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Canadian University, Zimbabwe forge sports alliance

A new international partnership between Brock University's Sport Management (SPMA) program and the Zimbabwe Olympic Committee (ZOC) is set to open opportunities for athletes, researchers and sport leaders in both Canada and Zimbabwe.The fi…

Published: 23 Aug 2025 at 09:13hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

Freedom Alliance plots 2023 election roadmap

FREEDOM Alliance (FA), a grouping of Matabeleland political and civic organisations, says it has embarked on initiatives to unite all progressive forces to ensure the Matabeleland region gets the right people elected into office in next ye…

Published: 30 Aug 2022 at 06:34hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Daggers out in MDC Alliance

DAGGERS have been drawn in the opposition MDC-Alliance (MDC-A) with party president Douglas Mwonzora's deputy, Elias Mudzuri and chairperson Morgen Komichi set to contest for the presidency at an elective congress set for June.Currently, M…

Published: 04 May 2022 at 07:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

MDC Alliance youth leader trial deferred again

THE trial of the MDC Alliance Midlands deputy treasurer, Knowledge Makiwa, who is being accused of insulting President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been postponed to next month by Zvishavane magistrate Archie Wochiunga.This was after State witne…

Published: 07 Jun 2021 at 06:04hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

MDC violence a threat to national peace

TIME and again many have inked articles articulating how the MDC-Alliance is wired in violence, with the streak running so deep that removing it simply means an end to the political outfit that was formed to push the whiteman's agenda.That…

Published: 01 Jun 2021 at 08:01hrs | 8 | by Fungi Kwaramba

MDC-Alliance: Chickens coming home to roost

The occurrences within the MDC-Alliance have left people wondering if Nelson Chamisa has finally met up with karma and is being beaten up with what he dug up. In Shona, we have a proverb that says "akarumwa nechekuchera".Others argued that…

Published: 05 Mar 2021 at 06:19hrs | 3 | by Prosperity Mzila

Mafume exposes MDC Alliance's poor leadership pedigree

Last week, social media was on fire when the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Mr Nick Mangwana revealed that despite getting three times less in the Zimbabwe National Road Administrati…

Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 06:48hrs | 2 | by Nobleman Runyanga

Zanu-PF, MDC Alliance mourn Chief Maduna

Political parties from both sides of the aisle have paid tribute to Chief Vezi Maduna Mafu of Filabusi, Matabeleland South, following his death on Saturday aged 86.Mafu was in the midst of recovering from a stroke he suffered in 2019, his …

Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 07:46hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

MDC Alliance: An opposition effort built on a foundation of lies

Last week some of the issues making rounds on both the mainstream and social media included the arrest of MDC-Alliance deputy chairperson, Job Sikhala, MDC-Alliance spokesperson, Fadzayi Mahere and activist, Hopewell Chin'ono for using the…

Published: 20 Jan 2021 at 06:45hrs | 13 | by Nobleman Runyanga

Mind your own business Cde Mwonzora

DEAR Douglas Mwonzora, The fact that you bagged the MDC-T presidency through dubious means does not mean you should dictate your point of view to us (MDC Alliance family). I can easily see that you are a victim of the new whistle. Please k…

Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 20:57hrs | 4 | by Alliance for ever

Jonathan Moyo lashes out at MDC Alliance

Exiled former cabinet minister Professor Jonathan Moyo has dismissed the opposition MDC Alliance (MDC-A) report on its investigations into the Bulawayo provincial women assembly chair Tendai Masotsha's alleged involvement in the abduction …

Published: 22 Nov 2020 at 05:25hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Failure of MDC Alliance protests good for nation

MDC Alliance's attempt to launch demonstrations in Harare failed spectacularly yesterday after the High Court upheld a prohibition order issued by police on Thursday night.  The opposition party's leadership, especially its president,…

Published: 17 Aug 2019 at 08:19hrs | 303 | by Staff reporter

MDC Alliance urged to avoid violence

The National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) has urged MDC-Alliance to put in place strategies to ensure demonstrations called for on August 16 do not degenerate into violence. In a statement, Commissioner Lilian Chigwedere said…

Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 07:46hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

The DA - MDC unholy Alliance

South Africa goes to elections next month at a time when the ruling African National Congress (ANC) is under siege for taking a decision to redistribute land. President Cyril Ramaphosa has been strong and determined to implement the land r…

Published: 29 Apr 2019 at 06:54hrs | 1 | by Isdore Guvamombe

MDC Alliance nomination process exposes party's lack of democracy

THE forthcoming opposition Movement for Democratic Change Alliance congress set for 24-26 May is fast turning into a farce following the withdrawal of secretary general Mr Douglas Mwonzora from the presidential election race citing a pleth…

Published: 17 Apr 2019 at 07:02hrs | 338 | by Editorial - chronicle

MDC Alliance official left for dead

An MDC-Alliance official from Mashonaland West Province was recently attacked with machetes by suspected party hooligans for questioning the conduct of district elections to choose delegates to the party's national congress set for May. En…

Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 06:30hrs | 1912 | by Staff reporter

MDC-Alliance congress exposes log in party's eye

Time has an uncanny habit of exposing hypocrisy, and often times, vindicating formally perceived villains. It is a double-edged sword. In Zimbabwe, time has helped us unravel the duplicitous behaviour of some of our political players in a …

Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 07:59hrs | 4 | by Philemon Mutedzi

Chamisa's nihilism, a futile role in Vision 2030

THE importance and necessity of ideology in modern politics is to enable an organised institution to speak with clarity, confidence and propose its values to the electorate in a fashion that is persuasive and equally actionable. The era wh…

Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 06:27hrs | 2 | by Marshall Gore

MDC Alliance, Mnangagwa lawyers trade barbs

ACCUSATIONS and counter claims of assault have been traded in a slanging match between two lawyers in a case in which opposition MDC Alliance MPs are being tried for allegedly inciting last month's violent protests.Gweru-based lawyer, Bria…

Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 13:45hrs | | by Staff reporter

MDC Alliance lie has no legs

A number of Non-Governmental Organisations and the opposition MDC Alliance have been on the warpath, peddling falsehoods regarding last month's riots, which interestingly, were instigated by them.The NGOs and MDC-A have been busy pushing a…

Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 07:46hrs | 3 | by Staff writer

Looking 'through' the MDC Alliance protest

After watching Thursday's MDC demonstration, I had a seminal tÃªte-Ã -tÃªte with a comrade in the academic struggle. We decided that we should focus on protests as political strategies, inquiring their yield. The comrade submitted that whi…

Published: 02 Dec 2018 at 10:18hrs | 2 | by Micheal Mhlanga

Chamisa hypocrisy exposes lack of political, ideological depth

A video circulating on social media of MDC officials, Murisi Zwizwai and Charlton Hwende publicly confronting, accusing and humiliating MDC co-vice-president, Engineer Elias Mudzuri for attending a meeting of Parliamentary officials with P…

Published: 02 Dec 2018 at 10:12hrs | 6 | by Khumbulani Vodloza Sibanda

What next for Nelson Chamisa?

On Thursday, Nelson Chamisa led Zimbabwe's opposition MDC-Alliance in a demonstration in central Harare. The demonstration, ostensibly protesting the current economic environment, was billed to be the mother of all demonstrations, coming o…

Published: 01 Dec 2018 at 08:07hrs | 966 | by Tichaona Zindoga

MDC Alliance, the poor cousin of the EFF

The days leading to the July 30 general election gave birth to desperadoes, some of them claiming to be holier-than-thou and campaigning whilst clutching the Bible.Promises to serve the electorate were made day and night and some swore by …

Published: 25 Nov 2018 at 08:17hrs | 361 | by Nicole Hondo

MDC Alliance drama Queen MPs complain over sexual harassment

MDC Alliance female legislators have complained before the Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda over sexual harassment in the House by Zanu PF legislators Tafanana Zhou (Mberengwa North) and John Paradza (Gutu West).Manicaland pr…

