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Emmerson Mnangagwa and the 26 criminals around him
In November 2017, former President Robert Mugabe was removed from office and his crime, according to the putschists who ousted him in a coup, was that he had allowed himself to be surrounded by crimin...Published: 08 Mar 2025 at 15:51hrs | 1724 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Tamborinyoka's Corruption List: Fact or Fiction?
Luke Tamborinyoka is a name that sunk into political oblivion with the passing of Morgan Tsvangirai. Emmerson Mnangagwa in a display of love and putting country over political differences granted Morg...Published: 05 Mar 2025 at 16:03hrs | 1807 | by John Mbizvo
Media briefing exposes Mnangagwa deceit
Early this week on Monday at 9 am, Emmerson Mnangagwa hosted selected media editors at State house at a choreographed event specifically designed for him to publicly reiterate his lie that he is a con...Published: 20 Feb 2025 at 18:49hrs | 941 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
2 Mutsvangwas, 6 women and 3 Mnangagwas
With former television personality Tatenda Mavetera thrown into the mix, one needs very little imagination to describe Zimbabwe's Cabinet that was sworn into office early this week following a sham el...Published: 15 Sep 2023 at 22:09hrs | 11 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
The law cannot resolve Zimbabwe's political question
AS debate raged over the weekend on whether the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) should have gone to court in the matter of the sham election, l was and still remain unconvinced on what would have ...Published: 06 Sep 2023 at 06:20hrs | 16 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Chamisa's manifesto is stolen intellectual property, 56% plagiarised word for word
So, 56% of the CCC manifesto some of whose content has been credited to Nelson Chamisa himself, is stolen word for word. Shocking.In other words, the CCC manifesto is stolen intellectu...Published: 10 Aug 2023 at 19:37hrs | 13 | by Jonathan Moyo
CCC candidates selection latest
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa is reportedly fighting to contain the fallout in his party after some party leaders, including his deputy Tendai Biti reportedly lost in the c...Published: 19 Jun 2023 at 06:48hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Inside elections: Can the yellow wave shake-up Mashonaland East?
This is the first in a series of (inside elections) articles examining the politics and possible voting patterns of 2023's general election in expected swing/marginal National Assembly constituencies....Published: 26 May 2023 at 10:16hrs | 21 | by Farai Chirimumimba
Tsvangirai turning in his grave
THE late opposition MDC stalwart Morgan Richard Tsvangirai who died on 14 February, five years ago, is turning in his grave because some of his family members and close associates have joined the Zanu...Published: 25 Feb 2023 at 10:43hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai's epic speech on epic day
MEMORY is a site of the struggle. Only in the rubric of yester-year memories can we trace where we have come from so that we use the lessons of the past to forge and sharpen future struggles on the an...Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 06:11hrs | 12 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
CCC urged to push for dialogue over reforms
THE European Union (EU) is calling on the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) to push for dialogue for the implementation of electoral reforms that would guarantee credible 2023 elections.A re...Published: 17 Jul 2022 at 09:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa a predator of press freedom
When Nelson Chamisa formed a new political party which he christened the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), many people had expectations that there would be a paradigm shift from the MDC, where the ...Published: 11 Mar 2022 at 05:39hrs | | by Tafara Shumba
Tsvangirai speaks from the grave
EXACTLY four years ago, the doyen of the country's democratic struggle died. It was only befitting that the late Morgan Richard Tsvangirai would die on Valentine's Day - on the day that the power of l...Published: 15 Feb 2022 at 05:37hrs | | by Luke Tamborinyoka
A golden future: Unpacking the new direction
LAST week, Advocate Nelson Chamisa unveiled the Citizens Coalition for Change as the new name of the people's movement. Our old name had been pilfered and Zanunised by the political pirates of our tim...Published: 02 Feb 2022 at 05:28hrs | 3 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Electoral reforms must dominate political discourse in 2022
AS we bask on the cusp of a new year, Zimbabweans appear to have gone agog about the pending by-elections and what many deem to be the watershed plebiscite of 2023.And yet for some of us, high...Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 05:32hrs | 1 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Zimbabwe's 2nd Republic of contradictions, inconsistencies
DEVELOPMENTS in the past few days and weeks have shown that those in charge of our so-called Second Republic are nothing more than a clueless bunch given to gross lies, glaring contradictions and emba...Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 06:26hrs | 3 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
The infamy of Mnangagwa's US$18m chopper toy
A parent's aptitude is determined by their priorities. As teachers and other civil servants table legitimate grievances regarding their grossly inadequate salaries and parlous living circumstances, Em...Published: 24 Apr 2021 at 07:12hrs | 10 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Zimbabwe independence is now a senior bachelor!
