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Mwonzora finally weighed and measured

The recently held by-election in Epworth, Harare, was the final straw for MDC-T candidate Douglas Mwonzora, who raised a political query over why the electorate was undermining his political stamina.Douglas Mwonzora's MDC-T-backed candidat…

Published: 07 Aug 2025 at 16:20hrs | 442 | by Leonard Koni

Mwonzora risks losing party property over salary arrears

MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora is at risk of having party property attached following a court's decision to grant an application by a former employee seeking enforcement of a ruling for unpaid wages.The application, filed by Kudzanayi Mashu…

Published: 21 Jul 2025 at 12:18hrs | 226 | by Staff reporter

Police deny blocking MDC-T meeting

The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) have strongly denied reports that they blocked a meeting of MDC-T party members at the party's Morgan Richard Tsvangirai House headquarters. Instead, police said they were called in to restore order after…

Published: 21 Jul 2025 at 12:14hrs | 72 | by Staff reporter

Biti's new political outfit: Another desperate stunt from a failed politician

Tendai Biti is back again, but instead of bringing something new or worthwhile to Zimbabwe's political landscape, he returns with yet another recycled and empty formation, now parading the once-insignificant pressure group Forum for Consti…

Published: 11 Jul 2025 at 15:29hrs | 3077 | by Staff reporter

Jabulani Sibanda, you got it wrong about Zimbabwean tribalism

To appease tribalism in that manner will not be solving tribalism anyhow. The politician you are talking to is the worst tribalist and the core problem in Zimbabwe body politics. Jabulani, fighting tribalism does not mean surrendering to C…

Published: 26 Jun 2025 at 20:31hrs | 1669 | by Nomazulu Thata

MDC-T loses election appeal against Zanu-PF's Sithembiso Nyoni

THE Bulawayo High Court has dismissed a petition filed by MDC-T Nkayi North candidate, Chief Ndlovu, who was challenging minister Sithembiso Nyoni's victory in the August 2023 elections.In his application filed on September 8, Ndlovu cited…

Published: 03 Mar 2024 at 08:50hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

An open letter to Nero

Hello incoming President of Zimbabwe. Hope this letter find you in good health.The proof of the pudding is in the eating. The people want to taste you.Age is still on your side and your political acumen is unmatched but you must not be car…

Published: 11 Feb 2024 at 22:38hrs | 3 | by Leonard Koni

Mwonzora moves to sell off MDC property to pay bills

THE once formidable opposition MDC's vast property empire is under threat as party  leader Douglas Mwonzora bids to sell some of its prized assets to raise money to settle arrears, including utility bills, salaries and other operating…

Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 16:29hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter

Mwonzora's MDC-T lays off workers

The MDC-T has begun finalising administrative modalities on the retrenchment of some of its workforce, with some workers expected to get their gratuities.The process is also set to address what the party termed "collusion by internal reneg…

Published: 13 Nov 2023 at 05:46hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

An opposition within an opposition

The Zimbabwean political history has been littered with opposition malcontents within itself for a very long time which has caused the weakening and splitting of the main opposition political party in the country.The Movement for Democrati…

Published: 08 Nov 2023 at 14:27hrs | 12 | by Leonard Koni

CCC will thwart all Zanu PF mischief - exactly what Muzorewa said to justify Smith's Zimbabwe - Rhodesia

On 25 August 2023 SADC and AU Election Observer Missions declared the Zimbabwe elections flawed and illegal. The damning report had no effect on Zanu PF and the opposition winning candidates who all trooped to take their oath of office and…

Published: 10 Sep 2023 at 13:03hrs | 6 | by Wilbert Mukori

Mwonzora to compensate land reform displaced farm employees

OPPOSITION MDC leader Douglas Mwonzora says he will compensate black farm workers who lost their jobs when Zanu-PF embarked on a land reform programme if he is elected as president on August 23.Speaking during the party's manifesto launch,…

Published: 04 Aug 2023 at 06:41hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Mwonzora's MDC-T to contest just 24 seats

The Electoral Court has rubberstamped a Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) ban on 87 MDC-T parliamentary candidates whose nomination papers were rejected by the poll management authority June this year following payment glitches on electr…

Published: 02 Aug 2023 at 08:12hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

'Give you vote to those who deserve it' argue ZCBC. Can't give what was never ever yours!

