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Zimbabwe coups: What now for the legacies?
Three months after President Emmerson Mnangagwa deposed Robert Mugabe on November 15, 2017, Nelson Chamisa applied the same template to supplant Thokozani Khupe, ensuring he replaced Morgan Tsvangirai...Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 04:54hrs | 338 | by Toendepi Shonhe
Why unity is unachievable for Chamisa's MDC
Leading to election 2018, we saw the formation of what is now called the MDC - Alliance on the backdrop of massive campaigning for a united front against Zanu-PF, not around a common cause or unity of...Published: 13 May 2019 at 08:47hrs | 2338 | by Reason Wafawarova
Chamisa hit with Zanu-PF's $3,2m court bill
MDC-Alliance president Mr Nelson Chamisa's stunt to challenge President Emmerson Mnangagwa's victory in the July 30 polls, even against the advise from some sections in the opposition party's grouping...Published: 30 Sep 2018 at 08:16hrs | 2819 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC fighting for survival
Nelson Chamisa's MDC party has an uphill task between now and the next polls in 2023 to navigate strong legal and political headwinds blowing in its direction, in what appears to be a systematic attem...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 14:59hrs | 2775 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa-led MDC-T to lose property worth $665 000?
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC-T could lose property worth over $665 000 after the Labour Court ruled that it unfairly dismissed 17 employees and must pay damages. Labour Court judge Justice Betty...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 07:04hrs | 238 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Tsvangirai aide loses property over debt
Former MDC director general, Toendepi Shonhe, who made headlines recently for predicting a landslide victory for Zanu-PF in next year's general elections, has lost a 1,2 hectare plot over an unspecifi...Published: 21 Aug 2017 at 13:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T violence timeline
When Elton Mangoma was beaten up, Tsvangirai's supporters said he had merely been "scratched" and was seeking attention.- September 2001: MDC lawmakers - Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga,...Published: 08 Aug 2017 at 08:27hrs | 172 | by Staff reporter
'Youths remain Tsvangirai's tools ready to be deployed to settle differences'
As the 2018 beckons, the MDC-T brand is growing increasingly unattractive to donors, unattractive to fence-sitters, unattractive to new political entrants, and - what's scary in this day and age - the...Published: 07 Aug 2017 at 10:38hrs | 312 | by Felix Chiororo on Facebook
Zanu-PF on propaganda overdrive
For the past months Zanu-pf has been on the overdrive, upping the ante, roping in a motley of academics and political writers in a desperate bid to propagate the narrative that change in Zimbabwe will...Published: 03 Aug 2017 at 07:27hrs | 390 | by Wilton Nyasha Machimbira
MDC-T to lose buildings as problems mount
A SCRAMBLE for properties belonging to the broke Tsvangirai-led MDC-T looms with some creditors jostling to attach the party's buildings housing provincial offices and other movables to recover a debt...Published: 02 Aug 2017 at 07:11hrs | 527 | by Staff reporter
60 000 for Mugabe's homecoming rally
The Zanu-PF aligned Herald reports that ngoing Presidential Youth Interface rallies have confirmed Zanu-PF's immense popularity in addition to strengthening intra-party unity, the ruling party's secre...Published: 31 Jul 2017 at 06:45hrs | 197 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai's youths beat High Court Sheriff
MDC-T thugs yesterday attacked an Additional Sheriff of the High Court in a bid to block him from serving their party leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai with summons in which he is being sued for failing to ...Published: 16 Jun 2017 at 08:57hrs | 343 | by Staff reporter
'Coalition of zeros' in panic mode at Mugabe's popularity
The ruling Zanu-PF has launched Presidential Youth Interface Rallies that will see President Mugabe going around the country meeting youths and hearing their concerns for later addressing.At t...Published: 15 Jun 2017 at 06:43hrs | 299 | by Nicole Hondo
Why Tsvangirai should go it alone in 2018
Opposition parties in Zimbabwe have, for the past few months, been hyping a grand coalition that is envisaged to hand Zanu-PF a resounding defeat in 2018. While the idea of one "great" united oppositi...Published: 07 Jun 2017 at 06:35hrs | 976 | by Tinotenda Mutasa
2018 ELECTION: If we fail to prepare then we must prepare to fail
Our ancestors were wise enough to know that after a terrible misfortune in the family they had to consult spiritual diviners and get answers to the many questions they had. It still remains a mystery ...Published: 31 May 2017 at 14:39hrs | 241 | by Whitlaw Mugwiji
Tsvangirai must be watched
That Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of the opposition MDC-T party, is a dangerous loser, who is staring a potentially career-ending defeat in 2018, has become a notorious fact not just for casual political...Published: 24 May 2017 at 06:52hrs | 783 | by zimpapers
Opposition coalition will not win: Biti
In yet another vote of no confidence in the mooted grand opposition coalition, People's Democratic Party, (PDP), leader, Tendai Biti has admitted that an opposition coalition would not dislodge Zanu P...Published: 19 May 2017 at 07:05hrs | 1837 | by Tinotenda Mutasa
Even students are fatigued by MDC-T's empty rhetoric
