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Idiocy that has a tragic price: Sikhala
MDC Alliance National Vice Chairman Job Wiwa Sikhala has said state security agents visited his home at high and he wonders what was their motive as they ...Published: 4 hrs ago | 1072 | by Stephen Jakes
Chamisa's MPs in bid to block dreaded Khupe recalls
A TOTAL of 51 MDC Alliance legislators and councillors have approached the High Court seeking to interdict MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe from filling up vacancies created by ongoing recalls of party MP...Published: 11 Jul 2020 at 08:07hrs | 4999 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa supporters disrupt Mwonzora rally
Three MDC Alliance supporters accused of disrupting MDC-T secretarygeneral Douglas Mwonzora's rally in Marondera at the weekend were yesterday arraigned before provincial magistrate ignatius Mhene fac...Published: 08 Jul 2020 at 18:32hrs | 9526 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF frets over planned protests
ZANU-PF says the planned July 31 protests presented a threat to its hegemony and accused the opposition MDC Alliance of leading an "unholy alliance" to remove President Emmerson Mnangagwa unconstituti...Published: 08 Jul 2020 at 18:00hrs | 880 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala slept in urine soaked blankets
MDC Alliance deputy chair, Job Sikhala has filed a $1,5 million lawsuit against Home Affairs Minister Kazembe Kazembe, police and the prosecutor general over his arrest and prosecution last year....Published: 08 Jul 2020 at 17:48hrs | 2214 | by Staff reporter
'Coming protests are unstoppable' boasted MDC - blocked reforms for 20 years so can protest, genius!
The MDC e-rally gave the party leaders the opportunity to once again grandstand and drum their chest like silverback gorillas!"The video by this nurse (protesting nurse) is a reflection of the...Published: 07 Jul 2020 at 20:43hrs | 2890 | by Nomusa Garikai
Sikhala waiting for a signal from Chamisa
COMBATIVE MDC Alliance vice-chairperson, Job "Wiwa" Sikhala, has once again warned that the country is on the edge - adding that frustrated Zimbabweans could soon rise against the government.I...Published: 06 Jul 2020 at 18:00hrs | 9299 | by Staff reporter
Free bail for Marondera MDC Alliance Trio
The trio of MDC Alliance Youth Assembly, Never Bakali, David Jorum and Tarisai Mudiwa were today granted free bail by Marondera Magistrate Liberty Garakara after spending the weekend languishing in po...Published: 06 Jul 2020 at 15:46hrs | 943 | by Stephen Sarkozy Chuma
Chamisa says he is still in charge
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has assured his followers that he is still in charge of the main opposition political party in Zimbabwe, and dismissed what MDC-T leaders Thokozani Khupe,...Published: 06 Jul 2020 at 13:11hrs | 4925 | by Staff reporter
I am not afraid of your threat Oppah Muchinguri - Job Sikhala
MDC Alliance National Vice Chairman Job Wiwa Sikhala has told Defence Minister Oppah Muchinguri that he is not afraid of her threats after she claimed that he Sikhala and Apostle Talent Chiwenga among...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 09:46hrs | 4182 | by Stephen Jakes
Job Sikhala dares Muchinguri
OUTSPOKEN MDC Alliance deputy chairperson Job Sikhala, recently accused of spreading falsehoods on an impending coup to unseat President Emmerson Mnangagwa, has warned Defence Minister Oppah Muchingur...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 18:32hrs | 2581 | by newzimbabwe
Job Sikhala survives recall
THE MDC-T yesterday recalled eight more senators belonging to the MDC Alliance, but some members expressed disquiet over the move.Acting secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora yesterday recalled s...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 18:29hrs | 1884 | by Staff reporter
Is Khupe an MDC or Zanu-PF creation?
