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'Chamisa, Mwonzora taking Zimbabweans for granted'
THE Zimbabwe People First (ZimPF) has accused political opponents Nelson Chamisa and Douglas Mwonzora of taking Zimbabweans for granted as the two engage in personal fights at the expense of the natio...Published: 14 mins ago | 21 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's failure to rein in his 'toxic and divisive' SG has destroyed the party
THE defection of top party executive, Lillian Timveos from the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance to the ruling Zanu-PF has opened a can of worms, with party insiders claiming the young opposition leader...Published: 22 mins ago | 45 | by Staff reporter
MDC, Zanu-PF MPs get Chinese vaccine jab
RESTLESS MPs, who have been clamouring to get vaccinated against the Covid-19 pandemic, finally got inoculated Wednesday at the Parliament Building in Harare.Most of the MPs who were vaccinate...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 06:21hrs | 904 | by Staff reporter
Chebundo, Timveous raptures Chamisa's MDC
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance secretary-general Charlton Hwende said former party official, Lilian Timveous decided to dump the Nelson Chamisa-led party and join Zanu-PF to keep in her possession a parliame...Published: 25 Feb 2021 at 06:19hrs | 1746 | by Staff reporter
'MDCs, Zanu-PF fuelling political tension
THE ruling Zanu-PF and opposition MDC parties have been accused of fanning violence through hate speech, thus entrenching fear in the electorate.This was revealed in a 2020 Hate Speech Report ...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 21:56hrs | 1518 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora says all land barons are from Zanu-PF
MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora, who has recalled dozens of rival MDC Alliance councilors over the past several months alleging involvement in corrupt land deals, now says all land barons are from Zanu-...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 16:53hrs | 983 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora, Khupe rift widens?
THE rift between underfire MDCT leader Douglas Mwonzora and Thokozani Khupe over the party presidency widened yesterday with the latter demanding a rerun of the internal polls.This was after M...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:54hrs | 5117 | by Staff reporter
3 MDC-T proportional representatives sworn in
Three MDC-T proportional representatives were sworn in yesterday after the party recalled some of its legislators last year.The new members are Nomvula Mguni (Bulawayo), Grace Miranzi (Mashona...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 05:44hrs | 607 | by Staff reporter
Khupe dismisses Mwonzora claims she has accepted VP post
FORMER MDC-T interim president Thokozani Khupe has dismissed Douglas Mwonzora's claims she has finally accepted the outcome of the tempestuous December 27, 2020 party extraordinary congress in which s...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 20:24hrs | 2983 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora, Khupe reconcile
MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora says he has reconciled with his rival Thokozani Khupe. "We have resolved her issues," Mwonzora tells a press conference. Khupe, according to Mwonzora, has...Published: 23 Feb 2021 at 11:53hrs | 7163 | by Staff reporter
Magaisa advise 'MDC A strategies to win rigged election' - must stop the rigging by implementing the reforms
If there is one thing the ordinary Zimbabweans do NOT want right now is to be dragged into yet another meaningless election process whose outcome will be to confirm the corrupt, dysfunctional and tyra...Published: 22 Feb 2021 at 09:31hrs | 1678 | by Wilbert Mukori
Chamisa's MDC suspends 'rebel' Mutare councillors
MDC Alliance has handed 60-day suspensions on two of its Mutare councillors suspected to have rebelled against the party by voting for a rival MDC-T member to the post of deputy mayor.The post...Published: 22 Feb 2021 at 05:53hrs | 3184 | by Staff reporter
MDC Youth Assembly calls for dialogue and immediate release of all political prisoners
The MDC-T Youth Assembly joins the rest of the country in commemorating National Youth Day, which is celebrated on 21 February every year. This year's commemorations are taking place against the backd...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 09:40hrs | 1078 | by Yvonne Musarurwa
Mnangagwa's damning scorecard from allies
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has been asked to breathe life into an outfit he has been touting as the panacea to Zimbabwe's intractable political and economic reforms in a telling assessment of his le...Published: 21 Feb 2021 at 07:15hrs | 2132 | by Staff reporter
Ex-MDC-T workers demand US$150 000
FORMER MDC-T employees have approached the High Court seeking a garnishee order against the party's accounts so that they can recover over US$150 000 owed to them. The workers won a High Court...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 07:27hrs | 1711 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's 2023 plot exposed
HARARE residents and MDC formations yesterday claimed Zanu-PF was behind the chaos in most urban local authorities as part of a grand plan to set the electorate against the opposition ahead of the 202...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 07:20hrs | 2790 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa itches to bury Chamisa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has urged his Zanu-PF party to bury the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance by wresting all urban councils from the opposition and reclaim its former dominance in the country ...Published: 18 Feb 2021 at 05:56hrs | 4449 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora dares party 'extremists'
