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US$1m grant splits MDC-T, infighting reaches crescendo
DIVISIONS are rocking the Douglas Mwonzora-led MDC-T over a US$1 million government grant that insiders say was abused by party officials.Rifts are widening as top officials are fighting publi...Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
State assisted funeral for MDC T vice-chairperson
President Mnangagwa has granted a State assisted funeral to the late MDC-T vice-chairperson and former co-Minister of Home Affairs in the Government of National Unity, Mr Giles Mutseyekwa.Mr M...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa mourns former MDC-T vice chairperson Mutseyekwa
President Mnangagwa says he was "greatly saddened" by the death of former MDC-T vice chairperson and former co-Minister of Home Affairs in the Government of National Unity, Giles Mutseyekwa.Mu...Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance's Giles Mutseyekwa dies
FORMER co-Home Affairs minister in the Government of National unity Giles Mutseyekwa has died.In a statement yesterday, his party the MDC Alliance announced that Mutsekwa passed on yesterday....Published: 28 Jun 2022 at 07:26hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora reshuffles MDC-T leadership
MDC Alliance leader, Douglas Mwonzora Tuesday reshuffled his party leadership amid reports he is consolidating power to make sure his position is not contested at the party's congress set for next mon...Published: 17 May 2022 at 19:59hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
It's Chamisa time!
The long awaited by-elections which were recently proclaimed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa are going to put to test Zimbabwe's main opposition parties, with the Nelson Chamisa led MDC Alliance havin...Published: 08 Jan 2022 at 06:11hrs | 7 | by Brighton Chiseva
Ramaphosa Covid-19 positive after attending FW de Klerk memorial
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who was seen in a video that went viral dancing without a mask, is receiving treatment for Covid-19 symptoms after testing positive on Sunday (12 December)....Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 07:14hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora, Khupe in messy fallout
DAGGERS have been drawn in the battle for power in the Douglas Mwonzora led MDC-T outfit, amid revelations that its deputy president Thokozani Khupe is being targeted for recall from Parliament and ev...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 20:14hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T on course to join POLAD
A top party official of the Douglas Mwonzora-led Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) recently announced that they will be hopping on to the Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD) bandwagon anytime soon....Published: 23 Oct 2021 at 06:42hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa claims he will get back his party headquarters
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa said his party would get back everything it lost to a rival faction, including the party's Morgan Richard Tsvangirai (MRT) headquarters.He said the MDC Allia...Published: 24 Sep 2021 at 09:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa MDC infighting explained
FRESH Storm is brewing in the MDC Alliance after senior leaders are reported to have recommended the expulsion of Gift Ostallos Siziba, the Secretary-General of the MDC Youth Assembly.One Twit...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 14:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Whose who in Mwonzora's shadow Cabinet - Full list
Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) leader Douglas Mwonzora Thursday announced a 26-member shadow cabinet which he said will monitor and check the performance of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s ca...Published: 19 Aug 2021 at 17:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP accused over farm wrangle
HEADLANDS-BASED farmer Dakarai Mapuranga has accused Zanu-PF youths of being used by local MP Christopher Chingosho to fight him over his Mhandara Farm.The Zanu-PF youths in Headlands have wri...Published: 01 May 2021 at 08:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
ASX halts Arcadia trading
AUSTRALIA Stock Exchange (ASX)listed resources firm halted trading on Tuesday amid reports the firm has lined up a capital raising deal.The firm has been developing Arcadia lithium mine in Zim...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 07:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa loses more senior members?
MDC-Alliance continues to count costs after it lost more senior party officials to the MDC-T led by Mr Douglas Mwonzora, who now leads the biggest opposition party in terms of representation in Parlia...Published: 08 Feb 2021 at 05:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chaos rocks Mwonzora's MDC-T?