There were times when the church, especially the Catholic Church, used to be the voice of the oppressed and downtrodden and spoke the truth to power. Alas, those days are long gone and the nations is truly lost. Oh how I miss them days whe…

Published: 10 Jul 2023 at 09:03hrs | 13 | by Wilbert Mukori

Tonderai Ndira's widow carries heavy heart

THE mere mention of the word "elections" has a chilling effect on Plaxedes Mutariswa Ndira.Memories of her late husband, Tonderai Ndira, who was a staunch MDC-T activist, immediately engulf her, particularly her visit to Parirenyatwa Hospi…

Published: 28 May 2023 at 17:58hrs | 92 | by Staff reporter

Mwonzora set to tighten grip on MDC-T

MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora is set to consolidate his power in the  opposition party at today's elective congress in the capital where 2 500 delegates are expected to attend.Mwonzora is unopposed after he was nominated under controv…

Published: 18 Dec 2022 at 06:51hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Mwonzora's uncontested presidential nomination shrouded in controversy

THE uncontested nomination of Douglas Mwonzora (pictured)as MDC-T presidential candidate ahead of the party's upcoming congress was the result of brazen intimidation, The NewsHawks has learnt.Sources close to the developments say Mwonzora …

Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 09:06hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

'It's foolish participating in rigged elections to give Zanu PF legitimacy' admitted Biti in 2015 - of course, has known this al

"Look, you can't keep on participating in flawed electoral processes that serve to give big benefits to dictators such as Robert Mugabe. Mugabe has perfected the art of winning elections. So it will be very foolish for the opposition to co…

Published: 21 Nov 2022 at 09:42hrs | 2 | by Patrick Guramatunhu

Mwonzora's MDC-T calls for removal of sanctions on Zimbabwe

SANCTIONS by nature have far-reaching consequences beyond what has been prescribed and their effects are best described by the victims and not those who prescribe them, the opposition MDC-T party has said.The party has since made a bold ca…

Published: 18 Oct 2022 at 05:58hrs | | by Staff reporter

ZEC's delimitation: An analysis of which provinces may gain or lose seats in the next parliament

The new census numbers were released in July, and they show a Zimbabwe continuing its modest population shift from the rural and to urban, a trend that will shape parliament for the next decade. The once-a-decade battle over delimitation p…

Published: 23 Sep 2022 at 11:32hrs | 1 | by Farai Chirimumimba

Mwonzora's MDC recalls Chamisa's divisive Bulawayo councillor

BULAWAYO City Council Ward 3 Councillor and former deputy mayor, Tinashe Kambarami has been recalled from the local authority by the Douglas Mwonzora-led Movement for Democratic Change (MDC).Local Government Minister, July Moyo has since w…

Published: 15 Sep 2022 at 21:31hrs | | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa mourns former MDC-T vice chairperson Mutseyekwa

President Mnangagwa says he was "greatly saddened" by the death of former MDC-T vice chairperson and former co-Minister of Home Affairs in the Government of National Unity, Giles Mutseyekwa.Mutseyekwa died this week after a short illness.T…

Published: 03 Jul 2022 at 09:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

MDC-T wants Mwonzora out

POLITICAL hawks within the MDC-T are baying for party leader Douglas Mwonzora's blood and plotting his ouster ahead of an elective congress set for July, with supporters accusing him of leading the opposition outfit into oblivion following…

Published: 18 May 2022 at 18:48hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Mwonzora reshuffles MDC-T leadership

MDC Alliance leader, Douglas Mwonzora Tuesday reshuffled his party leadership amid reports he is consolidating power to make sure his position is not contested at the party's congress set for next month.Mwonzora's position is under threat,…

Published: 17 May 2022 at 19:59hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Moyo shields MDC-T councillors to protect controversial deals?

