MDC Alliance president Mr Nelson Chamisa has blamed his party’s dismal performance in the 2018 elections on shambolic preparations and the imposition of candidates. Speaking at the Bulawayo Press Club on Tuesday evening, Mr Chamisa said his party lost the elections by its “own commissions and omissions.” MDC Alliance lost to the ruling Zanu-PF which garnered more than two thirds majority in Parliament while Mr Chamisa was also defeated by President Mnangagwa in the presidential poll. Mr Chamisa said the party has power hungry individuals who cling onto positions resulting in the MDC Alliance fielding double candidates. “We had 32 constituencies where we had double candidates. I can tell you that in those constituencies our combined vote
The Zanu PF government is limiting a maize meal subsidy programme to rural areas, its electoral bedrock, under an opaque new coupon scheme announced on Wednesday. Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa said the maize meal subsidy, first announced last December, had been abused by millers, retailers and street traders – forcing the latest rethink. Under the new scheme, the government says poor and vulnerable communities will be placed on a register and issued with the coupons, allowing them to purchase maize meal from designated shops and centres at $70 for 10kg, while the rest of the population will buy at the market rate. “A targeted coupon scheme for the vulnerable is in the offing with the compilation of a database at an advanced stage. The subsidy programme is not
MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe storms out of POLAD meeting in tears. Yesterday’s POLAD executive principals meeting was rocked with power struggles, heated arguments and skulduggery as principals of other parties cried foul over MDC-T’s dominance in leadership roles in POLAD sub-committees. Thokozani Khupe, the MDC-T President who is the chairperson of the international re-engagement team, was under attack from most of the principals as they challenged and “harassed” her party members who occupy most of the chairmanship or deputy positions including as rapporteurs in nearly every committee in POLAD. She was also interrogated on why her committee spent three weeks at Crowne Plaza Hotel in Harare, purporting to be engaging with Ambassadors and heads of foreign
Chairperson of the Zimbabwe National War Veterans Association, Ambassador Chris Mutsvangwa says it is high time MDC Alliance leader Advocate Nelson Chamisa to join the political actors dialogue (Polad) if his party is serious about rebuilding the economy. Mutsvangwa says Chamisa wants to get favor and validation from SADAC & the USA instead of dealing with Zanu PF and the laws of Zimbabwe.
A few weeks ago, Zimbolivenews received a call from an MDC National Council member. He said some senior members of the MDC were concerned that Chamisa was no longer interested in leaving opposition politics. Senior members were concerned that key donors no longer wanted anything to do with the MDC. What Happened to the Money? The senior member said MDC Alliance money was stolen through two methods : 1. Nelson Chamisa receives 60% into the President’s fund for projects. This amount used to be 20%. However , instead of using this 60% to do presidential activities, Chamisa would come back and take from the 40% that is remaining for the whole party to do his activities. The 60% is never accounted for. David Coltart was confronted by some senior leaders of the MDC
Renowned man of God Apostle Chiwenga is back at his old tricks, this time attacking the ruling party Zanu PF . The seasoned Gomba preacher has labelled Zanu PF as stupid at his recent sermon in Harare. Speaking to his congregants he said given the opportunity Zanu would want everything to be called by its name. Currently on the national television channel it’s all about Zanu PF and nothing more as if there is nothing more to report on. Laughingly he went on to say even in sport in the near time we will hear about football teams vs Zanu PF. Chiwenga said Zanu in trying to cover up for their errors and shody areas which they do not want to be exposed, they are monopolizing the only station that is available in the nation. Chiwenga said if an opportunity to choose
"It's done already. The papers for Grace Mugabe's farm takeover are on Minister Perrance Shiri's desk awaiting just his signature." FORMER First Lady Grace Mugabe is next in the line of former allies and relatives of the late former President Robert Mugabe who are losing their farms to the Government of President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Government last month began repossessing land grabbed by former president Robert Mugabe’s allies during the reform programme amid claims the exercise is politically motivated. Mugabe, who spearheaded the often violent take over of commercial farms owned by Zimbabwe’s minority white population for redistribution to landless blacks, was toppled in a coup in 2017 by his loyalists. He died in Singapore in September last year.
Former ZANU PF political commissar and G40 kingpin Saviour Kasukuwere has been caught in the land audit dragnet and is set to lose his Mazowe farm, Zim Morning Post has learnt. His farm manager Shephered Siyanganga received the withdrawal letter Wednesday and signed the acknowledgment of receipt. The minister of Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Resettlement Air Chief Marshal Perence Shiri wrote to Kasukuwere on December 17 2019, indicating his ministry’s intention to withdraw and revoke his land offer citing that the development was on basis of downsizing and re-planning purposes. The letter also stated that Kasukuwere’s farm called Concorpia measured 560 000 hectares hence the need to resize. “Notice is hereby given that the Ministry of Lands, Agricult
Our Reporter Robert Tapfumaneyi has been harrassed by MDC security while on duty to cover the SONA Address by MDC President Nelson Chamisa. The security manning the entrance accused Robert of being a ZBCTV journalist despite wearing a press jacket for Sly Media Tv and a press card, dragging him out saying zbc is not allowed to cover the event. The MDC spokesperson and the presidium have apologised to him in person THE opposition MDC led by Nelson Chamisa says it apologizes for the assault inflicted by its “overzealous” security on Sly Media Tv journalist, the party’s deputy spokesperson Mr Luke Tamborinyoka blasted the security personnel for acting in an unprofessional and overzealous manner, saying he has also personally spoken to the assaulted journalist and t
Prominent journalist Hopewell Chin’ono said that former MDC-T vice president Obert Gutu was trapped by State agents, thus his unexpected resignation. Chinon’o warned opposition politicians that State agents would trap them using sex and money, and once trapped, they will have no option but to do their bidding. Chin’ono wrote on Twitter: Those in the opposition should remember this tweet!“Once trapped like @GutuObert, they will make you do whatever they want.“If you resist they will ruin your social reputation! “If you play the game, they will assign you to whatever they want! Sex and Money, the root of ruined careers.” Related news The political prostitute, Obert Gutu has prematurely aborted the political marriage wit
