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Mwonzora's MDC-T says Mudzuri is wayward
Movement for Democratic Change - Tsvangirai (MDC-T) has described its vice president, Elias Mudzuri, as "wayward" following violent clashes at the party's Harare headquarters on Thursday.Riot ...Published: 18 Jul 2025 at 08:29hrs | 251 | by Staff reporter
Harare doctor embroiled in NEC Medical control wrangle
A leading Harare-based medical practitioner, Dr. Billy Rigava, stands accused of attempting to retain control of the National Employment Council (NEC) for the Medical and Allied Industry by allegedly ...Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 11:35hrs | 154 | by Staff reporter
'There is only one CCC, led by Welshman Ncube'
The Welshman Ncube-led faction of the Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) has declared itself the sole legitimate authority within the party as internal power struggles continue to fragment Zimbabwe'...Published: 11 Jan 2025 at 18:36hrs | 730 | by Staff reporter
Mugodhi apostolic sect leader dies
Tony Sigauke, the acting bishop of Mugodhi Apostolic Faith Church (MAFC), has passed away at the age of 88. Sigauke, who had been serving as the church's acting bishop since 2019, died of natural caus...Published: 27 Nov 2024 at 07:10hrs | 687 | by Staff reporter
Mugodhi's son loses Supreme Court appeal ending power wrangle
Washington Mugodhi, the son of the late Bishop Tadeu Mugodhi of the Mugodhi Apostolic Faith Church (MAFC), has suffered another legal blow after the Supreme Court dismissed his appeal against a High C...Published: 16 Nov 2024 at 18:21hrs | 1025 | by Staff reporter
Leadership legality concerns arise after war vets' congress
The recent election of a new leadership for the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) during a congress held in Gweru on Saturday has raised significant legal questions, parti...Published: 14 Oct 2024 at 08:22hrs | 815 | by Staff reporter
Nelson Chamisa: The Biblical Joshua that never was
With Zimbabwe being largely a Christian nation where religion and politics are juxtaposed, the former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa touted himself as the Biblical Joshua sa...Published: 31 Aug 2024 at 11:17hrs | 646 | by Brighton Chiseva
SADC Summit turns Mnangagwa govt into a joke!
One simply needs to tune into or read the state-controlled media in Zimbabwe to discover how the country has become a huge circus. All this simply because of the opportunity to chair the 44th ...Published: 20 Jul 2024 at 21:40hrs | 3975 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
59% of Zimbabweans have trust in elections - Survey
A recent survey conducted by Afrobarometer revealed that 59% of Zimbabweans have confidence in elections as a means of selecting political leaders. This finding comes on the heels of President...Published: 18 May 2024 at 12:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
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 ...Published: 10 Apr 2024 at 06:05hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
4 CCC factions tussle for political party funds
Four factions of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) are locked in an intense fight for the party's share of funds that are disbursed by the Government under the Political Parties (Finance) Act....Published: 24 Mar 2024 at 14:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC faction does not recognise Welshman Ncube, Mafume
A faction within the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), aligned with former leader Nelson Chamisa, has distanced itself from Welshman Ncube and Jacob Mafume, who swiftly assumed leadership roles wit...Published: 22 Mar 2024 at 09:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Money fuels CCC brutal infighting
MONEY has taken centre stage in the deteriorating and now chaotic opposition CCC infighting triggered by recalls of elected legislators, senators, councillors and mayors by the party's self-imposed se...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 13:48hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa mobilises for new party
FORMER Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday launched a mobilisation drive for his new political movement that he says will be unveiled soon.Chamisa loyalists led...Published: 05 Feb 2024 at 04:14hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Promise Mkwananzi turns Chamisa's ship-jumping into a circus
When Nelson Chamisa wrote his resignation statement from Triple C last week on 24 January 2024, a day he should have been commemorating the party's second anniversary, he effectively dissolved his CCC...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 19:29hrs | 1 | by Jonathan Moyo
BREAKING: Chamisa dumps CCC...members accuse him of betrayal
