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Mwonzora in 2030 pushback
Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) president Douglas Mwonzora has expressed grave concerns over efforts by supporters of President Emmerson Mnangagwa to extend his rule beyond the constitutionally m...Published: 26 May 2025 at 08:30hrs | 447 | by Staff reporter
High Court struck off Mudzuri appeal
The High Court has dismissed Elias Mudzuri's case challenging his recall from the Senate by MDC-T president Douglas Mwonzora. Mudzuri, a former MDC-T vice president, had filed the case against Mwonzor...Published: 18 Jul 2024 at 06:44hrs | 578 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bullying other parties
The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has accused the ruling Zanu-PF party of using its muscle to gain political dominance in Zimbabwe.In a paper unpacking the National Electoral Reform Age...Published: 30 Jan 2024 at 07:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Komichi lashed for continued use of MDC name despite dumping it
Former MDC National Chairperson, Morgen Komichi, has been cautioned against presenting himself as part of the party's leadership after it was revealed that he met with supporters in Epworth. K...Published: 15 Jan 2024 at 05:21hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala's 'friends' have been secretly conniving and working with his tormentors
In what appears to be an indirect criticism of individuals within the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), including President Nelson Chamisa, Job Sikhala, the incarcerated former Member of Parliament...Published: 05 Jan 2024 at 05:59hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
A time to decide Zimbabwe's next leaders
It is the only time in five years that the electorate matters to politicians. They know that a barefooted woman in Manana or Fumukwe or that wisened octogenarian in Chiendambuya have the key to politi...Published: 23 Aug 2023 at 06:37hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
'CCC more focused on challenging electoral processes than campaigning'
Zanu-PF spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa has accused opposition parties contesting council, parliamentary seats and the presidency of focusing more on challenging Zimbabwe's electoral processes rat...Published: 19 Aug 2023 at 16:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZEC allays opposition fears of double voting; over 2,000 fake registrants
ZIMBABWE Electoral Commission (ZEC) Chairperson Priscilla Chigumba has allayed fears that over 2,000 'fake' registrants using counterfeit identity cards (IDs), identified by pressure group Team Pached...Published: 18 Aug 2023 at 06:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'No sane person will stick with Mwonzora at this stage'
OPPOSITION MDC's Warren Park Councillor Tichavona Mhetu has announced his immediate resignation from the party, before arguing party President Douglas Mwonzora's chances at Zimbabwe's polls are non-ex...Published: 06 Aug 2023 at 08:36hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora cancels Manifesto launch
EMBATTLED opposition Movement for Democratic Change has cancelled its Manifesto launch which was scheduled for Saturday saying the party is still contesting the dismissal of 87 of its House of Assembl...Published: 08 Jul 2023 at 09:47hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
'Mwonzora's MDC facing imminent collapse'
Founding members of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) have accused current president Douglas Mwonzora of killing the once vibrant opposition political party.Mwonzora wrested the MDC fro...Published: 04 Jul 2023 at 07:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC bars Chinhoyi Mayor, two councillors from contesting 2023 elections
IN a shocking development, Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) has disqualified Chinhoyi Mayor, Garikai Dendera and two sitting councillors from contesting 2023 harmonised elections on allegations th...Published: 13 Jun 2023 at 06:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora bid to stop 2023 polls flops
A FULL Constitutional Court (ConCourt) bench led by Chief Justice Luke Malaba yesterday threw out an application filed by MDC-T president Douglas Mwonzora seeking the postponement of the 2023 harmonis...Published: 09 May 2023 at 06:10hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Give the MDC Concort Challenge a chance
There have been various reactions to the Movement for Democratic Change led by Senator Douglas Mwonzora in which the party is challenging the delimitation report produced by the Zimbabwe Electoral Com...Published: 09 Apr 2023 at 09:07hrs | 13 | by Kennedy Kaitano
Mwonzora strikes again
Opposition MDC Alliance president Douglas Mwonzora has struck again, recalling three Norton Town Council councillors and three Mutare councillors for associating with Nelson Chamisa's Citizens Coaliti...Published: 01 Mar 2023 at 07:10hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Mudzuri's bid to block expulsion from MDC-T fails
THE High Court has struck off the roll a case where former MDC T vice president Elias Mudzuri was challenging his recall from the Senate by party president Douglas Mwonzora.Mudzuri had cited M...Published: 25 Feb 2023 at 07:07hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora in court for threatening to shoot ex-employee
