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'CCC struggles with Parly recognition'
Professor Welshman Ncube, acting leader of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), says the party's leadership does not have full control over its relationship with Parliament, the State, and quasi-i...Published: 24 Jun 2024 at 14:31hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
2 people destroyed the party that was left by Tsvangirai, says Obama of Zimbabwean politics
ROBERT Chapman, who declared his presidential aspirations for the forthcoming general elections, says power struggles and quarrels have obliterated the capacity of the opposition to dislodge Zimbabwe'...Published: 28 Feb 2023 at 08:07hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mudzuri declares no interest in any post at MDC-T Congress
FORMER Energy and Power Development minister, Elias Mudzuri, has confirmed he is not contesting for any position in the upcoming ‘flawed' MDC-T Congress set for this weekend.Mudzuri served as En...Published: 17 Dec 2022 at 12:16hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora pampered with vast farm, Mercedes-Benz
MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora has taken delivery of a brand new Mercedes-Benz from President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government, adding to a farm he was also given for free early this year in what is see...Published: 13 Nov 2022 at 17:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora seeks to keep rivals out
MDC Alliance president Douglas Mwonzora is reportedly planning to block aspiring candidates from contesting the party presidency after influencing some youths to declare him the sole presidential cand...Published: 18 May 2022 at 06:23hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora was planning to 'fight' Chamisa 3 months before 2018 election
Former MDC-T secretary general Douglas Mwonzora was plotting to "fight" party leader Nelson Chamisa three months before the July 2018 elections, leaked chats by former cabinet minister and Zanu-PF off...Published: 25 Jun 2021 at 09:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora says Zimbabweans are fed up with political fights, want jobs, food
MDC-T president Douglas Mwonzora has said Zimbabweans are fed up with engaging in daily, deadly, and partisan political fights and now yearn for jobs, food, and better medical care.He accused ...Published: 27 Apr 2021 at 07:55hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
By-elections will cut Mwonzora to size
WITH the COVID-19 pandemic under control, Zimbabwe should soon be preparing for by-elections to fill in parliamentary and council vacancies created following the recall of MDC Alliance MPs and council...Published: 30 Mar 2021 at 06:49hrs | 2 | by Kennedy Kaitano
'Biti must not be expelled from Parliament'
Zanu-PF is determined to establish a one-party state similar to the Chinese model, former People's Democratic Party (PDP) secretary-general Gorden Moyo said on Thursday.Moyo spoke a day after ...Published: 19 Mar 2021 at 09:31hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
When the opposition runs rings around the opposition
Events in the opposition camp over the past few weeks have been amusing and amazing. Fierce contestation in the MDC followed the late Morgan Tsvangirai's unilateral and undemocratic declaration that t...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 07:00hrs | 1 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Big Saturday read: The other side of the story
On the 27th of July 2017, the late President Morgan Tsvangirai convened an Extra-Ordinary National Council Meeting at his Highlands home.On the Agenda was the ratification of the Coalition Agr...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 16:13hrs | | by Lloyd Damba
Dead bodies in Chamisa's hands
On the 27th of July 2017, the late President Morgan Tsvangirai convened an Extra-Ordinary National Council Meeting at his Highlands home.On the Agenda was the ratification of the Coalition Agr...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 15:28hrs | 1 | by Lloyd Damba
Chamisa's MDC says arrests, torture won't deter it
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance has vowed that its supporters will not be distracted from their goal of unseating the Zanu-PF regime by State-sponsored arbitrary arrests, torture and abductions....Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 21:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Reasons why by-elections spook Zanu-PF
ZIMBABWE is in perpetual election mode, so there is no harm yapping on this subject even as the year is just starting and we are more than two years away from the next national polls.The west ...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 07:53hrs | 2 | by Tawanda Majoni
Chaotic MDC-T congress spells doom for opposition
THIS week's chaotic MDC-T extraordinary congress which was controversially won by party secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora against rivals Thokozani Khupe, Elias Mudzuri and Morgan Komichi dealt the op...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 11:06hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
EFF member voted in MDC-T elections
THE opposition party, Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) Zimbabwe has confirmed one of its senior officials voted in the MDC-T chaotic weekend extraordinary congress held at the Harare International Conf...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 07:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Khupe leaves MDC-T vote in a huff
