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Malawi swears in top comedian as vice-president
Top comedian-turned-politician Micheal Usi has been sworn as Malawi's vice-president at a ceremony held in parliament in the capital, Lilongwe.The 55-year-old replaces Saulos Chilima, who died...Published: 23 Jun 2024 at 12:55hrs | 24 | by Staff reporter
CCC in uncertain waters
WE are only a month into the new year, but it already feels like it has been long. The political year has started in earnest, lending credence to the counsel of political sages: A day is a very long t...Published: 09 Feb 2024 at 10:02hrs | 2 | by Ntando Dumani
Is Zimbabwe's opposition ready for 2023 elections?
The main opposition will enter next year's election with a new name, Citizens Coalitions for Change (CCC). Hidden in the acronym perhaps not deftly is the personalistic nature of opposition politics i...Published: 09 Nov 2022 at 05:16hrs | 2 | by Innocent Mpoki
Chamisa's difficult political calculus
ZIMBABWE'S main opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa — who is hugely popular and got over two million votes in the 2018 presidential election — is caught between a rock and a hard place a...Published: 16 Jan 2022 at 18:14hrs | | by Dumisani Muleya
Chamisa caught in between a rock and a hard place
ZIMBABWE'S main opposition MDC-Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa is caught between a rock and a hard place ahead of crucial by-elections on 26 March.Nomination is on 26 January.Chamisa fa...Published: 15 Jan 2022 at 15:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gomba, six councillors lose recall challenge
Former Harare Mayor Herbert Gomba and six other councillors have lost their bid for reinstatement to the city council after the High Court threw out their petition to invalidate their recall by the MD...Published: 04 Nov 2021 at 06:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
From David party to Forus: new political outfits raise eyebrows
The sprouting of political parties on the eve of a major election in Zimbabwe has become a tradition, but the period leading to 2023 might see even a bigger number of new formations if the current tre...Published: 19 Sep 2021 at 08:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Gomba, six councillors challenge recall
SUSPENDED Harare Mayor Herbert Gomba and six councillors have petitioned the High Court to nullify their recall by MDC-T led by Dr Thokozani Khupe, claiming she has no authority to do so in terms of t...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 06:22hrs | | 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
Chamisa in VPs dilemma
With only a few weeks left before this year's tricky general elections, MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa, faces a dilemma over who to appoint as his deputies, amid fears that poor choices could crea...Published: 03 Jun 2018 at 15:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mujuru, Khupe in pact. . . as Chamisa is snubbed
NATIONAL People's Party (NPP) leader, Joice Mujuru, is in talks with fired MDC-T vice-president, Thokozani Khupe to form an electoral alliance ahead of the general elections and has shut out MDC Allia...Published: 07 May 2018 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Khupe, Mujuru in alliance talks
NATIONAL People's Party (NPP) leader, Joice Mujuru, is in talks with fired MDC-T vice-president, Thokozani Khupe to form an electoral alliance ahead of the general elections and has shut out MDC Allia...Published: 07 May 2018 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe's trick rattles Zanu-PF
The move by toppled despot Robert Mugabe to join hands with his former deputy Joice Mujuru to mount a presidential electoral challenge against President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his Zanu-PF has stirred ...Published: 05 Feb 2018 at 10:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai's Alliance faces disintegration
The MDC Alliance could be doing things that are not consistent with their laid down agreement, providing fertile ground for possible disintegration of the coalition and or even destructive intraparty ...Published: 28 Jan 2018 at 08:20hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai, MDC Alliance rift widens
THE rift over sharing of seats among MDC Alliance partners took another twist yesterday as MDC-T secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora stood his ground, claiming that he had convinced MDC-T leader Morgan...Published: 25 Dec 2017 at 07:45hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Tsvangirai, Mwonzora clash
Power struggles in the opposition MDC-T escalated yesterday, with party leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai lambasting one of his lieutenants for endangering electoral co-operation in the MDC Alliance....Published: 24 Dec 2017 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Tsvangirai's statement on the MDC Alliance
The statement published in the Newsday of today purportedly under my authority but issued by our Secretary General is unfortunate, misleading and grossly false. I would like to state categorically tha...Published: 23 Dec 2017 at 11:32hrs | | by Morgan Richard Tsvangirai
Lack of unity 'scuppers' opposition deal
