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This is best time for Mnangagwa, Mwonzora and Chamisa to sit down together
THE time is now opportune for three of the country's major political players - President Emmerson Mnangagwa, opposition leader Douglas Mwonzora and his MDC rival Nelson Chamisa - to sit down together ...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 17:37hrs | 1113 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance call for 'streetifying people's anger' - real change will come from implementing reforms
"It is Zanu-PF itself that has become a super-spreader of perfidy and unbridled falsehoods as exemplified by its statements alleging growth in the country's economy and the cheap allegation that victi...Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 15:50hrs | 1615 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Mnangagwa must stop selective application of the law' - Pete's sake, he is a tyrant and that is what tyrants do
Zimbabwe has been a nation of protestors and human rights activists contend to say what is wrong in society but rarely ever come up with what should be done about and rarest of all do it!"The ...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 07:47hrs | 462 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Chamisa has 'nowhere to take his problems to' claims Matemadanda
THE ruling Zanu-PF says Nelson Chamisa and the MDC Alliance "made their bed and must now lie in it" - after they allegedly "repeatedly spurned the hand of friendship" extended to them by President Emm...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 15:55hrs | 1991 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora to be 'biggest opposition by 2023' - and perpetuate rigged elections, deplorable lack of imagination
The trouble with Zimbabweans is they have no clue what constitutes a competent leader and it is little wonder the nation has blundered from pillar to post, the blind leading the blind into the ditch. ...Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 14:17hrs | 1365 | by Nomusa Garikai
Another MDC leader arrested as fight for 'headlines' hots up - all deserted fight for reforms
The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) was launched by Morgan Tsvangirai and his friends in 1999 to answer the nation's cry for democratic changes as the only way to end the de facto one party, Zanu...Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 14:16hrs | 990 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Mwonzora should promptly engage the ruling Zanu PF'
HOPE is high that Zimbabwe's much-talked about national dialogue could finally start in earnest this year, following recent political developments and hints to this effect by both President Emmerson M...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 16:50hrs | 1476 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora gleefully awaiting $2.72 m PPFA payout - reason why MDC will sell-out again come 2023
"Only Zanu-PF and MDC-T will share the $100 million allocated in the 2021 National Budget under the Political Parties Finance Act as all other parties failed to get at least five percent of the consti...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 19:03hrs | 931 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mwonzora bringing a new brand of opposition politics
THE country's main opposition party, the MDC, recently held a chaotic extraordinary congress that elected Douglas Mwonzora as the new president. Mwonzora has pledged to work with President Emm...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 19:20hrs | 1086 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora still keen to talk to Chamisa
NEW MDC leader, Douglas Mwonzora says the continuing active participation of elements of Zanu-PF's vanquished Generation 40 (G40) faction in the affairs of the MDC Alliance is jeopardising prospects f...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 19:16hrs | 566 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora singles out Jonathan Moyo for causing disunity
NEW MDC leader, Douglas Mwonzora says the continuing active participation of elements of Zanu-PF's vanquished Generation 40 (G40) faction in the affairs of the MDC Alliance is jeopardising prospects f...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 07:43hrs | 7052 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora reiterates his readiness to work with political rivals
NEW opposition leader, Douglas Mwonzora says he will pursue a new type of politics that will see him seeking heightened interactions with both the ruling Zanu-PF and other opposition forces.Sp...Published: 02 Jan 2021 at 08:49hrs | 1830 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF demand MDC apology for asking for sanctions - privilege, is one adversary of imagination
