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Mudenda keeps Chamisa's MPs guessing
Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda has kept MDC legislator guessing about whether or not they will be allowed to hold ministers to account in Parliament, saying they will only know their f...Published: 07 Nov 2019 at 06:02hrs | 2991 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa ally defends move by MPs to blow US$5m in 5 days at Vic Falls
MDC secretary-general Chalton Hwende has defended the move by the 350 Members of Parliament to camp for five days at the Elephant Hills Resorts hotel in Victoria Falls and gobble over $5 million in al...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 06:42hrs | 3437 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa keen to exploit Zanu-PF G40 faction
THE fissures emerging from within the rank and file of the ruling Zanu PF party have grabbed the attention of MDC leader Nelson Chamisa, who is looking to capitalise on the internal fights to upstage ...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 06:34hrs | 4225 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala labels Mudenda 'a dictator'
THERE was drama in the National Assembly yesterday, which resulted in Zengeza West MP Job Sikhala (MDC Alliance) losing his temper and angrily labelling the Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mude...Published: 25 Oct 2019 at 09:42hrs | 649 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa demands Parly committee chair reshuffling
Norton MP Temba Mliswa (independent) yesterday called for rotation of parliamentary portfolio committee chairpersons in a move targeted at removal of Gokwe Nembudziya MP Justice Mayor Wadyajena, who l...Published: 23 Oct 2019 at 07:01hrs | 1515 | by Staff reporter
MDC MPs lose allowances
PARLIAMENT has docked the allowances of opposition MDC legislators as punishment for walking out on President Emmerson Mnangagwa's State of the Nation Address (Sona) last month, the Daily News reporte...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 18:30hrs | 5591 | by Staff reporter
A peek into Chamisa's urban nightmare
The opposition party, the MDC, cut its teeth in elections in 2000. Since then, it has been winning almost the same local authority and National Assembly seats, mainly in urban areas. Despite b...Published: 18 Oct 2019 at 03:52hrs | 76 | by Nobleman Runyanga
The MDC's chequered stewardship of our urban areas
The MDC's chequered stewardship of our urban areasNobleman RunyangaThe opposition party, the MDC cut its teeth into elections in 2000. Since then it has been winning almost the same lo...Published: 16 Oct 2019 at 11:55hrs | 1024 | by Nobleman Runyanga
MDC MPs give Mudenda 48-hr ultimatum
MDC legislators who walked out of Parliament during President Emmerson Mnangagwa's State of the Nation Address last week have given the Speaker of the National Assembly, Jacob Mudenda 48 hours to with...Published: 09 Oct 2019 at 07:02hrs | 1042 | by Staff reporter
Hwende's passport released
Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Information, Communication and Technology Chairperson, Chalton Hwende, has made a successful application for the temporary release of his passport by the courts to...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 15:19hrs | 155 | by Staff reporter
Ex-MDC legislator fights for pension
FORMER MDC legislator for Mutasa North, David Anthony Chimhini has approached the High Court seeking an order by the courts to compel the public service minister to pay him his pension.In his ...Published: 04 Oct 2019 at 07:00hrs | 6 | by newzimbabwe
Mudenda, Chamisa's MPs head for showdown
THE opposition MDC has tasked its secretary for legal affairs, Innocent Gonese, to look into the legality of a declaration by National Assembly Speaker, Jacob Mudenda to withhold their sitting allowan...Published: 03 Oct 2019 at 07:43hrs | 794 | by Staff reporter
MDC MPs fined 5 months allowances for Mnangagwa walk-out
Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda has fined the MDC legislators five months' allowances for walking out on President Mnangagwa when he was addressing Parliament.MDC MPs Tuesday stood up and ...Published: 01 Oct 2019 at 18:41hrs | 2697 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa reads riot act
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has read the riot act to illegal currency traders saying this practices is destroying the economy.In his State of the Nation Address during the opening of the seco...Published: 01 Oct 2019 at 18:32hrs | 1956 | by Staff reporter
Recruitment freeze cripples tertiary institutions
GOVERNMENT'S recruitment freeze has seen most departments, among them the higher education institutions, operating with skeleton staff, making it difficult for them to deliver expected outcomes, an of...Published: 30 Sep 2019 at 16:57hrs | 729 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa set to walk into another MDC ambush
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa could run into yet another MDC humiliation episode in parliament when he officially opens the Second Session of the Ninth Parliament on Tuesday.Mnangagwa is also e...Published: 30 Sep 2019 at 06:39hrs | 566 | by newzimbabwe
