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Fresh uproar over Zec report
CONSTITUTIONAL experts and opposition parties have renewed their onslaught on the recently gazetted Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) delimitation report, describing it as constitutionally unusable ...Published: 28 Feb 2023 at 07:39hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
New headache for Zec
NEW headaches emerged yesterday for the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) after former Cabinet minister Elton Mangoma added his voice to mounting criticism of the electoral body's preliminary delimi...Published: 10 Jan 2023 at 18:23hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
End of the road for Tsvangirai's MDC
D-DAY has arrived for the MDC brand, with the electorate expected to decide its fate, as analysts say the iconic party associated with the firebrand Morgan Tsvangirai may disappear into oblivion if it...Published: 27 Mar 2022 at 07:38hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
MDC fissures started under Tsvangirai
ON September 1999, a new political party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) was launched at a mass rally in Harare, the first time in years that the then President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF's dom...Published: 21 Feb 2022 at 05:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
The rise and fall of the MDC: Winners, losers and neutrals
AS Zimbabwe approaches crucial by-elections in March, which will test the strength of main contestants while determining the authentic opposition, there is no denying that the MDC, which has posed the...Published: 08 Feb 2022 at 18:21hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
MDC fractures into oblivion
LAST week the opposition was thrown into further but usual turmoil when MDC-T vice-president Dr Thokozani Khupe told journalists in Bulawayo that the party had split into two formations, one led by he...Published: 25 Jan 2022 at 05:42hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Moyo in fresh bid to unite Matebeland-based parties
OPPOSITION United Movement for Devolution (UMD) led by former Speaker of Parliament Lovemore Moyo is seeking to enter into a political pact with Matebeleland-based opposition parties in a bid to "recl...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 08:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
MDC infighting timeline 2014 - 2020
AS the drama of recalls of MPs and councillors continues to unravel within the strife-torn opposition MDC, we trace the roots of the crisis back to May 2014 when the party was deeply divided before an...Published: 19 Dec 2020 at 16:40hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Fare thee well Ruth Lemani
The only certainty in a hero's life is that it could end at any moment. As a hero, RUTH LEMANI could not banish dangers, but could banish fears.We mustn't demean life by standing in awe of dea...Published: 10 Jun 2019 at 06:31hrs | 10 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mangoma quits active politics
OPPOSITION Renewal Democrats of Zimbabwe (PDZ) leader Elton Mangoma is retiring from active politics saying he has done his part after three decades."I have now quit active politics and am now...Published: 08 Oct 2018 at 07:04hrs | 2 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa accused of 'name bombing'
Smarting from his failure to wrestle power from Zanu-PF, the main opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has poured cold water on rave views on Mnangagwa's government cabinet appointments sayin...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 20:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Proving poll rigging allegations an uphill task'
RENEWAL Democrats of Zimbabwe (RDZ) leader Mr Elton Mangoma has said MDC-Alliance president Mr Nelson Chamisa faces an uphill task in proving his election rigging allegations in the absence of a full ...Published: 18 Aug 2018 at 07:55hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
ZEC is right on not issuing voter's roll with pictures - High Court
The High Court judge Justice Happias Zhou has ruled that the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) is right on not issuing a voters' roll with photographs to political parties or any member of public, a...Published: 24 Jul 2018 at 08:08hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
ZEC right on voters' roll photographs, says High Court
THE High Court has ruled that the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) is right on not issuing a voters' roll with photographs to political parties or any member of public, and the electoral body canno...Published: 24 Jul 2018 at 07:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Voters' roll with pictures row spills into Court
Zimbabwean opposition political parties and pro-democracy campaigners have applied to join court proceedings of a registered voter who is seeking to bar the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) from re...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 14:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Opposition parties, pro-democracy campaigners team up to challenge ZEC to stop releasing voters details to Zanu PF
Zimbabwean opposition political parties and some pro-democracy campaigners have teamed up to challenge a petition filed by a registered voter who is seeking to bar the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Z...Published: 12 Jul 2018 at 12:20hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Chamisa bound to lose the 2018 presidential race