YOUR Excellency, President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Sunday April 18 was Independence Day a once-hallowed day that has since lost its glitz because the requisite freedoms associated with the occasion are...Published: 21 Apr 2021 at 07:11hrs | 1 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Tsvangirai book to be launched after lockdown
LATE founding MDC leader, Morgan Tsvangirai's second book 'Service and Sacrifice' is now set for launch end of the national lockdown period, former spokesperson, Luke Tamborinyoka has revealed....Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 06:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance call for 'streetifying people's anger' - real change will come from implementing reforms
"It is Zanu-PF itself that has become a super-spreader of perfidy and unbridled falsehoods as exemplified by its statements alleging growth in the country's economy and the cheap allegation that victi...Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 15:50hrs | 1 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
A bad-bye to a bad year
Arsenal's emphatic win over Chelsea at the Emirates stadium on Boxing day lifted my spirits in a tenuous and gloomy year in which the despondent people of this country were boxed down mainly by the tw...Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 19:08hrs | 2 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Central government at the epicentre of the challenges facing local authorities
IntroductionToday is Christmas day, the day we celebrate the birth of the Son of Man, our Lord Jesus Christ. It is a day that is supposed to be a day of love, unity, togetherness and cel...Published: 25 Dec 2020 at 20:19hrs | 4 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Chitown mayor assaulted over town clerk suspension
Chitungwiza mayor Lovemore Maiko (MDC Alliance) was severely assaulted by suspected Zanu-PF activists who stormed council offices yesterday as he tried to serve Town Clerk George Makunde with a letter...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 08:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Residents assault Chitungwiza mayor
ANGRY Chitungwiza residents yesterday besieged town council offices, manhandled and assaulted mayor councillor Lovemore Maiko over poor service delivery, alleged corruption and abuse of office, among ...Published: 03 Sep 2019 at 07:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dialogue or Suspension of Constitutionalism? Prohibition orders Narrative
Academic Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo writes: Events leading to August 16, determines whether constitutionalism should remain order of the day or it can be suspended? There is need for re-configura...Published: 27 Aug 2019 at 12:57hrs | 2 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Little change one year on from Mnangagwa's inauguration
As Zimbabwe marks the anniversary on Monday of Emmerson Mnangagwa's first year as its elected president, recent developments in the troubled nation suggest it is on the road to disaster rather than re...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 22:19hrs | 2 | by Bill Corcoran in Cape Town
Chamisa goes for the kill
Movement for Democratic Change leader Nelson Chamisa is cranking up the heat on President Emmerson Mnangagwa, amid revelations that the MDC will soon launch fresh mass protests against the government ...Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 08:08hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC under siege
NELSON Chamisa's MDC party has raised alarm over the "arbitrary" arrest of its activists and top leadership in the past few days, with the latest being national organising secretary Amos Chibaya who w...Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 07:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Government laughs at Gonyeti's abduction
Deputy Government Spokesperson Dr Energy Mutodi has scoffed at reports that Bustop comedian Gonyeti was abducted by unknown assailants on Wednesday night. Said Mutodi, "Gonyeti Gonyeti did a c...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 20:38hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa's MDC in crisis meeting
THE opposition MDC's top leadership is convening in Harare today to review their foiled countrywide protests which were ruthlessly crushed by the police and soldiers.The leaders are expected t...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 08:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
'The world is watching Zimbabwe' ex-British Ambassador says
Ex-British Ambassador to Zimbabwe Bruce Wharton says he is praying for the nation of Zimbabwe as the country heads towards a period of mass protests called by the opposition MDC beginning Friday Augus...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 15:40hrs | 3 | by Mandla Ndlovu
MDC warned against 'suicide protests'
Deputy government spokesperson Dr Energy Mutodi has warned the opposition MDC from engaging in violent protests saying that will be similar to tempting God. "MDC Luke Tamborinyoka says governm...Published: 30 Jul 2019 at 13:29hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa sends a signal to Zimbabweans
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has called for a National week of prayer and fasting before Zimbabwe takes some crucial steps. In a tweet on Friday Chamisa said, "We're faced with a terrible situati...Published: 26 Jul 2019 at 14:34hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa's MDC calls for Sibusiso Moyo's arrest
