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Police assault 3 journalists at MDC office
The Media Institute of Southern Africa has reported that three journalists were assaulted by police at the MDC Alliance HQ in Harare, Zimbabwe where leader Nelson Chamisa was scheduled to give his&nbs...Published: 7 hrs ago | 2557 | by Mandla Ndlovu
No Chamisa, Mnangagwa talks anytime soon
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa will not enter into dialogue with his arch-rival President Emmerson Mnangagwa as long as Zanu PF keeps on scoffing at the opposition party's preconditions, an MDC executive h...Published: 14 hrs ago | 2502 | by Staff reporter
We are stuck in a (Zanu PF and MDC) 'man-made crisis' - they cannot be man-made solution too
"For months now, we have been asking our African brothers and sisters to look into the man-made governance crisis in Zimbabwe and help us restore the dignity of citizens," said MDC President, Nelson C...Published: 14 hrs ago | 525 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
2008 violence haunts Zanu-PF officials
THE ghost of the 2008 violence ridden election has returned to haunt a Zanu-PF Councilor, a headman and eight other party activists who unleashed a reign of terror in rural Zaka at the height of the e...Published: 19 Nov 2019 at 20:36hrs | 933 | by newzimbabwe
Chamisa to address Zimbabweans tomorrow at MDC offices
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa will address Zimbabweans at the Morgan Tsvangirai House after the police banned his planned address at the Africa Unity Square. Addressing the media MDC Spokesperson ...Published: 19 Nov 2019 at 17:18hrs | 2474 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa's Africa Unity Square signal blocked
Police yesterday banned MDC president Nelson Chamisa's Hope for the Nation Address scheduled for Africa Unity Square in Harare, tomorrow. In a letter written to Chamisa, the police said they f...Published: 19 Nov 2019 at 06:01hrs | 3647 | by Staff reporter
Behold the 4th Chimurenga!
We do no not seek to dispense ourselves from the past. We are a product of our past. We do not seek to despise our fore bearers because we are where we are because of them. We are part of the revoluti...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 13:15hrs | 5097 | by Ntokozo Msipha
Zimbabweans reject further military coups, but demand genuine electoral reforms to freely choose own leaders
If there is anything that Zimbabweans should have regrettably learnt the hard way, over the past years, is never to support or celebrate ZANU PF internal factional fighting, especially when this culmi...Published: 18 Nov 2019 at 09:25hrs | 4877 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chamisa advised to cooperate with Mnangagwa
WITH President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government slowly, but surely closing the democratic space by banning most of the opposition MDC's activities, including demonstrations and rallies, analysts have s...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 20:00hrs | 7974 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa to give signal
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa will on Wednesday make an address to the nation from Harare's Africa Unity Square in what could be a test to police, who are being accused of effectively banning the oppositi...Published: 17 Nov 2019 at 06:02hrs | 4783 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere to form Grand Government of National Unity (GGNU) in 2023
PRETORIA/HARARE - Former Zanu PF political commissar and cabinet minister, Saviour Kasukuwere, is plotting to form a Grand Government of National Unity (GGNU), if he wins the country's 2023 presidenti...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 07:43hrs | 9965 | by Mary-Kate Kahari/Malvin Motsi
MDC should decisively deal with internal violence
IT is disturbing to note the current developments in MDC Alliance whereby the internally organised violence is perpetually shifting away from the founding values of the party. The unrest brought by th...Published: 15 Nov 2019 at 06:27hrs | 148 | by Senator James Makore
MDC to launch online membership system
The MDC is working on a system that will allow potential member to apply via an online portal if they cannot travel to a nearby branch or office to purchase the membership card, the MDC Secretary Gene...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 07:47hrs | 1193 | by Mandla Ndlovu
MDC asking Zanu PF to implement reforms - Zanu PF does not need to and will not
It is pleasing that MDC Alliance National Executive Council (NEC) has finally woken up to the reality that Zimbabwe will never ever have free, fair and credible elections without first implementing ge...Published: 14 Nov 2019 at 07:40hrs | 1149 | by Nomusa Garikai
Chamisa allies go for the kill
Former MDC secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora is under the cosh within the country's main opposition, with the party revealing yesterday that it would initiate disciplinary proceedings against him tha...Published: 12 Nov 2019 at 08:35hrs | 10021 | by Staff reporter
The source of the Zimbabwean people's misery
All of Zimbabwe is talking about the US sanctions and depending where you come down on the political divide you will have different views on it.Everyone knows the current economic reality faci...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 11:29hrs | 1774 | by Chipochashe Mariga
Chamisa, Mwonzora supporters clash at party HQ
At least four people were seriously injured at Morgan Tsvangirai House, the MDC-Alliance headquarters in Harare, in ugly intra-party violence pitting supporters aligned to leader Mr Nelson Chamisa and...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 06:50hrs | 5756 | by Staff reporter
