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Explaining the confusion in MDC-T primaries - Part I of II
Explaining the confusion in MDC-T primaries: Mwonzora is being targeted in all this fracas. The pro-Chamisa camp is targeting the December party congress...Published: 27 May 2018 at 15:27hrs | | by Felix Mbonderi Chiroro
Khupe created her drama, now she deserves her karma
In early 2008, a few months before the elections, opposition party supporters waited with bated breath on a meeting that could decide the country's future, as the two factions of the MDC - anti-Senate...Published: 22 Mar 2018 at 07:26hrs | 1 | by Nqaba Matshazi
Khupe out in the cold, as Tsvangirai assembles the band
With some opposition parties having signed an alliance deal, MDC-T finds itself in a familiar, but unenviable position, where some party members are openly challenging their leader, Morgan Tsvangirai....Published: 31 Aug 2017 at 08:46hrs | | by Nqaba Matshazi
Shadows won't lead Zimbabwe anywhere
The demise of any nation starts when those who claim to have its best interest at heart resort to calls for violence and anarchy in order to get their way. Such is the nature of the MDC-T, as that par...Published: 12 Apr 2016 at 11:17hrs | 1 | by Shadows won't lead Zimbabwe anywhere
'Zanu-PF MPs afraid of recall''
TWO Zanu-PF Members of Parliament who won recent by-elections following the death and expulsion of their predecessors, were sworn-in yesterday.Clerk of Parliament Kennedy Chokuda swore-in the ...Published: 03 Feb 2016 at 05:27hrs | | by Lloyd Gumbo '
Poor voter turn out mared Nkulumane
The Zimbabwe Peace Project has reported that on December 19 2015 the Nkulumane by-election was marred by poor voter turn out an indication that the majority of people did not vote and has no confidenc...Published: 31 Jan 2016 at 12:04hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Zanu-PF candidate launches door-to-door campaign
THE Zanu-PF Parliamentary candidate for Nkulumane constituency, Killian Sibanda, has launched a door-to-door campaign ahead of the 19 December by-election. Sibanda took his campaign to the people of N...Published: 06 Dec 2015 at 08:35hrs | | by Robin Muchetu
Zanu-PF, MDC-T share $6 million
ZANU-PF and MDC-T will share $6 million allocated to political parties by Treasury in the 2016 national budget. Finance and Economic Development Minister Patrick Chinamasa allocated the $6 million in ...Published: 01 Dec 2015 at 05:59hrs | | by Zvamaida Murwira
Universities, ZEC craft new voters' roll
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) is partnering tertiary institutions to draw up a new voters' roll that will be polling station specific. ZEC chairperson Justice Rita Makarau yesterday said a p...Published: 30 Nov 2015 at 05:48hrs | | by Oliver Kazunga
Zanu-PF goes overdrive to claim Nkulumane seat
THE Zanu-PF campaign to reclaim the Nkulumane Parliamentary seat in the forthcoming by-elections has gone into overdrive with eight rallies set to be held simultaneously in the constituency tomorrow....Published: 29 Nov 2015 at 09:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Heal Zimbabwe Trust highlights violence in Bulawayo
Heal Zimbabwe Trusted has highlighted the incidents of political violence that erupted in Bulawayo during the month of October this year among them being the violence within the MDC-T during the...Published: 18 Nov 2015 at 06:16hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Mugabe urge Zanu-PF candidate for Nkulumane to campaign vigorously
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe yesterday urged the Zanu-PF candidate for Nkulumane constituency Killian Sibanda to campaign vigorously in order to win the seat. Sibanda is representing the party in a by elec...Published: 14 Nov 2015 at 07:51hrs | | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Tsvangirai sends firefighting team to Bulawayo
MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai has resolved to send a conflict resolution team to Bulawayo province in what some of his supporters have described as a tactful bid to ignore the recently released damni...Published: 11 Nov 2015 at 05:26hrs | | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Controversy marks Zanu-PF election
Zanu-PF central committee member Killian Sibanda - who is linked to the party's ambitious Young Turks, the Generation 40 (G40) - romped to a controversial victory in the party's primary election for t...Published: 09 Nov 2015 at 16:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Sibanda wins Zanu-PF primary poll for Nkulumane
Zanu-PF Central Committee member Killian Sibanda will represent the party in the December 19 Nkulumane constituency by-election after winning the party's primary poll.Sibanda narrowly beat Ald...Published: 06 Nov 2015 at 05:46hrs | | by Nqobile Tshili
Zanu-PF to claim Nkulumane unopposed
ZANU-PF is set to claim a sixth parliamentary seat in Bulawayo, as four opposition parties have ruled out participating in the Nkulumane by-election next month.MDC, MDC-T, Zapu and People'...Published: 04 Nov 2015 at 05:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF members clash ahead of Parly primary election
Anti-riot police kept close watch Tuesday at Davies Hall, the Zanu-PF provincial headquarters in Bulawayo, to curtail violence as tensions between members of rival factions within the party simmered a...Published: 03 Nov 2015 at 20:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nkulumane by-election set for 19 December
