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Bulawayo deputy mayor fights conviction at High Court
BULAWAYO deputy mayor Mlandu Ncube and two others who were part of a group of 12 MDC-T members involved in violent skirmishes that rocked the opposition party in March 2018 have approached the High Co...Published: 02 Mar 2023 at 05:46hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'1978 Smith-Muzorewa show has no political capital, it flopped' - 2008 GNU Tsvangirai had 73% vote capital, it flopped too
MDC A is dismissing Douglas Mwonzora's call for national political dialogue, involving MDC-T, MDC A and Zanu PF as the leading player, as a waste of time. "Well, you have no dispute with Zanu-...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 10:14hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Gutu apologises for his role in 'satanic sanctions' against Zimbabwe
FORMER MDC-T top official Obert Gutu has issued an apology to Zimbabweans for being part of opposition party politicians who repeatedly called on the West to impose and maintain sanctions on Zimbabwe....Published: 08 Nov 2020 at 08:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Khupe factions must seek ZCTU mediation
SO, the constitutional and rule of law champions Morgen Komichi, Douglas Mwonzora, MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe and Tapiwa Mashakada want the world to believe that their understanding of constitutiona...Published: 23 Oct 2020 at 08:32hrs | 2 | by Kennedy Kaitano
Chamisa, Khupe fights cost opposition votes
CIVIC society groups based in Matabeleland have blamed the two warring MDC-T factions, led by Nelson Chamisa (left) and Thokozani Khupe (right), for selling out their parliamentary seats to the ruling...Published: 02 Aug 2018 at 07:42hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF judge' comment, Gutu denies acting dishonourably
Harare lawyer-cum-politician Mr Obert Gutu, who faces censure over alleged false utterances relating to High Court judge Justice Martin Makonese's recusal from the MDC-T logo dispute, has denied actin...Published: 06 Jul 2018 at 07:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Khupe factions resolve name and symbol impasse
THE MDC-T faction led by Mr Nelson Chamisa will field its candidates in the forthcoming elections under the MDC Alliance name while the rival faction led by Dr Thokozani Khupe will stick with MDC-T....Published: 14 Jun 2018 at 07:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nominations begin
Aspiring candidates across the political divide have started submitting nomination papers to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC), amid reports of serious bickering in MDC Alliance as MDC-T support...Published: 13 Jun 2018 at 08:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Khupe will not go to bed with gangsters
Talks to reunite the feuding MDC-T factions have virtually collapsed with the Thokozani Khupe-led formation saying it will not go to bed with a political outfit that is full of gangsters and is about ...Published: 12 Jun 2018 at 16:29hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Khupe talks crumble
Talks to reunite the feuding MDC-T factions have virtually collapsed with the Thokozani Khupe led formation saying it will not go to bed with a political outfit that is full of gangsters and is about ...Published: 12 Jun 2018 at 08:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Khupe legal wrangle poses Nomination Court challenge
THE legal wrangle pitting two rival MDC-T factions over rights to the party's name and symbols could pose challenges when the Nomination Court sits next Thursday, legal experts said yesterday....Published: 09 Jun 2018 at 15:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Khupe, Chamisa parties to use same name, logo?
THE MDC-T factions led by Dr Thokozani Khupe and Advocate Nelson Chamisa will continue using the same party name, symbol and logo until the High Court determines the legitimate successor to the late M...Published: 23 May 2018 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Chamisa, Khupe must bury their differences
CIVIC society group, Concerned Citizens Support Network of Zimbabwe, has called on the warring MDC-T factions to bury their differences and unite ahead of this year's general elections to avoid splitt...Published: 27 Apr 2018 at 20:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Khupe agree to resolve differences
THE two warring MDC-T leaders, Nelson Chamisa and Thokozani Khupe, who are fighting over use of the opposition party's name and symbols following their acrimonious split last month, have reportedly ag...Published: 26 Apr 2018 at 07:05hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Chamisa not rightful heir to MDC-T throne
THE High Court yesterday dismissed an application by the MDC-T faction led by Advocate Nelson Chamisa, which had taken its rivals to court in a fight over ownership of the party name, trademark, signs...Published: 25 Apr 2018 at 07:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa loses to Khupe
THE High Court on Tuesday dismissed the application by the Advocate Nelson Chamisa led MDC-T faction in the fight over the ownership of the party name and symbols.The bitter wrangle involves a...Published: 24 Apr 2018 at 15:06hrs | 3 | by Staff reporeter
Chamisa to fire Khupe tomorrow
