MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has called for unity across the African continent. Below is Chamisa’s full statement : The attacks against fellow Africans in South Africa are appalling and heartbreaking. We call upon our African brothers and sisters to show a full sense of brotherhood and sisterhood consistent with the timeless wisdom of Ubuntu. Brother against brother or Sister against sister is inimical to Ubuntu. Extremely disturbing are scenes and sights of violence and horrendous attacks in South Africa. It is time to take decisive action to protect all in South Africa and stop any attacks on fellow Africans. Priority must be given to individual security & stopping of all manner and forms of violence. While these attacks are routinely described as xenophobic, it is evi
THE solidarity march that was scheduled for tomorrow, has been deferred to next week, due to President Mnangagwa’s unavailability owing to other national duties. The President, who is attending the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa in South Africa, was expected to address thousands of people at the anti-sanctions march. The march has since been upgraded to national event status. The march is in solidarity with President Mnangagwa for assuming the chairmanship of the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence, and Security Cooperation at the just ended 39th SADC Summit in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Further, the march is in support of SADC member states that have joined the campaign for the removal of illegal sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the United States and the European Union.
Rutendo Benson Matinyarare has becomes a voice of reason & truth in these hard times facing Zimbabwe & Africa as a whole. Rutendo Benson Matinyarare is a controvesial figure when it comes to his point of view on Zimbabwean Sanctions & other issues concerning Zimbabwe & Africa. One thing that all Zimbabweans can agree on is that Rutendo Benson Matinyarare loves Zimbabwe & the continent of Africa. With the latest Xenophobia attacks happening in South Africa where Rutendo Benson Matinyarare is based he shares an insight into the situation which is very sobering and insightful. Rutendo Benson Matinyarare discusses about solutions to stop the Xenophobia attacks and the way forward. In his video he talks about events which have lead to the current s
Cdes and Friends, May I on behalf of the Labour Economist and Afrikan Democrats (LEAD) render my heartfelt appreciation to the South African community who have provided a chance for coexistence which in turn forms the anchor and root of the African spirit and legacy. How ever we are deeply concerned with the current developments regarding the rumors of xenophobic violence. These developments are unfortunately escalating threat on foreign nationals who are resident in South Africa. In addressing this issue it is important to note that the reflection we see being portrayed, does not represent what is on the ground in terms of how the South African community has welcomed foreign nationals together they have realized that poverty is the enemy go on the ground you will discover this. N
PROMINENT cleric and founder of the Destiny for Africa Network,. Obadiah Msindo, has said MDC leader Nelson Chamisa committed political suicide and lost a golden opportunity to push for electoral reforms ahead of the 2023 elections when he spurned the official opposition position and chose street-based violence and protests. Msindo said by also spurning the dialogue process called by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Chamisa will head into the next harmonized elections in a much weaker position because he failed to take his chance and opted for a hard-line stance against Zanu-PF which will simply never work in MDC’s favour. Msindo said this on Friday evening at the launch of Pastor Olinda Marowa’s album in Harare, an event that Destiny for Africa Network funded. “Whe
President Mnangagwa back home in Zimbabwe after successfully selling the Zimbabwe brand at the TICAD-7 conference in Yokohama, Japan. The conference ran from 28 - 30 August PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has arrived back home from Yokohama, Japan, where he joined other African leaders at the seventh edition of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development, otherwise known as the TICAD7. He was met at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport by Vice President Kembo Mohadi, Defence Minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri, State Security Minister Owen Ncube, Harare Metropolitan Minister Oliver Chidau, senior government officials, service chiefs, among others. The conference mainly looked at unlocking business opportunities for Japanese corporates in infrastructural develop
Movement for Democratic Change National Executive Committee Communique 30 August 2109 The National Executive Committee (NEC) met at the Party Headquarters in Harare at the Morgan Richard Tsvangirai House on the 30th of August 2019 to assess the political, economic and social situation in the country, in particular the recent crackdown by the Mnangagwa regime on innocent citizens, the continued closure of democratic space by the State and the general suffering of the majority of Zimbabweans The MDC @ 20:Celebrating courage, growth and people’s victories! The People’s Party of Excellence ; NOTES this year as the party’s 20th anniversary since the formation on the 11th of September 1999. PROUD of having stayed the course for 20 years of struggle, resisting oppressio
The Nelson Chamisa-led MDC has shifted focus from major cities and now wants to carry out its anti-government protests at growth points and smaller towns starting this Friday. The opposition party leadership has since notified police in Mashonaland East, Manicaland and Mashonaland West on plans to protest at growth points and smaller towns in the provinces on Friday and Saturday. In Mashonaland East, protests are targeting Mahusekwa, Mutoko, Murehwa, Marondera, Goromonzi and Wedza, while Rusape, Chipinge and Nyanga are prime targets in Manicaland. MDC Manicaland provincial spokesperson David Panganai confirmed the planned protests. NewsDay is reliably informed that mobilisation in the rural areas, a Zanu PF stronghold, has begun with disgruntled citizens expected to lead protes
Citing government’s dismal human rights record, as well as “bureaucratic wrangling and bungling and inefficiencies, incompetence, not enough change agents, basic fear of change as well as an imaginative deficit that cannot see beyond the present”, Petina Gappah, a lawyer and writer, last week left her position as a trade and investment adviser to President Emmerson Mnangagwa. However, Gappah absolved Mnangagwa from the grim mess gripping government. Instead, Gappah chose to blame government officials who want to “eat” for derailing a “difficult transition”. But, as Zimbabweans can attest to, Mnangagwa’s leadership has been anything but exemplary, visionary or altruistic. His deployment of ZNA soldiers who killed 6 civilians on August 1,
Guests who attended the wedding of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s son have dismissed an article circulating on social media that the First Lady Auxilia clashed with MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe. The viral article claimed the First lady was mad at Khupe for attending the wedding and went on to slap the latter. However the allegations were dismissed as false as Khupe did not attend the wedding. Speaking to Zimlive,Norton Legislator Themba Mliswa confirmed that Khupe was not there. “She never came to the wedding. There were only a few people there. The reception probably 200 people only, family and friends. She doesn’t fit into that category at all,” said Mliswa. He Added: “The friends are well-known, these are long-time friends of the families
