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Chiwenga throws presidential rival out of Zanu PF indaba
Prominent businessman Kudakwashe Tagwirei was reportedly ejected from a ZANU PF Central Committee meeting held at the party's headquarters in Harare yesterday, following objections from senior party o...Published: 04 Jul 2025 at 07:45hrs | 1007 | by Staff reporter
MDC factions intensify battle over party properties
Rival factions within the fractured Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) have reignited hostilities over control of the party's properties, chief among them the iconic Morgan Richard Tsvangirai (MRT) ...Published: 28 May 2025 at 10:19hrs | 37 | by Staff reporter
Welshman Ncube accuses Mudenda of bias in CCC leadership battle
Opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) faction leader Welshman Ncube has sharply criticized Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda, accusing him of siding with self-proclaimed interim ...Published: 05 Feb 2025 at 15:05hrs | 1021 | by Staff reporter
Timba accuses Welshman Ncube of hijacking CCC legal victories
The ongoing factional disputes within the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) have escalated, with CCC faction leader Jameson Timba accusing his former colleague, Welshman Ncube, of leveraging his leg...Published: 10 Jan 2025 at 11:34hrs | 846 | by Staff reporter
Welshman Ncube, Timba factions clash over political parties funds
Chaos and disorder continue to plague the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) as internal factions escalate their battle over the distribution of funds under the Political Parties (Finance)...Published: 11 Oct 2024 at 15:42hrs | 410 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa snubs bogus Chief Chivero; withhold Isuzu
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's non-committal to handover Isuzu double cab vehicle to the allegedly fraudulent Chief Chivero has been welcomed by several communities and Mashonaland West provincial chi...Published: 26 Sep 2024 at 11:13hrs | 3276 | by Gideon Madzikatidze
Chamisa taunts 'sell-outs' within CCC
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has launched an indirect reprimand on unnamed party comrades he branded "sell-outs" as he battles one of his most difficult challenges since t...Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 12:40hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zambian's Hichilema strips ex-President Lungu of retirement benefits
Zambia's government has withdrawn retirement benefits and privileges from former President Edgar Lungu following his decision to return to active politics.Lungu lost the presidency to Hakainde...Published: 02 Nov 2023 at 20:17hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Assemblies of God leadership wrangle rages
THE leadership wrangle between warring factions in the Assemblies of God (AOG) church has spilled into the courts, leaving congregants divided.The fights broke out after AOG Spiritual Movement...Published: 23 Jun 2023 at 06:31hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mugodhi leadership wrangle set for full trial
THE Mugodhi Apostolic Faith Church (MAFC) leadership wrangle pitting two warring factions will be determined after a full trial at the High Court.The disagreements were born after the late Bis...Published: 22 Sep 2022 at 06:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mwazha's church set to hold massive pilgrimage
The African Apostolic Church (AAC), popularly known as Vapostora veAfrica, and led by Archbishop Ernest Paul Mwazha is set to hold its biggest yearly conference, putting aside leadership squabbles tha...Published: 07 Aug 2022 at 08:45hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
12 Mugodhi church members on the run
POLICE in Wedza, Mashonaland East province, have launched a manhunt for 12 Mugodhi Apostolic Faith Church members over the violence that erupted at the church's headquarters during Easter.The ...Published: 14 May 2022 at 06:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's party blames 'a technical glitch'
THE newly-formed Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) led by Nelson Chamisa yesterday acknowledged that it blundered when it submitted more than one candidate in certain wards to contest in municipal e...Published: 28 Jan 2022 at 06:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora to recall Khupe from Parliament
THE leadership wrangle between MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora and his deputy Thokozani Khupe has escalated amid plans to recall her from Parliament after she declared an official split last week....Published: 25 Jan 2022 at 05:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa to proclaim election dates'
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa will proclaim the dates for by-elections for the National Assembly and local authorities to fill vacancies left following the expulsion and death of some members, Zimbabwe Electora...Published: 10 Nov 2021 at 05:30hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Gomba, six councillors lose recall challenge
Former Harare Mayor Herbert Gomba and six other councillors have lost their bid for reinstatement to the city council after the High Court threw out their petition to invalidate their recall by the MD...Published: 04 Nov 2021 at 06:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mwazha's sons battles for church shrines
African Apostolic church leader, Paul Mwazha had to seek the hand of the High court in a bid to stop war between his sons and holding pilgrimages at churc...Published: 22 Sep 2021 at 06:21hrs | 31 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
