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Mwonzora extends olive branch to former MDC members

Opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Douglas Mwonzora has extended an olive branch to former party members but with a stern condition: prove your sincerity by campaigning in Epworth.Speaking at the party's headquarters, M…

Published: 24 Jul 2025 at 11:25hrs | 754 | by Staff reporter

Mwonzora slams Tagwirei's political ambitions

MDC-T President Douglas Mwonzora has launched a scathing attack on controversial businessman Kudakwashe Tagwirei, branding him one of the worst politicians to emerge in recent times and accusing him of trying - and failing - to buy influen…

Published: 23 Jul 2025 at 17:41hrs | 809 | by Staff reporter

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 | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe's debt indaba on, AfDB meetings start

 The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has commenced its 2025 annual meetings today, featuring key agenda items including Zimbabwe's arrears clearance and debt resolution process, as well as the election of the bank's next preside…

Published: 26 May 2025 at 08:31hrs | 151 | by Staff reporter

Dismembered body found on railway tracks

A police investigation is underway following the discovery of a dismembered body believed to be that of a man in his early 20s on railway tracks beneath the Luveve Road flyover yesterday morning. Authorities are investigating the incident …

Published: 26 May 2025 at 08:30hrs | | by Staff reporter

Mwonzora, Mashakada in court over US$22,000 fraud case

MDC leader Douglas Mwonzora and senior party official Tapiwa Mashakada yesterday appeared before Harare Magistrate Lisa Mutendereki facing fraud charges involving US$22,000 related to a commercial property rental deal.The Movement for Demo…

Published: 28 Apr 2025 at 21:29hrs | 1047 | by Staff reporter

Challenges mount for Mwonzora, property attached

Douglas Mwonzora, the embattled opposition politician and lawyer, is facing significant legal and financial troubles after his law firm, Mwonzora and Associates, had its office property seized last week over unpaid rent.The firm is reporte…

Published: 02 Dec 2024 at 15:49hrs | 4892 | by Staff reporter

Mwonzora demands equitable food aid distribution from govt

The president of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), Douglas Mwonzora, has urged the government to ensure an equitable distribution of food aid and take measures to address the impacts of the El Nino-induced drought.El Nin…

Published: 26 Dec 2023 at 09:09hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter

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

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 kills MDC

AFTER Zimbabwe's fast-fading opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T), led by Douglas Mwonzora, failed to field candidates in all constituencies around the country amid reports that it is too broke to pay nomination fees for them,…

Published: 26 Jun 2023 at 19:46hrs | | by Staff reporter

Fresh headache for Mwonzora as Marara drags him to court

Fissures have emerged within the MDC-T ahead of its elective congress slated for 18 December this year as that party's secretary for programs and party business, Norest Marara is set to approach the courts to compel Douglas Mwonzora not to…

Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 09:52hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu

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

Mwonzora's recalls paralyse council

CHITUNGWIZA Municipality councillors have convened only two ordinary council meetings this year, with the last one having been held in June, NewZimbabwe.com has learnt.The first, and only other, was held in January before MDC Alliance pres…

Published: 31 Aug 2022 at 06:41hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter

Nelson Chamisa and Douglas Mwonzora - Water and Oil Don't mix

Advocate Nelson Chamisa and Douglas Mwonzora like water and oil do not mix. Not surprising then that the sly attempts to foist Mwonzora on the masses, are failing.As we head to 2023 elections, this calculated plot to sanitise Mwonzora as a…

Published: 27 May 2022 at 07:42hrs | 5 | by Grace Kwinjeh

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

Mwonzora's wings must be clipped

WHEN is MDC Alliance leader Douglas Mwonzora going to stop all these senseless recalls?By recalling elected members, Mwonzora is:- Denying citizens the right to be represented by those they chose to be their leaders- Causing confusion in t…

Published: 11 Mar 2022 at 20:13hrs | | by A Mbire

Mwonzora's Zanu-PF antics started long time ago

MDC T President Douglas Mwonzora who has vowed to work hand in hand with Zanu-PF idiots started his miscellaneous acts long time ago.He came to the Opposition Party wearing Sheepskin. He came thinking that he would take and shift the peopl…

Published: 26 Feb 2022 at 20:07hrs | 1 | by Fanuel Chinowaita

'It's settled, Chamisa, not Mwonzora, is nation's hope' - just another Mnangagwa vs Mugabe false choice

