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Mwonzora slams Zanu-PF's obsession with ED2030
Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Douglas Mwonzora has criticized the ruling Zanu-PF party for prioritizing President Emmerson Mnangagwa's extended rule over addressing the severe challenges...Published: 14 Sep 2024 at 12:30hrs | 389 | by Staff reporter
CCC participated in 2023 to give Zanu PF legitimacy and perpetuate our suffering for US$1.6m bonanza. Will sellout again 2028!
"Tshabangu smiles all the way to the bank." screamed the Bulawayo 24 headline accompanied by a picture of Senator Sengezo Tshabangu smiling from ear to ear!"Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC)...Published: 08 Sep 2024 at 19:45hrs | 705 | by Wilbert Mukori
It's a puppet show at townhouse
Zimbabwe is now well and truly a banana republic,nay, it has moved a notch up to become a certified armpit of the world , thanks largely to ZANU PF's authoritarian rule It is abundantly clear ...Published: 29 Aug 2024 at 16:15hrs | 876 | by Wonder Bvungura
Lovemore Moyo was Speaker of GNU Parliament yet did not know its primary task was implementing reforms. Shocking!
In a LIVE HS TV interview with Blessing Mhlanga, Lovemore Moyo revealed that he did not know that the primary purpose of the 2008 to 2013 GNU was to implement the democratic reforms. Shocking! ...Published: 23 Aug 2024 at 21:47hrs | 966 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Zimbabwe a full-blown dictatorship'
Zimbabwe is being criticized for its increasing authoritarianism and interference with judicial processes, particularly in the context of recent arrests of opposition activists. Zanu-PF spokes...Published: 21 Aug 2024 at 09:27hrs | 1010 | by Staff reporter
Julius Sello Malema: a politician full of contradictions
Comments about Malema in the in South African social media confirmed my fears about him. Malema does not take critiques kindly; for this reason, he has fallen out with his right-hand-man, Shivambu: th...Published: 18 Aug 2024 at 19:26hrs | 1095 | by Nomazulu Thata
Chamisa wants a political settlement
AS Zimbabwe celebrated Heroes Day, opposition politician Nelson Chamisa (NC) lamented the vast disparities in quality of life and the struggles faced by ordinary citizens.In a wide-ranging int...Published: 13 Aug 2024 at 07:01hrs | 825 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa responds to Malema
Former opposition Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa criticized calls for Zimbabweans in South Africa to return home to vote, arguing that participating in the country's flawed...Published: 11 Aug 2024 at 18:40hrs | 3391 | by Staff reporter
South Africa will not isolate Zimbabwe despite DA and Maimane's call
Pressure is mounting on President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government over accusations of human rights abuses and suppression of dissent, with South African opposition groups calling for the severance of ...Published: 05 Aug 2024 at 07:22hrs | 670 | by Staff reporter
Job Sikhala-led group calls for protests during upcoming SADC Summit
The Job Sikhala-led National Democratic Working Group (NDWG) has called on Zimbabwean citizens to protest against what it terms the "betrayal" by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) duri...Published: 01 Aug 2024 at 16:59hrs | 1285 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says it's 'impossible' to run a political party in Zimbabwe
Nelson Chamisa, the former leader of the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party, has described the challenges of running a political party in Zimbabwe's dictatorial environment as nearly...Published: 30 Jul 2024 at 17:42hrs | 2080 | by Staff reporter
Planned Zambian protest against Mnangagwa flops
The planned protest by Zimbabweans who are against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's assumption of regional body SADC's chairmanship next August has flopped.Zambian police did not grant the prote...Published: 11 Jul 2024 at 14:42hrs | 79 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans to protest Mnangagwa's SADC Chairmanship in Zambia
Zimbabweans opposed to President Emmerson Mnangagwa's upcoming chairmanship of the SADC regional body have organized a protest in Zambia due to fears of harsh reprisals at home. The demonstrat...Published: 11 Jul 2024 at 07:30hrs | 169 | by Staff reporter
Take a minute to pray for the incarcerated 78: Veteran Activists Association Zimbabwe (VAAZ)
Revolutionary Greetings fellow Countrymen. May we all take a moment to pray for the CCC Administrator Senator Jameson Timba, VAAZ National Organising Secretary Champion Gonhi and 76 others who...Published: 01 Jul 2024 at 20:57hrs | 12 | by Mandava Blessing VAAZ Spokesperson
Of course, Chamisa acted 'without democratic oversight'. Herd refuse to accept it out of blind personality cult
"Ncube pointed to Chamisa's consolidation of power, describing him as having reduced the party into a one-man show where he held multiple roles including president, spokesperson, secretary general, an...Published: 26 Jun 2024 at 21:03hrs | 6 | by Wilbert Mukori
Sanctions driving Zimbabweans to commit crime in Botswana
Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi says targeted sanctions imposed by the West on ruling Zanu-PF officials, including President Emmerson Mnangagwa, are forcing desperate Zimbabweans to commit crime ...Published: 24 May 2024 at 08:23hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's very own Emperor Nero is burning down povo's hovels to build palatial villas for filthy rich few
"The closer the collapse of the empire, the crazier its laws" Marcus Tullius Cicero. Well we in Zimbabwe are witness this first hand. Zanu PF introduced the new local currency insisting ...Published: 18 May 2024 at 20:47hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
'Zimbabweans must unite for a shared vision,' argued Komichi. What vision has MDC/CCC ever had other than a seat on gravy train!
