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Does the Zimbabwe opposition stand any realistic chance of winning 2023 elections?
This is the million dollar question - which has been on the lips of many, and the source of much debate, in Zimbabwe. What I see, though, is that most of us are living in a delusional world - ...Published: 16 hrs ago | 758 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Fresh headache for Mwonzora as Marara drags him to court
Fissures have emerged within the MDC-T ahead of its elective congress slated for 18 December this year as that party's secretary for programs and party business, Norest Marara is set to approach the c...Published: 20 hrs ago | 2484 | by Mandla Ndlovu
CCC MPs defy Chamisa on US$40,000 'loot'
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday blasted legislators from his party for accepting a US$40 000 loan facilities from Parliament.Government has offer...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 05:02hrs | 1276 | by Staff reporter
Thabitha Khumalo not dead
CITIZEN Coalition for Change member and former Bulawayo MP Ms Thabitha Khumalo is alive contrary to claims that she had died. Messages circulating on social media platforms claimed that Ms Khu...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 19:28hrs | 1892 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora's uncontested presidential nomination shrouded in controversy
THE uncontested nomination of Douglas Mwonzora as MDC-T presidential candidate ahead of the party's upcoming congress was the result of brazen intimidation, The NewsHawks has reported.Sources ...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 18:01hrs | 1298 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans flock to cruise ships amid vast job opportunities
Electoral Bill doesn't pass democracy test, says BitiCITIZENS' Coalition for Change senior official Tendai Biti (pictured) has dismissed the Electoral Amendment Bill as currently drafted, saying i...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 17:59hrs | 722 | by Staff reporter
Opposition 4ED crumbles like a deck of cards
It never rains but pours for MDC-T leader Mr Douglas Mwonzora. The centre is not holding at his party which he unconstitutionally grabbed from Nelson Chamisa with the help of President Emmerson Mnanga...Published: 25 Nov 2022 at 13:25hrs | 2765 | by Leonard Koni
'It's foolish participating in rigged elections to give Zanu PF legitimacy' admitted Biti in 2015 - of course, has known this al
"Look, you can't keep on participating in flawed electoral processes that serve to give big benefits to dictators such as Robert Mugabe. Mugabe has perfected the art of winning elections. So it will b...Published: 21 Nov 2022 at 09:42hrs | 485 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Chamisa issues 2023 poll warning
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has hinted that his party will consider boycotting the 2023 elections if its concerns over the voters' roll are not addressed.The Zimb...Published: 20 Nov 2022 at 15:42hrs | 637 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa speaks on 2023 polls prospects, accepting results
A wave of opposition victories in the Sadc region over the past two years has elicited mixed reactions from political parties in Zimbabwe.The opposition says this is a sign that the tide was c...Published: 20 Nov 2022 at 15:40hrs | 464 | by Staff reporter
July Moyo probes Chitungwiza councillors
Local Government minister July Moyo has appointed a four-member tribunal to look into allegations of misconduct against six suspended Chitungwiza Municipality Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) counc...Published: 20 Nov 2022 at 15:40hrs | 61 | by Staff reporter
US$1m grant splits MDC-T, infighting reaches crescendo
DIVISIONS are rocking the Douglas Mwonzora-led MDC-T over a US$1 million government grant that insiders say was abused by party officials.Rifts are widening as top officials are fighting publi...Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:33hrs | 7118 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF fields candidate tainted with corruption
FORMER Gweru City Council acting chamber secretary Gibson Chingwadza, who was fired from the local authority for multiple counts of corruption cases involving US$300 000, has been fielded by Zanu PF t...Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:33hrs | 1321 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's 5-year tenure divides public opinion
THE history of Zimbabwe is etched on the fateful events of November 14 and 21, 2017 an eventful week that saw soldiers roll their tanks onto the streets of Harare, culminating in the forced resignatio...Published: 18 Nov 2022 at 05:22hrs | 927 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF 'chickens out' of Binga by-election
THE opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has described the campaign environment in Binga as "peaceful and calm" ahead of by-elections slated for early next month.National polls manag...Published: 17 Nov 2022 at 05:11hrs | 2851 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe violence signals bloody 2023 poll
THE storming of an opposition Citizens' Coalition for Change Press conference at the Media Centre in Harare by suspected Zanu-PF youths is yet ominous sign that the 2023 general elections could be vio...Published: 16 Nov 2022 at 19:43hrs | 732 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa and co are hell ben on participating in flawed 2023 elections out of greed - pure and simple
