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Khupe congress blocked
UNCERTAINTY looms over the MDC-T extraordinary congress which had been pencilled for July 31, amid reports that the police have refused to clear the event citing COVID-19 regulations which restrict ga...Published: 08 Jul 2020 at 18:32hrs | 7189 | by Staff reporter
Komichi knows the rules he must apply them
A REPORT by one daily on May 17, 2020 stated that there were some hardliners on both sides of the MDC feud who were working hard to scuttle negotiations for the extraordinary congress suggested by the...Published: 04 Jul 2020 at 15:36hrs | 2146 | by Kennedy Kaitano
Job Sikhala survives recall
THE MDC-T yesterday recalled eight more senators belonging to the MDC Alliance, but some members expressed disquiet over the move.Acting secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora yesterday recalled s...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 18:29hrs | 1880 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora is moving forward
An internet definition of cheating is 'act dishonestly or unfairly in order to gain an advantage'. I think you have heard of examination cheating in colleges and universities. In sporting, there is ag...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 07:34hrs | 4005 | by Etiwel Mutero
Chamisa loses Harvest House row
UNDERFIRE opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has lost legal battle for control of the party headquarters, Morgan Richard Tsvangirai House, popularly known as Harvest House, after the High C...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 08:39hrs | 4927 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa takes battle to structures
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has taken the battle to control the heart and soul of the opposition to party structures, dispatching his top leadership to conduct branch meetings across the countr...Published: 23 Jun 2020 at 08:13hrs | 7626 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Nelson Chamisa's MDC press statement
MDC National Spokesperson Fadzai Mahere has condemned the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission for alleging failing to investigate the Coronavirus tender scam that has sucked in Minister of Health Obad...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 13:38hrs | 7553 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Joshua Nkomo's costly heroism
I first suffered the consequences of being a critical analyst and a questioner of orthodox opinion at my early secondary school. In one incident, I totally lost the kind favour of my Bible Knowledge t...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 18:06hrs | 2855 | by Dinizulu Mbikokayise Macaphulana
Khupe, crew writing their obituaries
THE current political tension between MDC Alliance and MDC-T has brought more legal commentaries on the merits of the matter where the one verdict ruled that MDC Alliance is a party and the other said...Published: 04 Jun 2020 at 17:31hrs | 3274 | by Leonard Koni
Latest on court case against Welshman Ncube over MDC dissolution
An activist of the now defunct MDC (Green) Ntokozo Tshikizamkhonto Tshili who had in the past threatened to sue Professor Welshman Ncube over what he termed the illegal dissolution of MDC says the par...Published: 03 Jun 2020 at 11:14hrs | 11022 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zanu PF paranoid by the reuniting of MDC cadres under MDC Alliance - Coltart
MDC Alliance senior official David Coltart has said the ruling Zanu PF is paranoid by the reuniting of MDC cadres under MDC Alliance.The remarks come in the wake of state sponsored harassment ...Published: 03 Jun 2020 at 07:38hrs | 3544 | by Stephen Jakes
Mwonzora must listen to Komichi about quorum
REINSTATED MDC-T 2014 deputy chairman Morgen Komichi knows very well when meetings can make binding decisions, that is, when there is a quorum.Komichi is quoted by a local weekly publication s...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 09:28hrs | 3045 | by Kennedy Kaitano
Chamisa's MDC Alliance wins in court
THE High Court has ruled that the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance is a political entity, adding more fire to the on-going fight for the control of the opposition party.In a ruling issued last ...Published: 28 May 2020 at 08:16hrs | 21040 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora 2 Chamisa 0
THE day of reckoning came sooner than expected, as events outpaced and outdated fortunes in the mainstream opposition. It does read that the alliance's top names have now come to face the reality that...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:56hrs | 9645 | by Robert Sigauke
Lovemore Moyo fuels Chamisa, Khupe fight intrigue
MOVES to rally MDC veterans behind Nelson Chamisa in the fight for the control of Zimbabwe's mainstream opposition party have taken a new dimension with reports that former party chairman Lovemore Moy...Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:59hrs | 3505 | by Staff reporter
PHOTO: Lovemore Moyo visits Welshman Ncube
Former MDC-T Chairman Lovemore Moyo made a flash visit to MDC Alliance Vice President Professor Welshman Ncube on Saturday. Confirming the meeting on Twitter, Ncube said, "Mr Speaker Sir, Hono...Published: 23 May 2020 at 15:37hrs | 6651 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Tsvangirai's wish must be respected