"We have an opposition that asked for sanctions, an opposition which has been cohabiting with countries that seek to undermine our development trajectory," said Patrick Chinamasa, Zanu PF acting spoke...Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 09:30hrs | 1143 | by Nomusa Garikai
Mwonzora moves to fix broken MDC
NEWLY-ELECTED MDC leader, Douglas Mwonzora, said yesterday that he was ready to work with President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zanu-PF to resolve Zimbabwe's decades-long myriad challenges.At the s...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 17:00hrs | 3307 | by Staff reporter
USAID accused of wasting US$ 10 m 'trying to democratise Zimbabwe' - penny has finally dropped in Washington
The proverbial penny has finally drop in Washington: the Americans have finally woken up to the reality they are wasting money trying to democratise Zimbabwe!"In a damning 2020 Festivus report...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 17:22hrs | 2210 | by Wilbert Mukori
Songstress, Congress, Compress not Oppress
Whenever the die-hard cadres in the MDC Alliance see smoke in the MDC-T, they wish it was gehena manifesting, except that this it is a braai not gehena. It is common cause that the victims of Khupe's ...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 17:19hrs | 652 | by Robert Sigauke
Sikhala 'berates' Mnangagwa - 20 years of posturing, it is reforms Mnangagwa fears
"MDC Alliance vice-chairperson Job Sikhala has said President Emmerson Mnangagwa has proved to be one of the worst authoritarian leaders to ever lead Zimbabwe, an accusation that comes as the nation n...Published: 28 Dec 2020 at 00:07hrs | 1250 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Zanu-PF will win 2023 because opposition lacks unity' - nonsense, unity will never ever supplant competence
"Opposition politician Jacob Ngarivhume sees a bleak future for opposition politics in Zimbabwe, and has resigned to the fact that the ruling Zanu-PF will win again in the 2023 elections," reported Zi...Published: 25 Dec 2020 at 08:57hrs | 970 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
6 trends to look out for in the online casino industry
2020 has been an interesting year for online gambling with it becoming the first option by default for many. Over in the US, online poker rooms and casinos amassed a massive $402 million from April to...Published: 21 Dec 2020 at 18:10hrs | 69 | by Staff writer
'For how long is MDC playing dear?' - not playing, they're dead.
It was 2004 to 2007 USA ambassador to Zimbabwe, Chris Dell, who said in a leaked cable back to Washington that Morgan Tsvangirai "was a flawed and indecisive character who, if he ever got into power w...Published: 20 Dec 2020 at 22:42hrs | 407 | by Nomusa Garikai
'SA can nudge Zimbabwe toward stability' - not until Zimbabweans finally deal with gadflies
"For years, South Africa trusted in behind-the-scenes contacts to alleviate Zimbabwe's political and economic problems. But those troubles have continued to mount. By stepping up pressure, and by work...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 21:20hrs | 493 | by Nomusa Garikai
ZNA General join Chiwenga in defying decree to end "patient export" - have wherewithal to pay, they're loaded
"Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) commander Lieutenant General Edzai Absolom Chanyuka Chimonyo is in India for medical treatment, The NewsHawks reported," reported Pindula/Bulawayo24."Lt. Gen. Chi...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 19:11hrs | 2250 | by Nomusa Garikai
'MDC preoccupied with opposing itself' said Moyo - no substitute for quality, especially with life at stake
"The political opposition in Zimbabwe, particularly the MDC, is stuck in the middle: between making news headlines and making reform headways," wrote Professor Jonathan Moyo."This is not new....Published: 13 Dec 2020 at 22:58hrs | 1319 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabwe opposition's squandered opportunities
The political opposition in Zimbabwe, particularly the MDC, is stuck in the middle: between making news headlines and making reform headways.This is not new.Being stuck between making ...Published: 13 Dec 2020 at 08:18hrs | 1754 | by Jonathan Moyo
5 killed in Ghana election violence - pray not slipping backwards to join likes of Zimbabwe
For many years now, Ghana has successfully held free, fair and credible elections, a successful and stable democracy. And the country has benefited greatly for with stable and functioning democracy th...Published: 11 Dec 2020 at 08:44hrs | 1523 | by Nomusa Garikai
No.1 lesson Zanu PF learned from 2008 GNU - how to turn MDC into its vote rigging ally
