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'ED2030 lobbyists must be arrested'
Former Bulawayo Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) senator Felix Magalela Sibanda has condemned efforts to extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa's term beyond 2028, calling for those involved to be arr...Published: 14 Aug 2024 at 09:05hrs | 1424 | by Staff reporter
'Mudenda, Tshabangu must be probed over corrupt recalls'
Former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) senator Felix Magalela Sibanda has called upon the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) to investigate Sengezo Tshabangu, the interim secretary-general...Published: 21 Jun 2024 at 11:23hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
ZEC gazettes new legislators
CCC interim secretary general Mr Sengezo Tshabangu and 13 others are expected to be sworn in as Senators and members of the National Assembly next week after the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission confirme...Published: 02 Mar 2024 at 07:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's Marble Chinomona elected President of the Senate
Speaker of the Senate Marble Chinomona has been elected the president of the Senate with Retired General (Rtd) Mike Nyambuya elected her deputy. Marble Chinomona got 50 votes beating Senator F...Published: 08 Sep 2023 at 17:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
CCC linked MDC founding members back Chamisa
MDC founding members under the banner, Veterans Activists' Association of Zimbabwe (VAAZ), have urged its members to rally behind the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) in the upcoming elections....Published: 06 Jul 2023 at 08:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Shadowy group invades Gwanda polling stations
FOREVER Associates Zimbabwe (Faz), a state intelligence front, has invaded polling stations in Gwanda Central and Gwanda South constituencies in an intimidation exercise in members of the shadow...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 13:13hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi pushes for devolution Act
Mthwakazi Republic Party says it will push for the enactment of an Act of Parliament towards the full implementation of devolution.This was said by MRP representative Leonard Dube, during the ...Published: 20 May 2023 at 19:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC urges members to join CIO, army
A SENIOR official in the main opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has urged party youths in Matebeleland to join intelligence and security services to save themselves from possible post-ele...Published: 17 May 2023 at 21:49hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC rules out primary elections
THE opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has revealed that it will not hold primary elections to select candidates for this year's polls.The decision will undoubtedly set tongues wag...Published: 07 Feb 2023 at 05:04hrs | 34 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa ready for polls
THE opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) says the relentless arrest of its legislators and supporters will not scare or deter the party from participating in general elections to be held lat...Published: 25 Jan 2023 at 10:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Violence robbed CCC'
The main opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has blamed its weekend by-elections defeat to violence and other coercive tactics employed by the ruling Zanu-PF party.The violence prio...Published: 25 Oct 2022 at 06:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance members to nominate by-election candidates
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance has said candidates for the March 26 by-elections would be nominated at grassroot level to allow for democracy to prevail.The party also said recalled MPs a...Published: 19 Jan 2022 at 05:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa’s MDC blasts Mwonzora over party name
THE Nelson Chamisa led MDC Alliance has blasted MDC-T leader for his plot to depossess the party of its name by holding a meeting which his party dubbed a...Published: 30 Aug 2021 at 07:09hrs | 12 | by Stephen Jakes
Chamisa's MDC raps Mwonzora 'sellouts'
THE MDC Alliance has accused legislators who became MPs on its ticket and dumped the party for the MDC-T led by Douglas Mwonzora in order to retain their positions of being sellouts who sacrificed the...Published: 24 Aug 2021 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance Bulawayo in fresh turmoil
THE MDC Alliance (MDC-A) has deployed an investigating committee to probe the party's Bulawayo provincial chairperson James Sithole, following a vote of noconfidence passed by the provincial youth ass...Published: 25 Jun 2021 at 07:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Rights groups urge govt to 'take education seriously'
BULAWAYO-BASED human rights groups have urged government to resolve the ongoing industrial action by teachers.Their statements come at a time when learning at most Bulawayo schools was disrupt...Published: 03 May 2021 at 06:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC veterans reject Mwonzora
