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Mwonzora's MDC-T says Mudzuri is wayward
Movement for Democratic Change - Tsvangirai (MDC-T) has described its vice president, Elias Mudzuri, as "wayward" following violent clashes at the party's Harare headquarters on Thursday.Riot ...Published: 18 Jul 2025 at 08:29hrs | 249 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora says Zanu-PF punishing him for resisting 2030 agenda
Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) president, Douglas Mwonzora, is seething with anger after the High Court ruled to nullify his party's 2022 ordinary congress, declaring it invalid due to irregul...Published: 07 Mar 2025 at 08:26hrs | 831 | by Staff reporter
Ndebeles will never be good enough for the rabid tribalists
Being born into a Ndebele, Kalanga or Sotho family in Zimbabwe can be a bewildering, challenging and frustrating affair. If you were born in Bulilima, Matabeleland South, like Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo ...Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 08:15hrs | 12 | by Tafiranyika @tafimhaka
Money fuels CCC brutal infighting
MONEY has taken centre stage in the deteriorating and now chaotic opposition CCC infighting triggered by recalls of elected legislators, senators, councillors and mayors by the party's self-imposed se...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 13:48hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Biti a team of irreconcilable rivals
Zimbabwe's main opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) led by Morgan Richard Tsvangirai, launched its campaign for the 31 July 2013 harmonised elections in Marondera, a small tow...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 08:57hrs | 11 | by Dr Phillan Zamchiya
'Chamisa must introspect, map the way forward'
POLITICAL analysts and opinion leaders have expressed mixed views on Zimbabwe's main opposition leader Nelson Chamisa's decision to dump his two-year-old Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC), with som...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 06:25hrs | 27 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora reshuffles MDC-T leadership
MDC Alliance leader, Douglas Mwonzora Tuesday reshuffled his party leadership amid reports he is consolidating power to make sure his position is not contested at the party's congress set for next mon...Published: 17 May 2022 at 19:59hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
MDC fissures started under Tsvangirai
ON September 1999, a new political party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) was launched at a mass rally in Harare, the first time in years that the then President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF's dom...Published: 21 Feb 2022 at 05:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora flops again in Bulawayo
MDC-T president Douglas Mwonzora continues to attract trifling figures after an estimated 300 people turned up for his Bulawayo rally Saturday.The rally was held at Phelendaba Hall in Bulawayo...Published: 20 Feb 2022 at 09:03hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Clandestine dealings with Mnangagwa! Thokozani, you stripped your dignity
Drear Dr Thokozani Khuphe, Much as activists would like to assist women against gender discrimination in public spaces, we find your case too complex to intervene. We do not have the loci stan...Published: 03 Feb 2022 at 16:24hrs | 17 | by Nomazulu Thata
Khupe, Mwonzora in dogfight over money
THE fight to access $149 million from the government between MDC-T leaders Thokozani Khupe and Douglas Mwonzora has spilled into the courts with the former Deputy Prime Minister insisting that she was...Published: 31 Jan 2022 at 05:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Thokozani Khupe breathes fire...declares MDC-T split
Former Deputy Prime Minister Thokozani Khupe has taken over as the leader of the Movement for Democratic Change Tsvagirayi (MDC-T) after the party officially split on Friday. The s...Published: 21 Jan 2022 at 11:42hrs | 9 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Journalistic tenets lost to 'hits' and the quest for followers
One of the greatest problems currently confronting journalists on the Zimbabwean media landscape is the emergence of social media, with the attendant proliferation of platforms populated by content pr...Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 19:50hrs | 2 | by Geoffrey Nyarota
Is Zanu-PF ready for elections or its just a masquerade?
