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Chamisa, Biti a team of irreconcilable rivals
Zimbabwe's main opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) led by Morgan Richard Tsvangirai, launched its campaign for the 31 July 2013 harmonised elections in Marondera, a small tow...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 08:57hrs | 11 | by Dr Phillan Zamchiya
CCC Mthwakazi: kick out Shona supremacist Chamisa and declare Matabeleland independent, ignore Welshman apology
Nothing pains us more than seeing fellow Matabeles being humiliated, dehumanised, abused and used as voting cattle in the Zimbabwe election booths by opportunistic Zimbabwe opposition parties that do ...Published: 07 Aug 2023 at 19:46hrs | 21 | by Israel Dube
Tsvangirai estate: Workers claim US$150 000
THE family of the late former Prime Minister of Zimbabwe and MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai may not benefit much from the politician's estate as domestic workers and other employees are claiming sa...Published: 09 May 2022 at 07:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Opposition blamed for tarnishing Morgan Tsvangirai's legacy
FOUR years after the death of democracy icon Morgan Tsvangirai, the opposition is falling short of his fighting spirit and wantonly tarnishing his legacy, political analysts have said.Tsvangir...Published: 15 Feb 2022 at 05:44hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa a cunning megalomaniac
THERE is a problem that the Zimbabwean electorate is not seeing in the opposition politics of our country.The situation cannot even be explained using the words disaster and catastrophe. Many ...Published: 17 Jan 2022 at 06:34hrs | 1 | by Gibson Nyikadzino
Chamisa's new Ponzi scheme
FOLLOWING the MDC's dizzying electoral defeats at the hands of Zanu-PF in March 2013 and July 2018, the opposition outfit lost most of its traditional Western funding as donors turned off the funding ...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:11hrs | 2 | by Nobleman Runyanga
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 | 1 | by Benny Gudo
Spiritual significance of lobola/ roora
Calls to abolish the payment of lobola/roora are associated with some feminist perspective, which decries it as the major cause of inequalities between the sexes. Arguments against it are well establi...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 07:20hrs | 5 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Chamisa 'the chosen one' ring-fences presidency
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has moved to ringfence himself from potential challenges ahead of the party's elective congress in October after declaring that he was ordained by the late party founding lea...Published: 16 Feb 2019 at 20:16hrs | | by STaff reporter
Elizabeth opens up on Tsvangirai's last days
ELIZABETH Macheka, widow of the late MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai, yesterday poured her heart out, sharing intricate details of the couple's psychologically-draining journey from the day the former Pr...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
'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
Chamisa must avoid the Rehoboamian syndrome
THE personal conduct, including manner of speech, wisdom and intellectual capacity, as well as leadership style of political leaders, in particular public figures, are always subject to scrutiny....Published: 15 Jun 2018 at 15:05hrs | 4 | by Willard Chinhara
Tsvangirai had a secret wife - Reports
The late MDC-T leader, Mr Morgan Tsvangirai, secretly paid lobola for a Bulawayo woman, Nobuhle Marylin Ndiweni (36), last year while he was officially married to Ms Elizabeth Macheka, it has emerged....Published: 04 Apr 2018 at 09:12hrs | | by Staff Reporter
2 executors for Tsvangirai estate
FORMER Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's family has failed to agree on an executor, it has emerged. This has resulted in two lawyers being appointed to jointly assist in the distribution of the estat...Published: 04 Apr 2018 at 08:14hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Tsvangirai estate row over escalates
A ROW over the late MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai (pictured)'s estate continued this week, resulting in the Master of the High Court reportedly appointing two executors.One of the executors w...Published: 30 Mar 2018 at 08:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Tsvangirai family jumped the gun on estate'
RELATIVES of the late MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai, who last week breathed fire over the alleged understatement of the politician's estate by his widow Ms Elizabeth Macheka, jumped the gun and th...Published: 23 Mar 2018 at 06:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Elizabeth fraudulently leaves out 5 houses from Tsvangirai's estate register
RELATIVES of the late former Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai are challenging the legality of Ms Elizabeth Macheka's marriage to the politician, accusing the widow of fraudulently leaving out five hou...Published: 15 Mar 2018 at 06:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Mudenda slams Tsvangirai family
Speaker of Parliament Advocate Jacob Mudenda has bemoaned the ill-treatment of the late MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai's widow Ms Elizabeth Macheka by family members following the death of her husband...Published: 06 Mar 2018 at 18:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai estate revealed