Zimbabwe is at crossroads, the economy is in decline, deprivation continues, with ordinary citizens yearning for reprieve from the challenges to do with daily survival.Grace KwinjeThis is ...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 20:06hrs | 3038 | by Grace Kwinjeh
Chamisa has been hijacked, says Mashakada
Founding MDC member and Economic Planning former minister Tapiwa Mashakada recently left the MDC-Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa claiming the party had stopped being a workers' movement and that it had...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 17:44hrs | 8957 | by Staff reporter
ED time is up - Sikhala
MDC Alliance National Vice Chairman Job Wiwa Sikhala has said President Emmerson Mnangagwa's time is up and he must resign before he is embarrassed by the disgruntled citizens due to his failure to ru...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 09:35hrs | 1776 | by Stephen Jakes
'Mnangagwa facing an imminent end to his reign'
THE MDC Alliance leadership has come out guns blazing, threatening a showdown with President Emmerson Mnangagwa, urging him to "resign or face the wrath of the people" in the wake of severe economic a...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 08:26hrs | 6248 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance itches for Mnangagwa showdown
THE MDC Alliance leadership has come out guns blazing, threatening a showdown with President Emmerson Mnangagwa, urging him to "resign or face the wrath of the people" in the wake of severe economic a...Published: 28 Jun 2020 at 08:20hrs | 801 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala 'dreams bees biting' Mnangagwa
DEFIANT MDC Alliance legislator, Job Sikhala has made astounding warning President Emmerson Mnangagwa risked being "bitten by bees" if the bungling state leader did not resign voluntarily.This...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 17:01hrs | 2864 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance Karoi 2018 Chief Election agent acquitted
The MDC Alliance candidate for Hurungwe West Wilson Makanyaire's 2018 Chief Election Agent Tonderai Kavhukatema has been acquitted by the Karoi Regional Magistrate on trumped-up rape charges by a ZANU...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 15:39hrs | 789 | by Stephen Jakes
Denial, blame game: Root cause of opposition failure
Back in my village, in the proverbial land of milk honey and dust - Guruve - my clique of friends often meet at the growth point early morning on weekends to buy bread or newspapers. Here, we ...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 06:52hrs | 117 | by Isdore Guvamombe
Biti and Job Sikhala to be struck off the roll?
Zimbabwean politics has always been full of mystery. Politicians are normally identified by their getting into public office. There are a lot of politicians fine politicians who had never ran for an o...Published: 25 Jun 2020 at 23:05hrs | 15550 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
MDC Alliance National Vice Chairman hails Malawi
MDC Alliance National Vice Chairman Job Wiwa Sikhala has hailed Mlawi for hold peaceful re-run Presidential elections which have been won by an opposition party which previously ruled the country duri...Published: 25 Jun 2020 at 13:13hrs | 3395 | by Stephen Jakes
MDC and politics of denial psychology and deflection
WE are a pretty impressionable people. We all like to say that we are independent, free individuals who make up our own minds, but the reality is that we are heavily influenced by the company we keep....Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 08:23hrs | 1700 | by Jonathan Chando
Sikhala roars
ZENGEZA West legislator Job Sikhala, pictured, yesterday came out guns blazing in Parliament demanding Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe to provide him with evidence of his involvement in an...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 17:46hrs | 7688 | by Staff reporter
Kazembe dodges questions on 'coup plot'
HOME Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe yesterday appeared in Parliament but dodged questions to do with the alleged coup plot fears, saying "these are sensitive State security matters."This was...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 08:38hrs | 4090 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala confronts Kazembe over coup plot claims
OUTSPOKEN MDC Alliance vice chair, Job Sikhala on Wednesday confronted Home Affairs Minister Kazembe Kazembe demanding answers on why the Zanu-PF top official made allegations linking him to a plot to...Published: 18 Jun 2020 at 07:42hrs | 2612 | by newzimbabwe
Khupe must stop rewriting history
A DANGEROUS narrative being pushed by the Thokozani Khupe-led group that they are the legitimate founding members of the MDC should be challenged strongly, because it is incomplete and, therefore, mis...Published: 17 Jun 2020 at 07:03hrs | 1438 | by Chofamba Sithole
Kasukuwere says he cannot stage coup
EXILED former Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere has said he is a firm believer in constitutionalism and cannot stage a coup as he was a victim of the same in November 2017, the Daily News r...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 09:54hrs | 2067 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere laughs off coup rumours
FORMER Zanu-PF national commissar Saviour Kasukuwere has denied accusations of plotting a coup against President Emmerson Mnangagwa."The allegations are that myself, along with other individua...Published: 16 Jun 2020 at 09:35hrs | 501 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere laughs off govt coup claims
FORMER Cabinet minister Saviour Kasukuwere has dismissed as "laughable" reports linking him to a purported military coup to remove President Emmerson Mnangagwa from office.Kasukuwere, a former...Published: 15 Jun 2020 at 15:12hrs | 5682 | by newzimbabwe
Coup plotters, saboteurs outed
The #BlackLivesMatter campaign has been buoyed and given a significant jolt, following the senseless murder of a black man, George Floyd in the United States. Floyd was murdered by a predominantly whi...Published: 15 Jun 2020 at 07:11hrs | 1705 | by Trevor Shiri
Chamisa says Zimbabwe now on verge of implosion
