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Biti slams 'unconstitutional' ouster of Mutodi

Former Finance Minister Tendai Biti has denounced the removal of Energy Mutodi as Chairperson of Parliament's Budget and Finance Committee, describing the move as unconstitutional and politically motivated.Mutodi, the Zanu PF legislator fo…

Published: 17 hrs ago | 899 | by Staff reporter

Biti demands judicial inquiry into Trabablas Interchange project

Former Finance Minister Tendai Biti has called for a forensic audit and the establishment of a judicial commission of inquiry into the staggering US$114 million cost of the newly commissioned Trabablas Interchange in Harare - a figure that…

Published: 30 Jul 2025 at 18:18hrs | 622 | by Staff reporter

My take on Tendai Biti and the scarcity of visionaries

Biti, by all means, embodies the archetype of the political activist: vocally critical of power, sharply articulate, and willing to agitate against institutional decay. He thrives on confrontation with the state apparatus, and in this rega…

Published: 30 Jul 2025 at 10:55hrs | 485 | by Charline P Chikomo

Tagwirei must be stopped, says Biti

Former Finance Minister Tendai Biti has launched a scathing attack on controversial businessman Kudakwashe Tagwirei, accusing him of plundering Zimbabwe's economy and warning that his presidential ambitions must be firmly rejected.In a bli…

Published: 29 Jul 2025 at 15:47hrs | 504 | by Staff reporter

Biti slams UZ Vice Chancellor

Former Finance Minister Tendai Biti has sharply criticized University of Zimbabwe (UZ) Vice Chancellor Professor Paul Mapfumo for the recent dismissal of striking lecturers and suspension of student activists supporting the ongoing industr…

Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 11:19hrs | 73 | by Staff reporter

Biti, Kasukuwere gang up against Tagwirei

Former cabinet ministers Saviour Kasukuwere and Tendai Biti have publicly condemned controversial businessman Kudakwashe Tagwirei, branding him as the "face of corruption" whose growing influence within Zimbabwe's ruling party, ZANU-PF, po…

Published: 27 Jun 2025 at 09:36hrs | 1129 | by Staff reporter

Biti warns Zimbabwe heading toward collapse

Former Finance Minister Tendai Biti has sounded a dire warning over Zimbabwe's economic trajectory, claiming the country is collapsing under the burden of failed monetary reforms, rampant corruption, and institutional mismanagement.In a wi…

Published: 09 Jun 2025 at 17:38hrs | 1063 | by Staff reporter

Biti's US$1 million defamation lawsuit resumes

The high-profile US$1 million defamation lawsuit filed against former Finance Minister and opposition politician Tendai Biti resumed yesterday, with Biti's legal team filing a notice to apply for referral of the case to the Constitutional …

Published: 28 May 2025 at 10:42hrs | 148 | by Staff reporter

Tendai Biti slams Mnangagwa's 2030 agenda as a corrupt power grab

Former Finance Minister Tendai Biti has come out guns blazing against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's so-called "2030 agenda," describing it as a corrupt and self-serving scheme designed to protect stolen wealth and promote looters into sen…

Published: 05 Apr 2025 at 08:36hrs | 325 | by Staff reporter

Husband forces wife to accept polygamy

A Harare woman has sought a peace order against her husband, accusing him of physical and mental abuse after he attempted to force her into accepting a polygamous marriage. Mercy Kumbirai appeared before the Harare Civil Court, claiming th…

Published: 23 Feb 2025 at 09:55hrs | 4154 | by Staff reporter

Tendai Biti warns Zimbabwe is on the edge

Former Finance Minister Tendai Biti has painted a stark picture of Zimbabwe's current political and economic landscape, describing the country as being on the precipice of disaster. In an interview with Trevor Ncube on In Conversation with…

Published: 23 Feb 2025 at 09:54hrs | 1979 | by Staff reporter

Biti slams title deed plan, calls it a reversal of land reform

Former Finance Minister and legal expert Tendai Biti has criticized the government's plan to issue title deeds to farm owners, calling it a legal and policy blunder that undermines Zimbabwe's land reform programme.The government has defend…

Published: 13 Feb 2025 at 06:32hrs | 516 | by Staff reporter

'Zimbabwe economy heads for a bloodbath'

Former Finance Minister Tendai Biti has issued a stark warning of a potential economic bloodbath if Zimbabwe does not liberalize its exchange rate and inject liquidity into the economy. His concerns come amid persistent liquidity shortages…

Published: 14 Jan 2025 at 14:16hrs | 922 | by Staff reporter

Biti criticizes Zimbabwe's economic policies

Former finance minister Tendai Biti has strongly criticized the economic policies under the current administration, describing them as "fictitious" and blaming them for Zimbabwe's ongoing de-industrialisation, capital flight, and economic …

Published: 14 Dec 2024 at 12:34hrs | 518 | by Staff reporter

First it was Chamisa, now it's Biti, who is next?

