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Tshabangu takes ZEC toilet scandal to Senate
Opposition senator Sengezo Tshabangu has demanded answers from the Finance Ministry on why Treasury went ahead to disburse US$9 million towards the procurement of portable toilets and vests from a Sou...Published: 26 mins ago | 30 | by Staff reporter
CCC recall legal battles far from over
The legal battles surrounding the recall of elected officials dismissed from office last year are still pending in the courts and have yet to be finalised, acting leader of the Citizens Coalition for ...Published: 28 Jun 2024 at 09:02hrs | 626 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa must come out clean, says Obbo Mandaza
Prominent academic and publisher Professor Ibbo Mandaza says Zimbabwe's main opposition leader Nelson Chamisa owes voters an explanation of what happened before, during and after last year's general e...Published: 25 Jun 2024 at 12:48hrs | 3079 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa undermined democratic principles within CCC
Welshman Ncube, interim president of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), criticized former leader Nelson Chamisa for undermining democratic principles within the opposition, which he believes has...Published: 25 Jun 2024 at 10:49hrs | 764 | by Staff reporter
'CCC struggles with Parly recognition'
Professor Welshman Ncube, acting leader of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), says the party's leadership does not have full control over its relationship with Parliament, the State, and quasi-i...Published: 24 Jun 2024 at 14:31hrs | 1811 | by Staff reporter
CCC evicted from offices
In Bulawayo, a power struggle within the opposition has intensified as the MDC, led by Douglas Mwonzora, reclaimed party offices from a faction aligned with Sengezo Tshabangu of the Citizens Coal...Published: 23 Jun 2024 at 11:19hrs | 1358 | by Staff reporter
Preparations for King Mzilikazi commemorations begin
Preparations are underway for 'Umgubho wenkosi uMzilikazi', the annual commemorations marking 156 years since the death of King Mzilikazi, founder of the Ndebele nation. The event will be held...Published: 22 Jun 2024 at 11:40hrs | 188 | by Staff reporter
'Mudenda, Tshabangu must be probed over corrupt recalls'
Former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) senator Felix Magalela Sibanda has called upon the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) to investigate Sengezo Tshabangu, the interim secretary-general...Published: 21 Jun 2024 at 11:23hrs | 312 | by Staff reporter
CCC legislators dump Chamisa
In Harare, a significant number of legislators from the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) and former allies of Nelson Chamisa publicly aligned themselves with Welshman Ncube during a National Counci...Published: 20 Jun 2024 at 07:33hrs | 764 | by Staff reporter
Welshman Ncube trashes 'strategic ambiguity'
Citizen Coalition for Change (CCC) interim leader Professor Welshman Ncube has said the party's national council has resolved to "reconstitute the party after it had swayed from its principles" under ...Published: 19 Jun 2024 at 20:35hrs | 1781 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo investigation hits stumbling block
The Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) is facing obstacles in its investigations into Wicknell Chivayo, Mike Chimombe, and Moses Mpofu for suspected money laundering. Two key suspects,...Published: 19 Jun 2024 at 07:33hrs | 1799 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans must stop blaming SADC for rigged elections and, at long last, own up to our own foolishness
"Zimbabwe is one of those countries that has benefited immensely from this "see no evil, hear no evil and say no evil" policy maintained by SADC," argued Tendai Mbofana in his recent article in Bulawa...Published: 13 Jun 2024 at 22:09hrs | 356 | by Wilbert Mukori
Chamisa’s tasteless, infantile politicking regrettable
Losing Presidential candidate, Nelson Chamisa, who is now a political orphan, for the umpteenth time chose to ridicule the man who walloped him during the 2023 Harmonised General elections, President ...Published: 10 Jun 2024 at 09:51hrs | 592 | by Tonderai Ndoro
Zwizwai was not working with Tshabangu
Opposition leaders Nelson Chamisa and Tendai Biti have defended the late Murisi Zwizwai amid controversy surrounding his recent role in parliament. Zwizwai, who passed away after a short illne...Published: 08 Jun 2024 at 20:49hrs | 743 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa hosts lavish dinner for CCC at State House
First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa hosted a lavish dinner on Friday for Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Secretary General Sengezo Tshabangu and his legislators, aiming to solidify President Emmerson Mn...Published: 06 Jun 2024 at 12:56hrs | 2473 | by Staff reporter
Senator Tshabangu's camp celebrates party funds disbursement
The faction led by Sengezo Tshabangu within the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) is celebrating the government's decision to allocate political party funds to their group. This move comes a...Published: 05 Jun 2024 at 07:16hrs | 1532 | by Staff reporter
Politicians must stop imposing women's quota reps
Political parties have been challenged to stop imposing women's quota representatives and to allow women from all sections of society to choose those that they want to represent them.The call ...Published: 04 Jun 2024 at 08:24hrs | 169 | by Stephen Jakes
