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Chamisa's MDC woos Sadc on dialogue
AS THE push for Zimbabwe's much-needed national dialogue continues to gather steam, the opposition said yesterday that it was important for Sadc and the African Union to help midwife the mooted talks....Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 07:08hrs | 2470 | by Staff reporter
Why I dumbed Chamisa
LAST week, two senior MDC officials, former Midlands senator Lillian Timveous and former Kwekwe Central MP Blessing Chebundo, jumped ship and joined President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ruling Zanu-PF party...Published: 03 Mar 2021 at 07:07hrs | 5442 | by Staff reporter
War veterans clash with Kazembe
War veterans in Mazowe District, Mashonaland Central province have once again clashed with ZANU PF provincial chairperson Kazembe Kazembe after he elimina...Published: 02 Mar 2021 at 20:34hrs | 2096 | by Paul Ndou
Jaboon set for Zanu-PF come-back
The temperatures outside Zanu-PF seem to be going below zero degrees for former Masvingo provincial political commissar Jeppy Jaboon who is said to be in the process of tracing his footsteps back to t...Published: 27 Feb 2021 at 19:04hrs | 653 | by Staff reporter
Jaboon begs for Zanu-PF re-admission
The temperatures outside Zanu PF seem to be going below zero degrees for former Masvingo provincial political commissar Jeppy Jaboon who is said to be in the process of tracing his footsteps back to t...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 15:43hrs | 2783 | by Staff reporter
Senator Timveos speaks about MDC's politics of witchcraft & factions
I found the Twit by Charlton Hwende that my reasons for resigning from the MDC Alliance was that the First Lady promised me that my senatorial car will not be seized to be demeaning and a lie by an ev...Published: 24 Feb 2021 at 21:28hrs | 2072 | by Senator Lillian Temvoes
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 | 1696 | by Wilbert Mukori
What kind of beast is devouring Chiwenga's generals?
"Covid -19 complications", is the cause of the death of army generals. At least that is what we are told by the government of Zimbabwe and the state media.Zimbabwe must be having a new covid- ...Published: 17 Feb 2021 at 08:35hrs | 7492 | by Israel Dube
'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
ZCTU rocked by battle for leadership
CRACKS have emerged in the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) ahead of the labour body's elective congress scheduled for December.Sources within the country's largest labour representati...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 14:45hrs | 432 | by Staff reporter
Push for talks gather momentum
THE POLITICAL Actors Dialogue (Polad) members are meeting today as the push towards inclusive national dialogue continues to gather momentum.This comes as pressure is mounting on President Emm...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 15:37hrs | 285 | by Staff reporter
Moyo backs national talks
FORMER Speaker of Parliament and MDC bigwig, Lovemore Moyo, has thrown his weight behind the current push to nudge President Emmerson Mnangagwa to engage the opposition and other key stakeholders in t...Published: 11 Feb 2021 at 18:35hrs | 2758 | by Staff reporter
'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
Nyikayaramba death leaves Chiwenga 'isolated'?
Major General (Rtd) Douglas Nyikayaramba, one of the generals who led a military coup that ousted former President Robert Mugabe in 2017 has died.He was 64.Nyikayaramba, who was in 201...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 11:34hrs | 8102 | by Staff reporter
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 th...Published: 08 Feb 2021 at 19:12hrs | 3562 | by Staff reporter
The trouble with ruinous advisers
IT HAS been painful to watch over the past few days the desperation with which the small cast of know-it-alls, that is contributing so much to the country's toxic politics, has been attacking talk abo...Published: 08 Feb 2021 at 05:55hrs | 3728 | 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 envir...Published: 07 Feb 2021 at 18:30hrs | 3856 | 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 ...Published: 06 Feb 2021 at 16:19hrs | 541 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's national dialogue 'window of opportunity' opens
WITH the momentum towards national dialogue continuing to gather speed, as Zimbabweans cry for an end to the country's decades-long political and economic challenges, analysts have urged the Church to...Published: 03 Feb 2021 at 18:50hrs | 661 | by Staff reporter
Ministers Covid-19 deaths strike fear into the hearts of Zimbabwe's VIPs
This comes as Transport minister Joel Biggie Matiza died of Covid-19 today. Four ministers, including Matiza, have so far died. Others are Perrance Shiri, Ellen Gwaradzimba and Moyo. Former minister A...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 17:12hrs | 2108 | by Staff reporter
'If I die in Chikurumbi, it will be for freedom' penned Sikhala - no, it's for pole position in gravy train rat race
