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Another MDC leader arrested as fight for 'headlines' hots up - all deserted fight for reforms
The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) was launched by Morgan Tsvangirai and his friends in 1999 to answer the nation's cry for democratic changes as the only way to end the de facto one party, Zanu...Published: 12 Jan 2021 at 14:16hrs | 990 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Divisions rock Chinhoyi MDC Alliance councillors
Tensions continue to mount in MDC-Alliance amid revelations that six Chinhoyi councillors who survived last year's purges by MDC-T now led by Mr Douglas Mwonzora are squabbling over the recently held ...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 23:02hrs | 1835 | by Staff reporter
USAID accused of wasting US$ 10 m 'trying to democratise Zimbabwe' - penny has finally dropped in Washington
The proverbial penny has finally drop in Washington: the Americans have finally woken up to the reality they are wasting money trying to democratise Zimbabwe!"In a damning 2020 Festivus report...Published: 30 Dec 2020 at 17:22hrs | 2209 | by Wilbert Mukori
'SA can nudge Zimbabwe toward stability' - not until Zimbabweans finally deal with gadflies
"For years, South Africa trusted in behind-the-scenes contacts to alleviate Zimbabwe's political and economic problems. But those troubles have continued to mount. By stepping up pressure, and by work...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 21:20hrs | 493 | by Nomusa Garikai
MDC welcome Thomas-Greenfield US ambassador to UN - she must read ambassador Dell's Tsvangirai report
MDC Alliance treasurer-general David Coltart has welcomed the appointment of United States human rights defender and career diplomat Linda Thomas Greenfield as US ambassador to the United Nations....Published: 26 Nov 2020 at 06:37hrs | 613 | by Nomusa Garikai
'MDC A #OneMillionCampaign will fight rural voter apathy' - biggest impediment to free elections, MDC sell-outs
"Mdc Alliance Namibia greatly appreciates and admires the historic innovation since the inception of the political behemoth to invade rural constituencies in preparation of the harmonised elections in...Published: 17 Nov 2020 at 08:47hrs | 1567 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Real issue in Zim is a crisis of (Zanu PF) leadership' said Biti - admitting half the truth, as usual
"At the end of the day the real issue in Zim is a crisis of governance and leadership. "The nation carries the burden of illegitimacy, of corrupt incompetent clueless and incompetent leadershi...Published: 13 Nov 2020 at 15:41hrs | 1284 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
UK imposing sanctions on Zanu PF pressuring SADC to do same - is it too little too late
One of the biggest Zimbabwe foreign policy blunders the British government has ever made in the last decade was to believe Mnangagwa's foolish rhetoric that Zimbabwe had changed for the better followi...Published: 31 Oct 2020 at 07:46hrs | 4955 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Zanu PF has mastered art of rigging can't be removed with ballot' - rubbish, above all else, they are mortals
Albert Einstein defined insanity as "doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result." He was right! What he should have said too, is how easy it is to fall into this tra...Published: 19 Oct 2020 at 08:10hrs | 1775 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Demagogues are abandoning democratic values and high ground to defend recalled sell-out MPs
Democracy is the greatest gift the Greeks gave to mankind. "Government of the people, by the people, for the people," as US President Abraham Lincoln defined democracy in his famous Gettysburg speech ...Published: 12 Oct 2020 at 08:07hrs | 1709 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Opposition will never rule Zimbabwe'
ZANU-PF acting spokesperson Patrick Chinamasa, yesterday declared that the opposition will never rule Zimbabwe as they are allegedly working to reverse the gains of the liberation struggle.Spe...Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 17:03hrs | 5166 | by Staff reporter
'Every anointed will fight resistance (Zanu PF) and betrayal (Khupe)' said Chamisa - 'Memento mori!'
