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MDC, politics of denial psychology and psychological deflection II
THE Supreme Court judgment set off a series of gaffes by the MDC-Alliance, starting with their denial of the validity, enforceability and effectiveness of the judgment on the MDC-Alliance. The MDC-All...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 07:45hrs | 1304 | by Jonathan Chando
The abduction of the three MDC activists explained.
Surely to their word the police have finished their investigations in the alleged abductions of the three MDC Alliance women leaders. For sometime now the press is awash with the charges and arrests o...Published: 13 Jun 2020 at 13:46hrs | 6077 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Khupe, Chamisa escalate mindless wars
IN A surprising development at the weekend, the interim leader of the MDC - Thokozani Khupe - paid a visit to the rural home of the main opposition party's late founding father, Morgan Tsvangirai, as ...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 15:56hrs | 1505 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa is finished'
THINGS appear to be going from bad to worse for Nelson Chamisa and his allies, with the High Court ruling yesterday that the MDC Alliance does not have an independent right of existence under the law ...Published: 31 May 2020 at 23:56hrs | 16520 | by Staff reporter
Khupe vows to take over Morgan Richard Tsvangirai House after coronavirus lockdown
INTERIM MDC president Thokozani Khupe, pictured, has upped the ante in the war for the control of the country's main opposition - vowing yesterday that she will eject her rivals from the party's iconi...Published: 26 May 2020 at 20:20hrs | 3308 | by Staff reporter
Bombshell as MDC-T bans Mwonzora from recaling MDC Alliance MPs
MDC-T officials who constituted the National Council and the National Executive of the former MDC –T before the demise of President Morgan Richard Tsvangirai Communique of the 2014 National Co...Published: 21 May 2020 at 16:46hrs | 7847 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa's legislators snub Parliament
IN A significant boost for Nelson Chamisa in his battle for control of the MDC, the majority of the warring party's Harare legislators stayed away from Parliament yesterday, the Daily News reports....Published: 20 May 2020 at 17:34hrs | 3266 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's 20 MPs could jump ship and join the Thokozani Khupe-led group
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance has all but admitted that it has lost control over a significant number of its MPs amid revelations that at least 20 of them could jump ship and join the Thokozani ...Published: 16 May 2020 at 19:33hrs | 6951 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora to recall dozens of Chamisa's MPs
MDC Alliance secretary-general Chalton Hwende has revealed that the MDC Alliance had gathered information to the effect that the Khupe camp intended to wield the axe on dozens of MPs who have chosen t...Published: 16 May 2020 at 19:33hrs | 6097 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa and his lieutenants appear to be in disarray
THINGS are moving from bad to worse for Nelson Chamisa and his top MDC allies, after more party MPs defied his decree to withdraw their services from Parliament yesterday, the Daily News reports....Published: 15 May 2020 at 16:06hrs | 3198 | by Staff reporter
MPs openly revolt against Chamisa
DARING MDC legislators on Tuesday openly revolted against the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC faction's directive to disengage from parliamentary business after attending a portfolio committee meeting, as fact...Published: 14 May 2020 at 08:09hrs | 7258 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt warns Chamisa over protests
THE government has warned the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC against taking to the streets in their fight against reinstated party leader Thokozani Khupe over the control of the country's biggest opposition o...Published: 13 May 2020 at 16:14hrs | 4759 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MPs express concerns about their welfare
IN THE latest twist to the drama playing out within the MDC, it has emerged that many party legislators are not in favour of the push by Nelson Chamisa and his top allies for them to "disengage" from ...Published: 13 May 2020 at 16:10hrs | 1602 | by Staff reporter
MDC legislators risk losing their parliamentary positions and benefits
MDC legislators are facing the urgent and difficult decision of choosing between Thokozani Khupe and Nelson Chamisa - in the process risking losing their parliamentary positions and benefits.T...Published: 11 May 2020 at 08:47hrs | 3735 | by Staff repprter
MDC Supreme Court judgment: Advocate Thabani Mpofu's position at law
VARIOUS dishonest, insincere not to mention incompetent opinions have been bandied about in the aftermath of the Supreme Court judgment handed down during the lockdown. The matter has been approached ...Published: 09 May 2020 at 08:20hrs | 4975 | by Advocate Thabani Mpofu
MDC imbroglio devastating for opposition
THE MDC has been mired in an entanglement, recently described in the judgment by the Supreme Court as an imbroglio.Accusations and counter accusations are being thrown around between factions ...Published: 30 Apr 2020 at 11:46hrs | 4349 | by Jonathan Chando
Ndiweni claims Mnangagwa govt abusing public funds to fuel MDC feud
DETHRONED Ntabazinduna Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni has lashed out at the Zanu-PF led government for allegedly abusing public funds to fuel divisions within MDC through financing an opposition facti...Published: 29 Apr 2020 at 07:39hrs | 1584 | by newzimbabwe
Before his downfall, a man's heart is proud, but Humility comes before Honour - The MDC Supreme Court Judgment
It's been 3 weeks and the Supreme Court judgment on the MDC case has come and gone, but questions remain in people's minds. Was the judgment just and fair, given the material facts and evidence presen...Published: 23 Apr 2020 at 14:23hrs | 3081 | by Jonathan Chando
MDC, MDC-A or MDC-T?
