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Mwonzora moves to sell off MDC property to pay bills
THE once formidable opposition MDC's vast property empire is under threat as party leader Douglas Mwonzora bids to sell some of its prized assets to raise money to settle arrears, including util...Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 16:29hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Late former MDC legislator Mdlongwa remembered
MATABELELAND-based pressure group, Ibhetshu likazulu on Friday held a memorial lecture for the late former Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) legislator and veteran trade unionist, Esaph Mdlongwa in...Published: 17 Oct 2022 at 06:12hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Oskido's father buried
OPPOSITION stalwart and father of music legend Oscar "Oskido" Mdlongwa, Esaph Mdlongwa was buried in Bulawayo yesterday.MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa and his MDC-T rival Thokozani Khupe b...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 06:19hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mdlongwa burial today
THE late opposition MDC founding executive Esaph Mdlongwa, who succumbed to COVID-19 on Wednesday, is set to be buried today at Luveve cemetery in Bulawayo.Former MDC Bulawayo senator Rita Ndl...Published: 17 Oct 2020 at 16:22hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Esaph Mdlongwa: Obituary from the General Secretary of the Zimbabwe Communist Party
I have learnt with a heavy heart the passing away of Comrade Esaph Mdlongwa, the founding Organising Secretary of the Movement for Democratic Change, a trade unionist and a former Member of Parliament...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 11:39hrs | 16 | by Ngqabutho Nicholas Mabhena.
Restricted funeral wake and burial for Oskido's dad
THE family of the late Esaph Mdlongwa father to legendary music producer Oscar "Oskido" Mdlongwa has said only close family will be allowed to attend the funeral and burial of the late politician. ...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 06:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Oskido's father died from Covid-19
Legendary music producer Oscar 'Oskido' Mdlongwa on Thursday revealed that his father died from Covid-19.Esaph Mdlongwa, one of the founding leaders of the opposition Movement for Democratic C...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 20:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Oskido mourns his father Esaph Mdlongwa
South African based award winning artist Oskido has posted an obituary mourning his father Esaph Mdlongwa who passed away at Bulawayo's Mater Dei hospital on Thursday. ...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 10:22hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
BREAKING: Oskido's father and MDC founder dies?
Unconfirmed reports reaching this reporter indicate that Esaph Mdlongwa, the founding member of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) and the party's first organising secretary and is a ...Published: 14 Oct 2020 at 17:01hrs | 4 | by Mandla Ndlovu
10 South African Celebrities Who Are Actually Zimbabwean
The South African entertainment industry has been conquered by highly talented men and women, who have held their own in all the niches of the industry - from sports to the movie industry, to comedy a...Published: 05 Oct 2020 at 08:39hrs | 14 | by Staff Writer
Controversy mars Bulawayo awards
South Africa-based musician Oscar Bonginkosi Mdlongwa, aka Oskido's, rejection of the Roil Bulawayo Arts Awards nomination has opened a can of worms amid revelations that another nominee had earlier o...Published: 02 Jun 2019 at 09:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo people do not participate in demos whose targeted objectives are not known to them-- Bajila
An MDC official Discent Collins Bajila has said Bulawayo people do not want to participate in demonstrations which its aim has not been communicated to them.This comes in the wake of a human r...Published: 18 Dec 2016 at 06:00hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Mzila-Ndlovu to form Mthwakazi party?