'Zanu-PF can't wait for 2023'
With the country's main opposition MDC party at war with itself amid leadership wrangles and mass defections to Zanu-PF, the ruling party says it cannot wait for 2023 elections to finish off its rival...Published: 05 Apr 2021 at 16:59hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
The brutality of March 11, 2007 and its impact
Back in Zimbabwe, the struggle continues.The Save Zimbabwe campaign (SZc) is a broad coalition of organisations spearheaded by the Zimbabwe Christian Alliance (CA).Its members include ...Published: 14 Mar 2021 at 06:27hrs | 6 | by Arthur G.O. Mutambara
Mwazha church dispute rages on
THE African Apostolic Church (Mwazha) leadership wrangle has been reignited after a senior reverend in the institution approached the High Court accusing the church founder's sons of causing chaos and...Published: 11 Mar 2021 at 19:16hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mudzuri, Komichi accept positions despite condemning flawed MDC-T election
MDC-T second vice president, Elias Mudzuri and national chairperson, Morgen Komichi have accepted the positions given to them by newly-elected party president Douglas Mwonzora last week.Howeve...Published: 03 Jan 2021 at 07:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
A toast for 2021, but......
We bid 2020 goodbye, the year many would want to quickly forget contrary to views, at least if one wears Zimbabwe's political lenses. The past nine months have been notorious given the COVID-1...Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 07:51hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'I regret working with Mwonzora,' says Khupe
FORMER MDC-T interim leader Thokozani Khupe says she regretted joining forces with newly elected party leader Douglas Mwonzora whom she accused of vote fraud.The two, together with many top pa...Published: 28 Dec 2020 at 07:39hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora thanks Chamisa's followers for behaving
MDC-T congress started at Rainbow Towers, Harare this Sunday morning with wild cheering directed at presidential hopeful and current secretary general Douglas Mwonzora.Mwonzora's arrival at th...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 10:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
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 | | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance MPs defy Chamisa's Parly resignation directive
Some MDC Alliance legislators have refused to resign from parliament in defiance of their leader Nelson Chamisa's directive.According to a contact, the MDC Alliance formation directed that par...Published: 16 Oct 2020 at 12:54hrs | 1 | by Innocent Mujeri
High Court blocks aspiring Chief Chivero
THE High Court has, with immediate effect, barred aspiring Chief Chivero, one Cornelius Chivesani Chengera, from acting or assuming the duties for the Chivero chieftaincy pending the finalisation of t...Published: 13 Oct 2020 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mixed views over Khupe's return to Parliament
Political analysts have expressed mixed views over former MDC-T president Thokozani Khupe's return to Parliament Wednesday, two years after her expulsion in April 2018.Khupe, now acting presid...Published: 10 Oct 2020 at 08:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Khupe faction rebrands to MDC Alliance
THE MDC leadership wrangle Saturday took a turn for the ridiculous when the MDC-T faction led by Thokozani Khupe declared it will now use the MDC Alliance.The announcement immediately drew pro...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gomba, six councillors challenge recall
SUSPENDED Harare Mayor Herbert Gomba and six councillors have petitioned the High Court to nullify their recall by MDC-T led by Dr Thokozani Khupe, claiming she has no authority to do so in terms of t...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Church abrogating its duty, says Msindo
ZANU-PF-linked cleric Obadiah Msindo has blamed the church for failing to inculcate values of peace and harmony among citizens, hence the current polarisation in the country.Msindo was comment...Published: 03 Sep 2020 at 06:18hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
JUST IN: Chamisa wins Supreme Court battle against Khupe
The Supreme Court of Appeals has ruled that Advocate Nelson Chamisa's Presidency cannot be decided by courts of law but must be subjected to the people. In a video that circulating on social m...Published: 20 May 2019 at 19:09hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Fuel crisis has nothing to do with MDC unconstitutionalism
Some of the problems Zimbabwe is facing today are clearly due to faulty thinking resulting in people mixing issues —and not knowing what the idiom "fair game" means.For starters, if Presiden...Published: 17 May 2019 at 17:32hrs | | by Conway Tutani
Chamisa's MDC burns in Chiwundura
The MDC Chiwundura district leadership wrangle is raging on following protests from lower structures against the leaders elected through consensus by ward chairpersons last week.Ahead of the p...Published: 17 May 2019 at 17:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
NetOne concerned about Bosso situation
HIGHLANDERS' sponsors NetOne are closely following events at the country's oldest club, which has been plunged into chaos over chief executive officer Nhlanhla Dube's contract and suspension of vice-c...Published: 03 May 2019 at 06:40hrs | 2 | 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 | | by Staff reporter
Why Engineer Elias Mudzuri is not a favourite to win the presidency in MDC-Alliance.
