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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: 19 hrs ago | 2082 | by Staff reporter
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 | 627 | by Staff reporter
MDCT and MDC Alliance are two distinct parties - Mashakada
MDC Alliance top official and economist Tapiwa Mashakada has said the MDC-T and MDC-Alliance are two distinct parties that are registered with ZEC and they contested the 2018 General and Presidential ...Published: 05 Apr 2020 at 13:11hrs | 3767 | by Stephen Jakes
Chamisa registers National Democratic Movement party - Fake news
There is a letter circulating on social media purporting that the embattled MDC Alliance leader, Nelson Chamisa, has written to the Zimbabwe Elections Commission notifying them that he has registered ...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 19:25hrs | 5782 | by Ndou Paul
Zanu-PF distributes mealie-meal at night
Chiredzi Zanu-PF supporters yesterday received subsidised mealie-meal under the cover of darkness following clashes with MDC supporters led by MDC MP (Proportional Representation), Mucharairwa Mugidho...Published: 03 Apr 2020 at 08:55hrs | 492 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa court ruling does not affect MDC Alliance'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's regime is deeply concerned about the threat that Nelson Chamisa's MDC Alliance party poses to its hegemony and on Tuesday it went to extraordinary lengths to try to neut...Published: 02 Apr 2020 at 07:49hrs | 2511 | by David Coltart
Challenging the attempt to remove Nelson Chamisa as MDC president in Zimbabwe
On 30 March, Zimbabwe's Supreme Court has issued a judgement that would effectively remove Nelson Chamisa as the leader of the MDC-A. Although the name of the party is not essential as a new moniker c...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 14:20hrs | 4156 | by David Coltart
FULL TEXT: David Coltart speak on Khupe - Chamisa judgment
The Mnangagwa regime is deeply concerned about the threat that Nelson Chamisa's MDC A Party poses to its hegemony and yesterday went to extraordinary lengths to try to neutralise that threat. On the f...Published: 01 Apr 2020 at 12:21hrs | 4838 | by David Coltart
Mnangagwa sends workers home
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday ordered a partial lockdown for government and Zanu-PF workers, saying only a third should report for duty while others stay at home as part of efforts to combat ...Published: 26 Mar 2020 at 20:15hrs | 8528 | by Staff reporter
ZEC suspends electoral activities
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has suspended all electoral activities forthwith in view of the declaration of the global coronavirus as a pandemic.In a statement, ZEC Chairperson Just...Published: 25 Mar 2020 at 15:32hrs | 317 | by Staff reporter
A clerical call on ZEC to postpone by-elections until decisive measures are implemented to reduce exposure to Covid-19 pandemic
Zimbabwe's embattled leader Emmerson Mnangagwa last week declared COVID-19 a national disaster. Along with the declaration came a host of largely copycat ...Published: 24 Mar 2020 at 03:49hrs | 393 | by Magugu Benard, Zapu Secretary of Elections (NEC)
ZEC holds 27 by-elections so far
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission has spent $7 million in conducting 27 by-elections since the 2018 Harmonised Elections, figures from the elections management body show.Section 158 (3) of the...Published: 23 Mar 2020 at 05:29hrs | 171 | by Staff reporter
Mangwe - Chimanimani by-elections a call for reform
The call for political and electoral reform is more significant now that before. The By-elections in Chimanimani and Mangwe both had irregularities, a skewed environment with absence of remedies for a...Published: 16 Mar 2020 at 06:58hrs | 461 | by Jacob Mafume
'MDC agents violently chased from 4 polling stations,' claims Mafume
THE MDC has claimed its polling agents were Saturday violently chased away by suspected Zanu-PF vigilantes from four polling stations in Chimanimani where a local council by-election was being held....Published: 16 Mar 2020 at 05:53hrs | 1161 | by newzimbabwe
Indonesian investor keen on Chiyangwa's Zeco
BULAWAYO-based engineering firm, Zeco Engineering, is in talks with an Indonesian investor, Inka Limited, over a strategic deal that will see the country's sole rail wagons manufacturer resuming produ...Published: 16 Mar 2020 at 05:52hrs | 389 | by Staff reporter
Another MDC formed
IN what could present the MDC with a fresh headache another opposition party, bearing the name MDC Original, has been registered by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec).According to a lette...Published: 15 Mar 2020 at 11:14hrs | 7984 | by Staff reporter
