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Mnangagwa's govt to stop at nothing in arresting corruption, SB Moyo
President Mnangagwa, at the coming in of the new dispensation, pledged to fight corruption and true to his word, the Government will stop at nothing in arresting graft and dealing with economic sabote...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 07:23hrs | 1289 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa has been hijacked, says Mashakada
Founding MDC member and Economic Planning former minister Tapiwa Mashakada recently left the MDC-Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa claiming the party had stopped being a workers' movement and that it had...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 17:44hrs | 8886 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's former Economic Minister slams government
Zimbabwe's former Minister of Economic Planning and Investment Promotion, Dr. Tapiwa Mashakada has slammed at the country's recent foreign currency auction.On Tuesday, the government launched ...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 10:37hrs | 4633 | by Daniel Itai, Harare, Zimbabwe
MDC, politics of denial psychology and psychological deflection II
THE Supreme Court judgment set off a series of gaffes by the MDC-Alliance, starting with their denial of the validity, enforceability and effectiveness of the judgment on the MDC-Alliance. The MDC-All...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 07:45hrs | 1281 | by Jonathan Chando
Bhebhe will be drowned by greedy colleagues
READING through Abednigo Bhebhe's contributions to the standing committee of the MDC faction led by Thokozani Khupe, I was so full of admiration of his desire for unity of purpose to dislodge the clue...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 07:28hrs | 1862 | by Kennedy Kaitano
New dates for MDC-T congress
The MDC-T led by Dr Thokozani Khupe has postponed its elective extraordinary congress to the first week of September. The dates are within the time frame that was prescribed by the Supreme Cou...Published: 25 Jun 2020 at 06:54hrs | 1368 | by Staff reporter
Mashakada calls for national dialogue
MDC Alliance legislator Tapiwa Mashakada who now works with the MDC-T led by Thokozani Khupe has called for a national dialogue to address the country's ailing economy.Through his Facebook pos...Published: 24 Jun 2020 at 08:36hrs | 7152 | by Stephen Jakes
Mashakada must have stood with Khupe long back: Norman Mpofu
Former MDC legislator Norman Mpofu has said if Tapiwa Mashakada had stood up with Thokozani Khupe, Douglas Mwonzora and Jessie Majome and defendenfed the party constitution against the vultures curren...Published: 22 Jun 2020 at 08:12hrs | 3065 | by Stephen Jakes
Mashakada exposes MDC Alliance fake abductions
SKELETONS continue to tumble out of Mr Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance's cabinet with a former top official in the opposition exposing how the party systematically fakes abductions to tarnish the imag...Published: 22 Jun 2020 at 07:50hrs | 833 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa staggering against the ropes?
IS THE MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa staggering against the ropes?Chamisa has proved himself time and time again to be on top of the situation yet this time he's on the back foot....Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 17:01hrs | 2625 | by Black Edward
Mashakada fears for his life
The MDC Alliance has been accused of employing the services of cyber mercenaries to target fellow party members and silence them from speaking out on the chaos that has become of the party.Hat...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 17:00hrs | 2415 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance MP blasts Mashakada for denouncing the party
Binga legislator Prince Dubeko Sibanda has blasted fewllow legislator Tapiwa Mashakada for criticising the party which ushered him into parliament."Are you aiming at the gango? And why do you ...Published: 21 Jun 2020 at 09:50hrs | 2887 | by Stephen Jakes
Senior MDC Alliance officials didn't loot party funds, claims Coltart
STATEMENT ON FALSE ALLEGATIONS OF FINANCIAL MISMANAGEMENT IN MDC-ALLIANCEI have noted with concern the allegations by Mr Mashakada reported in The Herald of the 16th of June, 2020 alleging tha...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 20:36hrs | 1745 | by David Coltart
Chamisa dared to accept court ruling
MDC Alliance legislator Tapiwa Mashakada has responded to people criticising his recent decision to default to Thokozani Khupe's camp and said true democracy is accepting the ruling of the courts. Mas...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 20:36hrs | 1619 | by Staff reporter
Mashakada hits back on MDC Alliance officials criticising him
MDC Alliance legislator Tapiwa Mashakada who seem to have defected to the MDC-T led by Thokozani Khupe has hit back at former colleagues in the MDC Allian...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 11:00hrs | 4761 | by Stephen Jakes
Economists wary of Zimbabwe
Former Finance Minister Tendai Biti as well as two of the country's renowned economists Eddie Cross and Dr. Tapiwa Mashakada have raised concerns over the economic wellbeing of the country.The...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 11:59hrs | 1929 | by Daniel Itai
Chamisa, G40 ties exposed
