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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 | 7 | by Dr Phillan Zamchiya
Zimbabwe will never be ruled by traitors who called for Westerners to punish their people through sanctions
THE problem we have in Zimbabwe is we have a new generation of people who think they are educated and thus they don't acknowledge that Zimbabwe is a sacred country, nyika ine varidzi (a country with a...Published: 17 Nov 2023 at 05:04hrs | 2 | by Rutendo Matinyarare
Zimbabwe's main opposition implodes, handing Zanu-PF full control
Just over a month after disputed general elections in Zimbabwe, the main opposition party, Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), appears to be imploding as a renegade outfit starts recalling parliament...Published: 10 Oct 2023 at 18:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
CCC MPs recall saga deepens...as Ostallos Siziba enters the battle
In a stunning turn of events within the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), Deputy Spokesperson Gift Ostalios Siziba has rubbished a letter written to the Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Mudenda, ...Published: 04 Oct 2023 at 17:31hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Jonathan Moyo gives tips on voters' roll
Leading political analyst Professor Jonathan Moyo has advised the opposition to request the polling station-based voters' roll from the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) as that is the official reco...Published: 16 Aug 2023 at 21:39hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
2008 election theme back again in 2023
One fascinating pursuit in the study of electoral politics is tracking recurring election campaign themes which, like the wheel, are unwise to reinvent.A typical example of such themes is time...Published: 18 Jul 2023 at 17:52hrs | 7 | by Jonathan Moyo
CCC filed a false report against Energy Mutodi, investigations reveal
In a desperate bid to woe supporters after fielding a weak candidate, the opposition CCC reportedly filed a false police report against Goromonzi West legislator Energy Mutodi who is aspiring Memb...Published: 14 Jul 2023 at 10:43hrs | 9 | by Tapiwa Chirandu
July Moyo unleashes investigating team on Chitungwiza Councilors
Minister of Local Government July Moyo has set up an investigating team to probe into allegations that certain CCC Councilors were causing despondency in the process of appointment of a Mayor fo...Published: 30 Apr 2022 at 10:29hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Komichi chides Mwonzora over suspensions
THE MDC Alliance chairperson, Morgen Komichi has rebuked some members for causing chaos in the opposition party in remarks seen as aimed at its leader, Douglas Mwonzora.After the party failed ...Published: 05 Apr 2022 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Uproar over Tendai Biti's remarks on Welshman Ncube
CCC Vice President Tendai Biti has come under fire from social media users who are accusing him of suggesting that his co-Vice President Professor Welshman displayed passive conduct during rallies lit...Published: 29 Mar 2022 at 16:57hrs | 1 | by Mandla Ndlovu
The day Mwonzora attracted '62 000' supporters
BY 10am on Sunday a handful of MDC-T supporters had gathered at the Zimbabwe Grounds in Harare's Highfield suburb where faction leader Douglas Mwonzora was billed to address a rally. Bus...Published: 19 Mar 2022 at 07:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Recalls cost State $3,7 Billion in unnecessary by-elections
QUESTIONS are arising from the rational citizens whether there is much to benefit the nation in general and Matabeleland in particular from the March 26 by- elections in which most of the seats became...Published: 13 Mar 2022 at 09:34hrs | 6 | by Stephen Jakes
Mwonzora's MDC-T full statement on March 26 by-elections
As all of you are aware, Zimbabwe will be having by-elections on March 26, 2022. I am very pleased that we have managed to field candidates in almost all vacant positions. Where we failed to, it was d...Published: 10 Mar 2022 at 11:45hrs | 1 | by Paurina Mpariwa
Tsvangirai's definition of the word 'change'
It was in 1999 when Morgan Tsvangirai formed the Movement for Democratic Change a political party which many thought was going to remove Robert Mugabe and Zanu PF from power and bring the real change ...Published: 23 Feb 2022 at 19:34hrs | 8 | by Etiwel Mutero
Police set tough conditions for Chamisa rally
POLICE in Harare have reportedly set tough conditions for Nelson Chamisa's Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) campaign rally, saying only party supporters from Highfield would be allowed to attend th...Published: 18 Feb 2022 at 05:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Contents of the Welshman Ncube - Thokozani Khupe meeting revealed
Contents of the highly critiqued meeting between CCC Vice President Professor Welshman Ncube and MDC-T President Thokozani Khupe that was held on Tuesday have been released. In an exclusive in...Published: 16 Feb 2022 at 09:40hrs | 8 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mwonzora cannot claim a non-existent entity, says Jonathan Moyo