Politics is not for the faint-hearted as it needs someone who has the requisite stamina to captivate the electorate without insulting anyone. It is a game for the politically astute and shrewd strateg...Published: 22 Jun 2018 at 07:02hrs | 3 | by Elijah Chihota
'Big Man' politics is what has got us to where we are, says Mangoma
Coalition of Democrats (Code) leader and presidential candidate in the July 30 harmonised elections, Mr Elton Mangoma, says Zimbabwe does not need politics of personalities, but requires leaders who a...Published: 21 Jun 2018 at 06:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa bound to lose the 2018 presidential race
Politics is not for the faint-hearted as it needs someone who has the requisite stamina to captivate the electorate without insulting anyone. It is a game for the politically-astute and shrewd strateg...Published: 19 Jun 2018 at 14:38hrs | 4 | by Elijah Chihota
Chamisa is unchallengeable, reveals Mangoma
Renewal Democrats of Zimbabwe (RDZ) leader Elton Mangoma has admitted that irreconcilable differences with the MDC Alliance led to the collapse of talks to form a broader coalition, NewZimbabwe.com re...Published: 13 Jun 2018 at 13:58hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zanu PF councillor eyes Gweru Urban
Former Zanu PF ward 2 councillor, Tiripayi Chipondeni, who was recently recalled from the ruling party on allegations of fanning factionalism, has bounced back into the political limelight and thrown ...Published: 11 Jun 2018 at 09:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Chamisa fingered in Mugabe's NPF split
National Patriotic Front has split after former Bulawayo provincial affairs Minister Eunice Sandi Moyo fired retired Brigadier General Ambrose Mutinhiri.The MDC Alliance led by main opposition...Published: 08 Jun 2018 at 13:40hrs | 25 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Mugabe in GNU negotiations
THE MDC Alliance led by main opposition presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa is involved in critical negotiations with the National Patriotic Front (NPF) headed by Ambrose Mutinhiri - who has fo...Published: 08 Jun 2018 at 09:59hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
ZEC stewing in massive legal bills
With the clock ticking towards make-or-break harmonised polls on July 30, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is stewing in massive legal bills following an increase in the number of election-rela...Published: 05 Jun 2018 at 15:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Chamisa's militia created to counter Mugabe's youth brigade
MDC-T elections secretary Murisi Zwizwai told a political debate radio show that its 'Order of the Vanguard' youth outfit which was widely condemned as a version of Zanu PF's Chipangano and Green Bomb...Published: 29 May 2018 at 14:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Traditional leaders barred from campaigning for Zanu-PF
THE Masvingo High Court yesterday barred traditional leaders from campaigning for the ruling Zanu-PF party and declared their dabbling in party politics as unconstitutional.Masvingo judge Just...Published: 17 May 2018 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF manifesto sounds just like juvenile delusions
So, after much anticipation, the Zanu-PF election manifesto is finally out. After reading the document, one is left with one big question: why was the nation made to wait so long for it, seeing the sh...Published: 12 May 2018 at 15:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Unpacking the coalition fallacy
On 5 August 2017, the late former MDC-T leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, launched the so called MDC Alliance amid serious conflict with his deputy, Thokozani Khupe who was fiercely opposed to the idea of jo...Published: 10 May 2018 at 09:55hrs | 1 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Dabengwa to contest for presidency
ZAPU president, Dumiso Dabengwa has been endorsed as the opposition party's presidential candidate, days after cutting ties with the Coalition of Democrats (Code) – a coalition of opposition parties...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe has leadership crisis, not financial'
ZIMBABWE has no financial crisis, but suffers from leadership and management crisis due to endemic corruption associated with the ruling Zanu-PF top officials, Coalition for Democrats (Code) leader El...Published: 18 Apr 2018 at 08:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tshabangu explains MDC splits
SINCE its formation in 1999 the MDC has split a number of times, that is in 2005 when then secretary general Welshman Ncube and others formed another MDC, as they differed with leader, Morgan Tsvangir...Published: 03 Apr 2018 at 12:52hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mangoma should mind his business
The leader of opposition party, Renewal Democrats of Zimbabwe, Elton Mangoma must concentrate on his party business and stop making false claims against President Emmerson Mnangagwa who is working ext...Published: 28 Mar 2018 at 15:12hrs | | by Peacemaker Zano
Zapu, PDZ merge
THE opposition Zapu and Barbara Nyagomo's Progressive Democrats of Zimbabwe (PDZ) have merged into one political party under Dumiso Dabengwa.The Southern Eye was told all PDZ structures will n...Published: 19 Mar 2018 at 06:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe 2018 elections presidential debate
