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MDC Alliance factionalism report kept under wraps
THE MDC Alliance is yet to release a report on deeply en-trenched factionalism rocking its Bulawayo structures almost a month after a five-member probe team submitted its findings. The party's...Published: 17 Jul 2021 at 08:02hrs | 1629 | by Staff reporter
Nsukuzonke breaking new ground
PETER Ndlovu, popularly known as Nsunkuzonke, Flying Elephant and Silent Assassin in the football circles, just like former international star Liberian George Weah, has broken new ground.Most ...Published: 12 Jul 2021 at 07:39hrs | 1767 | by Leonard Koni
Peter Ndlovu breaking new grounds
Peter Ndlovu popularly known as Nsunkuzonke, Flying Elephant and Silent Assassin in the football circles just like former international star Liberian George Weah has broken new grounds.Most pe...Published: 10 Jul 2021 at 19:43hrs | 11763 | by Leonard Koni
Chamisa's recalled MPs lose reinstatement bid
Four recalled MDC Alliance lawmakers have lost a High Court challenge against their removal from the legislature after a judge ruled that their case was "fatally ill-conceived and must fail."F...Published: 10 Jul 2021 at 18:22hrs | 2605 | by Staff reporter
Government is in the process of taking over all council health facilities
Government is in the process of taking over all health facilities owned by local authorities as part of a grand plan to ensure standardised service delivery as envisaged by the National Development St...Published: 01 Jul 2021 at 19:16hrs | 1685 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora was planning to 'fight' Chamisa 3 months before 2018 election
Former MDC-T secretary general Douglas Mwonzora was plotting to "fight" party leader Nelson Chamisa three months before the July 2018 elections, leaked chats by former cabinet minister and Zanu-PF off...Published: 25 Jun 2021 at 09:48hrs | 2867 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora 'secret' chats leaked
MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora has been exposed in leaked WhatsApp messages in which he was begging for sponsorship from former Zanu-PF minister Jonathan Moyo to fight MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamis...Published: 24 Jun 2021 at 11:11hrs | 2938 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora 'secret' chats with Jonathan Moyo leaked
MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora has been exposed in leaked WhatsApp messages in which he was begging for sponsorship from former Zanu PF minister Jonathan Moyo to fight MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamis...Published: 24 Jun 2021 at 10:51hrs | 3739 | by Staff Reporter
Chamisa party hints on name change
THE Nelson Chamisa-led opposition MDC Alliance party has indicated that it might change its name to MDC Chamisa after Douglas Mwonzora's MDC-T threatened to contest the 2023 elections as MDC Alliance....Published: 23 Jun 2021 at 08:24hrs | 3457 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF readies for Chinhoyi council by-elections
Zanu-PF Makonde district is gearing up for the forthcoming Chinhoyi council by-elections which are scheduled for a date to be announced, with aspiring candidates now submitting curriculum vitae for ve...Published: 22 Jun 2021 at 16:57hrs | 185 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora begs Mnangagwa to stop by-elections
MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora has reportedly begged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to consider scrapping holding parliamentary and local council by-elections.According to weekend media reports, ...Published: 21 Jun 2021 at 06:00hrs | 1259 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora's 'demands' to Mnangagwa revealed
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa was asked by MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora to consider scrapping pending byelections when the two met under controversial circumstances at State House on June 11, The Stan...Published: 20 Jun 2021 at 07:37hrs | 9326 | by Staff reporter
Fireworks at Mwonzora party meeting
THERE were fireworks at a meeting of opposition party MDC-T's standing committee on Wednesday over allegations of looting of funds by the party's executives.Party deputy spokesperson Khalipani...Published: 18 Jun 2021 at 07:27hrs | 3778 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Mwonzora 'secret' meeting divides MDC-T?
