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Why ZAPU's Parliamentary Recalls will fail, Legally
NewsdzeZimbabwe on Sunday reported that Iphuthile Maphosa who is the spokesperson for ZAPU announced that the party had recently taken the decision to recall former PF ZAPU members from the current pa...Published: 3 hrs ago | 667 | by Robert Sigauke, Political Commentator, Johannesburg
Mnangagwa, Chamisa in fresh legal fight
THE Nelson Chamisa-led opposition MDC Alliance has resolved to challenge the passage of Constitution Amendment No 1 Bill in court saying the manner in which it was passed by Parliament was unconstitut...Published: 7 hrs ago | 3173 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF gears for by-elections
THE ruling Zanu-PF party has begun preparations for by-elections, although the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) recently announced that it had indefinitely postponed elections due to the COVID-19 p...Published: 7 hrs ago | 1263 | by Staff reporter
Eight meter-readers available for entire city
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) could have put themselves on a collision course with residents as it has emerged that they have been estimating water bills since the beginning of the year.In a...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 05:43hrs | 190 | by Staff reporter
'Recalls hurting service delivery'
MARONDERA residents have blamed the recall of some MDC Alliance councillors for poor service delivery.This was revealed during a Zimbabwe Union of Journalists-organised discussion at Mbuya Neh...Published: 10 Apr 2021 at 05:00hrs | 726 | by Gwizhikiti
Zapu to decide on Khaya Moyo, Mathema's fate on Parly recalls Saturday
ZAPU will Saturday hold its National People's Council (NPC) meeting where the proposed recall from Parliament of former senior party members who are now Zanu-PF MPs will be top of the agenda.T...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 07:38hrs | 3523 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa advised against election boycott
ANALYSTS yesterday urged the MDC Alliance not to boycott elections as doing so would leave the ruling Zanu-PF party enjoying unbridled power.Nelson Chamisa's party looks set to fight with the ...Published: 06 Apr 2021 at 07:18hrs | 4685 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa to fight for MDC Alliance name
THE MDC Alliance says it will fight to keep its name ahead of possible by-elections to replace its recalled legislators and councillors, or risk allowing impunity to reign unchecked.Speaking t...Published: 04 Apr 2021 at 22:52hrs | 3063 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's Hwende in trouble
PARLIAMENT has approached the High Court seeking to recover a motor vehicle granted to MDC Alliance MP Chalton Hwende during his time in office. Alternatively, Parliament wants an order compel...Published: 03 Apr 2021 at 14:53hrs | 5399 | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda's recall sets the pot boiling
Zimbabwe is settling to the news that the outspoken and imposing hardworking National Political Commissar Comrade Victor Matemadanda was relieved of his position and has been re-assigned a diplomatic ...Published: 02 Apr 2021 at 22:34hrs | 4301 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mnangagwa govt hails Chamisa's Marondera councillors
GOVERNMENT yesterday hailed the then MDC Alliance-led Marondera council for using devolution funds wisely to better the lives of residents in the farming town.This was said by Mashonaland East...Published: 01 Apr 2021 at 07:15hrs | 1173 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T is putting the cart before the horse
RECENTLY, someone asked me to share my view on the recent call by the MDC-T for dialogue for all the concerned stakeholders to discuss a common way forward for our great country, Zimbabwe.The ...Published: 30 Mar 2021 at 06:49hrs | 1661 | by Daniel Molokele, Hwange Central MP, MDC Alliance
Chamisa's MDC misleads nation on Patriotic Bill
Opposition functionaries have been selling bottled smoke to supporters misleading them on the Executive position on a proposal made in Parliament about a Patriotic Bill, whose contents are still unkno...Published: 30 Mar 2021 at 06:43hrs | 613 | by Staff reporter
Obama's step-grandmother dies
Sarah Obama, the matriarch of former United States President Barack Obama's Kenyan family has died, relatives and officials confirmed Monday. She was at least 99 years old.Mama Sarah, as the s...Published: 29 Mar 2021 at 18:53hrs | 1656 | by AP
Mnangagwa orders war vets to instil 'wartime vibrancy'
IN a script reminiscent of the violent 2002 presidential election, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has ordered the militant war veterans to mobilise in preparation for the 2023 national elections....Published: 29 Mar 2021 at 07:47hrs | 4196 | by Staff reporter
Zapu plots SK Moyo, Mathema, Nyoni parly recalls
OPPOSITION Zapu is contemplating its own round of recalls from Parliament on all its former members, including Zanu-PF national spokesperson Simon Khaya Moyo, who went in the august House through the ...Published: 29 Mar 2021 at 06:33hrs | 10486 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora, Mnangagwa onslaught against MDC Alliance leaves democracy in peril
THE onslaught against MDC Alliance legislators by the Douglas Mwonzora-led MDC-T, with help from the ruling Zanu-PF, has weakened Parliament and is now a major threat to Zimbabwe's nascent democracy, ...Published: 28 Mar 2021 at 07:01hrs | 795 | by Mirriam Mangwaya
Recalling MPs an assault on democracy
Nhimbe Trust expresses its shock and condemnation of the recent illegal recall of six Members of Parliament from the majority opposition (MDC Alliance) purportedly in terms of section 129(k) of the co...Published: 28 Mar 2021 at 06:59hrs | 187 | by Nhimbe Trust
Mwonzora's MDC takes over Chamisa's MDC Alliance name?