CHAOS rocked the MDC-T national executive and national council meetings on Saturday with calls for the nullification of the party's December 2020 extraordinary congress presidential election results, ...Published: 07 Feb 2021 at 19:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora makes 6 key MDC-T appointments
MDC-T president Douglas Mwonzora has announced several appointments to the Standing Committee during the meetings of the party's National Executive and National Council held today as an extension of t...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 18:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora's MDC amends constitution, readmits Abednego Bhebhe and Dorcas Sibanda
The National Executive and National Council today met, as an extension of the Extra Ordinary Congress, to consider and resolve on a number of internally and externally focused issues. Key on t...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 17:21hrs | | by itness Dube
Mwonzora appoints team to work on national dialogue strategy
OPPOSITION leader Douglas Mwonzora has now appointed a formal MDC committee to work on a strategy to engage the ruling Zanu-PF and other key stakeholders in the country, as his push for all-inclusive ...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 16:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Another funeral for Chamisa as his secretary for security and defence dies
The MDC Alliance Secretary for Security and Defence former Police Assistant Commissioner Emmanuel Chimwanda has died. Chimwanda reportedly succumbed to an undisclosed illness in Harare last ni...Published: 02 Jan 2021 at 14:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora allies in demo over voters roll
THE fight over the MDC-T party's voters roll to be used this Sunday at their extraordinary congress escalated yesterday after supporters of secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora staged a demonstration at...Published: 24 Dec 2020 at 17:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Khupe shifts goalposts ahead of congress
THE Thokozani Khupe-led MDC-T is heading for an implosion after its national standing committee (NSC) resolved to suspend provincial nominations for presidential candidates, and "railroaded" the natio...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 07:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe man in trouble over US$1m bank balance
A Harare man is in a tight spot after the High Court issued him with an order to explain the source of US$1 048 533 in his bank account. Mr Jairos Giles (41), who earns US$1 600 a month as man...Published: 19 Jul 2019 at 07:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nurses call off strike
The Zimbabwe Nurses' Association (ZINA) Harare province will not take part in industrial action - slated for today - by health personnel after assurances by the association's new patron, Preside...Published: 24 Jun 2019 at 07:42hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Chamisa fires Giles Mutsekwa
MDC President Nelson Chamisa has appointed former police Senior Assistant Commissioner Emmanuel Chimwanda as party secretary for defence in his new National Executive Council announced Wednesday....Published: 21 Jun 2019 at 07:50hrs | | by newzimbabwe.com
Tsvangirai's home could be sold off over debt
Morgan Tsvangirai's estate faces a US$205,000 claim from a political consultant for work he says he carried out for the late Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader in the run-up to the 2013 natio...Published: 08 Jun 2019 at 08:08hrs | | by ZimLive
MDC violence: A noble cause can beget savages
THE MDC Alliance’s initial reaction to their defeat in the ward by-election held in Cowdray Park, Bulawayo, last week was a classic or textbook example of denialism — the human tendency to deny re...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 06:42hrs | | by Conway Tutani
Ex-minister's daughter on the police wanted list
FORMER Home Affairs minister Giles Mutsekwa's daughter, Jacqueline is on the police wanted list after she allegedly teamed up with her accomplices to rob a Harare vendor of valuables and cash, using h...Published: 28 Dec 2018 at 10:06hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Chamisa faction to embarrass Mwonzora
THE MDC leadership will today square off at the national council meeting where a faction linked to party leader Nelson Chamisa is reportedly trying to embarrass secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora, who...Published: 23 Nov 2018 at 05:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Desperation takes over Zanu PF
The MDC would like inform the public and the media that statements attributed to party leaders who are said to be involved in fights are false.For the avoidance of doubt, Vice President Prof W...Published: 20 Nov 2018 at 16:24hrs | | by Jacob Mafume
ZCTU leaders to spent night in custody as ZLHR rescues detained staff members
TWENTY-SEVEN leaders and members of Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Union (ZCTU) will spent the night in police custody after they were arrested by Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers on Thursday and c...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 07:14hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Is MDC really for the people or just opportunistic?
MDC on its inception was more of a Workers party formed by trade unionists led by the late Dr Morgan Tsvangirai. The party eventually grew into a formidable vibrant opposition party with the likes of ...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 18:12hrs | | by AT Kadada
General Valerio Sibanda issued statement under duress, says Mutsekwa
Zimbabwe Defence Forces commander General Phillip Valerio Sibanda acted out of his professional reputation in blaming MDC Alliance supporters for the fatal shooting of at least six unarmed civilians d...Published: 18 Aug 2018 at 14:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Response to Chamisa's meted lean cabinet
Advocate Nelson Chamisa's cabinet in-waiting: 1. Ministry of Health - Dr Ruth Labode. 2. Minister of Education (Primary &Secondary) - David Colt...Published: 01 Aug 2018 at 20:50hrs | 2 | by Benny Gudo
Zimbabwe soldiers backing Chamisa?