Ray Kaukonde removed from US sanctions list
THE US Wednesday announced the removal of late Zanu-PF stalwart, Shuvai Mahofa from its list of targeted sanctions against senior ruling party and government officials.Also removed from the li...Published: 12 Mar 2020 at 06:47hrs | 973 | by Staff reporter
'RBZ policies are litany of promises to be broken' Sadly, povo who suffer consequences are powerless - change is overdue
"Unsurprisingly, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ)'s 2020 monetary policy statement is more of the same — a tired litany of promises waiting to be broken and targets queuing up to be missed. Govern...Published: 11 Mar 2020 at 08:58hrs | 1621 | by Wilbert Mukori
Biti election results conviction appeal hearing postponed
AN appeal by MDC Vice President, Tendai Biti, who was convicted for unlawfully announcing election results in 2018, will be heard in May this year.Biti was convicted and sentenced to six month...Published: 10 Mar 2020 at 07:59hrs | 3113 | by newzimbabwe
Biti pays homage to Tsvangirai
MDC vice president Tendai Biti has praised former party president, the late Morgan Tsvangirai as a champion of the struggle for democracy whose name will forever be remembered.Speaking during ...Published: 06 Mar 2020 at 06:53hrs | 1478 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa proposes raft of electoral reforms
THE opposition MDC has proposed that decisions made by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) in the conduct of elections in the country should be reviewed by the courts.The proposal is one o...Published: 03 Mar 2020 at 05:54hrs | 2413 | by Staff reporter
'Development stalled for want of requisite external funding' admitted Mnangagwa - IMF won't fund a pariah state
The trouble with people like Mnangagwa is that they think they are smart, they can not only have their cake and eat it too and, better still, that no one would be the wiser! Soon after the ...Published: 01 Mar 2020 at 08:55hrs | 1290 | by Wilbert Mukori
Land grab: Zimbabwe's euphoria
Many of us thought the introduction of land grabs from white owners was noble since most of our rich agricultural soils was within the possession of the whites - a minority group, against the black ma...Published: 29 Feb 2020 at 07:34hrs | 325 | by VaDhira Mhinhau
'Development stalled for want of requisite external funding' admitted Mnangagwa - IMF won't fund a pariah state
The trouble with people like Mnangagwa is that they think they are smart, they can not only have their cake and eat it too and, better still, that no one would be the wiser! Soon after the ...Published: 28 Feb 2020 at 13:05hrs | 722 | by Wilbert Mukori
Chamisa dumps Thabo Mbeki
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has all but dumped foreign-meditated talks with his nemesis, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, preferring a home-grown solution to the current economic and political crises facin...Published: 28 Feb 2020 at 08:01hrs | 3098 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa accuses ZEC of attempts to rig 2023 poll
MDC President Nelson Chamisa has accused the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) of attempts to rig the 2023 election through manipulating constituency boundaries in favour of Zanu-PF.Speaking...Published: 28 Feb 2020 at 07:58hrs | 749 | by newzimbabwe
Chamisa drafts fresh court challenge against Mnangagwa
Nelson Chamisa's lawyers have drafted a fresh court petition challenging the declaration of President Emmerson Mnangagwa as the winner of the 2018 Presidential elections. A leaked front page o...Published: 28 Feb 2020 at 06:42hrs | 1375 | by Mandla Ndlovu
US piles pressure on Mnangagwa's govt
THE United States is ratcheting up pressure on the Zimbabwean government to expeditiously compensate families of the six people who were shot dead and those injured on the streets of Harare by the mil...Published: 28 Feb 2020 at 05:40hrs | 4499 | by Staff reporter
Mutodi laughs at Chamisa's 'Excell Gate' inspired Concourt challenge
INFORMATION Deputy Minister Energy Mutodi has scoffed at MDC leader Nelson Chamisa after the main opposition president's lawyer, Thabani Mpofu hinted there was fresh evidence that could be filed befor...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 20:53hrs | 2444 | by newzimbabwe
Jonathan Moyo speaks on Chiwenga, Mnangagwa, Cartels and own future
Former cabinet minister, Jonathan Moyo (JM), speaks to Spotlight Zimbabwe Editor, Itai Mushekwe (IM).Professor Jonathan Moyo, thank you for giving us your time, to attend to this your first ev...Published: 26 Feb 2020 at 08:45hrs | 15978 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa to use Jonathan Moyo's book as V11 at ConCourt?