POLITICAL scientist Professor Jonathan Moyo says Douglas Mwonzora's manoeuvre for the MDC-T to contest the 26 March by-elections under the MDC-Alliance banner is null and void at law and would confirm...Published: 15 Jan 2022 at 15:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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 | 1 | by Geoffrey Nyarota
Fresh push for Mnangagwa, Chamisa coalition govt
ZIMBABWE'S two main political parties have expressed interest in the formation of a unity government to unlock the country's long-standing political logjam, but seem to differ on implementation matrix...Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 07:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC raps Mwonzora 'sellouts'
THE MDC Alliance has accused legislators who became MPs on its ticket and dumped the party for the MDC-T led by Douglas Mwonzora in order to retain their positions of being sellouts who sacrificed the...Published: 24 Aug 2021 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa MDC infighting explained
FRESH Storm is brewing in the MDC Alliance after senior leaders are reported to have recommended the expulsion of Gift Ostallos Siziba, the Secretary-General of the MDC Youth Assembly.One Twit...Published: 22 Aug 2021 at 14:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Whose who in Mwonzora's shadow Cabinet - Full list
Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) leader Douglas Mwonzora Thursday announced a 26-member shadow cabinet which he said will monitor and check the performance of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s ca...Published: 19 Aug 2021 at 17:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Welshman Ncube-led MDC suspends 4 top party officials
Welshman Ncube-led Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has suspended four members of its highest decision-making body – the National Executive Council (NEC) over attending an unsanctioned meeting w...Published: 11 Aug 2021 at 18:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora claims faction is the real MDC Alliance
THE MDC-T party led by Douglas Mwonzora says it has opened doors for other political parties that are willing to join it to form a coalition ahead of the 2023 elections.The party is claiming o...Published: 09 Aug 2021 at 07:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
How MDC-T lost a safe constituency
One of the most sensational stories of the 2013 harmonised elections the MDC-T primary election fraud at Mutungagore never saw the light of day in Zimbabwe's media.Zanu-PF secured victory as a...Published: 08 Aug 2021 at 07:37hrs | 7 | by Geoffrey Nyarota
New Kwekwe Deputy Mayor Recalled after serving 4 days in Office
Kwekwe Deputy Mayor Melody Chingarande has been recalled yesterday with other two Councillors by MDC T led by Douglas.Chingarande was recalled together with Kasipo Angeline of ward 10 an...Published: 07 Aug 2021 at 18:24hrs | | by Fanuel Chinowaita
Mwonzora party survives Alliance axe
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance principals have reversed their earlier decision to expel the Douglas Mwonzora-led MDCT to pave way for dialogue among political actors forming the grouping.Convener of ...Published: 02 Aug 2021 at 07:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa dumped by aide
A FORMER aide to MDC-Alliance president Nelson Chamisa, George Madzore, has joined hands with MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora and is now set to the break-away party in the coming Kwekwe Central constitu...Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 07:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, army conflation under spotlight
THE Zanu-PF-military conflation came under spotlight last Thursday when opposition senators grilled Defence minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri over the ruling party's abuse of the army to retain politi...Published: 26 Jul 2021 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC mulls name change
THE opposition MDC Alliance has hinted on a name change as MDCT leader Douglas Mwonzora insists on using its name in the 2023 harmonised elections.This has left the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alli...Published: 26 Jul 2021 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa dissolves Bulawayo structures
THE MDC Alliance Commission of Inquiry set up to probe infighting rocking the party's Bulawayo structures has recommended that the party's provincial executive should be dissolved and replaced by a fo...Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 08:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gutu denies joining Zanu-PF
NEWLY APPOINTED commissioner of the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC), Obert Gutu has denied ever joining the ruling Zanu-PF party, adding that he only expressed the intention to do ...Published: 21 Jul 2021 at 08:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC's Dr Mashakada praises economic reforms
FORMER Minister of Economic Planning and Investment Promotion and a key member of the MDCT party, Dr Tapiwa Mashakada has heaped praises on the country's economic revival efforts under the Second Repu...Published: 20 Jul 2021 at 08:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Diaspora vote remains a pipe dream ahead of 2023 polls