This post explores the aftermath of the Supreme Court decision against the MDC.Whilst the judgment is binding on the MDC, its members have insisted on the MDC Alliance (MDC-A) identity and ass...Published: 13 Apr 2020 at 15:12hrs | 3464 | by David Tinashe Hofisi
Demystifying MDC Alliance's half-truth on Supreme Court ruling
The Supreme Court ruling on the legitimacy of the MDC leadership, particularly its, hitherto president, Nelson Chamisa has seen lawyers in that party misleading the party followers. Tendai Bit...Published: 13 Apr 2020 at 07:51hrs | 1435 | by Tafara Shuma
MDC Alliance: Old wine in new wineskins? Coalitions, Congresses And Constitutions
The Supreme Court ruling on the MDC leadership wrangle sparked a national debate on parties, constitutions and congresses.This post adds to that debate by answering ten (10) questions which as...Published: 09 Apr 2020 at 08:32hrs | 3107 | by Staff reporter
'MDC Alliance died in 2018' Mwonzora explains
Former MDC Secretary-General Douglas Mwonzora says the political entity called MDC Alliance fell away immediately after the 2018 elections when none of the alliance partners managed to get enough poli...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 12:13hrs | 5442 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mutodi tells 'ousted' Chamisa to accept his fate
The Deputy Minister of Information, Media, Publicity and Broadcast services Dr Energy Mutodi and Zanu-PF MP Energy Mutodi has told ousted MDC Alliance leader to accept his fate and allow for the holdi...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 17:44hrs | 4220 | by Staff reporter
Factions rock Chamisa's MDC camp
The 2023 elections seem so far away, but with the speed of light unravelling of the MDC, we might reach that interesting year with no opposition party to speak of. The house that the late Morgan Tsvan...Published: 18 Feb 2020 at 13:16hrs | 3009 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa wants to lead Zimbabwe before he retires
OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa, who turned 42 yesterday, has said he wants to lead Zimbabwe before retiring from public life and politics.In his birthday message yesterday, Chamisa, who will...Published: 03 Feb 2020 at 08:24hrs | 2366 | by Staff reporter
Is Chamisa a dictator in the making?
Dictators are not born but created by 'we the people' due to political, economic, and social conditions obtaining in a country. In dire economic and political situations, 'we the people' are desperate...Published: 06 Nov 2019 at 22:09hrs | 2664 | by Lovemore Sibanda Ph.D.
MDC official warns Chamisa over tribalism
I write this opinion piece in my personal capacity. I am a very disgruntled member of MDC residing in Bulawayo. I write this opinion having followed the MDC Congress process right from day one of bran...Published: 15 Oct 2019 at 16:40hrs | 1820 | by Nicholas Moyo Godlwayo
MDC tribal cracks widen
Zimbabwe's politics is a very interesting terrain. It is contested by revolutionaries, pseudo revolutionaries, neo-liberals, sell-outs to the outright treasonous. Students of politics know tha...Published: 13 Oct 2019 at 07:49hrs | 3036 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa humiliates wife?
MDC-Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa has come under fire from many social media users after a video went viral of him arbitrarily grabbing a microphone from his wife, Sithokozile, while she was...Published: 30 Sep 2019 at 06:47hrs | 3531 | by Staff reporter
Biti, the new US ally, wither away Chamisa
Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Principal, now one of the Co- Vice Presidents, Tendai Biti, has on several times, been embroiled in controversies that have been working against Zimbabwe's nationa...Published: 28 Aug 2019 at 10:01hrs | 9467 | by Anesu Pedzisayi
Biti's new US ally, whither Chamisa?
