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Mr. President, Zimbabwe already has a new breed of heroes - but your regime persecutes them
A country's liberation struggle never ends.During the burial of the late Air Vice Marshal (Rtd) Winnie Cabby Mandeya at the National Heroes Acre, President Emmerson Mnangagwa declared that Zim...Published: 05 May 2025 at 23:35hrs | 587 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chamisa in the shadows of political darkness
Justice Alfred Mavedzenge has done a very informative analysis on the behavior of Nelson Chamisa, and the radical change in his political personality since his ZINASU days of a firebrand student polit...Published: 06 Mar 2025 at 15:08hrs | 662 | by Reason Wafawarova
Nelson Chamisa: The Biblical Joshua that never was
With Zimbabwe being largely a Christian nation where religion and politics are juxtaposed, the former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa touted himself as the Biblical Joshua sa...Published: 31 Aug 2024 at 11:17hrs | 645 | by Brighton Chiseva
Mwonzora moves to sell off MDC property to pay bills
THE once formidable opposition MDC's vast property empire is under threat as party leader Douglas Mwonzora bids to sell some of its prized assets to raise money to settle arrears, including util...Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 16:29hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala a habitual offender
Empty vessels make a lot of noise. CCC interim vice national chairperson, Job Sikhala, has of late been making unfounded claims about the country's judiciary as being captured.This is stemming...Published: 09 Dec 2022 at 05:11hrs | 1 | by Zivanai Dhewa
Inmates 'strangle' jailed MDC Alliance activist
IN a bizarre development, incarcerated MDC Alliance youth leader and pro-democracy activist Makomborero Haruzivishe is being strangled in his sleep by fellow inmates at Harare Central Prison.T...Published: 23 Sep 2021 at 06:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Winning the masses for positive change
I had received satisfactory results from my Advanced Level exams at Ruya Adventist High School in early 2003. Due to my contiguity to the seat of educational power, I had been informed that Nathan and...Published: 19 Aug 2021 at 08:55hrs | | by Mutsa Murenje Sydney, Australia
Vashandiri Vashe: A Zhombe musical group rocking national gospel charts
ZHOMBE hardly makes it to national news headlines. Since the days of Learnmore Jongwe who died nearly 20 years ago, it's rare to find a Zhombe story on radio or in national newspapers unless it's to d...Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 10:23hrs | 17 | by Felix Chiroro
If you sow mischief, you harvest grief
IN 2019, Zimbabwe experienced three days of darkness between January 14 and January 17.It seemed looneys had broken from the asylum and set fire on the tinderbox.Chaos and madness reig...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 05:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC: Beyond Congress politics
The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) 2019 National Elective Congress has come and gone. Amongst many other things, the key achievements of the congress were uniting the party to as nearest to its ...Published: 06 Jun 2019 at 09:46hrs | | by Dadirai Chivimbiso Bvute
MDC secretary-general hopefuls speak out
The MDC today enters into a crucial week in which it holds its elective congress. Several positions are up for grabs and many officials are jostling - fair and foul - to fill them up. One of t...Published: 19 May 2019 at 09:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa dialogue laying ground for 2023'
NCA leader Lovemore Madhuku has defended his participation in the dialogue led by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, saying he is contributing to nation building and laying the groundwork for credible elec...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 09:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Strive Masiyiwa struggles to stomach criticism
In what started as a routine interview with continental business television channel CNBC Africa, Strive Masiyiwa, Econet founder and Executive Chairman describes the political changes being witnessed ...Published: 02 Jan 2019 at 08:46hrs | 10 | by Willliam Muchayi
Chamisa badly wants a deal with Mnangagwa
FROM the time Nelson Chamisa entered mainstream politics as the youth chairman for the then newly formed MDC in 1999, his ambitions were quite evident. At the time all he was armed with was political ...Published: 27 Nov 2018 at 06:19hrs | 4 | by Reason Wafawarova
Japajapa lived up to comical antics yesterday
NOTORIOUS attention-seeker Mr Paddington Japajapa lived up to comical antics yesterday when he told the Commission of Inquiry into the August 1 shootings that he was an independent observer during the...Published: 22 Nov 2018 at 05:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says there is no agreement on national issues with Mnangagwa
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa believes that the country's economic situation will remain dire until a solution is found to the legitimacy question that he is currently pursuing. In this wide-rangi...Published: 11 Nov 2018 at 16:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
'I almost died for supporting Masiyiwa' says Top Journalist
Voice of America journalist Blessing Zulu has came out guns blazing accusing Strive Masiyiwa of re-writing history by saying no one stood for him when he was allegedly persecuted for seeking a Telecom...Published: 03 Nov 2018 at 06:46hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa charms his supporters
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa charmed his legion of supporters on Saturday when he gave a powerful prayer before delivering his speech at the commemoration of the party's 19th anniversary.As he to...Published: 29 Oct 2018 at 12:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Is MDC really for the people or just opportunistic?