"Veteran opposition politician and anti-Zanu PF hardcore, Senator Morgan Komichi has claimed that there is need for opposition movements must to unite and fight Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangwagwa's administ...Published: 17 May 2024 at 17:04hrs | 8 | by Wilbert Mukori
'No one will starve!' Zanu PF has never accounted for 40 000 + political murders much less indirect deaths
"As I stated in my recent declaration of a nationwide state of disaster due to the drought last week, our Zanu-PF government will not let anyone starve," Mnangagwa said."Our government is capa...Published: 15 Apr 2024 at 15:47hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
On what basis is a law school named after Mnangagwa?
So, the MSU (Midlands State University) in Zimbabwe named its law school after President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa. This institution is currently under construction in the city of Kwekwe. ...Published: 13 Apr 2024 at 16:37hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
There is evidence to prove CCC is Zanu PF team B in all but name and it's foolish to deny it
There is a mountain of evidence to prove that MDC/CCC is Zanu PF team B in all but name. MDC/CCC leaders, especially during and since the 2008 to 2013 GNU, have played the role of Zimbab...Published: 10 Apr 2024 at 22:28hrs | 5 | by Wilbert Mukori
Chamisa allies stampede for Blue movement positions
Politicians aligned to former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) opposition leader Nelson Chamisa are said to be jostling for positions in their yet-to-be unveiled movement as efforts are being made ...Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 15:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe is a failed state in dire need of democratic reforms. We must stop Mnangagwa 'cementing' the dictatorship
Dictators live in their own cloud cuckoo-land world in which they, characteristically, see and hear only what THEY want to see and hear. It is no surprise therefore that Mnangagwa's Zimbabwe is now at...Published: 28 Mar 2024 at 22:49hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
'2018 elections were free and Mnangagwa won; Americans know it.' claimed Cross. A lie, dismissed with contempt it deserve
I have heard Eddie Cross say a lot of rubbish over the years but his latest claim that the 2018 elections were free, fair and credible, Mnangagwa won and the Americans knew it; takes the biscuit. He m...Published: 25 Mar 2024 at 20:18hrs | 7 | by Wilbert Mukori
ZANU PF now needs a leader chosen on merit!
For as long as Zimbabwe has existed as an independent country, we have only known ZANU PF as the ruling party. In spite of several attempts at removing the party from power through democratic ...Published: 20 Mar 2024 at 21:12hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
How did things get so bad in Haiti? Here's what to Know
Things in Haiti have gotten so bad that Ariel Henry, the unelected Prime Minister, resigned and called for the installation of a tra...Published: 20 Mar 2024 at 18:58hrs | 8 | by Staff Reporter
'Mnangagwa is corrupt because he is still in liberation war mode.' True still shaming him will not end kleptocracy
There is an audio of "Retired Army officer speaks" complaining about Zanu PF's corrupt leaders and how their insatiable greed is the root cause of Zimbabwe's economic melt down. Corruption started soo...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 19:39hrs | 2 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Future depends on CCC leaders finding each other to defeat Zanu PF.' Who/what stopped them last 23 years?
"As the man he has always been, @DavidColtart has maturely advised anyone opposed to ZANUPF corrupt rule to not fight to kill each other.He realises that these opposition fights have only one bene...Published: 24 Feb 2024 at 17:57hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
'Tshabangu was his own man,' claimed Professor Ncube. I believe him. My beef is why you lot sold out of reforms?
"You cannot run an authoritarian and autocratic opposition and once in government pretend you can switch to become a democratic system," Professor Welshman Ncube, acting CCC President, told local jour...Published: 21 Feb 2024 at 09:31hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
Chamisa's dictatorial leadership style spotlighted
ANALYSTS have expressed misgivings about former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa's leadership style as his former allies open up accusing him of dictatorial tendencies, refusi...Published: 16 Feb 2024 at 05:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
'I regret creating Nelson Chamisa the dictator' Lovemore Chinoputsa says
Former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Deputy Secretary for International Relations and Cooperation, Lovemore Chinoputsa, has become the first opposition leader to call out Nelson Chamisa a dictat...Published: 15 Feb 2024 at 14:58hrs | | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Chamisa's resignation created more factions in CCC
THE CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) candidate for Hunyani constituency in the August 2023 elections, Lovemore Chinoputsa has bemoaned the state of affairs in the two-year-old opposition movement, ...Published: 15 Feb 2024 at 10:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa now building a popular one-man dictatorship
One of Zimbabwe's seasoned political activists Lovemore Chinoputsa has painted a gloomy picture of the state of the opposition, saying its leaders have fundamentally departed from the late Morgan Tsva...Published: 14 Feb 2024 at 20:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Excited by the killings: How The Chronicle covered the Gukurahundi genocide
AbstractTHIS paper examines and interrogates the role of the state-controlled media during the Gukurahundi genocide in Zimbabwe. Gukurahundi is a genocide that took place in Zimbabwe betwe...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 13:51hrs | 9 | by Bhekinkosi Jakobe Ncube
Sikhala launches his movement
Former Zengeza West legislator Job Sikhala has dumped Citizens Coalition for Change launching a mass nationwide democratic consultative process as he seeks to form a new national movement.Spea...Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 07:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC voters feel betrayed
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) supporters, who voted for their representative in August 2023 harmonised elections, say they feel abandoned following the abrupt resignation of their representative...Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 04:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa is Zimbabwe's best foot forward!' said Chin'ono. An award winning journalist too, how nauseating!