AS consistently reported by The NewsHawks prior to the March 26 by-elections, Local Government minister July Moyo (pictured) has stepped in to protect his multi-million-dollar corrupt deals at Town House in Harare and other cities by block…

Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 13:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

MDC-T bigwigs gun for deflated Mwonzora

MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora's days at the helm of the opposition outfit could be numbered as hawks within the party are baying for his blood, attributing the political outfit's dismal performance in the 26 March by-elections to his Zanu-…

Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 19:31hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter

FULL TEXT: Mwonzora's MDC-T says disappointed by election results

The Douglas Mwonzora led MDC-T has issued a statement saying it is disappointed by the party's performance in the just ended 26 March by-elections which saw the party getting zero seats. Earlier in the week Mwonzora had told journalists th…

Published: 30 Mar 2022 at 14:13hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu

The day Mwonzora attracted '62 000' supporters

BY 10am on Sunday a handful of  MDC-T supporters had gathered at the Zimbabwe Grounds in Harare's Highfield suburb where faction leader Douglas Mwonzora was billed to address a rally. Buses and trucks from all over the country were br…

Published: 19 Mar 2022 at 07:17hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Recalls cost State $3,7 Billion in unnecessary by-elections

QUESTIONS are arising from the rational citizens whether there is much to benefit the nation in general and Matabeleland in particular from the March 26 by- elections in which most of the seats became vacant due to recalls by the Douglass …

Published: 13 Mar 2022 at 09:34hrs | 11 | by Stephen Jakes

BREAKING: Mwonzora expels Thokozani Khupe from Parliament

MDC Alliance leader Douglas Mwonzora has recalled MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe from parliament. This was revealed by Khupe during a press conference held on Wednesday. Khupe said Mwonzora wrote to Mudenda in January notifying him of his in…

Published: 02 Feb 2022 at 09:41hrs | 3 | by Mandla Ndlovu

Thokozani Khupe tasting her own medicine

The MDC-T outfit is just a reconfiguration and transformation  of fatigued, greedy visionless politicians, retired by democratic process.The likes of Douglas Mwonzora, Morgan Komichi, Thokozani Kuphe and Elias Mudzuri are people who h…

Published: 17 Dec 2021 at 17:23hrs | 9 | by Leonard Koni

Are the MDC-T wheels coming off?

Half baked, quick fixes as solutions lead to equally short lived half baked answers, with far reaching reaching consequences, latter detrimental  effects.This is seen in the Douglas mwonzora  MDC which was recently riding on clou…

Published: 14 Dec 2021 at 19:12hrs | 10 | by Phosiwe Ncube

Zimbabwe moves to prosecute sanctions advocates

FOREIGN Affairs ministry secretary James Manzou yesterday told Parliament that Zimbabwe would soon craft a law to criminalise the support of sanctions imposed on the country by individuals and organisations.Manzou appeared before the Parli…

Published: 03 Nov 2021 at 05:29hrs | | by Staff reporter

The same Eddy Cross said, 'U Tsvangirai yi Nkosi yami' Bootlicked; MDC-T now jumps to bed with Zanu PF

Mnumzana Eddy Cross is disregarding atrocities of geocide that Zanu PF government perpetrated in the early hours of independence. Cross lives in Matabeleland: he is versed in Mnangagwa's mass murders and criminal activities in this region …

Published: 07 Aug 2021 at 19:12hrs | 6 | by Nomazulu Thata

MDC-T polling agents still unpaid for 2018 election

MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora is agonising over outstanding allowances owed to thousands of polling agents hired by the party across the country for the disputed 2018 general election.Mwonzora inherited the bill after assuming control of t…

Published: 26 May 2021 at 16:20hrs | | by Staff reporter

'Junta is amending constitution coup proof itself' says Mutambara - bombastic nonsense, as Mugabe's case so testify

Ever since his University of Zimbabwe student days, Arthur Mutambara has earned a reputation of being very loud, bombastic and loves baffle and blast his opponents out of the water with bullshit. The intervening years at Oxford University,…

Published: 17 May 2021 at 18:56hrs | 6 | by Patrick Guramatunhu

'MDC-T a Zanu-PF surrogate,' says Chamisa aligned MDC veterans

MEMBERS of the MDC Veterans Activists Association (VAA) have joined civil society organisations and opposition parties in condemning the Douglas Mwonzora-led MDC-T for supporting Zanu-PF in passing the controversial Amendment Bill Number 2…

Published: 09 May 2021 at 08:09hrs | | by Staff reporter

A new hopeâ€¦ President Mwonzora's to do list

With a flood of optimism being poured to the new MDC'T President Douglas Mwonzora from the majority of both the MDC'T standing committee and the supporters at large the young and charismatic leader should put the MDC'T house in order as a …

