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The idea of Zimbabwe and Matabeleland question
I think the best way to understand the present day manifestations and character of Matebeleland politics is to situate them properly historically and politically within the broader terrain of the deve...Published: 29 Mar 2025 at 17:01hrs | 2187 | by Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni
By-elections to provide ‘hint of what is to come' in 2023
ON Thursday at an open field in Epworth,17km (11 miles) outside the Zimbabwean capital Harare, a crowd of people in yellow T-shirts and caps waved flags emblazoned with the youthful face of Zimbabwe's...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 18:29hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mandipaka prepares for a Zanu-PF rematch in Buhera West
Former Chief Police Spokesperson and MP for Buhera West Oliver Mandipaka has started activities in the constituency he lost three years ago with word rife that he wants a comeback in 2023.Buhe...Published: 18 Sep 2021 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora's chances (breaking the bi-partisan Zim politics)
A lot has been said and unsaid concerning the squabbles that have been befalling the once strong and vibrant opposition under the leadership of MR Tsvangirai since the supreme court ruling that nullif...Published: 11 Jan 2021 at 16:15hrs | | by Kumbirai Stein Chivhuna
NERA officially dead, ZCTU is Partisan
The National Electoral Reform Agenda NERA crafted by Morgan Tsvangirai's party MDC-T is fake and dead after partners realised that it was ann Mdct stupid strategy to built a dubious coalition and prom...Published: 28 Feb 2016 at 11:49hrs | 1 | by Gugugu Magorira
Will Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga be recalled?
AS 21 MPs elected to the Eighth Parliament on an MDC-T ticket were given the boot yesterday after their sponsoring party recalled them for forming the rival United MDC, uneasy lay the heads that wore...Published: 18 Mar 2015 at 05:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-Renewal complain Zanu-PF infighting has left them 'in limbo'
Mrs Sekai Holland, a senior MDC-Renewal leader, complained about the infighting tiring Zanu-PF apart because it has left her party "in limbo" as what to do. Well that sure takes the biscuit; how incom...Published: 26 Jan 2015 at 08:54hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
MDC formations in row over indaba
A war of words has broken out between opposition MDC factions over the convening of an indaba to seek ways of resolving the country's social, economic and political crisis.Just 24 hours after ...Published: 12 Jan 2015 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai's MDC-T goes to ConCourt
THE Morgan Tsvangirai-led MDC-T will approach the Constitutional Court appealing against parliament's rejection of its demands to withdraw 18 MPs until a competent judicial ruling determines who are t...Published: 16 Nov 2014 at 14:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
The rise, fall of Nelson Chamisa
ONLY a year ago Nelson Chamisa, the outgoing Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) national organising secretary, was riding high, with all the promise of a young turk with nowhere to go but up. ...Published: 06 Nov 2014 at 10:18hrs | 4 | by Maggie Mzumara
Biti to recruit more members in Bulawayo
THE MDC Renewal Team's national executive will be in Bulawayo on Saturday to strengthen its structures and recruit more members in the province as the country's main opposition party inexorably heads ...Published: 03 Jul 2014 at 05:36hrs | 3 | by Pamela Shumba
ZTV revel in Tsvangirai's woes - Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueax76CE2Ao&feature=youtu.beConfusion continued to dog the opposition MDC-T factional fight with two conflicting processes yesterday taking place at the same t...Published: 28 Jun 2014 at 20:47hrs | | 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 | 4 | 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
MDC to abolish open palm symbol
MDC Renewal Team led by Tendai Biti is set to rebrand the party by discarding the traditional open palm symbol and adopting orange as its official colour among a host of new features to be embraced be...Published: 26 Jun 2014 at 07:57hrs | | by Zvamaida Murwira and Nyemudzai Kakore
MDC-T is factionalism personified
