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MDC seeks to close ranks in Bulawayo
THE BULAWAYO MDC provincial leadership is mobilising members to close ranks and focus on rebuilding the party's structures following last week's divisive congress.Divisions rocked the oppositi...Published: 11 hrs ago | 485 | by Staff reporter
Credible team and sound advice ahead of Elective Congress
Those who have been consistent from 1999, are likely to be beneficiaries of this congress, and secondly off course the Chamisa factor. The Chamisa factor plays a pivotal role on the basis of selection...Published: 20 Apr 2019 at 08:12hrs | 397 | by A big Easter by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Chiwenga wants Gono to replace Mnangagwa?
Reports emanating from Harare indicate that Vice President Constantino Nyikadzino Dominic Guvheya Chiwenga is in favour of former Reserve Bank Governor Gideon Gono to take over as the President of ZAN...Published: 16 Apr 2019 at 17:00hrs | 47848 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Who should lead the MDC after Congress? A View from the grassroots voter
Although the MDC has been a beacon of hope for most Zimbabweans since its inception in 1999, the same cannot be confidently asserted this time around. Successive splits that have been rocking th...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 19:25hrs | 1684 | by Nhlanhla Moses
Chamisa's MDC face threat of new split
AS THE MDC enters the final weeks of its preparations ahead of its make-or-break elective congress next month, there are real fears that the country's main opposition could suffer another damaging spl...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 15:48hrs | 4578 | by Staff reporter
How Grace's power grew in inverse proportion to Mugabe's declining health
Chapter 29Shortly before the Zanu-PF conference held at Victoria Falls in early December 2015, the Women's League proposed a resolution to reintroduce a...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 10:09hrs | 1019 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa extends nomination lead
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa, pictured, is likely to go to the party's elective congress with a spring in his step after extending his lead in on-going provincial nominations.The Daily News repor...Published: 14 Apr 2019 at 10:05hrs | 990 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa puts Mwonzora on the ropes
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa is likely to go to the party's elective congress with a spring in his step after extending his lead in on-going provincial nominations.The Daily News can report that ...Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 16:02hrs | 18657 | by Staff reporter
Temba Mliswa speaks on ZANU PF factionalism
Norton Member of Parliament Temba Mliswa has refuted reports that there are two ZANU PF factions who are battling for the heart and soul of the party .The factions are reportedly aligned to Pr...Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 10:00hrs | 4169 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe Army Generals read riot act to Mnangagwa, as he privately offers to resign as President
The game is all but over for President Emmerson Mnangagwa's young presidency, as hardline army generals are reportedly said to have read the riot act to him, over a sheaf of serious issues caused by h...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 06:54hrs | 24928 | by Itai Mushekwe/Nancy Mabaya/Malvin Motsi
MDC Congress: The struggle for supremacy
As the MDC heads for its inaugural post-Morgan Tsvangirai congress slated for May 24 to 26, 2019 sharp divisions have begun to rock the party as members are split on who to choose for various position...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 06:41hrs | 198 | by Elijah Chihota
MDC Alliance factions shun court
An MDC-Alliance member has escaped the law's wrath for maliciously damaging property after he stoned and damaged a party official's vehicle. Lenon Zhanje, aligned to MDC-Alliance secretary-gen...Published: 12 Apr 2019 at 06:36hrs | 166 | by Staff reporter
MDC Congress: The struggle for supremacy
As the MDC heads for its inaugural post-Morgan Tsvangirai congress slated for 24 to 26 May 2019, sharp divisions have started to rock the party as members are split on who to choose for various positi...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 16:00hrs | 1216 | by Elijah Chihota
ZANU PF's Harare infighting turns messy
The battle for the heart and soul of ZANU PF Harare Province has turned nasty after rival factions fighting for positions in the Provincial Executive have resorted to mudslinging and character assassi...Published: 10 Apr 2019 at 09:50hrs | 7546 | by Mandla Ndlovu
MLF factions kiss and reunite
The meeting to reunite the factions of MLF took place on Sunday the 7th at Ghandi Square in Johannesburg, after a series of engagement meetings to iron out their differences. The factions led ...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 16:54hrs | 1006 | by Staff reporter
Lawyers derail Parliament committee hearing
ORAL evidence of the Parliamentary Privileges Committee set up to look into a matter involving four legislators affiliated to the Mines Committee who allegedly demanded a $400 000 bribe from businessm...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 15:23hrs | 642 | by Staff reporter
Opposition participate in illegal elections for povo's 'welfare' - how has povo ever benefited from rigged elections
Zimbabwe is in this economic mess with unemployment level a dizzying 90%, no clean water, health care service that has all but collapsed, etc. because the country has been stuck these last 38 years wi...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 09:05hrs | 482 | by Nomusa Garikai
