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Chamisa ignores Supreme Court ruling
OPPOSITION MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has ignored the Supreme Court ruling and will remain focused on fighting the spread of COVID-19 instead of dealing with people in "political grief" after losing at...Published: 6 hrs ago | 4249 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's police lock down Chamisa's HQ
POLICE yesterday besieged the opposition MDC headquarters in Harare, the Morgan Tsvangirai House, and blocked officials from both the Thokozani Khupe-led MDC and those from the Nelson Chamisa-led part...Published: 6 hrs ago | 3357 | by Staff reporter
So much noise about the Supreme Court judgement
Dear MDC-Alliance, Please note I'm not a legal fundi but I strongly believe we have learned and respected judges so I won't dispute the judgement but pause a few layman pointing questions whic...Published: 11 hrs ago | 1769 | by Munya Shumba
Dr Khuphe versus Advocate Chamisa case, a close analysis
Although Dr Khuphe won the above case, it is somewhat not a sweet victory by any measure. Thus because in its ruling, the court instructed MDC T to hold an extra-ordinary Congress to vote for a ...Published: 21 hrs ago | 3275 | by Njabulo
Process vs populism: Unpacking the Supreme Court ruling against Chamisa
Populism without process has turned out to be wholly inadequate for the party of excellence.The judgement is germane to the MDC. MDC-T was a moniker developed to distinguish the Tsvangirai faction...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 15:22hrs | 1943 | by David Hofisi
'Khupe's orders must be followed or else...,' says Mwonzora
REINSTATED MDC secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora has delivered stinging criticism of his long-time nemesis Nelson Chamisa and his allies, saying they faced disciplinary action for failing to comply w...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 14:30hrs | 2348 | by Staff reporter
Khupe can recall MDC MPs
Leading academic and University of Zimbabwe political science lecturer, Eldred Masunungure, says that the MDC is facing significant turmoil.All this comes after the Supreme Court upheld last y...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 14:29hrs | 3377 | by Staff reporter
Khupe's group moves to take charge of MDC-T
FEARS are mounting regarding the future of the MDC, amid warnings from both within and outside the country's main opposition that Tuesday's Supreme Court ruling could have far-reaching implications on...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 14:28hrs | 2177 | by Staff reporter
MDC judgment sets tongues waging
Zimbabweans woke up from their coronavirus slumber to read an ambiguous judgment designed to discredit Nelson Chamisa's MDC-A presidency. The judgment, which was passed a few hours before April Fool's...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 14:28hrs | 936 | by Sibanengi Dube
'MDC leader raped a woman in South Africa...Tsvangirai negotiated his release'
United Kingdom-based Human Rights activist Pedzisayi Ruhanya has alleged that a senior MDC official was arrested in 2011 after raping a cleaner at a hotel in South Africa. In a Twitter thread ...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 09:49hrs | 6807 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa faces disciplinary action, Mwonzora threatens
REINSTATED MDC secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora has delivered stinging criticism of his long-time nemesis Nelson Chamisa and his allies, saying they faced disciplinary action for failing to comply w...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 09:06hrs | 4920 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora, Khupe on collision course
FORMER opposition MDC-T secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora has set himself on a collision course with party leader Thokozani Khupe after blasting the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) platform, where ...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 08:56hrs | 1674 | by Staff reporter
Illegitimate Mnangagwa, illegitimate Chamisa: Country legit?