MDC on its inception was more of a Workers party formed by trade unionists led by the late Dr Morgan Tsvangirai. The party eventually grew into a formidable vibrant opposition party with the likes of ...Published: 17 Sep 2018 at 18:12hrs | | by AT Kadada
Tsvangirai's MDC relives the spirit of 1999
The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) is for the first time celebrating its anniversary in the absence of its charismatic founding leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, who died in February this year and effo...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 13:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
5 things you probably didn’t know about Mai Chamisa
Meet the limelight-shy woman behind MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa.Not much is known about Sithokozile Chamisa as she maintains a low profile. Most got to catch a glimpse of her during the...Published: 31 Aug 2018 at 18:38hrs | 3 | by Social media
Reversing Zimbabwe's wretched conditions?
I took a long break from writing, focusing mostly on microblogging on Twitter. I have also reduced my presence on Facebook. Inasmuch as I would like to write frequently, I have come to terms with the ...Published: 22 Jun 2018 at 07:19hrs | | by Mutsa Murenje
Chamisa bound to lose the 2018 presidential race
Politics is not for the faint-hearted as it needs someone who has the requisite stamina to captivate the electorate without insulting anyone. It is a game for the politically astute and shrewd strateg...Published: 22 Jun 2018 at 07:02hrs | 3 | by Elijah Chihota
Chamisa bound to lose the 2018 presidential race
Politics is not for the faint-hearted as it needs someone who has the requisite stamina to captivate the electorate without insulting anyone. It is a game for the politically-astute and shrewd strateg...Published: 19 Jun 2018 at 14:38hrs | 4 | by Elijah Chihota
MDC Alliance cannot afford clashes at this hour
I WISH I could write the following statement across the sky in giant and fiery capital letters: The MDC has held plenty parliamentary seats since 2000, but apparently, no change has come. The oppositi...Published: 12 Jun 2018 at 06:59hrs | 3 | by Learnmore Zuze
Chamisa's overconfidence worrying
THE great sage of the mid-nineteenth century, Anon, who wrote thoughtful and inspiring pieces used today by the motivation industry, once said something that is as true for Zimbabwe today as it was in...Published: 05 Jun 2018 at 07:33hrs | 3 | by Learnmore Zuze
MDC-T militia commander spill the beans
MDC-T national deputy youth leader and self-confessed commander of the party's militia - the Vanguard, Shakespeare Mukoyi, has spilled the beans on the dirty machinations applied by his group to prop ...Published: 28 May 2018 at 07:20hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Profile of Fortune Mguni (Daniel Molokele) - Hwange Central
Fortune Mguni (also known as Daniel Molokele) is a pro-democracy human rights lawyer well known for his fight for democracy in Zimbabwe and South Africa. Over the years he has also established himself...Published: 24 May 2018 at 17:17hrs | 8 | by Staff Reporter
'Chamisa doesn't want elections'
CHANGE swept Zimbabwe on the evening of November 14 2017 and like a ferocious but silent storm, its effects have reshaped Zimbabwe's political scene. The resignation of former President Robert...Published: 22 May 2018 at 12:23hrs | 2 | by Tafadzwa Masango
Grace Mugabe, Chamisa 'same WhatsApp group'
THERE was a time when former president Robert Mugabe said Nelson Chamisa was a "supersonic" minister. Some have speculated why this was so, given that Chamisa was from the opposition.It has be...Published: 22 May 2018 at 06:16hrs | 3 | by Tinomudaishe Chinyoka
Chamisa to upgrade Murambinda Growth Point into a city
MDC-T faction leader Mr Nelson Chamisa continued his cloud cuckoo land posturing over the weekend when he promised people in Buhera that he would upgrade Murambinda Growth Point into a city as big as ...Published: 15 May 2018 at 06:54hrs | 2 | by Tendai Mugabe
MDC-T VP aspirant in final senate list
MDC-T vice president aspirant Dr Bekithemba Mpofu has announced via social media that his "name is now in the final senate list.""Further to the Provincial Council meeting in Gwanda on Sunday,...Published: 03 May 2018 at 07:12hrs | 3 | by Ndou Paul
Chamisa close associate eyes MDC-T VP post
MDC-T president Nelson Chamisa's close associate Bekithemba Mpofu is allegedly eyeing the vacant position of deputy party president and also declared interest for a Matabeleland South Senate seat, par...Published: 06 Apr 2018 at 07:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa and the cadence of a new toy
Give a boy a new toy and see how it catapults him into an abyss of dreams! For MDC-T leader Nelson Chamisa, death has proved a worthy benevolent mistress, taking away party founder Morgan Tsvangirai a...Published: 19 Mar 2018 at 06:00hrs | 2 | by Staff rporter
Chamisa is the illustrious founding members of MDC - Mashakada
MDC-T deputy secretary Tapiwa Mashakada has said party President Nelson Chamisa is the illustrious founding member of the party who worked hard for the party at the time when he was a student....Published: 15 Mar 2018 at 07:31hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Is a new beginning, new beginning going to be real?