Published: 01 May 2021 at 10:57hrs | 1 | by Knowledge Hakata

MDC-T is putting the cart before the horse

RECENTLY, someone asked me to share my view on the recent call by the MDC-T for dialogue for all the concerned stakeholders to discuss a common way forward for our great country, Zimbabwe.The call for dialogue was made by such top leaders …

Published: 30 Mar 2021 at 06:49hrs | 1 | by Daniel Molokele, Hwange Central MP, MDC Alliance

Zimbabwe: 'The Second Republic'; Land history; Ownership and Productivity in the Post Mugabe Era

The Author is a Master of Science in International Trade and Diplomacy student at the University of Zimbabwe. He holds a MSc degree in Development Studies (National University of Science and Technology); BA (Hons) History and Development S…

Published: 13 Jan 2021 at 12:32hrs | 6 | by Livingstone Kazizi

Mind your own business Cde Mwonzora

DEAR Douglas Mwonzora, The fact that you bagged the MDC-T presidency through dubious means does not mean you should dictate your point of view to us (MDC Alliance family). I can easily see that you are a victim of the new whistle. Please k…

Published: 10 Jan 2021 at 20:57hrs | 1 | by Alliance for ever

Songstress, Congress, Compress not Oppress

Whenever the die-hard cadres in the MDC Alliance see smoke in the MDC-T, they wish it was gehena manifesting, except that this it is a braai not gehena. It is common cause that the victims of Khupe's wielded axe in Parliament and town coun…

Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 17:19hrs | 3 | by Robert Sigauke

Khupe leaves MDC-T vote in a huff

CHAOTIC scenes rocked the combustible MDC-T extraordinary congress which was held at the Harare International Conference Centre yesterday, with backers of the interim party president Thokozani Khupe (pictured) and those of the secretary-ge…

Published: 28 Dec 2020 at 07:42hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

LIVE: MDC-T Congress begins

MDC-T congress started at Rainbow Towers, Harare this Sunday morning with wild cheering directed at presidential hopeful and current secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora.Mwonzora's arrival at the venue was greeted by excited cheering by supp…

Published: 27 Dec 2020 at 10:36hrs | 37 | by Staff reporter

ZEC gazettes 3 MDC-T seats vacancies

The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has gazetted vacancies for three more proportional representation National Assembly seats following the recall of legislators by the Dr Thokozani Khupe led MDC-T last month. MDC-T has the right to no…

Published: 12 Nov 2020 at 05:44hrs | | by Staff reporter

Khupe MDC-T spokesperson up for rape

THE Thokozani Khupe-led MDC-T national spokesperson Khaliphani Phugeni has appeared in court facing a rape charge.Phugeni (44) denied the charge of contravening section 65 of the Criminal Law, Codification and Reform) Act (Chapter 9:23) wh…

Published: 11 Nov 2020 at 13:56hrs | | by Staff reporter

Chamisa gets rare support from Thokozani Khupe

Councilors from the Thokozani Khupe led MDC-T and MDC Alliance voted together on Monday to elect Gwanda Ward 4 Cllr. Njabulo Siziba as the new Gwanda Mayor.His Worship Siziba replaces expelled Mayor Jastone Mazhale who is the  MDC All…

Published: 05 Oct 2020 at 21:37hrs | 5 | by Mandla Ndlovu

Divisions brew in MDC-Alliance over party name

The rebranding of the MDC-Alliance in response to the MDC-T's decision to use the same name (MDC-Alliance) in future polls, including the forthcoming by-elections, has triggered an in-house spat featuring that party's leader, Nelson Chamis…

Published: 22 Sep 2020 at 12:31hrs | 2 | by John Sigauke

Khupe's MDC sharpens swords against Mwonzora

THE MDC-United States branch of the Thokozani Khupe-led opposition has accused party secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora of being a "warlord" in charge of a violent militia in a bid to personalise the movement to fight alleged opponents.In …

Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 06:44hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Khupe plot thickens

MDC-T is plotting a wholesale recall of Harare and Bulawayo councillors after its candidate was defeated in mayoral elections in the capital city in a move observers say will virtually collapse the two local authorities.The Thokozani Khupe…

Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 09:08hrs | | by Staff reporter

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