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Chamisa loses 15 MPs
MDC Alliance MPs who have been boycotting Parliament yesterday started trickling back to the House and were heckled by their Zanu-PF counterparts, who jeered and labelled them MDC-T instead of MDC All...Published: 19 hrs ago | 5897 | by Staff reporter
PHOTOS: MDC Youth leader Obey Sithole arrested
MDC Alliance Youth Assembly Chairman, Tererai Obey Sithole has been arrested and is currently detained at Harare Central.Police last month hinted they wer...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 14:25hrs | 4497 | by Mandla Ndlovu
PROPHECY: Prophet Chiza's chilling warning about Zimbabwe's political developments
Eagle Life Assembly leader Prophet Dr. Blessing Samuel Chiza has issued a chilling prophecy regarding the political developments in Zimbabwe. In a video footage that has surfaced on the intern...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 13:40hrs | 9053 | by Mandla Ndlovu
List of MDC MPs to be 'recalled'
THOKOZANI Khupe, the acting MDC president, has recommended 12 sitting Members of Parliament (MPs) for recall as she consolidates her power in the party.Former co-Home Affairs minister Theresa ...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 15:55hrs | 2990 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF using lockdown period to consolidate power
With the rest of the world concentrating on their own domestic issues arising out of the pandemic, Zimbabwean government seem to be banking on this lack of attention to consolidate their power by clos...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 15:47hrs | 889 | by Taruberekera Masara in Pretoria
ZPRA's Jeremy Brickhill narrates untold stories about Dabengwa
I have chosen to commemorate the life of Comrade Dumiso Dabengwa on the first anniversary of his passing by sharing some recollections of my own involving his less well known role in preserving the le...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 15:02hrs | 2542 | by Jeremy Brickhill
Chamisa's MPs to rope in voters in bid to fight expulsion
SACKED MDC Alliance MPs are planning to rope in voters in a pending class action suit against parliament.The four senior party officials have also vowed to fight their controversial recall as ...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 09:51hrs | 4157 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe parliament to dump British traditions'
AS Zimbabwe builds a new parliament set for opening next March, Speaker Jacob Mudenda says the national assembly will finally break from British parliamentary traditions for homegrown cultural norms a...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 09:41hrs | 1966 | by Staff reporter
12 MDC MPs to be recalled
Acting MDC president Thokozani Khupe has recommended 12 sitting MPs for recall as she consolidates her power in the party. The 12 MPs notably include Theresa Makone and female representatives ...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 09:11hrs | 2974 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 more deadly than the liberation war: Teachers
TEACHERS unions on Friday told Parliament that the re-opening of schools should be postponed as it "will be genocidal", and vowed that "they will not be frog-marched" to teach if government did not me...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 08:56hrs | 522 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe fingered in US's George Floyd protests?
The United States warned its "foreign adversaries", including Zimbabwe, that they would not get away "for free" with jabs aimed at America following the killing of a black man by a police officer who ...Published: 01 Jun 2020 at 08:30hrs | 650 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean fathers petition parliament...demand equal custodial rights with mothers
We the people being bona Fide citizens of the Republic of Zimbabwe, and also being tax payers and constituents drawn from various constituencies in Zimbabwe hereby exercise our rights as enshrined in ...Published: 31 May 2020 at 15:21hrs | 1027 | by Fathers' Rights Movement
Zimbabwe, Belarus buses deal clarified
AN official representative of Belarusian manufacturing plants Mr Vadim Zhuk has set the record straight with regards to the cooperation of the Zimbabwe and Belarus for the production and assembly of p...Published: 30 May 2020 at 09:20hrs | 737 | by Staff reporter
'MPs must recognise Mnangagwa'
ALL Members of Parliament - including those from the opposition - will now be expected to recognise President Emmerson Mnangagwa following the adoption of new rules by the august House.Parliam...Published: 29 May 2020 at 14:33hrs | 2565 | by Staff reporter
Khupe's MDC sues Mudenda for ignoring Misihairambwi recall letter
THOKOZANI Khupe's MDC-T is set to approach the courts in a bid to compel Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda and Senate President Mabel Chinomona to act on letters of recall issued in respect of its m...Published: 29 May 2020 at 11:06hrs | 6953 | by Staff reporter
COVID-19 should not be used to clampdown on journalists - ZCTU
The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions has said it notes with concern that the government is using the outbreak of COVID-19 as a scapegoat to arrest journalists going about their business and thi...Published: 29 May 2020 at 08:43hrs | 169 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwean MPs press for new cars
THE cash-strapped government is under pressure to release vehicles for MPs of the current Ninth Parliament and Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has been tasked to discuss the matter with his Finance c...Published: 29 May 2020 at 08:29hrs | 730 | by Staff reporter
Call for justice for MDC Alliance abductees
THE Women's Academy for Leadership and Political Excellence (Walpe) together with WELEAD Trust, Economic Justice for Women Project, Female Prisoners Support Trust, Imba Mukadzi Umuzi Ngumama Trust, Ru...Published: 29 May 2020 at 08:23hrs | 240 | by Walpe
Petition puts Parly Speaker Mudenda under international spotlight