AS THE clock ticks towards the much-anticipated 2018 elections - the country's opposition is finding it hard to unite and form a grand coalition - a situation which MDC Alliance spokesperson Welshman ...Published: 01 Nov 2017 at 13:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance targets Mutasa, Gumbo
The MDC Alliance led by former prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai has made moves to add within its ranks once Zanu-PF ministers — Didymus Mutasa and Rugare Gumbo — in a bid to include experience and...Published: 24 Oct 2017 at 07:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF needs key changes in order to campaign effectively
CDE Mugabe has confounded his critics and increased ZANU's lion's share of the vote in the General Election in 2018. It is not a secret that MUGABE still commands great support both in the country and...Published: 01 Oct 2017 at 23:03hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
'MDC Alliance ready for 2018 polls'
MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai and his Alliance partners head to White City Stadium today for the Bulawayo Alliance launch amid indications that some top MDC officials plan to boycott the event takin...Published: 02 Sep 2017 at 19:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance: Tsvangirai's health under the spotlight
HARARE - A document signed by the MDC and some fringe opposition parties forming an alliance has unwittingly exposed deep-seated concerns within the country's biggest opposition party that its leader ...Published: 26 Aug 2017 at 12:27hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
MDC-T ducks police in violence probe
VIOLENCE-TORN MDC-T is battling to come up with ways to deal with an impeding implosion with indications that despite the widely publicised incidents of violence which resulted in the pummelling of th...Published: 13 Aug 2017 at 13:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance 'hit the ground running' - not even Tsvangirai, the President, knows where to
The MDC Alliance; launched last Saturday 5 August 2017 with all the usual funfair, razzmatazz, chaos and confusion that the nation has learnt to expect from Tsvangirai and company; is off. The Allianc...Published: 11 Aug 2017 at 19:17hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
New glitches in anti-Mugabe coalition
An electoral alliance of opposition parties signed on Saturday continues to experience some glitches, with People's Democratic Party (PDP) leader Tendai Biti now at the centre of a controversy amid re...Published: 11 Aug 2017 at 07:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance principals meet in Harare
The MDC Alliance has hit the ground running when President Tsvangirai today convened the first meeting of the Coalition Principal's Forum following the formation by agreement of the MDC Alliance on Au...Published: 10 Aug 2017 at 12:00hrs | | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Tsvangirai invited to Mujuru party convention
NATIONAL People's Party (NPP) leader, Joice Mujuru has roped in several opposition leaders, among them MDC-T president, Morgan Tsvangirai, to grace her party's inaugural convention in Harare today, as...Published: 09 Aug 2017 at 11:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rift in MDC-T over coalition
Morgan Tsvangirai and some of his top officials are headed for a showdown over the terms of an alliance deal inked by the MDC president on Saturday, along with leaders of other fringe opposition parti...Published: 08 Aug 2017 at 08:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Coalition still need the likes of Mujuru and Dabengwa
Former vice president and leader of the fledgling National People's Party Joice Mujuru and other opposition chiefs who stayed away on Saturday from the launch of an electoral alliance which chose MDC ...Published: 07 Aug 2017 at 14:33hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai faces fresh problems
Former VP and leader of the fledging NPP Joice Mujuru and other opposition chiefs who stayed away on Saturday from launch of an electoral alliance which chose MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai as its main ...Published: 07 Aug 2017 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Presidency row scuttles opposition coalition
Zimbabwe's opposition political parties could fail to form an alliance to fight the 2018 presidential and parliamentary elections against President Robert Mugabe, a South Africa-based think tank, NKC ...Published: 03 Aug 2017 at 17:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's opponents face tough 2018 polls
There is growing consensus among political analysts that the country's opposition will find it difficult to defeat President Robert Mugabe and his deeply-divided Zanu-PF in next year's much-awaited na...Published: 24 Jul 2017 at 13:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mutasa endorses Tsvangirai
Despite angling to mend relations with President Robert Mugabe and possibly return to Zanu-PF, Didymus Mutasa still has a lot to say about the mooted grand coalition.The veteran Zimbabwe Peopl...Published: 21 Jul 2017 at 14:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai's subordinates are becoming overexcited, says Mujuru
Former Vice President and National People's Party (NPP) leader Joice Mujuru laid into Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday, saying his July 31 deadline within which opposition parties must form a coalition was...Published: 19 Jul 2017 at 14:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mujuru apologises for stealing future of Zimbabweans
