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Sengezo Tshabangu and his handlers have lost the plot big time
ZIMBABWE'S political history has been littered with opposition malcontents for a very long time, which has caused the weakening and splitting of the main opposition political party in the country....Published: 26 Nov 2023 at 08:31hrs | 11 | by Leonard Koni
An opposition within an opposition
The Zimbabwean political history has been littered with opposition malcontents within itself for a very long time which has caused the weakening and splitting of the main opposition political party in...Published: 08 Nov 2023 at 14:27hrs | 6 | by Leonard Koni
Zimbabwe politics: Lineaments of stock characters
What are stock characters?LET me be basic so I am accessible to many of my readers, whatever level of education, and from whichever discipline they hail.In literature we have what are ...Published: 22 Apr 2023 at 19:00hrs | 10 | by @Jamwanda2 on Saturday
Jail has cost Job Sikhala a fortune already
Just before the presidential elections of early 2002, two young MPs from the united MDC, Job Sikhala and Tafadzwa Musekiwa, arranged a meeting with the late Perrance Shiri, who was then commander of t...Published: 25 Dec 2022 at 14:15hrs | | by Tawanda Majoni
Job Sikhala: Arrested over 70 times under Mugabe, Mnangagwa
ZENGEZA West Member of Parliament Job Sikhala shows signs of defiance as he fights for freedom.Having spent this week battling it out in the courts to secure bail following the latest of multi...Published: 25 Jul 2022 at 07:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
End of the road for Tsvangirai's MDC
D-DAY has arrived for the MDC brand, with the electorate expected to decide its fate, as analysts say the iconic party associated with the firebrand Morgan Tsvangirai may disappear into oblivion if it...Published: 27 Mar 2022 at 07:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
The rise and fall of the MDC: Winners, losers and neutrals
AS Zimbabwe approaches crucial by-elections in March, which will test the strength of main contestants while determining the authentic opposition, there is no denying that the MDC, which has posed the...Published: 08 Feb 2022 at 18:21hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Is imperialism faltering or restrategising?
IMPERIALISTIC activities of western industrialised countries in Africa have since 1990 subtly changed, bearing violent objectives and consequences.Colonialism and imperialism today in Africa h...Published: 31 Jan 2022 at 05:43hrs | | by Gibson Nyikadzino
A political accident waiting to happen
Communities are glued and bound together by more than blood.They share a common past, history, heritage, values, norms and aspirations.The commonality bred by sharing similar languages...Published: 23 Jan 2022 at 07:58hrs | 8 | by Bishop Laz
Chamisa's' MDC implodes, Thanks to Zanu-PF
WHAT is in a name? The rumbling dispute over the proprietary rights to the name - Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) - looks set to blow Zimbabwe's opposition out of the political water.Acti...Published: 25 Mar 2021 at 16:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Unpacking Nelson Chamisa; MDC Alliance turns into a coven under Chamisa
The word Coven is defined as "a meeting of witches". Witches are associated with the highest level of cruelty mass destruction and inhuman actions covered in catastrophic end. So in a meeting of w...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 23:55hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
ZANU-PF headquarters shaken as Africa calls spade a spade
Once you see the bigmouth trio of George Charamba aka Jamwanda, Presidential Spokesman, Victor Matemadanda aka Taximan, Deputy Minister of Defence and Monica Mutsvangwa, Minister of Information, spewi...Published: 23 Sep 2020 at 11:13hrs | 1 | by Israel Dube
Sikhala's foot in mouth: Storm in a tea cup
THOSE who have been following Zimbabwean politics since the country's independence in 1980 are most likely wondering what all the hullaballoo is about over the statements made by ultra-controversial o...Published: 10 Jul 2019 at 07:57hrs | | by Editorial - Newsday
'MDC develops into a four-headed monster'
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has created a bloated National Executive which is a concoction of four factions of the original MDC and that is bound to cost Chamisa in the next elections a former MDC...Published: 20 Jun 2019 at 14:25hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
MDC rebels rewarded as loyalists booted out of power
The opposition MDC Alliance party saw former rebels being rewarded by getting elected into top positions, while loyalists were booted out, when the opposition movement elected new leadership over the ...Published: 29 May 2019 at 08:30hrs | | by African News Agency
Chamisa’s dictatorial tendencies exposed
Following the confirmation of President Mnangagwa's election victory by the Constitutional Court and his subsequent inauguration last month, the nation had one eye on the unfolding mayoral elections a...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 06:46hrs | | by Nobleman Runyanga
MDC-T name wrangle spills into court
