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Mujuru party collapses
Former vice president Joice Mujuru's National People's Party (NPP) has all but collapsed after almost all its senior members deserted the party before it has even celebrated its third birthday....Published: 01 Oct 2018 at 18:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Sipepa-Nkomo endorses Mnangagwa, quits politics
Former National People's Party (NPP) Vice President Dr Sipepa Nkomo has endorsed President Emmerson Mnangagwa's leadership, as he announced his retirement from active politics at his Bulawayo base thi...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 12:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
CIO infiltrates Mujuru's NPP
RECENT resignations in the National People's Party (NPP) are a result of infiltration by Zanu-PF apparatchiks, as well as by members of the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO), a senior party offi...Published: 12 Jul 2017 at 13:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mujuru's readies for congress
Joice Mujuru's opposition National People's Party (NPP) is set to hold its elective convention in Harare next month.While her spokesperson, Gift Nyandoro, could not reveal the exact date of th...Published: 23 May 2017 at 13:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai, Mujuru coalition to field one presidential candidate
ZimPF leader, Joice Mujuru has said the ongoing opposition coalition talks seek to present a single candidate for the presidency, while parties would still field parliamentary representatives as t...Published: 07 Feb 2017 at 05:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mujuru in Bulawayo
Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) leader, Joice Mujuru, is expected to descend on Bulawayo - the country's second capital - to assess party structures in preparation for 2018 elections.The party...Published: 28 Jan 2017 at 13:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
'I am the next Zimbabwe President,' says Mujuru
ZIMBABWE People First (ZimPF) leader, Joice Mujuru (pictured) yesterday declared she is the next President, only needing the support and the vote of the youths to step into State House after the 2...Published: 21 Nov 2016 at 05:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Is the end nigh for Tendai Biti?
THOSE who live by the sword, die by the sword.In a classic case reflecting this adage, the embattled leader of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), Tendai Biti has been left nursing wounds aft...Published: 27 Oct 2016 at 09:36hrs | | by Ray Ndlovu and Tendai Makaripe
'Zanu-PF on its way to the grave'
INDEPENDENT candidate Temba Mliswa (TM) overcame the odds to win the Norton by-election held at the weekend. He speaks to the Financial Gazette's Online Editor, Paul Nyakazeya (PN), about the victory,...Published: 27 Oct 2016 at 09:33hrs | | by Paul Nyakazeya
Tsvangirai, Mujuru dream marriage fades
TWO months ago former vice-president Joice Mujuru and ex-Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai breathed life into Zimbabwe's opposition politics when they held hands as they marched in Gweru against Pr...Published: 23 Oct 2016 at 11:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Biti hit by more defections
Peoples Democratic Party led by Tendai Biti continue to suffer setbacks as senior members are defecting."Today at 12 noon Hon. Tongai Matutu will rejoin the MDCT from the PDP. We welcome him w...Published: 18 Oct 2016 at 12:09hrs | | by Alice Dube
Why Mujuru, Biti are drifting apart
JOSTLING for positions and political gamesmanship ahead of former vice-president Joice Mujuru's Zimbabwe People First (ZimPF) elective congress has ruined chances of a coalition with the People's ...Published: 16 Oct 2016 at 08:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Biti's party downplays defections
When Tendai Biti led several legislators and ordinary supporters in dumping MDC-T soon after the party's dismal showing in the 2013 elections, he made bold promises to transform Zimbabwe's opposit...Published: 16 Oct 2016 at 08:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Flip-flopping Sipepa-Nkomo officially dump Biti
Flip-flopping Samuel Sipepa-Nkomo today officially dumped Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).Nkomo, a former PDP vice president joined Zimbabwe People First.Speculation about Sipepa-Nk...Published: 13 Oct 2016 at 20:09hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Coalition of opposition parties is a pipe-dream
Opposition political parties are still an amazing lot. Their dreams of a grand coalition which they think would dislodge the revolutionary party ZANU PF from power, come 2018 is still being talked abo...Published: 06 Oct 2016 at 07:05hrs | | by John Mukumbo
Professor Jonathan Moyo admits Zanu-PF has failed
In a veiled sign of admission, Prof Jonathan Moyo yesterday acknowledged that ZanuPF had all but failed to run the country since winning the 2013 elections. Prof J. Moyo, who is the MP for Tsholotsho ...Published: 03 Sep 2016 at 08:06hrs | | by Mangosuthu Mbele
Opposition grand coalition, just a rhetoric
I was once a believer in opposition coalition politics in Zimbabwe but after reading an article by former Crisis in Zimbabwe executive director, Macdonald Lewanika in the Dailynews of 21 August 2016, ...Published: 25 Aug 2016 at 09:25hrs | 1 | by John Mukumbo