MDC secretary for defence and security Giles Mutsekwa has claimed his party is enjoying unprecedented support among Zimbabwe's armed forces - a mainstay of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government - ...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 09:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zec, Zanu PF sams, claims Mutsekwa
FORMER Home Affairs co-minister Giles Mutsekwa has sensationally claimed that the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) takes orders from the ruling Zanu PF party, hence its reluctance to implement oppo...Published: 19 Jun 2018 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai's brother sued over coalition deal
A man who claims to have stitched a coalition deal for the late MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai during the 2013 elections has approached the High Court demanding payment from the former prime minister's ...Published: 08 May 2018 at 11:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga fast-gaining a reputation as a no-nonsense politician
VICE-president Constantino Chiwenga is fast-gaining a reputation as a no-nonsense politician after summarily dismissing 15 000 striking nurses, but analysts have warned his leadership style is not con...Published: 22 Apr 2018 at 10:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Behind MDC Alliance's rented Bulawayo crowd
MDC Coalition leader Nelson Chamisa seems to be frantically employing antiquated political mobilisation strategies that could cost the Alliance heavily in the election.In my humble view, there...Published: 12 Apr 2018 at 06:58hrs | | by Dr Panganai Kahuni
Gift Banda apologise for bloody intra-party clashes
BULAWAYO deputy mayor and MDC-T Bulawayo provincial chairperson, Gift Banda, yesterday apologised for the bloody intra-party clashes that rocked the city on Sunday and pledged to ensure the perpetrato...Published: 09 Mar 2018 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Thabitha Khumalo condemns the arrest of violent MDC-T officials
MDC-T Party acting spokesperson Thabitha Khumalo HAS condemned what she termed selective application of the law. Authorities arrested three top MDC officials and 16 party youths in response to intra-p...Published: 07 Mar 2018 at 11:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa violence hugely condemned
The violence that rocked the MDC here over the weekend has been roundly condemned, even from within the opposition party itself, with officials accusing a South African-based senior official of instig...Published: 06 Mar 2018 at 09:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's militia out of control
THE MDC-T Chamisa camp has admitted intra-party violence is spiralling out of control after senior officials were brutally battered by thugs at the party's Bulawayo offices on Sunday just weeks after ...Published: 06 Mar 2018 at 05:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa dispatches team to Bulawayo
The MDC has condemned the violence that took place at the party offices in Bulawayo and has immediately dispatched a two-member team to normalize the situation.In addition, the party has order...Published: 05 Mar 2018 at 12:09hrs | | by Thabitha Khumalo
Zimbabwe cops need retraining
Former Home Affairs minister Giles Mutsekwa has blamed government's failure to conduct routine retraining of cops as the cause of the fatal shootings of civilians in Harare last Thursday, among other ...Published: 01 Mar 2018 at 14:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai: Hated in life, idolised in death
MDC-T founding leader, Morgan Tsvangirai is no more. Gone for good, that booming voice and haughty laugh is no more, but his name will remain part of Zimbabwe's political nomenclature for generations ...Published: 26 Feb 2018 at 14:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
3 attempts on Khupe's life last week
MDC-T secretary-general Mr Douglas Mwonzora has made sensational claims that there were three attempts to kill him and the party's co-vice president Dr Thokozani Khupe through arson at the burial of p...Published: 26 Feb 2018 at 06:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa faces arrest
A faction vying for control of the MDC-T says it could soon make a police report implicating Advocate Nelson Chamisa in the violence that occurred at the burial of the opposition party's president, Mr...Published: 25 Feb 2018 at 11:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rivals want Nelson Chamisa arrested
A faction vying for control of the MDC-T says it could soon make a police report implicating Advocate Nelson Chamisa in the violence that occurred at the burial of the opposition party's president, Mr...Published: 25 Feb 2018 at 09:19hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Khupe rejects Chamisa
MDC-T co-vice president Advocate Nelson Chamisa's efforts to reach out to his rival and co-vice president Dr Thokozani Khupe failed yesterday after she and national chairperson Mr Lovemore Moyo snubbe...Published: 24 Feb 2018 at 21:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
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