MASQUERADES perform very important political and electoral roles in outmanoeuvring political opponents.In a more complex and fluid political scenario such as ours, masquerades are common....Published: 26 Sep 2021 at 19:49hrs | 2 | by Charles Mutasa
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
MDC, Zanu-PF whip senators ahead of crucial vote
Zanu-PF and MDCT yesterday allegedly whipped their senators into line ahead of today's vote for the passage of the Constitutional Amendment (No 2) Bill, amid fears that the proposed law changes will m...Published: 04 May 2021 at 06:39hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Sexually transmitted leadership will not take us anywhere: flouting democratic values
My previous article regarding the nomination of Sibangilizwe Nkomo to contest the Zapu presidential candidacy must have been too emotional to appreciate my perspective. What is disturbing is that be i...Published: 10 Apr 2021 at 16:10hrs | 3 | by Nomazulu Thata
'Zanu PF has dismembered MDC A, will not need to rig to win 2023' - only counter, demand reforms before 2023
Dear Tony Reeler,Thank you very much for your thought-provoking article 'Zanu PF won't concede electoral defeat' in New Zimbabwe and Bulawayo24. The root cause of Zimbabwe economic meltdown an...Published: 10 Apr 2021 at 06:44hrs | 10 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zanu-PF has nothing to do with recalls
Zanu-PF has dismissed allegations by the United States that it is involved in the recall of opposition members from Parliament. Speaking at a press briefing at the sidelines of the 350th Polit...Published: 26 Mar 2021 at 05:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's push for Chamisa to join Polad a nullity
YOUR Excellency, President ED Mnangagwa.In my self-opinionated response to a recent media report where Zanu-PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu said MDC Alliance president Nelson Chami...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 06:19hrs | | by Paddington Japajapa
Not yet ready for democracy
THE road to democracy is not easy for countries that have emerged from decades of colonial systems and replaced by autocratic ones which derive their power from military as well as tribal politics....Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 07:59hrs | 1 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Mnangagwa outfit suffers major blow
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's controversial platform for opposition parties is at risk of becoming irrelevant due to MDC-T's reluctance to endorse it following the elevation of Douglas Mwonzora....Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 12:36hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Bhebhe dismisses claims of rejoining Mwonzora's MDC
EXPELLED MDC-T national organising secretary Abednico Bhebhe has rebuffed to claims by the opposition party's that he had been reinstated into the structures after begging for readmission.MDC-...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 06:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Khupe refused to vacate Parly top post?
Leader of Opposition in Parliament Thokozani Khupe has refused to vacate the position to pave way for MDC-T's newly elected president Douglas Mwonzora ,triggering a fresh row in Zimbabwe's secon...Published: 24 Jan 2021 at 07:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa threatens a 'vicious' 2021 comeback
The beleaguered MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa says President Emmerson Mnangagwa will not "bury" him politically and has threatened a "vicious" 2021 comeback despite alleged attempts by his nemesi...Published: 03 Jan 2021 at 07:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Drawing parallels between bitter election losers Khupe and Trump
Is it even possible to make such comparisons between Madam Thokozani Khupe and Donald Trump regarding the shenanigans of the two politicians' elections defeat? Yes, it is possible; this is a global vi...Published: 02 Jan 2021 at 08:30hrs | 1 | by Nomazulu Thata
A toast for 2021, but......
We bid 2020 goodbye, the year many would want to quickly forget contrary to views, at least if one wears Zimbabwe's political lenses. The past nine months have been notorious given the COVID-1...Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 07:51hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa congratulates Mwonzora
President Mnangagwa has congratulated Douglas Mwonzora for winning the opposition MDC-T leadership a day after Mwonzora declared he was willing to work with Zanu-PF. Mwonzora was elected MDC-T...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 16:20hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Khupe fears Mwonzora gang
MDC-T 'outgoing' president Thokozani Khupe Monday was forced to cancel a scheduled press conference after word spread that youths loyal to newly elected party leader Douglas Mwonzora were planning to ...Published: 29 Dec 2020 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Greed costing Khupe-led party
I HAVE seen Press statements from the MDC-T 2014 Matabeleland South and Harare provincial leadership teams instructing people from their respective provinces not to attend the extraordinary congress w...Published: 21 Dec 2020 at 06:38hrs | 1 | by Kennedy Kaitano
Khupe's party in flames
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) yesterday distanced itself from MDC-T's extraordinary congress, delivering a blow to the beleaguered party which was seeking to associate itself with the l...Published: 16 Dec 2020 at 07:11hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Bhebhe trounces Khupe, Mwonzora
MDC-T organising secretary Abednico Bhebhe has reportedly secured Bulawayo nomination for the party presidency after trouncing four other candidates, among them acting president Thokozani Khupe and in...Published: 10 Nov 2020 at 05:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chinamasa rubbishes Khupe's overtures
