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Zanu-PF in Lupane East vote buying storm
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF party has been sucked into a vote buying storm, after a letter in which Health Minister Obadiah Moyo agreed to restock clinics in Lupane East constituency ahead ...Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 12:42hrs | 758 | by newzimbabwe
Zanu-PF wins Nyanga and Bikita by-elections
THE ruling Zanu-PF has wrestled the Nyanga South ward 26 seat from the MDC Alliance in a by-election which was held Saturday and retained Bikita Rural District Council ward 31 on the same day....Published: 14 Jul 2019 at 12:38hrs | 875 | by newzimbabwe
MDC confident of winning Bikita by-election
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC has urged the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to guard against all electoral malpractices, including vote rigging during the Bikita ward 31 by-by-election set for today,...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 08:11hrs | 278 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt told to prioritise electoral reforms
The government needs to prioritise electoral reforms and deepen democratic institutions and not to just focus on the failing economy, leaving out key areas such as democracy and critical electoral ref...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 20:44hrs | 1596 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa rescues congress losers
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday fished his political nemesis from the political dustbin when he appointed former party vice-presidents Morgen Komichi, Elias Mudzuri and former secretary-general Do...Published: 20 Jun 2019 at 07:57hrs | 1451 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa gives Mwonzora a junior position
Information that has leaked from Harare indicate the MDC leader Nelson Chamisa's National Council has appointed individuals who shall occupy the all powerful National Executive Council. Of not...Published: 19 Jun 2019 at 18:30hrs | 15616 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa 'reloads' Zimbabwe rescue plan
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC national council is scheduled to meet today to finalise the party's blueprint dubbed "Reload", which spells out a plan to immediately set up a transitional authority to resc...Published: 19 Jun 2019 at 07:41hrs | 3146 | by Staff reporter
MDC bigwig crashes his Toyota Hilux
On Monday this week, the MDC said its chairman for Matabeleland South Solani Moyo had crashed his vehicle, a Toyota Hilux, while travelling from rural Plumtree to Bulawayo. He is in a stable c...Published: 18 Jun 2019 at 19:27hrs | 5826 | by Staff reporter
Khupe, demos top Chamisa MDC agenda
The MDC will tomorrow convene a special national council meeting to deal with issues agreed on and ratified at congress in Gweru last month, but are yet to be implemented.Top of the agenda are...Published: 18 Jun 2019 at 08:07hrs | 3974 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa invites CVs for shadow cabinet
OVER 500 party faithful are seeking appointment into the opposition Movement for Democratic Change's national executive and standing committees, officials said yesterday.Party leader Nelson Ch...Published: 17 Jun 2019 at 09:45hrs | 3999 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa out of touch with reality'
The opposition MDC has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of being divorced from reality, claiming his views and understanding of the situation obtaining on the ground do no tally with the current s...Published: 17 Jun 2019 at 09:23hrs | 785 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa will not massage Mnangagwa's ego
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa will not join President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD) just to massage the Zanu-PF frontman's ego.Reacting to Mnangagwa's comments made in an ...Published: 16 Jun 2019 at 20:27hrs | 1233 | by newzimbabwe
Chamisa's protests unstoppable
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC party yesterday dismissed threats by Zanu-PF youths to counter their demonstrations, saying the ruling party had no mandate to stop their constitutional right to protest....Published: 15 Jun 2019 at 21:36hrs | 4418 | by Staff reporter
Khaya Moyo accuse Biti of demonising the country
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's push for foreign investment is not attracting serious attention because of corruption and the failure to deal decisively with the vice, the ruling Zanu-PF has admitted....Published: 09 Jun 2019 at 12:31hrs | 3644 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa goes after Khupe
OPPOSITION MDC leader Nelson Chamisa, still basking in the glory of a fresh mandate given to him at the party congress last month, has rekindled his fight to effectively bar former vice-president Thok...Published: 09 Jun 2019 at 09:48hrs | 6380 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe treason trials raise fears of relapse to Mugabe years
Twenty people have been charged with treason since the beginning of the year, prompting critics to draw parallels between President Emmerson Mnangagwa's rule with that of his predecessor Robert Mugabe...Published: 09 Jun 2019 at 09:37hrs | 521 | by Staff reporter
Abduction dents EU - Zimbabwe talks