Opposition MDC-Alliance co-vice president, Tendai Biti, has on several times, been embroiled in controversies that have been working against Zimbabwe's national interests in futile attempts to get int...Published: 27 Aug 2019 at 07:31hrs | 2746 | by Tatenda Gono
'Chief Ndiweni could be poisoned in prison'
THE opposition Zapu party says it feared controversial Ntabazinduna chief and fierce government critic, Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni could be poisoned in jail.Ndiweni was jailed 18 months by Bulaw...Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 09:27hrs | 6043 | by newzimbabwe
Chief Ndiweni is not above the law
Once upon a time, Felix Nhlanhlayemangwe Ndiweni controversially assumed the Ndiweni Chieftainship on 22 August 2014 following the death of his father, Chief Khayisa Ndiweni who had held the post for ...Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 09:22hrs | 3752 | by Bevan Musoko
Coltart bemoans culture of violence
Former Education minister David Coltart says Zimbabwe has a disturbing culture of violence that needs to be dealt with.Coltart, who is the new treasurer-general for the main opposition MDC, sa...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 07:56hrs | 1545 | by Staff reporter
The outcome of the August 16 MDC mass protest foretold
The month of August in Zimbabwe is recognized as the month of heroes. We celebrate those who fought for our freedom and the institutions which facilitated the liberation process. 2019 hero...Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 15:14hrs | 8088 | by Fidelis Fengu
Chamisa's Ugandan ally charged with annoying President Museveni
Reports from Uganda indicate that the country's oposition leader Bobi Wine has been charged with intending to alarm, annoy or ridicule President Yoweri Yoweri kaguta Museveni. He is also being...Published: 07 Aug 2019 at 15:57hrs | 2587 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa's MDC at crossroads: Damned if they do, damned if they don't
FOR the best part of the last 12 months, the MDC has been threatening to roll out demonstrations and mass protests to either force President Emmerson Mnangagwa out of power or at least to the negotiat...Published: 25 Jul 2019 at 08:06hrs | 791 | by Nqaba Matshazi
I am made of thick skin: Matsunga
IN the country's political sphere, it has almost become a trend that the majority of female politicians are now making it to Parliament through the Proportional Representation route, set by government...Published: 15 Jul 2019 at 07:57hrs | 913 | 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 | 6286 | by Conway Tutani
Mkwananzi, Frey in nasty fall out
There is a serious fall out between Occupy Africa Unity Square founding member, Dirk Frey and Tajamuka's Promise Mkwananzi over the failed 1 July 2019 shutdown.Frey has labelled Mkwananzi an o...Published: 03 Jul 2019 at 19:33hrs | 5357 | by ViewFromMatopos
Chamisa will not allow Mnangagwa to stay up to 2023
Zimbabwe's economic crisis has potential to breed instability in the country and needs urgent redress, opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has said.Chamisa, mandated by the MDC congress in May to...Published: 02 Jul 2019 at 08:33hrs | 3436 | by Staff reporter
MDC MP sues for police-induced miscarriage
Harare West MP Joanna Mamombe (MDC Alliance) has sued the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) for US$120 000 after suffering a miscarriage, which she alleges was because of police actions.In a lett...Published: 27 Jun 2019 at 06:45hrs | 791 | by Staff reporter
Comprehensive analysis of the current political, socio-economic developments in Zimbabwe
Politics requires strategy and there are several political and economic connotations evolving around our situation in Zimbabwe. Every aspect of politics or economics has its own indicators. Never make...Published: 14 Jun 2019 at 20:05hrs | 1264 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Opposition, Civic Groups, et al should soon coordinate peaceful protests to inspire Mnangagwa to resign
"The voice of the people is the voice of God", said Mnangagwa before the elections. Little did he know that this will backfire on him. People spoke during the election but he refused to listen. He act...Published: 11 Jun 2019 at 09:18hrs | 1664 | by Zanda Shumba
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 | 4119 | by Dadirai Chivimbiso Bvute
Ndiweni, the chief who dared bell the cat
IF ever you did history in a Zimbabwean school or at least watched ZBC-TV, you are sure to have come across the name of Manicaland traditional leader Chief Rekayi Tangwena, who is famed for helping Ro...Published: 06 Jun 2019 at 07:32hrs | 1886 | by Nqaba Matshazi
Mnangagwa putting Zimbabwe under an undeclared 'state of emergency'
THE main opposition MDC has accused government of putting the country under an undeclared state of emergency, with security forces virtually camped in cities and high-density suburbs.MDC spoke...Published: 05 Jun 2019 at 11:22hrs | 1638 | by Staff reporter
Karenyi-Kore vows to unite MDC women
Newly-elected MDC vice-president Lynette Karenyi-Kore has vowed to unite women in the party ahead of her planned outreach into the rural areas. Karenyi-Kore secured the post after a tightly-co...Published: 04 Jun 2019 at 07:36hrs | 1264 | by Staff reporter
The MDC congress: All froth, no beer
The much-vaunted MDC elective congress ended the week before last. Some people such as those who were rejected by their own people, but had to give 10 head of cattle as an offering to the god of the p...Published: 04 Jun 2019 at 07:05hrs | 430 | by Nobleman Runyanga
The MDC Congress: So much hype, so much hot air
The much-vaunted MDC elective congress ended the week before last. Some people such as those who were rejected by their own people but had to give 10 head of cattle as an offering to the god o...Published: 03 Jun 2019 at 13:12hrs | 4375 | by Nobleman Runyanga
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