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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: 14 hrs ago | 2143 | by Staff reporter
This is best time for Mnangagwa, Mwonzora and Chamisa to sit down together
THE time is now opportune for three of the country's major political players - President Emmerson Mnangagwa, opposition leader Douglas Mwonzora and his MDC rival Nelson Chamisa - to sit down together ...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 17:37hrs | 1119 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC rails govt for 'crippling service delivery'
THE MDC led by Nelson Chamisa has blamed the central government for crippling service delivery in Bulawayo by recalling its councillors.This was revealed by MDC Alliance Bulawayo spokesperson ...Published: 18 Jan 2021 at 05:55hrs | 456 | by Staff reporter
Big Saturday read: The other side of the story
On the 27th of July 2017, the late President Morgan Tsvangirai convened an Extra-Ordinary National Council Meeting at his Highlands home.On the Agenda was the ratification of the Coalition Agr...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 16:13hrs | 1233 | by Lloyd Damba
Dead bodies in Chamisa's hands
On the 27th of July 2017, the late President Morgan Tsvangirai convened an Extra-Ordinary National Council Meeting at his Highlands home.On the Agenda was the ratification of the Coalition Agr...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 15:28hrs | 6501 | by Lloyd Damba
Chamisa's MDC confirmed its violent streak
263Chat reports that Member of Parliament for Makoni central, David Tekeshe who was attacked by a group of hoodlums at the funeral wake of a deceased member, says the MDC Alliance is confirming its vi...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 10:12hrs | 1859 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa supporters harass 'Mwonzora MP'
THERE was tension between members of the MDC Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa and those of the Douglas Mwonzora-led MDC-T during the burial of a Makoni Central villager on Wednesday.This was aft...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 07:44hrs | 1219 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa has 'nowhere to take his problems to' claims Matemadanda
THE ruling Zanu-PF says Nelson Chamisa and the MDC Alliance "made their bed and must now lie in it" - after they allegedly "repeatedly spurned the hand of friendship" extended to them by President Emm...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 15:55hrs | 1993 | by Staff reporter
'Ramaphosa not bankrolling Chamisa's MDC'
OPPOSITION political party, the MDC Alliance has dismissed claims that South Africa president Cyril Ramaphosa was secretly funding the embattled organisation saying the mischievous reports were part o...Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 08:04hrs | 2658 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora, Chamisa scuffle (is there a Zanu-PF hand)
There have been many accusations and counter-accusations going on since the ruling that installed Khupe as MDC T leader and which resulted in much turmoil in the opposition camp. While much or less ma...Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 21:23hrs | 2339 | by Kumbirai Stein Chivhuna
Mwonzora to be 'biggest opposition by 2023' - and perpetuate rigged elections, deplorable lack of imagination
The trouble with Zimbabweans is they have no clue what constitutes a competent leader and it is little wonder the nation has blundered from pillar to post, the blind leading the blind into the ditch. ...Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 14:17hrs | 1367 | by Nomusa Garikai
Another MDC leader arrested as fight for 'headlines' hots up - all deserted fight for reforms
The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) was launched by Morgan Tsvangirai and his friends in 1999 to answer the nation's cry for democratic changes as the only way to end the de facto one party, Zanu...Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 14:16hrs | 990 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Chamisa made his bed, Zanu-PF says
Zanu-PF national political commissar Victor Matemadanda says Nelson Chamisa and the MDC Alliance 'made their bed and must now lie in it' after they allegedly repeatedly spurned the hand of friendship ...Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 09:21hrs | 6072 | 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 | 2655 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora's chances (breaking the bi-partisan Zim politics)
A lot has been said and unsaid concerning the squabbles that have been befalling the once strong and vibrant opposition under the leadership of MR Tsvangirai since the supreme court ruling that nullif...Published: 11 Jan 2021 at 16:15hrs | 2380 | by Kumbirai Stein Chivhuna
Fake 'unity' gestures will never bring Zimbabweans together, but urgent need for real leadership
My views on political parties are very much on public record - as, I consider them the main drivers in dividing a nation apart, through purely artificial plots, deliberately designed by politicians in...Published: 11 Jan 2021 at 16:10hrs | 729 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chamisa's MDC says arrests, torture won't deter it
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance has vowed that its supporters will not be distracted from their goal of unseating the Zanu-PF regime by State-sponsored arbitrary arrests, torture and abductions....Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 21:02hrs | 474 | by Staff reporter