PRESIDENT Mugabe has fixed December 19 2015 as the date for a by-election for Nkulumane constituency to replace Mr Thamsanqa Mahlangu (MDC-T), who died early this month.The announcement was ma...Published: 31 Oct 2015 at 10:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
CARTOON: Tsvangirai donates seat to Mugabe
Morgan Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change party has insisted that it will not take part in any elections in Zimbabwe as long as the Zanu-PF led government refuses to level the electoral p...Published: 26 Oct 2015 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai witnesses MDC-T violence
MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai on Friday came face to face with violent clashes pitting youths aligned to rival factions of his party as he visited the families of the late Nkulumane legislator Tha...Published: 26 Oct 2015 at 05:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai come face to face with MDC-T violent clashes
MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday came face to face with violent clashes pitting youths aligned to rival factions as he visited the families of the late Nkulumane legislator Thamsanqa Mahlangu ...Published: 24 Oct 2015 at 12:08hrs | | by Nduduzo Tshuma
Chamisa faces MDC-T ouster
FRESH fissures have rocked the main opposition MDC-T amid reports that some hawks aligned to party leader Morgan Tsvangirai were pushing for the ouster of Kuwadzana East MP Nelson Chamisa accusing him...Published: 20 Oct 2015 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF is tactically superior,' says Biti
People's Democratic Party (PDP) leader Mr Tendai Biti has conceded that Zanu-PF is the most popular party in the country despite the emergence of many opposition parties.Addressing a handful of PDP su...Published: 20 Oct 2015 at 06:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bhebhe defends Tsvangirai
MDC-T national organising secretary Abednico Bhebhe has defended party leader Morgan Tsvangirai's decision not to attend the burial of Nkulumane MP Thamsanqa Mahlangu last week, saying it was unbefitt...Published: 15 Oct 2015 at 06:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai to donate Nkulumane seat to Zanu-PF
Morgan Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change party has insisted that it will not take part in any elections in Zimbabwe as long as the Zanu-PF led government refuses to level the electoral play...Published: 14 Oct 2015 at 13:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mahlangu burial shows Tsvangirai has lost grip of his party
THE Thamsanqa Mahlangu burial fiasco on Saturday has not only exposed deep-seated divisions in the Morgan Tsvangirai led MDC-T but also serves as an indicator that the embattled leader has lost grip ...Published: 14 Oct 2015 at 13:50hrs | | by Nduduzo Tshuma
MDC-T exposes it has deteriorated and sunk so low - Analyst
Political analyst Pedzisai Ruhanya has blasted the MDc-T for sinking so low by embarking in a fight at the funeral of the MDC-T MP Thamsanqa Mahlangu even when he was to be buried.MDC-T leader...Published: 14 Oct 2015 at 07:25hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Sikhala blasts Chinotimba over late Mahlangu 'joke'
The MDC -T senior member Job Sikhala has described the move by Zanu-PF MP for Buhera South Joseph Chinotimba to demand payment from the late MDC -T Nkulumane MP Thamsanqa Mahlangu even when alread...Published: 13 Oct 2015 at 10:18hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
Tsvangirai was warned against attending dead MDC-T MP's burial
Chaos marred the burial of the late Nkulumane legislator, Thamsanqa Mahlangu in Bulawayo on Saturday as rival MDC-T factions and family members fought for the body of the former Youth and Indigenisati...Published: 12 Oct 2015 at 08:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo will never be the same for Tsvangirai after Mahlangu burial snub
MDC-T president Morgan Tsvangirai has been described as a coward who is not in touch with party grassroots after failing to attend the burial of one of the party's founding members Thamsanqa Mahlangu ...Published: 12 Oct 2015 at 06:30hrs | | by Auxilia Katongomara
Relatives fight over Mahlangu's body at funeral
Relatives reportedly fought at the MDC-T Nkulumane late MP Thamsanqa Mahlangu's funeral as the preparation for his burial on Saturday was going on leading to the hearse carrying the deceased speeding ...Published: 11 Oct 2015 at 08:09hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
MDC-T MP mourns Member's tragedy loss of child and niece recently in fire
The Harare West MDC-T Jessie Fungayi Majome has said her district family mourns the cruel tragedy of the losses of the child and niece at the end of last week, then wife on Sunday, and then the mother...Published: 08 Oct 2015 at 15:44hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Handful of mourners at dead MP's funeral
Burial arrangements for the late Nkulumane MP and MDC-T deputy national organising secretary Thamsanqa Mahlangu will only be announced after some relatives based in the Diaspora have arrived in the co...Published: 07 Oct 2015 at 06:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chinotimba demands $500 from dead MP's family