CHAOTIC scenes rocked the combustible MDC-T extraordinary congress which was held at the Harare International Conference Centre yesterday, with backers of the interim party president Thokozani Khupe (...Published: 28 Dec 2020 at 07:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Khupe 'runs' out of MDC-T congress
MDC-T interim president Dr Thokozani Khupe yesterday walked out of her party's extraordinary congress in Harare after being incensed by the chaos that marred the voting process. The cong...Published: 28 Dec 2020 at 07:20hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Khupe suspends Mwonzora
MDC-T interim leader Thokozani Khupe have suspended Douglas Mwonzora from his secretary-general post for allegedly fiddling with the party voting process to tilt the outcome in his favour....Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 19:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chaos mars start of MDC-T Congress voting
CHAOS has marred the beginning of voting at the ongoing MDC-T congress with some delegates accusing the party of deleting their names from the voters' roll.Some agitated party delegates have d...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 12:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mwonzora is the only one who can fit into Tsvangirai's shoes' - says daughter
MDC-T Congress delegate Isabel Mwonzora was unequivocal in claims her father was best suited for the MDC-T top job."Mwonzora is the only one who can fit into Morgan Tsvangirai's shoes. He has ...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 10:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
LIVE: MDC-T Congress begins
MDC-T congress started at Rainbow Towers, Harare this Sunday morning with wild cheering directed at presidential hopeful and current secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora.Mwonzora's arrival at th...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 10:36hrs | 32 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora thanks Chamisa's followers for behaving
MDC-T congress started at Rainbow Towers, Harare this Sunday morning with wild cheering directed at presidential hopeful and current secretary general Douglas Mwonzora.Mwonzora's arrival at th...Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 10:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bhebhe's bid to stop MDC-T Congress dismissed with costs
BULAWAYO High Court Judge, Thompson Mabhikwa Saturday dismissed with costs, a case in which expelled MDC-T organising secretary, Abednico Bhebhe was seeking a stop to the opposition's congress in Hara...Published: 26 Dec 2020 at 20:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T Congress preps runs into another huddle
PREPARATIONS for the stop-go MDC-T extraordinary congress now set for this Sunday have run into another customary hurdle, with claims of financial impropriety levelled against the opposition's secreta...Published: 26 Dec 2020 at 08:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Khupe barred from holding rescheduled MDC-T Congress
THE government has barred interim MDC leader Thokozani Khupe from holding the party's planned extra-ordinary congress slated for December 27 - until the coronavirus pandemic is under control in the co...Published: 24 Dec 2020 at 19:32hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T members to pay $1 subscriptions
THE Thokozani Khupe-led MDC-T has demanded that its members should pay $1 in subscriptions in order to assist bereaved party members at funerals, adding that its membership was now 1,5 million which w...Published: 23 Dec 2020 at 07:15hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Abednico Bhebhe has the last laugh
Expelled MDC-T National Organising Secretary, Abednico Bhebhe, had the last laugh after the party failed to hold its extraordinary congress due to anomalies in the party's voters roll.Sources ...Published: 21 Dec 2020 at 20:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC infighting timeline 2014 - 2020
AS the drama of recalls of MPs and councillors continues to unravel within the strife-torn opposition MDC, we trace the roots of the crisis back to May 2014 when the party was deeply divided before an...Published: 19 Dec 2020 at 16:40hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T Congress rescheduled to 27 December
THE MDC-T led by interim president Thokozani Khupe has rescheduled its extraordinary congress to 27 December.The elective congress to choose a new president to replace the late founding leader...Published: 19 Dec 2020 at 15:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T Congress collapses
SERIOUS fissures have emerged ahead of the MDC-T extraordinary congress set for today (Saturday) as rival factions scuttled the process leading to its abandonment.The opposition party's spokes...Published: 19 Dec 2020 at 15:28hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Bhebhe's bid to stop MDC-T Congress dealt a severe blow
BULAWAYO High Court judge, Justice Christopher Dube Banda Wednesday poured cold water on expelled former MDC-T organising secretary, Abednico Bhebhe's bid to stop the opposition party's extraordinary ...Published: 17 Dec 2020 at 06:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Khupe's MDC challenges Bhebhe's High Court application
Lawyers representing the MDC-T have sought an application to postpone the urgent chamber application filed by former national organising secretary, Abednico Bhebhe, who wanted to stop the party from h...Published: 16 Dec 2020 at 14:53hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora says confident of victory