The purported acrimony heating up along factional lines within ZANU PF is just but a figment of the not so inspired imagination of the opposition MDC T party. Any democratic political institution ...Published: 18 Jun 2014 at 12:29hrs | | by Caitlin Kamba
Tsvangirai's MDC to hold primary elections
THE MDC-T has said it will soon hold primary elections to elect new candidates in constituencies held by lawmakers who are members of the breakaway renewal team as fighting between the two factions e...Published: 17 Jun 2014 at 04:04hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Key MDC T official dumps Tsvangirai
MDC T Manicaland Province Treasurer Brian James has immediately resigned from the Morgan Tsvangirai led troubled party.In a letter written to Tsvangirai over the weekend James announced hi...Published: 08 Jun 2014 at 23:59hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
MDC-T's Gorden Moyo to announce 'shocking news'
The position of the MDC-T provincial chairperson for Bulawayo, Gorden Moyo - who went on a sabbatical at the height of infighting in his party comes under the spotlight this weekend when his executive...Published: 05 Jun 2014 at 17:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai faction victorious in property fight
THE MDC-T faction led by party leader Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday won the fight to retain party assets after Mutare magistrate dismissed the matter in which a rival faction fronted by “expelled" sec...Published: 04 Jun 2014 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff Reporter
MDC-T Guardian Council equally confused
Efforts to bring together the breakaway MDC Team led by Tendai Biti and the MDC-T faction led by Morgan Tsvangirai will not add any value to the opposition politics as the so called "Guardian Council"...Published: 29 May 2014 at 12:17hrs | 3 | by Peacemaker Zano
Its now Chamisa vs (ailing) Tsvangirai
Reliable sources within the Morgan Tsvangirai led MDC T indicate that the party's feuds are taking a new direction with a new battle arising between irate party Organising Secretary Nelson Chamisa com...Published: 29 May 2014 at 08:29hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
'Fight through democracy and not mobocracy,' Tsvangirai told
MDC-T heavyweight and former organising secretary Elias Mudzuri has challenged party leader Morgan Tsvangirai to fight for his leadership survival through democratic means and not through "mobocracy...Published: 29 May 2014 at 08:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai faction doctored MDC-T Guardian report
INTERNAL fights within the MDC-T have taken a new twist with the chairperson of the party's Guardian Council Sekai Holland yesterday making sensational allegations that she was intimidated by "militia...Published: 24 May 2014 at 14:21hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T factions on edge over Gorden Moyo
MDC-T factions are at the edge of the seat over Makokoba legislator and Bulawayo party provincial chairperson Gorden Moyo as he has not come out clean on which group he will join after the end of his...Published: 20 May 2014 at 09:53hrs | | by Staff Reporter
MDC T the weakest link
The Morgan Tsvangirai led MDC T and its rebellious leadership renewal probing MDC Team last night proved to be the weakest link in Zimbabwean political parties discords at a Bulawayo Agenda public...Published: 16 May 2014 at 14:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Discord in Zimbabwean political parties: The way forward! Bulawayo and Gwanda discuss
Bulawayo Agenda and its affiliate Gwanda Agenda will today (Thursday) and Saturday bring together members of the public into a discussion forum to discuss the future of Zimbabwean politics in the ...Published: 15 May 2014 at 16:15hrs | 2 | by Bulawayo Agenda
MDC-T proceeding with recalling Biti and other 'rebels'
The MDC led by Morgan Tsvangirai is proceeding with recalling its expelled Secretary General, Tendai Biti and other party Members of Parliament who rebelled to form the Renewal Team.A statemen...Published: 11 May 2014 at 09:38hrs | | by STaff reporter
Speaker's ruling in favour of Renewal Team
Tafara ShumbaThe ruling passed by the speaker of Parliament, Advocate Jacob Mudenda is not in favour of Tsvangirai faction as Douglas Mwonzora wants us to believe. Tsvangirai faction wante...Published: 09 May 2014 at 12:51hrs | | by Tafara Shumba
Strive Masiyiwa to lead Biti's Renewal Party?