Advocate Nelson Chamisa, the leader of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), issued a statement on Thursday announcing his departure from the opposition movement. The move has sparked controversy a...Published: 25 Jan 2024 at 13:37hrs | 11 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Zimbabwe war veterans association splits
Zanu-PF affiliate Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) has split following the birth of a splinter group which has portrayed the Veterans of the Liberation Struggle Affairs m...Published: 15 Jan 2024 at 05:18hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Gift Ostallos Siziva says he will stand in the 3 February by-election
Zimbabwe's main opposition CCC party member, recalled MP Gift Ostallos Siziva, says he will stand in the 3 February by-election for Pelandaba-Tshabalala constituency.Siziba said: "Fellow citiz...Published: 07 Jan 2024 at 17:55hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
The year Mnangagwa tightened grip on power
The air crackled with anticipation on November 22, 2017 as Zimbabwe witnessed a moment etched in history.Emmerson Mnangagwa, the man once cast out, returned to his homeland not as a fugitive, ...Published: 31 Dec 2023 at 12:59hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
Western Diplomats blast Chamisa...call him incompetent or ZANU PF front
Senior journalist Hopewell Chin'ono has teared into Nelson Chamisa accusing his of a self-centered leadership style which has caused the Citizens Coalition for Change to suffer a still birth. ...Published: 08 Dec 2023 at 12:56hrs | 17 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
'Tshabangu's efforts to bar recalled candidates will fail'
The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) says Sengezo Tshabangu's efforts to bar its recalled candidates from contesting under the CCC banner will fail because their representatives were successfully n...Published: 04 Dec 2023 at 17:18hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC preparing for a fight back
Reeling from a heavy blow of losing 15 MPs in parliament delivered behind-the-scenes by its bitter rival Zanu-PF, with the support of the Central Intelligence Organisation-run Forever Associates Zimba...Published: 10 Oct 2023 at 10:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt looking for ways to punish Chamisa's MPs
In response to the boycott of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's State-of-the-Nation address by the Nelson Chamisa Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), the government is considering potential actions unde...Published: 03 Oct 2023 at 19:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa opens 10th Parliament boycotted by CCC
President Mnangagwa has today officially opened the First Session of the 10th Parliament which was boycotted by the Nelson Chamisa led Citizens Coalition For Change.Mnangagwa laid out several ...Published: 03 Oct 2023 at 14:35hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC boycotts Mnangagwa
THE Nelson Chamisa led Citizens Coalition For Change has boycotted President Emmerson Mnangagwa's State-of-the-Nation address in the new Parliament in Mount Hampden, Harare, today, saying he is an ill...Published: 03 Oct 2023 at 13:53hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
CCC plots to boycott Mnangagwa's Sona
Members of the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party, who serve as legislators, are contemplating a boycott of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's State of the Nation Address (Sona) due to t...Published: 03 Oct 2023 at 06:31hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's party issued a warning about a concerning period ahead for Zimbabwe
The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has issued a warning about a concerning period ahead, citing the recent arrest of three opposition leaders within two weeks of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's in...Published: 15 Sep 2023 at 06:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Money can't buy love, votes
AS many Zimbabweans seem to tire from the controversy surrounding the results from last week's harmonised elections, some are still wondering how certain candidates lost the polls.Yes, the deb...Published: 29 Aug 2023 at 07:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa preparing next Zimbabwe Cabinet
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa exuded confidence as he promised to win tomorrow's harmonised elections telling thousands of his supporters yesterday that he has a...Published: 22 Aug 2023 at 06:27hrs | 5 | by Stafff reporter
Jonathan Moyo dismisses Chamisa's CCC as an 'opaque movement'
ZIMBABWE will approach this year's general elections without a formidable opposition to challenge the hegemony of Zanu-PF giving the revolutionary party an advantage, exiled former cabinet minister Jo...Published: 14 Jun 2023 at 06:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora's political career in limbo?