BUHERA South MP Joseph Chinotimba (Zanu-PF) yesterday shocked the family of the late Nkulumane MP and MDC-T deputy national organising secretary Thamsanqa Mahlangu when he demanded $500 compensation f...Published: 07 Oct 2015 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dzamara probe details revealed
POLICE launched extensive investigations into the whereabouts of Itai Dzamara from the day he was reported missing, contrary to claims of inactivity by Western embassies and opposition political part...Published: 16 Jul 2015 at 09:47hrs | 1 | by Takunda Maodza
'Itai Dzamara in an MDC-T safe house in Botswana'
Controversial musician Energy Mutodi has ignited outrage after he insulted the distressed wife of abducted journalist turned activist Itai Dzamara.Dzamara, who has been leading protests demand...Published: 29 Mar 2015 at 08:23hrs | 9 | by Lance Guma
Cracks worsen in MDC-T
FISSURES in the MDC-T worsened this week as the party withdrew the secretary for local government position from Matson Hlalo, whom it plans to expel from the party and withdraw from Parliament....Published: 20 Jan 2015 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
MPs clash in parliament over 'bloated' defence budget
Debate on the 2015 National Budget briefly came to a halt amid chaos after Zanu-PF Buhera Central representative Ronald Muderedzwa, labelled some opposition parties in the country "a security threat" ...Published: 18 Dec 2014 at 07:14hrs | | by Farirai Machivenyika
Chamisa taken to the political dustbins
The curtain has come down on the MDC-T's national congress with leader, Morgan Tsvangirai entrenching all power to himself and the party's former National Organising Secretary, Nelson Chamisa reduced...Published: 02 Nov 2014 at 19:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T top brass clash over Job Sikhala
Still recovering from its second damaging split inside a decade, Morgan Tsvangirai-led MDC-T is once again faced with another risk of disintegration, this time over the role of the 'prodigal son' Job ...Published: 20 Oct 2014 at 06:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
'We should promote our Zimbabwean products,' says MDC-T MP
THE business community should reduce imports and support industry by buying local products to preserve jobs, Nkulumane legislator Thamsanqa Mahlangu said yesterday.Speaking at a meeting w...Published: 30 Sep 2014 at 07:52hrs | 3 | by Loveness Bepete
Its dog eat dog in Tsvangirai's MDC-T
It is dog eat dog in the MDC led by Morgan Tsvangirai as party heavyweights seek to outsmart each other ahead of a congress slated for October.While Tsvangirai's position looks secure, there i...Published: 19 Jul 2014 at 14:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Madhuku's ignorance of law shocking,' says Mwonzora
NCA leader and constitutional law expert Lovemore Madhuku is showing dangerous ignorance of the law, MDC-T spokesperson Douglas Mwonzora said on Monday.Mwonzora was reacting to reports that M...Published: 01 Jul 2014 at 08:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC pass default judgment on Tsvangirai
MDC Renewal Team yesterday defied a High Court order and went ahead with disciplinary hearings on MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai and chairman Lovemore Moyo, whereupon a default judgment on the two,...Published: 28 Jun 2014 at 12:58hrs | | by Fidelis Munyoro and Felex Share
Biti goes ahead with Tsvangirai disciplinary hearing, defying High Court order
THE MDC Renewal Team yesterday defied a High Court order and went ahead with disciplinary hearings on MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai and chairman Mr Lovemore Moyo, whereupon a default judgment on t...Published: 28 Jun 2014 at 06:28hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Tsvangirai in fear of being expelled from MDC-T
MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai panicked yesterday at the prospects of being expelled from the party and filed an urgent chamber application at the High Court seeking to stop his disciplinary he...Published: 27 Jun 2014 at 10:33hrs | | by Daniel Nemukuyu
Breaking: Police disrupt prayer meeting at gruesome murder scene
Police today disrupted a prayer meeting at the scene where two murdered people were discovered in Nkulumane two weeks ago. The police dispersed the residents arguing that they could not con...Published: 07 May 2014 at 10:21hrs | 1 | by Moyo Roy
Chaos in Parliament over Gukurahundi
TEMPERS flared in Parliament yesterday when Zanu-PF Makoni South MP Mandi Chimene pointed a threatening finger at MDC-T Binga North MP Dubeko Sibanda accusing him of heckling during debate over th...Published: 26 Mar 2014 at 06:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T chaos spills into Bulawayo
THE internal squabbles that have rocked the embattled MDC-T party have since spilled into Bulawayo province, amid reports that battle lines have been drawn between party vice president Ms Thokozani Kh...Published: 09 Mar 2014 at 08:09hrs | | by Vusumuzi Dube
Joseph Chinotimba demystified
When news filtered through that Joseph Chinotimba had won the Buhera South National Assembly seat on July 31, 2013, I am sure most people exclaimed in shock, "Oh my word, we are in trouble. Ch...Published: 07 Mar 2014 at 12:55hrs | | by Lloyd Gumbo
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