THE MDC Veteran Activists Association (VAA) yesterday pledged its allegiance to MDC Alliance leader, Nelson Chamisa.This was announced by the VAA leader Felix Magalela Sibanda in a statement a...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 05:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Low turnout for anti-sanctions march
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government yesterday observed the Anti-Sanctions Day, with a handful of Zanu-PF supporters in different parts of the country marching in support.Mnangagwa, in hi...Published: 26 Oct 2020 at 06:45hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
MDC VP race, Biti and Welshman Ncube to fight for it
A crowded field of fresh faces and bigwigs has lined up to seek the MDC's vice-presidential nomination. The diverse group vying to land the three VP posts, includes MPs and senators. A record four wom...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 16:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda torches storm
MDC Bulawayo provincial spokesperson Felix Magalela Sibanda yesterday lambasted the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) secretary-general Victor Matemadanda over his comment...Published: 06 Dec 2018 at 05:59hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance disability board on cards
THE MDC Alliance is setting up an organ in the party structures that will represent the interests and aspirations of people with disabilities (PWDs) as it pushes for inclusion of marginalised groups i...Published: 01 Oct 2018 at 06:57hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'AU, Sadc toothless bulldogs'
THE presence of the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) and the African Union (UN) observer missions during the just-ended elections has only served to rubber-stamp the political status quo ...Published: 13 Aug 2018 at 06:49hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
'Zec has failed transparency test'
Civil rights group #This Constitution has accused the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) of failing the transparency test after it reneged on calls for an independent audit of the voters' roll and re...Published: 30 Jul 2018 at 07:05hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
CSOs, political parties condemn Njelele bombing
CIVIC Society Organisations (CSOs) and political parties have sternly condemned the bombing and desecration of the sacred Njelele rainmaking shrine, a traditional and cultural heritage site, in Matobo...Published: 07 Jul 2018 at 09:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Maridadi to replace Obert Gutu
Mabvuku-Tafara MDC MP James Maridadi, is tipped to become the opposition party's spokesperson, replacing Obert Gutu, who was expelled from the party early this year.Party insiders said Nelson ...Published: 27 Jun 2018 at 16:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Residents castigate candidate imposition in Bulawayo
Bulawayo residents have castigated some political parties for imposing candidates for local government elections scheduled for 30 July 2018. Participants at a meeting organized by BPRA and WILD to sha...Published: 20 Jun 2018 at 09:13hrs | 1 | by Michael Mdladla Ndiweni
Chamisa 'smuggles' mayor back into election race
CONFUSION is reigning in MDC-T's Bulawayo East constituency after the winning candidate was allegedly booted out ahead of the Nomination Court sitting today to accommodate mayor Martin Moyo, who lost ...Published: 14 Jun 2018 at 07:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
MRP gives Khupe a tongue-lashing
SECESSIONIST Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has given Thokozani Khupe's MDC-T faction a tongue-lashing after attending an extraordinary congress organised by the faction in Bulawayo on Saturday....Published: 24 Apr 2018 at 07:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mthwakazi parties seriously humiliated by MDC-T Bulawayo rally
We have to ask ourselves pertinent questions and again humiliating questions regarding the Mthwakazi political parties in the region. Who do you stand for, what are your messages, why is the Mthwakazi...Published: 18 Apr 2018 at 16:56hrs | 2 | by Nomazulu Thata
MDC-T Matebeleland leaders jockey VP post
MDC-T leaders in Matebeleland have started jockeying for senior party posts including the deputy president's post which fell vacant following the expulsion of Thokozani Khupe.Khupe was last mo...Published: 10 Apr 2018 at 07:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance hails supporters for attending Rally in numbers
MDC-T Bulawayo Province and on behalf of Provincial Chairman Gift Banda has hailed the supporters for attending the, MDC alliance rally in Bulawayo on Saturday in their numbers."As MDC Allianc...Published: 08 Apr 2018 at 18:58hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Chamisa fires 17 Bulawayo provincial executives from MDC-T
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC-T has fired 17 Bulawayo provincial executive members, in a fresh purge targeting officials aligned to axed deputy president, Thokozani Khupe's faction.Provincial spo...Published: 03 Apr 2018 at 15:19hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Felix Magalela Sibanda must be appointed Chamisa’s deputy
Open letter To Chamisa ...Published: 30 Mar 2018 at 21:23hrs | 1 | by Taonashe Chinguruve
Open letter To Chamisa