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday said Zimbabwe was facing an implosion due to a multi-layered crisis and only a "transitional mechanism" can rescue the country.Chamisa told The Sta...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 10:16hrs | 3141 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa govt faces growing international condemnation over crackdown
Zimbabwe has come under international scrutiny after President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government launched a crackdown against its critics that include opposition leaders, lawyers and journalists....Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 10:07hrs | 506 | by Brenna Matendere
Massive political implosion beckons
BACK in the day, there was nothing as maddeningly hectic and nerve-fraying as the monthly pilgrimage of shepherding cattle to the communal dip tank.It really tested your tolerance, patience, s...Published: 14 Jun 2020 at 09:40hrs | 276 | by Bishop Lazarus
Jonathan Moyo compares Chamisa to a 'Stalinist and a control freak'
FORMER Cabinet Minister and MDC Alliance sympathizer Professor Jonathan Moyo has said reports that Nelson Chamisa has gagged party officials from speaking their own views on social media platforms red...Published: 13 Jun 2020 at 20:23hrs | 8610 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe deserves better
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday admitted that Zimbabwe was in a terrible economic situation and deserved better, but blamed COVID-19 and other natural disasters for militating against his effor...Published: 13 Jun 2020 at 09:38hrs | 1453 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa: On a wing and a prayer
THIS has been a terrible week for President Emmerson Mnangagwa. It has been more than terrible – a week in which government was always on the backfoot. A week during which the regime's sterility has...Published: 13 Jun 2020 at 09:34hrs | 343 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Corruption and leadership sincerity
IT is not enough for the political leadership to merely give speeches about fighting corruption and setting up anti corruption bodies if nothing tangible is seen and achieved. Zimbabweans are not comp...Published: 13 Jun 2020 at 09:31hrs | 863 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Chamisa goes bonkers, gags Biti, Sikhala
IN A move that underscores both the lack of leadership and senselessness of the turmoil that is consuming the MDC, Nelson Chamisa has barred his once close associates from speaking to the media....Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 18:28hrs | 3448 | by Staff reporter
Kazembe using police to fight political battles
Zimbabwean politician Jealous Mawarire has sensationally accused Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe of abusing the police in fighting political battles.Mawarire's claim comes after two Nati...Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 11:16hrs | 1262 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Job Sikhala says he will never plot a coup against Zanu-PF
One of Mnangagwa's fiercest critic, MDC legislator Job Sikhala, has said he will never plot a coup against the Zanu-PF Government because he does not believe military coups solve anyone's problems....Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 08:18hrs | 5991 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa gags his colleagues
Nelson Chamisa had barred his close associates including Tendai Biti, Lynette Karenyi Kore and Job Sikhala from speaking to the media. This comes as more cracks are emerging within MDC Allianc...Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 08:14hrs | 5562 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe coup: 'No smoke without fire'
THE unprecedented move by the country's Security ministers to call a Press conference to debunk "coup rumours", on Wednesday, has exposed fissures and mistrust in President Emmerson Mnangagwa's govern...Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 07:57hrs | 5451 | by Staff reporter
Coup, what coup? Spreading to fear and dispondence?
ON Thursday, Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe was joined by fellow ministers in the security sector and army bosses just to dispel rumours of an "immi-nent coup d'état".Kazembe was f...Published: 12 Jun 2020 at 07:51hrs | 681 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Kasukuwere's brother Dick Mafios arrested
Reports coming from Harare indicate that fromer ZANU PF Mashonaland Central Heavyweight Dickson Mafios and former Rushinga legislator Wonder Mashange have been arrested by police on their last day at ...Published: 11 Jun 2020 at 14:05hrs | 14061 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Plot afoot to oust Mnangagwa'
Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe flanked by service chiefs at a Press briefing in Harare last nightHOME Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe last night accused rivals in government, military ...Published: 11 Jun 2020 at 07:52hrs | 5860 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt threat to come hard on Kasukuwere, Sikhala
GOVERNMENT has issued a chilling threat against exiled former minister Saviour Kasukuwere and top MDC politician Job Sikhala for allegedly peddling "false" claims of an imminent coup in the country....Published: 11 Jun 2020 at 07:37hrs | 1693 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa's govt denies 'imminent coup'
The Zimbabwe government on Wednesday denied rumours of an "imminent military coup" at a surprise news conference attended by military chiefs and state security ministers.Home Affairs Minister ...Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 19:38hrs | 5715 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa now has few options left
ZIMBABWE's deepening political and economic crises can now only be resolved through decisive action and sincere national dialogue if imminent civil unrest is to be avoided, analysts have warned....Published: 10 Jun 2020 at 08:08hrs | 8194 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt warns MDC about civil unrest
Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe said that Government would not put up with anarchy in the country and would deploy the full might of the law if the opposition crossed the line through unsanction...Published: 09 Jun 2020 at 08:15hrs | 2390 | by Staff reporter
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