SUSPECTED security agents allegedly abducted and tortured Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) leader Obert Masaraure for leading a teachers' strike, dealing a blow to President Emmers...Published: 07 Jun 2019 at 19:57hrs | 1711 | by Staff reporter
Abductions and torture on the rise
The MDC condemns in the strongest terms the abduction and brutalising of ARTUZ leader, Obert Masaraure by suspected state security operatives.A State which perpetrates violence on men and wome...Published: 06 Jun 2019 at 12:39hrs | 1118 | by Jacob Mafume
Mnangagwa putting Zimbabwe under an undeclared 'state of emergency'
THE main opposition MDC has accused government of putting the country under an undeclared state of emergency, with security forces virtually camped in cities and high-density suburbs.MDC spoke...Published: 05 Jun 2019 at 11:22hrs | 1627 | by Staff reporter
MDC calls for Extra Ordinary Congress
In a counter-hegemonic move to fight the Newly elected Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Nelson Chamisa, Former MDC-T Councillor Warship Dumba who is also a member of the Defending Morgan Ts...Published: 04 Jun 2019 at 16:59hrs | 5699 | by Open Parly
Government threaten security of citizens
Recent developments in the country have exposed a failed government that is running scared of citizens' demands to be governed differently and effectively.The country is effectively on militar...Published: 04 Jun 2019 at 15:04hrs | 1585 | by Jacob Mafume
Food price hikes an indictment on Zanu PF
The MDC notes with concern the unabated price hikes especially on basic food stuffs. An announcement by the Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe highlights steep increases of rice, maize meal and flo...Published: 04 Jun 2019 at 14:56hrs | 1548 | by Jacob Mafume
Fresh headache for Chamisa
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa faces a delicate balancing act of making critical appointments to serve in his top party decision-making body, the national standing committee, amid jostling and lobbying by ...Published: 04 Jun 2019 at 07:19hrs | 7553 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa sweats over posts for 'losing' bigwigs
MDC Alliance leader, Mr Nelson Chamisa is sweating over how to accommodate losing party bigwigs who fell by the wayside in the just ended party congress. The congress claimed the scalp of severa...Published: 04 Jun 2019 at 07:11hrs | 2144 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MPs' Dabengwa rebuff ignites anger
OPPOSITION political parties, war veterans and civic society organisations yesterday rapped Zanu-PF legislators for refusing to observe a minute of silence in honour of the late Zipra intelligence sup...Published: 30 May 2019 at 07:53hrs | 1921 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa to throw lifeline to fallen bigwigs
Reports indicate that MDC president Nelson Chamisa is set to throw a lifeline to party bigwigs sidelined during last weekend's elective Congress held in Gweru's Ascot Stadium.Chamisa has the p...Published: 29 May 2019 at 16:04hrs | 4820 | by Staff reporter
Logistical nightmare cast doubt on MDC congress credibility
THE just-ended MDC congress was a logistical nightmare, with the party failing to meet set timelines and pushing voting into the dead of the night.Already, knives are out for organising secret...Published: 29 May 2019 at 08:05hrs | 962 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe transitional authority long overdue: MDC
Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni torched a storm when he graced and addressed the MDC congress in Gweru on Saturday. The chief criticised the Zanu-PF government and Judiciary for failing the nation whic...Published: 27 May 2019 at 06:40hrs | 2423 | by Staff reporter
MDC voting process hit by chaos
The voting process at the MDC elective congress in Gweru began on a chaotic note amid indications that several eligible voters left the venue before casting their ballots due to the slow process....Published: 26 May 2019 at 20:28hrs | 2041 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC meets to endorse him
Zimbabwe's main opposition this weekend is expected to elect Nelson Chamisa as its next president in its first congress since the death of its revered founder, Morgan Tsvangirai.The Movement f...Published: 25 May 2019 at 08:40hrs | 4018 | by AFP
Welshman Ncube 'buys' votes with 10 beasts for MDC congress
MDC deputy president Welshman Ncube has donated 10 heifers to feed delegates at the MDC congress which roars into life today in the Midlands capital, Gweru.The former Industry minister who hai...Published: 24 May 2019 at 06:45hrs | 1799 | by Staff reporter
Bid to stop Chamisa's congress
ANOTHER MDC official from Gokwe has filed an urgent chamber application to stop party leader Nelson Chamisa from holding an elective congress that is due to start tomorrow in Gweru.Maureen Taw...Published: 23 May 2019 at 19:23hrs | 1493 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC paints Gweru red
GWERU lodges and hotels are fully booked ahead of the MDC elective congress this week to decide the party's leadership.The City of Progress, as Gweru likes to call itself, will host 6 200 MDC ...Published: 23 May 2019 at 19:22hrs | 2009 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC still to appeal High Court ruling
