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Khupe barred from Polad
THE MDC has directed its interim president Thokozani Khupe to stop being part of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Political Actors Dialogue (Polad) until she gets the mandate from the party's congress....Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 15:03hrs | 11856 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa appoints Mutsvangwa
Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa has been appointed the leader of Government business in the Senate by President Mnangagwa.She replaces national hero...Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 06:33hrs | 10503 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt mulls local authority commissions
Government is considering appointing commissions to run the affairs of local authorities following the recall of councillors by MDC-T for insubordination and failing to recognise the leadership of Tho...Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 06:32hrs | 1989 | by Staff reporter
Khupe's recalls a drain to the fiscus
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) last week disclosed that it required about US$18,5 million to be able to run by-elections, a process that should be done by December 5.Most of the by-el...Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 06:07hrs | 1543 | by Staff reporter
Khupe youths blast 'vindictive' recalls on Alliance MPs
YOUTHS aligned to Thokozani Khupe's old MDC-T party have warned their leaders within the newly reconstituted MDC-T to stop "vindictive" recalls on MPs and councillors elected on the MDC Alliance ticke...Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 06:06hrs | 3834 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T recalls Gwanda mayor
THE MDC-T has recalled Gwanda Mayor, Councillor Jastone Mazhale as the party continues in its quest to remove all members aligned to the MDC Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa. Local Government...Published: 17 Sep 2020 at 06:03hrs | 518 | by Staff reporter
Lessons from Uganda: What Nelson Chamisa can learn from Bobi Wine
Yesterday two despots shared the same birthday - that is one Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa from Zimbabwe and the other being Yoweri Kaguta Museveni from Uganda. Despite old age, these two brothers in de...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 17:38hrs | 2619 | by Leonardo Makuya
When a Nguni Kingship chases his own agenda to undo other Ndebele Kings
We have been saying it for a long time that the Nguni Kings are chasing their own agenda but will want to ride at the backs of the Ndebele populations so that they get recognition by Zanu Government. ...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 17:11hrs | 1798 | by Nomazulu Thata
What does it mean searching hymen inside an 18-yr-old daughter's vaginal opening? Hon Priscilla Mishihairabwi-Mushonga I need an
Much as we would like to believe that our societies and families are holier than thou: far from it. We are worse off today, yesterday and a century ago. Violence against women and girl-children is pre...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 14:17hrs | 3873 | by Nomazulu Thata
Vic Falls councillors punished for pushing for mayor Dlamini ouster
VICTORIA FALLS Ward 1 and 6 councillors Marguerite Varley and Ephias Mambume who have been recalled by the MDC-T led by Thokozani Khupe could have been punished for launching a spirited push for the r...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 06:30hrs | 1219 | by Staff reporter
Khupe, Chamisa scuffle cripples local authorities
THE turf war between MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe and her MDC Alliance rival Nelson Chamisa has left operations in the country's major cities and towns paralysed after she recalled a record 84 council...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 06:28hrs | 1168 | by Staff reporter
Khupe persists with MDC Alliance massacre
TRIGGER-HAPPY MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe has expelled several more MDC Alliance councillors in Bulawayo, Gwanda, Beitbridge and Marondera as she stops at nothing to decimate rival Nelson Chamisa's i...Published: 16 Sep 2020 at 06:20hrs | 674 | by newzimbabwe
BREAKING: Mudzuri tests positive for Coronavirus
MDC-T leader Engineer Elias Mudzuri has tested positive of the deadly Coronavirus. In a statement on Twitter, Mudzuri said, "Fellow Zimbabweans I wish to break the news to you that I have test...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 20:51hrs | 4132 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Khupe, Chamisa feud escalates
THE senseless blood-letting in the MDC continues with interim president Thokozani Khupe wielding the axe on 11 more councillors in Harare, including deputy mayor Enock Mupamawonde. This c...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 17:48hrs | 4681 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Thokozani Khupe fires 8 Bulawayo Councilors
MDC-T Acting President has expelled the following Bulawayo Councilors from the party rendering their wards vacant:1. Tinashe Kambarami (Ward 3) 2. Enerst Rafamoyo (Ward 20) 3. Tineruvi...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 12:11hrs | 6450 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Mwonzora equates Chamisa to Mugabe
MDC-T secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora says the level of intolerance being displayed by Nelson Chamisa was not only shocking but totally repugnant of modern dictates of common decency in leadership....Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 07:37hrs | 5196 | by Staff reporter
