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Khupe MDC-T ship in troubled waters
THE Thokozani Khupe-led MDCT has plunged further into chaos with Elias Mudzuri, one of the party presidential hopefuls, rubbishing calls by some of the party bigwigs to hold a virtual extraordinary co...Published: 11 hrs ago | 3055 | by Staff reporter
Of Zanu-PF and poisoning
0N August 11, 2017, at a rally in Gwanda, the then Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa fell ill, allegedly after eating ice cream which had been poisoned and spent over a week in South Africa under trea...Published: 11 hrs ago | 587 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe coups: What now for the legacies?
Three months after President Emmerson Mnangagwa deposed Robert Mugabe on November 15, 2017, Nelson Chamisa applied the same template to supplant Thokozani Khupe, ensuring he replaced Morgan Tsvangirai...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 04:54hrs | 322 | by Toendepi Shonhe
Chamisa's councillors in deadlock over posts
BULAWAYO councillors reportedly reached a deadlock over the position on chairperson of the Finance and Development Standing Committee, with a run-off now expected to be held in the next couple of week...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 04:41hrs | 212 | by Staff reporter
Bhebhe fights expulsion from MDC-T at High Court
MDC-T acting national organising secretary Abednico Bhebhe has approached the High Court seeking a review of his expulsion from his party position last week by the national council.MDC-T inter...Published: 21 Nov 2020 at 22:35hrs | 2431 | by AFP
MDC-T Masvingo turns against Khupe, Mwonzora
The Thokozani Khupe led MDC-T Masvingo province has nominated Elias Mudzuri as their presidential candidate for the forthcoming extraordinary congress slatted for December despite there being an inter...Published: 21 Nov 2020 at 22:28hrs | 6894 | by Staff reporter
Khupe mulls virtual congress
THOKOZANI Khupe's MDC-T is mulling holding an online congress to elect a new party leader following the death of its founder Morgan Tsvangirai in February 2018.The party said it could not risk...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 05:43hrs | 3631 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe slowly going down under the new dispensation
The livelihoods of the people of Zimbabwe had been brought back and down to the levels of 1953.For the last fourty years ZANU PF government has lept from one corruption scandal to the other. I...Published: 17 Nov 2020 at 08:52hrs | 5207 | by Leonard Koni
Khupe spokesperson steps down over rape allegations
THE spokesperson for MDC leader Thokozani Khupe, Khaliphani Phugeni has stepped down from his position following allegations of raping an unnamed woman in Bulawayo.Last week, Phugeni, 44, who ...Published: 15 Nov 2020 at 16:17hrs | 2702 | by Staff reporter
Khupe declared winner in MDC-T presidential nomination poll
The independent Election Management Body that conducted MDC-T's provincial presidential nomination election in Bulawayo last week declared interim party leader Thokozani Khupe the winner, despite repo...Published: 15 Nov 2020 at 06:23hrs | 10760 | by Staff reporter
Khupe 'expels' Bhebhe
THE MDC-T says it has expelled its firebrand national organiser Abednico Bhebhe for grossly violating the party's constitution.The party's National Council also resolved that only acting presi...Published: 15 Nov 2020 at 06:18hrs | 2251 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa stuns key associates
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa, pictured, is facing a rebellion from former legislators and councillors who were recently recalled from their positions by Thokozani Khupe - after he ordered them t...Published: 14 Nov 2020 at 21:30hrs | 8909 | by Staff reporter
'Dirty war' erupts in Khupe camp
The MDC-T yesterday expelled one of its top officials as one of the contestants for the party's presidency warned that the race to succeed Morgan Tsvangirai has left the group deeply divided.A...Published: 14 Nov 2020 at 21:28hrs | 2816 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa ally loses Parliament recall challenge
MDC Alliance proportional representative for Bulawayo Metropolitan Province Dorcas Sibanda has lost a bid to challenge her recall from Parliament after the High Court dismissed her application....Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 20:24hrs | 2335 | by Staff reporter
Khupe shifts goalposts ahead of congress
THE Thokozani Khupe-led MDC-T is heading for an implosion after its national standing committee (NSC) resolved to suspend provincial nominations for presidential candidates, and "railroaded" the natio...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 07:45hrs | 9555 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs fresh, able leadership, says Bhebhe
FORMER MDC-T national organising secretary Abednico Bhebhe has said the country should break from the past and commit to the future generations by ending Zanu-PF hold on power.Bhebhe told News...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 05:51hrs | 2857 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's ex-councillor to represent Khupe
A FORMER councillor with Nelson Chamisa's MDC Alliance is set to contest the Kwekwe Central parliamentary by-election on an MDC-T ticket.Mbekezeli Ndlovu served as Kwekwe City Councillor for t...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 18:42hrs | 1684 | by Staff reporter
