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Temba Mliswa speaks the ugly truth
He can be a pain at times, a thorn in the flesh and a source of discomfort. But this time, on a balance of improbabilities, he chose his words with a bit of tact. I mean this non-conformist maverick c...Published: 07 Jul 2025 at 09:54hrs | 1046 | by Vukani Madoda
Mauritius' ruling party ousted from power
The prime minister of Mauritius has accepted that his coalition, L'Alliance Lepep, has suffered a "huge defeat" following Sunday's parliamentary election."The population has decided to choose ...Published: 11 Nov 2024 at 16:55hrs | 2655 | by Staff reporter
Hichilema's nightmare
Zambia's former President, Edgar Chagwa Lungu, has returned as the presidential candidate for an eight-party opposition coalition, TONSE ("All of Us"), turning into reality a long-dreaded nightmare fo...Published: 09 Nov 2024 at 17:35hrs | 1888 | by Dereck Goto
Mnangagwa congratulates incoming Botswana leader
President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who also serves as the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Chairperson, yesterday congratulated Botswana's President-elect, Mr. Duma Boko, following his victory...Published: 02 Nov 2024 at 08:36hrs | 310 | by Staff reporter
Welshman Ncube is the legitimate CCC leader
The Welshman Ncube Interview with an online publication recently cleared the air on his alleged links with Sengezo Tshabangu and the baseless sellout tag.It needs aprogressive and level headed m...Published: 24 Feb 2024 at 18:01hrs | 7 | by Gugugu Magorira
'Bring a lie detector test' Welshman Ncube dares Chamisa supporters
In a Twitter exchange that has sent shockwaves through the political landscape, Professor Welshman Ncube, the Vice President of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), responded to allegations ...Published: 16 Dec 2023 at 10:06hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mnangagwa hopes to capitalise on Zimbabwe's divided opposition in August election
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa expects to feast on the fragmented opposition in the impending polls, confirming earlier speculation on the competitive edge which one united opposition coalition wi...Published: 27 Jun 2023 at 06:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's party rules out opposition coalition
THE Nelson Chmaisa led Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has ruled out any prospects of joining forces with other political parties under a coalition arrangement.Prior to the 2018 elections,...Published: 01 Mar 2023 at 20:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora strikes again
Opposition MDC Alliance president Douglas Mwonzora has struck again, recalling three Norton Town Council councillors and three Mutare councillors for associating with Nelson Chamisa's Citizens Coaliti...Published: 01 Mar 2023 at 07:10hrs | 8 | 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
Inside three swing provinces that will decide entry to State House in 2023 polls
The 2023 general election may see the highest turnout in decades, though it comes at the same time as vast uncertainty about the independent auditability of the voters roll and electoral systems, ball...Published: 05 Aug 2022 at 09:29hrs | 3 | by Farai Chirimumimba
Losing MDC candidate calls for Mwonzora sacking
LOSING MDC-T parliamentary candidate for Epworth National Assembly constituency Zivai Mhetu has come out guns blazing against his party president Douglas Mwonzora, accusing him of a plethora of flaws ...Published: 02 Apr 2022 at 07:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Khupe warms up to opposition coalition
SELF-APPOINTED MDC-T president Thokozani Khupe has revealed that her party would soon announce the formation an alliance with other political parties as the country heads for the 2023 plebiscite....Published: 15 Feb 2022 at 05:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZEC spot on in excluding MDC Alliance
Recently Zimbabweans woke up to a NewsDay story entitled "ZEC bias exposed." The article informed that the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) had not invited the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance (MDC-...Published: 04 Oct 2021 at 05:50hrs | 1 | by Nobleman Runyanga
MDC: A case of burning ambition, failed leadership
THE Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) was founded in 1999 as an opposition party from members of a broad coalition of civic society groups and individuals that campaigned for a "no" vote in the 200...Published: 08 Sep 2021 at 06:18hrs | 4 | by Cedric Steele
Chamisa ordered to stop using the MDC Alliance name
THE MDC Alliance has endorsed MDC-T president Mr Douglas Mwonzora as leader of the opposition coalition, warning the faction led by Mr Nelson Chamisa against using the group's name and symbols....Published: 29 Aug 2021 at 07:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa loses MDC Alliance name to Mwonzora
THE MDC Alliance has endorsed MDC-T president Mr Douglas Mwonzora as leader of the opposition coalition, warning the faction led by Mr Nelson Chamisa against using the group's name and symbols....Published: 29 Aug 2021 at 07:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Opposition flogs electoral reforms dead horse, again