'Mthuli Ncube a complete failure'
KAMBUZUMA legislator Willias Madzimure (MDC Alliance) on Thursday described Finance minister Mthuli Ncube as a complete failure, claiming Members of Parliament have managed to "put him where he belong...Published: 21 Sep 2019 at 16:31hrs | 3093 | by Staff reporter
'Zimra still charging duty on sanitary wear'
MDC legislator Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga last week revealed that individuals and institutions that were trying to bring in sanitary towels and cups for donation to underprivileged girls were fai...Published: 19 Sep 2019 at 07:09hrs | 721 | by Staff reporter
Fight over Zpra properties gets ugly
A prominent war veteran says he has been receiving death threats for campaigning for the return of properties seized by the government from war veterans.John Gazi, the chairperson of Nitram, a...Published: 15 Sep 2019 at 07:05hrs | 5215 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF drills 15 boreholes in Glen View ahead of the by-election
Zanu-PF has moved in to drill 15 boreholes in Glen View south constituency which has been hit by critical water shortages as result of negligence by the MDC led local authority.Located in Glen...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 12:58hrs | 1148 | by Staff reporter
Parliament okays contentious MOPA Bill
THE Maintenance of Peace and Order Bill (Mopa), which attracted heated debate in Parliament in the past weeks, was passed on Thursday in the National Assembly with only one amendment from the Senate....Published: 31 Aug 2019 at 18:42hrs | 875 | by Staff reporter
Minister storms out of Parly over abductions
THE main opposition MDC yesterday demanded that Home Affairs minister Cain Mathema should issue a ministerial statement in Parliament explaining all the cases of abductions and torture of persons that...Published: 28 Aug 2019 at 07:37hrs | 1064 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa ally to spend weekend in remand prison
MDC organising secretary Amos Chibaya, who was arrested on Thursday for failing to call off the opposition party's demonstration in Harare last week, will spend the weekend in remand prison after magi...Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 09:13hrs | 374 | by Staff reporter
MDC secretary to spend weekend in remand prison
MDC organising secretary Amos Chibaya, who was arrested on Thursday for failing to call off the opposition party's demonstration in Harare last week, will spend the weekend in remand prison after magi...Published: 24 Aug 2019 at 08:05hrs | 266 | by Staff Reporter
Are Zimbabwe MPs doing us any good?
CITIZENS who take the time and pain to go the extra mile and fight for other people to have the freedom to exercise their many God-given rights must be applauded, especially in a country like Zimbabwe...Published: 23 Aug 2019 at 07:39hrs | 225 | by Staff reporter
Court remands MDC Secretary General to October
Harare Magistrates Court has remanded MDC Secretary General, Chalton Hwende to 16 October.Hwende appeared at the courts on Monday for a routine remand. Hwende is facing charges of plot...Published: 19 Aug 2019 at 12:01hrs | 2075 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe is not a banana republic
Blessed Sunday good people.How was Friday?Has the Government changed yet?Is Nelson Chamisa now president of our teapot-shaped republic? Kikikiki.Yes, exactly as Bishop ...Published: 18 Aug 2019 at 09:30hrs | 273 | by Bishop Lazi
Govt official doubts the integrity of Auditor-General Mildred Chiri's audit reports
ACTING Finance secretary Zvinechimwe Churu yesterday angered legislators from the Public Accounts Committee when he suggested that he doubted the integrity of Auditor-General Mildred Chiri's audit rep...Published: 06 Aug 2019 at 07:41hrs | 2583 | by Staff reporter
'Monkeys and Baboons': What did Shiri actually say
FACTS AND FICTIONRemarks made by Agriculture minister Perence Shiri, during a Parliamentary debate on July 31, have been widely shared and have raised controversy. Under the headline...Published: 04 Aug 2019 at 14:20hrs | 1326 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to go into UAE exile bolthole
VANCOUVER/HARARE - President Emmerson Mnangagwa, is allegedly plotting to disappear from the country into exile once toppled from power by the military or his own ruling Zanu PF party by June 2020, Sp...Published: 02 Aug 2019 at 11:41hrs | 13408 | by Nancy Mabaya/Mary-Kate Kahari
Perrance Shiri's 'monkey' statements a shame, regrettable
OUTSIDE the Zanu-PF headquarters in Harare, a very large billboard proclaims that, under its current leader President Emmerson Mnangagwa, the age-old ruling party is in the process of rediscovering it...Published: 02 Aug 2019 at 08:08hrs | 4405 | by Editorial - Newsday
MDC MPs monkeys, baboons says Perrence Shiri
CHAOS reigned supreme in Parliament yesterday after Agriculture, Lands and Rural Resettlement minister Perrance Shiri described MDC MPs as "baboons and monkeys" for seeking answers on the missing $3 b...Published: 01 Aug 2019 at 09:28hrs | 6194 | by Staff reporter