BY now, the entire nation is aware of the folly of appointing a retired club DJ to be the man in charge of a whole country's healthcare system.It should have been obvious to any self-respecting leader...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 08:53hrs | 3404 | by Muckraker
'Chamisa more worried about COVID-19 menace than politics'
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa's attention is still focused on saving human life in the wake of COVID-19 and any attempt to derail his ambitions to achieve that goal will not succeed.These...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 08:15hrs | 442 | by newzimbabwe
Zanu-PF 'infiltrates' MDC structures in South Africa
ANOTHER breakup is projected for the troubled Zimbabwean official opposition, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC).This follows a Supreme Court ruling ousting Nelson Chamisa as party presi...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 20:36hrs | 3838 | by Agency staff
Zanu-PF will never choose leadership for us - MDC
MDC Alliance, Mashonaland Central province has rubbished the Supreme Court ruling which found that Nelson Chamisa is not the legitimate leader of MD...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 19:41hrs | 3999 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Zimbabwe police lay siege on Chamisa's HQ, as fight for assets brews
POLICE officers are laying siege at the opposition MDC's headquarters in Harare, the Morgan Tsvangirai House, blocking officials from both the Thokozani Khupe-led MDC and those from the Nelson Chamisa...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 18:45hrs | 2865 | by Staff reporter
What the Khupe-Chamisa Supreme Court ruling means
On March 31, 2020, the Supreme Court delivered a unanimous ruling in the seemingly interminable battle over stewardship of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC). In the case of MDC and O...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 13:26hrs | 4639 | by David Hofisi
MDC court ruling adds to confusion
A decision by the Supreme Court of Zimbabwe to strip main opposition leader Nelson Chamisa of his title as the leader of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has fragmented the party instead of se...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 12:36hrs | 2665 | by Shingai Nyoka, BBC News
MDC criticises top court's ruling on Nelson Chamisa
Zimbabwe's top court on Tuesday upheld the decision of a lower court that Nelson Chamisa was not the legitimate leader of the country's largest opposition party.Chamisa's leadership was contes...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 11:53hrs | 736 | by Agency Staff
Alliance executives stampeded to voice their support for Chamisa
MDC Alliance leaders and former office-bearers of the opposition party yesterday rallied behind their beleaguered president Nelson Chamisa after the Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that he had assumed ...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 11:47hrs | 1437 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance leaders rally behind Chamisa
MDC Alliance leaders and former office bearers of the opposition party yesterday rallied behind their beleaguered president Nelson Chamisa after the Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that he had assumed ...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 08:00hrs | 2555 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa court ruling does not affect MDC Alliance'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's regime is deeply concerned about the threat that Nelson Chamisa's MDC Alliance party poses to its hegemony and on Tuesday it went to extraordinary lengths to try to neut...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 07:49hrs | 2491 | by David Coltart
Obert Gutu laughs at Nelson Chamisa
Former MDC-T Vice President Obert Gutu has thrown a jibe at MDC President Nelson Chamisa over the Supreme Court judgment handed down on Tuesday which ordered that Thokozani Khupe is the rightful heir ...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 07:31hrs | 5737 | by Mandla Ndlovu
MDC Alliance's Bulawayo structures back Chamisa
THE MDC Alliance's Bulawayo structures have scorned party leader Nelson Chamisa's ouster in a watershed Supreme Court ruling Tuesday and further expressed unwavering support for the under-fire opposit...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 07:23hrs | 879 | by Staff reporter
Komichi rejected by own Midlands allies
AMBITIOUS top MDC politician, Morgen Komichi has been rejected by his own allies in Midlands Province where he is a party senator.By virtue of having been party deputy chair post MDC-2014 cong...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 07:17hrs | 1526 | by newzimbabwe
Khupe has more to worry over Supreme Court MDC leadership verdict than Chamisa
---- as this could signal end of her political careerThe 31 March 2020 verdict by Zimbabwe's Supreme Court, over the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leadership wrangle, between...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 18:53hrs | 10750 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Chamisa is worse than Coronavirus' says Minister
Deputy Government Spokesperson Dr Energy Mutodi says MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has no respect for the rule of law and behaves like a person worse than the deadly Coronavirus. Mutodi was ...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 18:39hrs | 5001 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Challenging the attempt to remove Nelson Chamisa as MDC president in Zimbabwe
On 30 March, Zimbabwe's Supreme Court has issued a judgement that would effectively remove Nelson Chamisa as the leader of the MDC-A. Although the name of the party is not essential as a new moniker c...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 14:20hrs | 4113 | by David Coltart
Hwende speaks out on defeating Mwonzora for SG post
I am aware of the attempts to legitimize shenanigans of the Khupe group through name throwing and cynical inclusion of some the MDC Alliance leadership myself included.For the avoidance of dou...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 13:41hrs | 2278 | by Chalton Hwende
Mudzuri speaks about Chamisa 'ouster'
"It is an opportunity to deal with the succession issue and to rise above personal egos and ambitions so we unite to win 2023," Mudzuri said Wednesday.MDC Harare Senator, Elias Mudzuri believe...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 13:10hrs | 1984 | by Staff reporter
FULL TEXT: David Coltart speak on Khupe - Chamisa judgment
The Mnangagwa regime is deeply concerned about the threat that Nelson Chamisa's MDC A Party poses to its hegemony and yesterday went to extraordinary lengths to try to neutralise that threat. On the f...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 12:21hrs | 4770 | by David Coltart
MDC Alliance vice president Welshman Ncube agrees with Judges
The MDC Alliance vice president Welshman Ncube has said the judgement by the Supreme Court judges yesterday of Chamisa being not the legitimate leader of the MDC -T.Below is Ncube's statement:...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 11:19hrs | 5986 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Can the judiciary choose for the people?