SPEAKER of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda (pictured)'s "questionable decisions and actions" have come under scrutiny on the international arena following a petition by a Zimbabwean man to have hi...Published: 29 May 2020 at 08:18hrs | 1662 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MPs challenge recall
MDC-Alliance legislators have approached the High Court seeking an order barring the Thokozani Khupe-led MDC-T and speaker Jacob Mudenda from replacing them as lawmakers after they were recalled on Ap...Published: 28 May 2020 at 19:20hrs | 5241 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance activists charged at hospital hearing
THREE MDC Alliance activists including Harare West Member of Parliament Joanah Mamombe were yesterday charged with breaking lockdown rules at a bedside hearing held at Parktown Hospital in Waterfalls,...Published: 28 May 2020 at 08:13hrs | 842 | by Staff reporter
3 000 more returnees next week, says Muchinguri
DEFENCE minister Oppah Muchinguri yesterday told Parliament that more than 3 000 more returnees were expected into the country next week from neighbouring countries and abroad at a time when governmen...Published: 28 May 2020 at 07:57hrs | 1016 | by Staff reporter
Human Rights Commission to probe man shooting
A Bulawayo man who was shot dead by police on Saturday was buried yesterday and a local Member of Parliament has engaged the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) to investigate the matter. ...Published: 28 May 2020 at 07:37hrs | 266 | by Staff reporter
Women's group call for justice for the abducted women MDC activists
The Women's Academy for Leadership and Political Excellence (WALPE) together with WELEAD Trust, Economic Justice for Women Project (EJWP), Female Prisoners Support Trust (FEMPRIST), Imba Mukadzi Umuzi...Published: 28 May 2020 at 07:22hrs | 334 | by Stephen Jakes
Tsvangirai's son shows Chamisa the middle finger
THE late MDC founding father Morgan Tsvangirai's son, Vincent, defied Nelson Chamisa's directive after he attended the National Assembly sitting yesterday.This comes after the Chamisa faction ...Published: 27 May 2020 at 20:23hrs | 7311 | by Staff reporter
MPs face censure for disrespecting the President
Members of Parliament who fail to respect the President, the Chief Justice and heckle other legislators while in the Chamber will now face suspension after Parliament adopted new rules to censure erra...Published: 27 May 2020 at 19:41hrs | 905 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai's son defies Chamisa
Five legislators including Morgan Tsvangirai's son Vincent, defied Nelson Chamisa's parliamentary boycott directive, and attended the National Assembly sitting yesterday. Tsvangirai was joined...Published: 27 May 2020 at 08:07hrs | 9062 | by Staff reporter
'Parliament useless without Chamisa's MPs,' says Mliswa
NORTON MP Temba Mliswa (Independent) yesterday said the National Assembly would be "useless" without opposition MDC Alliance MPs, adding that Zanu-PF legislators were incapable of asking probing quest...Published: 27 May 2020 at 07:52hrs | 5593 | by Staff reporter
Khupe vows to take over Morgan Richard Tsvangirai House after coronavirus lockdown
INTERIM MDC president Thokozani Khupe, pictured, has upped the ante in the war for the control of the country's main opposition - vowing yesterday that she will eject her rivals from the party's iconi...Published: 26 May 2020 at 20:20hrs | 3288 | by Staff reporter
Stakes raised higher in MDC
Interim MDC president Thokozani Khupe has upped the ante in the war for the control of the country's main opposition, vowing yesterday that she will reject her rivals from the party's Harvest House he...Published: 26 May 2020 at 07:30hrs | 4086 | by Staff reporter
Zec considers by-election options
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) is crafting an operational framework to pave way for the "safe resumption" of by-elections following an indefinite suspension of all electoral activities....Published: 24 May 2020 at 08:10hrs | 293 | by Staff reporter
Private schools behaving badly
Private schools are not exempt from the Education Act although some act like they are. The Education Act does not apply only to government schools but to all schools which operate in Zimbabwe regardle...Published: 23 May 2020 at 08:49hrs | 16649 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Mnangagwa approached in chieftainship row
A MEMBER of the Jaka clan in Chivi has written a letter to President Mnangagwa protesting over the imposition of Mr Chishanu Magora Muzogwi as Chief Jaka. Mr Jere Jaka, who is being represente...Published: 23 May 2020 at 08:32hrs | 911 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora warn MDC Parliament boycotters
MDC-T secretary-general Mr Douglas Mwonzora has described calls by MDC-Alliance for MDC senators and National Assembly members to resign from Parliament as reckless and irresponsible. He warne...Published: 23 May 2020 at 08:31hrs | 705 | by Staff reporter
MDC circus in new twist
THE battle for the control of the MDC took a new twist yesterday after Nelson Chamisa's allies convened a meeting in Harare that was attended by many of the party's 2014 members.The gath...Published: 22 May 2020 at 20:13hrs | 4408 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa in Khupe counter
THE reconvened MDC-T 2014 National Executive and Council members met Thursday at the party's headquarters and ordered their acting president, Thokozani Khupe, reinstated secretary general Douglas Mwon...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:27hrs | 6873 | by Staff reporter
Father of MDC activist won't forgive brutal security agents
HENRY Chimbiri, the father of MDC-Alliance activist Cecilia Chimbiri (pictured), who was reportedly abducted and tortured by suspected state security agents, says he broke down when he first saw his 3...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:27hrs | 1740 | by Staff reporter
Embarrassed Mnangagwa's regime must stop illegal arrests of youth leaders!