The MDC Alliance on Thursday scoffed at threats by the rival MDC-T party to field candidates in by-elections using the Alliance name.The MDC-T led by Douglas Mwonzora said it planned to partic...Published: 26 Mar 2021 at 18:42hrs | 5310 | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda demoted?
Zanu PF has relieved Victor Matemadanda from the political commissar post over incompetence and his verbal diarrhoea remarks on the decimation of the opposition MDC Alliance.Sources said Matem...Published: 26 Mar 2021 at 09:38hrs | 9773 | by Shelton Muchena/Simbarashe Sithole
Zanu-PF has nothing to do with recalls
Zanu-PF has dismissed allegations by the United States that it is involved in the recall of opposition members from Parliament. Speaking at a press briefing at the sidelines of the 350th Polit...Published: 26 Mar 2021 at 05:43hrs | 328 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC criticises Mudenda 'bias' in Parliament
MDC Alliance has criticised the alleged bias of the Speaker of Parliament, Jacob Mudenda, by allowing the expulsion of its legislators from parliament before ascertaining the motive and legality of re...Published: 25 Mar 2021 at 17:02hrs | 1551 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa ditched by Alliance MP
MDC Alliance MP for Goromonzi South, Rueben Chikudo has jumped ship to join the main MDC party led by Douglas Mwonzora.This comes as the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance has been losing legisla...Published: 25 Mar 2021 at 16:10hrs | 5389 | by Staff reporter
America angry that their blue-eyed boy has been recalled by his own party
The United States has made very hidden but vivid threats to Zimbabwe for allowing Biti to be recalled from Parliament by his own party. In a statement the United States a surprising statement by Ameri...Published: 25 Mar 2021 at 08:56hrs | 2912 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
'Mwonzora will not oppose Zanu-PF for the sake of opposition'
OPPOSITION MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora, in an apparent show of allegiance to the ruling Zanu-PF party, yesterday pledged to co-operate with President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration to solve the...Published: 25 Mar 2021 at 06:13hrs | 3094 | by Staff reporter
Biti and his colleagues are no longer MPs, says Madhuku
There is no legal ambiguity whatsoever on the expulsion status of six MDC Alliance legislators, including party vice president Tendai Biti, following their recall last week, constitutional lawyer Prof...Published: 25 Mar 2021 at 06:12hrs | 6572 | by Staff reporter
I don't even know the person who recalled me, says Pumula MP
FORMER Pumula MP Sichelesile Mahlangu has claimed that the People's Democratic Party (PDP) secretary-general Benjamin Rukanda, who caused her recall together with five other MDC Alliance legislators f...Published: 25 Mar 2021 at 05:58hrs | 1582 | by Staff reporter
118 MDC MPs face Parly sanctions
The 118 sitting and former MDC Members of Parliament and senators who sang, remained seated or walked out when President Mnangagwa came to Parliament on five formal occasions should be found in contem...Published: 25 Mar 2021 at 05:29hrs | 566 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa laments Phulu's exit from Parliament
Norton legislator, Temba Mliswa, has decried former Nkulumane legislator, Kucaca Phulu's exit from parliament, following his recent recall by the People's Democratic Party (PDP).Phulu belonged...Published: 24 Mar 2021 at 12:53hrs | 2961 | by Staff reporter
Zec keeps tight lid on by-elections
HUMAN rights defenders have blasted the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) for its continued suspension of by-elections citing COVID-19 restrictions.Zec chief elections officer Utoile Silaigw...Published: 24 Mar 2021 at 06:34hrs | 347 | by Staff reporter
By-elections remain suspended, says ZEC
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) announced Tuesday that the holding of parliamentary and local council by-elections remained suspended.However, the electoral body's chief elections offi...Published: 23 Mar 2021 at 18:23hrs | 772 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa 'dismantling' opposition, weeps Senator Jim Risch
The latest recall of six MDC Alliance legislators, including party vice president Tendai Biti, is part of sustained attempts by President Emmerson Mnangagwa at "dismantling" the opposition in Zimbabwe...Published: 23 Mar 2021 at 08:35hrs | 4071 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa party melting like a candle, says Matemadanda
ZANU PF national political commissar Victor Matemadanda has said that the ruling party will not regret the downfall of opposition MDC Alliance and its leader Nelson Chamisa.Matemadanda said th...Published: 23 Mar 2021 at 06:27hrs | 2409 | by Staff reporter
US following Zimbabwe 'closely' after Biti's recall
THE United States says it is following events in Zimbabwe "closely", including the recall of MDC Alliance Vice President Tendai Biti from Parliament last week.Biti and several MDC Alliance MPs...Published: 23 Mar 2021 at 06:06hrs | 1662 | by Staff reporter