Zimbabwean politics is a joke and it is now at its rotten state. Politics and judiciary are never near each other. The juduciary consists of lawyers, laws and judges whilst politics has people, ...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 10:01hrs | 786 | by Leonard Koni
Chamisa here to stay - Supreme Court
The Supreme court on Tuesday, while overturning Nelson Chamisa's presidency of the MDC, has acknowledged that the youth ul political remains firmly in control of the party structures, a reality that w...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 09:51hrs | 8030 | by Moyo Roy
Zimbabwe's opposition leader loses party position
Nelson Chamisa remains hugely popular among MDC supportersImage caption: Nelson Chamisa remains hugely popular among MDC supportersZimbabwe's main opposition leader has lost a court appeal to ...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 08:07hrs | 3716 | by Shingai Nyoka, BBC News
Chamisa ouster angry reactions
MDC Alliance and other politicians were Tuesday left fuming over a Supreme Court judgement passed by Chief Justice Luke Malaba declaring as illegitimate, party president Nelson Chamisa's leadership an...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 07:38hrs | 3624 | by newzimbabwe.com
Chamisa ouster is 'null and void'
MDC Alliance secretary-general Chalton Hwende has insisted Tuesday's Supreme Court ruling declaring as illegitimate Nelson Chamisa's leader was null and void, adding the MDC leadership question was lo...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 07:33hrs | 3396 | by Staff reporter
Obert Gutu hints on bouncing back as united MDC-T spokesperson
OBERT Gutu, voted then MDC-T spokesperson during the party's 2014 congress that has been recognised by the courts, says he has no problems taking his job back.Gutu early this year resigned as ...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 07:29hrs | 1129 | by Staff reporter
Welshman Ncube confronted Komichi, Mwonzora on 'the Zanu-PF' strategy
MDC Alliance vice president Welshman Ncube has revealed some intense haggling between politicians linked to Nelson Chamisa on one hand as well as Morgen Komichi and Douglas Mwonzora on the other, rega...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 07:25hrs | 8390 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC leadership ascent 'flawed'
The Supreme Court on Tuesday weighed in on the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leadership dispute, ruling that Nelson Chamisa is not the legitimate leader of the party and confirming an earlier r...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 19:10hrs | 8010 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa edits Twitter account...removes 'MDC President'
MDC-Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has edited his Twitter account removing the title MDC President from his biography. The move comes after the Supreme Court ruled that Chamisa was an ill...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 18:19hrs | 15223 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mutodi tells 'ousted' Chamisa to accept his fate
The Deputy Minister of Information, Media, Publicity and Broadcast services Dr Energy Mutodi and Zanu-PF MP Energy Mutodi has told ousted MDC Alliance leader to accept his fate and allow for the holdi...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 17:44hrs | 4182 | by Staff reporter
Komichi reinstates all MDC mayors fired by Chamisa
MDC-T National Chairman Morgan Komichi has announced that the party has reinstated all the Mayors that were recalled during the times when Nelson Chamisa was the leader of the party. ...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 17:27hrs | 6584 | by Mandla Ndlovu
BREAKING: Chamisa removed as President of MDC
The Supreme Court of Zimbabwe has ruled the MDC leader Nelson Chamisa is not the legitimate President of the party.The judgment was handed down on Tuesday afternoon in Harare. The upper court ...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 15:04hrs | 7275 | by Mandla Ndlovu
PHOTOS: Police besiege MDC offices...officials barred from entering
Members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police Anti-riot unit besiege the MDC Headquarters in Harare and barred officials from accessing the offices pending a Supreme court judgment to determine th...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 14:55hrs | 2945 | by Mandla Ndlovu
We are prepared to defend the people's movement to the last drop of our blood!
MDC Youth Assembly, has said it is concerned over an unholy alliance between Thokozani Khupe and ZANU PF to destabilize and derail the people's movement using the courts. MDC Youth Assemb...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 13:47hrs | 1291 | by Stephen Jakes
Khupe vs Chamisa judgment to handed down today
MDC-T Acting President Thokozani Khupe has announced that the Supreme Court will, on Tuesday, hand down a judgement that clarify who is the real leader of the opposition party between Khupe and ...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 12:23hrs | 3425 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa suspends top four MDC members
MDC leader, Nelson Chamisa, has suspended four top Masvingo Provincial Executive Assembly members over alleged acts of misconduct, the Harare Post reported.Sources from the Morgan Richard Tsva...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 18:59hrs | 11335 | by Staff reporter
Khupe backs Mnangagwa's lockdown
THE MDC-T has welcomed President Mnangagwa' s decision to put the country on total lockdown beginning tomorrow. In a statement, the Dr Thokozani Khupe-led party said the number of Covid-19 cas...Published: 29 Mar 2020 at 18:57hrs | 560 | by Staff reporter
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