ASPIRING MDC-T president and current party secretary general, Douglas Mwonzora has expressed confidence he would emerge victorious from this week's party elective congress.At a media conferenc...Published: 16 Dec 2020 at 07:10hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Police grant verbal go-ahead for Khupe's MDC-T Congress
POLICE have granted a verbal go ahead to the MDC-T to hold its elective congress this coming Saturday subject to the Ministry of Health and Child Care approval.The party says it expecting abou...Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 07:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora tries to come clean over accusations
THE MDC-T owes US$100 000 to its lawyers who include constitutional expert Lovemore Madhuku, Kholwani Ngwenya, Nomatter Kadoko, and another lawyer only named as Mtungura, it has emerged.This w...Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 06:23hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Mudzuri says to challenge Khupe for MDC-T presidency
Former MDC-T vice president Elias Mudzuri will challenge interim leader Thokozani Khupe for the presidency, he announced on Friday.The party has been rocked by leadership disputes which spille...Published: 23 Oct 2020 at 17:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Khupe sued over MDC-T congress
SOME MDC-T members have approached the High Court seeking to force the party's interim leader Thokozani Khupe to release key information about the forthcoming extraordinary congress.Gilbert Ka...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 11:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Khupe takes over as leader of the opposition in Parliament
Thokozani Khupe's opposition power grab was complete on Wednesday after she was sworn-in as an MP, along with a coterie of her supporters who were defeated in elections in 2018.The MDC-T leade...Published: 07 Oct 2020 at 18:29hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa barred from MDC-T Congress
MDC Alliance president Nelson Chamisa and other party members are not welcome at the MDC-T's extraordinary congress, reinstated secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora has said.The MDC-T is set to ...Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 20:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa transports Mugabe milk' debunked?
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance secretary-general Charlton Hwende has dismissed remarks by his erstwhile MDC-T colleague Douglas Mwonzora who claimed Nelson Chamisa's trucks were in the business of transporti...Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 06:31hrs | 3 | by newzimbabwe
Recycled bad politicians as the last resort of saving Zimbabwe?
Zimbabwe is full of talented and equally good citizens who if coopted into politics can turn around the fortunes of our country. Unfortunately for our beloved motherland we seem to be cased. We have a...Published: 21 Mar 2019 at 19:04hrs | 2 | by Henry Madiro
Zanu-PF distances self from MDC infighting
THE ruling Zanu-PF party has no hand in the internal fights within the opposition MDC Alliance and suggestions that the revolutionary party is involved in the latter's factional bickering is not only ...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 07:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Behold, Chamisa's circus comes to town
The pen, when wielded by the most potent hand, can indeed become mightier than the sword.As Bishop Lazi told you last week, there are a few men and women who belong to a pantheon of gods who c...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 01:31hrs | 1 | by Bishop Lazarus
MDC leader fears another party split
MDC-Alliance deputy president Engineer Elias Mudzuri yesterday said the forthcoming opposition party's congress in May could split the party due to factional fights. MDC-Alliance, led by Nelson Chamis...Published: 02 Mar 2019 at 07:35hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mpofu advises MDC-T on congress
FORMER MDC legislator for Bulilima East Norman Mpofu has warned MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa to immediately call for MDC-T congress to legitimised his leadership.Chamisa and Elias Mudzur...Published: 16 Sep 2018 at 08:53hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Chamisa must avoid the Rehoboamian syndrome
THE personal conduct, including manner of speech, wisdom and intellectual capacity, as well as leadership style of political leaders, in particular public figures, are always subject to scrutiny....Published: 15 Jun 2018 at 15:05hrs | 4 | by Willard Chinhara
Explaining the confusion in MDC-T primaries - Part II of II
This article was originally published by ZOOMZimbabwe.com While the grassroots are eyeing the July elections, the top officials are eyeing the December...Published: 27 May 2018 at 15:29hrs | 1 | by Felix Mbonderi Chiroro
Explaining the confusion in MDC-T primaries - Part I of II
Explaining the confusion in MDC-T primaries: Mwonzora is being targeted in all this fracas. The pro-Chamisa camp is targeting the December party congress...Published: 27 May 2018 at 15:27hrs | | by Felix Mbonderi Chiroro
Chamisa speeches expose his folly
When one squeezes an orange one gets orange juice, similarly when one squeezes a lemon they get the bitter taste of lemon juice and not orange juice. It would appear that the election fever and ...Published: 09 May 2018 at 15:24hrs | | by Prosperity Mzila
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