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Chamisa nominations, a case of false assurance ahead of congress
As the MDC elective congress draws near, there seems to be a sense of assurance among the Nelson Chamisa camp with all but one province still to nominate him to stand uncontested as the party's Presid...Published: 19 hrs ago | 1475 | by Claver Nyuki
MDC national elective Congress 2019: Biti-Ncube rebirth or death
Less than a month to the MDC crunch congress slated for Gweru, a lot is happening within the mainstream opposition outfit as the jostle for positions heats up. Interim party President Advocate & p...Published: 24 Apr 2019 at 08:19hrs | 1725 | by Benny Gudo
Zec warms up for 2023 polls
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commissioner has started warming up for the 2023 harmonised elections by convening a national multi-stakeholder conference aimed at reflecting at the July 30, 2018 general polls...Published: 23 Apr 2019 at 07:06hrs | 929 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa faces VPs Dilemma
OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa is in a dilemma over MDC's three posts of vice president as women are pushing for one of the posts to be reserved for them ahead of next month's congress.While...Published: 22 Apr 2019 at 17:10hrs | 688 | by Staff reporter
Credible team and sound advice ahead of Elective Congress
Those who have been consistent from 1999, are likely to be beneficiaries of this congress, and secondly off course the Chamisa factor. The Chamisa factor plays a pivotal role on the basis of selection...Published: 20 Apr 2019 at 08:12hrs | 408 | by A big Easter by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
'The wage of sin is death' Linda Masarira says
The wage of sin is death and one reaps what he or she sows- these have been the adages that have made so many people in Zimbabwe and in Africa at large to invest much of their energy results i.e the h...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 10:53hrs | 2366 | by Linda Masarira
Mwonzora & MDC Guptas' untimely political menopause
I suffered a psychological stroke upon receiving news of the defeat of Hon Mwonzora in his Sakubva home ground. The defeat of Hon Mwonzora in Manicaland should not be taken for granted. Politica...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 09:02hrs | 1957 | by Don Chigumba
Zanu-PF eyes win
Zanu-PF secretary for Finance Patrick Chinamasa has urged the people of Mutasa Central Ward 10 to vote for the ruling party's candidate in the forthcoming by-election. Chinamasa said people fr...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 06:58hrs | 294 | by Staff reporter
Gutu to go into self-exile if Chamisa becomes Zimbabwe President
MDC-T vice president Obert Gutu has threatened to go into self-exile if MDC president Nelson Chamisa ever becomes the president of Zimbabwe. Gutu is quoted as saying: "I'm a principled...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 18:36hrs | 5225 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Mwonzora armtwisted to support Chamisa
MDC Secretary General Douglas Mwonzora has done a U-turn form contesting the Presidency of the party but said he is not focused on securing the Office of the Secretary General.Mwonzora who has...Published: 15 Apr 2019 at 10:51hrs | 2498 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Violence & compensation of political violence
Compensation for political violence is the greatest apology but should not be done in a segregatory manor. Compensating white farmers is welcome and so should be the Gukurahundi victims. It looks a se...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 19:32hrs | 381 | by Clement Moyo (Mr)
It's a wrong turn Zimbabwe
We "was" robbed, were we not? Well this must be the pervading feeling among Zimbabweans, or at least those who marched to remove Robert Mugabe only to replace him with his long-time enforcer and protĂ...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 15:44hrs | 624 | by Hon Cris
Zimbabwe Army Generals read riot act to Mnangagwa, as he privately offers to resign as President
The game is all but over for President Emmerson Mnangagwa's young presidency, as hardline army generals are reportedly said to have read the riot act to him, over a sheaf of serious issues caused by h...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 06:54hrs | 24988 | by Itai Mushekwe/Nancy Mabaya/Malvin Motsi
Chamisa's dictatorial traits laid bare
MDC ALLIANCE leader Mr Nelson Chamisa on Monday laid bare his dictatorial traits as he read the riot act to the party's Bulawayo structures to the point of threatening to shut them out of the party's ...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 06:39hrs | 3505 | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Cyclone Idai donations thieving cop gets bail
A HARARE police officer, who on Monday appeared at the Rusape Magistrates Court charged with stealing foodstuffs donated to victims of Cyclone Idai in Manicaland, has been granted $200 bail and remand...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 07:02hrs | 1044 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC, Zanu-PF politicising Cyclone Idai relief aid distribution
THE Thokozani Khupe led MDC-T has accused Zanu-PF and MDC Alliance of politicising Cyclone Idai relief aid in Chimanimani and other parts of Manicaland which were hit by the whether induced catastroph...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 07:30hrs | 790 | by newzimbabwe
Linda Masarira declines political offers
