Three MDC Alliance (MDC-A) councillors have dumped the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance and joined the MDC-T led by Thokozani Khupe. The development was confirmed by MDC-T secretary for women’s assembly in Mbizo district, Rita Munyorovi-Svova. Munyorovi-Svova revealed that the councillors are from Ward 2, 11 and 12. She said: They all belong to MDC-T. In fact, they must not make the mistake of following an individual (Nelson Chamisa) but should follow the party (MDC-T). People should read and understand the constitution of the MDC-T. Meanwhile, MDC-A Midlands secretary for information Takavafira Zhou said it is the democratic right of the three councillors to decide on whomever they want to associate with. Said Zhou: In politics, there is freedom of association and disasso
Zimbabwe opposition party, Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) said that it was forced to call off a planned demonstration at Beitbridge Border Post after it failed to secure permission from the South African government. The opposition party had planned to “blockade” the border between Zimbabwe and South Africa on 31 August in protest over the crackdown on human rights defenders and journalists in Zimbabwe by President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government. EFF president Innocent Ndibali told NewZimbabwe.com that his party had to cancel the planned demonstration after Pretoria did not give the green light for the event to go ahead. He said: Due to multiple factors beyond our control, EFF Zimbabwe has with difficulty and sadness seen it necessary to call off the planned prote
Doug Coltart Gives An Update On Hopewell Chin’ono’s Condition He Could Have Covid-19 Lawyer Douglas Colart is seen in the following video confirming that journalist Hopewell Chin’ono is indeed not well At Chikurubi Maximum Prison and he has been attended to by his private doctor. Colart further claimed that Chin’ono has the following symptoms, headache, fever, body aches and distorted taste which are all consistent with the symptoms of the infamous COVID-19. Coltart also said 6 prisoners who are in opposition party leader Jacob Ngarivhume’s cell tested positive for COVID-19 and the issue of overcrowding in prisons was posing a huge risk to all the people currently imprisoned at the Prison. The jailed journalist, Hopewell Chinono has been tested
MDC Alliance Gwanda Mayor Jastone Mazhale and his entire Council have defected from the Nelson Chamisa led entity to join the Thokozani Khupe led MDC-T. The councilors met with MDC-T Acting National Spokesperson Leader Khaliphani Phugeni on Sunday where they pledged their full loyalty to the party and expressed their desire to work very hard in mobilizing for a landslide victory in 2023. Read the MDC-T minutes below: The MDC-T Acting National Spokesperson Leader Khaliphani Phugeni today (30/08/2020) met with Gwanda Municipality councilors in his capacity as the Standing Committee deployee to Matebeleland South Province. The meeting was also attended by the Mat South PR legislator Hon Lindiwe Maphosa and Provincial leaders. The councilors were led by His Worship the Mayor, Cllr Jasto
MDC Alliance Secretary General Chalton Hwende has been asked to surrender his diplomatic passport after MDC T recalled him from parliament. The matter came to light on Twitter after Zanu PF posted the following letter to Hwende from the parliament clerk: Dear Mr Hwende RE: RETRIEVAL OF DIPLOMATIC PASSPORT As you maybe aware, His Excellency President Emmerson Mnangagwa gracefully extended the facility for all Members of Parliament to hold Diplomatic Passports in September 2019. You may recall. conditions for use of the document were linked to the tenure of the current Parliament inclusive of you being a serving Member of Parliament of Zimbabwe. Following your recall from Parliament, in accordance with Section in (to) of the Constitution at Zimbabwe, you are, therefore, kindl
The MDC Alliance is currently investigating the very serious allegations against Ms. Tendai Masotsha, the Bulawayo Women's Assembly Chair, in the events surrounding the abduction and subsequent torture of Tawanda Muchehiwa by the State. The outcome of the investigation will be communicated publicly and expeditiously once the investigations and internal processes are complete in accordance with due process. We apologize for the perceived delay in communicating on this matter but we have had to proceed cautiously in order to avoid inadvertently re-victimising our member, who herself was recently victimized in the run up to the planned protests of the 31st of July 2020. On this International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, we continue to express our revulsion a
The government's denials that Zimbabwe is facing deep-seated economic and political crises will only delay the resolution of the multifaceted problems facing the country, analysts have warned. On Friday Western diplomats expressed deep concern over the worsening crisis in Zimbabwe and said President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government must stop using the Covid-19 pandemic to curtail citizens' freedoms Churches, the African Union and United Nations have also spoken out against what they said was worsening repression in Zimbabwe, but the government continues to brush aside the global condemnation. Ibbo Mandaza, a renowned academic, said continued denials that there was a crisis in Zimbabwe were no longer making any sense. "Things on the ground speak for themselves th
MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe and her ally Douglas Mwonzora face a legal and political minefield following the crackdown against MDC Alliance legislators and councillors as part of their turf war against the party's leader Nelson Chamisa. Khupe and Mwonzora have in recent months recalled 21 MDC Alliance legislators and scores of councillors using a Supreme Court ruling that Chamisa's elevation to succeed MDC founder Morgan Tsvangirai was null and void. The ruling saw Khupe claiming control of the MDC Alliance despite the fact that the party defeated her MDC-T in harmonised elections two years ago. Mwonzora, who was the MDC-T secretary-general before the 2018 split, is now the party's interim secretary-general. The two have joined forces to launch an onslaught against
President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s ruling party has dismissed as “rubbish” a statement by Western diplomats warning Zimbabwe’s government not to use the COVID-19 pandemic as a pretext to stifle citizens' rights. The statement was delivered while more than a dozen citizens are in hiding for fear of persecution or prosecution for organizing an anti-government protest. Seven countries, including the U.S., have urged Mnangagwa to keep the inauguration pledge he made in 2018 to respect human rights. Western diplomats joined forces in a statement saying their countries would continue to assist Zimbabwe in addressing the humanitarian crisis caused by recurring droughts and the COVID-19 pandemic. “But COVID-19 must not be used as an excuse to restrict citizen
AMID rising tensions in the country, authorities plan to fast-track the Cyber Bill which will punish those deemed to have abused social media or peddled falsehoods against the State and citizens once it becomes law. In addition, the government will also soon introduce the Patriotic Act in Parliament – a law which it says seeks to promote patriotism among Zimbabweans. Speaking in an interview with the Daily News yesterday, Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi said the planned two pieces of legislation had become “priority bills” for authorities. However, government critics fear that both laws will be used to clamp down on dissenting voices in the country – particularly in light of recent accusations that authorities have been guilty of gross human rights violati
