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NSC reshuffle irks allies
The recent reshuffle of the MDC Alliance National Standing Committee by the alliance's stressed leader, Nelson Chamisa, has peeved his top lieutenants who believe the reordering was hurriedly done to ...Published: 03 Jun 2020 at 16:25hrs | 7192 | by John Sigauke
Chamisa's MDC Alliance turns focus to 2023
OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa's MDC Alliance has turned its focus on rebuilding the party ahead of the 2023 general elections with a focus on wooing the rural vote.This was after High Court...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 08:57hrs | 3460 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa replaces Mwonzora, Komichi, sideline Matebeleland
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday made several changes within his executive and replaced Douglas Mwonzora, Morgen Komichi and Elias Mudzuri, who now front for the Thokozani Khupe...Published: 29 May 2020 at 08:36hrs | 3759 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa appoints 0 from Matebeleland?
Nelson Chamisa, leader of the opposition MDC Alliance has made several appointments this Thursday with Dr Felix Magalela Mafa-Sibanda as the only notable person with questionable Matebeleland roo...Published: 28 May 2020 at 20:54hrs | 9514 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa fires Daniel Molokela, replaces him with Mahere
MDC Alliance leader, Nelson Chamisa has appointed firebrand lawyer and party politician Fadzayi Mahere as spokesperson of the main opposition.Mahere, who replaces Daniel Molokele, is among 16 ...Published: 28 May 2020 at 19:16hrs | 5873 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC moves to block MPs' recall
UNDER SIEGE MDC Alliance Monday approached the High Court seeking an order stopping the Speaker of Parliament from expelling its legislators on the orders of its opposition rivals.The applicat...Published: 18 May 2020 at 19:30hrs | 1558 | by Staff reporter
MDC leader takes Mnangagwa - Khupe to court
MDC Senator Lillian Timveous has taken President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the Parliament of Zimbabwe to court challenging her dismissal from parliament at the request of Thokozani Khupe's Secretary Gene...Published: 16 May 2020 at 11:38hrs | 7773 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Cops accused of hoarding basic goods
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has ordered its members to purchase basic commodities from their cantonment shops following accusations that they were using their authority to jump queues at retail...Published: 24 Apr 2020 at 08:25hrs | 300 | by Staff reporter
MDC, MDC-A or MDC-T?
This post explores the aftermath of the Supreme Court decision against the MDC.Whilst the judgment is binding on the MDC, its members have insisted on the MDC Alliance (MDC-A) identity and ass...Published: 13 Apr 2020 at 15:12hrs | 3458 | by David Tinashe Hofisi
MDC going by the wind
RECENT infighting in the MDC has exposed the ideological decay that has characterised the party since its formation.At its formation, the MDC professed to be a social democratic movement that ...Published: 12 Apr 2020 at 08:41hrs | 415 | by Khumbulani Vodloza Sibanda
MDC Alliance: Old wine in new wineskins? Coalitions, Congresses And Constitutions
The Supreme Court ruling on the MDC leadership wrangle sparked a national debate on parties, constitutions and congresses.This post adds to that debate by answering ten (10) questions which as...Published: 09 Apr 2020 at 08:32hrs | 3101 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's supporters assault Ziyambi
A GROUP of MDC supporters on Saturday assaulted Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi during a Chegutu ward 2 by-election, the Daily News can report.According to Ziyambi, he went to a polling stati...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 13:30hrs | 5804 | by Staff reporter
Mangwe - Chimanimani by-elections a call for reform
The call for political and electoral reform is more significant now that before. The By-elections in Chimanimani and Mangwe both had irregularities, a skewed environment with absence of remedies for a...Published: 16 Mar 2020 at 06:58hrs | 466 | by Jacob Mafume
'MDC agents violently chased from 4 polling stations,' claims Mafume
THE MDC has claimed its polling agents were Saturday violently chased away by suspected Zanu-PF vigilantes from four polling stations in Chimanimani where a local council by-election was being held....Published: 16 Mar 2020 at 05:53hrs | 1165 | by newzimbabwe
Mt Pleasant golf course turned into residential stands
RESIDENTS of Vainona West and Mount Pleasant have voiced concern over the conversion of Mount Pleasant Golf Course into residential stands. Documents in our possession show that 14 stands have already...Published: 13 Mar 2020 at 05:54hrs | 571 | by Staff reporter
NCA chastises rowdy MDC Alliance leadership
One of the parties that participated at a meeting in the capital to discuss the proposed Constitutional Amendment Bill, the National Constitutional Assembly (NCA), has censured MDC-Alliance leaders fo...Published: 23 Feb 2020 at 16:27hrs | 2268 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC took money from 'murderers'?