Violence rocks MDC Marondera Central elections again
Marondera Central MP, Caston Matewu had to escape from rowdy MDC Marondera Central members who wanted to assault him at the party's district elections.It was the second time in a week that the...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 07:36hrs | 930 | by newzimbabwe
The curse and case of Linda Masarira
When I hear the word "sellout" I think of the infamous Morrison Nyathi, a former liberation war fighter who became an informant of the Rhodesian Army and led them, deep into Mozambique to slaughter th...Published: 07 Apr 2019 at 14:05hrs | 2135 | by Michael Mhlanga
War vets push for dissolution of Zanu-PF Mashonaland West executive
WAR veterans in Mashonaland Central province are up in arms with the Zanu PF provincial executive for reportedly imposing the party's commissar (PC), among other accusations, resulting in parallel str...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 06:42hrs | 652 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC investigating countrywide violence
THE opposition MDC is investigating violence, chaos, voter intimidation and allegations of vote buying that have characterised some of its elective congress at lower structures across the country....Published: 03 Apr 2019 at 08:50hrs | 851 | by newzimbabwe
MDC's violent acts condemned
A local civic society organization, Heal Zimbabwe Trust has called upon opposition MDC members to cease all acts of violence against fellow party members during the run up to the May Congress....Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 08:47hrs | 1986 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Violence forces MDC Marondera Central to abandon election
MDC factions in Marondera Central weekend brawled violently over the election process of district officials forcing the provincial leadership to abandon the entire process.The election, which ...Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 08:12hrs | 986 | by newzimbabwe
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...Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 07:59hrs | 418 | by Philemon Mutedzi
Chamisa 'regrets' MDC by-election defeat to Zanu-PF
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has vowed to stamp his foot and deal with simmering disharmony in the main opposition in the wake of embarrassing defeat to Zanu-PF in a weekend by-election held in stronghol...Published: 02 Apr 2019 at 07:57hrs | 158 | by newzimbabwe
MDC A lost by-election because it 'failed to rekindle 1999 ideology' - as alien to MDC as a wing is to a pig
The MDC Alliance's sheer incompetence is breath-taking; they cannot even admit that the rigged Cowdray Park Council by-elections were rigged!"As flawed as our electoral system is this loss can...Published: 01 Apr 2019 at 15:02hrs | 1289 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Chamisa's hands clean on Bulawayo by-election defeat
MDC president Nelson Chamisa's spokesperson has distanced his boss from the main opposition's dismal performance during a weekend Bulawayo council by-election which saw Zanu-PF beat its main rival to ...Published: 01 Apr 2019 at 06:59hrs | 6539 | by newzimbabwe.com
MDC cry foul over Zanu PF vote buying - yet participating regardless, hypocrites
"MDC has cried foul over ZANU PF's alleged vote-buying ahead of the Cowdray Park local government by-election slated for this Saturday," reported Daily News."This comes when Vice President Kem...Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 08:07hrs | 1216 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Chamisa, Mwonzora factions in violent clashes
MDC factions led by party president Nelson Chamisa and secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora clashed at the weekend during ward elections, which were conducted countrywide.Chamisa's faction, whic...Published: 29 Mar 2019 at 12:13hrs | 8502 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance congress: Of a leopard devouring its cubs
In May this year, the MDC holds its first elective congress after the death of its founding president, Morgan Richard Tsvangirai. It is the first congress under the stewardship of its youthful leader,...Published: 22 Mar 2019 at 06:51hrs | 443 | by Tafara Shumba
Zimbabwe diamonds to be classified as conflict gems?
THE 69th plenary meeting of the United Nations (UN) has resolved to include a discussion on whether Zimbabwean diamonds should be classified as conflict gems during the inter-governmental organisation...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 17:13hrs | 1552 | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe and a fracturing Zanu-PF
continued from last weekMany of those mansion builders were comrades-in-arms from Zimbabwe's war of independence. They, their families, and their business cronies were not eager to give up pow...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 17:11hrs | 1603 | by Ambassador Thomas-Greenfield
5 gun for MDC Bulawayo chairperson's post
FIVE MDC Alliance members are reportedly jostling for the Bulawayo provincial chairmanship position as the incumbent, Mr Gift Banda, is eyeing a national executive post during the party's Congress to ...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 05:57hrs | 710 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youth league leader, Togarepi targeted again
THE ruling Zanu-PF party's youth league could be thrown into fresh turmoil after it emerged there was a push for someone under 35 to lead the structure, NewZimbabwe.com reported.The demand cou...Published: 14 Mar 2019 at 07:53hrs | 3780 | by newzimbabwe
Can Zimbabwe's opposition party MDC hold a peaceful leadership contest?