Biti endorses Mujuru candidacy
BINGA - Zimbabwe People First leader Joice Mujuru yesterday moved her campaign to rural areas with a rally in Binga where Tendai Biti's People Democratic Party pledged not to field a presidential ...Published: 21 Aug 2016 at 09:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Biti, Ncube resume merger talks
LEADERS of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) met in Harare last week for consultations aimed at reviving efforts to merge the two parties.The M...Published: 17 Dec 2015 at 13:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to tour Mtshabezi dam
VICE PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is expected to tour Mtshabezi Dam on Wednesday amid indications that government is preparing to officially commission the pipeline project ...Published: 12 Oct 2015 at 13:24hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Tendai Biti names his team - list
People's Democratic Party national executive has nominated ex-Finance Minister as its founding president with Samual Sipepa-Nkomo as his deputy.Evelyn Masaiti leads the Women's league....Published: 11 Sep 2015 at 14:52hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
'PDP to topple Zanu-PF,' vows Sipepa-Nkomo
The national People's Democratic Party chairman Samuel Sipepa-Nkomo has vowed to dislodge ruling Zanu-PF from power in the next elections.PDP is currently holding its inaugural congress....Published: 10 Sep 2015 at 13:01hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Mangoma's case takes new twist
The alleged sex scandal in which Renewal Democrats of Zimbabwe leader (RDZ) Elton Mangoma was accused of having a sexual affair with a married woman took a new twist yesterday after three of Mango...Published: 29 Aug 2015 at 10:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC Renewal in liquidity crunch
THE MDC Renewal Team, has come face to face with the liquidity crunch blighting the national economy in its bid to launch itself into the country's highly competitive political arena.As it pre...Published: 16 Jul 2015 at 17:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Panic in Zim Cabinet as Zanu-PF infighting explodes
CADRES in the ruling party were left stunned this week following President Robert Mugabe's unceremonious dismissal of Jonathan Moyo from government on Tuesday after he had resoundingly won the Tsholo...Published: 25 Jun 2015 at 07:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Amen Mpofu quits MDC
MDC Renewal Team Bulawayo provincial chairperson Amen Mpofu has quit the party citing its decision not to take part in the forthcoming June 10 by-elections, which he said the party was going to lose a...Published: 18 May 2015 at 07:07hrs | | by Auxilia Katongomara
MDC proxies fail to sustain Tsholotsho campaigns
MDC proxies posing as independent candidates in the Tsholotsho North by-election have literally disappeared with only Zanu-PF visibly campaigning in the constituency.With the elections about f...Published: 08 May 2015 at 08:32hrs | | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Jonathan Moyo steps up Tsholotsho North campaigns
ZANU-PF Matabeleland North province has intensified campaigns to regain the Tsholotsho North constituency with party members focused to ensure that Professor Jonathan Moyo emerges victorious in the Ju...Published: 01 May 2015 at 09:34hrs | | by Leonard Ncube
MDC Renewal Team cracks widen
CRACKS continue to widen in the MDC Renewal Team over the party's decision to boycott the June 10 by-elections, with some senior party members openly saying they were against the resolution.As...Published: 29 Apr 2015 at 06:57hrs | | by Auxilia Katongomara
Devolution dispute spills into the Constitution court
The Constitutional Court yesterday allowed the State to file opposing papers to the case of Lobengula legislator Samuel Sipepa-Nkomo, who is seeking an order forcing Government to comply with the Cons...Published: 05 Mar 2015 at 06:34hrs | | by Fidelis Munyoro
MDC-United tired of Tsvangirai's violent tendencies
THE United Movement for Democratic Change shut the door on MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday, saying they will not work with him after labelling him a monster that was not progressive.S...Published: 02 Mar 2015 at 07:01hrs | | by Auxilia Katongomara/Yoliswa Dube
MDC Renewal Team: ' We are not that (MDC-T) violent formation'
Plans by MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai to mobilise Zimbabweans to take to the streets in mass protests have been criticised by the MDC Renewal Team.They say this would negatively impa...Published: 27 Sep 2014 at 08:47hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Tsvangirai draws battle lines for next election
Morgan Tsvangirai has put himself firmly on the side of the lower class with a powerful pledge that the MDC is a party of those who want to be better off and strive for a better life for themselves....Published: 08 Sep 2014 at 17:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Morgan Tsvangirai speaks out
Morgan Tsvangirai has put himself firmly on the side of the lower class with a powerful pledge that the MDC is a party of those who want to be better off and strive for a better life for themselves....Published: 07 Sep 2014 at 15:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T turns 15 but there is little to celebrate