Congress agents abandon meeting over Khupe 'rigging'
POLLING agents of MDC-T aspiring presidential candidates Saturday boycotted the Bulawayo province Extra Ordinary Congress nomination process citing massive electoral fraud.The MDC-T 2014 Bulaw...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 18:39hrs | 1192 | by Staff reporter
ZEC gazettes 3 MDC-T seats vacancies
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has gazetted vacancies for three more proportional representation National Assembly seats following the recall of legislators by the Dr Thokozani Khupe led MDC-...Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 05:44hrs | 959 | by Staff reporter
Khupe MDC-T spokesperson up for rape
THE Thokozani Khupe-led MDC-T national spokesperson Khaliphani Phugeni has appeared in court facing a rape charge.Phugeni (44) denied the charge of contravening section 65 of the Criminal Law,...Published: 11 Nov 2020 at 13:56hrs | 3528 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe GNU is premised on personal gains'
Opposition FreeZim Congress leader Joseph Makamba Busha has said the country was not ready for a government of national unity (GNU), which he said would serve personal, rather than majority interests....Published: 11 Nov 2020 at 13:54hrs | 918 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Khupe and Mnangagwa must leave politics; the people shall govern
Failed politicians must pack and go! What a breath of fresh air to read your todays article "No single or individual group can stage a revolution on its own".An Alliance of Democratic ...Published: 10 Nov 2020 at 05:56hrs | 4867 | by Nomazulu Thata
Bhebhe trounces Khupe, Mwonzora
MDC-T organising secretary Abednico Bhebhe has reportedly secured Bulawayo nomination for the party presidency after trouncing four other candidates, among them acting president Thokozani Khupe and in...Published: 10 Nov 2020 at 05:53hrs | 18582 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe politicians bank on Biden presidency
ZIMBABWE'S warring political leaders yesterday fell over each other in expressing their readiness to work with United States (US) President-elect Joe Biden, hoping to mend relations between Harare and...Published: 09 Nov 2020 at 06:57hrs | 2895 | by Staff reporter
Gutu apologises for his role in 'satanic sanctions' against Zimbabwe
FORMER MDC-T top official Obert Gutu has issued an apology to Zimbabweans for being part of opposition party politicians who repeatedly called on the West to impose and maintain sanctions on Zimbabwe....Published: 08 Nov 2020 at 08:34hrs | 1970 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe faces tougher Covid-19 lockdown
ZIMBABWE may be forced into implementing more stringent measures, possibly another lockdown, if Covid-19 cases continue to rise, an official has said.The chief coordinator for the National Res...Published: 08 Nov 2020 at 07:14hrs | 1249 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean leaders should heed GNU calls
REPORTS that the MDC led by Thokozani Khupe has started low-level talks with Zanu-PF to negotiate the formation of a government of national unity (GNU) must be welcomed by all well-meaning Zimbabweans...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 19:08hrs | 365 | by Staff reporter
Govt acts on corruption in land distribution
Government has reviewed the policy on allocation of vacant land and restructured the Provincial and District Lands committee to curb rampant corruption, legislators have heard.Lands, Agricultu...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 19:06hrs | 193 | by Staff reporter
Bhebhe eyes MDC-T presidency
BATTLELINES have been drawn ahead of the MDC-T extraordinary congress scheduled for month-end with party leader Thokozani Khupe's top ally Abednico Bhebhe throwing his hat into the ring to challenge f...Published: 06 Nov 2020 at 06:45hrs | 1290 | by Staff reporter
War vets challenge Chamisa
War veterans have challenged the leader of the opposition MDC Alliance Nelson Chamisa to dialogue with President Emmerson Mnangagwa and other political players to gain acceptance from the former liber...Published: 05 Nov 2020 at 21:34hrs | 6559 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans back idea of another GNU
MANY Zimbabweans have welcomed the push by the MDC to hold talks with President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zanu-PF, with a view to forming a new government of national unity in a bid to end the country's ...Published: 05 Nov 2020 at 19:25hrs | 1140 | by Staff reporter
Chinamasa rubbishes Khupe's overtures
Zanu-PF acting spokesperson Patrick Chinamasa has rubbished opposition MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe's push for a government of national unity.Chinamasa told journalists during a party Press co...Published: 05 Nov 2020 at 06:42hrs | 12041 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's allies in secret unity talks with Khupe
TENSIONS are running high in the structures of the Midlands provincial of the MDC Alliance after former Kwekwe Central MP, Blessing Chebundo led some senior party officials to secretly meet with MDC-T...Published: 05 Nov 2020 at 06:41hrs | 8551 | by Staff reporter
MDC leadership keen to hold talks with Mnangagwa