THE embattled Movement for Democratic Change led by Professor Welshman Ncube was yesterday thrown into further turmoil after their former acting secretary-general, Mr Moses Mzila Ndlovu and 65 of thei...Published: 12 Jun 2016 at 08:50hrs | 2 | by Vusumuzi Dube
Moses Mzila-Ndlovu ditches MDC
About 70 MDC members including suspended former MDC secretary general Moses Mzila Ndlovu on Saturday permanently cut ties with the political party.Other notable personalities inclu...Published: 11 Jun 2016 at 15:57hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Welshman Ncube, Mzila feud deepens
MDC president Professor Welshman Ncube has dismissed claims by ousted party's secretary general Moses Mzila-Ndlovu that he was deliberately being marginalised in the party. Prof Ncube, while n...Published: 15 Feb 2016 at 05:42hrs | | by Nqobile Tshili
Misihairabwi-Mushonga survives MDC purge
THE MDC led by Professor Welshman Ncube has reportedly made a climbdown on attempts to fire its proportional representation legislator Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga after the party failed to make a ...Published: 23 Sep 2015 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai endorse Gift Banda as party's chairperson
THE leader of the MDC-T, Mr Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday endorsed Councillor Gift Banda as the party's Bulawayo provincial chairperson, amid bickering by supporters of his rival for the post, Senator M...Published: 16 Aug 2015 at 09:18hrs | | by Mbongeni Msimanga
MDC Statement on the State of the Country and Changes to the Composition of The NEC
The MDC National Standing Committee met in Gweru on Sunday 14 June, 2015 and reviewed the state of the nation, particularly the continued economic decline and its negative effect on all spheres of th...Published: 16 Jun 2015 at 19:38hrs | 1 | by Joshua Mhambi - MDC National Spokesperson
MDC suspends senior official
Welshman Ncube led Movement For Democratic Change has suspended National Executive Committee member Kurauone Chihwayi from the party allegedly for failing to shower praises to party Secretary Gen...Published: 21 Nov 2014 at 18:51hrs | | by Staff Reporter
MDC reunification: A giant step towards a new Zimbabwe
The reported reunification moves by the Movement for Democratic Change mdc and MDC renewal is a giant step towards the creation of a democratic,peacefull,tolerant,respectifull and honey dripping...Published: 04 Nov 2014 at 07:12hrs | 1 | by Kurauone Chihwayi
Fletcher Dulini Ncube: Principled and Dependable to the End
1940 to 2014I first met Fletcher Dulini Ncube in 1999 during the early days of the processes of the formation of the MDC. He was introduced to me by the late Gibson Sibanda at a meeting th...Published: 18 Sep 2014 at 21:05hrs | 1 | by Welshman Ncube
Zimbabwe Ready For Ndebele Leader
Zimbabwe is now ripe for a president from either Matebeleland or Midlands province contrary to beliefs by some tribalists in Zanu pf and the mdct that Ndebeles are not qualified to run this country....Published: 13 Aug 2014 at 09:12hrs | 1 | by Gugugu Magorira, Zvishavane
Oskido invests in a Bulawayo beer garden
FEW Zimbabweans know that South African house music godfather Oscar Mdlongwa popularly, known as Oskido, is a son of Bulawayo.South Africans have been quick to claim him because of the massive...Published: 04 May 2014 at 14:29hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Welshman Ncube, Tsvangirai defections battle
THE MDC led by Welshman Ncube yesterday reacted angrily to the move by MDC-T to parade two if its former MPs claiming they had defected from the party, saying it was part of a deception campaign....Published: 17 Mar 2014 at 11:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Tsvangirai must forgive Biti, Mangoma'
Returning MDC former secretary for security and ex-St Mary's legislator - Job "Wiwa" Sikhala - feels like he never ditched the party.As he speaks to Senior Assistant Editor Guthrie Munyuki, t...Published: 17 Mar 2014 at 13:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Welshman Ncube's MDC disowns rebels
THE Professor Welshman Ncube-led MDC yesterday disowned "rebels" Siyabonga Malandu Ncube and Edward Mkhosi who defected to the MDC-T on Saturday.The duo lost their seats to Zanu-PF in last ye...Published: 17 Mar 2014 at 06:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
No MDC members defected to MDC-T
The MDC would like to make it categorically clear that former MPs, Edward Mkhosi and Siyabonga Malandu Ncube who were purported to have defected from our party at an MDC-T rally at Stanley Square in B...Published: 17 Mar 2014 at 07:48hrs | 2 | by Nhlanhla Dube
Tsvangirai gunning for MDC Bulawayo elders
The Morgan Tsvangirai led Movement for Democratic Change is reportedly gunning for Bulawayo's founding elders of the original MDC.In a report sourced from the Tsvangirai led party in Bulaw...Published: 14 Mar 2014 at 12:08hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Women dominate MDC primaries
MDC led by Professor Welshman Ncube yesterday held its primary elections in Bulawayo. The elections were dominated by women who won in five constituencies out of the eight co...Published: 17 Jun 2013 at 03:07hrs | 2 | by Moyo Roy
Tsvangirai "lied" in his new book: Ncube claims
MDC-N leader Welshman Ncube is reported to have dismissed claims by Morgan Tsvangirai that the infamous 2005 MDC split was sponsored by the then Sadc-appointed mediator, former South African President...Published: 28 Oct 2011 at 13:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
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