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MDC Alliance: Old wine in new wineskins? Coalitions, Congresses And Constitutions
The Supreme Court ruling on the MDC leadership wrangle sparked a national debate on parties, constitutions and congresses.This post adds to that debate by answering ten (10) questions which as...Published: 4 mins ago | 5 | by Staff reporter
Welshman orders Mwonzora, Mudzuri, Komichi to resign as MDC Alliance Senators
MDC senior officials, Morgen Komichi, Elias Mudzuri and Douglas Mwonzora have been ordered to resign from their senatorial positions for openly associating themselves with a recent court order that in...Published: 15 mins ago | 77 | by newzimbabwe
Mwonzora, Chamisa fight over MDC HQ
A BATTLE to control MDC headquarters Morgan Richard Tsvangirai House, formely Harvest House, has erupted between factions of the party headed by dethroned president Nelson Chamisa and reinstated secre...Published: 18 hrs ago | 2580 | by Staff reporter
Welshman Ncube, Biti must shut up: Norman Mpofu
Former MDC legislator for Bulilima East Norman Mpofu has told MDC Alliance Presidents Welshman Ncube and Tendai Biti to shut up on the squabbles between their leader Nelson Chamisa and MDC-T leader Th...Published: 08 Apr 2020 at 08:25hrs | 3772 | by Stephen Jakes
MDC-T stopped 'Young Dictator' Chamisa from winning 2018 election
FORMER MDC-T Vice President Obert Gutu says his political outfit only contested the 2018 national elections to block MDC Alliance presidential candidate, Nelson Chamisa from winning the plebiscite....Published: 08 Apr 2020 at 08:07hrs | 612 | by Staff reporter
MDC bigwigs accused of disinformation
Reinstated MDC-T national chairman Mr Morgan Komichi has said MDC-Alliance was an electoral bloc formed among seven opposition political parties for the 2018 elections with no legal standing to recall...Published: 08 Apr 2020 at 07:48hrs | 622 | by Staff reporter
Khupe to launch MDC-T congress preparations soon after lockdown
THOKOZANI Khupe will convene her inaugural MDC-T national council meeting in preparation of a party congress using the party's 2014 structures soon after the 21-day national lockdown.Last week...Published: 08 Apr 2020 at 07:46hrs | 556 | by newzimbabwe
Chamisa's legitimacy explained
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa had the legitimate right to contest as the MDC Alliance Presidential candidate it has emerged. Political analyst and Constitutional lawyer Shephard Dube told this rep...Published: 07 Apr 2020 at 19:55hrs | 9705 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa, Khupe told to find each other
REINSTATED MDC organising secretary Abednico Bhebhe, pictured, has called on rival claimants to the opposition party's presidency, Nelson Chamisa and Thokozani Khupe, to find each other and strive to ...Published: 07 Apr 2020 at 18:40hrs | 2727 | by Staff reporter
MDC MPs facing a tough choice
SITTING MDC legislators and councillors are facing a tough choice after the party group which has embraced the recent Supreme Court ruling that dethroned Nelson Chamisa from power warned yesterday tha...Published: 07 Apr 2020 at 18:39hrs | 4795 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa faction claims control of MDC HQ
Leader of the disputed MDC Alliance Youth Assembly National, Tererai Obey Sithole on Tuesday was seen opening the doors of the Morgan Richard Tsvangirai House.The Supreme-Court abolished party...Published: 07 Apr 2020 at 18:08hrs | 1608 | by Staff reporter
'Nothing can sanitise Chamisa's illegal transgressions' says Chamboko - Hear! Hear!