Police ban MDC rally
Police yesterday banned an MDC rally that was set to be held in Mabvuku, Harare, resulting in the opposition party vowing not to notify the law enforcement agency of future activities. This is...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 06:49hrs | 3821 | by Staff reporter
Violence rocks Chamisa MDC
The divisions that have been ripping apart the MDC since its much-respected founding leader Morgan Tsvangirai died from colon cancer in February last year are showing no signs of letting up. T...Published: 11 Nov 2019 at 06:48hrs | 2323 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's knives out for Mwonzora
AN MDC National Executive Council meeting on Saturday was almost disrupted by skirmishes allegedly planned by former secretary general Douglas Mwonzora in the Central Business District with three peop...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 21:39hrs | 4532 | by newzimbabwe
Mnangagwa's govt draws fire over currency
The government has been accused of fuelling economic instability through inconsistent currency reforms and too many regulations.Zimbabwe ended a decade of dollarisation in June and readopted t...Published: 10 Nov 2019 at 08:52hrs | 2820 | by Staff reporter
China tells Zimbabwe President to resign or retire
This article was first published on Spotlight Zimbabwe. PARIS/CAPE TOWN - President Emmerson Mnangagwa, has all...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 07:41hrs | 62671 | by Itai Mushekwe/Mary-Kate Kahari
Chamisa's MPs join the Zanu-PF gravy train
MDC Alliance MPs who went to Parliament on a pro-poor campaign ticket were this week part of hundreds of parliamentarians who blew $5 million at the resort town of Victoria Falls in the name of pre-bu...Published: 08 Nov 2019 at 05:01hrs | 1104 | by Sibanengi Dube
Is Chamisa a dictator in the making?
Dictators are not born but created by 'we the people' due to political, economic, and social conditions obtaining in a country. In dire economic and political situations, 'we the people' are desperate...Published: 06 Nov 2019 at 22:09hrs | 2588 | by Lovemore Sibanda Ph.D.
Khupe loses ConCourt challenge
THE Constitutional Court has dismissed Dr Thokozani Khupe's application challenging her expulsion from Parliament in April last year.Dr Khupe, who was the MDC-T Proportional Representation Mem...Published: 06 Nov 2019 at 17:57hrs | 2919 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora targeted by MDC's paramilitary group the Vanguard
MDC-Alliance deputy secretary for external relations Mr Douglas Mwonzora has slammed divisions in the opposition outfit, saying they were counterproductive. Mr Mwonzora, who is being targeted ...Published: 06 Nov 2019 at 11:30hrs | 542 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa exposed
I walked in the hospital ward in one of our main hospitals in Zimbabwe. The stench of death enveloped the corridors. There was no nurse insight no doctor insight either. I entered into one ward nobody...Published: 05 Nov 2019 at 19:36hrs | 14322 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
The case for a Logan Act in Zimbabwe
During the run up to the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Anti-Sanctions Day held on 25 October 2019, Zimbabwe witnessed frenzied activity especially on the social media with the American...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 14:03hrs | 1404 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Chamisa allies in fresh push to expel Mwonzora from MDC
AS DIVISIONS continue to ravage the MDC over how to tackle President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zanu-PF, as well as its simmering leadership tussles, former party secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora says h...Published: 04 Nov 2019 at 12:04hrs | 5416 | by Staff reporter
US, Zimbabwe rift widens
Foreign Affairs minister Sibusiso Moyo's threat to expel United States ambassador to Zimbabwe Brian Nichols following a row over sanctions has put the country's efforts to re-engage Washington in jeop...Published: 03 Nov 2019 at 06:56hrs | 6707 | by Staff reporter
Alex Magaisa defends MDC Alliance MPs
Academic and former special advisor to the late Morgan Tsvangirai, Dr Alex Magaisa has come to the defence of MDC Alliance MPS who have been attacked for being part of government extravagant spending ...Published: 01 Nov 2019 at 17:24hrs | 2828 | by Staff Reporter
'Zanu PF leaders are clueless' - established this 20 years ago, ask why they're still in power
"It is time that President Emmerson Mnangagwa and finance Mthuli Ncube wake up to reality. Both Leaders do not have a strategic and plausible solution to the economic problems prevailing in Zimbabwe. ...Published: 31 Oct 2019 at 10:40hrs | 2097 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
When a dead Zimbabwe president attracts more people than a current president - it's time for serious introspection
The past two months in Zimbabwe have been characterised by very notable events - some of which stood out more than others - but, what I found outstanding was the general public's reaction to the death...Published: 30 Oct 2019 at 11:36hrs | 6691 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zanu-PF has been hijacked: War vets
A GROUP of war veterans yesterday formed a splinter group, accusing Zanu-PF, President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) of failing the country ...Published: 29 Oct 2019 at 07:03hrs | 5887 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu an anti sanctions hero?