Khupe recalls almost render Beitbridge, Harare councils dysfunctional
The Thokozani Khupe-led MDC-T party continued its purge of MDC Alliance councillors on Monday, rendering both the capital Harare and the border town of Beitbridge almost dysfunctional.Local Go...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 07:19hrs | 1455 | by Staff reporter
Khupe targets Chamisa's remaining MPs, cllrs
THE Thokozani Khupeled MDC-T has resolved to recall all remaining MDC Alliance MPs and councillors, setting the stage for a bruising fight in forthcoming by-elections. Khupe's camp yesterday recalled ...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 06:27hrs | 2858 | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda recants violence threat
ZANU-PF political commissar Victor Matemadanda has claimed that the statement he made at the party's annual conference last December where he was quoted as saying "if elections fail, we will use any o...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 06:26hrs | 1468 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Thokozani Khupe fires Beitbridge Mayor
MDC-T Acting President has recalled Mayor of Beitbridge Councillor Morgan Ncube, Granger Nyoni of ward 5 and Tore Angeline of Ward 6 in Beitbridge Municipality. The Minister of Local Governmen...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 17:16hrs | 5098 | by Mandla Ndlovu
BREAKING: Thokozani Khupe fires 11 MDC Alliance Councillors
MDC-T Acting President Thokozani Khupe has expelled 11 city councillors in Harare. A letter from the Local Government minister July Moyo has instructed the town clerk to inform the Zimbabwe Electoral ...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 12:18hrs | 6921 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa says, 'State House within reach'
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa says his party is now more than ready to march to State House to wrest power after 21 years of "a rough and difficult" journey littered with betrayal and ...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 06:42hrs | 9499 | by Staff reporter
Woza engages Parly over schools opening
WOMEN of Zimbabwe Arise (Woza) will tomorrow engage the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Primary and Secondary Education, stakeholders and parents to gauge the country's readiness for the re-openi...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 06:37hrs | 978 | by Staff reporter
'I totally agree, we sold out during 2008 GNU' confessed one more MDC leader - since and will sell out in 2023
"I totally agree that we missed an opportunity during GNU when we controlled the levers of power that we should maybe have exerted more pressure on Zanu-PF to have all these things reformed," said Pri...Published: 12 Sep 2020 at 09:22hrs | 1515 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Chamisa says Mwonzora is a 'sell-out'
MDC Alliance President Nelson Chamisa has described his former colleague Douglas Mwonzora, as a sell-out who was fighting an unwinnable petty agenda.For close to six months, Mwonzora, MDC-T in...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 07:34hrs | 10731 | by Staff reporter
MDC councillor manhandled at funeral wake
KWEKWE's Ward 2 Councillor Future Titora was on Tuesday manhandled by rowdy youths belonging to the MDC-Alliance for allegedly dumping the party to join the Dr Thokozani Khupe led MDC-T. Clr T...Published: 11 Sep 2020 at 07:12hrs | 545 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T woes mount
THE Thokozani Khupe-led MDC has been dragged into another fight by the Multiracial Christian Democrats (MCD) over the recent recall of MPs and subsequent nomination of their replacements.The M...Published: 10 Sep 2020 at 07:28hrs | 12586 | by Staff reporter
All outstanding by-elections to be held by December 5
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) on Wednesday lifted the suspension of elections in place since March when the country went into a coronavirus lockdown.All outstanding by-elections are ...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 20:59hrs | 1354 | by Staff reporter
Mafume must fall now, not tomorrow not next week
THE MDC-T won the Supreme Court judgment based on violation of two documents by the MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa, namely the alliance agreement and the MDC-T constitution. The MDC-T has ...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 08:25hrs | 3683 | by 0 Gutu
Mwonzora, Mafume clash over legitimacy of 2017 MDC Alliance agreement
LAST week's Harare in-house mayoral election conducted at Town House by the City Fathers to select former mayor Herbert Gomba's replacement (following the latter's ejection from office) may have left ...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 06:46hrs | 3773 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's expelled MPs ask for Judge's recuse in appeal
EXPELLED MDC Alliance MPs, Charlton Hwende, Prosper Mutseyami, Thabitha Khumalo, and Lilian Timveous Tuesday made an application at the High Court seeking Justice Pisirayi Kwenda to recuse himself fro...Published: 09 Sep 2020 at 06:37hrs | 1400 | by Staff reporter
Thokozani Khupe mourns MDC Alliance's Miriam Mushayi
MDC-T Acting President Thokozani Khupe has sent message of condolence on the passing away of Kuwadzana MDC Alliance Member of Parliament Miriam Mushayi. Mushayi passed away on Monday. ...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 16:37hrs | 2146 | by Mandla Ndlovu
MDC haggles over mayor