WHEN THE KITCHEN GETS HOT, THEY  UNCEREMONIOUSLY BOLT OUT: FIRST IT WAS NELSON CHAMISA, NOW IT'S TENDAI BITI, WHO IS NEXT?The recent state of the conduct of leadership ranks in the Zimbabwean political opposition is unprecedented in t…

Published: 10 Apr 2024 at 21:17hrs | 4 | by Prof Jonathan Moyo

Biti dumps CCC

FORMER Finance minister and Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) co-vice-president Tendai Biti, has dumped the main opposition political party saying he is taking a sabbatical away from politics as he goes on a soul searching break.Speaking…

Published: 10 Apr 2024 at 06:05hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

RBZ boss appointment challenged in court

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's appointment of veteran bank John Mushayavanhu as the new Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor has been challenged by two university students, who allege that it contravenes the law.Mnangagwa was forced to …

Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 10:33hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

ZiG is putting lipstick on a pig, says Biti

The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) on Friday introduced a new currency to be known as the ZiG, which stands for Zimbabwe Gold.RBZ governor John Mushayavanhu said the ZiG would be structured and set at a market-determined exchange rate. It …

Published: 07 Apr 2024 at 10:31hrs | 30 | by Staff reporter

Biti apologises for assaulting foreign investor

Former Finance Minister Tendai Biti, who was convicted on Monday for verbally assaulting Russian investor Tatiana Aleshina, has issued an apology.In his plea for leniency, Biti informed Harare magistrate Vongai Muchuchuti that he did not i…

Published: 27 Feb 2024 at 11:57hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

'Welshman Ncube, Biti have now become merchants of chaos'

Former Pumula MP in Bulawayo Albert Mhlanga has lambasted Welshman Ncube, Tendai Biti and Lynette Karenyi-Kore for 'imposing themselves' as the new rotational interim leaders of the fast dying opposition CCC, saying this shows they are unp…

Published: 17 Feb 2024 at 16:30hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Chamisa, Biti a team of irreconcilable rivals

Zimbabwe's main opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) led by Morgan Richard Tsvangirai, launched its campaign for the 31 July 2013 harmonised elections in Marondera, a small town located in the ruling Zimbabwe Africa…

Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 08:57hrs | 12 | by Dr Phillan Zamchiya

Biti faction takes over Harare mayorship

CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) councillor Jacob Mafume has been re-elected to the position of Harare mayor following a vote in a special session.The mayor's position fell vacant following the recall of Lovejoy Chitengu who had succeed…

Published: 21 Dec 2023 at 23:45hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

Tendai Biti, Welshman Ncube removed from vital CCC WhatsApp group

In a surprising turn of events, Nelson Chamisa, one of the leaders of the Citizens for Change Coalition (CCC), has raised eyebrows by instructing the removal of his long-time allies, Tendai Biti and Welshman Ncube, from the crucial WhatsAp…

Published: 14 Dec 2023 at 18:25hrs | | by Dereck Goto

Biti rips into Ncube's 'disastrous' budget

FORMER Finance minister Tendai Biti has described the 2024 budget as a disaster amid concerns that the proposed raft of taxes will deepen Zimbabwe's poverty levels and worsen the economic challenges.Finance minister Mthuli Ncube presented …

Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 17:33hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter

Biti exposes Chamisa's hand

CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) vice-president Tendai Biti yesterday fingered activists linked to party president Nelson Chamisa for creating parody social media accounts to link him to self-imposed interim secretary-general Sengezo Ts…

Published: 28 Nov 2023 at 05:29hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Chamisa allies hunt for Biti, Welshman Ncube?

THE crisis in the opposition CCC is deepening and broadening, with senior members and advisors to CCC leader Mr Nelson Chamisa publicly firing political salvos and diatribes interpretively directed towards former legislators and what are s…

Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 07:43hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Biti's 3rd ConCourt application turned down

OPPOSITION politician Tendai Biti failed again yesterday to have points of law in his trial for verbal and threatening assault referred to the Constitutional Court, with Harare magistrate Mrs Vongai Guwuriro dismissing the application, say…

Published: 09 Nov 2023 at 05:53hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Biti raises constitutional issues during trial

FORMER Finance minister Tendai Biti's trial for allegedly verbally assaulting a local businesswoman continued today with his defence team raising constitutional issues that were dismissed by the court.Biti, who was being represented by Ale…

Published: 06 Nov 2023 at 04:55hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Biti to submit his defence today

The trial on the assault charge of Tendai Biti will continue today with him being put to his defence.The politician is facing charges of verbally assaulting and threatening businesswoman and investor Mrs Tatiana Aleshina at the Harare Magi…

Published: 18 Sep 2023 at 06:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Biti warns of economic 'disaster' in Zimbabwe

Former finance minister and prominent CCC opposition figure Tendai Biti has issued a stern warning about the potential economic consequences if President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government decides to embrace the BRICS initiative and move away…

Published: 17 Sep 2023 at 22:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Chamisa stopped the Polling Station Point Person initiative, fearing that Biti would use it to topple him

Those in the know within CCC ranks are aware that the plan was to have what in CCC lingo was called "PSPP" [Polling Station Point Person].This would have ensured that every polling station has polling agents to ensure the collection of V11…

Published: 29 Aug 2023 at 08:18hrs | 3 | by Jonathan Moyo

'Can't continue to subject povo to sham elections to have their hopes crushed' argued Biti. He's doing exactly that, yet again

Zimbabwe's 2008 elections were a watershed in that Zanu PF was forced to show the world the sicken depths of depravity the regime would go to hang on to power. Before the 2008 elections, Zanu PF had been forced to implement some electoral …

Published: 23 Jul 2023 at 08:58hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori

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