Chamisa's arrogance knows no bounds!"Every chosen person under assignment will fight these seven battles; accusation, frustration, criticism, rejection, disappointment, resistance and rebellio...Published: 08 Oct 2020 at 21:59hrs | 3890 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Zanu PF creating fake MDC to win 2023' - why bother, won 2018 with genuine MDC
Dear Knowledge Hakata, "As a political student this is my prediction of what is happening and what is going to happen in Zimbabwe. Zanu PF knows that they won't stand a chance in 2023 presiden...Published: 06 Oct 2020 at 08:31hrs | 1963 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zanu PF's costly and desperate power preservation
Absolute political power and a persistent quest to preserve it at all cost can result in absolute political absurdity. Men and women who might have spent some time being intellectually trained in inst...Published: 04 Oct 2020 at 08:17hrs | 585 | by Mkhululi Zulu - Zapu Presidential Spokesperson
Khupe, Chamisa appear ready to ditch suicidal factional battles
AFTER years of engaging in futile internal wars, MDC leaders now appear ready to ditch their suicidal factional battles and work together in the interest of the party. Yesterday, the party's i...Published: 30 Sep 2020 at 18:29hrs | 6860 | by Staff reporter
Cracks appear in MDC-T leadership
Cracks started appearing in the Thokozani Khupe-led MDC-T on Monday after police ended their siege, at least temporarily, on the opposition party's disputed headquarters in Harare.MDC-T organi...Published: 29 Sep 2020 at 18:31hrs | 3959 | by Staff reporter
Full statement by MDC youths occupying Harvest House
Late on Sunday night, about 60 MDC Alliance youths entered the party's Harvest House HQ which was forcibly occupied by the rival MDC-T since June.A key player in facilitating Sunday's re-occup...Published: 28 Sep 2020 at 10:21hrs | 6803 | by MDC youths
Morgan Tsvangirai must be turning in his grave
Morgan Tsvangirai, the late icon of Zimbabwe's tenuous democratic struggle, is a man I knew so well, having served as his spokesperson and trusted lieutenant for almost a decade until his untime...Published: 25 Sep 2020 at 09:34hrs | 6619 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Thambolenyoka was hurt to leave military life
WE continue our interview with Tennyson Mlobi Khutshwekhaya Ndlovu who during the post-independence conflict operated as a dissident and was known as Thambolenyoka. However, during the war of liberati...Published: 20 Sep 2020 at 08:34hrs | 5029 | by Staff reporter
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 | 1863 | by Nomazulu Thata
Wadyajena slates Zanu-PF gossip
Gokwe-Nembudziya MP Justice Mayor Wadyajena has warned Zanu-PF supporters against engaging in divisive politics that can destroy the party and country. Wadyajena also lashed out at people that...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 07:37hrs | 3605 | by Staff reporter
Sell-outs will disappear, says Mnangagwa ally
DEFENCE deputy minister Victor Matemadanda has unwittingly exposed government's hand in the alleged abduction and forced disappearances of opposition and human rights activists after he bragged that "...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 06:36hrs | 6916 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa 'planted' his intelligence operatives in all parts of Zimbabwe
Gokwe-Nembudziya MP Justice Mayor Wadyajena recently told party supporters that President Emmerson Mnangagwa had "planted" his intelligence operatives in all parts of the country to sniff out "sell-ou...Published: 08 Sep 2020 at 00:02hrs | 5785 | by Staff reporter
Matemadanda attacks, Trump, Malema
Matemadanda also attacked United States President Donald Trump, accusing him of fuelling chaos in Zimbabwe by sponsor-ing protests through civil society organisations and the opposition MDC Alliance. ...Published: 24 Aug 2020 at 07:28hrs | 2927 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF ring-fences chairpersons' posts
THE ruling Zanu-PF party has barred party youths from contesting for provincial chairpersons' posts, a decision likely to create more rifts as youths were pushing to take over senior positions....Published: 24 Aug 2020 at 07:25hrs | 1768 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo groups blast 'provocative' Mnangagwa meeting
SOME Bulawayo based civic society groups and political parties have described President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Saturday's meeting with fellow organisations as provocative to the people of Matabeleland w...Published: 23 Aug 2020 at 15:51hrs | 4301 | by newzimbabwe
Reporting Khaliphani Phugheni to big brother Israel Dube: here is a Ndebele calling Mnangagwa 'His Excellency'
Khaliphani Phugheni is not stupid or an imbecile by any stretch of my imagination. In retrospect he is eloquently intelligent, articulative, brilliant argumentative skills. However those skills are no...Published: 10 Aug 2020 at 14:23hrs | 1478 | by Nomazulu Thata
'SA envoys welcome. . . Malema, Khama offside'
Special envoys appointed by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to embark on a fact-finding mission to Zimbabwe are welcome as the administration in Harare has nothing to hide, but characters such...Published: 09 Aug 2020 at 09:41hrs | 2813 | by Staff reporter
White Compensation; How about ZAPU Properties?