Mind your own business Cde Mwonzora
DEAR Douglas Mwonzora, The fact that you bagged the MDC-T presidency through dubious means does not mean you should dictate your point of view to us (MDC Alliance family). I can easily see...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 20:57hrs | 2304 | by Alliance for ever
'Mwonzora should promptly engage the ruling Zanu PF'
HOPE is high that Zimbabwe's much-talked about national dialogue could finally start in earnest this year, following recent political developments and hints to this effect by both President Emmerson M...Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 16:50hrs | 1478 | by Staff reporter
Bhasikiti quits 'wrong basket', says Chamisa must form own party
Kudakwashe Bhasikiti, a man whom history remembers for often being in the wrong political basket, has this time around jumped from the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance, saying he could no longer belong...Published: 09 Jan 2021 at 07:51hrs | 7687 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora gleefully awaiting $2.72 m PPFA payout - reason why MDC will sell-out again come 2023
"Only Zanu-PF and MDC-T will share the $100 million allocated in the 2021 National Budget under the Political Parties Finance Act as all other parties failed to get at least five percent of the consti...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 19:03hrs | 935 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Chamisa claims that Zanu-PF working with MDC-T to obliterate MDC Alliance
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has claimed that rival Zanu-PF is working flat out to "obliterate" his formation from the political landscape as it fears a strong opposition.He alleged that...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 17:28hrs | 1444 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa, Mwonzora to share $100m, Chamisa excluded
Only Zanu-PF and MDC-T will share the $100 million allocated in the 2021 National Budget under the Political Parties Finance Act as all other parties failed to get at least five percent of the constit...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 07:54hrs | 5431 | by Staff reporter
Will a divided MDC keep Zimbabwe safe from a one-party state?
While the year 2020 will undoubtedly play an integral part in history - bringing the world to a halt as a result of the pandemic - Zimbabwe's politics will go down as an historic year for the Movement...Published: 07 Jan 2021 at 20:24hrs | 1392 | by Staff reporter
Khupe can't reject vice-presidency, says MDC-T
Newly-appointed MDC-T spokesperson Witness Dube yesterday said former party acting president Thokozani Khupe could not reject the post of vice-president offered her by Douglas Mwonzora, the new party ...Published: 07 Jan 2021 at 08:24hrs | 3758 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance remains a cry baby
Whenever die-hard cadres in the MDC Alliance see smoke in the MDC-T, they wish it was hell manifesting, except that this time it is a braai not hell. It is common cause that the victims of Tho...Published: 06 Jan 2021 at 07:14hrs | 1682 | by Robert Sigauke
Is Mwonzora a Zanu-PF proxy?
CORRUPTION and maladministration by the Zanu-PF government are the two twin evils that have to be uprooted from our society. However, it is disheartening to hear the recently-elected MDC-T leader Doug...Published: 06 Jan 2021 at 07:13hrs | 2146 | by KK
ZimPF demands share of govt funds from MDC-T
OPPOSITION political outfit, ZimPF has written to newly elected MDC-T president, Douglas Mwonzora demanding a portion of the $7.5 million paid out by government under the Political Parties Finance Act...Published: 06 Jan 2021 at 06:54hrs | 986 | by Staff reporter
Divisions rock Chinhoyi MDC Alliance councillors
Tensions continue to mount in MDC-Alliance amid revelations that six Chinhoyi councillors who survived last year's purges by MDC-T now led by Mr Douglas Mwonzora are squabbling over the recently held ...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 23:02hrs | 1839 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says Rambanepasi-Java was a principled politician
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday described the late Buhera South senator, Christine Java nee Rambanepasi, who died in the early hours of Sunday, as a principled politician who never succum...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 22:29hrs | 1063 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora bringing a new brand of opposition politics
THE country's main opposition party, the MDC, recently held a chaotic extraordinary congress that elected Douglas Mwonzora as the new president. Mwonzora has pledged to work with President Emm...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 19:20hrs | 1088 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC brands Mwonzora a Zanu-PF proxy
The MDC Alliance has accused newly-elected MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora of being a Zanu-PF proxy, days after he exchanged vows of "cooperation" with President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Mwonzora took...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 19:19hrs | 1072 | by Staff reporter
Khupe attack slammed by Gender Commission
THE Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) has lambasted the recent attack on ousted MDC interim president Thokozani Khupe during an emotive extraordinary congress.Khupe was allegedly beaten and had...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 19:17hrs | 370 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora still keen to talk to Chamisa