MDC Alliance president Douglas Mwonzora was arraigned before the court yesterday on allegations of threatening to kill a former party employee but the National Prosecuting Authority of Zimbabwe (NPAZ)...Published: 24 Feb 2023 at 07:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Mwonzora replicates Chamisa's primary school students meet-up
MDC Alliance President Douglas Mwonzora finally got his own video moment with school kids if a video shared by his party is anything to go by.The video seems to replicate Citizens Coalition fo...Published: 13 Feb 2023 at 05:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Polad a tool to sanitise Mnangagwa legitimacy
FORMATION of the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) in 2019 was primarily meant to give President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration a veneer of legitimacy after narrowly winning the disputed 2018 gen...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 07:27hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora claims high level engagements with CCC and Zanu-PF
MDC Alliance President Douglas Mwonzora has claimed his party, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) and the ruling Zanu-PF have been engaged in "high level" discussions since early last year....Published: 07 Feb 2023 at 05:07hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora promises to fix all Zimbabwe mess
OPPOSITION MDC president Douglas Mwonzora has promised to fix all problems being faced by Zimbabweans who are currently struggling to make ends meet in this festive season and beyond when he eventuall...Published: 26 Dec 2022 at 15:53hrs | | 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
Zimbabweans flock to cruise ships amid vast job opportunities
Electoral Bill doesn't pass democracy test, says BitiCITIZENS' Coalition for Change senior official Tendai Biti (pictured) has dismissed the Electoral Amendment Bill as currently drafted, saying i...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 17:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala, Sithole on warpath over Mwonzora prison visit
INCARCERATED Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislators Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole have fired a salvo at MDC Alliance president Douglas Mwonzora for allegedly "misleading" the nation by clai...Published: 17 Oct 2022 at 06:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Key reforms will only come through dialogue, not confrontation, says Mwonzora
MDC-T president Douglas Mwonzora has said key political reforms in the country will only come through dialogue not confrontation as these have to pass through Parliament, where the ruling Zanu-PF has ...Published: 19 Sep 2022 at 20:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo mayor and deputy boycott CCC's Harare meeting for councillors
BULAWAYO Mayor, Solomon Mguni and former deputy mayor, Mlandu Ncube, Thursday boycotted a Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) meeting organised for councillors in Harare.The councillors were ...Published: 17 Sep 2022 at 06:50hrs | | 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
Chamisa declares that he will win Zimbabwe's 2023 elections even without electoral reforms
CITIZENS' Coalition for Change (CCC) leader, Nelson Chamisa, has expressed confidence in winning the 2023 presidential elections, in which he would defeat incumbent President Emmerson Mnangagwa, even ...Published: 11 Sep 2022 at 18:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T bigwigs troubled as party congress is delayed
OPPOSITION MDC-T national chairperson Morgan Komichi says delays by the party's president Douglas Mwonzora in proclaiming dates for the party's elective congress has caused anxiety in the party....Published: 11 Sep 2022 at 18:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora claims he is brewing a shocker for Zimbabwe
MDC-T president Douglas Mwonzora has said his party is brewing a shocker for the nation ahead of the crucial harmonised elections pencilled for next year.This is despite his party having fared...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 18:09hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora defends Mohadi's daughter
MDC-T president Douglas Mwonzora has defended the appointment of former vice-president Kembo Mohadi's daughter Abigail Mohadi Ambrose as a Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) commissioner.Abig...Published: 25 Jul 2022 at 07:59hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa critic's body arrives tomorrow
THE body of the late constitutional law expert and academic Alex Magaisa will arrive in the country tomorrow for burial next week.Magaisa died on June 5 at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Kent...Published: 24 Jun 2022 at 07:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora says MDC Alliance is unstable
MDC Alliance president Douglas Mwonzora has conceded serious infighting in his party ahead of their elective congress amid reports that party chairman Morgen Komichi was considering jumping ship to th...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 07:35hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance congress hangs in balance