Faced with increasing pressure from its largely impressionable and excitable young members, who are growing impatient, and the counter-attractions presented by other opposition players like Jacob Ngar...Published: 31 May 2021 at 06:34hrs | 1 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Mwonzora calls for 'dialogue fo build synergies' - had cure since 2008, reforms, lacked competent leader to implement
When some people have nothing better to say, the repeat themselves. Mwonzora is back at calling for national dialogue as the solution to Zimbabwe's economic meltdown and political paralysis."H...Published: 24 Jan 2021 at 08:21hrs | 1 | by Nomusa Garikai
'Mnangagwa risks trial for killing protestors'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa might be tried for incitement and involvement in the killing of protesters in August 2018 and January 2019 exiled Professor Jonathan Moyo has said. Commenting afte...Published: 13 May 2019 at 20:45hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Khama, Venson-Moitoi's South African handlers calling for Masisi's ouster
A team of South African experts who recommended that Pelonomi Venson Moitoi should withdraw her challenge against President Mokgweetsi Masisi for the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) presidency have al...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 08:42hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
MDC Congress: Internal party violence rears its ugly head
The battle for the top leadership posts within the MDC Alliance ahead of the elective congress pencilled for 24 to 26 May has reached a crescendo with officials trying to outwit each other by unleashi...Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 14:07hrs | | by Christine Lethokuhle Mabhena
'Tsvangirai children must takeover MDC' says Energy Mutodi
The Deputy Minister of Media, information and Broadcasting Services Energy Mutodi has called upon the children of the late Veteran opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai to takeover the leader of M...Published: 11 Jan 2019 at 14:12hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Political drama engulfs 2018
The curtain came down on 2018 and as 2019 is finally into full swing, the Daily News spoke to a number of social and political analysts who gave us what they think were the political highlights of the...Published: 09 Jan 2019 at 12:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC-Alliance dinner dance row
A fundraising dinner dance called by MDC-Alliance next month has caused fissures within the embattled loose opposition coalition after some started questioning how funds raised from previous efforts h...Published: 24 Nov 2018 at 07:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's 'mischievous' abduction claims dismissed
THE Government has dismissed as false and mischievous, allegations of attempted abduction of MDC leader Mr Nelson Chamisa on his way from addressing a rally in Marondera on Saturday. A video h...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 05:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance setting up war vets wing
THE MDC Alliance is mulling setting up a war veterans' wing to represent ex-combatants in the opposition camp following a fallout with their counterparts in the Zanu PF-aligned Zimbabwe National Liber...Published: 08 Oct 2018 at 08:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa is dead! what next?
Opportunistic leaders not only cost lives and resources but also set back the march to freedom by decades. In Zimbabwe and across Africa, democracy has suffered a steady decline in recent years becaus...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 19:49hrs | 3 | by Sam Wezhira
Chamisa’s dictatorial tendencies exposed
Following the confirmation of President Mnangagwa's election victory by the Constitutional Court and his subsequent inauguration last month, the nation had one eye on the unfolding mayoral elections a...Published: 12 Sep 2018 at 06:46hrs | 1 | by Nobleman Runyanga
MDC Alliance beds Zanu-PF in awful Faustian bargain
The mayoral and deputy mayoral elections in council chambers on Wednesday evening produced shocking results, with some of the MDC Alliance councillors voting for a Zanu-PF councillor to be deputy mayo...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 11:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mujuru's coalition maps way forward
THE People's Rainbow Coalition (PRC) is reportedly meeting to map the forward or merge into one political party following its poor showing in the July 30 harmonised elections, but indications are that...Published: 29 Aug 2018 at 06:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Lessons from Kenya (Part 1)
RARE is a country that seamlessly blends modern and vibrant cities with unspoilt white sandy beaches against the backdrop of the planet's biggest natural wildlife park, the Masai Mara (Serengeti). End...Published: 11 Aug 2018 at 10:13hrs | 2 | by Miriam T Majome
Zanu-PF ropes in twelve lawyers as it preps for court battle
Zanu-PF has assembled a 12-member legal team to prepare responses to litigation by MDC Alliance leader, Mr Nelson Chamisa, who is challenging results of the July 30 presidential election won by Presid...Published: 08 Aug 2018 at 06:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa claims 'They are trying to kill me'