As the nation awaits to enter another New Dawn that is however being tacitly delayed by the back peddling of President Mugabe to step down, I have decided to share one or two warning shorts with you a...Published: 19 Nov 2017 at 07:18hrs | | by Wilson Chipangura
'Zanu PF fooling the people'
A social commentator Tererai Terry Matara has said it was sad that the ruling Zanu PF is fooling people to believe that it has achieved a lot of things during its rule yet the citizens have suffered a...Published: 04 Nov 2017 at 15:24hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Zanu-PF planning for Mugabe rallies for University students
Zimbabwe National Students Union (Zinasu) says it is ready to meet President Robert Mugabe as announced by the Zanu PF youth league that they are planning for students interface rallies at universitie...Published: 22 Oct 2017 at 14:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Unmasking' Jacob Ngarivhume
JACOB Ngarivhume saw his star rise on the back of intensified anti-President Robert Mugabe protests that shaped Zimbabwe's politics in 2016, but he has remained an enigma.Ngarivhume, the leade...Published: 28 Sep 2017 at 07:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The struggle is greater than Tsvangirai and Biti
The recent public spat between Morgan Tsvangirai and Tendai Biti cannot be allowed to pass without reproof. Not only was it unfortunate but it was totally unnecessary - as unnecessary as buying a ring...Published: 10 Dec 2016 at 05:20hrs | | by Moses Chamboko
Job Sikhala defends Mliswa over picture with Kasukuwere
MDC-T senior official Job Wiwa Sikhala has defended Themba Mliswa over his pictures which went viral on social media where he appears together with the Zanu PF national Commissar Saviour Kasukuwere se...Published: 18 Nov 2016 at 07:38hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Ebenezer MDC-T
17 years ago the Movement for Democratic change was born. It was a dawn of a new political trajectory. A time when the people across the socio-economic, political and religious divide came toget...Published: 12 Sep 2016 at 08:21hrs | 2 | by Tinashe G Chifamba
There is method to Tsvangirai's madness
"Not only is Tsvangirai whole-heartedly fascinated with men and women of his tribe, but he also sometimes, willy nilly, manipulates his party's processes to favour persons not of similar origins, as l...Published: 20 Jul 2016 at 06:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Learnmore Jongwe was a violent man'
THE MDC leadership pressured the late Rutendo Muusha into wedding former party spokesperson Learnmore Jongwe who later ended her life during a domestic dispute in 2002, the woman's former classmate ha...Published: 17 Nov 2015 at 16:21hrs | 1 | by Nduduzo Tshuma
WATCH: UZ student protests led by Jongwe
University of Zimbabwe students led by late Learnmore Jongwe staged an anti Mugabe demonstration in Harare on 30 May 1998.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gETwtKobqvQ ...Published: 28 Oct 2015 at 13:40hrs | 4 | by youtube
Zimbabweans watch SA's #FeesMustFall with envy
In a country where riot police have routinely crushed demonstrations, some Zimbabweans are watching South Africa's #FeesMustFall student protests with admiration and something approaching envy, ...Published: 23 Oct 2015 at 11:15hrs | 1 | by news24
MDC-T demand to know what happened to killed members from Mujuru
Mutasa and Mliswa before forgiving themThe MDC-T members have demanded that former vice president Joice Mujuru and former secretary for administrat...Published: 22 Jun 2015 at 08:13hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
Tsvangirai's sex mentoring polluted Mangoma
It is sad to note that Former Energy and Power Development Minister, Elton Mangoma, who is also the Treasurer General of the MDC Renewal Team, has snatched away a youthful married wife, Yemurai ...Published: 27 May 2015 at 15:55hrs | 3 | by Suitable Kajau
Zanu PF strives on blood bath - Biti
MDC Renwal Secretary General Tendai Biti on Monday said the ruling Zanu PF strive on spilling blood considering the fact that soon after independence 30 000 people in Matabeleland and Midlands we...Published: 26 May 2015 at 07:01hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
MDC supporters remember Learnmore Jongwe, mixed remarks from others
The MDC activists in Zimbabwe on April 28 remembered one of the founding vibrant member Learnmore Jongwe who died in the early 2000s while in prison after he allegedly killed his wife accusing her...Published: 30 Apr 2015 at 06:22hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
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