THE MDC-T said its leader Douglas Mwonzora was not fretting over threats to take him and the party to court by individuals challenging the December extraordinary congress (EOC) and the appointment of ...Published: 18 Feb 2021 at 05:54hrs | 3551 | by Staff reporter
MPs grill Chiwenga
MEMBERS of Parliament on Tuesday grilled Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga on the efficacy and possible side-effects of the Chinese-donated Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine.Chiwenga was questioned...Published: 18 Feb 2021 at 05:51hrs | 3334 | by Staff reporter
Mpofu defends Zanu-PF COVID-19-era meetings
ZANU-PF secretary for administration, Obert Mpofu yesterday quashed criticism by the main opposition party, MDC Alliance that the ruling party was holding meetings and internal elections in total defi...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 06:34hrs | 2289 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's push for Chamisa to join Polad a nullity
YOUR Excellency, President ED Mnangagwa.In my self-opinionated response to a recent media report where Zanu-PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu said MDC Alliance president Nelson Chami...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 06:19hrs | 1486 | by Paddington Japajapa
No democracy works without dialogue
WHEN a President in the United States of America (USA) is set to address the nation, it is often report-ed that many citizens tend to go about their business and catch up with the address afterwards. ...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 06:12hrs | 426 | by Gibson Nyikadzino
MDC-T attacks Chamisa, temperamental Biti
THE Douglas Mwonzora-led MDC-T's virtual memorial for Tsvangirai yesterday turned into a verbal attack on MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa.MDC-T chairman Morgen Komichi alleged that all the ...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 07:34hrs | 4684 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa's MDC affected by greed, selfishness'
MDC Alliance secretary for rural strategies Happymore Chidziva yesterday said the opposition camp was severely affected by greediness, selfish and egos of some of its top leaders, hence the sharp divi...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 07:32hrs | 2687 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa must not create his own opposition
This epitome of throwing the baby out with the bath water should not be tolerated.Where on earth have you heard of a President saying that, "this is the official opposition party" referring to...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 08:23hrs | 2550 | by Leonard Koni
Zanu-PF defy COVID-19, hold elections to replace Gwaradzimba
ZANU-PF yesterday claimed that all COVID-19 protocols were followed by the party when it conducted its elections to fill in the senatorial seat which was left vacant after the death of Minister of Sta...Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 08:04hrs | 1644 | by Staff reporter
Not yet ready for democracy
THE road to democracy is not easy for countries that have emerged from decades of colonial systems and replaced by autocratic ones which derive their power from military as well as tribal politics....Published: 15 Feb 2021 at 07:59hrs | 209 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Mwonzora foe readies for battle
MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora's challenger Abednego Bhebhe says he is not giving up the fight to overturn the outcome of the opposition party's extraordinary congress after he rejected manoeuvres to b...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 12:37hrs | 3984 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa outfit suffers major blow
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's controversial platform for opposition parties is at risk of becoming irrelevant due to MDC-T's reluctance to endorse it following the elevation of Douglas Mwonzora....Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 12:36hrs | 8949 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa unhappy with Ramaphosa
OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa remains concerned over South Africa's reluctance to censure its northern ‘wayward' neighbour, Zimbabwe warning the ‘see no evil, hear no evil' approach fuelled ele...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 09:52hrs | 3527 | by Staff reporter
Hwende claims he is not in politics for money
MDC Alliance secretary-general, Charlton Hwende has poured scorn on his detractors, who allege he grabbed the powerful opposition party post for self-aggrandisement.The former Kuwadzana South ...Published: 14 Feb 2021 at 09:40hrs | 290 | by Staff reporter
'Let's work on political reforms' - 'unprofitable servant who buried 1 talent,' verified voters' roll
"Let's work on political reforms and we go to the next election. But if you are not a political actor like a political party, we support an all-stakeholders' platform, where we can have continuous dis...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 09:22hrs | 161 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Health time bomb looms in Harare
The world is at loggerheads trying to deal with the covid-19 pandemic that is threatening to wipe out humanity.The Pandemic has affected millions of people around the world and millions have a...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 09:14hrs | 578 | by George Swarei
Chamisa's supporters stage protest at ZEC offices demanding by-elections