MDC MP builds police station
MDC legislator for Chiwundura, Livingstone Chimina, has embarked on a project to build a police sub-station in Woodlands in order to minimise criminal activities.When Southern Eye visited the ...Published: 23 Jul 2019 at 08:28hrs | 3192 | by Staff reporter
Tshinga Dube pleads with BCC over eviction
FORMER Zanu-PF legislator Tshinga Dube has pleaded with the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) to spare him eviction from a parliamentary office in Makokoba constituency to pave way for the incumbent MDC leg...Published: 20 Jul 2019 at 14:32hrs | 5442 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa ups ante on Mnangangwa
THE MDC is galvanising its support base for action against President Emmerson Mnangagwa until he acts to solve a "legitimacy crisis" which party leader Nelson Chamisa says is at the centre of all prob...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 07:53hrs | 1583 | by Staff reporter
Rowdy Zanu-PF youths disrupt Parly hearing, threaten violence
A PARLIAMENTARY portfolio committee meeting was aborted in Kadoma at the weekend after rowdy Zanu-PF youths heckled legislators and participants, threatening to unleash violence.The Youth, Spo...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 08:01hrs | 717 | by Staff reporter
Obedingwa Mguni a national hero, says Zanu-PF bigwigs
PLUMTREE Zanu PF bigwigs have unanimously agreed that the late party's deputy chief whip and Mangwe MP Obedingwa Mguni be conferred with national hero status, considering his history in the liberation...Published: 21 Jun 2019 at 07:23hrs | 1300 | by Staff reporter
'Marriage Amendment Bill encourages adultery'
BULAWAYO residents and church leaders yesterday called for the abandonment of Section 40 of the Marriages Act Amendment Bill, saying it is likely to influence unchaste behaviour, leading to a situatio...Published: 20 Jun 2019 at 08:01hrs | 3129 | 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 | 423 | 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 | 4166 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Austerity a necessary evil, says Cross
ECONOMIST and former MDC legislator, Mr Eddie Cross has come out in full support of the Government's austerity measures saying if the economy is to heal, it has to undergo painful processes.In...Published: 02 Jun 2019 at 08:22hrs | 1217 | by Staff reporter
MDC MPs face fresh charges
MDC legislators Lloyd Mukapiko (Redcliff) and Settlement Chikwinya (Mbizo), who are facing charges of attempting to subvert a constitutionally-elected government, have been slapped with new charges....Published: 29 May 2019 at 08:04hrs | 1136 | by Staff reporter
Jacob Mudenda blocks fuel situation debate
SPEAKER of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda yesterday shot down a request by MPs to discuss the fuel situation in the country as a matter of urgency, saying legislators will get a chance to grill E...Published: 22 May 2019 at 16:11hrs | 2540 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, an illegitimate opposition leader
In politics, legitimacy is the right and acceptance of an authority, usually by a governing law or a regime and it requires one to be certified in accordance with accepted standards of that political ...Published: 09 May 2019 at 15:23hrs | | by Peacemaker Zano
Tsvangirai turns in his grave as Chamisa tramples on democracy
When the late MDC leader, Morgan Tsvangirai championed the formation of the party while he was still the Secretary General of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU), he alleged that there was no...Published: 08 May 2019 at 14:09hrs | 3701 | by Elijah Chihota
Mandiwanzira seeks release of his passport
The trial of former ICT, Postal and Courier Services Minister Supa Mandiwanzira kicked off this Tuesday at the Harare Magistrates Court with the accused seeking the release of his passport.Mea...Published: 07 May 2019 at 21:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC legislator acquitted over fake address
A HARARE court yesterday acquitted Mt Pleasant legislator, Samuel Banda (MDC Alliance), who was accused of contravening a section of the Electoral Act by falsifying his home address for the purpose of...Published: 07 May 2019 at 07:56hrs | 973 | by Staff reporter
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 | 2485 | by Staff reporter
Matutu Tears into MDC Alliance leaders
FORMER MDC Masvingo Urban legislator Mr Tongai Matutu yesterday tore into the party's leadership led by Mr Nelson Chamisa accusing them of "witchcraft" for rigging elections to choose the party's new ...Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 07:05hrs | 893 | by Staff reporter
Outcry on Maridadi's appointment: Much ado about nothing
The appointment of former MDC legislator for Mabvuku-Tafara, James Maridadi as one of the 15 ambassadors- designate, has torched a storm which, nonetheless, is much ado about nothing.Section 1...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 20:06hrs | 4448 | by Tafara Shumba
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