MDC leader Douglas Mwonzora's political career hangs by a thread after suffering setbacks in recent days, including losing a court challenge where he wanted elections postponed.On Tuesday this...Published: 11 May 2023 at 05:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirayi says no opposition party can unseat Zanu-PF
LATE MDC-T leader, Morgan Tsvangirai's son, Mr Vincent Tsvangirai, says there is no single opposition party in Zimbabwe with the capacity to defeat the ruling party, Zanu-PF, in the forthcoming electi...Published: 23 Jan 2023 at 05:45hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Munetsi vows to take Zim crisis to global stage
WARRIORS midfielder Marshal Munetsi has vowed to take the country's current football crisis, caused by government interference, to the world stage following his appointment into the FIFPRO's Global Pl...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 16:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa challenger frustrated with the courts' continued delays
Zanu-PF activist Sybeth Musengezi's has expressed frustration with the courts' continued delays to determine his spirited challenge against President Emmerson Mnanagwa's legitimacy, with the incumbent...Published: 28 Oct 2022 at 19:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kamambo and crew are not thieves, crooks still at Zifa
SUSPENDED Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) executives have said they are eager to stand trial and clear their names after their suspension by the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) on a number...Published: 30 Jul 2022 at 19:11hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Scores injured in fight over church
A fight erupted at Mugodhi Apostolic Faith Church headquarters in Wedza, Mashonaland East on Friday as the battle for the control of the sect rages on.The sect has been embroiled in bitt...Published: 17 Apr 2022 at 09:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa sucked into AFM factional fights
AFM in Zimbabwe president Bishop Amon Madawo has refuted claims he ordered Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa to leave the church and focus on politics.Madawo told NewZi...Published: 06 Apr 2022 at 20:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa fails to decimate opposition
THE Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) was the biggest winner in last weekend's by-elections, with Zanu PF coming a humble second while the MDC-T performed dismally despite the state pouring money i...Published: 02 Apr 2022 at 07:28hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Bloody road to March 26 by-elections
ON February 26, 2022, Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga, warned the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) and its leader Nelson Chamisa that Zanu-PF would crush the party like lice."Let me ass...Published: 08 Mar 2022 at 05:44hrs | 5 | by Sikhululekile Mashingaidze
Chamisa has put the final nail into the MDC brand
THE move by opposition leader Nelson Chamisa to change his party's name to Citizens' Convergence for Change (CCC) has put the final nail into the MDC brand, which has since 1999 emerged as one of the ...Published: 29 Jan 2022 at 14:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora skeletons tumble
THOKOZANI Khupe has revealed that the MDC-T received assistance from the state through judicial and parliamentary processes in their fight to destroy the Chamisa-led MDC Alliance.This would se...Published: 23 Jan 2022 at 08:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chiangwa to be evicted
THE High Court has granted the Apostolic Faith Mission in Zimbabwe (AFM) led by Amon Madawo permission to evict its rival faction led by Cossam Chiangwa from a property in Westgate, Harare.Thi...Published: 21 Jan 2022 at 05:37hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Electoral reforms must dominate political discourse in 2022
AS we bask on the cusp of a new year, Zimbabweans appear to have gone agog about the pending by-elections and what many deem to be the watershed plebiscite of 2023.And yet for some of us, high...Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 05:32hrs | 2 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Change your name!: Zanu-PF's new trump card against Chamisa
IN a surprise move, President Emmerson Mnangagwa proclaimed 26 March 2022 as the date for long overdue by-elections. This should fill in vacancies created through the controversial recalls of elected ...Published: 16 Jan 2022 at 18:12hrs | 2 | by Reginald Murendo
Mnangagwa's trap for Chamisa
In a surprise move, President Emmerson Mnangagwa proclaimed March 26, 2022, as the date for long overdue by-elections. This is to fill vacancies created through the controversial recalls of elected of...Published: 15 Jan 2022 at 00:25hrs | 8 | by Reginald Murendo
ZEC unveils election roadmap
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission says it was ready to conduct the forthcoming by-elections and has unveiled a roadmap which include voter education, production of election material, training of polli...Published: 08 Jan 2022 at 06:01hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa implores church to promote unity
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday implored churches and citizens to be instrumental in promoting unity to ensure there is peace and stability during the by-elections slated for the first quarter of next y...Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:10hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
AFM wrangle sucks in police
SOME police officers from Marlborough police station in Harare have been accused of siding with the Apostolic African Mission (AFM) church faction led by Bishop Cossam Chiyangwa, after they allegedly ...Published: 19 Dec 2021 at 07:04hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Matabeleland South Province ready for by-elections
THE Zanu-PF leadership in Matabeleland South province says it is ready for by-elections slated for next year.The country will hold by-elections to fill over 133 council and parliamentary seats...Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 07:02hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Chiangwa pastor wins court case
A PASTOR from a rival faction of the Apostolic Faith Mission in Zimbabwe (AFM), Panganai Makarichi, has won a High Court case where he was being sued by the Amon Madawo-led group for refusing to surre...Published: 17 Nov 2021 at 05:35hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
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