NEW MDC leader, Douglas Mwonzora says the continuing active participation of elements of Zanu-PF's vanquished Generation 40 (G40) faction in the affairs of the MDC Alliance is jeopardising prospects f...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 19:16hrs | 567 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora singles out Jonathan Moyo for causing disunity
NEW MDC leader, Douglas Mwonzora says the continuing active participation of elements of Zanu-PF's vanquished Generation 40 (G40) faction in the affairs of the MDC Alliance is jeopardising prospects f...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 07:43hrs | 7052 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T members to drag Mwonzora to court over vote rigging
LEAKED messages from the social media platform WhatsApp have exposed continued deep-seated divisions in the MDC-T following its controversial extra ordinary congress last week, which saw Douglas Mwonz...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 07:16hrs | 1557 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa, Mwonzora agree to work with Mnangagwa'
Expelled Zanu-PF legislator for Chivi South, Killer Zivhu has alleged that MDC-T President Douglas Mwonzora and MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa have agreed to work with Zanu-PF President Emmerson M...Published: 03 Jan 2021 at 08:56hrs | 7969 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa threatens a 'vicious' 2021 comeback
The beleaguered MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa says President Emmerson Mnangagwa will not "bury" him politically and has threatened a "vicious" 2021 comeback despite alleged attempts by his nemesi...Published: 03 Jan 2021 at 07:54hrs | 5809 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora ally says he did not join MDC for praise and worship
GWERU Central MP Brian Dube, who was last week appointed MDC-T secretary for legal affairs by newly elected MDC-T president Douglas Mwonzora, says he is his own man who is not in opposition politics a...Published: 03 Jan 2021 at 07:36hrs | 1114 | by Staff reporter
Mudzuri, Komichi accept positions despite condemning flawed MDC-T election
MDC-T second vice president, Elias Mudzuri and national chairperson, Morgen Komichi have accepted the positions given to them by newly-elected party president Douglas Mwonzora last week.Howeve...Published: 03 Jan 2021 at 07:32hrs | 1923 | by Staff reporter
Khupe admitted at a local private hospital
The Movement for Democratic Change's Thokozani Khupe has been admitted at a local private health facility for further management. Khupe who tested positive for COVID-19 after the MDC-T Extraor...Published: 02 Jan 2021 at 19:18hrs | 6328 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora reiterates his readiness to work with political rivals
NEW opposition leader, Douglas Mwonzora says he will pursue a new type of politics that will see him seeking heightened interactions with both the ruling Zanu-PF and other opposition forces.Sp...Published: 02 Jan 2021 at 08:49hrs | 1831 | by Staff reporter
Drawing parallels between bitter election losers Khupe and Trump
Is it even possible to make such comparisons between Madam Thokozani Khupe and Donald Trump regarding the shenanigans of the two politicians' elections defeat? Yes, it is possible; this is a global vi...Published: 02 Jan 2021 at 08:30hrs | 825 | by Nomazulu Thata
A bad-bye to a bad year
Arsenal's emphatic win over Chelsea at the Emirates stadium on Boxing day lifted my spirits in a tenuous and gloomy year in which the despondent people of this country were boxed down mainly by the tw...Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 19:08hrs | 200 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Zanu PF demand MDC apology for asking for sanctions - privilege, is one adversary of imagination
"We have an opposition that asked for sanctions, an opposition which has been cohabiting with countries that seek to undermine our development trajectory," said Patrick Chinamasa, Zanu PF acting spoke...Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 09:30hrs | 1143 | by Nomusa Garikai
Mnangagwa orders Harare audit
President Mnangagwa has ordered a forensic audit on Harare City Council to get to the bottom of deep-rooted corruption that has seen two mayors, many councillors and senior officials being arrested. ...Published: 01 Jan 2021 at 07:20hrs | 519 | 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 | 3307 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe opposition must smell the coffee
Politics is a clumsy game. As we approach 2021 there are going to be interesting moments.The whole thing is now in the public eyes. The writing is on the wall.People must be wary of th...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 16:52hrs | 1447 | by Leonard Koni
Mwonzora vows to keep Zanu-PF on its toes
Douglas Mwonzora took the opportunity of his first press conference to sound warning shots to Zanu-PF promising to keep the ruling party on its toes and do all he can to unite a divided opposition....Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 16:26hrs | 883 | by Staff reporter
Khupe accepts VP post with conditions
Former MDC-T Acting president Thokozani Khupe has accepted the appointment as the party's vice president following her defeat in last week's extra ordinary congress that was marred by chaos, allegatio...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 16:24hrs | 9868 | by Staff reporter
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