It is one thing to hear my aunt or nephew in the rural back waters Wittering about "Nelson Chamisa is Zimbabwe's best foot forward!" Their understanding of even some of the most basic issues such as r...Published: 04 Feb 2024 at 12:45hrs | 4 | by Wilbert Mukori
Nelson Chamisa is Zimbabwe's political antbear (Isambane)
It takes a few seconds for an animal called an antbear (Isambane) to dig a barrow and abandon it in seconds to start a fresh one. Like a controversial antibear, Nelson Chamisa has mesmerized Zimbabwea...Published: 01 Feb 2024 at 09:36hrs | 2 | by Israel Dube
Countries under illegal US sanctions must unite against Washington
Yes, it is very possible for Zimbabwe, China, Russia, Cuba, Iran and all other countries under illegally imposed United States sanctions to formerly gang up and fight Washington.There is power...Published: 31 Jan 2024 at 04:45hrs | | by Joseph Meta
Mahere to quit as MP in support of Chamisa
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) MP for Mount Pleasant Fadzayi Mahere has announced she was resigning from parliament in solidarity with Nelson Chamisa, who quit as leader of the main opposition Th...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 06:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa to form new party, 'not giving up!' Voters must, after 23 years and not even one reform implemented
Nelson Chamisa's resignation as leader of CCC has received worldwide coverage. "Mr Chamisa, a 45-year-old Christian pastor and lawyer, is expected to set up a new party. He said that "giving u...Published: 26 Jan 2024 at 08:19hrs | 8 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa's govt says Chamisa's resignation from CCC is a non-event
AS was expected, serial political parties' hopper, Mr Nelson Chamisa, has quit the opposition CCC after he lost control to party interim secretary-general Mr Sengezo Tshabangu, triggering a rebellion ...Published: 26 Jan 2024 at 04:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa taunts 'sell-outs' within CCC
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has launched an indirect reprimand on unnamed party comrades he branded "sell-outs" as he battles one of his most difficult challenges since t...Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 12:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
'I'll follow Chamisa no matter what!' Only one devoid of common sense would especially given his track record
Zimbabwe is a failed state and this has been a 43 year growling descend into this hell-on-earth of our own making. The ruling party, Zanu PF, the numerous opposition parties and the ordinary Zimbabwea...Published: 18 Jan 2024 at 19:43hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
'CHANGE is coming! #Godisinit!' Yeah right! Name one change you brought in 23 years including 5 in GNU?
MDC was launched in 1999 on the promise the party will deliver the democratic changes needed to stop Zanu PF rigging elections; as the party name implied, Movement for Democratic change. The party has...Published: 18 Jan 2024 at 12:11hrs | 2 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Zimbabwe must function on basis of TRUTH.' CCC will never ever deliver free elections, is the truth that matters the most!
"Charovedzera charovedzera, gudo rakakwira mawere kwezviba!" so goes the Shona adage. Whose English equivalent would be some dirty habits never die!Zimbabwe is a failed state partly because th...Published: 05 Jan 2024 at 19:58hrs | 5 | by Wilbert Mukori
2024 started on bitter note - Zanu PF rigged 2023 elections, for umpteenth time - it must end on sweet note!
A slave who can think never stays in chains for long. A free man who cannot think might as well be in chains. Man is a creature of reason. A man who cannot think is but as claw...Published: 02 Jan 2024 at 17:46hrs | 6 | by Wilbert Mukori
Recalled CCC MPs in Matebeleland now shadow MPs
FORMER Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislators from Matebeleland say they continue playing the role of shadow Members of Parliament (MPs) in their constituencies following their recall from Pa...Published: 31 Dec 2023 at 13:02hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa 'not' hiding millions of dollars
Citizens Coalition for Change president, Nelson Chamisa has dismissed allegations raised by self-styled interim secretary general, Sengezo Tshabangu, that the party has not accounted for over US$2 mil...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 10:24hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa ally calls out 'sellouts' after Mafume re-election
Gift Ostallos Siziva, the national deputy spokesperson of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) opposition, has criticized certain party members for lacking ideological clarity and falling into trap...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 07:39hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
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