I LISTENED with great admiration to the interview by one of the founding members of the MDC, Elias Mudzuri, where he emphasised the need for leaders to sit down and talk to each other.It is pr...Published: 20 May 2020 at 07:23hrs | 1647 | by Kennedy Kaitano
Komichi, a ruling party project
DEAR Morgen Komichi,You were quoted in a local newspaper saying: "What we know is that we are not a member of Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) and Thokozani Khupe has not been mandated to rep...Published: 18 May 2020 at 07:55hrs | 3222 | by Kennedy Kaitano
MP's recall triggers backlash
TOM Phiri* popped out of a grocery shop at Areno shopping centre in Harare's Kuwadzana suburb swinging a plastic bag with three tomatoes using his right hand.Phiri also clasped a loaf of bread...Published: 17 May 2020 at 09:34hrs | 2334 | by Staff reporter
Squabbles to weaken opposition movement
WIDENING fractures within the ranks of the opposition, which have culminated in four of its representatives being recalled from Parliament, will weaken the MDC in its various formations and retard the...Published: 15 May 2020 at 08:23hrs | 913 | by Tinashe Kairiza
Arrogance vs ignorance: How the MDC's lurching deeper into chaos
RECENTLY, I wrote two articles which were both published in the Zimbabwe Independent. The first was an opinion piece titled The MDC imbroglio is devastating for the opposition. In the opinion piece, I...Published: 15 May 2020 at 08:16hrs | 754 | by Jonathan Chando
MDC Alliance takes govt to court over Vic Falls mayor
THE MDC Alliance has taken Local Government minister July Moyo to court challenging his directive to reinstate former Victoria Falls mayor Somvelo Dlamini.Dlamini was replaced as mayor after c...Published: 15 May 2020 at 07:39hrs | 709 | by Staff reporter
18 MDCA Mutare City Fathers and Mothers backs Chamisa
Eighteen MDC Alliance councillors in Mutare has declared their support for for their leader Nelson Chamisa.Mutare MDC Alliance Council Chief Whip Edson Kalulu said May was a voluntary referend...Published: 14 May 2020 at 10:34hrs | 1897 | by Stephen Jakes
MDC-T MPs defy Chamisa...attend parliament
Members of Parliament belonging to the main faction of the MDC led by Nelson Chamisa are reported to have defied the instructions from their leader an d attended parliament on Tuesday. Deputy ...Published: 12 May 2020 at 16:58hrs | 9225 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Call for mass resignations of MDC-Alliance MPs: Will it work?
This article uses the "big picture" or political analytical approach to show that both the MDC-A and MDC-T under Thokozani Khupe ought to examine the political, social and constitutional contexts they...Published: 10 May 2020 at 08:10hrs | 2113 | by Sharon Hofisi
Will Tendai Biti and job Sikhala join Zanu-PF as MDC MPs are recalled?
The old saying that "if you stay in the glass house do not throw stones." It goes on to say if stones are to be thrown back you must not cry the loudest. MDC in all its shapes has been masquerading as...Published: 08 May 2020 at 19:40hrs | 6872 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Shameless move when people are starving
PUBLIC Service, Labour and Social Welfare minister Paul Mavima tells the world that government can only afford to cater for people facing hardships to enable them to survive the impact of COVID-19. ...Published: 08 May 2020 at 00:35hrs | 744 | by Kennedy Kaitano
'Zanu PF, Mwonzora and Charlatans like Mutodi must shut up,' says Hwende
MDC secretary general Chalton Hwende said their party legislators have made it clear that they will withdraw their participation in parliamentary activiti...Published: 08 May 2020 at 00:02hrs | 2172 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
BREAKING: Armed police invade MDC's Harvest House
Armed members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police have reportedly invaded MDC's Morgan Richard Tsvangirai House.The police are said to have come on the invitation of Douglas Mwonzora who is the Se...Published: 07 May 2020 at 18:58hrs | 4867 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'40 MDC MPs defy Nelson Chamisa'
Deputy Government Spokesperson Energy Mutodi has alleged that about 40 MDC Members of Parliament have refused to accept the accept a directive by the Party Standing committee to withdraw their partici...Published: 07 May 2020 at 14:24hrs | 6788 | by Mandla Ndlovu
BREAKING: Mwonzora expels Tabitha Khumalo and Hwende from Parliament
MDC Secretary-General Douglas Mwonzora has recalled Tabitha Khumalo, Chalton Hwende and Prosper Mutseyami from Parliament following their expulsion by MDCT.The announcement was made by th...Published: 05 May 2020 at 14:15hrs | 4945 | by Mandla Ndlovu
The challenges of implementing the Khupe judgment
THE implementation of the Thokozani Khupe judgment tells us no more, and no less, than we should know about the legitimacy of a court judgment. In political and legal sequence, it describes the growth...Published: 02 May 2020 at 07:57hrs | 5931 | by Sharon Hofisi
MDC imbroglio devastating for opposition
THE MDC has been mired in an entanglement, recently described in the judgment by the Supreme Court as an imbroglio.Accusations and counter accusations are being thrown around between factions ...Published: 30 Apr 2020 at 11:46hrs | 4346 | by Jonathan Chando
MDC-T legislators plead allegiance to Thokozani Khuphe
