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Warriors date Harambee Stars in cup final
FOR the first time in almost four decades, Zimbabwe and Kenya national football teams are set to clash in a cup final when they feature in the Four Nations Tournament decider at Bingu National Stadium...Published: 26 Mar 2024 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
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 | 4 | by Staff reporter
Barbourfields, the new theatre of dreams
IT is an abomination that might cause the likes of George Shaya, Gift "Ghetto" Mpariwa, Shacky Tauro and Joel "Jubilee" Shambo to turn in their graves.But that is the reality on the ground....Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 07:41hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
MPs take Soda Zhemu to task
LEGISLATORS say Energy minister Soda Zhemu is painting a misleading picture of Zimbabwe's energy situation, which they say is worsening despite his numerous assurances.In the final quarter of ...Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 13:58hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai remembered in Parliament
THE late MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai was on Tuesday remembered in Parliament for improving the Zimbabwean economy during the Government of National Unity (GNU) from 2009-2013.The former Pri...Published: 15 Feb 2023 at 20:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora expels Mudzuri, demotes Komichi
PLIANT opposition MDC Alliance leader Douglas Mwonzora yesterday expelled his deputy Elias Mudzuri and announced a new standing committee that saw former party chairperson Morgen Komichi being demoted...Published: 07 Feb 2023 at 05:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mudzuri declares no interest in any post at MDC-T Congress
FORMER Energy and Power Development minister, Elias Mudzuri, has confirmed he is not contesting for any position in the upcoming ‘flawed' MDC-T Congress set for this weekend.Mudzuri served as En...Published: 17 Dec 2022 at 12:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora in eye of storm
MDC Alliance president Douglas Mwonzora's "unanimous" nomination as party president could be short-lived as one of his allies has approached the High Court challenging his nomination.MDC Allia...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs political tolerance during, after elections
ZIMBABWEANS yesterday woke up to the most surprising, but welcome news that the country's main political parties shared the same platform to condemn violence and to promote peace in the run-up to the ...Published: 12 Oct 2022 at 05:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Mnangagwa parties smoke peace pipe
ZIMBABWE'S three political parties in Parliament, Zanu-PF, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) and MDC Alliance (MDC-A) have called for a truce ahead of the 2023 general elections.In a rar...Published: 11 Oct 2022 at 06:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
MPs blast 'dishonest' Mthuli Ncube in heated tax-free salary stand-off
LEGISLATORS stood their ground in Parliament this week, firmly rejecting what they saw as a bid by Finance Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube to use the Senate to backtrack on a commitment to increase th...Published: 22 Sep 2022 at 06:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T plots recalling returnee divisive councillor
BULAWAYO Mayor Solomon Mguni and councillor Mlandu Ncube have reportedly roped in MDC-T in a bid to block Tinashe Kambarami from assuming the city's deputy mayorship following his recent reinstatement...Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 19:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mthuli Ncube is out of touch with reality'
MARONDERA Urban Business Forum chairperson Emmanuel Danha: "While the supplementary budget was expected and normal in a hyperinflationary economy such as ours, we note with concern the absence of fres...Published: 29 Jul 2022 at 06:52hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora reshuffles MDC-T leadership
MDC Alliance leader, Douglas Mwonzora Tuesday reshuffled his party leadership amid reports he is consolidating power to make sure his position is not contested at the party's congress set for next mon...Published: 17 May 2022 at 19:59hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's real fear over NGOs revealed
Zanu-PF has exposed its real reason behind the push for the Private Voluntary Organisations (PVOs) Bill, saying there is fear of a regime change plot backed by non-governmental groups, but legislators...Published: 14 May 2022 at 19:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora recalls 16 more councillors
ZIMBABWE could be faced with yet another by-election after the MDC effected a fresh round of recalls in various councils around the country.Yesterday the country completed its by-elections to ...Published: 27 Mar 2022 at 07:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
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
Factional battles split MDC again
FACTIONAL fights in the troubled MDC peaked yesterday with the suspension of Dr Thokozani Khupe from a faction led by Mr Douglas Mwonzora over allegations of working with Mr Nelson Chamisa, resulting ...Published: 21 Jan 2022 at 05:30hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora ditched by poll candidates?
THREE MDC-T officials who had been nominated to represent the opposition party in the forthcoming by-elections in Bulawayo have withdrawn their candidatures after realising the party is headed for a d...Published: 14 Jan 2022 at 05:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Khupe allies ditch by-elections
Two MDC-T aspiring councillors linked to party deputy president Thokozani Khupe have withdrawn their candidature for Bulawayo council by-elections slated for March 26 this year.The pair, Sibus...Published: 12 Jan 2022 at 23:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T plot to replace Gweru mayor flops?
THE MDC-T-led Gweru City Council was last Friday forced to abort a meeting to elect a new mayor to replace recalled Josiah Makombe after the former mayor filed an urgent application at the Bulawayo Hi...Published: 11 Jan 2022 at 18:39hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
'Mwonzora lied under oath'
Gweru mayor Josiah Makombe (MDC-T) yesterday reported his party leader Douglas Mwonzora and secretary-general Paurina Mpariwa to the police for lying under oath.Makombe, through his lawyer Nqo...Published: 05 Jan 2022 at 06:01hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T prepares for congress next year
THE MDC-T led by Douglas Mwonzora will early next year hold its elective congress amid fissures between the president and his deputy, Thokozani Khupe.Khupe feels that the party was now being r...Published: 16 Dec 2021 at 23:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora Plots To Fire Khupe From MDC-T
THE MDC-T Vice President Thokozani Khupe has through her lawyers demanded minutes of a recent national council meeting as she suspects the opposition party deliberated on recalling her from Parliament...Published: 12 Dec 2021 at 20:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MPs and Mliswa reiterate call for removal of sanctions
The Parliament of Zimbabwe has added its voice in denouncing the illegal sanctions imposed on the country by western countries, amid reports that the nation lost US$2 million that had been earmarked f...Published: 26 Oct 2021 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zec biases exposed?
