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Mwonzora moves to sell off MDC property to pay bills
THE once formidable opposition MDC's vast property empire is under threat as party leader Douglas Mwonzora bids to sell some of its prized assets to raise money to settle arrears, including util...Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 16:29hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Ministry in storm over e-passports
THE Auditor-General (AG) has raised the red flag over failure by the Home Affairs ministry to provide information on how much was raised from the issuance electronic passports (e-passports), amid conc...Published: 31 Oct 2023 at 16:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Mwonzora parties fight over property
THE Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) led by Douglas Mwonzora claims it has taken over control of offices used by Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) in Chinhoyi following a legal challenge....Published: 22 Oct 2022 at 18:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe in major e-passport milestone
Zimbabwe recently became one of the few countries in the world that are producing machine-readable electronic passports (e-passports) after it became the 84th member to join and participate in the Int...Published: 18 Sep 2022 at 16:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to launch new passport today
President Mnangagwa is expected to launch the Electronic Passport (e-passport) today in Harare as part of efforts to safeguard immigration security.Despite the introduction of the new passport...Published: 14 Dec 2021 at 05:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa claims he will get back his party headquarters
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa said his party would get back everything it lost to a rival faction, including the party's Morgan Richard Tsvangirai (MRT) headquarters.He said the MDC Allia...Published: 24 Sep 2021 at 09:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC T's security department infiltrated
MDC-Alliance has reportedly infiltrated the MDC-T's security department and has dangled some dollars to the security personnel who are currently guarding the Morgan Richard Tsvangirai House (MRTH) as ...Published: 22 Jul 2021 at 15:42hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Chebundo defeated Mnangagwa only to join him
BLESSING Chebundo was known in MDC circles and indeed throughout the country as Emmerson Mnangagwa's political nemesis.At a time when Mnangagwa was seen as the political godfather of the Midla...Published: 11 Jul 2021 at 20:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa has changed face of Zimbabwean politics'
Former MDC Kwekwe legislator Mr Blessing Chebundo (BC) is among many opposition members who have jumped ship to join the ruling party this year. Below he shares his experiences with our Political Edit...Published: 08 Jun 2021 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Unravelling Douglas Mwonzora's web of Zanu-PF capture
Procrastination is the thief of time. To Mr Douglas Mwonzora the wait was just too much and he made sure that the tables were turned to his favour. The only way was to hide under constitutionalism whe...Published: 22 Mar 2021 at 15:06hrs | | by Leonard Koni
Khupe knows how to raise her concerns, says Mwonzora
MDC-T President Douglas Mwonzora says his aggrieved deputy Thokozani Khupe is very much aware of how she can raise any complaints she has than using social media platforms to vent her frustrations....Published: 28 Feb 2021 at 08:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora, Khupe rift widens?
THE rift between underfire MDCT leader Douglas Mwonzora and Thokozani Khupe over the party presidency widened yesterday with the latter demanding a rerun of the internal polls.This was after M...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:54hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Khupe dismisses Mwonzora claims she has accepted VP post
FORMER MDC-T interim president Thokozani Khupe has dismissed Douglas Mwonzora's claims she has finally accepted the outcome of the tempestuous December 27, 2020 party extraordinary congress in which s...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 20:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Attempted rape at MDC HQ
AN MDC youth official, Tendai Muchekahanzu, yesterday appeared in court accused of trying to rape a party employee at the Morgan Richard Tsvangirai (MRT) House headquarters, popularly known as Harvest...Published: 19 Nov 2020 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Violence rocks Harvest House again
VIOLENCE has once again rocked the MDC after youths aligned to the Nelson Chamisa camp allegedly broke into the party's Morgan Richard Tsvangirai (MRT) House headquarters on Sunday night in an unsucce...Published: 03 Nov 2020 at 08:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Khupe suspends Gorekore
MDC-T interim leader Thokozani Khupe has suspended the party's Harare provincial youth chairperson Paul Gorekore with immediate effect as the battle to control the party headquarters continues....Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Khupe moves to repossess Harvest House