The MDC-T faction pushing for leadership renewal is reportedly hunting for a charismatic figure to lead a splinter group from the mainstream party led by Morgan Tsvangirai.Zimbabwean civil so...Published: 09 May 2014 at 06:42hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mudenda tells MDC-T factions to 'Go to court'
The Speaker of the National Assembly, Honourable Jacob Mudenda, says the letters presented to him by the warring MDC-T factions regarding recalling some members of the party from Parliament can only b...Published: 08 May 2014 at 19:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
How Biti caught Tsvangirai flat footed
"WE are going to do it differently from Welshman (Ncube) and others… We will get them out," one of the key members of the leadership renewal team in the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) told ...Published: 08 May 2014 at 08:41hrs | | by Maggie Mzumara and Ray Ndlovu
MDC-T holds provincial polls in Masvingo
Following the suspension and expulsion of provincial executives aligned to the renewal team, MDC-Tsvangirai faction has rushed to conduct provincial elections in Masvingo to fill up the gaps on 4 ...Published: 07 May 2014 at 14:22hrs | 1 | by Tafara Shumba
Parly ruling on MDC-T wrangle in two days
The Speaker of the National Assembly, Advocate Jacob Mudenda says he will make a ruling in the next two days on the MDC-T dispute which has spilled into parliament.The MDC-T is embattled in a ...Published: 06 May 2014 at 17:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T sends begging bowl to party supporters
MDC-T has taken its begging bowl to party supporters as donors turn their backs on the faction ridden movement. Top officials from the Morgan Tsvangirai faction, most of whom were suspende...Published: 06 May 2014 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
The MDC-T on the verge of implosion and explosion
The recent events in the political arena in Zimbabwe have left many disappointed, dejected and without hope. Many had pinned their hopes on the MDCT and Mr Tsvangirai on removing Mr Robert Mugabe ...Published: 03 May 2014 at 12:23hrs | | by Thulani Nkala
Paranoia grips MDC-Tsvangirai
The paranoiac MDC-T faction led by Morgan Tsvangirai continues to drag everyone in its internal dissension. Douglas Mwonzora, the faction spokesperson accused Zanu Pf, Welshman Ncube and the intel...Published: 02 May 2014 at 12:51hrs | | by Tafara Shumba
MDC-T fight over assets escalates
As the MDC-T fight over assets escalates, MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai has directed all the party’s provincial assemblies to hide party assets in control of their faction, at the same time seeking...Published: 02 May 2014 at 10:28hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Tsvangirai faction only owns Harvest House
MDC-T factions are heading for another showdown over the party's property across the country, among them headquarters Harvest House in central Harare, as the leadership battle between President ...Published: 01 May 2014 at 19:04hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
'Expelled MDC-T MPs must be assured that their seats are safe'
Suspensions and expulsions by MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai and his secretary-general Tendai Biti this week have created a leadership vacuum in the opposition party, with both factions seemingly...Published: 01 May 2014 at 07:20hrs | | by Tendai Mugabe and Lloyd Gumbo
'Even if Tsvangirai approaches the courts he will lose'
The MDC first secretary-general, Professor Welshman Ncube, says the leadership wrangles in the MDC-T are a result of Morgan Tsvangirai's lack of leadership qualities.He said it is highly likel...Published: 30 Apr 2014 at 15:18hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Tsvangirai circus: Zanu-PF pleads innocence
Zanu-PF has dismissed claims by the Morgan Tsvangirai faction that the revolutionary party is responsible for internal infighting which has resulted in the on-going split circus.The Zanu-PF Se...Published: 30 Apr 2014 at 10:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T Midlands executive pledges support to Tsvangirai
AS the drama in the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) over the control of the party continues to unfold, the party's Midlands South executive has pledged its support to party leader, Morgan Tsvan...Published: 30 Apr 2014 at 07:16hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'Courts will uphold Tsvangirai's suspension'
Analysts have described the divisions in the MDC which saw rebels "suspending" party leader Morgan Tsvangirai and other members of the top hierarchy on Saturday as a game where there were no winners o...Published: 28 Apr 2014 at 20:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai suspension 'above board'
There are English terms that Zimbabweans have been bombarded with lately, as the two MDC-T factions battle for control of the party - terms like 'bogus meetings', 'resolutions taken are illegal', the ...Published: 28 Apr 2014 at 17:12hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T forces members to fund party
THE cash-strapped Morgan Tsvangirai-led MDC has resorted to forcing its members to bankroll its activities, including paying workers who have not been paid since it lost the July 31 elections to Pres...Published: 24 Apr 2014 at 16:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T executives trade accusations of trying to topple Tsvangirai
MDC-T is literally on fire in Masvingo as officials in the faction-riddled provincial executive trade accusations of trying to topple party leader Morgan Tsvangirai among many other issues.Som...Published: 16 Apr 2014 at 06:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai faction boots out more 'dissidents'
An MDC youth assembly group aligned to party leader Morgan Tsvangirai's faction took the rampaging internal purge against dissent into party's youth assembly with the suspension of secretary general P...Published: 31 Mar 2014 at 09:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai's MDC in a bid to oust Gorden Moyo?
The state media on Sunday reported that factionalism and infighting that is threatening the survival of MDC-T has reportedly escalated in Bulawayo with provincial executive members moving a motion fo...Published: 30 Mar 2014 at 08:24hrs | | by Vusumuzi Dube
MDC-T heart, soul scales boiling point
THE MDC-T this week edged closer to yet another split as the acrimonious fall-out between party leader Morgan Tsvangirai and secretary-general Tendai Biti seems to have reached a point of no retur...Published: 14 Mar 2014 at 08:10hrs | 2 | by Owen Gagare/Herbert Moyo
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