THE MDC-T's national council is tomorrow expected to seal the fate of the party's defiant deputy president Thokozani Khupe (pictured) who has refused to recognise the appointment of Nelson Chamisa as ...Published: 22 Mar 2018 at 06:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T infighting rages in Masvingo
Factional fights continue to haunt MDC-T in Masvingo after the beleaguered party was recently forced to abandon the selection of council election candidates by consensus in the town due to threats of ...Published: 15 Mar 2018 at 06:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gift Banda appears in court for violence
TWELVE people, including Bulawayo deputy Mayor Gift Banda and another councillor, Mlandu Ncube appeared in court yesterday in connection with the violence that rocked the MDC-T Bulawayo province on Su...Published: 08 Mar 2018 at 05:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu condemns MDC-T violence at Bulawayo offices
THE Government yesterday described as deplorable, incidents of violence that rocked MDC-T Bulawayo offices on Sunday saying it was disturbed by the party's failure to heed President Emmerson Mnangagwa...Published: 06 Mar 2018 at 05:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai family jumps onto MDC-T factions bandwagon
THE family of ailing MDC-T president Mr Morgan Tsvangirai is at war as it has divided itself along the party's factional lines in a succession war threatening to collapse the opposition movement....Published: 10 Feb 2018 at 09:53hrs | | by Sytaff reporter
MDC-T, ZANU-PF leadership crisis a blessing for MRP
Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP) has said since after the elections in 2013, the two former super powers of Zimbabwean politics have been operating on a free mode with no leadership, because the so call...Published: 10 Feb 2018 at 09:13hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
'Criminal elements' around Tsvangirai should be removed
Our main opposition MDC-T is heading for a political confusion, infiltration and or crisis. For Zimbabwe to grow, we need a strong opposition. This piece has two objective to achieve, the first task i...Published: 16 Jan 2018 at 10:03hrs | 1 | by Don Chigumba
'I can't be Tsvangirai deputy,' says Mujuru
OPPOSITION National People's Party (NPP) leader Joice Mujuru has reportedly stood her ground and refused to deputise MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai in the envisaged coalition pact to challenge Preside...Published: 21 Aug 2017 at 08:41hrs | | by Sfaff reporter
MDC-T factions clash in Gweru
Two MDC-T factions reportedly clashed in Gweru recently over the travel arrangements to the late party MP for Nkulumane Thamsanqa Mahlangu, Zimbabwe Peace project indicated in its October monthly repo...Published: 27 Nov 2015 at 09:55hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Tsvangirai was warned against attending dead MDC-T MP's burial
Chaos marred the burial of the late Nkulumane legislator, Thamsanqa Mahlangu in Bulawayo on Saturday as rival MDC-T factions and family members fought for the body of the former Youth and Indigenisati...Published: 12 Oct 2015 at 08:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo will never be the same for Tsvangirai after Mahlangu burial snub
MDC-T president Morgan Tsvangirai has been described as a coward who is not in touch with party grassroots after failing to attend the burial of one of the party's founding members Thamsanqa Mahlangu ...Published: 12 Oct 2015 at 06:30hrs | | by Auxilia Katongomara
Khupe is mobilising to push a vote of no-confidence against Tsvangirai?
THE MDC-T may be headed for another split after its deputy president Thokozani Khupe yesterday allegedly organised protests in Bulawayo against party leader Morgan Tsvangirai's decision to boycott by...Published: 20 Apr 2015 at 09:30hrs | | by Pamela Shumba
Tsvangirai's MDC-T in danger of oblivion
Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition chairman Dewa Mavhinga has said the MDC-T has been diminished by petty personality and ego clashes.Speaking to SW Radio Africa's Cutting Edge programme Mavhinga sa...Published: 30 Jul 2014 at 21:37hrs | 1 | by Mthulisi Mathuthu
Tsvangirai, Biti camps fight over Gorden Moyo
MDC-T factions, the one led by Morgan Tsvangirai and the breakaway Renewal Team led by Tendai Biti, are at each other's throats over Makokoba legislator Gorden Moyo with both parties claiming the for...Published: 30 Jul 2014 at 09:25hrs | 2 | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Tsvangirai to charm the British political establishment - report
MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai, who is travelling to the United Kingdom over the weekend, will use the opportunity to meet senior members of the British political establishment and donors as part ...Published: 22 Jul 2014 at 08:24hrs | | by Tendai Mugabe
Tsvangirai, Biti factions fight for funds
The two MDC-T factions are poised for yet another fight - this time over the $3 million political parties fund that the party is entitled to receive from treasury.The factions, one led by form...Published: 13 Jul 2014 at 15:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T factions fight over Bulawayo
THE MDC Renewal Team descends on Bulawayo tomorrow seeking to gain supporters in their former party MDC-T's stronghold whose structures have been rocked by turmoil resulting in the recent resignation ...Published: 05 Jul 2014 at 15:42hrs | 1 | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Madhuku to defend Biti