The European colonialists dispossessed our forefather of their land through a bloody and barbaric grab which left them poverty stricken and marginalised. It beggars belief that the formerly dispossess...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 16:14hrs | 1205 | by Iphithule Maphosa
'Perrance Shiri died after repenting of Gukurahundi sins'
Former 5th Brigade Commander Perrance Shiri repented of his involvement in commanding the notorious 5th Brigade that killed more than 20 000 Zimbabweans from Matabeleland and Midlands. A WikiL...Published: 31 Jul 2020 at 10:17hrs | 6290 | by Mandla Ndlovu
MDC A U-turn on boycotting 'illegitimate Mnangagwa' – next big U-turn, boycotting flawed 2023 elections
MDC Alliance in yet another political U-turn! A few weeks ago the party resolved that its MPs and Senators would boycott parliamentary activities to protest the recall of some of their members by Dr T...Published: 16 Jul 2020 at 21:37hrs | 7885 | by Wilbert Mukori
MDC sanctions treachery exposed
ALTHOUGH the MDC Alliance vainly attempts to create the impression of being a saviour of the people of Zimbabwe from its opponent, ZANU-PF, it is increasingly coming to the fore that it is against the...Published: 05 Jul 2020 at 11:06hrs | 661 | by Nobleman Runyanga
From Mnangagwa's oil and soup dripping hands, to Chamisa's naivety
BESIDES pulling down an outdated calendar and hanging up another on the wall each year in Zimbabwe, has anybody ever asked themselves if really we are going anywhere as a country? I say this with ever...Published: 02 Jul 2020 at 18:26hrs | 1597 | by Robert Sigauke
War vets reconnected after 40 years
"Happiness is meeting an old friend after a long time and feeling that nothing has changed," wrote Cris Dar.It seems the prolific writer coined the statement with two wartime friends in mind (...Published: 30 Jun 2020 at 13:38hrs | 4598 | by John Sigauke
'Baffling, MDC leaders endorsed ED's coup and now in bed with G40' - done a lot worse, it's madhouse
Dear Grace Kwinjeh, First of all, I would like to thank you for this insightful contribution, "Is Khupe an MDC or Zanu-PF creation?" in Bulawayo24."A pattern that continues to repeat i...Published: 29 Jun 2020 at 20:33hrs | 3405 | by Wilbert Mukori
From Zanu's Oil and Soup Dripping Hands, to the Opposition's Naivety
Besides pulling down an outdated calendar and hanging up another on the wall each year in Zimbabwe, has anybody ever asked themselves if really we are going anywhere as a country? I say this with ever...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 08:54hrs | 4886 | by Robert Sigauke
Chamisa shot himself in the foot
Nelson Chamisa shot himself in the foot by behaving like a Zanu-PF thug and seizing power after Tsvangirai's death. We all know that Zanu-PF is nosing around looking for an opportunity to divide its p...Published: 27 Jun 2020 at 08:39hrs | 7785 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Join protest demanding legitimate state' Chamisa called – he gave away legitimacy, wandering Jew
In Christian legend the wandering Jew is a character doomed to live until the end of the world because he taunted Jesus on the way to the Crucifixion. He is doomed to wander, looking for something he ...Published: 26 Jun 2020 at 23:26hrs | 6228 | by Nomusa Garikai
MDC bulls have locked horns, they will fight to death - no glory for either much less for nation, 'Shaisano!'