Nelson Chamisa and his CCC friends are hell bent on participating in these 2023 elections just as they have done in 2013 and 2018. They are after the few gravy train seats Zanu PF is giving away as ba...Published: 14 Nov 2022 at 10:25hrs | 910 | by Nomusa Garikai
Zimbabwe opposition disunity promotes Mnangagwa's rule
RENOWNED economist, Dr Godfrey Kanyenze has blamed disunity among the country's opposition political parties for propping up President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ascendancy and leaving foreign allies with n...Published: 14 Nov 2022 at 05:25hrs | 1644 | by Staff reporter
ZEC confirms MDC-T Senator appointment
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has confirmed the appointment of Ms Ndiweni Marilyn Nobuhle by the opposition MDC-T party as Senator representing Bulawayo Metropolitan province to replace Ms M...Published: 14 Nov 2022 at 05:09hrs | 385 | 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 | 9663 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai ally announces bid to dislodge Mwonzora
A SENIOR MDC-T official, who was close to the late opposition icon Morgan Tsvangirai, Norest Marara, says he will challenge party leader Douglas Mwonzora at the upcoming congress, becoming the first o...Published: 13 Nov 2022 at 17:45hrs | 2579 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora withdraws recall on councillor, forces scrapping of by-election
MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora's recent recalls on elected opposition representatives turned farcical last week when the politician was forced to reverse the recall of Victoria Falls Ward 8 Councillor ...Published: 13 Nov 2022 at 17:40hrs | 404 | by Staff reporter
Zec throws police under the bus
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has blamed the police for failing to eradicate electoral malpractices saying the law enforcement agency has a duty to act against the vice.Election stak...Published: 13 Nov 2022 at 17:33hrs | 304 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T throws Komichi under the bus
THE MDC-T has dismissed a weekend statement by its national chairperson, Morgen Komichi, saying the opposition party had already fielded candidates to contest forthcoming by-elections after boycotting...Published: 01 Nov 2022 at 05:16hrs | 2999 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF congress: The Great Betrayal
IF the late former Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian Douglas Smith felt betrayed by the British government and his allies - including apartheid South Africa - whom he expected to side with him to keep Rhod...Published: 31 Oct 2022 at 18:52hrs | 812 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T reverses decision to boycott by-elections
THE MDC-T has made a somersault on its earlier decision to boycott by-elections, which arose mostly as a result of recalls of incumbent councillors and Members of Parliament (MPs) by the opposition pa...Published: 31 Oct 2022 at 05:05hrs | 1415 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF 'poll surge' faces Binga test after Mwonzora triggers 6 by-elections
Zanu-PF's assumed clout in recapturing parts of opposition territory while protecting its own comes under check this December when party candidates face off with CCC opponents in six Binga Rural Distr...Published: 27 Oct 2022 at 18:15hrs | 595 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe pays Pomona ‘investor' - even after US$320m contract cancelled
The government is paying millions of dollars to a company corruptly awarded a €304 million (about US$320 million) contract to turn Harare's waste into energy – even after the local authority cance...Published: 25 Oct 2022 at 07:55hrs | 1385 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF minister says Owen Ncube needs psychiatric examination
Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare Minister Paul Mavima says former state security Minister Owen Mudha Ncube needs psychiatric examination over chilling threats government will deny food hand-o...Published: 24 Oct 2022 at 17:58hrs | 3243 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe opposition calls for removal of embargo
Opposition political parties have called for the unconditional removal of sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe, saying the measures are holding back the country's development.On Tuesday, Zimbabwe wil...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 09:09hrs | 123 | by Staff reporter
'Bloody 2023 Zimbabwe polls beckon'
FORMER State Security minister and top Zanu-PF official in the Midlands province Owen Ncube has threatened a bloody 2023 election campaign reminiscent of the 2008 bloodbath to ensure the ruling party ...Published: 21 Oct 2022 at 06:10hrs | 897 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe general elections set for July-Aug 2023
Constitutionally, Presidential, Parliamentary and local authority elections must take place in July or August next year, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has noted and so there shall be no by-e...Published: 21 Oct 2022 at 06:03hrs | 385 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ally vows 'worse than 2008' violence against opposition
Former state security minister and Zanu-PF top official, Owen Mudha Ncube has threatened opposition leader Nelson Chamisa and his party with violence he vowed shall be worse than the bloodbath experie...Published: 20 Oct 2022 at 21:08hrs | 624 | by Staff reporter
'Fellow citizens, be strong' edges Chamisa - but why forfeit free for uphill battle of violent elections