The late MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai's properties were revealed yesterday when his widow Ms Elizabeth Macheka registered his estate at the High Court as the fight for inheritance intensifies wit...Published: 01 Mar 2018 at 06:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Elizabeth holds private church service at Tsvangirai's home
The late MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangrai's widow, Elizabeth Macheka, on Sunday held a private church service at the former Preme Minister's Highlands mansion in the absence of her in-laws and other fami...Published: 01 Mar 2018 at 06:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Elizabeth Tsvangirai breaks silence
The wife of the late opposition MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai is being accused by her late husband's family of kicking out the former prime minister's children from the couple's Highlands mansion, an a...Published: 28 Feb 2018 at 08:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Elizabeth locks out Tsvangirai family
THE late MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai's children have reportedly been locked out of their father's Highlands mansion by their stepmother, Elizabeth Macheka.The children, all adults, have now...Published: 28 Feb 2018 at 06:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai's widow kicks out Tsvangirai's children from mansion
Former prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai's widow, Elizabeth Macheka Tsvangirai, has kicked out the late Movement for Democratic Change leader's children from his Highlands mansion amid reports that she...Published: 27 Feb 2018 at 14:56hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T youths destroy Tsvangirai's maize crop
ROWDY MDC-T youths reportedly destroyed tasselling maize crop at the late party leader Morgan Tsvangirai's mother, Lydia Zvaipa's home during the burial of her son in Humanikwa village, Buhera, last w...Published: 26 Feb 2018 at 12:04hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Trecherous road, tensions and eulogies:
The road to former prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai's Buhera homestead is symbolic of his life - it meanders and is littered with potholes that have claimed many victims since time immemorial....Published: 25 Feb 2018 at 09:59hrs | 4 | by John Mokwetsi
Teach them a lesson in court, Wicknell tells Tsvangirai's Widow
The controversial self-styled millionaire Wicknell Chivhayo has urged the late Morgan Tsvangirai's Widow Elizabeth Macheka to take courage and wipe all property legally.Macheka was being side-...Published: 24 Feb 2018 at 11:12hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Heal Zimbabwe condemns the MDC T intra-party violence
Heal Zimbabwe strongly has condemned the intraparty political violence that took place during at the burial of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) President Morgan Richard Tsvangirai in Humanik...Published: 23 Feb 2018 at 07:25hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Elizabeth left soon after Tsvangirai's burial
Morgan Tsvangirai's widow Elizabeth was forced to leave Humanikwa village in Buhera soon after the burial of her husband unable to attend post-burial ceremonies after suffering relentless abuse at the...Published: 23 Feb 2018 at 06:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Assault victim 'kidnapped'
THE MDC-T supporter, who was assaulted for taking pictures of Gogo Tsvangirai at son, Morgan's burial believes she was lucky to escape rape.Nyaradzo Mtize was assaulted by Sekuru Innocent Zvai...Published: 22 Feb 2018 at 15:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa to quit politics?
MDC-T acting president, Nelson Chamisa yesterday told tens of thousands of party followers that he would quit politics if President Emmerson Mnangagwa wins the next elections, insisting the opposition...Published: 21 Feb 2018 at 05:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Violence mars Tsvangirai burial
VIOLENCE reared its ugly head at MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai's burial here yesterday, with rowdy party youths threatening to torch a thatched hut in which the party's co-vice president Dr Thokoz...Published: 21 Feb 2018 at 01:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai family defends stance on Elizabeth
The family of the late MDC-T leader, Mr Morgan Tsvangirai, yesterday defended their ill treatment of the deceased's widow, Ms Elizabeth Macheka, saying the politician was a polygamist.The fami...Published: 21 Feb 2018 at 01:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's youths nearly setting alight a thatched hut at Tsvangirai burial
VIOLENCE erupted at the burial of MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai at his rural home in Buhera yesterday, with rowdy party youths nearly setting alight a thatched hut in which co-vice president Dr Th...Published: 21 Feb 2018 at 01:38hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai's mother snubs Freedom Square VIP seat
THE body of former Prime Minister, Morgan Tsvangirai arrived at his rural home in Humanikwa Village, Buhera yesterday afternoon ahead of burial today.Villagers and party supporters were at han...Published: 21 Feb 2018 at 01:33hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Pastor blasts Tsvangirai family over wrangles