If anyone ever doubted the waning fortunes of the opposition MDC-T, the recent University of Zimbabwe Student Representative Council elections have put to rest those doubts following the trouncing of ...Published: 16 May 2017 at 06:37hrs | 186 | by Lonias Rozvi Majoni
'Why Mugabe always wins polls'
Zanu-PF continues to win national elections due to its tangible deliveries to the electorate and contributions from loyal supporters who stick to the values of the revolutionary party, prominent Unite...Published: 15 May 2017 at 06:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai, Mujuru anti-Mugabe pact is in jeopardy
The tussle for the control of the yet-to-be-formed coalition of opposition parties pitting former vice-president Joice Mujuru and MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai could torpedo efforts to put together a...Published: 14 May 2017 at 15:59hrs | 447 | by Everson Mushava & Obey Munyati
'Grand coalition rejected'
Only three out of 10 provinces in the country support the grand coalition being proposed by opposition parties, pointing to a monumental loss to Zanu-PF in the 2018 harmonised elections, a respected r...Published: 11 May 2017 at 07:15hrs | 513 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe to win survey rattles Zimbabwe opposition parties
OPPOSITION parties that are set to form a coalition ahead of next year's elections yesterday said they are not under any pressure amid surveys and analyses showing they might lose the polls.A ...Published: 10 May 2017 at 06:50hrs | 665 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai exposed
PREDICTIONS by former MDC-T top official, Dr Toendepi Shonhe, that the so-called grand coalition will suffer defeat in the 2018 elections flies in the face of MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai who las...Published: 10 May 2017 at 06:49hrs | 3672 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai's former aide sees 2018 coalition defeat
Former MDC-T top official turned academic Dr Toendepi Shonhe has predicted grand defeat for a coalition of opposition parties in next year's harmonised elections, arguing that the opposition suffers i...Published: 09 May 2017 at 06:23hrs | 415 | by Staff reporter
Biti urges Zimbabweans to carry their cross
The people of Zimbabwe should not delegate their fight against socio-economic challenges they are currently going through but should instead carry their own cross and fight the Zanu PF regime, Pre...Published: 05 Sep 2016 at 12:28hrs | 2047 | by PDP
Zimbabwe is on the eve of a revolution, the giant has awoken
Zimbabwe is ready for a complete revolution. Lenin foretold that a part of the society or 'class emancipates the whole of society, but only provided the whole of society is in the same situation as th...Published: 12 Jul 2016 at 07:17hrs | 1133 | by Toendepi Shonhe
Tendai Biti committed in working with other opposition political parties
The People's Democratic Party (PDP) is committed in working with other opposition political parties in building a strong pre-election coalition in Zimbabwe.Presently, opposition is heavily fra...Published: 04 Oct 2015 at 08:50hrs | 2635 | by Gorden Moyo
MDC-T, MDC Renewal members clash at funeral
Members of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) formation led by Morgan Tsvangirai and some belonging to the MDC Renewal Team clashed over the weekend at a funeral in Buhera West, Manicaland provi...Published: 06 Jan 2015 at 12:49hrs | 2403 | by Jonga Kandemiiri
MDC members clash at funeral
Members of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) formation led by Morgan Tsvangirai and some belonging to the MDC Renewal Team clashed over the weekend at a funeral in Buhera West, Manicaland provi...Published: 02 Jan 2015 at 08:21hrs | | by Staff Reporter
MDC-T blames everyone but itself
Facing imminent disintegration, MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai and his remaining loyalists have decided to "introspect" and see what has gone wrong with their party. The result has been a 2...Published: 29 Jun 2014 at 10:05hrs | 306 | by Brian Chitemba
Tsvangirai dragged to court over unfair dismissal
BELEAGUERED opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai is facing another hurdle from a different front after former MDC-T workers engaged lawyers to demand compensation for unfair dismissal in a case linked ...Published: 21 May 2014 at 03:24hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Tsvangirai breaks his silence on the attempted coup
Under-pressure MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai has broken his silence on the attempted coup staged by rebels seeking to topple him from the party's presidency - describing his opponents as "little men"...Published: 29 Apr 2014 at 16:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Summons and Declaration for Elton Mangoma, Tendai Biti
IN THE HIGH COURT OF ZIMBABWE - CASE NO. HC/2014HELD AT HARAREIn the matter between:ELTON STEERS MANGOMA - PLAINTIFFAndLLO...Published: 28 Apr 2014 at 14:39hrs | 3250 | by Staff Reporter
Biti Sues Daily News
FORMER Finance Minister Tendai Biti is suing the Daily News for a whopping US$2 million dollars on defamation charges after the independent daily wrote that the former Energy Minister was working ...Published: 28 Apr 2014 at 11:19hrs | 299 | by Staff Reporter
MDC-T dossier: Western donors fingered in Tsvangirai ouster plot
A damning MDC dossier claims that Zanu-PF is working with suspended MDC deputy treasurer-general Elton Mangoma, as well as secretary-general Tendai Biti and treasurer-general Roy Bennett to oust Morg...Published: 07 Apr 2014 at 11:18hrs | 3813 | by Staff reporter
Is Solomon Madzore still prepared to die for Tsvangirai?