As the MDC-Alliance Congress gathers momentum, there are conspiracy theories and smear campaigning going around in the social media where people are discussing about the preferred candidate to lead th...Published: 25 Mar 2019 at 12:51hrs | 3 | by Leonard Koni
Chamisa wants a woman
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has set the cat among the pigeons in his party, after he recently suggested that one of the MDC's three posts of vice president should be reserved for a woman, the Dai...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 06:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
AFM drama continues
HOPES to build bridges between warring camps in one of the biggest churches in Zimbabwe — the Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) — have been dashed as the factions continue counter-plotting against eac...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 07:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says he asked Tsvangirai to leave Mudzuri as party leader
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa says he was asked by his late predecessor, Morgan Tsvangirai to take over as leader of the main opposition but initially declined the offer saying this was going to put him i...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 08:47hrs | 2 | by newzimbabwe
Zimbabwe highlights for 2018
January ED visits sick TsvangiraiApart from President Emmerson Mnangagwa's visit to the home of the late Morgan Tsvangirai, another highlight for January 2018 was the arrest of se...Published: 07 Jan 2019 at 09:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC gives Mwonzora 7-day ultimatum
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC is divided over the expulsion of its members that took part in the July 30 elections as independent candidates amid revelations that secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora was g...Published: 21 Oct 2018 at 10:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says 2018 is MDC's 'year of misfortunes'
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has described the year 2018 as a year of misfortunes for the party.In his condolence message last weekend to the family of the late MDC founding president Morgan Tsva...Published: 12 Oct 2018 at 13:21hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Open letter to AFM leaders
Our church has been captured. I did not want be tempted to comment on the current events prevailing at AFM but I am being pushed by this inner saddened and heavy spirit which I cannot carry alone....Published: 29 Sep 2018 at 15:39hrs | 1 | by Leonard Koni
MDC-Alliance warned against lawlessness
ON behalf of the Government of Zimbabwe and indeed on my own behalf as the Minister of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage, let me from the onset express our deepest condolences to families that lost t...Published: 03 Aug 2018 at 07:10hrs | 3 | by Dr Obert Mpofu
Zimbabwe Election 2018 Predictive Model-It's not even close!
In less than a week Zimbabweans vote in a watershed election. Not surprisingly the impending elections evoke a myriad of emotions for different reasons. Some are hyper-ventilating; some are quacking i...Published: 25 Jul 2018 at 13:58hrs | 1 | by George Chingarande
Mnangagwa cannot be tried while in office, says judge
President Mnangagwa cannot be tried for any misdemeanour committed in his personal capacity while he is still in office, the High Court has ruled.The Chamisa-led MDC had sought to impugn the c...Published: 19 Jul 2018 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa to return $1,8m to Khupe?
The Nelson Chamisa-led MDC could be forced to reimburse $1,8 million it received under the Political Parties Finance Act to its rival MDC-T led by Dr Thokozani Khupe after it emerged that the latter i...Published: 16 Jul 2018 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
High Court blocks splinter group from using church name, buildings§
THE High Court has blocked a breakaway group involved in the United Pentecostal Church in Zimbabwe (UPCZ) leadership wrangle from using the church name and buildings as well as interrupting services a...Published: 02 Jul 2018 at 07:55hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa responds to Chamisa court application
President Mnangagwa and the ruling Zanu-PF have described as mere political grandstanding, an application by the MDC seeking to compel the ruling party from alleged interferrence with the independence...Published: 02 Jul 2018 at 07:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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