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BREAKING: Chamisa faction ordered off Harvest House by Court
The Harare Magistrate Court has ordered the MDC Alliance to vacate Morgan Richard Tsvangirai House, which was taken over by youths belonging to the Nelson Chamisa led party.In an application f...Published: 7 hrs ago | 6116 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Khupe in reunification talks?
MDC-T interim leader Thokozani Khupe held a hastily arranged meeting of the party's standing committee, which officials said was meant to clear the ground for reunification talks with Nelson Chamisa. ...Published: 9 hrs ago | 7827 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's faction speaks about 'MDC guns'
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance has denied reports that it is smuggling guns into the country in preparation to violently overthrow President Emmerson Mnangagwa's regime. State Security Mi...Published: 10 hrs ago | 2207 | by Staff reporter
Rape used as a political tool: Report
ZIMBABWE has over the past decade recorded a rise in politically-related rape cases with perpetrators using rape as a tool to silence dissent, a recent report on gender-based violence has revealed....Published: 10 hrs ago | 389 | by Staff reporter
'We celebrate 21 years of struggle and leadership' said Chamisa - celebrate failure and selling out
Our political leaders have the knack for celebrating failure! "On September 11, 1999, this movement (MDC) was formed at Rufaro Stadium and the country's political terrain would never be the sa...Published: 22 hrs ago | 1389 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Cracks appear in MDC-T leadership
Cracks started appearing in the Thokozani Khupe-led MDC-T on Monday after police ended their siege, at least temporarily, on the opposition party's disputed headquarters in Harare.MDC-T organi...Published: 23 hrs ago | 3779 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Bvondo breaks ranks with Chamisa, Hwende?
MDC Alliance Deputy Organising Security Happymore 'Bvondo' Chidziva said he was supportive of the youths' initiative to reunite the party.Bvondo said he is part of the 2014 structures led by T...Published: 29 Sep 2020 at 08:29hrs | 9392 | by Staff reporter
Khupe aide backs Harvest House seizure
MDC-T National Organiser Abednico Bhebhe has called his colleagues within the party leadership to order, urging them to respect the concerns of dozens of party youths who took a step to seize the MDC'...Published: 29 Sep 2020 at 08:11hrs | 6998 | by Staff reporter
Govt rules out holding by-elections this year
THE government has ruled out the holding of by-elections this year due to coronavirus (Covid-19) restrictions. This comes as the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has set December 5 as ...Published: 29 Sep 2020 at 08:11hrs | 2858 | by Staff reporter
Fed up youths take MDC lead
MDC youths appeared fed up with the factional wars in the main opposition after they seized the iconic Harvest House before vowing to force dialogue between Thokozani Khupe and Nelson Chamisa. The you...Published: 29 Sep 2020 at 08:10hrs | 2660 | by Staff reporter
'G40 sponsored takeover of MDC HQ by Chamisa's acolytes'
MDC-T acting secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora has accused the exiled former Zanu-PF elements under the moniker G40 of sponsoring the takeover of the party headquarters by Chamisa's acolytes....Published: 29 Sep 2020 at 08:01hrs | 3358 | by Staff reporter
MDC youths demand Chamisa, Khupe dialogue
FACTIONAL fights in the opposition MDC took another turn yesterday with youths allegedly sympathetic to feuding leaders Nelson Chamisa and Thokozani Khupe throwing out members seen as sympathetic to M...Published: 29 Sep 2020 at 07:56hrs | 3573 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's e-rally speech Fulltext
THIS month marks the 21st anniversary of our struggle, our journey and our formidable political formation called the MDC which morphed into the MDC Alliance following processes which saw founding stal...Published: 29 Sep 2020 at 07:49hrs | 919 | by Nelson Chamisa
'Corruption worse than Covid-19'
OUTGOING Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services (ZPCS) Commissioner-General Retired Major-General Paradzai Zimondi has urged prison officers to shun corruption, saying the scourge was worse than c...Published: 29 Sep 2020 at 07:35hrs | 620 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's youths holding 12 people hostage at MDC HQ?