Harare - The International Commission for National Debates, or ICND in short, is a non-partisan non-profit organization registered as a Trust in the Republic of Zimbabwe. ICND was established ...Published: 18 Mar 2018 at 18:58hrs | | by Frank Chikowore
Mangoma distances self from Chivayo tender scam
RENEWAL Democrats of Zimbabwe and former Energy Minister Elton Mangoma has written to Speaker of Parliament Advocate Jacob Mudenda, requesting to be invited before the Parliamentary committee on Mines...Published: 15 Mar 2018 at 08:09hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mangoma's coalition crumbles
THE Coalition of Democrats (CODE) is on the verge of collapse as more founder members pull out of because of what they called the "directionless" and "selfishness" of the alliance's leadership, NewZim...Published: 07 Mar 2018 at 07:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mangoma sues Charumbira
OPPOSITION Renewal Democrats of Zimbabwe leader Elton Mangoma has approached the High Court seeking an order to declare utterances by National Chiefs Council president Chief Fortune Charumbira unconst...Published: 03 Mar 2018 at 11:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
3,000 soldiers deployed in communities, says Mujuru
PEOPLE'S Rainbow Coalition (PRC) presidential candidate and former Vice-President, Joice Mujuru, has dared President Emmerson Mnangagwa, to come clean on a number of electoral-related concerns, amid a...Published: 27 Feb 2018 at 09:20hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mujuru takes on Mnangagwa
PEOPLE'S Rainbow Coalition (PRC) presidential candidate and former Vice-President, Joice Mujuru, has dared President Emmerson Mnangagwa, to come clean on a number of electoral-related concerns, amid a...Published: 26 Feb 2018 at 06:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zapu finalises candidate selection process
ZAPU says that it finalised its candidate selection, but has delayed the unveiling process and the launch of the opposition party's campaign due to a financial squeeze.Zapu spokesperson, Iphit...Published: 31 Jan 2018 at 05:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Gen Valerio Sibanda is a professional soldier'
Calls for security sector reforms may have begun to bear fruits with the coming in of the New Dispensation after Operation Restore Legacy, Renewal Democrats of Zimbabwe (RDZ) leader, Elton Mangoma, sa...Published: 16 Jan 2018 at 08:23hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mangoma will whittle down presidential powers
Daily News editor Gift Phiri sits down for a wide-ranging interview with the presidential candidate for the Coalition of Democrats (CODE) — an alliance of six opposition political parties about the ...Published: 14 Jan 2018 at 08:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Change name, then we talk,' Mujuru tell Tsvangirai
Leader of the newly-formed coalition - People’s Rainbow Alliance (PRA) - Joice Mujuru has insisted they will only join forces with the Morgan Tsvangirai-led MDC Alliance after it adopts a neutral na...Published: 13 Nov 2017 at 05:53hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Dabengwa to retire from active politics
ZAPU President, Dr Dumiso Dabengwa, has said he will retire from active politics in 2020.Addressing a press conference in Bulawayo yesterday, Dr Dabengwa said the party's constitution does not...Published: 08 Nov 2017 at 05:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mujuru coalition a spoiler'
THE MDC-T Bulawayo province has claimed that the Joice Mujuru-led People's Rainbow Coalition (PRC) was a ploy to divide the MDC Alliance votes on behalf of the ruling Zanu-PF in next year's harmonised...Published: 06 Nov 2017 at 05:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mujuru coalition to be launched in Bulawayo
THE newly-formed People's Rainbow Coalition (PRC), which recently endorsed National People's Party (NPP) leader Joice Mujuru as its presidential candidate for the 2018 polls, will be officially launch...Published: 02 Nov 2017 at 05:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mujuru courts Tsvangirai
NATIONAL People's Party (NPP) leader Joice Mujuru, who was recently endorsed as the People's Rainbow Coalition (PRC) presidential candidate, has reportedly made moves to engage MDC-T and MDC Alliance ...Published: 24 Oct 2017 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mangoma to challenge Tsvangirai, Mugabe
THE Coalition for Democrats (Code) has nominated Renewal Democrats of Zimbabwe (RDZ) leader Elton Mangoma as its presidential candidate in the 2018 elections.The coalition also elected Zapu le...Published: 20 Oct 2017 at 08:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Fit' Tsvangirai back in driving seat
MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai is back in the driving seat after a month's health sabbatical and will today chair a crucial MDC Alliance meeting to review the ongoing biometric voter registration proc...Published: 20 Oct 2017 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Biti allays PDP split claim
People's Democratic Party (PDP) leader Tendai Biti has allayed claims that his party has split adding that he is leaving the door open for the party's secretary-general Gorden Moyo and his colleagues ...Published: 30 Sep 2017 at 13:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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