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Chamisa targets majority win in Zanu-PF strongholds
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) President Nelson Chamisa has embarked on a whirlwind tour of Zimbabwe's rural constituencies in a final push that he says will ensure the opposition wins big in pre...Published: 20 Jul 2023 at 06:58hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
CCC's fortunes in Bulawayo depend on court ruling
THE main opposition Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) risks being blindsided in the 2023 general election campaign, should the High Court disqualify 15 of the party's parliamentary candidates who f...Published: 17 Jul 2023 at 21:44hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
Sithole's family surprised by Mnangagwa's decision
GOVERNMENT's decision to not acknowledge or mourn late national hero Ndabaningi Sithole upon his death in 2000 had been hurting his family for the past 23 years, Sifiso Sithole Barrow has said....Published: 13 Jun 2023 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mutambara scoffs at Sithole hero gesture
Former deputy prime minister Arthur Mutambara has dismissed the move by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to officially confer national hero status on Zanu founder Ndabaningi Sithole as a ‘fradulent char...Published: 11 Jun 2023 at 21:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF smells victory in Manicaland
THE Zanu-PF leadership in Manicaland, buoyed by a thumping victory in the recent Mutasa South national assembly polls, declared this week that it will win all 26 constituencies and wards in the forthc...Published: 17 Feb 2023 at 20:55hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
How genuine and sincere is Jonathan Moyo?
Zanu-PF spokesperson Chris Mutsvangwa has responded to exiled former cabinet ministers Jonathan Moyo and Patrick Zhuwao's letter of apology to the party.In his response, Mutsvangwa said the tw...Published: 19 Nov 2022 at 06:27hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Ndabaningi Sithole's family disowns Khumbula
THE family of the late national hero Ndabaningi Sithole has accused former Zanu Ndonga leader Wilson Khumbula of highjacking the nationalist's legacy for political expediency.Khumbula allegedl...Published: 09 Nov 2022 at 05:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mohadi bounces back as Zimbabwe's second Vice President
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa, who was unanimously re-elected as First Secretary of Zanu-PF on Friday at the party's 7th National People's Congress, yesterday reappointed Constantino Chiwenga and Kembo Mohadi a...Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 06:50hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Nothing new about CCC's same old characters
When CCC won in the majority of constituencies in by-elections held in March, its leaders ran with a line that they had done well, yet they were a new party on the scene.Yet the claim that CCC...Published: 28 May 2022 at 08:50hrs | 3 | by Lovemore Chikova
ZANU PF fully aware if they lose power even once, will be reduced to same level as Mwonzora's MDC!
I remember some years back attentively listening to a lecture presented by the sage Dalai Lama - the supreme head of Tibetan Buddhism, and spiritual leader of the Tibetan people - as he shared his pro...Published: 31 Mar 2022 at 09:12hrs | 11 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
New crop of opposition political parties in the region
It is believed that opposition political parties are a watchdog of central Government, ensuring that the people's lives and livelihoods are supported, that the country's economy is buttressed by susta...Published: 24 Mar 2022 at 09:27hrs | 1 | by Prosperity Mzila
Mwonzora under fire over PPA grant
THE leader of MDC-T and MDC Alliance, Douglas Mwonzora faces fresh fissures over distribution of the $150 million grant recently released by Treasury to his party under the Political Parties (Fi...Published: 18 Mar 2022 at 05:40hrs | 12 | by Staf reporter
Mwonzora leaves MDC Alliance partner stranded
ZANU Ndonga secretary general Farai Mudzingwa was left stranded after MDC-T leader, Douglas Mwonzora reneged on his earlier promise to surrender the party's share of the political grant he received fr...Published: 16 Mar 2022 at 05:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
When it gets cold outside Zanu-PF
Last week various social media platforms and some online publications were awash with the news of a meeting in South Africa between former Zanu-PF members namely G40 kingpin, Saviour Kasukuwere, expel...Published: 27 Jan 2022 at 04:37hrs | 1 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Mwonzora earns Chamisa
OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa has been sternly warned by former colleagues to respect other political parties who are part of the MDC Alliance formation and stop masquerading as the president of th...Published: 03 Sep 2021 at 07:02hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora's $60 million windfall sends tongues wagging
The MDC Alliance has queried the government's swift disbursement of funds under the Political Parties Finance Act to the Douglas Mwonzora led-MDC-T, saying this never used to happen before the 2019 sp...Published: 29 Aug 2021 at 07:27hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora claims faction is the real MDC Alliance