The two MDC formations are haggling over the Harare mayoral elections held last week with Dr Thokozani Khupe's MDC-T saying they want the polls nullified. The Khupe-led formation said the elec...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 06:23hrs | 724 | by Staff reporter
Gomba, six councillors challenge recall
SUSPENDED Harare Mayor Herbert Gomba and six councillors have petitioned the High Court to nullify their recall by MDC-T led by Dr Thokozani Khupe, claiming she has no authority to do so in terms of t...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 06:22hrs | 626 | by Staff reporter
'Ramaphosa must promote honest critique of Zanu PF's democratic deficits' - too compromised even for that
"What can South Africa do to assist in resolving Zimbabwe‘s problems?" Piers Pigou of International Crisis Group was asked. "The shift to a more public critique is an important stepping ston...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 12:30hrs | 683 | by Nomusa Garikai
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 ...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 06:44hrs | 6083 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa regains Gwanda
MDC Alliance has regained control of Gwanda Town Council after four councillors out of the six who attended a meeting organised by the Thokozani Khupe's MDCT faction have pledged loyalty to their part...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 06:36hrs | 6733 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF lite' can't bring better Zimbabwe'
IT is disheartening to note that the MDC-T leadership of Thokozani Khupe and her secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora is behaving like headless chickens, moving around without any direction.The ...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 06:32hrs | 1240 | by Farai Ngarani
Only court can stop us, says Zec
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has said only the court can stop it from filling vacant positions in the Legislature caused by deaths and recalls on MDC Alliance MPs by the Thokozani Khupe-led...Published: 07 Sep 2020 at 06:31hrs | 1301 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa must play a more active Statesman like role
WITH Zimbabwe's political crisis deepening amid growing calls for an inclusive dialogue, senior consultant with the International Crisis Group Piers Pigou, told the Daily News on Sunday last week that...Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 20:09hrs | 3522 | 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 tw...Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 09:08hrs | 7620 | by Staff reporter
A year after Mugabe's death
WHEN Zimbabwe's founding leader Robert Mugabe died exactly a year ago today, for many it was unimaginable any leader who comes after him would repeat hismistakes.Mugabe, who ruled Zimbabwe...Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 09:03hrs | 1563 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T has to put voters first
The ongoing destabilisation of opposition-controlled urban councils as part of a battle for power in the MDC ranks is one of the most cynical attacks on Zimbabwe's nascent democracy.Following ...Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 09:02hrs | 1798 | by Staff reporter
Losing MDC-T councillors plot Mafume ouster
NEWLY ELECTED Harare Mayor Jacob Mafume might not stay longer at the helm of the city's affairs after it emerged losing MDC-T candidate Luckson Mukunguma and other councillors aligned to the party fac...Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 08:47hrs | 2270 | by Staff reporter
Gwanda councillors and Mayor fully behind Chamisa
In an extraordinary joint sitting of the MDC Alliance Mat south provincial management committee and the Gwanda Central CCC with the councillors from the Provincial capital. His worship the May...Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 07:58hrs | 784 | by Ntando Ndlela MDC Alliance - Mat south spokesperson
'I won 2018 elections, there is no crisis' insists Mnangagwa - rigged hence existential crisis
"I wish to unequivocally state that there is no crisis in Zimbabwe as elections were held in July 2018 and a winner was declared in terms of the country's Constitution," stated Emmerson Mnangagwa....Published: 06 Sep 2020 at 07:53hrs | 461 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
MDC Alliance leader denies CIO allegations
MDC Alliance's National Youth spokesperson, Stephen Chuma, has denied allegations that he is part of the state security agency, the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO).This comes after a s...Published: 05 Sep 2020 at 16:25hrs | 4225 | by Daniel Itai
Mwonzora in tribalism, violence storm
MDC-T secretary general Douglas Mwonzora has been accused of fanning tribalism and violence by a senior party official and structures, as fights for control of the opposition outfit persist.In...Published: 05 Sep 2020 at 09:29hrs | 1787 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa finally starts to lean on Mnangagwa
THE Zimbabwe government wants South Africa's help with personal protective equipment (PPE) and other equipment to fight the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as support in trying to secure international loan...Published: 04 Sep 2020 at 06:21hrs | 5577 | by Peter Fabricius
Tendai Biti ally elected new Harare mayor
MDC ALLIANCE-SPONSORED candidate Jacob Mafume yesterday scraped through to land the Harare mayoral post in a tightly contested election, where he was pitted against Luckson Mukunguma of the Thokozani ...Published: 04 Sep 2020 at 06:18hrs | 4712 | by Staff reporter
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