MDC-T secretary-general Tendai Biti faces suspension and expulsion from the party for coming to the defence of suspended deputy treasurer-general Elton Mangoma, who has been agitating for preside...Published: 10 Mar 2014 at 20:52hrs | 4969 | by Mandebvu
Biti faces axe
MDC-T secretary-general Tendai Biti faces suspension and expulsion from the party for coming to the defence of suspended deputy treasurer-general Elton Mangoma, who has been agitating for president ...Published: 10 Mar 2014 at 09:27hrs | 4790 | by Richard Chidza
MDC-T, The gloves are off!
The MDC-T is characterised by unrelentingly venomous verbal clashes, leadership squabbles and general in-house hurly-burly. As many may have predicted prior to the July 31 harmonised elections, the pe...Published: 09 Mar 2014 at 09:18hrs | 2777 | by Lincoln Towindo
Tendai Biti threatens to quit
MDC-T secretary-general Tendai Biti yesterday threatened to quit the MDC-T, in protest against a deepening culture of violence targeting elements opposed to leader Morgan Tsvangirai's bid to cling to...Published: 07 Mar 2014 at 07:30hrs | 6871 | by Tichaona Zindoga
Tsvangirai loyalists planing to attack Madzimure, Mafume, Madzore
Tsvangirai loyalists are planning to attack Willias Madzimure, a senior party member, Jacob Mafume, the legal advisor who is representing Mangoma in the assault case, Shonhe and Paul Madzore, among ot...Published: 06 Mar 2014 at 16:52hrs | 4167 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T's Mangoma makes formal police report
MDC-T deputy treasurer Mr Elton Mangoma, who was assaulted in Harare at the weekend by youths reportedly aligned to party leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai, yesterday reported the case to the police. ...Published: 19 Feb 2014 at 08:02hrs | | by Freeman Razemba
Tsvangirai's survival tactic
He looked every inch the picture of a man coming out of a drunken brawl. His shirt was torn, his face swollen, nose bloodied and the skin sagging under his eyes. H...Published: 18 Feb 2014 at 16:36hrs | 3227 | by Tichaona Zindoga
'Coup' plot against Tsvangirai
MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai says there is a "coup" plot against him and that some people want to "remove him violently", just a day after his loyalists assaulted senior party officials who have ...Published: 17 Feb 2014 at 09:42hrs | | by Freeman Razemba
MDC-T wins name dispute case
High Court Judge, Justice Joseph Mafusire, today dismissed with costs a court application filed by David Muzhuzha, a journalist who was suing the MDC over $400 000 claiming the coinage of the name - M...Published: 04 Dec 2013 at 15:23hrs | 1453 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T seeks absolution
THE Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) party led by former prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai has applied for absolution from the instance in a matter in which journalist David Muzhuzha is suing fo...Published: 07 Nov 2013 at 04:15hrs | 2655 | by Staff reporter
$20k MDC name dispute lawsuit set to begin on October 14
THE trial of a long-standing dispute pitting veteran writer David Muzhuzha against Morgan Tsvangirai's MDC over the party's 1999 name coinage has been set to begin at the High Court on October 14....Published: 02 Oct 2013 at 03:39hrs | 1632 | by Court Reporter
Tsvangirai's MDC taken to court over MDC name
The High Court has referred to trial the dispute between writer David Muzhuzha and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's MDC-T over the coinage of the party's name in 1999.The court would annou...Published: 04 Jun 2013 at 18:50hrs | 130 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF mole assaulted at MDC-T headquarters
MDC-T co-ordinator for policy and research Mr Fortune Gwaze was assaulted on Wednesday at the party's headquarters at Harvest House by rogue party youths as intra-party violence and factionalism grips...Published: 22 Mar 2013 at 08:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Factionalism blamed for the arrest of MDC-T's director general
MDC-T Director General, Toendepi Shonhe, was reportedly arrested on Sunday over sensational allegations that he plotted the assassination of Smart Mesa, a member of the party's security department....Published: 23 Feb 2012 at 18:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
$200,000 lawsuit against MDC-T filed by former editor
FORMER editor of The Worker magazine Mr David Muzhuzha has filed a US$200 000 lawsuit against MDCT for allegedly defaming him in a case he claims to be the one who coined the party name.Mr Muz...Published: 08 Dec 2011 at 06:00hrs | 637 | by Staff reporter
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