OPPOSITION MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe who for weeks has been locked out of party headquarters, Harvest House, which also known as Morgan Richard Tsvangirai House, has suspended party Harare provinci...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 11:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa instructs his supporters to prepare for MDC congress
A FRESH battle is looming in the fractured MDC over delegates to the party's extra-ordinary congress in December with supporters of Nelson Chamisa barred from attending and now threatening to seek leg...Published: 09 Oct 2020 at 21:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
'We moved in to end Khupe, Chamisa fights'
IN A dramatic turn of events, frustrated youths from the country's biggest opposition party, the MDC, last week seized the iconic national headquarters, the Morgan Richard Tsvangirai (MRT)...Published: 04 Oct 2020 at 17:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Khupe chokes Chamisa again
UNLESS brawling MDC leaders end their futile wars soon, Nelson Chamisa will not be able to participate in the party's leadership contests when the court-directed extra-ordinary congress gets underway ...Published: 03 Oct 2020 at 21:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gloves off again in brawling MDC's scorched earth fight
ANY lingering hopes that warring MDC factions would soon come to their senses were quashed yesterday, after the main opposition's interim leadership led by Thokozani Khupe, pictured, recalled a furthe...Published: 02 Oct 2020 at 08:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa pooh-poohs MDC unity talks
THE ongoing dramatic attempts by MDC youths to end the party's wars suffered a potentially fatal blow yesterday after Nelson Chamisa pooh-poohed the need to participate in intra-party unity talks. ...Published: 01 Oct 2020 at 22:14hrs | | 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, Chamisa appear ready to ditch suicidal factional battles
AFTER years of engaging in futile internal wars, MDC leaders now appear ready to ditch their suicidal factional battles and work together in the interest of the party. Yesterday, the party's i...Published: 30 Sep 2020 at 18:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Full statement by MDC youths occupying Harvest House
Late on Sunday night, about 60 MDC Alliance youths entered the party's Harvest House HQ which was forcibly occupied by the rival MDC-T since June.A key player in facilitating Sunday's re-occup...Published: 28 Sep 2020 at 10:21hrs | | by MDC youths
Chamisa grabs Harvest House from Khupe
OVER 60 youths aligned to MDC Alliance President Nelson Chamisa Sunday night besieged and took control of Harvest House now rechristened Morgan Richard Tsvangirai (MRT) House in central Harare....Published: 28 Sep 2020 at 07:04hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
MDC tug of war rages on
The tussle for power between the MDC leader, Nelson Chamisa and his loud mouthed deputy continues unabated with the youthful leader introducing a plethora of standing orders to ring fence his position...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 12:05hrs | | by John Sigauke
Sympathizers turn against Chamisa after by-election defeats
The opposition MDC has received criticism from unlikely quarters after losing two council by-elections in Bikita and Nyanga to the ruling Zanu-PF party.The by-elections held yesterday saw Zanu...Published: 16 Jul 2019 at 08:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Unpacking the Kambarami -Town Clerk suspension saga
The wait is over.Yesterday (11 July 2019) I promised to give my opinion on the “alleged suspension pending disciplinary investigation” of the Bulawayo Town Clerk Mr. Christopher Dube by th...Published: 12 Jul 2019 at 15:45hrs | 2 | by Sindiso Mazibisa
'Zimbabwe reaches a point of no return'
The Zimbabwe National Students Union says it has taken a decision to confront the government of President Emmerson Mnangagwa on how he is running the country. The organisation which has vowed ...Published: 26 Jun 2019 at 17:11hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF to amend constitution
ZANU-PF is moving to amend its constitution ostensibly to modernise it in a move believed to give more power to the party's president and his presidium.Recently, the ruling party indicated tha...Published: 23 Apr 2019 at 10:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa harassed by Mbare youths
Harare youth assembly proceedings came to a stand still yesterday when Starman Chamisa entered Harvest house and youths from Mbare started hurling vitriol at him in protest. After his slate was beaten...Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 15:51hrs | 1 | by Winnet Moyo
Mutare eyes smart city status
MUTARE City Council has engaged ratepayers and the business community to map the way forward towards achieving a smart city status as part of efforts to restore residents' confidence in the local auth...Published: 19 Dec 2018 at 05:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hell has no fury like scorned voters