THE bitter fight over the ownership of the MDC-T party name and symbols pitting two rival camps, one led by the party's president Advocate Nelson Chamisa and the other by the party's expelled co-deput...Published: 13 Apr 2018 at 07:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Khupe free to leave,' says Chamisa
MDC-T president Advocate Nelson Chamisa yesterday said his estranged deputy, Dr Thokozani Khupe, who on Sunday announced her split from the opposition party, is free to leave.Dr Khupe leads a ...Published: 20 Mar 2018 at 06:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC will only rule when two Sundays meet
The continuous confusion and lack of proper planning within MDC circles indicates the political death of that opposition outfit. The recent drama that took place at MDC-Alliance rally, at Hu...Published: 09 Feb 2018 at 12:29hrs | | by Peacemaker Zano
'I don't have anything new to offer,' says Job Sikhala
Former St Mary's MP Job Sikhala has admitted he is not feeling "motivated to contest for public office" in the coming elections and says he believes "in giving others an opportunity to serve as well."...Published: 29 Sep 2017 at 09:27hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Sikhala speaks on taking oath as lawyer
Firebrand MDC secretary for recruitment Job Sikhala - who signed the High Court's roll of attorneys officially becoming a lawyer last week --has said his political life will not affect his newly-acqui...Published: 01 Sep 2017 at 15:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe must brace themselves for a real opposition political outfit
The incessant bickering among opposition and many other serious missteps by the Zimbabwean opposition leaders have left me with no choice but to launch a smart opposition party by September 2017. The ...Published: 09 Aug 2017 at 22:03hrs | | by Sam Wezhira
Tsvangirai is the same as Mugabe so Chamisa should lead MDC-T
VIVA Zimbabwe chairman Acie Lumumba says Kuwadzana East legislator Nelson Chamisa should be given the reins to lead MDC-T as other party leaders including Morgan Tsvangirai are nothing more than a jok...Published: 23 Mar 2017 at 14:03hrs | | by Daniel Chigundu
MDC-T at its weakest point
I could laugh my lungs out after reading an article from a local press which assumed that MDC-T brand was at its strongest. Truth be said, the opposite is real. MDC-T is currently at its weakest point...Published: 12 May 2016 at 12:04hrs | | by Peacemaker Zano
Why do Zimbabwe's opposition parties split so much? - Part 2
In the last article, we discussed the first set of factors in an effort to explain the frequency of splits and breakaways in the opposition parties. The MDC family, as I will call it, is the primary p...Published: 12 Jun 2015 at 11:16hrs | | by Alex Magaisa
Why Ndebeles Must shield Jabulani Sibanda
Background The war veterans chairman was recently kicked out primarily because he spoke out against Robert Mugabe's manoeuvres to stealthily alter the r...Published: 17 Nov 2014 at 08:44hrs | 5 | by Shingai Mugochi, A lay concerned Zimbabwean
Leaving Zanu-PF is not an option Cdes
Cde Cephas Msipa is one of the few surviving members of the PF ZAPU national executive committee. He was elected Secretary General of PF Zapu in 1984. He, however, defected to Zanu-PF before the ...Published: 16 Oct 2014 at 11:28hrs | | by Tafara Shumba
MDC-T relaxes elections guidelines
THE main opposition MDC-T has relaxed its election guidelines and given a nod to returnees and newcomers to contest for national executive positions at the party's elective congress next month....Published: 12 Sep 2014 at 12:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Is Zimbabwe opposition disabled without the letters, 'MDC'?
Just looking at the proliferation of any opposition political force in Zimbabwe, the letters MDC ring bells. A stranger may easily be forgiven for thinking that MDC is the only ticket with which t...Published: 07 Aug 2014 at 07:21hrs | | by Chris Tongogara
Grace Mugabe warns Zanu-PF leaders
FIRST Lady Grace Mugabe warned Zanu-PF leaders to desist from factionalism lest they go the way of the MDC which was dividing like an amoeba.Launched on September 11, 1999, the original MDC h...Published: 26 Jul 2014 at 07:06hrs | | by Elita Chikwati
Democracy beyond tsvangirai
One of the greatest shortcomings of the Zimbabwean state of mind is the worship of man.Religious worship for instance, I have heard christians claim 'mwari wanhingi ndibatsirei' (god of so and...Published: 16 Jun 2014 at 07:19hrs | | by Ashirai Mtirikwi Mawere
Zim opposition parties in disarray
The chaos bedevilling opposition political parties is indicative of their failure to genuinely grasp the aspirations of ordinary Zimbabweans, analysts have said.Opposition parties have been a...Published: 05 May 2014 at 06:28hrs | | by Farirai Machivenyika
Take Sikhala at own risk
I was very happy when I learnt that Morgan Tsvangirai and some senior members of his party are very sceptical about Job Sikhala. They are spot on. I am told Tsvagirai has actually instructed Cham...Published: 25 Apr 2014 at 20:36hrs | | by John Sigauke - MDC-99
MDC-99 members refuse to follow Sikhala
