President Cyril Ramaphosa has found himself in another dilemma after Zimbabwe’s Zanu-PF spokesperson, Tafadzwa Mugwadi, threatened to reveal “a bombshell” regarding a recent visit by an ANC delegation to Zimbabwe. According to sources within Zanu-PF, there is a growing belief inside the party that Ramaphosa has been secretly funding opposition […]
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Mwonzora dives into the arms of Zanu-PF, gets kiss of death from Mnangagwa
Newly elected MDC-T president, Douglas Mwonzora has received gushing endorsement from President Emmerson Mnangagwa, raising serious questions about the party’s standing as a genuine opposition committed to dismantling Zanu-PF’s four decades stranglehold on state power. In tweets posted on his @edmnangagwa handle, the Zanu-PF leader welcomed Mwonzora’s pledge to transform […]
Chamisa challenges Mnangagwa to end violence, arrests and abductions
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa (pictured) has challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to stop violence in the country, arbitrary arrests, abductions and torture of civilians under his watch as such atrocities have rendered Unity Day “irrelevant”. This came as Mnangagwa, in his Unity Day speech emphasised peace-building and conflict resolution […]
Chamisa claims ‘change is unstoppable’ but MDC has no strategy in sight
By Patrick Guramatunhu “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 audience over the weekend. If MDC knew what it was doing […]
Mnangagwa underfunds ZEC, dealing blow to by-election hopes
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has dealt opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa another blow after allocating a paltry $2,3 billion to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC), an amount inadequate to conduct by-elections next year. Chamisa lost 32 MPs and 165 councillors to recalls by rival MDC-T faction led by Thokozani Khupe. […]
Chamisa: Africa must act on leaders using soldiers to kill citizens
MDC Alliance president Nelson Chamisa says institutions such as the African Union (AU) must take a tough stance against leaders on the continent that abuse human rights, including killing peaceful protesters. Chamisa told The Standard in an exclusive interview yesterday that the use of soldiers by African leaders to kill […]
MDC Alliance lawyers fail to show up for Supreme Court hearing as party declared legally non-existent
The ruling by Justice Chitapi that MDC Alliance party does not legally exist is set to stand after the Supreme Court struck down the appeal by MDC Alliance lawyers. The appeal was stroke down after MDC Alliance lawyers failed to appear in the Supreme Court this Monday to challenge Justice Chitapi’s earlier […]
Khupe deals another blow to Chamisa
In another move to further disempower the MDC Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa, the Thokozani Khupe-led MDC-T yesterday removed Hwange Central MP Daniel Molokele from the chairmanship of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Higher and Tertiary Education. Speaker of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda yesterday announced that Molokele had been […]
Kwekwe mayor snubs Khupe, stands with Chamisa
Kwekwe mayor Angeline Kasipo has dismissed reports that she had crossed over to the Thokozani Khupe-led MDC-T, saying she would remain loyal to the MDC Alliance party led by Nelson Chamisa. Kasipo was recently reported to have jumped ship together with other members of the MDC Alliance. In an interview […]
How the Khupe coup resonates with the import of Excelgate
By Ibbo Mandaza This time last year, Excelgate was about to be published, in the expectation, inter alia, that the MDC Alliance in particular would capitalize on the revelations therein, to both fuel their legal challenge against the Constitutional Court’s ruling on the disputed 2018 presidential election; and mount a […]