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has claimed that there is an attempt to eliminate him, adding that the situation in Zimbabwe is now "more dangerous than Iraq".The opposition leader was spea...Published: 06 Aug 2018 at 09:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance distances self from 'Monday shutdown'
THE MDC Alliance has distanced itself from social media messages claiming the opposition coalition is organizing a countrywide shutdown this Monday.The alliance is bitterly disputing the resul...Published: 06 Aug 2018 at 09:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance to merge into a single party
MDC Alliance spokesperson Welshman Ncube has hinted on the possibility of the popular opposition coalition further merging into one single political party.The opposition front was formed 2017 ...Published: 05 Aug 2018 at 10:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Chamisa to get money from Paul Pogba, says Biti
THE MDC Alliance has already received pledges of foreign direct investment and international financial support which will be honoured when the opposition coalition assumes power after Monday's crunch ...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 13:02hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa or Mnangagwa: It's the economy stupid
TOMORROW, standing in the small voting booth, with pen in hand, looking down at the 23 names of presidential aspirants on the ballot paper, there's little doubt the voter will be making a crucial deci...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 10:25hrs | 3 | by Tartira Zwinoira
Chamisa wary of rigging plans
THE MDC Alliance has raised alarm over plans to rig elections next week as the opposition coalition's intelligence officers claim that Zanu-PF is working tooth and nail to ensure it wins at least seve...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 15:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa has a transitional plan
The MDC Alliance says it has a strategy to ensure that the country's security establishment does not torpedo the opposition coalition's presidential candidate, Nelson Chamisa, from ascending to power ...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 15:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe still a factor in Zimbabwe's election
Former leader Robert Mugabe has been forced out but he's hardly faded away. Ahead of this month's historic election, dozens of people in T-shirts with his image danced to anti-government songs while v...Published: 23 Jul 2018 at 09:06hrs | 3 | by AFP
Chamisa popularity shoots up
THE MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has built an election campaign momentum which has seen his popularity dramatically surging 6% in the last two months, hot on the heels of President Emmerson Mnan...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 16:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance too broke to pay for ads
The MDC Alliance led by Mr Nelson Chamisa yesterday admitted it was struggling to raise money to pay for advertising slots availed by the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation on both radio and television...Published: 11 Jul 2018 at 06:56hrs | 1 | by Staff rpeorter
Jonathan Moyo want ballot papers tested
Former Education minister Jonathan Moyo has sensationally claimed that President Emmerson Mnangagwa was planning to rig this month's harmonised elections through the use of ballot papers designed to p...Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 08:27hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
No ballot deal, no election, says MDC Alliance
MDC Alliance spokesperson Welshman Ncube has urged the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to urgently address opposition coalition leader Nelson Chamisa's complainants over ballot paper printing or r...Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 07:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Alliance of tantrums
The MDC Alliance have turned into political crybabies who are hellbent on attacking anything that involves the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission.The opposition coalition is taking advantage of new...Published: 08 Jul 2018 at 16:42hrs | 5 | by Hubert Sithole
Another demo
THE MDC Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa said it plans street protests in the capital Harare next week to demand electoral reforms to ensure upcoming polls are free and fair.The alliance will pr...Published: 05 Jul 2018 at 14:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa plans Harare street protest next week
THE MDC Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa said it plans street protests in the capital Harare next week to demand electoral reforms to ensure upcoming polls are free and fair.The alliance will pr...Published: 04 Jul 2018 at 16:22hrs | | by Ndou Paul
Eddie Cross 'endorses' Mnangagwa
Former Morgan Tsvangirai's ally Eddie Cross believes his former mentor's nemesis President Emmerson Mnangagwa has turned a new leaf and is on the right track, subtly endorsing him as a viable candidat...Published: 03 Jul 2018 at 13:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Biti offers 'bus loads' of cash
MDC Alliance principal Mr Tendai Biti has said "whites will come with lorries and buses full of money" to Zimbabwe if the opposition coalition wins the July 30, 2018 harmonised elections.At a ...Published: 01 Jul 2018 at 08:00hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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