The 2008 Zimbabwe elections were a watershed moment in the country's political history. The elections and the 2008 to 2013 GNU that followed shook Zanu PF to the core and transformed the country's pol...Published: 10 Dec 2020 at 09:14hrs | 1324 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Uploading evidence of Mnangagwa looting. Don't miss it!' twittered Moyo - 'Rinemanyanga hariputirwi'
"Today (8 December 2020) I will upload unimpeachable evidence that Mnangagwa, and his wife Auxillia, are the real barons of money laundering and gold smuggling in Zimbabwe. Don't miss it!" twittered P...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 18:32hrs | 1989 | by Nomusa Garikai
'Change is unstoppable' said Chamisa - should be done and dusted yet failed to start it in 20 years
"What we know is victory is certain, it's only a matter of time. Every struggle has its own unique characteristics. We know exactly what we are doing – please do not panic," Nelson Chamisa told his ...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 10:10hrs | 1628 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mthuli Ncube falsely claims there were only US$40m bank deposits under GNU
IN a clip of an interview with ZiFM Stereo, posted on Twitter on December 3, Finance minister Mthuli Ncube claimed that, under his predecessor, Tendai Biti, deposits in the banking sector were around ...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 08:31hrs | 659 | by Staff reporter
'Sanctions hampering prosperity' said Mnangagwa didn't stop US$2 b Blue Roof, Parthenon to greed
Ever since Zimbabwe gained her independence in 1980, 40 years ago, the nation has been on a quest for freedom, justice, peace and economic prosperity for all. "Gutsva ruzhinji!" as Robert Mugabe never...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 08:10hrs | 579 | by Wilbert Mukori
MDC Alliance abduction skeletons tumble
A FORMER MDC official, Nqobizitha Khumalo, who is now with the People Democratic Party (PDP) has revealed how the opposition party has been faking abductions and causing terror in the country through ...Published: 05 Dec 2020 at 06:03hrs | 864 | by Staff reporter
'Zim prison, a crime against humanity' twittered Biti, prisoner - true all because selling out on reforms
Tendai Biti, MDC A vice President, has been arrested and will spend Friday night in a Police Prison. He is charged with assault, after calling a Russian woman an idiot.Biti has denied any wron...Published: 05 Dec 2020 at 00:04hrs | 1138 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Sikhala bids to end Zimbabwe's myriad challenges
FIREBRAND opposition grandee, Job "Wiwa" Sikhala, has joined other MDC bigwigs in calling for dialogue with President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zanu-PF, to end the country's myriad challenges.Spe...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 16:09hrs | 772 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala says 'It's time for talks with Mnangagwa'
FIREBRAND opposition grandee, Job "Wiwa" Sikhala, has joined other MDC bigwigs in calling for dialogue with President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zanu-PF, to end the country's myriad challenges....Published: 03 Dec 2020 at 07:03hrs | 8437 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora ready to work with Mnangagwa, Chamisa
INTERIM MDC secretary general Douglas Mwonzora, says he is willing to work with both President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his former ally-turned rival, Nelson Chamisa, to help end Zimbabwe's myriad and de...Published: 30 Nov 2020 at 06:22hrs | 12814 | by Staff reporter
MDC welcome Thomas-Greenfield US ambassador to UN - she must read ambassador Dell's Tsvangirai report
MDC Alliance treasurer-general David Coltart has welcomed the appointment of United States human rights defender and career diplomat Linda Thomas Greenfield as US ambassador to the United Nations....Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 06:37hrs | 614 | by Nomusa Garikai
'Khupe, Chamisa mindless quarrel must end'
MDC bigwig, Elias Mudzuri, says the mindless bloodletting consuming the party is making it difficult for the opposition to engage with President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zanu-PF meaningfully, to help en...Published: 24 Nov 2020 at 21:43hrs | 2216 | by Staff reporter
Need 'very hard-working' ethics back to fix Zimbabwe - no, need thinking caps on
The root cause of Zimbabwe's economic and political rot is that Zimbabweans have lost their work ethics, Dr Simba Makoni, former Zanu PF Minister of Finance during Mugabe's days, told Trevor Ncube. ...Published: 23 Nov 2020 at 07:43hrs | 1200 | by Nomusa Garikai
Zimbabwe coups: What now for the legacies?
