order Bill (MOPA), describing it as repressive and an attempt to protect government and law enforcement agents who are being given mor...Published: 08 Jun 2019 at 07:59hrs | 1048 | by Staff reporter
Fresh headache for Chamisa
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa faces a delicate balancing act of making critical appointments to serve in his top party decision-making body, the national standing committee, amid jostling and lobbying by ...Published: 04 Jun 2019 at 07:19hrs | 7555 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa sweats over posts for 'losing' bigwigs
MDC Alliance leader, Mr Nelson Chamisa is sweating over how to accommodate losing party bigwigs who fell by the wayside in the just ended party congress. The congress claimed the scalp of severa...Published: 04 Jun 2019 at 07:11hrs | 2153 | by Staff reporter
The MDC congress: All froth, no beer
The much-vaunted MDC elective congress ended the week before last. Some people such as those who were rejected by their own people, but had to give 10 head of cattle as an offering to the god of the p...Published: 04 Jun 2019 at 07:05hrs | 401 | by Nobleman Runyanga
The MDC Congress: So much hype, so much hot air
The much-vaunted MDC elective congress ended the week before last. Some people such as those who were rejected by their own people but had to give 10 head of cattle as an offering to the god o...Published: 03 Jun 2019 at 13:12hrs | 4155 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Chamisa ring-fences presidency
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has moved to ring fence his post at the helm of the party by asking delegates to ensure that they endorse him as party leader in the next congress.In his acceptance s...Published: 01 Jun 2019 at 07:56hrs | 4189 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa to throw lifeline to fallen bigwigs
Reports indicate that MDC president Nelson Chamisa is set to throw a lifeline to party bigwigs sidelined during last weekend's elective Congress held in Gweru's Ascot Stadium.Chamisa has the p...Published: 29 May 2019 at 16:04hrs | 4828 | by Staff reporter
Khupe allies lure Mwonzora
WARSHIP Dumba, leader of a disgruntled group of former MDC activists fiercely opposed to current leader Nelson Chamisa's leadership, has urged ex-MDC secretary general Douglas Mwonzora to call for a p...Published: 29 May 2019 at 08:35hrs | 4370 | by Staff reporter
MDC rebels rewarded as loyalists booted out of power
The opposition MDC Alliance party saw former rebels being rewarded by getting elected into top positions, while loyalists were booted out, when the opposition movement elected new leadership over the ...Published: 29 May 2019 at 08:30hrs | 1636 | by African News Agency
Chamisa's MDC pushes to oust Mnangagwa
THE just-ended MDC congress has passed a potentially-explosive resolution that empowers its leader Nelson Chamisa to push for the ouster of President Emmerson Mnangagwa before his five-year term expir...Published: 28 May 2019 at 15:07hrs | 2624 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa mocks Mwonzora
Nelson Chamisa, the MDC president, added salt to losing secretary general candidate Douglas Mwonzora's wounds at the end of the party's Gweru congress, mocking the Manicaland Senator for sulking...Published: 28 May 2019 at 08:26hrs | 13048 | by newzimbabwe
Chamisa abandons Tsvangirai's three VPS
MDC leader, Nelson Chamisa who assumed his first full mandate Sunday, at the end of the opposition party's first congress since the death of founding father Morgan Tsvangirai who died last February, h...Published: 28 May 2019 at 08:18hrs | 4108 | by newzimbabwe
Chamisa vows to modernise MDC
The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) elected Nelson Chamisa unopposed to remain as leader at its first congress since the death of its founder, Morgan Tsvangirai, the party announced Monday....Published: 28 May 2019 at 08:16hrs | 954 | by AFP
MDC bigwigs bite the dust
Former Cabinet ministers and long-serving party bigwigs are among the officials who lost their positions in the MDC's just-ended elective congress in Gweru.The MDC congress brew a shocker afte...Published: 28 May 2019 at 08:15hrs | 2396 | by Staff reporter
MDC must play constructive role in nation building
THE opposition Movement for Democratic Change concluded its congress in Gweru yesterday with the election of office bearers, among them president Mr Nelson Chamisa, vice presidents Professor Welshman ...Published: 28 May 2019 at 07:49hrs | 193 | by Editorial - Chronicle
Mnangagwa's govt sabotaged Chamisa's congress
THOUSANDS of MDC supporters slept in the open for the entire duration of their party congress in Gweru at the weekend due to lack of financial resources, amid allegations that the Zanu-PF government h...Published: 27 May 2019 at 12:19hrs | 3512 | by Staff reporter
MDC CONGRESS: Full election results
Results coming from Ascot Stadium indicate that the opposition Movement for Democratic Change has produced the following leadership during its electoral process that happened throughout the night....Published: 27 May 2019 at 09:56hrs | 22886 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mwonzora loses Secretary General post to Hwende
Former MDC Secretary General Douglas Mwonzora has lost the battle for the Secretary General post to Charlton Hwende. The results coming from Ascot stadium in Gweru indicate that Hwende won wit...Published: 27 May 2019 at 08:59hrs | 9248 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chaos, ballot stuffing mars Chamisa's congress
Chaos has marred the MDC-Alliance congress amid allegations of massive vote buying by candidates and delays in the voting process while party members endured extremely cold temperatures after being ma...Published: 27 May 2019 at 06:43hrs | 3492 | by Staff reporter
MDC voting process hit by chaos
The voting process at the MDC elective congress in Gweru began on a chaotic note amid indications that several eligible voters left the venue before casting their ballots due to the slow process....Published: 26 May 2019 at 20:28hrs | 2048 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora attacks Masvingo executive
MDC president Nelson Chamisa has all but created deep fissures of divisions within his party supporters in Masvingo province after superintending over a chaotic provincial congress which saw the James...Published: 25 May 2019 at 15:36hrs | 3221 | by Staff reporter
Chibaya blames MDC bigwigs for chaotic structures
MDC Alliance national organising secretary Amos Chibaya last week blamed the party's top leadership for the party's loss in Chiredzi West during the harmonised elections last year, saying imposition o...Published: 25 May 2019 at 15:33hrs | 1678 | by Staff reporter
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