The Nelson Chamisa led MDC challenged the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) chairperson Justice Loice Matanda-Moyo to "investigate and arrest" her husband Foreign Affairs Minister Sibusiso Mo...Published: 26 Jul 2019 at 08:32hrs | 1 | by newzimbabwe
Chamisa's MDC itches for confrontation
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC has initiated a series of rallies which will culminate into what insiders said would be a massive demonstration against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government for alleged...Published: 26 Jul 2019 at 08:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa and allies: Don't start wars that you can't finish
To hide a lie, a thousand lies are needed.The main opposition MDC was caught totally off-guard when one of their own, the talkative Job Sikhala, revealed the party worst-kept secret: That they...Published: 13 Jul 2019 at 08:20hrs | 3 | by Conway Tutani
Another MDC member arrested in Zimbabwe
Barely a day after the arrest of MDC vice chairman, Job Sikhala, Youth Assembly secretary-general Gift Ostallos Siziba, has been detained on charges of incitement to commit public violence.The...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 20:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa faces a potential rebellion over Sikhala
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa faces a potential rebellion from his increasingly restive supporters riled by the party's decision to throw its deputy national chairperson Job Sikhala under the bus f...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 08:19hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Coup plotter' Sikhala to appear in court today
MDC-Alliance deputy national chairperson Job Sikhala was yesterday arrested on allegations of subverting a constitutionally-elected Government and is expected to appear in court today. He was by last ...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 07:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa throws Sikhala under the bus
THE opposition MDC yesterday disowned statements by its deputy national chairperson Job Sikhala that the party would overthrow President Emmerson Mnangagwa before the 2023 general elections, insisting...Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 18:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Operation Restore Legacy has collapsed'
The time is now for New Freedom Fighters and war veterans .The Job Wiwa Sikhala MDC Bikita rally declaration to "overthrow " the ED government before 2023'has generated a lot political.and legal talk....Published: 09 Jul 2019 at 13:28hrs | | by Sindiso Mazibisa
Sikhala to surrender himself to police at 9 am
MDC deputy national chair, Job Sikhala has confirmed being summoned to Harare Central police station for Tuesday where treason charges hang over his head over weekend threats to overthrow President Em...Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 22:08hrs | 1 | by newzimbabwe
Nelson Chamisa dumps Job Sikhala
MDC has distanced the party from statements made by its deputy chairperson Job Sikhala that they were planning to overthrow President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government. In a statement, party dep...Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 18:32hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa must apologise over Gukurahundi: MDC
THE MDC has thrown its weight behind traditional leaders who are calling upon President Emmerson Mnangagwa to apologise over the 1980s Gukurahundi massacres.Last week, Mnangagwa met chiefs fro...Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 08:02hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa fires 145 party employees who served in Mwonzora's office
MDC Alliance leader, Mr Nelson Chamisa, has fired 145 party employees recruited by the party's founding leader Morgan Tsvangirai as sharp divisions have emerged in the party. Mr Chamisa, who a...Published: 25 Jun 2019 at 07:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Huge blow for Chamisa
A DIPLOMATIC offensive by the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC within the Sadc region appears to be hitting a brick wall as the bloc has indicated that there are no issues threatening security and politics in Z...Published: 22 Jun 2019 at 15:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tendai Biti: Infant trapped in adult body?
Those familiar with former Finance minister Tendai Biti’s track record were not exactly surprised by his latest outburst against current Treasury boss Mthuli Ncube.It seems insults come as s...Published: 14 Jun 2019 at 08:04hrs | | by Conway Tutani
Chamisa to appoint half of the MDC's leadership
MDC president Nelson Chamisa will appoint almost half of the party's leadership after he was given a blank cheque to do so by the party's national council.Chamisa, who has no challengers for t...Published: 30 Apr 2019 at 20:49hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa extends lead, as Mudzuri gets first VP nomination
MDC president Nelson Chamisa has extended his uncontested run to eight out of 13 possible nominations for the party's top post, while vice-president Elias Mudzuri finally got his first nomination to r...Published: 18 Apr 2019 at 07:17hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mutinhiri nominated for MDC vice presidency
THE Mashonaland East Province of the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC on Friday nominated Tracy Mutinhiri to run for vice president at the May congress.Mutinhiri was expelled from Zanu-PF in 2011 ...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 15:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
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