When people vote for a political party or politician they expect so much from that act including respect. However, the MDC leader, Nelson Chamisa chose to discard that template and poured scorn on his...Published: 20 Nov 2018 at 14:04hrs | 2 | by Elijah Chihota
MDC's full statement on August 1 killings and the economy
1) Introduction The Movement for Democratic Change has been following political and economic events in the country. Among other ills, we note with concern the unpalatable suffering of the mass...Published: 15 Nov 2018 at 12:52hrs | | by MDC
Mutare residents wary of harmonised elections
A survey has revealed that Mutare residents recommend deharmonisation of poles. The current situation distorts elections and makes them more about political party affiliation than service delivery....Published: 08 Jul 2018 at 09:47hrs | | by NANGO
BCC, Metbank partnership hangs in balance
THE proposed housing development partnership between Bulawayo City Council (BCC) and Metbank still hangs in the balance, pending approval by the Local Government ministry.BCC last year propose...Published: 07 Jul 2018 at 09:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Churches welcome peace pledge
THE Ecumenical Church Leaders Forum (ECLF) has welcomed the signing of a peace pledge by political parties leaders, saying a peaceful environment is a prerequisite for a prosperous nation.ECLF lea...Published: 01 Jul 2018 at 08:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: A reflection of what Bulawayo is today
Hopewell Chin'ono, an award-winning journalist and documentary filmmaker posted a collage of pictures that are a reflection of what Bulawayo is today on Twitter.Said Chin'ono, "A friend posted...Published: 17 May 2018 at 17:58hrs | 1 | by Hopewell Chin'ono @daddyhope
The real problem with MDC-T or the Alliance
The sole purpose of writing this piece is to shed light on some major worrisome issues about the current MDC -Alliance party. It's clear some of my fellow countrymen haven't yet discerned anything fro...Published: 25 Apr 2018 at 12:33hrs | | by Mr Tshingwane Lunga
Zimbabwe Decides: 2018 - A prognosis through the vision of my prism
The better "crook" will romp home in the 2018 Zimbabwe national plebiscite."Cetris Paribus " though.ED is abated by the power of incumbency and the well girded state apparatus.His new dispensa...Published: 08 Mar 2018 at 22:01hrs | | by Bernard Muchemwa
Khuphe 7 day ultimatum lapses today
Time is running out for MDC vice president Thokozani Khupe to build bridges with the party's new leader, Nelson Chamisa, with whom she is fighting a terminal turf war.The MDC's national counci...Published: 07 Mar 2018 at 11:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Khupe now left with two days before her fate is sealed
Time is running out for MDC vice president Thokozani Khupe to build bridges with the party's new leader, Nelson Chamisa, with whom she is fighting a terminal turf war.The MDC's national counci...Published: 05 Mar 2018 at 13:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Five Reasons why the 'crocodile' will defeat Chamisa
Ignorance will cost the opposition once again The Military factorWith the present government continuousl...Published: 04 Mar 2018 at 10:45hrs | | by Knowledge Hakata
Chamisa, Khupe clash on social media
MDC-T President Nelson Chamisa has threatened to fire the party's defiant deputy leader Thokozani Khupe and elevate legislator Thabita Khumalo instead.Khupe is opposing Chamisa's assumption of...Published: 03 Mar 2018 at 11:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa to fire Khupe and elevate Khumalo
MDC-T President Nelson Chamisa has threatened to fire the party's defiant deputy leader Thokozani Khupe and elevate legislator Thabita Khumalo instead.Khuphe is opposing Chamisa's assumption o...Published: 03 Mar 2018 at 11:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
US sends positive signals to Mnangagwa
Since November 2017, Zimbabwe's new administration has been promoting FDI and international re-engagement. Potential FDI now tops US$3billion while several deputations have been to Harare as part of t...Published: 25 Feb 2018 at 10:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The New Zanu-PF has shown political maturity and tolerance
The death of Mr Morgan Richard Tsvangirai has shown the great maturity in Zimbabwe's political land scape. The new dispensation has rose above the ordinary politics to show that Zimbabwean are indeed ...Published: 20 Feb 2018 at 07:33hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Bulawayo stands behind Khupe
Nomvula Mguni, MDC-T Provincial Secretary, has rubbished reports that the MDC-T Bulawayo province on Saturday turned its back on deputy president, Thokozani Khupe, and declared its allegiance to actin...Published: 12 Feb 2018 at 14:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai's MDC continues to burn
There is seemingly no end in sight to the serious factional fighting that is devouring the MDC, with fresh cracks emerging in the Bulawayo provincial executive of the party - where one of the key figu...Published: 12 Feb 2018 at 05:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
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