Obert Mpofu is a man who makes headlines and probably the biggest political character and player in Matebeleland. In his capacity as Secretary for Administration in ZANU PF, Obert Mpofu is the m...Published: 28 Oct 2019 at 08:32hrs | 10094 | by Nicholas Ncube
Sanctions are a blunt instrument
On Friday the SADC region as a whole mounted a coordinated protest against the European and American targeted sanctions against Zimbabwe. I am a veteran of the UN Mandatory Sanctions program mounted a...Published: 27 Oct 2019 at 19:40hrs | 1904 | by Eddie Cross
The Country's biggest Fraud
"Who can ever forget that a whole Mugabe and his government were shaken by a lone and few Dzamara followers sitting in Africa unity gardens vowing not to eat until Mugabe finds time off his busy sched...Published: 27 Oct 2019 at 11:33hrs | 2892 | by Robert Sigauke, Political Commentator, Cape Town
Countries ponder laws against calling for sanctions
THE illegal sanctions imposed on the country by some Western countries from the turn of the new millennium have in no doubt impacted negatively on the economy and the livehoods of people, with estimat...Published: 27 Oct 2019 at 09:53hrs | 674 | by Staff reporter
'Mgagao Declaration changed political dynamics'
The bid by nationalist leaders to negotiate with Ian Smith around 1976 did not go well with freedom fighters. As such, these efforts led to the emergence of power dynamics that saw Robert Mugabe posit...Published: 27 Oct 2019 at 09:50hrs | 857 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa was unconstitutionally appointed
Ashell Mutungura the lawyer representing MDC's Gokwe Sesame district secretary Elias Mashavira, who was not invited to the MDC-T congress, submitted that the High Court did not err when it made a deci...Published: 25 Oct 2019 at 10:10hrs | 5752 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Khupe fight: Judgment reserved
THE muddled fight between MDC leader Nelson Chamisa and his arch-rival MDC-T president Thokozani Khupe was yesterday put on ice after the Supreme Court reserved judgment in a case where the two are ba...Published: 25 Oct 2019 at 09:42hrs | 1006 | by Staff reporter
Khupe to elbow out Chamisa from MDC
MDC-T president Thokozani Khupe has intensified efforts to elbow out MDC president Nelson Chamisa after urging the Supreme Court to recognise the party structures that existed in 2014 when the opposit...Published: 25 Oct 2019 at 09:36hrs | 1947 | by Staff reporter
'Police to plant weapons at MDC's Harvest House'
MDC Deputy Spokesperson Luke Tamborinyoka has alleged that members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police were planning to plant weapons at the Morgan Richard Tsvangirai House. Said Tamborinyoka, "We...Published: 23 Oct 2019 at 12:32hrs | 5301 | by Mandla Ndlovu
ZIDERA was never about democracy
As Zimbabwe, and its SADC counterparts, initiate the anti-sanctions lobby as a collective on October 25, 2019, it is trite that the real reason for the imposition of illegal sanctions on the country a...Published: 23 Oct 2019 at 05:53hrs | 597 | by Philemon Mutedzi
Life-size statue in honour of Tsvangirai
THE MDC will erect a life-size sculpture at the party's headquarters in Harare in honour of its founding president - the late Morgan Tsvangirai - before the end of the year, the party's secretary-gene...Published: 22 Oct 2019 at 13:00hrs | 5783 | by Staff writer
Chamisa warned against spies
Respected human rights lawyer Dr Pedzisai Ruhanya has advised MDC Alliance president Advocate Nelson Chamisa to be wary of surrounding himself with Zanu-PF spies and vigorously vet those that he appoi...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 16:05hrs | 6699 | by Ndou Paul
Chamisa says, 'it's not about me'
OPPOSITION MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has called on all Zimbabweans reeling under the yoke of Zanu PF's maladministration to rally behind his party's call for wholesale political, electoral and economi...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 15:06hrs | 2116 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe de-dollarisation is in tatters and with no political shift, no bailout' says expert
Most of us know that Zimbabwe is in serious economic and political trouble. It is only from reading expert analysis that one can start to comprehend the seriousness of our situation. Tony Hawkins a pr...Published: 21 Oct 2019 at 08:59hrs | 3609 | by Wilbert Mukori
Khupe scores against Chamisa again
THE Supreme Court has upheld position by MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe who argued she had the right to challenge former party rival, Nelson Chamisa's appeal.Chamisa suffered a blow in May this ...Published: 20 Oct 2019 at 23:55hrs | 12785 | by newzimbabwe
The retrogressive nature of Zimbabwe's power politics: 2008-2018
This article seeks to highlight the bad side of power politics drawing examples from two major political parties namely the Zimbabwe African National Union for Patriotic Front (Zanu PF) and the Moveme...Published: 19 Oct 2019 at 07:20hrs | 1349 | by Tatenda freeman Murenjekwa
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