Dear Moses Chamboko, Thank you very much for your sober analysis of the recent Supreme Court judgement on the legality of Chamisa's takeover of the MDC-T following Tsvangirai's death. The fact...Published: 07 Apr 2020 at 15:04hrs | 2194 | by Wilbert Mukori
Ex-Tsvangirai aide attacks MDC officials for resisting Supreme Court ruling
MAXWELL Shumba, a former chief strategist to the now late MDC founding president, Morgan Tsvangirai, has labelled senior MDC Alliance officials and their supporters a disappointment for dismissing a r...Published: 07 Apr 2020 at 08:09hrs | 1483 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora, Komichi terms of office expired in November 2019, claims Welshman Ncube
DOUGLAS Mwonzora and Morgen Komichi cannot claim to be the leaders of the MDC-T as their terms of office expired in November 2019, MDC Alliance vice president Welshman Ncube has claimed.Senior...Published: 07 Apr 2020 at 08:09hrs | 955 | by Staff reporter
'Tsvangirai ignored Chamisa appointment advice,' says Magaisa
THE former advisor to late MDC president Mr Morgan Tsvangirai has revealed that his ex-boss in 2016 ignored advice on the illegality of the appointment of Mr Nelson Chamisa and Engineer Elias Mudzuri ...Published: 07 Apr 2020 at 08:08hrs | 1858 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora takes charge, locks up MDC HQ
MDC-T secretary-general Mr Douglas Mwonzora yesterday claimed to have taken charge of the opposition party's affairs and locked up the party's headquarters, Morgan Richard Tsvangirai (MRT) House. This...Published: 07 Apr 2020 at 08:08hrs | 1030 | by Staff reporter
Latest on Mwonzora clossing down Harvest House
MDC Alliance Secretary General Charlton Hwende has refuted reports that Douglas Mwonzora has put the MDC Head Office, Morgan Richard Tsvangirai House, under lock and key. The state owned Heral...Published: 07 Apr 2020 at 08:00hrs | 613 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Accept Khupe or risk recall, Gutu warns MDC Alliance MPs
FORMER MDC-T spokesperson, Obert Gutu, has advised MDC Alliance MPs to accept Thokozani Khupe as their new leader or risk being recalled from parliament.Last week, the Supreme Court ruled that...Published: 07 Apr 2020 at 07:38hrs | 731 | by Staff reporter
Constitutionalism not populism will take Zimbabwe forward
From the outset, let me make it abundantly clear that I am neither a member of ZANU PF nor of any permutation of the MDC. If I say anything that you may n...Published: 07 Apr 2020 at 07:07hrs | 684 | by Moses Chamboko
Mutumwa Mawere speaks on the MDC Supreme Court judgment
South Africa based business tycoon Mutumwa Mawere has given his indepth analysis on the Supreme Court judgment relating to the leadership wrangle in the MDC family.In a leaked whatsapp convers...Published: 06 Apr 2020 at 15:34hrs | 4707 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'We stopped Chamisa from going to state house' says Obert Gutu
Former MDC-T Spokesperson Obert Gutu says his party stopped MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa from entering state house in the watershed 2018 elections because he is a dictator. Speaking duri...Published: 06 Apr 2020 at 15:06hrs | 5712 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Thabani Mpofu now runs MDC from his law firm,' claims Komichi
MDC-T national chairperson Morgen Komichi said he advised MDC alliance leader Nelson Chamisa against appealing the High court judgment that nullified his ascendancy within the party leadership after M...Published: 06 Apr 2020 at 09:39hrs | 5418 | by Staff reporter
Hwende dismisses Khupe's claims
MDC Alliance secretary-general Chalton Hwende has dismissed MDC-T acting president Thokozani Khupe's claims that she is part of the Alliance.Hwende asserted that Khupe refused to meet the then...Published: 06 Apr 2020 at 09:13hrs | 2526 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa was warned against appealing High Court judgment
MDC-T national chairperson Morgen Komichi said he advised MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa against appealing the High court judgment that nullified his ascendancy within the party leadership after M...Published: 06 Apr 2020 at 09:09hrs | 1897 | by Staff reporter
Assassination attempt on Mwonzora?
Reinstated Secretary-General of the opposition Movement for Democratic (MDC) party, Senator Douglas Mwonzora has reportedly been involved in a minor road accident along Lomagundi road.Reports ...Published: 06 Apr 2020 at 08:47hrs | 5270 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's youths threaten protests after lockdown
Militant MDC youths have threatened rolling protests soon after the 21-day national lockdown to force President Emmerson Mnangagwa to step down and allow the formation of the National Transitional Aut...Published: 06 Apr 2020 at 08:18hrs | 2434 | by Staff reporter
Supreme Court decision on Chamisa a great blow to MDC Alliance
THE recent Supreme Court decision upholding Dr Thokozani Khupe as legal successor to the late co-founder of the Movement for Democratic Change (Tsvangirai) is a serious blow to Nelson Chamisa's appoin...Published: 06 Apr 2020 at 07:56hrs | 2380 | by Jonathan Maphenduka
What does the supreme court ruling against MDC tell us
The opposition MDC with all its divisions and branches has been put on the limelight again. The task before the MDC is a very easy one. It is for the MDC to show that they are capable and able to prac...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 20:13hrs | 3682 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
The plot to keep Douglas Mwonzora out of power
MDC has an engine running twenty four hours. This is the engine of scheming and plotting The party is now not stable and fear exists,power struggle manifests itself As the establishment's need t...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 20:07hrs | 5593 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
'MDC does not own Harvest House' Welshman Ncube says
MDC Vice President Professor Welshman Ncube has revealed that the Morgan Richard Tsvangirai house formerly known as Harvest House is not owned by the MDC. In a wide-ranging interview with jour...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 15:58hrs | 6312 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Thokozani Khupe says 'Supreme Court ruling a victory for democracy'
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court upheld a previous High Court judgment that declared Mr Nelson Chamisa an illegitimate leader of the MDC. The court ruled that Dr Thokozani Khupe was the legitimate acting...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 12:04hrs | 1660 | by Staff reporter
Did Welshman Ncube copy thesis from student?