We have noted with concern some misleading and disgusting statements attributed to the former MDC-T Secretary-General Mr Nickson 'Mao' Nyikadzino wherein he masquerades as the new MDC-T Acting Preside...Published: 29 Apr 2020 at 11:49hrs | 3140 | by Mildred Reason Dube
Khupe 'fired' from MDC-T
PROBLEMS continue to rock the opposition MDC-T ship after one of its top officials approached Parliament to announce he had fired party president Thokozani Khupe, claiming that the Supreme Court had n...Published: 29 Apr 2020 at 08:13hrs | 7207 | by Staff reporter
Thokozani Khupe fights back...refuses to be expelled
MDC-T leader Thokozani Khuper has mobilized Members of Parliament to disown statement by MDC-T Secretary-General Mao Nyikadzino who announced the expulsion of Khupe on Tuesday. On Tuesday, Nyi...Published: 29 Apr 2020 at 05:26hrs | 7659 | by Mandla Ndlovu
BREAKING: Thokozani Khupe fired from MDC-T
MDC-T Secretary General Mao Nyikadzino has announced that Thokozani Khupe has been fired from the MDC-T with immediate effect. Speaking at Heart and Soul TV on Tuesday Nyikadzino s...Published: 28 Apr 2020 at 18:27hrs | 14892 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Before his downfall, a man's heart is proud, but Humility comes before Honour - The MDC Supreme Court Judgment
It's been 3 weeks and the Supreme Court judgment on the MDC case has come and gone, but questions remain in people's minds. Was the judgment just and fair, given the material facts and evidence presen...Published: 23 Apr 2020 at 14:23hrs | 3077 | by Jonathan Chando
MDC Alliance's assets are proceeds of crime
SOMETIME in 2017, MDC founding leader, the late Morgan Tsvangirai, on behalf of the MDC-T, signed a cooperation agreement with six fringe parties to face Zanu-PF as an alliance under the leadership of...Published: 16 Apr 2020 at 07:50hrs | 2277 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe politics, a dash of populism minus due process
ZIMBABWE is largely a politically polarised nation with most people exhibiting clear bias towards their preferred political outfit or individual. This is always more apparent when a politician does so...Published: 15 Apr 2020 at 08:06hrs | 312 | by Thabani Mnyama
Khupe isn't a Zanu-PF proxy, says Mwonzora
THE Thokozani Khupe-led opposition MDC-T has refused to be labelled a Zanu-PF project taking orders from President Emmerson Mnangagwa to scuttle MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa's plans to unseat th...Published: 13 Apr 2020 at 08:54hrs | 3224 | by Staff reporter
MDCT and MDC Alliance are two distinct parties - Mashakada
MDC Alliance top official and economist Tapiwa Mashakada has said the MDC-T and MDC-Alliance are two distinct parties that are registered with ZEC and they contested the 2018 General and Presidential ...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 13:11hrs | 3909 | by Stephen Jakes
'Mwonzora, Komichi expelled from MDC-T'
I Elias Mashavire the principal actor in the matter on which the Supreme Court sat on 31 March 2020 do hereby make the following issues known to the public: 1) I am happy that the matt...Published: 04 Apr 2020 at 08:24hrs | 9930 | by Elias Mashavire
Obert Gutu is a sell out - Job Sikhala
MDC Legislator Job Sikhala have described former Thokozani Khupe led MDC-T Vice President Obert Gutu as a sellout.Gutu ditched MDC to form form another MDCT with Khupe in the run up to 2018 el...Published: 24 Jan 2020 at 11:28hrs | 5983 | by Stephen Jakes
Spokesperson's post divides POLAD
The spokesperson post has divided the Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD), with unconfirmed reports indicating that ‘higher authorities' prefer someone else to MDC-T's Khaliphani Phugeni, who was rece...Published: 22 Jan 2020 at 06:50hrs | 1779 | by Staff reporter
Throwback Monday:- The rise and fall and rise of Tendai 'Wananchi' Biti
THE political circus unravelling in the country's opposition politics needs no introduction. The tag of war between the Morgan Tsvangirai and Tendai Biti camps over control of the opposition MDCT has ...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 12:43hrs | 3560 | by Wezhira Marihwepi
'G40 has taken over MDC-Alliance'
The late MDC-Alliance leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, died almost a pauper but could have still died a billionaire if he had sold out the struggle for selfgain, the former Prime Minister's aide has said. ...Published: 14 Feb 2019 at 17:55hrs | 8489 | by Staff reporter
EU, USA keen on Chamisa's MDC Extra Ordinary Congress
The European Union says it is concerned by events happening in the MDCT in the Alliance since the departure of its founding President Morgan Richard Tsvangirai on 14 February this year."Democr...Published: 30 Dec 2018 at 10:06hrs | 3314 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Linda Masarira drunk... causes violence in a bar
A video alleged to be that of the National Spokesperson of MDC-T Linda Masarira causing havoc in a bar and threatening to beat up revelers has gone viral on social media. Linda is yet to comment on th...Published: 13 Dec 2018 at 08:49hrs | 8504 | by Mandla Ndlovu
The MDC-T shooting the wrong messenger
The MDC-T, Thokozani Khupe led political party should concentrate more on rebuilding, restructuring and recruiting members of the party and challenge for the most high office in the government t...Published: 03 Dec 2018 at 10:15hrs | 3268 | by Leonard Koni
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