THE opposition MDC-T has been plunged into chaos following a "secret" meeting between its leader Douglas Mwonzora and President Emmerson Mnangagwa, with some officials saying they were not comfortable...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 08:30hrs | 4069 | by Staff reporter
MDC Bulawayo structures in flames
MDC-T Bulawayo province is battling factionalism hardly a month after infighting within its women's wing exposed differences between supporters of party leader Douglas Mwonzora and his deputy Thokozan...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 08:23hrs | 520 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Mwonzora 'secret' meet raises eyebrows
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora on Friday held their first formal meeting since the Manicaland senator became the government's preferred leader of the opposition amid mu...Published: 13 Jun 2021 at 07:29hrs | 5351 | by Staff reporter
2023 polls a race between two horses
THE 2023 harmonised elections outcome will confirm what we already know. All the other presidential candidates will, as in 2018, make up numbers except for Nelson Chamisa and his MDC Alliance party an...Published: 09 Jun 2021 at 07:15hrs | 2189 | by Pardon Maguta
Douglas Mwonzora a rolling stone gathering no moss
He seized Morgan Richard Tsvangirayi House with the help of the army, recalled members of parliament who contested in 2018 and now wants to abandon the once Thokozani Khupe led MDC-T and use MDC-ALLIA...Published: 08 Jun 2021 at 17:12hrs | 899 | by Leonard Koni
Mwonzora rolling stone gathering no moss
HE seized Morgan Richard Tsvangirayi House with the help of the army, recalled members of Parliament who contested in 2018 on an MDC Alliance ticket and now wants to abandon the once Thokozani Khupe-l...Published: 08 Jun 2021 at 06:42hrs | 1904 | by Leonard Koni
Mnangagwa forges ahead with power consolidation agenda
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zanu-PF - which has been setting up grassroots structures at a time the political activity of opposition parties is restricted by Covid-19 regulations - are increasing...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 18:33hrs | 849 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T polling agents still unpaid for 2018 election
MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora is agonising over outstanding allowances owed to thousands of polling agents hired by the party across the country for the disputed 2018 general election.Mwonzora...Published: 26 May 2021 at 16:20hrs | 385 | by Staff reporter
Teenager drowns in council sewage pond
A 15-year-old Phakamani Secondary School pupil from Plumtree town drowned in a council sewage pond on Wednesday while trying to swim, Matabeleland South police have confirmed.Shaun Khuphe, a F...Published: 24 May 2021 at 06:37hrs | 563 | by Staff reporter
History will absolve Mwonzora
MDC-T president Douglas Mwonzora (DM) has often been described as a sellout and likened to Rhodesia-Zimbabwe quisling Bishop Abel Muzorewa.Mwonzora, nicknamed "Mwonzorewa" by critics who are d...Published: 20 May 2021 at 22:15hrs | 2345 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans have come to view constitution not as statement of shared principles but as cudgel with which to attack enemies
Zimbabweans on both the left and the right now view their political opponents not as fellow Zimbabweans with differing views, but as tribal enemies to be vanquished. And they have come to view t...Published: 19 May 2021 at 23:53hrs | 364 | by Mandla Dlamini
Fresh challenge to Mwonzora presidency
EMBATTLED MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora's presidency faces a new threat after the party's United States provincial leadership yesterday resolved to challenge his election in court.US MDC-T pro...Published: 12 May 2021 at 06:48hrs | 5805 | by Staff reporter
Police launch probe into Mwonzora
POLICE have launched investigations into allegations that Douglas Mwonzora stole $6 million from MDC-T coffers in the run-up to the party's elective congress last year, piling pressure on the beleague...Published: 10 May 2021 at 05:35hrs | 6054 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora is Mnangagwa's trusted tool?
FOR President Emmerson Mnangagwa's power consolidation and 2023 presidential election bid to succeed, he desperately needs MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora to be on his side since Zanu-PF no longer comma...Published: 08 May 2021 at 08:53hrs | 1405 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora party implodes?
DOUGLAS Mwonzora's MDC-T formation faces implosion after top executives including his deputy Thokozani Khupe, were ordered to leave the party for recently defying a directive to withdraw financial imp...Published: 07 May 2021 at 06:47hrs | 7715 | by Staff reporter
MPs unite is ruckus call for better wages for teachers - yet none of MPs want free elections, that's a bridge too far
"Zanu-PF and MDC MPs showed rare unity on Tuesday as they combined to demand better salaries for public sector workers who have declared "incapacitation", reported Zimlive."Civil servants are ...Published: 06 May 2021 at 18:46hrs | 477 | by Nomusa Garikai
Zanu-PF, MDC MPs unite over civil servants pay
Zanu-PF and MDC MPs showed rare unity on Tuesday as they combined to demand better salaries for public sector workers who have declared "incapacitation".Civil servants are currently working a ...Published: 06 May 2021 at 12:51hrs | 5978 | by Staff reporter
Sad milestone for Zimbabwe democracy or momentous occasion?