THE MDC-T party led by Douglas Mwonzora says it has opened doors for other political parties that are willing to join it to form a coalition ahead of the 2023 elections.The party is claiming o...Published: 09 Aug 2021 at 07:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
6 recalled MPs bounce back
THE High Court yesterday threw a lifeline at former Harare East MP Tendai Biti and five other legislators after ruling that their recent recall was illegal since the man who initiated it, Benjamin Ruk...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 07:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu Ndonga dissolves
SEVEN officials from three opposition political formations in Manicaland dumped their parties over the weekend to join Zanu-PF and pledged loyalty and willingness to contribute to the recruitment of o...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF has nothing to do with recalls
Zanu-PF has dismissed allegations by the United States that it is involved in the recall of opposition members from Parliament. Speaking at a press briefing at the sidelines of the 350th Polit...Published: 26 Mar 2021 at 05:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF welcomes former MDC bigwigs
TOUGH-TALKING MDC Alliance vice president Tendai Biti and five other legislators have been recalled from Parliament by their People's Democratic Party (PDP).At the same time, two former senior...Published: 18 Mar 2021 at 17:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bloodbath in Chamisa camp
PARLIAMENT yesterday sounded the death knell of the MDC Alliance after it announced the recall of six key legislators at the behest of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), effectively decimating the l...Published: 18 Mar 2021 at 05:56hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says unity will end political, economic crises
MDC Alliance president Nelson Chamisa last Tuesday called for an urgent all-inclusive dialogue to resolve the country's decades-long political and economic crises. He said the talks will not s...Published: 17 Mar 2021 at 11:07hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Biti stare threat of being recalled from Parliament
THE tendency by Zimbabwe's ever brawling opposition parties to self-destruct continues unabated, with key MDC Alliance constituent, the People's Democratic Party (PDP), at the centre of the latest suc...Published: 16 Mar 2021 at 15:45hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, allies run out of options, push for dialogue
THE opposition MDC Alliance and its key allies labour, student movements and church have resolved to force President Emmerson Mnangagwa to convene a broad-based dialogue to end the country's multiface...Published: 12 Mar 2021 at 06:14hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Not yet ready for democracy
THE road to democracy is not easy for countries that have emerged from decades of colonial systems and replaced by autocratic ones which derive their power from military as well as tribal politics....Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 07:59hrs | 1 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Big Saturday read: The other side of the story
On the 27th of July 2017, the late President Morgan Tsvangirai convened an Extra-Ordinary National Council Meeting at his Highlands home.On the Agenda was the ratification of the Coalition Agr...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 16:13hrs | | by Lloyd Damba
Dead bodies in Chamisa's hands
On the 27th of July 2017, the late President Morgan Tsvangirai convened an Extra-Ordinary National Council Meeting at his Highlands home.On the Agenda was the ratification of the Coalition Agr...Published: 17 Jan 2021 at 15:28hrs | 1 | by Lloyd Damba
Chamisa's selection of by-election candidates raises temperatures
FRESH trouble is brewing in the MDC Alliance, with its leaders now standing accused of overlooking an agreement which allows the group that came with one of the coalition's deputies, Welshman Ncube, t...Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 20:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
How Zanu-PF came into existence
The born-free generation, born after Zimbabwe gained its independence in 1980, has grown up knowing a political system run by the Zanu PF party.Unbeknown to many people, the ruling party, is a...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 19:17hrs | 10 | by Irvine Sibhona
Chamisa, Khupe wrangling hits rock bottom
THE suicidal bloodletting consuming the main opposition MDC is now stomping towards its funereal end, with the party's interim leadership led by Thokozani Khupe now planning to recall about 38 more le...Published: 26 Sep 2020 at 19:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T woes mount
THE Thokozani Khupe-led MDC has been dragged into another fight by the Multiracial Christian Democrats (MCD) over the recent recall of MPs and subsequent nomination of their replacements.The M...Published: 10 Sep 2020 at 07:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZimPF demands $1m from MDC-T $7,5m Parly grant
THE Zimbabwe People First (ZimPF) is demanding a share of $7, 5 million allocated to the MDC-T recently by the Justice Ministry under the Political Parties Finance Act.In a letter of demand da...Published: 26 Aug 2020 at 07:12hrs | | by newzimbabwe
Ngarivhume quits Chamisa alliance