The MDC Alliance Youth Assembly spokesperson Stephen Sarkozy Chuma has noted with great concern an ongoing blitzkrieg by some notorious law enforcement agents as a veneer to cover up for their g...Published: 21 May 2020 at 12:00hrs | 2080 | by Stephen Jakes
8 MDC Alliance rebel MPs attend Parliament
MDC Alliance co-vice president Welshman Ncube has described as "rebellious", eight party MPs who on Tuesday defied a party directive to disengage from all parliamentary business and attended sittings....Published: 21 May 2020 at 07:15hrs | 4516 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa castigates illegal demos
President Mnangagwa has urged Zimbabweans to remain peaceful during this time of Covid-19 and avoid endangering the lives of other citizens through illegal demonstrations to score cheap political scor...Published: 21 May 2020 at 07:04hrs | 313 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's legislators snub Parliament
IN A significant boost for Nelson Chamisa in his battle for control of the MDC, the majority of the warring party's Harare legislators stayed away from Parliament yesterday, the Daily News reports....Published: 20 May 2020 at 17:34hrs | 3263 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF will not defer by-elections'
JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi yesterday dismissed speculative reports that the Zanu-PF government was planning to amend the Constitution to defer holding of by-elections and form a unity government...Published: 20 May 2020 at 07:36hrs | 2268 | by Staff reporter
Komichi says sorry for aiding Chamisa 2018 'coup'
MDC-T national chair, Morgen Komichi has issued an apology to party structures for being one of the key architects of Nelson Chamisa's alleged power grab performed on the news of founding leader Morga...Published: 20 May 2020 at 06:54hrs | 8064 | by newzimbabwe
High Court postpones MDC Alliance MPs recall case
THE High Court has postponed to tomorrow the case in which Nelson Chamisa's MDC Alliance is seeking to stop reinstated MDC-T secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora from recalling MPs from Parliament....Published: 19 May 2020 at 20:19hrs | 5877 | by Staff reporter
Khupe fights back
THE MDC-T has filed papers opposing an application filed by MDC Alliance legislators challenging their recall.The Thokozani Khupe-led party, in papers filed by Douglas Mwonzora as secretary-ge...Published: 19 May 2020 at 08:13hrs | 9684 | by Staff reporter
Kuwadzana residents challenge Mudenda
KUWADZANA East residents yesterday said they could not accept Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda's decision to allow the MDC-T to recall the MPs they voted for under MDC Alliance from Parl...Published: 19 May 2020 at 07:58hrs | 1638 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa ropes in UN envoy
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has sought the intervention of the United Nations to facilitate investigations into the alleged abduction and torture of his three-party members by suspec...Published: 18 May 2020 at 07:59hrs | 8163 | by Staff reporter
Komichi, a ruling party project
DEAR Morgen Komichi,You were quoted in a local newspaper saying: "What we know is that we are not a member of Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) and Thokozani Khupe has not been mandated to rep...Published: 18 May 2020 at 07:55hrs | 3215 | by Kennedy Kaitano
There is a method to the MDC's antics
If personal emotional disposition lingering on the vile side could miraculously turn into reality, then the world must stand ready for an implosion that will usher in the Nelson Chamisa-led opposition...Published: 18 May 2020 at 07:22hrs | 759 | by Ranga Mataire
Chamisa, Khupe camps in early talks to end brawl
IT HAS emerged that warring MDC factions are engaging in tentative talks, in a bid to end their damaging power feud, the Daily News on Sunday revealed.This comes as concerned insiders have als...Published: 17 May 2020 at 19:57hrs | 10145 | by Staff reporter
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