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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 hired thugs to beat Tsvangirai at funeral'
A political commentator Dickson Manyudza Jasi has warned MDC-T Vice President Thokozani Khupe's sympathizers to remembers that the same person whom they fight for was the one at some point who orga...Published: 28 Feb 2018 at 08:53hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
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
$7 000 was just too little for our lifestyle, says MDC-T MP's widow
THE late Nkulumane legislator, Thamsanqa Mahlangu's widow, Brenda Zaranyika, yesterday said her family was used to a lavish lifestyle before her husband's death, and the $7 000 they are accused of...Published: 06 Sep 2016 at 08:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai and his 3 deputies: The facts
On Thursday, 14 July 2016, two MDC's organs, the national executive and national council met for nine hours at the party's headquarters at 44 Nelson Mandela Avenue, Harare.As usual, the na...Published: 19 Jul 2016 at 11:33hrs | | by Luke Tamborinyoka
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
Tsvangirai now counting the cost of boycotting by-elections
The MDC-T is now counting the cost of its decision to boycott by-elections that were occasioned by its recall of 21 Members of Parliament and the death of some of its legislators. The decision has had...Published: 03 Mar 2016 at 05:32hrs | | by Zvamaida Murwira
Newly elected Nkulumane Zanu PF MP appointed in budget and finance committe
The newly elected Zanu PF Nkulumane MP Killian Sibanda has been appointed to serve in the Portfolio Committees of Budget and Finance as well as Environment, Water, Tourism and Hospitality.This...Published: 08 Feb 2016 at 05:38hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
'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
Poor turn out for Nkulumane by-election
The Zimbabwe Election Support Network has reported that the Nkulumane by election which was won by the Zanu PF candidate Killian Sibanda was marred with poor turnout signifying that the parties which ...Published: 20 Dec 2015 at 11:37hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Zanu PF wins Nkulumane by election
The ruling Zanu PF has won the Nkulumane by election againts the other two contenders from the Progressive Democrats of Zinmbabwe and the Renewal Democracy Zimbabwe....Published: 20 Dec 2015 at 06:42hrs | | 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
MDC-T factions clash in Gweru
Two MDC-T factions reportedly clashed in Gweru recently over the travel arrangements to the late party MP for Nkulumane Thamsanqa Mahlangu, Zimbabwe Peace project indicated in its October monthly repo...Published: 27 Nov 2015 at 09:55hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Conflict within Zanu PF worries ZPP
The continuing conflict in the ruling Zanu PF is worrying the Zimbabwe Peace Project amid indications the problems started bedeviling the party since the 2014 December Congress which saw former Vice p...Published: 26 Nov 2015 at 05:31hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Split imminent in Tsvangirai's MDC-T - report
A split is looming in the opposition MDC-T party due to power struggles between leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai and former national organising secretary Mr Nelson Chamisa, a local think tank has said. ...Published: 26 Nov 2015 at 05:12hrs | | by Tichaona Zindoga
Bulawayo records few violence incidents- ZPP
Bulawayo has recorded very few incidents of violence during the month of October according top the Zimbabwe Peace Project."October had fewer incidents and violations reported in Bu...Published: 25 Nov 2015 at 05:35hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
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
Easy victory for Zanu-PF beckons
Zanu-PF is poised to win the vacant Nkulumane seat, bringing to six the number of constituencies under its control in the second largest city.Zanu-PF has been having it easy in by-elections af...Published: 12 Nov 2015 at 09:09hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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
2 opposition parties to participate in Nkulumane by-election
ZANU-PF and two opposition parties will participate in the December 19 Nkulumane by-election after their candidates successfully filed their papers with the Nomination Court in Bulawayo yesterday....Published: 07 Nov 2015 at 07:37hrs | | by Nqobile Tshili
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
Expelled Hlalo insists that he was still a member of MDC-T
MDC-T Senator Matson Hlalo yesterday insisted that he was still a member of the beleaguered party, accusing its spokesperson Obert Gutu, who last week confirmed he been sacked, of misrepresenting fact...Published: 04 Nov 2015 at 05:38hrs | | by Nduduzo Tshuma
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
12 officials face MDC-T axe
A PURGE in the MDC-T has reportedly started after the Bulawayo provincial executive compiled a list of 12 people accused of causing chaos at the late Nkulumane legislator Thamsanqa Mahlangu's burial t...Published: 27 Oct 2015 at 05:33hrs | | by Nduduzo Tshuma
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
Tsvangirai visits Bulawayo today to console Mahlangu's relatives
Tsvangirai visits Bulawayo today to console the late Nkulumane legislator Thamsanqa Mahlangu's relatives after coming under fire for snubbing the MP's burial two weeks ago.Tsvangirai who had t...Published: 23 Oct 2015 at 07:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
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
Mahlangu haunts Tsvangirai's MDC-T
FISSURES in MDC-T have reportedly widened with the party leadership reportedly pushing and shoving to get a replacement for the late Nkulumane legislator Thamsanqa Mahlangu's post of the party's depu...Published: 18 Oct 2015 at 11:59hrs | | by Richard Muponde
Tsvangirai must step down now!
As a strong supporter of MDC-T based in Bulawayo, I feel it's high time for our leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, to peacefully resign. His negative actions and behaviour towards us the people of Matabelelan...Published: 16 Oct 2015 at 09:53hrs | | by Sibusiso Ndlamini
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
Fresh MDC-T purges looming
FRESH purges are looming within the MDC-T Bulawayo province following chaos at Nkulumane legislator Thamsanqa Mahlangu's burial at the weekend where party youths clashed along factional lines....Published: 15 Oct 2015 at 06:17hrs | | by Nduduzo Tshuma
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
President Mugabe is still the people's choice
The recent survey by Mass Public Opinion Institute (MPOI) clearly indicated that the people across the country have trust and faith in President Mugabe and the ruling party, ZANU-PF apart from other o...Published: 14 Oct 2015 at 11:16hrs | | by Peacemaker Zano
Moyo unhappy with Tsvangirai
SOME top MDC-T officials in Matabeleland, among them national chairman Lovemore Moyo, are reportedly livid over party leader Morgan Tsvangirai's failure to attend Nkulumane MP Thamsanqa Mahlangu's bur...Published: 14 Oct 2015 at 09:20hrs | | 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
Mahlangu burial exposed Tsvangirai's frailties
THE ugly and chaotic scenes which marred the burial of the Member of Parliament for Nkulumane constituency in Bulawayo, Thamsanqa Mahlangu, at the weekend exposed deep seated differences within the be...Published: 13 Oct 2015 at 07:07hrs | | by Staff writer
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