While citizens of some Southern African countries such as South Africa, Mozambique and Malawi enjoy the right to vote in national elections while domiciled in other countries, for millions of Zimbabwe...Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 13:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Circus as 2 Chamisa aligned mayors 'run' Harare
THE battle for the control of Harare City Council is raging with suspended mayor Jacob Mafume yesterday saying he was now back in office alongside acting mayor Stewart Mutizwa.Mafume yesterday...Published: 08 Jul 2021 at 11:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Race to 'save' Zimbabwe's constitution
WHEN President Emmerson Mnangagwa took over power from the late Robert Mugabe via a November 2017 military coup, he promised to preserve the constitution and to respect the rule of law. Less t...Published: 04 Jul 2021 at 14:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF must apologise for 2008 poll violence'
FORMER Masvingo Central legislator Jeffreyson Chitando (MDC Alliance) yesterday demanded an apology from Zanu-PF youths over June 27, 2008 violence in which hundreds of opposition supporters were kill...Published: 02 Jul 2021 at 19:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora 'secret' chats leaked
MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora has been exposed in leaked WhatsApp messages in which he was begging for sponsorship from former Zanu-PF minister Jonathan Moyo to fight MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamis...Published: 24 Jun 2021 at 11:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zec dithers on by-elections
ZIMBABWE Electoral Commission (Zec) deputy chairperson Emmanuel Magade yesterday failed to give a specific date when byelections would be held, raising speculation that they may not take place any tim...Published: 09 Jun 2021 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora pushes for Chamisa arrest
THE Douglas Mwonzora-led MDC-T is seeking the arrest of opposition leader Nelson Chamisa on contempt of court charges, claiming that he allegedly defied court orders to step down as the MDC Alliance p...Published: 02 Jun 2021 at 07:31hrs | | by Staff report
'Constitution Amendment Bill benefits outweigh negatives'
The MDC-T led by Douglas Mwonzora claimed it had to support the Constitutional Amendment (No.2) Bill as rejecting it would have meant discarding other clauses such as devolution, the women's and youth...Published: 04 May 2021 at 08:01hrs | | 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 | 2 | by Staff reporter
Why MDC-A must not change its name for by-elections
As embattled President Emmerson Mnangagwa dithers on whether or when to cause the compromised Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to discharge its constitutional obligation to call for the holding of ...Published: 02 May 2021 at 09:39hrs | 10 | by Jonathan N Moyo
Mwonzora could be digging his own grave
Douglas Mwonzora's support for controversial amendments to the constitution is a mistake that could destroy his political career because the changes to the supreme law are not popular among the electo...Published: 02 May 2021 at 09:36hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
A new hope… President Mwonzora's to do list
With a flood of optimism being poured to the new MDC'T President Douglas Mwonzora from the majority of both the MDC'T standing committee and the supporters at large the young and charismatic leader sh...Published: 01 May 2021 at 10:57hrs | | by Knowledge Hakata
Chamisa says they've changed tact
Nelson Chamisa the opposition MDC Alliance leader says his party has tightened the criteria used to select parliamentary and local authority candidates to avoid infiltration by "fortune seekers" who d...Published: 27 Apr 2021 at 08:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Put Zimbabwe first
For the second time this month, the Senate will be called upon to take an important stand on the future of Zimbabwe when it votes on proposed amendments to the constitution and it will be a tragedy if...Published: 25 Apr 2021 at 08:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
The lame duck approach to gukurahundi genocide: A case of stitching rear opening of alimentary canal to cure diarrhoea
As Zimbabwe celebrates what it calls independence, forty-one (41) years on, government's lame duck approach to the resolution of the gukurahundi genocide disappointingly remains the case of stitching ...Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 08:06hrs | | by Nhlanhla Moses
Mnangagwa tightens grip on power
LAST week's move by the Zanu-PF dominated Senate to adopt the controversial Constitution Amendment Bill(1) is a brazen attempt to consolidate President Emmerson Mnangagwa's grip on power while emascul...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 08:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa hints on by-elections
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday hinted that by-elections may be held soon and called on Zanu-PF to get prepared, while observing World Health Organisation (WHO) safety guidelines on COVID-19....Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 07:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
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