THE motor-mouthed MDC secretary for elections, Jacob Mafume, has defended the party's decision to embrace people implicated in the murder of the party's activists in previous elections.Respond...Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 18:12hrs | 3401 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa bemoans corruption in MDC councils
MDC President Nelson Chamisa has admitted that there is massive corruption in MDC run councils, highlighting that quick and significant change of lifestyle when one becomes an MDC councillor or MP is ...Published: 15 Feb 2020 at 15:32hrs | 243 | by Staff reporter
Police open fire at motorist
Zimbabwean police on Christmas Day opened fire and injured a motorist after he failed to heed their sign ordering him to stop. After investigations, police said they established that the diver...Published: 06 Jan 2020 at 17:05hrs | 5873 | by Staff Reporter
Police brutality frighten women off politics, says Mafume
Police brutality against women witnessed during the recent Hope of the Nation address by Nelson Chamisa in Harare represents the many threats that discourage female participation in political activiti...Published: 14 Dec 2019 at 08:16hrs | 237 | by Staff reporter
'Matemadanda spilled the beans on Zanu-PF poll rigging'
DEFENCE deputy minister and Zanu-PF political commissar Victor Matemadanda inadvertently spilled the beans on vote-rigging when he lashed out at his party's Midlands provincial leadership over poor pe...Published: 12 Dec 2019 at 20:00hrs | 3057 | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda threatens to dissolve Zanu-PF Midlands
MERCURIAL Zanu-PF national political commissar Victor Matemadanda has threatened to dissolve the party's Midlands provincial leadership led by chairperson Daniel Mackenzie Ncube on allegations of slee...Published: 11 Dec 2019 at 06:44hrs | 2919 | by Staff reporter
Constitutional Amendment Bill ready for Parliament
THE Constitutional Amendment Bill, incorporating a number of agreed amendments to the existing electoral law, is now set to be brought to Parliament before Christmas, with debate and passage of the Bi...Published: 09 Dec 2019 at 07:22hrs | 489 | by Staff reporter
'Time running out for electoral amendments'
THE MDC, say time is running out for Zimbabwe to take into account all the recommendations submitted to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) by election observers.Secretary for elections Ja...Published: 09 Dec 2019 at 07:22hrs | 318 | by Staff reporter
Minister in farm inputs storm
ZANU-PF Member of Parliament for Gutu North, Yeukai Simbanegavi has been embroiled in a fight over the presidential input scheme which she declared was for the ruling party supporters only.Acc...Published: 19 Nov 2019 at 06:01hrs | 2552 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa divides Chamisa's councillors
PRESIDENT will today address predominantly MDC councillors in Bulawayo amid divisions in the opposition party over the Zimbabwean leader's legitimacy.T Emmerson MnangagwaIronically, MDC Member...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 21:41hrs | 499 | by Staff reporter
PG under pressure to act on Mthuli Ncube
Lawyers representing pro-democracy activist Mfundo Mlilo will engage Prosecutor –General (PG) Kumbirai Hodzi before going to court after the lapse of a seven-day ultimatum within which they demanded...Published: 06 Nov 2019 at 11:55hrs | 6871 | by Staff reporter
MDC renews push for diaspora vote
MDC secretary for elections Jacob Mafume has said the party will use all legal channels to make sure that people in the diaspora vote in 2023.Mafume told the Daily News that his party will app...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 05:31hrs | 227 | by Staff reporter
Harare blows millions on bloated trips
THE cash-strapped Harare City Council (HCC) has splurged ZW$1,6 million and US$69 000 on local and foreign travel at a time it is battling to provide treated water and other essential services to resi...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 05:23hrs | 142 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa MDC staffs Harare Council jobs with relatives?
Harare City Council has been caught in a nepotism storm after it emerged that councillors in the city could be seconding their relatives for jobs in various departments, leaving a trail of similar nam...Published: 07 Oct 2019 at 09:13hrs | 2102 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: MDC Alliance national spokesman visits ZBC Pockets Hill
MDC Alliance national spokesman and Hwange legislator Mr. Daniel Molokele recently visited the ZBC's Pockets Hill headquarters as part of the opposition party's on-going engagement with media houses. ...Published: 05 Oct 2019 at 10:50hrs | 342 | by Staff reporter
Ziyambi headlines human rights forum
Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi will be the guest speaker at a high-powered human rights discussion forum to be held in Harare on October 10 at Harry Margolis Hall in Milton Park. The event o...Published: 03 Oct 2019 at 07:58hrs | 317 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: Armed police surround MDC offices
Armed Police in Harare have surrounded the offices of opposition MDC ahead of its 20th Anniversary celebrations set for Saturday. The police are reported to have taken over the roads sur...Published: 28 Sep 2019 at 10:50hrs | 3960 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Voters are under siege from Zanu PF, MDC will educate them come 2023' - new excuse for participating again
The root cause of Zimbabwe's devastating economic meltdown is the country's failure to remove this corrupt and incompetent Zanu PF dictatorship from office. Ever since our independence in 1980, Zanu P...Published: 25 Sep 2019 at 08:32hrs | 885 | by Nomusa Garikai
Zaka East headmen back Zanu-PF candidate
TWO traditional leaders in Zaka East, Masvingo Province defied the Constitution in the just-ended parliamentary by-election by openly declaring allegiance to the ruling Zanu-PF and intimidating voters...Published: 24 Sep 2019 at 08:32hrs | 425 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC defends pathetic rural electoral show
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC has justified its perennial poor electoral performance in rural areas across the country, accusing Zanu-PF of using State resources, particularly food aid to manipulate rura...Published: 24 Sep 2019 at 08:28hrs | 1529 | by Staff reporter
Knives out for MDC leader
MDC elections Boss Jacob Mafume is under fire for failing to coordinate the party to win various by elections held recently, media house proprietor Brighton Musonza has alleged. Said Musonza, ...Published: 23 Sep 2019 at 14:22hrs | 5577 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Whodunnit? And Why?