Three months after President Emmerson Mnangagwa deposed Robert Mugabe on November 15, 2017, Nelson Chamisa applied the same template to supplant Thokozani Khupe, ensuring he replaced Morgan Tsvangirai...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 04:54hrs | 338 | by Toendepi Shonhe
Mnangagwa's straitjacket has no wriggle room, especially now coups are 'legal' - off with his head with crown upon it
"Zanu-PF has a constitution and under that constitution, we sit as a congress to elect our president," said Zanu PF acting national spokes-person Patrick Chinamasa."In 1977, a lot of the leade...Published: 21 Nov 2020 at 08:31hrs | 830 | by Wilbert Mukori
'MDC A #OneMillionCampaign will fight rural voter apathy' - biggest impediment to free elections, MDC sell-outs
"Mdc Alliance Namibia greatly appreciates and admires the historic innovation since the inception of the political behemoth to invade rural constituencies in preparation of the harmonised elections in...Published: 17 Nov 2020 at 08:47hrs | 1568 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Chamisa stuns key associates
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa, pictured, is facing a rebellion from former legislators and councillors who were recently recalled from their positions by Thokozani Khupe - after he ordered them t...Published: 14 Nov 2020 at 21:30hrs | 9010 | by Staff reporter
'Real issue in Zim is a crisis of (Zanu PF) leadership' said Biti - admitting half the truth, as usual
"At the end of the day the real issue in Zim is a crisis of governance and leadership. "The nation carries the burden of illegitimacy, of corrupt incompetent clueless and incompetent leadershi...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 15:41hrs | 1284 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Zimbabwe GNU is premised on personal gains'
Opposition FreeZim Congress leader Joseph Makamba Busha has said the country was not ready for a government of national unity (GNU), which he said would serve personal, rather than majority interests....Published: 11 Nov 2020 at 13:54hrs | 927 | by Staff reporter
'2008 GNU stabilised economy' - true but that was not its primary purpose much less justify new GNU
"In 2009, the late former president Robert Mugabe was forced into forming a GNU with the MDC's late and much loved founding father, Morgan Tsvangirai, after the hotly disputed 2008 polls," reported Da...Published: 07 Nov 2020 at 18:48hrs | 804 | by Wilbert Mukori
The Elders root for Zimbabwe's dialogue
THE Elders, a group of eminent global human rights and peace campaigners, want Zimbabweans to engage in national dialogue in the interest of the country.This comes as many Zimbabweans have wel...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 19:11hrs | 1155 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean leaders should heed GNU calls
REPORTS that the MDC led by Thokozani Khupe has started low-level talks with Zanu-PF to negotiate the formation of a government of national unity (GNU) must be welcomed by all well-meaning Zimbabweans...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 19:08hrs | 381 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans back idea of another GNU
MANY Zimbabweans have welcomed the push by the MDC to hold talks with President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zanu-PF, with a view to forming a new government of national unity in a bid to end the country's ...Published: 05 Nov 2020 at 19:25hrs | 1169 | by Staff reporter
MDC leadership keen to hold talks with Mnangagwa
THE interim MDC leadership is keen to hold talks with President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zanu-PF, with a view to forming a new government of national unity (GNU).Speaking separately to the Daily...Published: 04 Nov 2020 at 18:22hrs | 2037 | by Staff reporter
MDC pushing for another GNU
The interim MDC leadership is keen to hold talks with President Mnangagwa and Zanu-PF with a view to forming a new government of national unity (GNU). Acting national chairman Morgen Komichi a...Published: 04 Nov 2020 at 06:11hrs | 5557 | by Staff reporter
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