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Zanu-PF goes after unpatriotic Zimbabweans
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's ruling Zanu-PF party purportedly plans to fast-track a controversial law that would punish citizens deemed "unpatriotic".The National Assembly last week adopted ...Published: 13 Apr 2022 at 06:43hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa in trouble
A FACTION of the MDC led by Mr Douglas Mwonzora says it will take legal action against Mr Nelson Chamisa if he clings on to the name MDC-Alliance. It is understood that Mr Mwonzora, who is the country...Published: 09 Sep 2021 at 06:09hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
History will absolve Mwonzora
MDC-T president Douglas Mwonzora (DM) has often been described as a sellout and likened to Rhodesia-Zimbabwe quisling Bishop Abel Muzorewa.Mwonzora, nicknamed "Mwonzorewa" by critics who are d...Published: 20 May 2021 at 22:15hrs | 24 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF restructures to quantify support base
Zanu-PF is embarking on restructuring exercises across the provinces to quantify the party's support base ahead of the 2023 general elections. The party's Secretary for Administration Dr Obert Mpofu s...Published: 19 May 2021 at 06:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF restructures
The Zanu PF Harare Province is expected to hold a cell restructuring exercise this weekend to accommodate new members joining the party. This comes as the party's progressive policies that res...Published: 06 May 2021 at 05:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora apologises to Parliament, begs for diplomatic passports
MDC-T leader Mr Douglas Mwonzora on Tuesday apologised to Parliament for the breaches of parliamentary rules and custom by members of his party, citing pressure from the then MDC-Alliance leadership. ...Published: 22 Apr 2021 at 06:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's officials stampede to join Zanu-PF?
THE Zanu-PF national secretary for finance, Patrick Chinamasa claims the ruling party is overwhelmed by applications from MDC Alliance members itching to join the former liberation movement.He...Published: 24 Mar 2021 at 06:07hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says Zimbabwe needs exorcism
MAIN opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has said Zimbabwe needs to be exorcised by the church as it is too polarised and cannot move forward as a nation.Chamisa said this while addr...Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 07:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Lazy' MPs abandon $7 million CDF
NATIONAL Assembly speaker Jacob Mudenda has called on voters to dump MPs who have abandoned in excess of $7 million in Constituency Development Funds (CDF) through failure to submit applications to ge...Published: 28 Oct 2020 at 06:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mudenda blocks debate on Mamombe incarceration
OPPOSITION MDC legislators this week unsuccessfully tried to bring the case of incarcerated Harare West legislator Joana Mamombe up for discussion in bid to get the youngest MP in the National Assembl...Published: 02 Oct 2020 at 07:44hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
No more singing in Zimbabwe Parliament
PARLIAMENT has enacted a new rule which bans legislators from singing in the chambers, the Daily News reports.Speaking in the Senate recently, Parliamentary Affairs minister Ziyambi Ziyambi, pictu...Published: 18 Sep 2020 at 21:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's recalled MPs refusing to return 'Parliament' vehicles
THE GOVERNMENT has issued a stern warning to recalled MDC legislators who are refusing to return vehicles they got under parliament's car loan scheme.Thokozani Khupe, who was declared the legi...Published: 31 Aug 2020 at 19:08hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Khupe pushes to drown Mwonzora
THERE is no let-up to the mayhem devouring the divided MDC, with the party's interim leader Thokozani Khupe now pushing to have her secretary- general Douglas Mwonzora disciplined, the Daily News repo...Published: 26 Aug 2020 at 20:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Khupe pushing to have Mwonzora disciplined
THERE is no let-up to the mayhem devouring the divided MDC, with the party's interim leader Thokozani Khupe now pushing to have her secretary- general Douglas Mwonzora disciplined.This comes a...Published: 26 Aug 2020 at 07:30hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora, Khupe wrangle escalates
THE MDC's mindless infighting continues to escalate - with the tension between interim party leader Thokozani Khupe and her secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora now said to be approaching breaking point...Published: 25 Aug 2020 at 18:07hrs | 2 | 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 | | 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 | 1 | 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 | | 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 | 2 | by Staff reporter
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 | | 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 | 2 | 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 | | 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 | 2 | 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 | 3 | 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 | | 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 | 1 | by Nobleman Runyanga
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 | 1 | 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 | 4 | by Staff reporter
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 | 11 | by Elijah Chihota
Uproar over Mnangagwa's pick for new Zacc chair
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has chosen High Court judge, Justice Loice Matanda-Moyo (pictured), who is also Foreign Affairs minister Sibusiso Moyo's wife, to be the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commissio...Published: 29 Mar 2019 at 12:11hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Government values human rights
Human rights are defined as freedoms to which all humans are considered to be entitled, and these often include the rights to life, liberty, equality, freedom of expression and many others.The...Published: 14 Mar 2019 at 17:01hrs | 1 | by Peacemaker Zano
UK takes interest in MDC Alliance court cases
THE United Kingdom says it is following closely how the Zimbabwean government is handling the various cases of opposition legislators and pro-democracy defenders arrested and charged for participating...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 10:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Top MDC leader arrested at the airport
The opposition Movement for Democratic Change has announced that its Treasurer General Charlton Hwende has been arrested upon landing at the Robert Mugabe International airport. "Deputy Treasu...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 10:07hrs | 3 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa calls on Mnangagwa to stop blaming him and instead solve the crisis
OPPOSITION MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has, in a no-holds-barred interview with international media, accused his political nemesis President Emmerson Mnangagwa of being out of touch with reality and mis...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 21:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa out of touch, says Chamisa
OPPOSITION MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has, in a no-holds-barred interview with international media, accused his political nemesis President Emmerson Mnangagwa of being out of touch with reality and mis...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Is Mnangagwa's govt pro-poor or Queen B?'