Suspected MDC Alliance youths staged a flash protest outside the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) premises on Friday demanding the holding of by-elections.A few dozen opposition activists p...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 07:35hrs | 1349 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says vaccine roll-out plan complete
GOVERNMENT has completed the Covid-19 roll-out and vaccination framework while resources for the procurement of the drugs have been set aside, President Mnangagwa has said. In his opening rema...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 07:28hrs | 154 | by Staff reporter
Bhebhe slaps Mwonzora in the face
Former MDC-T organising secretary Abednego Bhebhe has slapped MDC-T president Douglas Mwonzora in the face after he said he did not recognise his leadership and the party had no legal standing to read...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 15:55hrs | 3493 | by Staff reporter
Blind, inflated egos is not what Zimbabwe needs right now
REVELATIONS by Zimbabwe Heads of Christian Denominations (ZHOCD) this week that political dialogue to extricate the country from the current political and economic crises is hamstrung by selfishness a...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 15:51hrs | 111 | by Staff reporter
Security forces major perpetrators of violence
SECURITY agents were the major perpetrators of human rights violations in 2020, with 181 cases of violence recorded in December, as the human rights situation in Zimbabwe remains dire, a humanitarian ...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 15:45hrs | 229 | by Staff reporter
Magaisa was secretly dining with a Zanu-PF faction
Having gone through a lot of Alex Magaisa's recent articles, it is fair that a response by a Zimbabwean youth is given. After the disastrous 2013 election, the MDC-T family and its president Morgan Ts...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 05:38hrs | 2186 | by Honourable Vincent Tsvangirai MP
'1978 Smith-Muzorewa show has no political capital, it flopped' - 2008 GNU Tsvangirai had 73% vote capital, it flopped too
MDC A is dismissing Douglas Mwonzora's call for national political dialogue, involving MDC-T, MDC A and Zanu PF as the leading player, as a waste of time. "Well, you have no dispute with Zanu-...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 10:14hrs | 1762 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
MDC-T faces implosion
PLANS are afoot to challenge the constitutionality of the MDC-T extraordinary congress (EOC), its election results and the subsequent appointments made by its new leader Douglas Mwonzora after an atte...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 06:22hrs | 4129 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe talks not possible until political leaders put country first'
PROSPECTS of dialogue seen as the only solution in settling Zimbabwe's political and economic crises are gloomy because of "selfishness and egotism" being exhibited by Zanu-PF and opposition MDC Allia...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 06:21hrs | 676 | by Staff reporter
Bhebhe dismisses claims of rejoining Mwonzora's MDC
EXPELLED MDC-T national organising secretary Abednico Bhebhe has rebuffed to claims by the opposition party's that he had been reinstated into the structures after begging for readmission.MDC-...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 06:14hrs | 1107 | by Staff reporter
Chammisa's MDC taunts 'Zanu-PF puppet' Mwonzora over national dialogue calls
Calls by MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora for an inclusive national dialogue to untangle Zimbabwe's deepening political and economic crisis have been met with derision by his rivals in the main oppositio...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 18:45hrs | 3943 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora 'barred' from discussing MDC affairs with the media
MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora had been reminded that he should desist from discussing Party affairs with the media without authority from the Party.Substantive MDC-T chairman Chalton Hwende re...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 15:18hrs | 4930 | by Staff reporter
MDC veterans reject Mwonzora
THE MDC Veteran Activists Association (VAA) yesterday pledged its allegiance to MDC Alliance leader, Nelson Chamisa.This was announced by the VAA leader Felix Magalela Sibanda in a statement a...Published: 10 Feb 2021 at 05:48hrs | 2139 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora a puppet of Zanu-PF
As we draw near 2023 elections, there are going to be many surprises and the one surprise would be the walloping of Mr Douglas Mwonzora and signing off his political carreer.You can't be calle...Published: 08 Feb 2021 at 09:18hrs | 4238 | by Leonard Koni
Chamisa loses more senior members?
MDC-Alliance continues to count costs after it lost more senior party officials to the MDC-T led by Mr Douglas Mwonzora, who now leads the biggest opposition party in terms of representation in Parlia...Published: 08 Feb 2021 at 05:45hrs | 8399 | by Staff reporter
Sanctions affect general citizens most, says MDC-T
DOUGLAS Mwonzora's MDC-T has claimed that the targeted sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe's top leadership were hurting the ordinary man in the streets.But the party's statement has been blasted by...Published: 07 Feb 2021 at 19:57hrs | 1335 | by Staff reporter
Land for votes haunts Zanu-PF
FORMER Labour and Social Welfare minister and ex-Zanu-PF Member of Parliament for Goromonzi, Petronella Kagonye (pictured) was yesterday arrested over alleged illegal land dealings.Kagonye ser...Published: 07 Feb 2021 at 19:56hrs | 2107 | by Staff reporter
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