FORMER Vice-President Joice Mujuru, ousted from Zanu-PF three years ago, has again apologised for the 30 years she spent in her former party.Mujuru, now leader of National People's Party (NPP)...Published: 19 Jul 2017 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Biti, Mujuru pact flops
A PROPOSED coalition deal between Joice Mujuru, leader of the National People's Party (NPP), and Tendai Biti of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), which was due to be signed yesterday in Harare, sta...Published: 14 Jul 2017 at 09:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Coalition leadership against Mugabe, not about popularity only
As Zimbabwe slowly but surely inches towards the 2018 national elections, an all-too-familiar picture is emerging: it's President Robert Mugabe versus Morgan Tsvangirai again.This has been the...Published: 08 Jul 2017 at 15:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai trashes Nkosana Moyo
MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai has trashed chances of former Cabinet minister Nkosana Moyo - who last week announced that he will contest President Robert Mugabe in next year's elections - saying he ...Published: 06 Jul 2017 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai sets July 31 deadline for coalition against Mugabe
MDC-T leader, Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday declared that the proposed coalition of opposition parties will be a done deal by the month-end, so that various stakeholders would have enough time to strate...Published: 06 Jul 2017 at 06:55hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Rebellion against Tsvangirai quelled
The MDC has ordered its structures to only campaign for party leader Morgan Tsvangirai ahead of next year's elections, amid fears that top officials were working feverishly to block him from leading a...Published: 01 Jul 2017 at 12:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Harare rally examines Mujuru's credentials
Former Vice President and leader of the fledgling National People's Party (NPP) Joice Mujuru will have an idea of much work she has to do to convince her critics when she holds a rally in Harare's Kuw...Published: 23 Jun 2017 at 12:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mujuru, Khupe plotting to oust Tsvangirai?
With the clock ticking towards make-or-break harmonised polls next year, the MDC has been plunged into another hair-raising conspiracy linking some of its top officials to a plot to block Morgan Tsvan...Published: 13 Jun 2017 at 15:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
2018 victory is certain, says Tsvangirai
A buoyant opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, yesterday told thousands of his supporters who braved the chilly and drizzly weather in the Midlands capital that President Robert Mugabe's advanced age...Published: 11 Jun 2017 at 12:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai wary of Zanu-PF infiltration
Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai's MDC has warned its prospective coalition partners that it is keeping its eyes "wide open" to avoid carrying suspected Zanu-PF "spies" into the eagerly-awaited gra...Published: 07 Jun 2017 at 08:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai hold meetings with Zimbabwe's feared military officials
Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has set the cat among the pigeons within the warring ruling Zanu-PF, revealing that he has held meetings with the country's feared military officials as part of his...Published: 02 Jun 2017 at 14:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai advised to dump Mujuru coalition
Outspoken secretary-general of the Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ), Raymond Majongwe, has urged opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai to dump the mooted grand coalition - saying many of hi...Published: 30 May 2017 at 13:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mujuru's readies for congress
Joice Mujuru's opposition National People's Party (NPP) is set to hold its elective convention in Harare next month.While her spokesperson, Gift Nyandoro, could not reveal the exact date of th...Published: 23 May 2017 at 13:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Opposition to hold primaries to choose grand coalition leader'
Former Vice President Joice Mujuru, who now leads the fledgling National People Party (NPP), yesterday said the opposition parties will hold primary elections to choose who will lead the planned grand...Published: 21 May 2017 at 16:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai will only accept a win
MDC-T president Morgan Tsvangirai has warned President Robert Mugabe and Zanu-PF that he will not accept the results if he loses the eagerly-awaited next year's elections.The dogged former lab...Published: 02 May 2017 at 12:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nera to toyi-toyi over BVR security
A fresh row has erupted over the contentious matter of biometric voter registration (BVR) kits — with opposition parties now planning protests to force the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to gua...Published: 01 May 2017 at 12:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
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