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has excluded the opposition MDC Alliance from its provisional consultations in provinces meant to discuss electoral developments at the behest of "powers that b...Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 07:24hrs | | 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
Mwonzora appoints shadow Cabinet
The MDC-T has appointed a 26-member shadow Cabinet to monitor the performance of sitting Cabinet ministers. Some of the notable figures appointed are Senator Morgen Komichi appointed as the sh...Published: 19 Aug 2021 at 16:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa thanks Mnangagwa
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa says his arch-rival, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, has done a perfect hatchet job by removing "bad apples" in the opposition party.The outspoken p...Published: 18 Aug 2021 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Memory Mbodiah accuses Mliswa of touching her breasts
The MDC-T and independent Norton lawmaker Temba Mliswa were trading acrimonious recriminations on Tuesday following a physical and violent confrontation in parliament during which the opposition party...Published: 12 May 2021 at 10:44hrs | 7 | 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 | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora in tight spot
EMBATTLED MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora was yesterday battling to douse fires sparked by his decision to whip his MPs to support Zanu-PF-championed constitutional changes that critics say would give P...Published: 22 Apr 2021 at 06:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora faces Khupe rebellion
The National Assembly passed the controversial Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 2 on Tuesday, giving President Emmerson Mnangagwa new sweeping powers to appoint judges without public scrutiny and ext...Published: 21 Apr 2021 at 07:29hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe orphanage rocked by sodomy scandal
SALACIOUS details have emerged of how the former first family's elite schools and orphanage nestled in a vast estate in Mazowe - 40km north of Harare - were rocked by an alleged child sexual abuse sca...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 07:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mistakenly-fired Cllr in restless wait for Mwonzora's nod to return
Former Masvingo Urban Ward 3 Cllr Tarusenga Vhembo continues to wait for disputed MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora to write to the Ministry of Local Government for him to be reinstated.In Decembe...Published: 06 Mar 2021 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Recalled MDC-T councillor pardoned
A LUPANE councillor is set to officially resume his duties after the MDC-T withdrew a letter recalling him from the Kusile Rural District Council (KRDC), Southern Eye has learnt.June Mpofu had...Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T faces implosion
PLANS are afoot to challenge the constitutionality of the MDC-T extraordinary congress (EOC), its election results and the subsequent appointments made by its new leader Douglas Mwonzora after an atte...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora appoints team to work on national dialogue strategy
OPPOSITION leader Douglas Mwonzora has now appointed a formal MDC committee to work on a strategy to engage the ruling Zanu-PF and other key stakeholders in the country, as his push for all-inclusive ...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 16:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora calls for national dialogue
NEWLY-ELECTED MDC-T president Douglas Mwonzora is eager to engage other political parties and civic organisations in a dialogue process he and his party hope could help rebuild the battered country....Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 06:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora takes over from Khupe as leader of opposition
MDC-T's newly elected president, Mr Douglas Mwonzora, is set to assume the role of Leader of Opposition in Parliament and is expected to make changes to the structures controlled by the opposition in ...Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 08:43hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora moves to fix broken MDC
NEWLY-ELECTED MDC leader, Douglas Mwonzora, said yesterday that he was ready to work with President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zanu-PF to resolve Zimbabwe's decades-long myriad challenges.At the s...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 17:00hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Douglas Mwonzora takes charge of MDC-T
Newly-elected MDC-T president, Mr Douglas Mwonzora, yesterday assumed his new role as opposition leader and immediately unveiled a new executive in which he retained his election rivals - Dr Thokozani...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 08:03hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Mwonzora appoints Khupe, Mudzuri as his VPs
MDC-T newly elected president, Mr Douglas Mwonzora assumed his newly found role at the helm of the opposition party today by unveiling a new executive in which he retained his fellow election rivals t...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 16:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Shut down schools,' MPs tell govt
PARLIAMENT has recommended that the government immediately shuts down schools, blaming the rising COVID-19 cases on its failure to adequately prepare for the reopening of learning institutions after 5...Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 07:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Battle for control of MDC-T intensifies
Rival candidates have heightened their campaign activities ahead of MDC-T's extraordinary congress as the battle to control the party intensifies.Early this month, the Supreme Court gave MDC-T...Published: 22 Oct 2020 at 11:27hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Tendai Biti already owns 'Mnangagwa' diplomatic passport
ZANU-PF legislator Kindness Paradza (Makonde) has accused his MDC counterparts' snub of diplomatic passports offered by President Emmerson Mnangagwa government as a cheap publicity stunt as some of th...Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 07:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
'MDC MPs' passports snub a publicity stunt'
ZANU-PF legislator Kindness Paradza (Makonde) has accused his MDC counterparts' snub of diplomatic passports offered by President Emmerson Mnangagwa government as a cheap publicity stunt as some of th...Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 07:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
EXPOSED: Hwende holds Mnangagwa's red passport
Several opposition MDC-Alliance legislators are holders of diplomatic passports issued by Government, allowing them to enjoy various advantages that include easy passage at borders, special lines at c...Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 07:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Job Sikhala talks tough
Following the MDC Alliance elective congress recently, our deputy editor, Tangai Chipangura (TC), spoke to the newly-elected vice-chairman of the party Job Sikhala (JS) on a wide range of issues....Published: 23 Jun 2019 at 21:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Divisions rock MDC Midlands
DIVISIONS have rocked the MDC Midlands provincial executive over the imposition of members to represent the region in the party's highest decision-making body, the national executive council.M...Published: 11 Jun 2019 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
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