The fight amount opposition politicians for headlines is hotting up! "MDC Alliance's outspoken Vice Chairman and MP, Job Sikhala that despite all adversities in jail and even if it means dying...Published: 23 Jan 2021 at 12:04hrs | 1192 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
MDC Alliance call for 'streetifying people's anger' - real change will come from implementing reforms
"It is Zanu-PF itself that has become a super-spreader of perfidy and unbridled falsehoods as exemplified by its statements alleging growth in the country's economy and the cheap allegation that victi...Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 15:50hrs | 1626 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mnangagwa ally died of COVID-19
MANICALAND State and Devolution minister Ellen Gwaradzimba yesterday became the second high profile government official to succumb to COVID-19.This followed the death of Lands, Agriculture, Wa...Published: 16 Jan 2021 at 07:26hrs | 2600 | by Staff reporter
Married serial bed-hopping businessman exposed
A SERIAL bed-hopping Plumtree-based businessman was chucked out of his in-laws' house where he was residing and has been forced to stay with one of his girlfriends whenever he is in Bulawayo after his...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 18:41hrs | 4058 | by Staff reporter
MDC implosion sets back the struggle for change
Zimbabwe is stuck in mud. People of my generation were in their late 20s or early 30s when Zimbabwe attained independence in 1980. Those fortunate to be still alive are now elderly and on the cusp to ...Published: 15 Jan 2021 at 08:00hrs | 1285 | by Tendai Dumbutshena
Mwonzora gleefully awaiting $2.72 m PPFA payout - reason why MDC will sell-out again come 2023
"Only Zanu-PF and MDC-T will share the $100 million allocated in the 2021 National Budget under the Political Parties Finance Act as all other parties failed to get at least five percent of the consti...Published: 08 Jan 2021 at 19:03hrs | 941 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Will a divided MDC keep Zimbabwe safe from a one-party state?
While the year 2020 will undoubtedly play an integral part in history - bringing the world to a halt as a result of the pandemic - Zimbabwe's politics will go down as an historic year for the Movement...Published: 07 Jan 2021 at 20:24hrs | 1401 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora ally says he did not join MDC for praise and worship
GWERU Central MP Brian Dube, who was last week appointed MDC-T secretary for legal affairs by newly elected MDC-T president Douglas Mwonzora, says he is his own man who is not in opposition politics a...Published: 03 Jan 2021 at 07:36hrs | 1122 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa demands loyalty from Zanu-PF members
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday demanded loyalty from the party's newly-elected District Coordinating Committee (DCC) members ahead of the 2023 elections.Speaking before yesterday's cen...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 16:59hrs | 793 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala 'berates' Mnangagwa - 20 years of posturing, it is reforms Mnangagwa fears
"MDC Alliance vice-chairperson Job Sikhala has said President Emmerson Mnangagwa has proved to be one of the worst authoritarian leaders to ever lead Zimbabwe, an accusation that comes as the nation n...Published: 28 Dec 2020 at 00:07hrs | 1263 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Rugeje, Makwarimba factions violent'
Zanu PF politburo member Jorum Gumbo, who was in charge of Masvingo District Coordinating Committee (DCC) elections held on December 05 - 06, has said a faction allegedly fronted by senior party membe...Published: 24 Dec 2020 at 19:15hrs | 1805 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T presidency in my bag, says Mwonzora
MDC-T interim secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora says he is confident of winning the presidency of the party at the extraordinary congress to be held this Sunday. The MDC-T is set to hold its ...Published: 23 Dec 2020 at 07:24hrs | 4722 | by Staff reporter
MDC infighting timeline 2014 - 2020
AS the drama of recalls of MPs and councillors continues to unravel within the strife-torn opposition MDC, we trace the roots of the crisis back to May 2014 when the party was deeply divided before an...Published: 19 Dec 2020 at 16:40hrs | 1529 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T Congress collapses
SERIOUS fissures have emerged ahead of the MDC-T extraordinary congress set for today (Saturday) as rival factions scuttled the process leading to its abandonment.The opposition party's spokes...Published: 19 Dec 2020 at 15:28hrs | 2072 | by Staff reporter
How South Africa can nudge Zimbabwe toward stability
What's new? As Zimbabwe's political and economic crises worsen, South Africa is moving beyond its policy of "quiet diplomacy" with its northern neighbour and applying more pressure on Harare to open...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 06:42hrs | 1997 | by crisisgroup