Ousted MDC-T Spokesperson Linda Masarira has announced that she is not accepting any offer from political parties who are trying to poach her after she was fired for wearing ZANU PF regalia. "...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 06:34hrs | 2447 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa a Fisher of Men, of Mwonzora and Fissures of Men
The African National Congress went into the Mangaung congress in 2012 deeply wounded because of consistent corruption scandals by figures in the national leadership. Jacob Zuma's political stock had d...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 15:32hrs | 2872 | by Robert Sigauke
Khupe vows to continue dialogue with Mnangagwa
THE MDC-T led by former Deputy Prime Minister Thokozani Khupe, has said it will continue participating in dialogue meetings with President Emmerson Mnangagwa not because they support the present gover...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 13:54hrs | 962 | by Staff reporter
'Intra-party violence fomenting split'
THE intra-party violence rocking the main MDC party ahead of its May congress might cause the party to split if history is anything to go by, analysts contend.Reports coming from the provinces...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 12:36hrs | 601 | by Maxwell Sibanda
Khupe throws weight behind Mnangagwa
THE MDC-T breakaway faction led by Thokozani Khupe has endorsed President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government as legitimate, throwing its full weight behind national dialogue meetings being championed by ...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 12:30hrs | 853 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa a Fisher of Men, of Mwonzora and Fissures of Men
The African National Congress went into the Mangaung congress in 2012 deeply wounded because of consistent corruption scandals by figures in the national leadership. Jacob Zuma's political stock had d...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 12:11hrs | 681 | by Robert Sigauke
'A woman to become next Zimbabwe President'
A prominent Harare based clergyman Bishop CB Motondo of Grace Fellowship Ministries has repeated his prophecy which says Zimbabwe should brace itself for a female President. This prophecy was ...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 08:45hrs | 10998 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Khupe endorses Mnangagwa legitimacy
THE MDC-T breakaway faction led by Thokozani Khupe has endorsed President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government as legitimate, throwing its full weight behind national dialogue meetings being championed by ...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 07:13hrs | 1073 | by Staff reporter
How Mnangagwa won Zimbabwe's landmark elections
ON August 1, following the announcement of the parliamentary election results in Zimbabwe, which saw Emmerson Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF winning a clear majority, opposition MDC Alliance supporters held a de...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 06:45hrs | 3483 | by Al Jazeera
Mnangagwa is a smiling merchant of death
FORMER Deputy Prime Minister, Thokozani Khupe might have been left in a sticky situation after his MDC-T party national chairman Abedinico Bhebhe compared President Emmerson Mnangagwa to his predecess...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 08:40hrs | 2797 | by newzimbabwe
Chamisa secures Mudzuri's backing
MDC vice president Elias Mudzuri will not be contesting Nelson Chamisa for the top party office as had been widely expected, after the two politicians agreed to work together to reduce tensions in ...Published: 06 Apr 2019 at 16:26hrs | 11700 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa charms poll losers
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has won the hearts of smaller opposition parties that sang him praises here on Thursday after they were flown to the disaster-ravaged area to appreciate the magnitude of t...Published: 06 Apr 2019 at 16:24hrs | 922 | by Staff rpeorter
'Clique from Matabeleland trying to make the MDC-T a tribal party'
EXPELLED MDC-T spokesperson Linda Masarira has warned that the Thokozani Khupe-led opposition party risks disintegrating, accusing the faction of favouring men ahead of their female counterparts....Published: 06 Apr 2019 at 07:57hrs | 1328 | 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 | 1140 | by Staff reporter
Intra-party hostilities sink Chamisa's MDC at polls
THE defeat of the MDC Alliance in last weekend's Ward 28 council by-election in Cowdray Park, Bulawayo, to Zanu-PF is symptomatic of the problems bedeviling the country's biggest opposition party, whi...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 10:02hrs | 1402 | by Staff reporter
Khupe and Chamisa are similar, says Masarira
Former MDC-T spokesperson Linda Masarira who was fired by party president Thozokani Khupe has turned against her former boss.Masarira was on Wednesday shown the exit door by Khupe after she wa...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 07:54hrs | 3118 | by Staff reporter
Temba Mliswa invites Linda Masarira
Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa has invited under fire former MDC-T Spokesperson Linda Masarira to join him in the opposition ranks as an Independent politician without any attachment to a po...Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 20:59hrs | 3818 | by Mandla Ndlovu
MDC Congress: Internal party violence rears its ugly head
The battle for the top leadership posts within the MDC Alliance ahead of the elective congress pencilled for 24 to 26 May has reached a crescendo with officials trying to outwit each other by unleashi...Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 14:07hrs | 1185 | by Christine Lethokuhle Mabhena