Zanu-PF acting spokesperson Patrick Chinamasa has rubbished opposition MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe's push for a government of national unity.Chinamasa told journalists during a party Press co...Published: 05 Nov 2020 at 06:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
New twist to MDC saga
HE MDC-T leadership was yesterday forced to cancel a scheduled press briefing at the party headquarters after the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance challenged a court order granting interim secretary-ge...Published: 01 Oct 2020 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
Khupe aide in Harvest House doorstep retreat, feared abduction
THERE was drama in front of the MDC's Harvest House headquarters Wednesday when MDC-T acting national spokesperson Khaliphani Phugeni refused to enter the building to address journalists for his sched...Published: 01 Oct 2020 at 07:11hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Chamisa faction ordered off Harvest House by Court
The Harare Magistrate Court has ordered the MDC Alliance to vacate Morgan Richard Tsvangirai House, which was taken over by youths belonging to the Nelson Chamisa led party.In an application f...Published: 30 Sep 2020 at 10:39hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Cracks appear in MDC-T leadership
Cracks started appearing in the Thokozani Khupe-led MDC-T on Monday after police ended their siege, at least temporarily, on the opposition party's disputed headquarters in Harare.MDC-T organi...Published: 29 Sep 2020 at 18:31hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa regains Gwanda
MDC Alliance has regained control of Gwanda Town Council after four councillors out of the six who attended a meeting organised by the Thokozani Khupe's MDCT faction have pledged loyalty to their part...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 06:36hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF lite' can't bring better Zimbabwe'
IT is disheartening to note that the MDC-T leadership of Thokozani Khupe and her secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora is behaving like headless chickens, moving around without any direction.The ...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 06:32hrs | 9 | by Farai Ngarani
Khupe to recall Bindura mayor, 8 councillors
THE MDC-T's Mashonaland Central provincial executive has recommended that Bindura mayor Carlos Tokyo and eight other councillors be recalled for failing to respect the party's leadership. In a...Published: 31 Aug 2020 at 05:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Of a book on democracy and democracy hypocrites
Last week MDC Alliance leader, Nelson Chamisa was on cloud nine when he officially co-launched with former Nigerian President, Olusegun Obasanjo the book, Democracy Works – Re-wiring politics to Afr...Published: 01 Apr 2019 at 13:44hrs | 2 | by Nobleman Runyanga
MDC secretly training soldiers outside the country
Allegations by the MDC-T spokeswoman Linda Masarira that MDC Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa is secretly training soldiers (possibly in Zambia or Botswana) should not go unchallenged. The allegations a...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 10:53hrs | 1 | by Don Chigumba
What the Nation and world should know
When MDC-T Morgan Tsvangirai was ailing and walking and breathing his last, he made it clear that he wouldn't die as someone who failed the party on its succession debate. The fake news paddled by his...Published: 07 Dec 2018 at 15:04hrs | 1 | by Sidney Chisi
'Chamisa is a Zanu-PF project'
The Thokozani Khupe led MDC-T has revealed that the main opposition party fronted by Nelson Chamisa is a Zanu-PF project whose agenda is to subvert the people's struggle.Fierce succession figh...Published: 23 Nov 2018 at 06:15hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Drunk Chamisa councillor cause a stir in Bulawayo
THE swearing in ceremony of Bulawayo City Councillors yesterday degenerated into chaos with activists aligned to the Mthwakazi Republic Party baying for the blood of one of the MDC Alliance councillor...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 08:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo's Mashonaland councillors to be sworn-in today
MDC Alliance councillors voted into the Bulawayo City Council in the July 30 elections will be sworn in today, setting the stage for a potentially bruising battle over the election of the mayor....Published: 31 Aug 2018 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Do not kill a dead snake!
This is what former President of South Africa Jacob Zuma said in reference to Thabo Mbeki who was voted out of the party and government as party leader and president of South Africa in Polokwane. This...Published: 28 Aug 2018 at 15:49hrs | | by Nomazulu Thata
We prayed and fasted for three days and three nights: The Lord God spoke!
We faithfully prayed and fasted for those specified days our Fuehrer Comrade Nelson Chamisa demanded us to do. We prayed for the right leader at the right time and space to lead the way to Canaan for ...Published: 25 Aug 2018 at 18:41hrs | 15 | by Nomazulu Thata
Chamisa told us 'fast for three days and pray for 'HIS' vote'
Chamisa continues to incite the povo once more: if his God fails him, he will turn to the people, he said this yesterday's Bulawayo24. Who is higher in this equation: God or the people? How does Pasto...Published: 23 Aug 2018 at 13:08hrs | 1 | by Nomazulu Thata
'Zanu-PF killed Tsvangirai'
MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa yesterday sensationally claimed that the party's charismatic founder, Morgan Tsvangirai, was killed by his Zanu-PF rivals as part of the ruling party...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 07:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
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