Now that the MDC bulls have locked horns, there is no stopping the fight! There is death for both bulls, no glory! "Shaisano!" as one would say in Shona. Ever since the Supreme Court jud...Published: 25 Jun 2020 at 13:10hrs | 2089 | by Wilbert Mukori
Nurses' strike further exposes Mnangagwa's misgovernance
THE current strike by health workers in the country has proved once again that President Emmerson Mnangagwa has dismally failed to fulfil the promises he made to the electorate during the run-up to th...Published: 22 Jun 2020 at 08:14hrs | 2882 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa dared to accept court ruling
MDC Alliance legislator Tapiwa Mashakada has responded to people criticising his recent decision to default to Thokozani Khupe's camp and said true democracy is accepting the ruling of the courts. Mas...Published: 20 Jun 2020 at 20:36hrs | 1629 | by Staff reporter
Mashakada hits back on MDC Alliance officials criticising him
MDC Alliance legislator Tapiwa Mashakada who seem to have defected to the MDC-T led by Thokozani Khupe has hit back at former colleagues in the MDC Allian...Published: 19 Jun 2020 at 11:00hrs | 4777 | by Stephen Jakes
'WB assistance must not entrench undemocratic Zanu PF' says Biti - True but add MDC, given it's duplicity
Tendai Biti has reported written to the World Bank asking them to make sure any financial assistance they give to Zimbabwe benefit the people and not the ruling elite. "Even in these unprecede...Published: 09 Jun 2020 at 18:55hrs | 1942 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mashakada crushes Chamisa Parliament boycott call
The outcome of Court the SC and High Court judgements have clearly leveraged the MDC-T led by Dr Thokozani Khupe and put the MDC Alliance into an invidious position. The MDC Alliance has lost the lawf...Published: 02 Jun 2020 at 20:16hrs | 10978 | by Dr Tapiwa Mashakada: M DA Alliance Secretary for Policy & Research
Whither MDC after Supreme Court judgment?
THE MDC is at the crossroads, probably of a never-seen-before nature since its formation in 1999. On May 5 2020, Parliament recalled four of the MDC Alliance's MPs. This was a major step by ac...Published: 22 May 2020 at 07:05hrs | 691 | by Moses Tofa
Zapu scorns 'useless' ex-secretary general Absolom Sikhosana
OPPOSITION Zapu has slammed late Zanu-PF politburo member Absolom Sikhosana for being a "useless and harmless" man who did not deserve to be conferred with the highest honour of the land.Sikho...Published: 18 May 2020 at 07:21hrs | 1283 | by newzimbabwe
Chamisa's crumbling empire: Time for self-introspection
The world has been plunged into one of the most trying times in recent history, with the outbreak of COVID-19 in December 2019 in China. Leaders worldwide have put their political differences aside to...Published: 07 May 2020 at 20:40hrs | 2899 | by Ben Mberikwazvo
Betrayal of UK returnee proves betrayal is a weapon by some people
The cynical weapon that some Zimbabweans know best is betrayal of one another in various aspects of our lives. The cynical weapon of an African is best described as betrayal of self and the other to g...Published: 28 Apr 2020 at 10:27hrs | 2619 | by Nomazulu Thata
'I won't talk about sanctions' says Masiyiwa - why not, need no-hold-barred to get out of this mess
"While I don't want to get into the issues around how and why there are sanctions, everyone knows that I personally had to flee my country, Zimbabwe, because of persecution 20 years ago," said Strive ...Published: 28 Apr 2020 at 08:50hrs | 1697 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
No independence for Africans: Their children will play on sewage drainages and will not recognize or smell it
There are numerous themes to talk about Zimbabwe that is celebrating 40 years of wasted opportunities for decades. It is difficult to ignore what White Former Prime Minister Ian Douglas Smith prophesi...Published: 19 Apr 2020 at 07:52hrs | 2040 | by Nomazulu Thata
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