MDC legislators on Wednesday grilled Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs minister, Ziyambi Ziyambi over the effects of government's austerity measures while bigwigs are living an extravagant life...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 14:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF plots to embarrass Chamisa at congress
The clampdown on the ring leaders of the national shutdown that left a trail of destruction and over 12 civilians dead at the hands of security forces across the country is a Zanu-PF ploy to target MD...Published: 09 Feb 2019 at 20:11hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Hwende in hiding, seeks Namibian police protection
SENIOR MDC official and Kuwadzana legislator Charlton Hwende is seeking the assistance of Namibian police to stop the possible "abduction and rendition" to Zimbabwe in the ongoing crackdown against op...Published: 02 Feb 2019 at 05:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MPs bailed after 2 weeks in custody
BULAWAYO High Court Judge Justice Martin Makonese on Friday granted bail to two treason-accused MDC legislators from Kwekwe.Redcliff MP Lloyd Mukapiko and Mbizo counterpart Settlement Chikwiny...Published: 02 Feb 2019 at 05:43hrs | | by newzimbabwe
Chamisa rescued by Tuku mourners
POLITICAL tempers flared at the burial of the late music icon and national hero Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi yesterday after State security agents, for the second time inside 24 hours, attempted to block op...Published: 28 Jan 2019 at 10:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Commonwealth bid hits snag
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's bid to rejoin former British colonies' club, the Commonwealth, as part of his re-engagement efforts with the West, appears to have hit a snag after the ex-colonial maste...Published: 25 Jan 2019 at 08:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Chamisa's MDC won't impeach Mnangagwa
MDC legislators said they were not going to be used by Zanu-PF to fight their factional battles through the planned impeachment of President Emmerson Mnangagwa.This comes amid high fears over ...Published: 23 Jan 2019 at 12:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa seeks AU, Sadc intervention
MDC vice-president Morgen Komichi yesterday implored the Southern African Development Cooperation (Sadc), the African Union (AU) and the rest of the international community to intervene on the deterio...Published: 23 Jan 2019 at 11:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa warn plotters
Serious fresh ructions have emerged in Zanu-PF, resulting in two prominent members of the former liberation movement revealing explosive details over the past few days of an apparent plot to topple Pr...Published: 22 Jan 2019 at 16:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
AK-47 wielding soldiers go on rampage in Zimbabwe
SOLDIERS have continued to maintain a high presence in residential areas around the country, harassing civilians and, in most cases, beating them up without explanation, as opposition MPs and activist...Published: 21 Jan 2019 at 08:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Insulting judges will not set aside court rulings,' Malaba tells Chamisa?
CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba called Monday for "respect of legal processes and decisions", defiantly stating that insulting judges will not set aside court rulings.The country's top judge made th...Published: 16 Jan 2019 at 09:28hrs | | by newzimbabwe
Mthuli Ncube grilled over 2% tax
MDC legislators last week grilled Finance minister Mthuli Ncube and Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi over the legality of the two percent tax which was introduced in October this year.Speaking...Published: 28 Dec 2018 at 21:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
The day MDC legislators were paid in own coin
Since the beginning of the ninth Parliament of Zimbabwe, MDC legislators have displayed a sickeningly childish behaviour which is unbecoming of an opposition partyanywhere. The lawmakers have sought t...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 13:48hrs | 1 | by Nobleman Runyanga
'Withhold Parliament benefits for rowdy MDC legislators'
THE Zanu-PF Mashonaland East youth league want President Emmerson Mnangagwa to withhold government benefits given to MDC Alliance legislators until the opposition recognises his legitimacy.The...Published: 11 Dec 2018 at 05:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
A paradox within the MDC
The launch of the National Cleaning Day in Highfield last week left many stuck in awe in trying to unlock the logic of what is actually transpiring within Nelson Chamisa's MDC party.Since the ...Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 09:40hrs | | by Brightface Mutema
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