A pre-election political marriage of convenience, between the Nelson Chamisa led MDC and Transform Zimbabwe fronted by Jacob Ngarivhume has ended.The union was part of a pre-election pact cobb...Published: 03 May 2019 at 20:56hrs | | by newzimbabwe
Of the Zimbabwe bird and political ignoramuses
In the morning of the eve of the celebration of our 39th Independence anniversary last week, the MDC leader, Nelson Chamisa torched a storm on the social media when he insinuated that the Zimbabwe bir...Published: 23 Apr 2019 at 11:50hrs | 1 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Nelson Chamisa in rape storm
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has been accused of rape by a Harare woman who claims the opposition leader "emerged from nowhere" and committed the abuse against her in her Norton home.Social media...Published: 03 Mar 2019 at 01:11hrs | | by newzimbabwe
Chamisa invades Beitbridge, Gwanda
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa will this weekend address party supporters in Gwanda and Beitbridge where he is set to thank his supporters as well as to advise them on the way forward.Cham...Published: 01 Nov 2018 at 18:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa to hold first thank you rally in Chitungwiza
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa is set to hold his first post election rally in Chitungwiza at Huruyadzo Shopping Centre....Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 09:38hrs | | by Sithabile Mafu
MDC Alliance morphs into party
MDC Alliance principals have welcomed the idea of transforming the loose electoral coalition into a political party going forward in order to build a formidable opposition against President Emmerson M...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 09:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Biti, Ncube to re-join Chamisa's MDC
The Nelson Chamisa-led MDC is reuniting with its former secretaries-general - Welshman Ncube and Tendai Biti.Ncube and Biti, who ditched the main MDC, then under Morgan Tsvangirai's leadership...Published: 31 Aug 2018 at 16:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
MDC youth want alliance to form party
THE Welshman Ncube MDC youth assembly is calling for the disbandment of the MDC Alliance and formation of one political party comprising all of the alliance parties.The MDC Alliance was an ele...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 06:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's Alliance was strategic but poorly designed'
After successive defeats at the hands of the ruling Zanu-PF party, the MDC as the biggest opposition party in the country was urged to form a grand coalition that would fight from one corner.T...Published: 16 Aug 2018 at 06:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa should respect people's voice
Zimbabwe's 2018 harmonised elections have come and gone. While this was a tightly-contested plebiscite, it was Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zanu-PF who emerged victorious. Let me take this moment to humbly ...Published: 09 Aug 2018 at 07:38hrs | | by Cuthbert Mavheko
Zanu-PF eyes Musikavanhu seat
ZANU-PF aspiring Member of Parliament for Musikavanhu constituency Joshua Murire has vowed to win the constituency, which has been under the opposition MDC-T for the past 10 years. Outgoing MP...Published: 23 Jul 2018 at 11:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Khupe in fresh war of words
MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa and his colleague-turned-political rival, Thokozani Khupe, are accusing and counter-accusing each other of working with the ruling Zanu-PF.Th...Published: 21 Jul 2018 at 16:25hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa praises Zanu-PF MP
MDC-Alliance president Mr Nelson Chamisa last week cast doubt on his own party's ability to deliver when he inadvertently praised zanu-pf's Chipinge Central legislator, Raymore Machingura,...Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 13:36hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Chamisa invokes Ndabaningi Sithole's name in Chipinge
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa is invoking the legend of Ndabaningi Sithole, the late Zanu Ndonga leader and religious leader from the United Methodist Church, to win the Chipinge vote.Fro...Published: 15 Jul 2018 at 17:15hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa takes diplomatic offensive to SA, Angola
MDC Alliance leader, Nelson Chamisa is sending emissaries to South Africa and Angola in his regional diplomatic offensive aimed at pushing President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government and the Zimbabwe El...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 07:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Khupe, Chamisa fail to heal their rift
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has chosen to cut his losses and withdrawn his court challenge against his former colleague-turned political rival, Thokozani Khupe - over the use of the MDC-T's nam...Published: 03 Jul 2018 at 14:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa in Khupe u-turn
In a surprising development, MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has chosen to cut his losses and withdrawn his court challenge against his former colleague-turned political rival, Thokozani Khupe - ov...Published: 03 Jul 2018 at 07:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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