Chamisa's CCC faction rebukes Tshabangu, Mudenda 'connivance'
Jameson Timba, an administrator of a faction of the Citizen Coalition for Change (CCC), strongly criticized Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda for what he perceives as biased behavior favoring anothe...Published: 03 Jun 2024 at 08:36hrs | 646 | by Staff reporter
Ex-Zanu-PF MP tears into colleagues
A member of Zanu-PF's central committee, Blessed Geza, asserted that veterans of Zimbabwe's independence struggle wield significant influence in determining the country's leadership, suggesting they h...Published: 03 Jun 2024 at 08:27hrs | 643 | by Staff reporter
CCC strife intensifies
The internal strife over parliamentary posts within the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has intensified, with factions trading accusations and criticizing Speaker Jacob Mudenda for alleged dishone...Published: 03 Jun 2024 at 08:21hrs | 350 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Tshabangu faction gets CCC political party funds
The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) faction led by Professor Welshman Ncube has secured the opposition party's share of government funds allocated under the Political Parties (Finance) Act. This r...Published: 02 Jun 2024 at 09:05hrs | 1395 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa ally dies
Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator Murisi Zwizwai has passed away.Zwizwai was a founding member of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) and a senior official in the united CCC...Published: 01 Jun 2024 at 18:04hrs | 752 | by Staff reporter
Tshabangu now leader of the opposition in Parliament
Senator Sengezo Tshabangu of Matabeleland North Province has been appointed as the Leader of the Opposition in Parliament, overseeing both the National Assembly and the Senate.The announcement...Published: 30 May 2024 at 19:24hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Sengezo Tshabangu appointed Leader of the Opposition in Parliament
Matabeleland North Province Senator Sengezo Tshabangu has been named the Leader of the Opposition in Parliament, overseeing both the National Assembly and the Senate.The announcement was made ...Published: 30 May 2024 at 17:33hrs | 2179 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Jacob Mudenda reverses Chamisa linked CCC appointments
The Speaker of the National Assembly, Advocate Jacob Mudenda, has revoked the appointments of legislators from the CCC to various parliamentary committees. This decision comes after it was observed th...Published: 30 May 2024 at 08:29hrs | 297 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe invited to observe SA elections
THE South African chapter of the Anti-Corruption Trust of Southern Africa (ACT SA) has expressed concern over the African National Congress government's decision to invite Zanu PF and the Zimbab...Published: 27 May 2024 at 10:07hrs | 586 | by Staff reporter
Tshabangu stirs controversy again
Sengezo Tshabangu, the interim secretary-general of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), has once again stirred controversy by recalling three CCC councillors from Matabeleland North.The Z...Published: 25 May 2024 at 11:43hrs | 1504 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala's camp unmoved by arrest threats
Former legislator Job Sikhala's National Democratic Working Group (NDWG) remains undeterred by threats against its leader following his critical speech at the Geneva Human Rights and Democracy Summit....Published: 22 May 2024 at 09:29hrs | 224 | by Staff reporter
Recalls immersed in Zanu-PF dark world of power
ACADEMIC and researcher Dr Phillan Zamchiya says recalls of CCC legislators by self-imposed secretary-general Sengezo Tshabangu which resulted in Zanu-PF attaining a two-thirds majority in the Nationa...Published: 19 May 2024 at 11:50hrs | 193 | by Staff reporter
Tshabangu Senator's wife deregistered by Law Society
The Law Society has officially revoked the registration of Doreen Vundhla Phulu, the spouse of Senator Kacaca Phulu, who was appointed by Sengezo Tshabangu. Richard Chidza, the spokesperson for the La...Published: 18 May 2024 at 12:01hrs | 1543 | by Staff reporter
Independent candidates ride on Chamisa's coattails
INDEPENDENT candidates for Mount Pleasant and Harare East constituencies in the capital are rallying voters to support former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa by voting them i...Published: 15 Apr 2024 at 06:05hrs | 1094 | by Staff reporter
Biti dumps CCC
FORMER Finance minister and Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) co-vice-president Tendai Biti, has dumped the main opposition political party saying he is taking a sabbatical away from politics as he ...Published: 10 Apr 2024 at 06:05hrs | 3780 | by Staff reporter
Military blocks Mnangagwa third term?
Zimbabwean Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga and the military's post-election political strategy blocked President Emmerson Mnangagwa's third-term ambitions.This forced him to come out clean...Published: 08 Apr 2024 at 21:10hrs | 6227 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says he will not be running for a third term in office
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has stated unequivocally that he will not seek a third term in office, adhering to the provisions of the Zimbabwean Constitution.Currently serving his second and f...Published: 08 Apr 2024 at 18:54hrs | 790 | by Staff reporter
Has Chamisa been bought?