THE Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) - once a formidable force in the country's body politic - finds itself at its most vulnerable as it turns 15 years old this month. Its founding father, Morg...Published: 04 Sep 2014 at 07:56hrs | | by Ray Ndlovu
'Morgan Tsvangirai delusional'
EMBATTLED MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai is wrong to parade himself as the legitimate leader of the party on his trip to the United Kingdom, while his party is further disintegrating because of his...Published: 25 Jul 2014 at 08:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Use Right To Demonstrate Productively and Focus on the Dictatorship
The UK-based Renewals planning to demonstrate at Tsvangirai's rally are attention seekers and misguided people trying to find some relevance after their project to derail Tsvangirai failed....Published: 24 Jul 2014 at 17:32hrs | | by Makusha Mugabe, Information and Publicity Secretary - MDC UK Midlands North
Tendai Biti messed up
Tendai Biti's attempt to overthrow Morgan Tsvangirai outside congress and head off an alleged imminent transformation of the MDC into a "fiefdom for the opposition leader" was blatantly unconstitutio...Published: 10 Jul 2014 at 14:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tight security as Tendai Biti unveils new colours
MDC Renewal Team Secretary General Tendai Biti yesterday arrived at the team's all structures meeting held at the Harare Show Grounds under heavy guard.A team of bodyguards, apparently drawn f...Published: 29 Jun 2014 at 15:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
No end in sight to Tsvangirai's woes
Confusion continued to dog the opposition MDC-T factional fight with two conflicting processes yesterday taking place at the same time to determine a case in which party president Morgan Tsvangirai is...Published: 28 Jun 2014 at 19:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Biti pulls Tsvangirai into checkmate
THE Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) renewal team headed by Tendai Biti, the party's secretary-general, has set June 18 as the date on which embattled opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, would...Published: 07 Jun 2014 at 19:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai's disciplinary hearing set for June 18
THE Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) renewal team headed by Tendai Biti, the party's secretary-general, has set June 18 as the date on which embattled opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, would...Published: 07 Jun 2014 at 19:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Tsvangirai still on suspension,' says Sipepa Nkomo
MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai remains suspended from the party since his booting announced on the 26th March this year, the chairperson of the Renewal Team Sam Sipepa Nkomo has said.Mr Nkomo ...Published: 27 May 2014 at 12:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Biti's faction claims it has enough cash
LOBENGULA legislator Samuel Sipepa Nkomo has declared that his MDC-Team faction has adequate financial resources to fund its activities.Sipepa-Nkomo, who is the interim chairperson of the MDC-...Published: 20 May 2014 at 20:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Biti's group failed to follow set down rules
Morgan Tsvangirai's MDC has accused the breakaway formation led by Tendai Biti of failing to follow set down rules in their attempt to dethrone the party leader.Speaking during a debate organi...Published: 18 May 2014 at 17:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Tsvangirai's tent is leaking,' says MDC-T official
MDC-T Renewal Team interim national chairman, Samuel Sipepa-Nkomo the numbers that the MDC-T recorded at rallies did not necessarily translate to votes as some people attended just to listen."...Published: 18 May 2014 at 16:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
'We were not nikuved,' says MDC-T MP
MDC-T Renewal Team interim national chairman, Samuel Sipepa-Nkomo has said the MDC-T lost last years' elections fairly because the party was not well- prepared.This is contrary to claims b...Published: 18 May 2014 at 11:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Welshman Ncube's MDC open to Biti coalition
THE Welshman Ncube-led MDC yesterday hinted that it was open to forging an alliance with MDC-T's renewal team as talk of a grand coalition against President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF party gathers pace....Published: 06 May 2014 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T Bulawayo rubbishes Tsvangirai suspension
MDC-T Bulawayo province has vowed to defy the national's executive council's decision to suspend party president Morgan Tsvangirai and his deputies. On Friday, the council suspended Tsva...Published: 27 Apr 2014 at 14:19hrs | | by Mafu Sithabile
Sipepa-Nkomo wants Joseph Made fired
Samuel Sipepa-Nkomo, the MDC-T shadow minister for Agriculture, has called for the dismissal of Joseph Made from his position as minister of Agriculture. Nkomo said Made, who has been at t...Published: 25 Mar 2014 at 08:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
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