The impending legal fight over properties between MDC-T factions in the High Court will pit constitutional law expert Lovemore Madhuku and his former bosom-buddy Douglas Mwonzora.Madhuku and M...Published: 27 Jun 2014 at 09:45hrs | | by Staff Reporter
MDC-T bigwig ditches Tsvangirai over violence in the party
THE MDC-T Bulawayo provincial chairperson Gorden Moyo has stepped down as party chairperson citing violence in the party.He said he will remain ordinary party member."Am steppin...Published: 13 Jun 2014 at 15:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai, Biti rift widens - continues to pour scorn at each other
CHANCES of reunification between the two warring MDC-T factions fronted by party leader Morgan Tsvangirai and his "fired" secretary-general Tendai Biti remain a pie in the sky as the two protagonists...Published: 12 Jun 2014 at 06:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T factions battling to get recognition from donors
HARARE - The Movement for Democratic Change led by former Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai (MDC-T) has splintered into two factions in a power struggle threatening to disintegrate the official opp...Published: 04 Jun 2014 at 07:37hrs | | by Staff Reporter
MDC-T vow to recall MPs linked to Tendai Biti
MDC-T spokesperson Douglas Mwonzora yesterday said his party would go ahead with the recalling of its legislators linked to the breakaway leadership renewal faction led by secretary-general Tendai Bit...Published: 26 May 2014 at 06:16hrs | 1 | by Pamela Shumba
MDC-T factions on edge over Gorden Moyo
MDC-T factions are at the edge of the seat over Makokoba legislator and Bulawayo party provincial chairperson Gorden Moyo as he has not come out clean on which group he will join after the end of his...Published: 20 May 2014 at 09:53hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Tsvangirai, Biti meet, tension written all-over
WARRING MDC-T factions yesterday came face to face for the first time since their fallout in February, but avoided each other in the presence of diplomats and the business community.Embattled ...Published: 16 May 2014 at 13:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grand coalition to unseat Mugabe takes shape
THE MDC-T renewal team yesterday said moves towards a grand coalition with other progressive democratic forces in the country to unseat the ruling Zanu-PF in the 2018 elections were taking shape....Published: 15 May 2014 at 06:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora, Mafume trades verbal blows
If the hostility evident between Douglas Mwonzora and Jacob Mafume was transferred to a boxing ring, one of them would not be the same at the end of the fight.The two lawyers and spokespersons...Published: 14 May 2014 at 18:17hrs | | by Tichaona Sibanda
MDC-T proceeding with recalling Biti and other 'rebels'
The MDC led by Morgan Tsvangirai is proceeding with recalling its expelled Secretary General, Tendai Biti and other party Members of Parliament who rebelled to form the Renewal Team.A statemen...Published: 11 May 2014 at 09:38hrs | | by STaff reporter
Single-minded top officials fanning MDC-T factionalism
The problems in the MDC-T, where factionalism is ripping the party apart, have been blamed on top officials who have put their political ambitions ahead of what the majority of the party's members wan...Published: 09 May 2014 at 12:32hrs | | by Nomalanga Moyo
'MDC-T split pre-planned,' says Moyo
AS the drama of acrimonious suspensions, expulsions, counter-suspensions and counter-expulsions continues to unravel within the strife-torn opposition MDC-T which appears headed for yet another split ...Published: 09 May 2014 at 08:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mudenda tells MDC-T factions to 'Go to court'
The Speaker of the National Assembly, Honourable Jacob Mudenda, says the letters presented to him by the warring MDC-T factions regarding recalling some members of the party from Parliament can only b...Published: 08 May 2014 at 19:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T rivals accuse each other of looting
WARRING MDC-T factions are trading accusations of looting and misappropriation of funds with the belligerents throwing mud at each other as the battle for control of the party escalates, NewsDay has...Published: 08 May 2014 at 08:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai faction only owns Harvest House
MDC-T factions are heading for another showdown over the party's property across the country, among them headquarters Harvest House in central Harare, as the leadership battle between President ...Published: 01 May 2014 at 19:04hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Money is the thread that held MDC-T together
Events unfolding in MDC-T over the past months with suspensions and counter suspensions, expulsions and mud-slinging, have left the majority of us hugely disappointed as our hopes of a democratic ...Published: 29 Apr 2014 at 10:53hrs | | by Nicole Hondo
MDC-T factions fighting over $3m in political funding
MDC-T factions are already fighting over $3 million in political funding from Treasury that the party is entitled to. All parties with a prescribed presence in Parliament must, in terms of the...Published: 29 Apr 2014 at 06:50hrs | 1 | by Patrick Chitumba
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