MDC Secretary General Douglas Mwonzora says the group of youths occupying Harvest House is being funded by MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa and the former ZANU PG grouping G40 to take over the party...Published: 28 Sep 2020 at 17:31hrs | 6824 | by Staff reporter
Khupe, Chamisa slammed for not putting Zimbabwe first in their fights
AS THE vicious factional wars that are tearing apart Zimbabwe's main opposition plumb new lows with each passing day, political analysts say the MDC may have reached the end of the road in its current...Published: 28 Sep 2020 at 17:20hrs | 3072 | by Staff reporter
MDC is not only falling apart, it has actually fallen apart
THE Daily News has been a lone voice over the past few months in highlighting the folly of the country's opposition engaging in self-immolation, and taking counsel from dubious characters.For ...Published: 28 Sep 2020 at 17:16hrs | 1255 | by Staff reporter
'MDC smuggling guns and training violent militias under Operation Light House'
State Security Minister Owen Mudha Ncube says the opposition MDC is smuggling guns into the country and training violent militias to overthrow the government. Speaking at a press conference on...Published: 28 Sep 2020 at 16:48hrs | 2706 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa appointed chief barred from Chivero Chieftainship
HIGH Court judge, Justice Siyabona Musithu has barred Cornelius Chivesani Chengera from assuming Chivero chieftainship.This follows a successful application by one Tendai Chitinhe who is invol...Published: 28 Sep 2020 at 10:23hrs | 4175 | by Staff reporter
Full statement by MDC youths occupying Harvest House
Late on Sunday night, about 60 MDC Alliance youths entered the party's Harvest House HQ which was forcibly occupied by the rival MDC-T since June.A key player in facilitating Sunday's re-occup...Published: 28 Sep 2020 at 10:21hrs | 6147 | by MDC youths
Khupe faces rebellion
Up to 60 MDC Alliance youths entered the party's Harvest House headquarters in central Harare on Sunday night, four months after the building was occupied by the rival MDC-T party with the help of sec...Published: 28 Sep 2020 at 10:21hrs | 8905 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Khupe killing the MDC brand
The usual band of political analysts say that MDC may have reached the end of its road and both Thokozani Khupe and Nelson Chamisa have to take responsibility for allowing the once formidable party to...Published: 28 Sep 2020 at 07:34hrs | 3152 | by Staff reporter
No one is going to save Zimbabweans but themselves, says Makoni
Simba Makoni (Sm) is regarded as one of the best ministers to preside over Zimbabwe's Treasury. He then formed his party, mMvambo/Kusile/Dawn (mKD) which had a good showing in the 2008 presidential el...Published: 28 Sep 2020 at 06:51hrs | 5069 | by Staff reporter
Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) registered in Zambia
A new political party called the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has been registered in Zambia. According to a statement issued over the weekend, the political party tendered its applicat...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 21:21hrs | 4052 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Ndebele people should stop attending Chamisa's Shona rallies
Listening to the celebrations of the 21st MDC inception, I cannot help but remind the people of Matabeleland to stop dreaming and be realist in supporting a politician like Nelson Chamisa. How long ha...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 19:19hrs | 4232 | by Nomazulu Thata
Chamisa says 'walls of Jericho falling'
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa on Saturday vowed his party will not surrender the MDC Alliance name to the rival MDC-T led by Thokozani Khupe warning that they would henceforth take to a radical res...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 18:37hrs | 2410 | by Staff reporter
Khupe set to recall Chamisa's VP, 5 MPs
MDC-T interim president Thokozani Khupe has set her sights on recalling MDC Alliance co-vice president, Lynnette Karenyi-Kore and five other MPs from the beleaguered rival opposition.The six M...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 18:30hrs | 3363 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala exhibiting leadership Chamisa is lacking
FIREBRAND MDC Alliance deputy national chairperson, Job "Wiwa" Sikhala, says the struggle for a just and better Zimbabwe for all will never be derailed by the alleged persecution of individuals like h...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 17:54hrs | 5245 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa threatens radical action
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday vowed his party will not surrender the MDC Alliance name to the rival MDCT led by Thokozani Khupe, warning that they would henceforth take to a radical respo...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 08:31hrs | 5932 | by Staff reporter
Drama as Zanu-PF women's league holds ‘secretive' elections
THE Zanu-PF women's league in Mashonaland East on Friday held a "secretive" election that saw provincial chair lady Nyarai Tsvuura being replaced by her deputy Lyn Gororo as factional wars in the prov...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 07:49hrs | 919 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's DCC elections to be held at once'
ZANU-PF will hold all outstanding District Coordinating Committee (DCC) elections at once as it moves to consolidate its structures, the party's national political commissar Victor Matemadanda has sai...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 07:13hrs | 125 | by Staff reporter
'Show us what was looted by G40,' says Kasukuwere
FORMER ZanuPF national commissar Saviour Kasukuwere has demanded answers from his erstwhile colleagues who accuse him and other ruling party's G40 faction members of looting state resources, to reveal...Published: 27 Sep 2020 at 07:11hrs | 1744 | by newzimbabwe
How Zanu-PF came into existence