IN early 2008, Simba Makoni, with the covert but obvious backing of the late powerful ex-general, Solomon Mujuru, sprung up to the podium and made the brave announcement to stand against Robert Mugabe...Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 10:28hrs | 643 | by Tawanda Majoni
Chamisa allies stampede for Blue movement positions
Politicians aligned to former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) opposition leader Nelson Chamisa are said to be jostling for positions in their yet-to-be unveiled movement as efforts are being made ...Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 15:22hrs | 1922 | by Staff reporter
CCC hara-kiri
WHEN Nelson Chamisa stepped down as Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader, the social media streets were full of comments pressuring MPs to resign as a block in solidarity with their leader....Published: 30 Mar 2024 at 13:42hrs | 401 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
CCC youths arrested assaulting Beitbridge mayor
SEVEN Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) youths were arrested in Beitbridge for allegedly ganging up and assaulting the town's deputy mayor, Councillor John Manatsa whom they accused of sympathising ...Published: 27 Mar 2024 at 06:36hrs | 280 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa supporters removed from CCC office
The Bulawayo High Court has granted an application by the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) represented by Sengezo Tshabangu to remove Nelson Chamisa and his alleged supporters from the party's Bula...Published: 26 Mar 2024 at 07:13hrs | 1538 | by Staff reporter
Tshabangu, CCC differ on govt projects
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) interim secretary-general Sengezo Tshabangu says his party will support all government programmes, but colleagues in the party think otherwise.In an intervi...Published: 25 Mar 2024 at 07:53hrs | 2812 | by Staff reporter
4 CCC factions tussle for political party funds
Four factions of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) are locked in an intense fight for the party's share of funds that are disbursed by the Government under the Political Parties (Finance) Act....Published: 24 Mar 2024 at 14:55hrs | 418 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa faction losses Bulawayo offices to Tshabangu
The Bulawayo High Court has granted an application by the Citizens Coalition for Change party represented by Sengezo Tshabangu for the ejectment of supporters of Nelson Chamisa from its Bulawayo offic...Published: 23 Mar 2024 at 20:34hrs | 2737 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's Kidwell Mujuru challenges CCC candidate in court
FORMER Zanu-PF councillor for Ward 6 in Cowdray Park suburb, Kidwell Mujuru, has filed an urgent High Court application challenging the election and christening thereafter of Mr Nkosilathi Mpofu as co...Published: 21 Mar 2024 at 08:45hrs | 488 | by Staff reporter
EXCLUSIVE: Jameson Timba; Chibaya to wrestle CCC from Welshman Ncube...as Chamisa plots comeback
Nelson Chamisa’s lieutenants led by Jameson Timba are this Friday expected to set in motion their "Blue Movement Moments" working plan whose first phase is wrestling the party from the Welshman Ncub...Published: 21 Mar 2024 at 08:11hrs | 3158 | by George Tshuma
The Chemist Siziba and Oasis bar story
It is hard to find a patron who would mostly and consistently drink in one bar for 44 years - a whole generation; a lifetime.Yet Chemist Siziba, a local businessman and socialite, did. Before ...Published: 14 Mar 2024 at 17:01hrs | 1944 | by Staff reporter
Tshabangu faction lays claim to government 'windfall'
CITIZEN Coalition of Change (CCC) self-imposed interim secretary-general Sengezo Tshabangu's faction has written to the government requesting for the disbursement of a "windfall" due to the party unde...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 05:09hrs | 2798 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa turns to Tshabangu's CCC structures
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa's Blue Movement is using Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) structures to mobilise support amid concerns by political analysts that the organisation might just face t...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 04:55hrs | 5196 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF wins 2 council by-elections
Zanu-PF has won Harare Ward 36 and Chinhoyi Ward 4 after defeating opposition candidates in Saturday by-elections.The Harare Municipality by-election was necessitated by the recall of former c...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 04:50hrs | 269 | by Staff reporter
People will follow Chamisa everywhere he goes
Former MDC Alliance and the Citizens Coalition for Change Organizing Secretary Amos Chibaya has claimed that Zimbabweans do not follow political parties but people.Chibaya who was speaking to ...Published: 09 Mar 2024 at 10:42hrs | 2515 | by Staff reporter
Tshabangu and Chamisa battle over CCC party offices, court reserves judgement
The Bulawayo High Court has reserved judgement in a case involving the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) and Sengezo Tshabangu posing as its Interim Secretary General seeking spoliation damages from...Published: 09 Mar 2024 at 10:39hrs | 499 | by Staff reporter
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