Mnangagwa, Thokozani Khupe go together to Chimanimani
President Emmerson Mnangagwa accompanied by leaders of different political parties arrived for a tour in the disaster-hit areas in Chimanimani District of Manicaland on Thursday.ZANU PF Patrio...Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 11:28hrs | 5206 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa, small political parties visit cyclone disaster areas
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is in Manicaland together with members of other political parties who are visiting Chimanimani and Chipinge in an effort to increase the level of assistance to cyclone Ida...Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 11:14hrs | 1574 | by Staff reporter
Khupe fires party spokesperson over Zanu-PF regalia
The Thokozani Khupe-led MDC-T has expelled its spokesperson, Linda Masarira, on allegations of bringing the party's name into disrepute and aligning herself with the rival Zanu-PF party.A part...Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 06:52hrs | 2415 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's deception triggers violence
If there is any Zimbabwean politician who reads religiously Niccolò Machiavelli's "bible", The Prince, it has to be MDC-Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa. Chamisa has personified Machiavelli's imagery o...Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 08:16hrs | 1493 | by Editorial - The Herald
MDC-Alliance congress exposes log in party's eye
Time has an uncanny habit of exposing hypocrisy, and often times, vindicating formally perceived villains. It is a double-edged sword. In Zimbabwe, time has helped us unravel the duplicitous behaviour...Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 07:59hrs | 442 | by Philemon Mutedzi
Of a book on democracy and democracy hypocrites
Last week MDC Alliance leader, Nelson Chamisa was on cloud nine when he officially co-launched with former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo the book, Democracy Works – Re-wiring politics to Afr...Published: 01 Apr 2019 at 13:44hrs | 893 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Mwonzora is a friendly but difficult opponent
AS THE eagerly-anticipated MDC congress looms large, alliances, vitriol and realignments are taking centre stage in the country's largest opposition movement.Deputy Chief Writer Tendai Kamhung...Published: 31 Mar 2019 at 16:45hrs | 3606 | by Staff reporter
'Tsvangirai turning in his grave'
RESPECTED MDC secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora says the main opposition party's revered late founding leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, is probably turning in his grave because of the toxic politics obtain...Published: 31 Mar 2019 at 16:09hrs | 4227 | by Staff reporter
Low turnout mars Bulawayo ward 28 election
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has said yesterday's Ward 28 (Cowdray Park) by-election in Bulawayo went well although it was characterised by lower voter turnout.The by-election was m...Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 22:59hrs | 1043 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa taps ex-MDC MP for role as ambassador
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has picked former MDC MP for Mabvuku-Tafara James Maridadi for a role as an ambassador in a move likely to torch debate in the country's political circles.Maridadi...Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 17:28hrs | 2072 | by newzimbabwe
18 candidates for Bulawayo's Ward 28 by-election
There are 18 candidates contesting for the Bulawayo Ward 28 (Cowdray Park) by-election that is scheduled for Saturday, March 30 in Zimbabwe.The councillor position for Bulawayo Ward 28 (Cowdra...Published: 29 Mar 2019 at 06:31hrs | 2236 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland civic groups 'sells-out' to Mnangagwa?
MATEBELELAND based civic groups have rowed bitterly over a recent decision by a section of them to meet President Emmerson Mnangagwa who is largely a resented figure in the region because of his role ...Published: 29 Mar 2019 at 06:13hrs | 1145 | by newzimbabwe
Masarira must explain Zanu-PF regalia picture
The Thokozani Khupe-led MDC-T has said it is probing why its national spokesperson Linda Masarira was pictured wearing Zanu-PF regalia.All registered political parties in Zimbabwe have paraphe...Published: 28 Mar 2019 at 12:58hrs | 1360 | by Staff reporter
Linda Masarira responds on being called a ZANU PF supporter
The Spokesperson of the Thokozani Khupe led MDC-T Linda Masarira says she is unmoved by people who are accusing her of being a ZANU PF supporter and spreading her pictures on social media wearing a ZA...Published: 28 Mar 2019 at 09:38hrs | 4587 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Khupe's MDC-T probes spokesperson over Zanu-PF regalia
The Thokozani Khupe-led MDC-T has said it is probing why its national spokesperson Linda Masarira was pictured wearing Zanu-PF regalia.All registered political parties in Zimbabwe have paraphe...Published: 28 Mar 2019 at 07:52hrs | 4650 | by Staff reporter
Machete murder at Bulawayo nightclub
A gold panner (17) from Cowdray Park suburb was brutally hacked to death with a machete at a night club in Bulawayo. Bornwell Ndlovu allegedly attacked Talent Sibanda with the machete a few me...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 22:46hrs | 3360 | by Staff reporter
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