Two of the country's dumbest and dummest criminals — Alexio Chibwana and Obvious Tembo — will not only be in the slammer for the next two years, but they will definitely be immortalised ...Published: 22 Sep 2019 at 09:25hrs | 383 | by Bishop Lazi
Tsvangirai's son wins Glen View South by election
FORMER Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's son Vincent won the right to represent Glen View South in the National Assembly after beating Zanu-PF candidate Offard Muchuwe by close to 2000 votes in Satur...Published: 09 Sep 2019 at 06:32hrs | 1806 | by newzimbabwe
Mixed reactions to Mugabe death
ZIMBABWEANS and political leaders from across the globe yesterday expressed mixed reactions to news of the death of former President Robert Mugabe, with some describing him as a judicious leader while...Published: 07 Sep 2019 at 09:11hrs | 515 | by Staff reporter
Lies run sprints, truth runs marathons
They say time heals even the deepest of scars, but not for Bishop Lazarus.And they say everything — absolutely everything and anything — has a price, but not this man of scripture and pray...Published: 01 Sep 2019 at 14:33hrs | 97 | by Bishop Lazi
Sekai Holland attacked for defending 'home boy' Mnangagwa
Zimbabwe People First spokesperson Jealousy Mawarire has attacked former minister Sekai Holland for dismissing allegations that MDC Alliance youth leader Obey Sithole was almost abducted by state secu...Published: 27 Aug 2019 at 17:47hrs | 5031 | by Staff Reporter
Glen View new battlefield for Chamisa, Mnangagwa
THE two main political parties, Zanu-PF and the MDC, have turned their rivalry to the Glen View South constituency by-election amid allegations of vote-buying, intimidation and financial warfare....Published: 26 Aug 2019 at 07:07hrs | 1616 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa will never dance to Mnangagwa's tune
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa will not be part of the Political Actors Dialogue convened by President Emmerson Mnangagwa with the party describing the process as an out of tune choir. Mna...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 10:03hrs | 4257 | by Staff Reporter
'Zimbabwe opposition must revisit campaign strategies'
POLITICAL think-tank, Local Solutions Council (LSC), has urged the opposition to re-look its electioneering strategies in rural areas to avoid continuous thumping by the ruling Zanu-PF party.L...Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 08:04hrs | 197 | by Staff reporter
MDC run Harare city's 2018 audit in jeopardy
The Harare City Council's 2018 external audit lies in limbo amid a row between the local authority and BIQ billing software developer over a US$75 000 debt. This has jeopardised the city's chances of ...Published: 08 Aug 2019 at 07:54hrs | 420 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu wins it for Zanu-PF in Lupane
ZANU-PF supporters in Lupane have attributed their clean sweep in two local authority by-elections and a parliamentary vote held on Saturday in Matabeleland North to Obert Mpofu the party's secretary ...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 20:02hrs | 8086 | by Ndou Paul
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF thrash Chamisa's MDC in Lupane by-election
Zanu-PF had a clean sweep in two local authority by-elections and a parliamentary vote held on Saturday in Matabeleland North.Mthandazo Dube was confirmed winner as Zanu-PF held on to the Lupa...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 19:21hrs | 2699 | by ZimLive
Mugabe spokesperson calls for army involvement in Zimbabwe's multi-party dialogue
NATIONAL Patriotic Front and ex-President Robert Mugabe's spokesperson Jealousy Mawarire has urged the direct involvement of the country's military in proposed national dialogue processes widely belie...Published: 03 Aug 2019 at 09:48hrs | 995 | by newzimbabwe
Chamisa ally escape 'abduction'
MDC top officials, among them secretary for elections Jacob Mafume and youth leader Obey Sithole, were reportedly attacked by unknown assailants suspected to be State operatives on Wednesday evening i...Published: 02 Aug 2019 at 08:07hrs | 3314 | by Staff reporter
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