Published: 24 Nov 2018 at 07:59hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa will be forced out by November 1, says MDC Alliance

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has been given a November 1 ultimatum to step down from office by opposition pressure group Tajamuka/Sesijikile and Zimbabwe Students Union (ZINASU) at Saturday's MDC 19th anniversary celebrations in Harare.The…

Published: 27 Oct 2018 at 15:51hrs | 2 | by NewZimbabwe.co,

'Chamisa's Alliance plotted a coup against Mnangagwa'

MDC Alliance plotted a coup and attempted to use the violent demonstrations, which rocked Harare post July 30 elections, to unseat President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government, the Commission of Inquiry into the August 1 shootings heard yeste…

Published: 20 Oct 2018 at 08:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

MDC Alliance rep runs from stock theft rap

LOSING MDC Alliance Insiza South Parliamentary candidate Honest Mafu is on the run from the police who are pursuing him for three counts of stock theft. Mafu (34) of Mthabisi Village in Filabusi allegedly fled from the police who had set a…

Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 06:26hrs | 329 | by Staff reporter

Who can rescue MDC Alliance?

ONE of the biggest takeaways from the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) ruling last week against MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa's application to have Zanu-PF candidate Emmerson Mnangagwa's victory overturned on the ground…

Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 09:09hrs | 1493 | by Conway Tutani

Big town fellows' mentality cost MDC Alliance rural vote

Agreed the election was stolen, the people's will was subverted for the gains of a few, selfish individuals that claim to have monopoly over Zimbabwe.The motherland is battered and shuttered, our only hope of restoring order, peace and tra…

Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 09:08hrs | 7 | by Roy Muroyi

39 MDC-Alliance members on the run

The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) is still looking for 39 MDC-Alliance supporters who were part of a group that held an illegal demonstration early this month against the alleged delay by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) in announc…

Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter

Sadc repels 'vultures'

IN a distinctive show of character, solidarity, objectivity and defiance, the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) recently endorsed Zimbabwe's elections and went one step further by appointing President Emmerson Mnangagwa the dep…

Published: 24 Aug 2018 at 05:35hrs | 4 | by Shame Isaki

Did the MDC really call for Zimbabwe sanctions?

ZANU-PF often makes the claim that it is the opposition that has called for sanctions. The opposition's stance on sanctions has shifted according to its proximity to power.In 2012, Tendai Biti, then Finance Minister, told a meeting in Wash…

Published: 20 Aug 2018 at 18:52hrs | 2249 | by newsZWire

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.The call was so loud that the late MDC president…

Published: 16 Aug 2018 at 06:35hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

2 more in court over MDC Alliance demo

Two Harare men accused of participating in a violent protest in Harare on August 1 that culminated in the death of at least six people  appeared in court yesterday.Last Tinashe Vambe, 20, and Jeff Tafadzwa Chaitezvi, 32, appeared befo…

Published: 14 Aug 2018 at 15:32hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

MDC-Alliance not ready for real power

One of the major advantages of the first-past-the-post electoral systems is that coalition governments are the exception rather than the rule. Proportional representation electoral systems tend to grant small political parties disproportio…

Published: 08 Aug 2018 at 06:11hrs | 3 | by Editorial - The Herald

BREAKING: Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF extends lead

The ruling Zanu-PF has extended the lead in early returns. Zimbabweans went to the polls on July 30 in historic elections which take place nine months after the fall of Robert Mugabe. Below are the duly elected members of the National Asse…

Published: 01 Aug 2018 at 07:08hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

NPF-MDC is a dangerous alliance for Zimbabwe

For the last 9 months I have been walking around in a daze. Mugabe has gone, Mugabe has gone, Mugabe has gone! These words reverberate around my brain on an hourly basis. Having been beaten up by Mugabe's regime too many times, physically,…

Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 09:01hrs | 694 | by Innocent Dube