"VIOLENCE IN MATOBO, INSIZA & CHIRUMANZU ..Zpf panicking, desperate & violent because they are not supported in villages, in rural areas. Thuggery is not politics. Violence is not civilized ca...Published: 20 Oct 2022 at 17:24hrs | 355 | by Wilbert Mukori
Chamisa gives prisons boss 24-hour ultimatum
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has given prisons boss Moses Chihobvu a 24-hour ultimatum to provide an explanation for denial of permission to visit detained party activists...Published: 20 Oct 2022 at 06:04hrs | 3609 | by Staff reporter
Cardano: What is it and price forecast
Cardano (ADA) is one of the most promising cryptocurrencies in the world. While most people know crypto coins like Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin, few people have even heard of Cardano. But this is a...Published: 19 Oct 2022 at 11:55hrs | 2418 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mwonzora's MDC-T calls for removal of sanctions on Zimbabwe
SANCTIONS by nature have far-reaching consequences beyond what has been prescribed and their effects are best described by the victims and not those who prescribe them, the opposition MDC-T party has ...Published: 18 Oct 2022 at 05:58hrs | 283 | by Staff reporter
'Cyclone' Mwonzora expels three Gweru councillors
Opposition MDC-T leader, Mr Douglas Mwonzora has expelled three Gweru councillors including the city's deputy mayor, Councillor Cleopas Shiri over their allegiance to Citizens Coalition for Change (CC...Published: 17 Oct 2022 at 20:19hrs | 576 | by Staff reporter
Late former MDC legislator Mdlongwa remembered
MATABELELAND-based pressure group, Ibhetshu likazulu on Friday held a memorial lecture for the late former Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) legislator and veteran trade unionist, Esaph Mdlongwa in...Published: 17 Oct 2022 at 06:12hrs | 1028 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora recalls 6 Binga councillors
The Douglas Mwonzora-led MDC-T has recalled six Binga Rural District Council councillors after they were allegedly found to be agents of Nelson Chamisa's Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party ....Published: 17 Oct 2022 at 06:06hrs | 545 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF commandeers train to Mnangagwa's rally
Zanu-PF will on Saturday use a National Railways of Zimbabwe train to transport its supporters to a party rally to be addressed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa in Mutasa, Manicaland province as campai...Published: 14 Oct 2022 at 05:56hrs | 3799 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora joins Polad
MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora yesterday joined the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) plartform created by President Emmerson Mnangagwa in 2018 and will now be entitled to benefits that are enjoyed by ...Published: 12 Oct 2022 at 19:07hrs | 2485 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa must not lie about Mugabe, says Jonathan Moyo
EXILED former cabinet minister Jonathan Moyo has said that Citizens Coalition for Change leader Nelson Chamisa and his party should not lie that Zimbabwe's former president, Robert Mugabe endorsed the...Published: 09 Oct 2022 at 19:41hrs | 3280 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF plans to weaponise gold in dirty 2023 elections campaign
Zanu-PF officials in Manicaland have devised a plan to rope in smallscale gold miners and their workers in a dirty 2018 elections campaign that will see the party supporting them in the plunder of the...Published: 09 Oct 2022 at 17:21hrs | 772 | by Staff reporter
Ousted Chitungwiza mayor bounces back under CCC
FORMER Chitungwiza mayor Lovemore Maiko has bounced back to his seat following a drama-filled full council meeting held on Friday where he outfoxed a government and Zanu-PF appointee. Chitungw...Published: 09 Oct 2022 at 07:55hrs | 776 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora's MDC-T 'burns' ahead of elective congress
MDC-T chairperson Morgen Komichi has been accused of railroading an "unconstitutional agenda" to protect serving party officials from being challenged at the party's upcoming elective congress....Published: 01 Oct 2022 at 06:14hrs | 348 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T readies for December congress
MDC-T will hold its congress in December with its current leader Senator Douglas Mwonzora touted as the front runner.The MDC-T youth league has already nominated Senator Mwonzora as the sole p...Published: 29 Sep 2022 at 20:17hrs | 375 | by Staff reporter
CCC, MDC-T and Zanu-PF youths unite for peace; condemn political violence
YOUTHS from main political parties in Zimbabwe came together in Bulawayo Saturday to condemn political violence ahead of next year presidential elections.Speaking at a peace-building meeting o...Published: 27 Sep 2022 at 06:01hrs | 1982 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora, Komichi differ on way forward
OPPOSITION MDC-Alliance chairperson Morgen Komichi has disagreed with party leader Douglas Mwonzora's proposition to engage Zanu-PF party leader President Emmerson Mnangagwa through dialogue, sa...Published: 27 Sep 2022 at 05:59hrs | 1602 | by Staff reporter
ZEC's delimitation: An analysis of which provinces may gain or lose seats in the next parliament
The new census numbers were released in July, and they show a Zimbabwe continuing its modest population shift from the rural and to urban, a trend that will shape parliament for the next decade. The o...Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 11:32hrs | 1063 | by Farai Chirimumimba
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