Mnangagwa gags Zanu-PF followers
President Mnangagwa yesterday gagged Zanu-PF members from discussing party issues in both mainstream and social media following the chaos that rocked the DCC elections. Addressing a politburo ...Published: 17 Dec 2020 at 07:16hrs | 2126 | by Staff reporter
Former Harare Mayor distances himself from Budiriro demolitions
Herbert Gomba, the former Mayor of Harare and Councillor of Ward 27 in Glen Norah B has distanced himself from the recent Budiriro housing demolitions.This follows a letter that has been making ro...Published: 15 Dec 2020 at 14:21hrs | 1174 | by Daniel Itai
Zanu-PF, MDC formations refuse to meet in one room for dialogue
POLITICAL enmities among the ruling Zanu-PF and MDC formations - the MDC Alliance and MDC-T which are fighting a vicious battle for the control of the heart and soul of the main opposition movement - ...Published: 14 Dec 2020 at 08:34hrs | 2036 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF infighting exposed
THE chaos that characterised Zanu-PF polls has revealed that the ruling party is still struggling for cohesion three years after its long-time ruler Robert Mugabe was toppled in a coup, analysts have ...Published: 13 Dec 2020 at 08:19hrs | 2080 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe opposition's squandered opportunities
The political opposition in Zimbabwe, particularly the MDC, is stuck in the middle: between making news headlines and making reform headways.This is not new.Being stuck between making ...Published: 13 Dec 2020 at 08:18hrs | 1759 | by Jonathan Moyo
Mnangagwa battles G40, Gamatox remnants
ZANU-PF's vanquished Generation 40 (G40) and Gamatox factions have joined forces in a bid to destabilise President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the party ahead of the 2023 polls, a senior official of the fo...Published: 11 Dec 2020 at 19:10hrs | 1463 | by Staff reporter
'G40, Gamatox teaming up against Mnangagwa'
ZANU-PF's vanquished Generation 40 (G40) and Gamatox factions have joined forces in a bid to destabilise President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the party ahead of the 2023 polls, a senior official of the fo...Published: 11 Dec 2020 at 06:45hrs | 7075 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's penchant for chaos does not bode well for country
Zanu-PF held its long awaited District Coordinating Committee (DCC) polls over the weekend. They were as chaotic as could be expected of a party whose hegemony has driven the country to the br...Published: 09 Dec 2020 at 17:08hrs | 722 | by Staff reporter
The factions exposed during DCCs must be dealt with now
There are two primary causes for voter apathy: alienation and voter fatigue. Alienation is defined as,the sense that voters feel like the political system does not work for them and any attempt to inf...Published: 09 Dec 2020 at 15:24hrs | 700 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
'Change is unstoppable' said Chamisa - should be done and dusted yet failed to start it in 20 years
"What we know is victory is certain, it's only a matter of time. Every struggle has its own unique characteristics. We know exactly what we are doing – please do not panic," Nelson Chamisa told his ...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 10:10hrs | 1631 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mugabe may have been right after all
CHAOS that erupted in the Zanu-PF district co-ordinating committee (DCC) polls over the weekend could be an apt reflection of how factionalism is deep-rooted in the ruling party.From burning o...Published: 08 Dec 2020 at 06:38hrs | 1917 | by Staff reporter
Turmoil in Zimbabwe's gold mining sector
Over the past year, a wave of violence has rocked Zimbabwe.Armed gangs, alternatively portrayed as consisting of or preying upon small-scale miners, have wreaked deadly havoc, especially in th...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 08:15hrs | 392 | by International Crisis Group
Shortage of ballot boxes hits Zanu-PF DCC elections
ZANU-PF will this Saturday hold its crucial District Coordinating Committee (DCC) elections, but the governing party has failed to avail ballot boxes and has urged aspiring district chairpersons to so...Published: 05 Dec 2020 at 06:21hrs | 225 | by Staff reporter
'Zim prison, a crime against humanity' twittered Biti, prisoner - true all because selling out on reforms
Tendai Biti, MDC A vice President, has been arrested and will spend Friday night in a Police Prison. He is charged with assault, after calling a Russian woman an idiot.Biti has denied any wron...Published: 05 Dec 2020 at 00:04hrs | 1144 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Unpacking Nelson Chamisa; MDC Alliance turns into a coven under Chamisa
The word Coven is defined as "a meeting of witches". Witches are associated with the highest level of cruelty mass destruction and inhuman actions covered in catastrophic end. So in a meeting of w...Published: 04 Dec 2020 at 23:55hrs | 1489 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
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