A TOP MDC-Alliance official has lifted the lid on the opposition party's unholy alliance with the putschist G40 cabal, opaque financial dealings, as well as the deliberate sidelining of the party foun...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 09:09hrs | 2073 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo compares Chamisa to a 'Stalinist and a control freak'
FORMER Cabinet Minister and MDC Alliance sympathizer Professor Jonathan Moyo has said reports that Nelson Chamisa has gagged party officials from speaking their own views on social media platforms red...Published: 13 Jun 2020 at 20:23hrs | 8597 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa goes bonkers, gags Biti, Sikhala
IN A move that underscores both the lack of leadership and senselessness of the turmoil that is consuming the MDC, Nelson Chamisa has barred his once close associates from speaking to the media....Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 18:28hrs | 3446 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa gags his colleagues
Nelson Chamisa had barred his close associates including Tendai Biti, Lynette Karenyi Kore and Job Sikhala from speaking to the media. This comes as more cracks are emerging within MDC Allianc...Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 08:14hrs | 5559 | by Staff reporter
Mashakada dumps Chamisa
MDC Alliance faces dramatic revolt as more MPs appear to be deserting the camp led by Nelson Chamisa.The former Cabinet Minister and Hatfield legislator Tapiwa Mashakada becoming the latest to...Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 08:13hrs | 7725 | by Staff reporter
Khupe snubbed by Chamisa's MPs
Nineteen MDC Alliance MPs defied a party directive to boycott Parliament on Tuesday, but the rebellion was far short of the numbers Thokozani Khupe needed to convince her backers that she can seize co...Published: 04 Jun 2020 at 17:58hrs | 9732 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa caves in to MPs' demands
UNDER pressure MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa, pictured, yesterday caved in to his MPs' demands and made a U-turn on an earlier decree ordering them to withdraw from Parliament.The not sur...Published: 04 Jun 2020 at 17:54hrs | 939 | by Staff reporter
MDC reaches breaking point
THE MDC's latest ructions have now reached a point of no return, after the party's interim leadership expelled Nelson Chamisa from the movement - in a development that could have far-reaching implicat...Published: 04 Jun 2020 at 17:54hrs | 1187 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa loses 15 MPs
MDC Alliance MPs who have been boycotting Parliament yesterday started trickling back to the House and were heckled by their Zanu-PF counterparts, who jeered and labelled them MDC-T instead of MDC All...Published: 03 Jun 2020 at 10:14hrs | 7942 | by Staff reporter
Mashakada crushes Chamisa Parliament boycott call
The outcome of Court the SC and High Court judgements have clearly leveraged the MDC-T led by Dr Thokozani Khupe and put the MDC Alliance into an invidious position. The MDC Alliance has lost the lawf...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 20:16hrs | 10961 | by Dr Tapiwa Mashakada: M DA Alliance Secretary for Policy & Research
MDC Alliance headed for a split, as MPs defy Chamisa?
THE number of MDC Alliance MPs defying opposition leader Nelson Chamisa's directive to boycott all parliamentary business continues to increase with 15 party legislators attending Tuesday's sitting....Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 20:04hrs | 5349 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: MDC MPs defy Chamisa...attend parliament
About 15 MDC Members of Parliament attend Tuesday's August House seating in an open defiance to the directive given by embattled Party President Nelson Chamisa through his Deputy National Chairperson ...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 15:19hrs | 5757 | by Mandla Ndlovu
How Zimbabwe can return to economic glory days
Former Economic Planning and Investment Promotion minister Tapiwa Mashakada (TM) believes Zimbabwe can return to its glory days of the early 1980s when the economy was stable and end poverty. He discu...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 08:51hrs | 507 | by Staff reporter
Council starts road signs installations
Beitbridge municipality has started installing standard road signs which conform to set Sadc guidelines as part of the local authority's efforts to transform the town into a medium city.Financ...Published: 14 May 2020 at 17:40hrs | 1141 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MPs express concerns about their welfare
IN THE latest twist to the drama playing out within the MDC, it has emerged that many party legislators are not in favour of the push by Nelson Chamisa and his top allies for them to "disengage" from ...Published: 13 May 2020 at 16:10hrs | 1600 | by Staff reporter
Harare MDC MPs show Mwonzora the middle finger
Warren Park legislator Shakespear Hamauswa says all Harare members of parliament have pledged undying loyalty to MDC leader Nelson Chamisa. In a statement issued on Monday, Hamauswa said, "Tod...Published: 11 May 2020 at 17:46hrs | 4700 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Covid-19: Zimbabwe's obligation to protect Returnees
MDC legislator Tapiwa Mashakada has said the government has an obligation to protect its citizens even from the Covid 19 regardless of where they would be.Mashakada said in terms of Internatio...Published: 23 Apr 2020 at 09:44hrs | 214 | by Stephen Jakes