In 2017 outsiders not familiar with the Zimbabwean people's warped thinking were rightly surprised that Zimbabweans came out in their hundreds of thousands to support the November 2017 military coup. The military coup was an internal power…

Published: 25 Feb 2022 at 07:35hrs | 4 | by Nomusa Garikai

Chamisa, Mwonzora, Khupe fights are killing democracy

Just imagine that Zanu-PF had succeeded in establishing a one-party state as it had initially wanted, after drinking too much off the communist-socialist mug.Well, the scenario wouldn't be fit for those of a nervous disposition. With the w…

Published: 06 Feb 2022 at 06:56hrs | 4 | by Tawanda Majoni

MDC aversion to democracy - its death knell

A simple definition of democracy is a system of governance in which people choose their leaders by voting for them.That very definition, in its simplicity, was recently on display in the governing party Zanu-PF when thousands of eligible m…

Published: 21 Jan 2022 at 05:31hrs | 1 | by Fungi Kwaramba

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, highly expectant conversations about the pending el…

Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 05:32hrs | 2 | by Luke Tamborinyoka

Mwonzora throws knockout punch

OPPOSITION MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora has written to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) seeking to bar his rival and leader of the MDC Alliance, Nelson Chamisa, from using the acronym MDC.Mwonzora claimed that his faction had assum…

Published: 12 Jan 2022 at 04:35hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

'We want reforms and then elections' demanded Mwonzora - this was no epiphany; why now

"We want reforms and then elections. Unlike our colleagues in the opposition who are calling for an election whether or not there are reforms," said Douglas Mwonzora, leader of MDC - T."That government has not allowed reforms over some yea…

Published: 10 Oct 2021 at 17:21hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai

Chamisa dumped by aide

A FORMER aide to MDC-Alliance president Nelson Chamisa, George Madzore, has joined hands with MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora and is now set to the break-away party in the coming Kwekwe Central constituency by-elections.Madzore recently defe…

Published: 28 Jul 2021 at 07:54hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zec fuels Chamisa, Mwonzora fight

THE fight to wrest the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance party name and symbols by the MDC-T with the intention to use them in the forthcoming elections will be determined by which faction will file its nomination papers first under the MDC …

Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 06:45hrs | 2 | by Rowai

'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

Intra-party violence rocks Mwonzora party

SEVERAL MDC-T supporters were reportedly injured following intra-party clashes at a senior leader's house in Marlborough, Harare, on Sunday.The Douglas Mwonzora opposition outfit yesterday accused the rival MDC Alliance of fanning the viol…

Published: 11 May 2021 at 06:48hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter

We are vindicated!!! Mwonzora is indeed a Zanu puppet: MDC Veterans Activists Association (MDC VAA)

The MDC Veterans Activists Association faced a salvo of accusations and insults from the varakashi cyber bullies and The doggie sycophants for condemning the MDC-T's  unholy tag team with ZANU PF to pass the grotseque bill.We were acc…

Published: 06 May 2021 at 07:11hrs | 2 | by Mandava Blessing

Dougie is following Ngwena everywhere

My Dear People,If there's one thing that Ngwena and his people don't have -it is taste -sartorial taste.When I saw Ngwena at a function about the national dress, he was in the strangest garb ever and the first thing I asked myself is: What…

Published: 25 Apr 2021 at 08:01hrs | 4 | by Dr Stopit

Chiefs hail Mwonzora's 'convergence' with Zanu-PF

CHIEFS Council president Fortune Charumbira has claimed there is "convergence" between the opposition MDC-T and the ruling party after Douglas Mwonzora called on the West to remove sanctions against Zanu-PF leaders.His comments came before…

Published: 08 Apr 2021 at 08:52hrs | | by Staff reporter

Mwonzora wants compulsory vaccination

LAST week in the resort town of Victoria Falls, President Mnangagwa received his first Covid-19 jab at an event witnessed by several political leaders, who included main opposition leader Mr Douglas Mwonzora who leads the MDC-T. The Herald…

Published: 31 Mar 2021 at 06:29hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

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

By-elections will cut Mwonzora to size

WITH the COVID-19 pandemic under control, Zimbabwe should soon be preparing for by-elections to fill in parliamentary and council vacancies created following the recall of MDC Alliance MPs and councillors by the MDC-T.Zanu-PF, MDC-T and MD…