The born-free generation, born after Zimbabwe gained its independence in 1980, has grown up knowing a political system run by the Zanu PF party.Unbeknown to many people, the ruling party, is a...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 19:17hrs | 3073 | by Irvine Sibhona
'we are too vindictive of each other,' says Kasukuwere
Zimbabwe is in deep pain and needs healing, former cabinet minister and Zanu-PF political commissar, Saviour Kasukuwere said Wednesday.Kasukuwere currently resides in neighbouring South Africa...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 19:16hrs | 2465 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Khupe wrangling hits rock bottom
THE suicidal bloodletting consuming the main opposition MDC is now stomping towards its funereal end, with the party's interim leadership led by Thokozani Khupe now planning to recall about 38 more le...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 19:01hrs | 7856 | by Staff reporter
Fresh divisions rock civil servants
FRESH divisions have rocked civil servants after the Apex Council leadership decided to transform the government workers organisation to the Zimbabwe Confederation of Public Service Trade Unions (ZCPT...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 18:58hrs | 1235 | by Staff reporter
ANC trip to Zimbabwe was not a joyride, says Lindiwe Zulu
The ANC did not go to Zimbabwe for "a joyride", Social Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu told an online seminar organised by the ANC's OR Tambo School of Leadership on Wednesday night. Zulu sa...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 08:38hrs | 2076 | by Staff repporter
Mnangagwa's Zanu PF wary of G40 resurgence
ZANU PF has once again had to rope in the party's security department to deal with the unabating ructions in the former liberation movement, which are threatening elections to choose members of its re...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 19:55hrs | 4569 | by Staff reporter
Tsikamutandas wreak havoc in Bulilima San community
SELF-PROCLAIMED witch-hunters, commonly known as tsikamutandas, have flooded the San community in Makhulela Village, Bulilima where they claim to be "cleansing the area". Notorious for preying...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 07:52hrs | 432 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa calls for UN reform
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has called for mutual respect among nations, genuine multilateralism buttressed by the much-needed reforms in the United Nations (UN) to achieve a peaceful and stable world. ...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 07:46hrs | 465 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa told that courts aren't the answer
EXILED former Zanu-PF national commissar Saviour Kasukuwere has advised MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa against perennially resorting to the courts to settle political problems rocking the oppositi...Published: 24 Sep 2020 at 07:39hrs | 9398 | by Staff reporter
Killer Zivhu begs for enrolment at Zanu-PF's Herbert Chitepo School of Ideology
EXPELLED Zanu-PF Chivi South legislator Killer Zivhu has made a passionate plea for his readmission into the ruling party.Before his full readmission, the outspoken former MP has requested to ...Published: 24 Sep 2020 at 05:34hrs | 1773 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa implored to unite Zanu-PF
ONE of the founders of Zanu-PF and former Cabinet minister, Rugare Gumbo has reiterated that it is in the best interest of Zimbabwe, President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the ruling party for unity to prev...Published: 23 Sep 2020 at 22:28hrs | 1879 | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda warns Zanu-PF bigwigs
THE ruling Zanu-PF has threatened to crack the whip on party bigwigs interfering with processes of the impending party district coordinating committees (DCC) elections. This comes amid re...Published: 23 Sep 2020 at 22:27hrs | 6675 | by Staff reporter
ZANU-PF headquarters shaken as Africa calls spade a spade
Once you see the bigmouth trio of George Charamba aka Jamwanda, Presidential Spokesman, Victor Matemadanda aka Taximan, Deputy Minister of Defence and Monica Mutsvangwa, Minister of Information, spewi...Published: 23 Sep 2020 at 11:13hrs | 12418 | by Israel Dube
Chamisa calls for broad-based confrontation against Mnangagwa
THE MDC Alliance has threatened to stage a fresh broad-based confrontation against the Zanu-PF-led government in the wake of deteriorating socio-economic conditions.In a communique signed by p...Published: 23 Sep 2020 at 08:30hrs | 7272 | by newzimbabwe
Don't associate Perrance Shiri with Gukurahundi, says Mliswa
CONTROVERSIAL Norton independent MP Temba Mliswa Tuesday urged other legislators to speak good about the late former Agriculture Minister Perrance Shiri as it was inhuman to talk evil of someone who c...Published: 23 Sep 2020 at 08:28hrs | 7207 | by Staff reporter
Pressure mounts on Nelson Chamisa
A SECTION of the Mr Nelson Chamisa-led MDC-Alliance had urged the party to abandon its contested name as an identity crisis rocks the opposition movement. The Mr Chamisa-led group continues to...Published: 23 Sep 2020 at 06:01hrs | 5880 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa should seriously consider forming another party'
A ZIMBABWEAN human rights lawyer says the Movement for Democratic Change Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa is unlikely to seek a court order to stop the Thokozani Khupe MDC-T from using the Alliance to f...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 19:10hrs | 4236 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Chamisa meet clerics
THERE is renewed hope that the much-needed and much-talked about national dialogue could happen soon, after top clerics met with President Emmerson Mnangagwa and MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa sep...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 18:38hrs | 5718 | by Staff reporter
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