MDC Alliance not going to court

MDC Alliance president Nelson Chamisa said they will not waste their time by taking grievances to courts, alleging such a move was unnecessary since the Judiciary was compromised.Addressing his party supporters at the White City rally in B…

Published: 23 Jul 2018 at 07:13hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Chamisa should now rethink his strategy

WHILE opposition political parties, with the MDC Alliance leading the pack, have genuine questions concerning the voters' roll, ballots, postal votes and polling booths, they must now focus on other critical aspects of the electoral proces…

Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 14:46hrs | 3 | by Faith Zaba

MDC-Alliance spoiling for fight they canâ€™t win

THE threats to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) by Nelson Chamisa, leader of the MDC-Alliance are indeed unfortunate. They are a futile attempt by a player to influence the outcome of the election. Let us be clear, ZEC as an institu…

Published: 18 Jul 2018 at 06:31hrs | 2 | by Lloyd Msipa

MDC Alliance remains talk show as clock ticks

Two weeks before the elections the MDC Alliance has largely remained a talk show of kindergarten stories that have no takers in the adult world, which unfortunately, constitutes the voting college.Back in the village as the 2018 harmonised…

Published: 16 Jul 2018 at 06:59hrs | 4 | by Isdore Guvamombe

Chamisa, prepare for defeat in a dignified manner

Two weeks before harmonised elections the MDC-Alliance has largely remained a talk show of kindergarten stories that have no takers in the adult world, which unfortunately, constitutes the voting college. Back in the village as the 2018 ha…

Published: 16 Jul 2018 at 06:51hrs | | by Isdore Guvamombe

MDC Alliance: Pitfalls of running without â€˜mother's milk of politics'

"DADDY, I think Chamisa will be defeated by ZEC. He can't win this election," my seven-year-old daughter said to me last week. "What do you mean?" I asked her. "Isn't it that Chamisa and ZEC are going to clash in th elections?" she respond…

Published: 15 Jul 2018 at 16:48hrs | 6 | by Bishop

Can MDC Alliance point finger at Zec?

THERE is a time to set the record straight so that repeated lies about anyone and anything do not begin to sound like the truth.Fellow Zimbabwean Brighton Musonza posted this on social media recently: "Listen folks, no one is paid to have …

Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 08:47hrs | 1 | by Conway Tutani

Chamisa pushing for full-scale SMS-Gate investigation

The rift between the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) and the country's opposition parties taking part in the forthcoming polls has widened in the wake of the short-message service (SMS) saga that erupted on Monday, the Daily News can r…

Published: 11 Jul 2018 at 14:35hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

WATCH LIVE: MDC Alliance protests against ZEC

MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has said he will today lead the protest march against Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec)'s alleged bias towards Zanu-PF ahead of this month's crunch polls. Chamisa said the electoral management body was …

Published: 11 Jul 2018 at 07:33hrs | 47 | by Staff rpeorter

Perrenial malcontents trying to undermine Zec

There are two sides to Zimbabwe's elections. There is a side that wants to portray the country as peaceful and going through a democratic process in which the will of the people will prevail and be respected.They have done a lot and beyond…

Published: 10 Jul 2018 at 07:20hrs | 356 | by Nick Mangwana

MDC Alliance candidates in fierce clash

FIERCE clashes have broken out between MDC Alliance's Shurugwi South parliamentary candidate Oshed Mtunami and his MDC-T counterpart Daniel Mabonga, who is contesting as an independent.Mtunami, who is a member of the MDC (Weshman Ncube) wo…

Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 07:58hrs | 1142 | by Staff reporter

Chamisa's MDC Alliance stutters in Bulawayo South

INCUMBENT Bulawayo South MDC legislator Eddie Cross' decision to step aside ahead of the July 30 harmonised elections has opened avenues for Zanu-PF and new entrants in the constituency if events on the ground are anything to go by.MDC All…

Published: 20 Jun 2018 at 15:50hrs | 2994 | by Staff reporter

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