THE interim MDC leadership is keen to hold talks with President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zanu-PF, with a view to forming a new government of national unity (GNU).Speaking separately to the Daily...Published: 04 Nov 2020 at 18:22hrs | 2009 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa should stop destroying our party
As an MDC-A supporter, I want to appeal to Chamisa to stop destroying our party by side-lining party veterans and stalwarts. Nero has taken it upon himself to favour women who he is close to a...Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 13:25hrs | 5126 | by Daphine Zulu
Violence rocks Harvest House again
VIOLENCE has once again rocked the MDC after youths aligned to the Nelson Chamisa camp allegedly broke into the party's Morgan Richard Tsvangirai (MRT) House headquarters on Sunday night in an unsucce...Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 08:37hrs | 3508 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's team fails to pitch up for appeal hearing
THE Supreme Court has slapped the MDC Alliance with costs after it failed to pitch up for the hearing of an appeal the party had made against a High Court ruling which declared that it does not legall...Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 08:37hrs | 1452 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says Zimbabwe needs exorcism
MAIN opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has said Zimbabwe needs to be exorcised by the church as it is too polarised and cannot move forward as a nation.Chamisa said this while addr...Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 07:31hrs | 1475 | by Staff reporter
NPF plots to retain Kwekwe Central seat
THE National Patriotic Front (NPF), a breakaway party from the ruling Zanu-PF party, has announced that it will participate in all the by-elections should their suspension over COVID-19 be lifted and ...Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 07:16hrs | 757 | by Staff reporter
By-elections moved to 2021, says Ziyambi
JUSTICE Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi confirmed Sunday the government had decided to shelve holding parliamentary and council by-elections while it focuses on fighting the spread of the coronavirus....Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 06:26hrs | 573 | by Staff writer
Chamisa's youths break into Khupe's regalia shop
YOUTHS aligned to MDC-Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa on Sunday night broke into a regalia shop run by the MDC-T led by Dr Thokozani Khupe in an attempt to regain access into the party headquarters....Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 06:25hrs | 920 | by Staff writer
Divisions rock MDC over congress
NEW fissures have erupted in the Thokozani Khupe-led MDC as some of its leaders intend to block the Supreme Court-ordered December extra-ordinary congress to elect a new president for the party....Published: 02 Nov 2020 at 06:51hrs | 6979 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala says, 'Zimbabwe has reached tipping point'
ZENGEZA West Member of Parliament Job Sikhala celebrated his 48th birthday on Friday. The politician was recently arrested and charged with inciting violence ahead of the abortive July 31 protests. He...Published: 02 Nov 2020 at 05:46hrs | 1109 | by Staff reporter
G40 linked NPF banks on green bombers
THE Eunice Sandi-Moyo led National Patriotic Front (NPF) has put plans to use graduates of the Border Gezi Youth Training Camps to front its campaigns for impending by-elections.This was revea...Published: 02 Nov 2020 at 05:41hrs | 1319 | by Staff reporter
Khupe suspends top ally
MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe has suspended her party's national organising secretary Abednico Bhebhe after he exposed alleged plans to manipulate the forthcoming extraordinary congress to choose a new...Published: 01 Nov 2020 at 08:37hrs | 14361 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala talks tough
MDC Alliance vice-chairperson Job Sikhala says Zimbabwe has reached a tipping point, warning President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government not to take boiling discontent against its leadership lightly....Published: 01 Nov 2020 at 08:35hrs | 5571 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF supporters storm party offices
SCORES of disgruntled Zanu-PF supporters in Marondera on Tuesday night stormed the ruling party's provincial party offices accusing their leaders of imposing candidates ahead of primaries for the Maro...Published: 31 Oct 2020 at 06:16hrs | 2396 | by Staff reporter
Khupe disempowers Chamisa
IN another move to further disempower the MDC Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa, the Thokozani Khupe-led MDC-T yesterday removed Hwange Central MP Daniel Molokele from the chairmanship of the Parliamenta...Published: 30 Oct 2020 at 06:45hrs | 11685 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's MPs says 'without unity Zimbabwe is doomed'
ZANU-PF legislators on Tuesday said there is need for unity in the country despite political differences to save the nation from doom.This comes as there is a fresh push by the church to persu...Published: 29 Oct 2020 at 21:11hrs | 378 | by Staff reporter
War veterans demand automatic entry to elections
War veterans are demanding automatic tickets to represent the governing Zanu-PF party in the by-elections to fill vacant parliamentary and municipal seats.They want the same to be done in the ...Published: 29 Oct 2020 at 06:26hrs | 1249 | by Staff reporter
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