MDC-99 members will not follow their former leader Mr Job Sikhala to the opposition MDC-T as they announced yesterday plans to join the United Democratic Front proposed by secretary-general Mr Ten...Published: 09 Apr 2014 at 23:24hrs | | by Albert Chavhunduka
MDC-T is regrouping says Sikhala
Nomadic politician Job Sikhala is back in the MDC-T after joining a splinter party in 2005 and forming his own MDC-99 which never made any impact. ...Published: 22 Mar 2014 at 11:41hrs | | by Tichaona Zindoga
Why Mangoma is wasting his energy
The struggles within the struggle (remember Masipula Sithole) ravaging the MDC-T makes one wonder whether those who aspire to leadership positions in mass protest movements (that masquerade as politic...Published: 18 Mar 2014 at 06:28hrs | | by Alois Masepe
MDC-T should not wait for 2018 elections, says Sikhala
FORMER MDC 99 president Job Sikhala, who last week rejoined MDC-T following the 2005 split, says the opposition party should not wait for 2018 elections to topple President Robert Mugabe's government...Published: 17 Mar 2014 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Welshman Ncube's former MPs join Tsvangirai's MDC-T
THE Morgan Tsvangirai led MDC on Saturday unveiled its latest recruits from the MDC fronted by Professor Welshman Ncube, Edward Mkhosi and Siyabonga Malandu Ncube, former Mangwe and Insiza South...Published: 15 Mar 2014 at 18:51hrs | | by Lulu Brenda Harris
Tsvangirai, Biti feud escalates
MDC secretary-general Tendai Biti could have fallen for a shrewd plot to finger him as Elton Mangoma's handler after he sought to overturn a suspension imposed by the National Council on the deputy tr...Published: 10 Mar 2014 at 16:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Simba Makoni can save the MDC-T
His remarkably candid and well-choreographed letter demanding Morgan Tsvangirai step down punched above his personal courage. It is likely that powerful allies, who are yet to show their hand, are enc...Published: 24 Feb 2014 at 10:21hrs | | by Mai Jukwa
Simba Makoni to rescue the MDC-T
ROY Bennet was the first to publicly dissent, Ben Freeth followed, then Ian Kay, Elias Mudzuri, Eddie Cross and now Elton Mangoma. The chorus grows.His remarkably candid and well-choreographed...Published: 04 Feb 2014 at 06:20hrs | | by Amai Jukwa
Madhuku's NCA courts Mutambara
Lovemore Madhuku, National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) leader, is courting former Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara to join his party, in an effort to mount a strong opposition against Zanu P...Published: 05 Dec 2013 at 07:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Opposition parties shower praises on Gono
Opposition parties have showered praises on retired Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor Gideon Gono, calling him the best governor since 1980.Gono resigned from the central bank on Saturda...Published: 03 Dec 2013 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Job Sikhala's MDC-99 merges with Madhuku's NCA
THE MDC 99 and the National Constitutional Assembly today merged to become one political party that will operate in the interim under the NCA banner. The merger was announced by MDC 99 presi...Published: 06 Nov 2013 at 12:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe under fire
Opposition parties have come out guns blazing against President Robert Mugabe for crippling government operations by delaying the announcement of a new Cabinet.However, Zanu-PF yesterday said ...Published: 10 Sep 2013 at 08:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe crippling govt by delaying Cabinet announcement
Opposition parties have accused President Mugabe of crippling government operations by delaying the announcement of a new Cabinet. However, Zanu-PF yesterday said the nation should be patient...Published: 10 Sep 2013 at 06:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Makoni, Madhuku, Sikhala in surprise appearance at Nkala burial
The burial of the late nationalist, Enos Nkala, was marked by surprise appearances from some of Zanu-PF's critics with President Robert Mugabe capitalising on the event to launch his scathing attackin...Published: 29 Aug 2013 at 20:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Elected MDC-T MPs vow to defy Tsvangirai
A number of MDC-T members who won in the National Assembly elections in Matabeleland have vowed to defy party leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai's directive for them to boycott Parliament.The party w...Published: 06 Aug 2013 at 05:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-99 official jailed for stealing a car
HARARE - Aaron Muzungu, spokesperson for Job Sikhala's MDC-99, has been jailed for an effective five years after being found guilty of stealing a car from a Croco Holdings vehicle launch.Muzun...Published: 02 Aug 2013 at 09:18hrs | | by Staff Reporter
SA based tycoon guns for Zimbabwean presidency
South Africa-based Zimbabwean businessman and academic, Mutumwa Mawere, has thrown his hat into the Zimbabwe Presidential race.Mawere, Mugabe, Tsvangirai and Ncube successfully filed presid...Published: 28 Jun 2013 at 18:14hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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