LAWYERS representing Nelson Chamisa's MDC have reportedly urged the party to go ahead with its elective congress this week regardless of a recent High Court order which urged them to turn it into an e...Published: 22 May 2019 at 16:12hrs | 2885 | by Staff reporter
Feja Feja policies render thousands stranded in the CBD
The MDC is concerned with how the transport situation has deteriorated over the past few days due to Zanu PF's incompetency, inconsistency and inability to make the right decisions.A country r...Published: 22 May 2019 at 11:10hrs | 3681 | by Jacob Mafume
Voting influenced by slate will result in a weak MDC
As Congress temperatures reach heatwave levels,it is time I urge caution,forensic,intrinsic,none greed action so we help build a balanced,human resource with substance and attraction,not the cheap who...Published: 22 May 2019 at 07:23hrs | 1287 | by Isaac Mupinyuri
Zanu-PF dismisses MDC-Alliance claims
Zanu-PF has dismissed claims by MDC-Alliance that the ruling party is interfering with the latter's congress preparations.In a statement yesterday, the revolutionary party's secretary for Info...Published: 21 May 2019 at 06:14hrs | 1568 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's congress hit by cash crunch
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC has been hit by a financial squeeze which has forced it to dig deeper into members' pockets to fund travel, food and accommodation costs for its over 6 000 congress delegate...Published: 18 May 2019 at 10:03hrs | 2238 | by Staff reporter
The Herald falsehoods exposed, claims Newsday
ALPHA Media Holdings (AMH) has castigated The Herald for abusing and forsaking the tenets of journalism in a desperate attempt to soil the image of NewsDay.This followed a malicious and false ...Published: 18 May 2019 at 09:59hrs | 875 | by Staff reporter
Desperate Zanu-PF creating conspiracy theories
The MDC places it on record that President Chamisa has not received any reports about any civil disobedience trainings.The President only receives reports from party organs and his staff. We a...Published: 18 May 2019 at 08:50hrs | 690 | by Jacob Mafume
'Mnangagwa dialogue waste of time'
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC yesterday poured cold water on the political dialogue to be officially launched today by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, describing the process as a waste of State resources....Published: 17 May 2019 at 17:29hrs | 4035 | by Staff reporter
MDC MPs slap government with US$20 000 lawsuit
Three MDC Members of Parliament Lynette Karenyi, Thabitha Khumalo and Amos Chibaya have slapped governement with lawsuit demanding more than $20 000 as compensation for violation of fundamental rights...Published: 17 May 2019 at 12:24hrs | 3942 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa promises 'fireworks' after-congress
MDC president Nelson Chamisa yesterday described next week's elective congress as the defining moment for the party, saying it will usher in a radical shift in their way of doing business, moving away...Published: 16 May 2019 at 17:52hrs | 5460 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC condemns Chief Ndiweni's attack
The Advocate Nelson Chamisa led MDC has issued a statement condemning the attacks on Chief Ndiweni by members of the President Emmerson Mnangagwa administration. Party Spokesperson Jacob...Published: 16 May 2019 at 14:51hrs | 5698 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa fails to douse Bulawayo factional flames
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC national leadership on Monday failed to douse factional flames in Bulawayo, where a section of disgruntled party members is demanding a re-run of the provincial congress, ci...Published: 16 May 2019 at 07:07hrs | 1704 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa mourns with MDC Alliance
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has mourned the death of two MDC-Alliance activists killed when the vehicle they were travelling in collided head-on with another vehicle on the outskirts of Kwekwe city on Monday ...Published: 15 May 2019 at 07:40hrs | 1043 | by Staff reporter
MDC mourns the passing on of Rukanda, Mhundwa
The MDC expresses its heartfelt condolences to the Rukanda and Mhundwa families in particular and the MDC family in general, for the sad loss of Paul Rukanda and Tafadzwa Mhundwa in a tragic accident ...Published: 14 May 2019 at 12:50hrs | 2748 | by Jacob Mafume
Tsvangirai's daughter in horrific car crash, 2 dead
Vimbai Java, daughter to late MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai and Glen View South MP, was admitted at Kwekwe Hospital late Monday, after the car in which she and three other party officials were travelin...Published: 14 May 2019 at 08:12hrs | 11846 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa gets hostile reception in Bulawayo
DISGRUNTLED MDC Alliance officials in Bulawayo yesterday gave their leader Mr Nelson Chamisa a hostile reception to the city by painting graffiti at the party's provincial offices denigrating him for ...Published: 14 May 2019 at 07:40hrs | 3323 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Tsvangirai's daughter in horror crash
Former Prime Minister and late MDC-T president Morgan Tsvangirai's daughter Vimbai Tsvangirai-Java was last night involved in a head-on accident in kwekwe.A family member yesterday told Bulawa...Published: 14 May 2019 at 06:42hrs | 11029 | by Methusi Ncube
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