CONSTITUTIONAL Amendment No 2 Bill sailed through Senate yesterday with three MDC-T senators, Piniel Denga, Morgan Femai and Jane Chifamba voting in Zanu-PF's corner to help the ruling party achieve t...Published: 05 May 2021 at 07:34hrs | 1263 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu PF is afraid of Chamisa' - rubbish, it's lure to participate and give vote rigging Zanu PF legitimacy AGAIN
It was the great Physicist, Albert Einstein, who said insanity was doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result.My aunt, whose husband worked at a mental hospital, tol...Published: 04 May 2021 at 07:09hrs | 914 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zanu-PF afraid of Nelson Chamisa
When President Emmerson Mnangagwa grabbed power with the assistance of the military in November 2017, a lot of people were willing to work with him to improve the country's battered image but unfortun...Published: 03 May 2021 at 13:48hrs | 2393 | by Leonard Koni
Chebundo in the eye of a storm as Corruption and Abuse of power exposed
The 2023 campaign begins for Blessing Chebundo with his campaign manager Trythings Mutyandasvika who is a manager at Rainbow Towers. Using his influence at work Trythings Mutyandasvika who bribe...Published: 02 May 2021 at 15:18hrs | 3791 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Why MDC-A must not change its name for by-elections
As embattled President Emmerson Mnangagwa dithers on whether or when to cause the compromised Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to discharge its constitutional obligation to call for the holding of ...Published: 02 May 2021 at 09:39hrs | 1494 | by Jonathan N Moyo
A new hope… President Mwonzora's to do list
With a flood of optimism being poured to the new MDC'T President Douglas Mwonzora from the majority of both the MDC'T standing committee and the supporters at large the young and charismatic leader sh...Published: 01 May 2021 at 10:57hrs | 2325 | by Knowledge Hakata
Mwonzora, Khupe bury hatchet
MDC leader Douglas Mwonzora and his deputy Thokozani Khupe have buried the hatchet and agreed to work together again following months of acrimony triggered by last December's disputed extraordinary co...Published: 30 Apr 2021 at 07:26hrs | 3640 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T supporters dump Mwonzora
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance claims that over 200 opposition activists in Bulawayo who had defected to Douglas Mwonzora's MDC-T had rescinded their decision.This was revealed by MDC All...Published: 28 Apr 2021 at 06:18hrs | 3814 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa talking tough vows sradical shift'
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa apologised Monday on behalf of his party for fielding opportunistic candidates in the last election and vowed a "radical shift" in the 2023 polls.Chamisa lai...Published: 27 Apr 2021 at 08:22hrs | 2381 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora suffers Matabeleland blow
MDC Alliance says leaders of the rival MDC-T in Matabeleland South are tracing their footsteps back to the party after initially joining the Douglas Mwonzora-led outfit.Former MDC Alliance Mat...Published: 25 Apr 2021 at 08:12hrs | 4674 | by Staff reporter
Constitution changes: Understanding the history and motivation
There are extensive deliberations back and forth in May, June and July 2012, resulting in Copac (Constitution Parliamentary Committee) formally adopting a draft national constitution on July 21....Published: 25 Apr 2021 at 07:56hrs | 141 | by Arthur Mutambara
Was Mwonzora part of the plot all along?
CONSTITUTIONAL Amendment No 2 Bill, which seeks to abolish the clause on running mates among 26 others which are enshrined in the Constitutional Amendment (No 20) Act adopted after a referendum in 201...Published: 24 Apr 2021 at 07:12hrs | 2662 | by Staff reporter
'Grace Mugabe was a ghost student'
The third witness in the trial of suspended University of Zimbabwe Vice Chancellor Levi Nyagura has told the court that the former first lady Grace Ntombizodwa Mugabe was a ghost student and appeared ...Published: 23 Apr 2021 at 19:40hrs | 1419 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora in tight spot
EMBATTLED MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora was yesterday battling to douse fires sparked by his decision to whip his MPs to support Zanu-PF-championed constitutional changes that critics say would give P...Published: 22 Apr 2021 at 06:34hrs | 5401 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora faces Khupe rebellion
The National Assembly passed the controversial Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 2 on Tuesday, giving President Emmerson Mnangagwa new sweeping powers to appoint judges without public scrutiny and ext...Published: 21 Apr 2021 at 07:29hrs | 7147 | by Staff reporter
Sexually transmitted leadership will not take us anywhere
My previous article regarding the nomination of Sibangilizwe Nkomo to contest the Zapu presidential candidacy could have come across as too emotional for some people to appreciate my perspective....Published: 21 Apr 2021 at 06:55hrs | 578 | by Nomazulu Thata
Chinotimba wants Job Sikhala appointed Cabinet Minister?
ECCENTRIC Member of Parliament for Buhera South, Joseph Chinotimba (Zanu-PF) has called for more powers to be vested in the hands of President Emmerson Mnangagwa so that he can appoint whoever he want...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 18:01hrs | 4178 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says he is more patriotic than Mnangagwa
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday scoffed at suggestions by President Emmerson Mnangagwa that he was unpatriotic to the country and pandering to the whims of his Western handlers...Published: 19 Apr 2021 at 06:26hrs | 2565 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe opposition must put its house in order
THE opposition's capacity and chance to defeat Zanu-PF in the 2023 elections is being threatened by squabbles in what should be an alternative. The most urgent thing is for the opposition to put its h...Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 16:33hrs | 695 | by Chief Chiduku
Zimbabwe needs viable opposition: EU
HEAD of the European Union (EU) delegation in Zimbabwe, Timo Olkkonen, has said Zimbabwe deserves a viable and people-driven opposition to effectively keep the government under check.Speaking ...Published: 17 Apr 2021 at 09:09hrs | 1255 | by Staff Reporter
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