Published: 30 Mar 2021 at 06:49hrs | 2 | by Kennedy Kaitano

Mwonzora, Mnangagwa onslaught against MDC Alliance leaves democracy in peril

THE onslaught against MDC Alliance legislators by the Douglas Mwonzora-led MDC-T, with help from the ruling Zanu-PF, has weakened Parliament and is now a major threat to Zimbabwe's nascent democracy, analysts have said.A fortnight ago, spe…

Published: 28 Mar 2021 at 07:01hrs | 6 | by Mirriam Mangwaya

Dialogue with Chamisa

The year 2021 started at a very sad note. A year which everyone thought was going to breath a new lease of life has turned into a very bleak one coupled with myriad of challenges.As long as we continue with politics of tribalism, sexism, r…

Published: 16 Mar 2021 at 14:41hrs | 1 | by Leonard Koni

Mwonzora's law firm faces eviction by Theresa Makone

MDC-T president Douglas Mwonzora's law firm is facing eviction over alleged non-payment of rent at premises in Westgate. The law firm Mwonzora and Associates, is renting a house Number 1307 Fern Crescent Westgate, Harare.The property belon…

Published: 10 Mar 2021 at 05:46hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Chamisa a hurdle to progress

Unless Zimbabwe's opposition puts its act together, the thunder that is going to strike it is still doing push-ups in heaven. Events over the past two years should serve as a wake up call for the splintered and faltering opposition, to sna…

Published: 09 Mar 2021 at 08:23hrs | 1 | by Grace Kwinjeh

Talks between Mnangagwa and the opposition is now inevitable

DIALOGUE between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the opposition is now inevitable, and also remains the best way to ending Zimbabwe's decades-long myriad challenges, professor of World Politics at the University of London's School of Orie…

Published: 08 Feb 2021 at 19:12hrs | | by Staff reporter

No more grandstanding for Chamisa, Mwonzora and Mnangagwa

THIS time the politicians have been honest about our crises. Their recent speeches emphasised substituting discord for dialogue as a way of tackling our country's unstable political and economic environment.They seem to be facing up to the…

Published: 07 Feb 2021 at 18:30hrs | | by Black Edward

Mwonzora appoints team to work on national dialogue strategy

OPPOSITION leader Douglas Mwonzora has now appointed a formal MDC committee to work on a strategy to engage the ruling Zanu-PF and other key stakeholders in the country, as his push for all-inclusive national dialogue moves a gear up.The D…

Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 16:19hrs | | by Staff reporter

When the opposition runs rings around the opposition

Events in the opposition camp over the past few weeks have been amusing and amazing. Fierce contestation in the MDC followed the late Morgan Tsvangirai's unilateral and undemocratic declaration that the party would not participate in the s…

Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 07:00hrs | 1 | by Nobleman Runyanga

Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF warms to Zimbabwe talks

AS THE country's politics continues to mature, a powerful Zanu-PF bigwig says he is open to the ruling party meeting leading opposition figures outside the Political Actors Dialogue (Polad), if that will help resolve Zimbabwe's decades-lon…

Published: 31 Jan 2021 at 18:52hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Mwonzora's MDC mourns Chief Mashayamombe and Chief Marozva

On behalf of the MDC-T party and indeed on my own behalf I wish to convey our deepest condolences to the President of the Council of Chiefs, Chief Fortune Charumbira, the Mudhe family, Chiketa family, the National Chiefs Council and the en…

Published: 25 Jan 2021 at 15:58hrs | 3 | by Douglas T Mwonzora

Mwonzora, Chamisa scuffle (is there a Zanu-PF hand)

There have been many accusations and counter-accusations going on since the ruling that installed Khupe as MDC T leader and which resulted in much turmoil in the opposition camp. While much or less may be true this article would try to unr…

Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 21:23hrs | 1 | by Kumbirai Stein Chivhuna

Mwonzora's chances (breaking the bi-partisan Zim politics)

A lot has been said and unsaid concerning the squabbles that have been befalling the once strong and vibrant opposition under the leadership of MR Tsvangirai since the supreme court ruling that nullified the Chamisa ascendancy. What follow…

Published: 11 Jan 2021 at 16:15hrs | | by Kumbirai Stein Chivhuna

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

Is Mwonzora a Zanu-PF proxy?

CORRUPTION and maladministration by the Zanu-PF government are the two twin evils that have to be uprooted from our society. However, it is disheartening to hear the recently-elected MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora claiming that his party is…

Published: 06 Jan 2021 at 07:13hrs | | by KK

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

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