We write this letter to weigh in on whom we believe is the right person for the Vice President Post left by Thokozani Khupe and who also should be the vice for the alliance and why. Hon. Felix...Published: 29 Mar 2018 at 22:10hrs | 1 | by The Coalition of Youths of Matabeleland
Khupe sets splinter MDC-T interim structures
FORMER MDC-T deputy president Thokozani Khupe has started setting up interim structures, with Bulawayo Proportional Representation legislator Nomvula Mnguni, now acting chairperson for her breakaway f...Published: 28 Mar 2018 at 07:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa invades Khupe's territory
MDC-T Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa is set to invade his nemesis, Thokozani Khupe's territory with a star campaign rally at White City Stadium in Bulawayo on April 7.The coali...Published: 28 Mar 2018 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai to blame for MDC-T chaos, says Moyo
FORMER MDC-T chairperson, Lovemore Moyo, has accused the party's late founding leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, of sowing seeds of divisions that have rocked the opposition party, culminating in the formati...Published: 26 Mar 2018 at 06:33hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
MDC Alliance will lose polls, says Moyo
FORMER MDC-T chairperson, Lovemore Moyo has warned that the MDC Alliance's chances of grabbing a poll victory against Zanu PF in the upcoming elections were slim citing discord in the rank and file of...Published: 24 Mar 2018 at 09:27hrs | | by Staff Reporter
MDC-T 'faces major split' ahead of elections
THE Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party, is reportedly facing a major split after its embattled deputy president, Thokozani Khupe, announced over the weekend that she would be joining forces wi...Published: 21 Mar 2018 at 11:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MRP distances self from Khupe
Nthwakazi Republic Party has distanced itself from having participated in the MDC-T rally addressed by Thokozani Khupe on Sunday in Bulawayo.This came in the work of media reports that some ac...Published: 20 Mar 2018 at 12:52hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
'We are not moved by Khupe's rented crowd'
MDC-T Bulawayo provincial leaders yesterday said they would not lose sleep over the 600 party activists who attended embattled deputy president Thokozani Khupe's rally on Sunday, describing the gather...Published: 20 Mar 2018 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa spin doctor underfire over Gukurahundi remarks
OPPOSITION political parties and civic groups have hit out at presidential spokesperson George Charamba for "absolving" President Emmerson Mnangagwa's of any blame in the Gukurahundi massacres....Published: 14 Mar 2018 at 06:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa ally, 15 others arrested over MDC-T violence
BULAWAYO police yesterday arrested 16 MDC-T activists, among them party provincial chairperson and deputy mayor, Gift Banda in connection with the violence that broke out at the party's offices, leavi...Published: 07 Mar 2018 at 05:38hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'Politically-neutral people should lead healing process'
CIVIL society organisations (CSOs) have urged the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) to allow politically-neutral people and rights abuse victims to lead the national healing process....Published: 15 Feb 2018 at 05:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF, MDC-T legislators are useless'
ASPIRING People's Democratic Party (PDP) Bulawayo South parliamentary candidate, Clayton Jones, has described the city's sitting Zanu-PF and MDC-T legislators as useless, citing their failure to effec...Published: 14 Feb 2018 at 05:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo stands behind Khupe
Nomvula Mguni, MDC-T Provincial Secretary, has rubbished reports that the MDC-T Bulawayo province on Saturday turned its back on deputy president, Thokozani Khupe, and declared its allegiance to actin...Published: 12 Feb 2018 at 14:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T dumps Khupe
THE MDC-T Bulawayo province on Saturday turned its back on deputy president, Thokozani Khupe, and declared its allegiance to acting party president Nelson Chamisa as internal fighting over Morgan Tsva...Published: 12 Feb 2018 at 05:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Masuku heckled over Gukurahundi remarks
BULAWAYO Metropolitan Affairs minister Angeline Masuku was yesterday booed off the stage by mourners during a memorial service for Brethren-in-Christ's late cleric, Reverend Reuben Mabhena after she c...Published: 29 Jan 2018 at 05:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo companies forced to buy Mnangagwa portraits
OPPOSITION parties in Bulawayo have accused their Zanu PF counterparts of fleecing local firms by forcing them to buy portraits of President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Ruling party activists in the ci...Published: 21 Dec 2017 at 15:47hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Dabengwa offers to serve under Mnangagwa
OPPOSITION Zapu leader Dumiso Dabengwa has expressed willingness to serve under President-designate Emmerson Mnangagwa if the ruling Zapu PF party endorses a call to form an all-inclusive transitional...Published: 24 Nov 2017 at 05:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
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