OPPOSITION MDC leader Nelson Chamisa will launch a renewed bid to oust President Emmerson Mnangagwa by seeking to have the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) review its own judgment based on "new evidenc...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 20:53hrs | 2087 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa in fresh ConCourt appeal
OPPOSITION MDC leader Nelson Chamisa will launch a renewed bid to oust President Emmerson Mnangagwa by seeking to have the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) review its own judgment based on "new evidenc...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 07:00hrs | 8485 | by Staff reporter
Delimitation exercise to affect Wedza, Mudzi districts
The upcoming delimitation exercise is likely to affect Wedza and Mudzi districts, with constituencies with less numbers likely to be collapsed and merged.According to the Zimbabwe Electoral Co...Published: 25 Feb 2020 at 06:55hrs | 458 | by Staff reporter
'Justice Malaba's Mnangagwa-Chamisa judgment can be reversed'
Advocate Thabani Mpofu has claimed that the constitutional court judgment given by Chief Justice Luke Malaba after the 2018 elections can be set aside. In an opinion issued on Sunday Mpofu sai...Published: 24 Feb 2020 at 08:40hrs | 16966 | by Mandla Ndlovu
MDC position on the proposed constitutional amendments
The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) is deeply concerned with the various constitutional amendments that were recently proposed by the Zanu PF regime....Published: 23 Feb 2020 at 21:07hrs | 866 | by Kucaca Phulu
'Will not rest until Zanu PF is extinguished' - shadow boxing, failed to implement even one reform in 20 years
As much as Zanu PF thugs would want to believe they will rule Zimbabwe until "donkeys have horns" the reality is that change is coming. The best they have...Published: 23 Feb 2020 at 07:58hrs | 358 | by Nomusa Garikai
MDC senator further remanded for threatening to burn Zec offices
A ZVISHAVANE magistrate on Thursday further remanded Midlands Senator Lillian Timveos (MDC Alliance) to March 16 in a case where she is accused of threatening to destroy Zimbabwe Electoral Commission ...Published: 22 Feb 2020 at 16:34hrs | 149 | by Staff reporter
ZEC doesn't have power to deal with vote-buying
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has said it does not have the powers to investigate the issue of vote buying because it is a criminal case which should be handled by the police.Zec's r...Published: 20 Feb 2020 at 13:20hrs | 179 | by Staff reporter
'Zifa not treating Herentals with kid gloves'
ZIFA Appeals Committee chairperson and Harare-based lawyer Stead Kachere has denied growing suspicion that they are treating Herentals with kid gloves after their match- fixing appeal case was postpon...Published: 20 Feb 2020 at 05:26hrs | 301 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says Zimbabwe cannot hold 2023 harmonised elections unless...
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa says the country cannot go into 2023 harmonised elections without having resolved political glitches that arose during the disputed 2018 polls through a comprehensive nationa...Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 17:36hrs | 843 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo switches sides as he announces his new political home
EXILED former Zanu-PF Politburo member, Jonathan Moyo, has confirmed that he is an MDC – Alliance supporter with a right to support a candidate of his choice in an election.In tweets he post...Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 08:52hrs | 16552 | by newzimbabwe
The MDC circle of despair continues
THE MDC has been going round and round in circles heading nowhere, in a case of chasing one's tail. To this end that party has not achieved anything meaningful. Its existence now depicts a circle of d...Published: 16 Feb 2020 at 08:35hrs | 529 | by Khumbulani Vodloza Sibanda
Chamisa's MDC to boycott 2023 elections?
MDC President Nelson Chamisa has hinted his party may be forced to boycott the 2023 national elections if Zanu-PF does not own up to manipulating the 2018 elections in its favour.Chamisa and h...Published: 15 Feb 2020 at 11:13hrs | 129 | by newzimbabwe
'Zanu-PF funded MDC-T, we were not a real opposition' - funded MDC during GNU too and continues to this day
Many people have often asked why Zanu-PF has managed to stay in power for 40 years regardless of the party's checked track record as a corrupt, incompetent and murderous regime? The answer is slowly b...Published: 13 Feb 2020 at 19:44hrs | 1916 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mliswa under fire
Outspoken Norton legislator Temba Mliswa has been attacked on micro blogging Twitter after accusing MDC councillors as corrupt and should not ...Published: 09 Feb 2020 at 21:50hrs | 5416 | by Paul Ndou
Zanu-PF, MDC clash in Chegutu by-election
Zanu-PF and the opposition MDC are next month set to rekindle their fight in a Chegutu ward 2 council by-election.The seat fell vacant following the death of MDC councillor, Memory Banda in De...Published: 09 Feb 2020 at 06:06hrs | 353 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe is not Malawi' true, still we too need 2018 nullified and Zanu-PF booted out
To Dr Ibbo Mandaza and Tony ReelerThank you for your article "Malawi election bombshell: Courts becoming too powe...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 20:42hrs | 2348 | by Wilbert Mukori
MDC senator threatens to burn Zec offices
MIDLANDS Senator Lillian Timveous (MDC Alliance) is set to appear in court today facing charges of threatening to destroy Zimbabwe Electoral Commission's (Zec) offices in Zvishavane ahead of the July ...Published: 07 Feb 2020 at 11:24hrs | 1205 | by Staff reporter
'Key lessons for SADC to learn from Malawi judgement,' said Chamisa - irony, you have learned nothing yourself
The root cause of Zimbabwe's economic chaos; with unemployment a nauseating 90%, public education and health care all but collapse, rocketing hyperinflation, etc. And political paralysis; we are stuck...Published: 05 Feb 2020 at 13:07hrs | 1432 | by Nomusa Garikai
'Malawi election ruling V11-based'
THE ruling by the Constitutional Court of Malawi, which ordered fresh Presidential polls in 150 days after establishing large-scale vote manipulation, cannot be likened to the Zimbabwean scenario as t...Published: 05 Feb 2020 at 05:52hrs | 791 | by Staff reporter
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