Harare city distances self from vendors stalls demolition
Harare City Council has distanced itself from the demolition of informal traders stalls at Mbare in Harare amid concerns that the actions has destroyed the source of livelihood of the unemployed citiz...Published: 21 Apr 2020 at 08:31hrs | 1292 | by Stephen Jakes
Danger over Covid-19 spread during GMAZ mealie meal distribution
MDC legislator Tapiwa Mashakada has warned that there is a danger of spreading the Covid 19 during the Grain Millers Association maize meal distribution p...Published: 17 Apr 2020 at 08:29hrs | 721 | by Stephen Jakes
COVID-19: A Fiscal Nightmare
MDC top official Tapiwa Mashakada has lamented that the Zimbabwe's fiscal space to deal with the Covid 19 was next to non amid fears there can be overwhelming fatalities if nothing is done as a matter...Published: 13 Apr 2020 at 10:36hrs | 327 | by Stephen Jakes
Beitbridge municipality disinfects border post
Beitbridge Municipality has started disinfecting the country's busiest border post as it intensifies efforts to minimise the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. A total of 14 000 people use Beitb...Published: 08 Apr 2020 at 07:49hrs | 366 | by Staff reporter
Social distancing worry for Mbare Musika
Zimbabwe's largest fresh produce market, Mbare Musika, officially reopened yesterday, but with social distancing and washing of hands not being observed. Such measures were, however, in ...Published: 08 Apr 2020 at 07:47hrs | 159 | by Staff reporter
Mutumwa Mawere speaks on the MDC Supreme Court judgment
South Africa based business tycoon Mutumwa Mawere has given his indepth analysis on the Supreme Court judgment relating to the leadership wrangle in the MDC family.In a leaked whatsapp convers...Published: 06 Apr 2020 at 15:34hrs | 4934 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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
Migrants must be given equal treatment on Covid-19 - Mashakada
MDC top official and economist Tapiwa Mashakada has said the Covid-19 is a global pandemic that affects everyone and migrants must be given equal treatment and protection in management and administrat...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 12:59hrs | 557 | by Stephen Jakes
Fixed Exchange: Zimbabwe's retailers hike prices
MDC top official and economist Tapiwa Mashakada has warned that retailers have responded to government's 1:25 fixed rate exchange rate announced recently by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe amid escalatio...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 08:57hrs | 1791 | by Stephen Jakes
African Continental Free Trade Area to suffer setback - Mashakada
MDC top official and economist Tapiwa Mashakada has said the African Continental Free Trade Area is going to suffer a serious setback as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic."When it's operationa...Published: 31 Mar 2020 at 08:27hrs | 459 | by Stephen Jakes
LOCKDOWN: Zimbabwe heeds call to stay at home
Zimbabweans have largely observed Government's call to stay at home and limit movement as a measure to contain the spread of Covid-19.The usually busy and noisy Bulawayo-Harare Road section th...Published: 30 Mar 2020 at 18:47hrs | 1646 | by Staff reporter
Mealie meal shortage: hungry people ignore social distance
MDC top official Tapiwa Mashakada has lamented that due to mealie meal shortage people in Masvingo were seen disregarding social distance to prevent COVID...Published: 28 Mar 2020 at 07:14hrs | 276 | by Stephen Jakes
V11 on self redollarisation in Zimbabwe evident in Makamba Hospital case - Mashakada
MDC top official Tapiwa Mashakada has said the evidence has been clearly been exposed that Zimbabwe is redollarising in a case of the late journalist Zororo Makamba's hospitalisation at Wilkins Hospit...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 07:58hrs | 6789 | by Stephen Jakes
Civil-Military relations in Zimbabwe cause or instability
MDC's top official Tapiwa Mashakada has insinuated that the military involvement in politics in Zimbabwe is the source of political instability as this has resulted to a widened relationship between t...Published: 18 Mar 2020 at 08:43hrs | 1527 | by Stephen Jakes
'If bullet train is possible for other African countries, it is also possible for Zimbabwe'
MDC top official Tapiwa Mashakada has said the idea of his boss Nelson Chamisa that the country will have bullet trains under his government was not a mere dream but is possible considering the fact t...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 09:00hrs | 1101 | by Stephen Jakes
MDC officials questions the rational of bringing in Chinese engineers
MDC top official Tapiwa Mashakada has questioned the rational of the government bringing in Chinese engineers to construct bridges when the country has expert engineers to do the same."I am on...Published: 17 Mar 2020 at 08:59hrs | 1356 | by Stephen Jakes
'We will never close Beitbridge border post'
Following the 62 confirmed cases of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in South Africa, the country's President Cyril Ramaphosa yesterday declared a national state of disaster on the southern African country....Published: 16 Mar 2020 at 15:28hrs | 3978 | by Daniel Itai in Pretoria South Africa
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