A simple google search leads to a Nehanda Radio article of November 14, 2011 which claims that almost 9 weeks after attacking Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai as an "uneducated person who has no capac...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 10:57hrs | 4244 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa must account for $7m party funds, says Khupe
Mr Nelson Chamisa, whose ascension to the helm of the opposition MDC-T in February 2018 was recently nullified by the Supreme Court, has to account for the $7 million he received under the Political P...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 08:31hrs | 1473 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's organising secretary taunts 'sell-out' Komichi, Mwonzora
MDC top politicians Morgen Komichi and Douglas Mwonzora face the unenviable task of redeeming themselves within the main opposition with party national organising secretary Amos Chibaya describing the...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 08:29hrs | 1718 | by Staff reporter
'Welshman Ncube deliberately setting up Chamisa for failure so that you take over from him in 2024'
MDC top politicians, Welshman Ncube and Douglas Mwonzora have had ugly exchanges on twitter with the latter accusing the party vice president of plotting a coup against disputed party leader Nelson Ch...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 08:21hrs | 1334 | by newzimbabwe
WATCH: Tsvangirai's prophetic song on Corona
The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) president, Morgan Tsvangirai's prophetic song on Corona.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1IISnrZblY...Published: 04 Apr 2020 at 17:37hrs | 4015 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's police lock down Chamisa's HQ
POLICE yesterday besieged the opposition MDC headquarters in Harare, the Morgan Tsvangirai House, and blocked officials from both the Thokozani Khupe-led MDC and those from the Nelson Chamisa-led part...Published: 04 Apr 2020 at 14:30hrs | 4472 | by Staff reporter
So much noise about the Supreme Court judgement
Dear MDC-Alliance, Please note I'm not a legal fundi but I strongly believe we have learned and respected judges so I won't dispute the judgement but pause a few layman pointing questions whic...Published: 04 Apr 2020 at 09:21hrs | 2009 | by Munya Shumba
Process vs populism: Unpacking the Supreme Court ruling against Chamisa
Populism without process has turned out to be wholly inadequate for the party of excellence.The judgement is germane to the MDC. MDC-T was a moniker developed to distinguish the Tsvangirai faction...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 15:22hrs | 2050 | by David Hofisi
WATCH: Chamisa accused of US$3 million fraud
The Chairperson of the Morgan Tsvangirai Legacy Edwin Dzambara has sensationally accused MDC leader Nelson Chamisa of diverting over US$3 million party funds for his personal use.In a pr...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 14:48hrs | 2624 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'Khupe's orders must be followed or else...,' says Mwonzora
REINSTATED MDC secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora has delivered stinging criticism of his long-time nemesis Nelson Chamisa and his allies, saying they faced disciplinary action for failing to comply w...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 14:30hrs | 2599 | by Staff reporter
Khupe can recall MDC MPs
Leading academic and University of Zimbabwe political science lecturer, Eldred Masunungure, says that the MDC is facing significant turmoil.All this comes after the Supreme Court upheld last y...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 14:29hrs | 3630 | by Staff reporter
Khupe's group moves to take charge of MDC-T
FEARS are mounting regarding the future of the MDC, amid warnings from both within and outside the country's main opposition that Tuesday's Supreme Court ruling could have far-reaching implications on...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 14:28hrs | 2527 | by Staff reporter
Komichi's hatred for Chamisa revealed
MDC former Chairman Morgen Komichi has a vendetta against Nelson Chamisa because the late MDC President Morgan Tsvangirai did not appoint him Vice President in 2016. The revelations were made ...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 12:52hrs | 5798 | by Mandla Ndlovu
'MDC leader raped a woman in South Africa...Tsvangirai negotiated his release'
United Kingdom-based Human Rights activist Pedzisayi Ruhanya has alleged that a senior MDC official was arrested in 2011 after raping a cleaner at a hotel in South Africa. In a Twitter thread ...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 09:49hrs | 7508 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa faces disciplinary action, Mwonzora threatens
REINSTATED MDC secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora has delivered stinging criticism of his long-time nemesis Nelson Chamisa and his allies, saying they faced disciplinary action for failing to comply w...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 09:06hrs | 4991 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF 'infiltrates' MDC structures in South Africa
ANOTHER breakup is projected for the troubled Zimbabwean official opposition, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC).This follows a Supreme Court ruling ousting Nelson Chamisa as party presi...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 20:36hrs | 3995 | by Agency staff
Mwonzora's hands are clean
Embattled MDC deputy secretary for International Relations Douglas Mwonzora has said his hands are clean and he is not leading any faction plotting to depose the party's leader Nelson Chamisa....Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 19:25hrs | 3041 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police lay siege on Chamisa's HQ, as fight for assets brews
POLICE officers are laying siege at the opposition MDC's headquarters in Harare, the Morgan Tsvangirai House, blocking officials from both the Thokozani Khupe-led MDC and those from the Nelson Chamisa...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 18:45hrs | 2954 | by Staff reporter
What the Khupe-Chamisa Supreme Court ruling means
On March 31, 2020, the Supreme Court delivered a unanimous ruling in the seemingly interminable battle over stewardship of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC). In the case of MDC and O...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 13:26hrs | 4718 | by David Hofisi
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