UNCERTAINTY has clouded the MDC Alliance congress scheduled for next month, with party president Douglas Mwonzora reportedly dithering on the dates.Mwonzora told journalists at a Press confere...Published: 02 Jun 2022 at 06:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC Bulawayo to stage demo
SENIOR MDC Alliance members in Bulawayo are planning to demonstrate over the removal under unclear circumstances of Larney Maho from her post.Maho was nominated by the party structures to be t...Published: 20 May 2022 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora seeks to keep rivals out
MDC Alliance president Douglas Mwonzora is reportedly planning to block aspiring candidates from contesting the party presidency after influencing some youths to declare him the sole presidential cand...Published: 18 May 2022 at 06:23hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora plays down Zanu-PF links
MOVEMENT for Democratic Change (MDC) president Douglas Mwonzora has sought to play down accusations by British Lord Jonathan Oates that his political outfit is getting funding from the ruling party, Z...Published: 09 May 2022 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC, Zanu-PF trade accusations
TENSION is rising ahead of the Chitungwiza ward 7, Zengeza West by-election with Zanu-PF and the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) accusing each other of perpetrating political violence....Published: 05 May 2022 at 07:13hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Daggers out in MDC Alliance
DAGGERS have been drawn in the opposition MDC-Alliance (MDC-A) with party president Douglas Mwonzora's deputy, Elias Mudzuri and chairperson Morgen Komichi set to contest for the presidency at an elec...Published: 04 May 2022 at 07:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora hints on ordinary congress date
MDC Alliance leader Douglass Mwonzora has hinted that the ordinary congress of the party will be held in June this year.This was revealed by the party's information department today."T...Published: 03 May 2022 at 14:41hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Mwonzora's speech booed at May Day commemorations
THE opposition MDC-T got a rude awakening Sunday when an unapologetic crowd at this year's Workers' day celebrations in Harare forced the party's organising secretary Gift Chimanikire off the stage....Published: 03 May 2022 at 06:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Losing MDC candidate calls for Mwonzora sacking
LOSING MDC-T parliamentary candidate for Epworth National Assembly constituency Zivai Mhetu has come out guns blazing against his party president Douglas Mwonzora, accusing him of a plethora of flaws ...Published: 02 Apr 2022 at 07:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
FULL TEXT: Mwonzora's MDC-T says disappointed by election results
The Douglas Mwonzora led MDC-T has issued a statement saying it is disappointed by the party's performance in the just ended 26 March by-elections which saw the party getting zero seats. Earli...Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 14:13hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
WATCH: 'I do not want to be President of Zimbabwe' Mwonzora says
MDC-T President Douglas Mwonzora says his ambition is not to be a Minister, Prime Minister in the government of Zimbabwe but his greatest ambition is to be a peacemaker who will assist in the rebuildi...Published: 14 Mar 2022 at 10:23hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
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 | 2 | by Paurina Mpariwa
Mwonzora's Zanu-PF antics started long time ago
MDC T President Douglas Mwonzora who has vowed to work hand in hand with Zanu-PF idiots started his miscellaneous acts long time ago.He came to the Opposition Party wearing Sheepskin. He came ...Published: 26 Feb 2022 at 20:07hrs | 1 | by Fanuel Chinowaita
GNU imminent, claims Mwonzora
MDC Alliance president Douglas Mwonzora has revealed that talks between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his party to form a government of national unity (GNU) were at an advanced stage.Mwonzo...Published: 21 Feb 2022 at 05:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora flops again in Bulawayo
MDC-T president Douglas Mwonzora continues to attract trifling figures after an estimated 300 people turned up for his Bulawayo rally Saturday.The rally was held at Phelendaba Hall in Bulawayo...Published: 20 Feb 2022 at 09:03hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
CCC candidate launches campaign trail
AFTER having defied her party by refusing to step down as Masvingo Urban Ward 4 candidate, Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC)'s Thokozile Muchuchuti has gone a step further, launching a massive camp...Published: 16 Feb 2022 at 05:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora recalls Mutare mayor
MDC-T president Douglas Mwonzora has recalled Mutare Mayor Blessing Tandi for secretly working with his nemesis, Nelson Chamisa.MDC-T Manicaland spokesperson, Sekai Gombe confirmed the recall ...Published: 15 Feb 2022 at 05:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
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