Tapiwa Chagonda, University of Johannesburg...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 17:00hrs | 983 | by Tapiwa Chagonda, University of Johannesburg
How 'baby-dumping' Joice Mujuru played out
The first quarter of 2014 revealed that the main opposition party, the MDC-T, was in a similar state of disarray.It first came to the surface when MDC-T deputy treasurer and former cabinet min...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 09:10hrs | 4397 | by Staff reporter
MDC clears way for Chamisa allies, Welshman Ncube and Tendai Biti
The MDC has moved to clear the way for key allies of its leader, Nelson Chamisa, among them vice-president, Welshman Ncube and deputy chairperson, Tendai Biti to contest in the forthcoming congress fo...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 06:59hrs | 2966 | by Staff reporter
Pressure to block sale of Zimbabwe diamonds
AN alliance of international civil society organisations affiliated to the Kimberly Process Certification Scheme (KPCS) has urged the grouping of diamond-trading nations to classify Zimbabwe's gemston...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 06:44hrs | 544 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's coup: Net gain or no gain?
The scene in downtown Harare, Zimbabwe, on 21 November 2017 was extraordinary.Thousands walked through the streets, cheering, waving Zimbabwean flags, greeting soldiers as heroes, and taking s...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 07:12hrs | 840 | by Linda Thomas-Greenfield & Bruce Wharton: US Diplomats
MDC always sees the shadow of Zanu-PF
In May this year, the MDC holds its first elective congress after the death of its founding president, Morgan Richard Tsvangirai. It is the first congress under the stewardship of its youthful leader,...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 22:51hrs | 554 | by Tafara Shumba
Democrats hold democratic congresses
In May this year, the MDC holds its first elective congress after the death of its founding president, Morgan Richard Tsvangirai. It is the first congress under the stewardship of its youthful leader,...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 19:41hrs | 1328 | by Tafara Shumba
Of a leopard devouring its cubs
In May this year, the MDC holds its first elective congress after the death of its founding president, Morgan Richard Tsvangirai. It is the first congress under the stewardship of its youthful leader,...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 13:56hrs | 2296 | by Tafara Shumba
'You will never rule Zimbabwe,' Mnangagwa once told Kembo Mohadi
When VP Kembo Mohadi presidential ambitions cropped up at a Zanu-PF rally in Mvuma on 10 Feb 2018, Mnangagwa dismissed it with a joke that was not a joke. He told VP Mohadi that in order to be...Published: 04 Mar 2019 at 07:01hrs | 8990 | by Israel Dube
Chamisa and Mwonzora fight turns nasty
The ongoing struggle to be MDC's leader is a sign of just how hegemonic the party's left has become. The contest between Nelson Chamisa and Douglas Mwonzora has shown worrying flashes of acrimony, bot...Published: 28 Feb 2019 at 17:07hrs | 25288 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Hate and self determination
As the third window for national dialogue in Zimbabwe slowly closes due to the number of unmet preconditions and ideal settings for the proposed dialogue, I am reminded of my past works written five y...Published: 28 Feb 2019 at 15:08hrs | 1195 | by Terence Simbi
What's driving the crisis in Zimbabwe?
OVER the course of his nearly 40 years in power, former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe demonstrated again and again how disconnected his rule was from the needs of his people.The violent pogro...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 21:02hrs | 2014 | by Stephen Chan
AFM Mvurwi province joins splits
Apostolic Faith Mission of Zimbabwe church (AFM) Mvurwi province which comprises of places like Mvurwi, Kanyemba, Muzarabani, Centenary and Chiweshe has joined other provinces nationwide in factional ...Published: 27 Feb 2019 at 09:25hrs | 3640 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabweans disillusioned with the 'new dispensation'
MORE than a year ago events touted as an unfolding new beginning in this Southern African nation raised public hope. The Zimbabwean "benign" coup in November 2017 must be counted among the greatest of...Published: 22 Feb 2019 at 09:07hrs | 204 | by Ray Matikinye
Zanu Pf divisions have contributed immensely to the collapse of our economy
Zanu-PF will never accept blame, this is one area they have mastered.It will always be the sanctions are hurting the economy , the truth being said those sanctions are targeted sanctions on Zanu-PF in...Published: 21 Feb 2019 at 21:11hrs | 319 | by AT Kadada
Comparative analysis of current political developments in Zimbabwe
It is critical and paramount of importance to do case studies, researches and analysis in any situation, mainly because they curb problems, and act as an indicator and eye opener for future events. Ba...Published: 18 Feb 2019 at 14:48hrs | 712 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
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