HARARE - A pastor - Jimmy Dube - has slammed late Morgan Tsvangirai's family over its wrangling, accusing them of dragging the name of the former prime minister into disrepute.Speaking on Sund...Published: 20 Feb 2018 at 12:58hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Tsvangirai's widow fails to accompany body to Buhera
MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai's widow, Ms Elizabeth Macheka, did not accompany her husband's body to Buhera for burial as pressure mounted on her from the Tsvangirai family that she should not att...Published: 20 Feb 2018 at 08:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Fierce game of thrones hits Zimbabwe opposition
AS the casket of MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai is lowered into his grave at his Buhera rural home today, he leaves his party in turmoil as it never ceased squabbling, even after his demise, to giv...Published: 20 Feb 2018 at 08:01hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Gogo Tsvangirai trending
LYDIA Chibwe, mother to the late Prime Minister and opposition MDC-T leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, is trending on social media after attracting attention when a video of her protesting the presence of he...Published: 20 Feb 2018 at 07:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
More drama at Tsvangirai send-off
MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai's mother caused a scene at Robert Mugabe Square in Harare yesterday when she refused to disembark from the hearse carrying her son's body at a send-off ceremony for p...Published: 20 Feb 2018 at 07:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Khupe, Mudzuri, Elizabeth shut out at Tsvangirai funeral
THE late MDC-T leader, Morgan Tsvangirai's funeral proceedings continued to be characterised by drama, with his two deputies, Thokozani Khupe (pictured) and Elias Mudzuri seemingly frozen out at a fun...Published: 20 Feb 2018 at 07:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangira family cut ties with Elizabeth Macheka
Morgan Tsvangirai's widow Elizabeth faces the spectre of being deprived of her inheritance following the death of her husband on Wednesday last week.The Daily News reported that the Tsvangirai...Published: 19 Feb 2018 at 15:33hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai's mother boycotts service
The late MDC-T leader, Morgan Tsvangirai's mother, Lydia Zvaipa, was conspicuous by her absence at a memorial service for her son held at Mabelreign Methodist Fellowship Church in Harare yesterday, as...Published: 19 Feb 2018 at 05:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's conduct shameful, appalling
WE are appalled by the shameful behaviour of opposition Movement for Democratic Change officials who are jockeying to succeed party leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai who died in South Africa on Wednesday la...Published: 19 Feb 2018 at 05:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Unwanted couple pitch at Tsvangirai funeral
MDC-T vice president Advocate Nelson Chamisa and Ms Elizabeth Macheka, widow of the late MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai, attended the funeral wake of the politician yesterday despite threats by fam...Published: 19 Feb 2018 at 05:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai's mother to kill herself?
There was tension at MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai's residence in Highlands, Harare, yesterday, as family members deliberately ignored his widow Ms Elizabeth Macheka and left out party leaders on ...Published: 19 Feb 2018 at 05:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa barred from Tsvangirai funeral
Self-imposed acting MDC-T leader Nelson Chamisa's fallout with the family of the late party leader Morgan Tsvangirai deepened yesterday when the veteran opposition leader's mother declared she doesn't...Published: 18 Feb 2018 at 22:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai's mother threatens to commit suicide
There was drama at One Commando Barracks, Harare yesterday when the late MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai's mother threatened to commit suicide, protesting the presence of her son's widow, Ms Elizabe...Published: 18 Feb 2018 at 07:14hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Tsvangirai's death fuels MDC-T turmoil
THE death of Morgan Tsvangirai, who succumbed to colon cancer in South Africa two days ago, has plunged Zimbabwe's main opposition MDC-T party into further turmoil, as one of the party's buccaneering ...Published: 16 Feb 2018 at 16:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai the legacy
No one would have ever thought that the son of Dzingirai-Chibwe Tsvangirai and Lydia Tsvangirai (née Lydia Zvaipa) would one day become the major key in the political arena of Zimbabwe. Morgan Richar...Published: 16 Feb 2018 at 11:18hrs | 3 | by Daniel Itai
Tsvangirai goes on hunger strike
Ailing MDC-T President Morgan Tsvangirai has been placed into an intensive Care Unit (ICU) at a Johannesburg hosital after he refused to eat for 10 days due to the alleged ill-treatment of his wife el...Published: 11 Feb 2018 at 09:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
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