MDC's Kucaca Phulu slams Parly recall
RECALLED MDC Alliance legislator for Nkulumane, Kucaca Phulu has described his misfortune as an attack on the opposition and a disregard of the 2018 election results from which he secured the mandate ...Published: 22 Mar 2021 at 07:22hrs | 2434 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's party plots 'massive response' to recalls
MDC Alliance says it plans to respond to the controversial ongoing recalls of its legislators from Parliament with protests as it accuses President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government of engineering the c...Published: 21 Mar 2021 at 08:49hrs | 2809 | by Staff reporter
2023 increasingly looks like a lost cause for Zimbabwe opposition
POLITICAL analysts have warned that the country's opposition, and especially the MDC Alliance, risks being decimated completely ahead of the 2023 elections - unless it changes its modus operandi....Published: 20 Mar 2021 at 15:40hrs | 1340 | by Staff reporter
Biti recall meant to stymie corruption fight
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's anti-people, dictatorial regime has unlawfully recalled MDC Alliance vicepresident Tendai Biti from Parliament to thwart his anti-corruption drive in the Public Accounts...Published: 20 Mar 2021 at 07:20hrs | 690 | by People's Party
Obert Gutu blasted for trying to explain why he joined ZANU PF
Former MDC-T spokesperson Obert Gutu who recently joined the ruling party has been blasted on micro blogging Twitter after he told people to look forward to his opinion in Sunday Mail on why he joined...Published: 19 Mar 2021 at 09:52hrs | 5419 | by Simbarashe Sithole
'Biti must not be expelled from Parliament'
Zanu-PF is determined to establish a one-party state similar to the Chinese model, former People's Democratic Party (PDP) secretary-general Gorden Moyo said on Thursday.Moyo spoke a day after ...Published: 19 Mar 2021 at 09:31hrs | 3459 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa allies bullish despite Parly setback
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance yesterday demanded that government should lift the ban on by-elections, which it imposed citing COVID-19 prevention measures.The opposition party said autho...Published: 19 Mar 2021 at 06:08hrs | 3992 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF welcomes former MDC bigwigs
TOUGH-TALKING MDC Alliance vice president Tendai Biti and five other legislators have been recalled from Parliament by their People's Democratic Party (PDP).At the same time, two former senior...Published: 18 Mar 2021 at 17:34hrs | 2095 | by Staff reporter
Biti says recalls meant to paralyse Parliament's Public Accounts Committee
Recalled Tendai Biti, who is MDC Alliance vice-president, claims that recalls from Parliament by a faction of the PDP working in cahoots with the ruling Zanu-PF party were meant to paralyse Parliament...Published: 18 Mar 2021 at 05:57hrs | 3287 | by Staff reporter
Bloodbath in Chamisa camp
PARLIAMENT yesterday sounded the death knell of the MDC Alliance after it announced the recall of six key legislators at the behest of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), effectively decimating the l...Published: 18 Mar 2021 at 05:56hrs | 10302 | by Staff reporter
Politics of the stomach choking Zimbabwe
It is really sad and beyond imagination to see democracy being shoved into the blast furnace with the aim of creating a one party state.Is recalling members of parliament by any chance g...Published: 17 Mar 2021 at 19:35hrs | 1453 | by Leonard Koni
Tendai Biti expelled from Parliament
MDC Alliance MPs Tendai Biti, Willias Madzimure and Settlement Chikwinya and three other party legislators have all been recalled from parliament by their former party, the People's Democratic Party (...Published: 17 Mar 2021 at 16:35hrs | 4733 | by Staff reporter
Zantac: How one common medication caused the public outcry
The phrase health is wealth will never be any truer. This is why we seek medical attention whenever we fall sick or feel ill. Sometimes a trip to the pharmacy across the street will do the trick, wher...Published: 16 Mar 2021 at 20:33hrs | 1151 | by Staff writer
NDS1 envisaged to revive the economy
The New Economic Development Strategy 1 (NDS1) is envisaged to revive the economy and fulfil Government's vision of becoming an empowered and prosperous upper-middle-income society by 2030. ...Published: 16 Mar 2021 at 16:37hrs | 224 | by Derick Tsimba
Biti stare threat of being recalled from Parliament
THE tendency by Zimbabwe's ever brawling opposition parties to self-destruct continues unabated, with key MDC Alliance constituent, the People's Democratic Party (PDP), at the centre of the latest suc...Published: 16 Mar 2021 at 15:45hrs | 4003 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF gears for by-elections
Zanu-PF has stepped up preparations for primary elections to elect candidates for by-elections in the three parliamentary seats that were left vacant in Mashonaland East province.This is despi...Published: 16 Mar 2021 at 06:32hrs | 1659 | by Staff reporter
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