Home » Posts tagged with » President Nelson Chamisa

Ncube, Biti, to close parties, Join Nelson Chamisa’s bigger MDC

Ncube, Biti, to close parties, Join Nelson Chamisa’s bigger MDC

HARARE: The Nelson Chamisa-led MDC is reuniting with its former secretaries-general — Welshman Ncube and Tendai Biti. Ncube and Biti, who ditched the main MDC, then under Morgan Tsvangirai’s leadership in 2005 and 2014 respectively, are expected to land senior positions at the party’s elective congress next year. The decision to reunite with their respective […]

Burundian Experience Offers Insights for the Zimbabwe Opposition

Burundian Experience Offers Insights for the Zimbabwe Opposition

The important lesson for Zimbabwe’s opposition from what happened in Burundi in 2010 is that participation is key. Despite what may look like injustice, it is good for the Zimbabwean opposition to stay within decision-making institutions such as the national assembly in order to counter any move that would otherwise lead to devastating consequences such […]

“No Progress Without Chamisa, Join Mnangagwa”: War Veterans Tell Chamisa

“No Progress Without Chamisa, Join Mnangagwa”: War Veterans Tell Chamisa

Secretary General of the Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) Victor Matemadanda has called on MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa to close ranks with President Emmerson Mnangagwa because a divided house will not stand. Matemadanda said war veterans believed that the country could only move forward if Chamisa accepts Mnangagwa’s invitation to work with […]

Old Zimbabwe Is the New Zimbabwe

Old Zimbabwe Is the New Zimbabwe

The old guns have retained power in Zimbabwe. On Friday the country’s constitutional court confirmed Emmerson Mnangagwa, the leader of the incumbent Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front, as the president after rejecting a legal challenge by the leading opposition party seeking the annulment of the results of the country’s July 30 election. According to the […]

EU, U.K. Broker Zim crisis talks Talks; Chamisa may be offered State salary?

EU, U.K. Broker Zim crisis talks Talks; Chamisa may be offered State salary?

European and British diplomats proposed the creation of a U.K.-style parliamentary opposition structure in Zimbabwe to reduce political tensions after last month’s disputed presidential election. EU and U.K. emissaries met senior members of the ruling party and the opposition in the past 10 days to discuss the proposals, according to three people familiar with the […]

Zimbabwe is still in trouble, but it’s under too little pressure to change

Zimbabwe is still in trouble, but it’s under too little pressure to change

Zimbabwe reached a major milestone this year, holding its first parliamentary and presidential elections since Robert Mugabe was removed from power after 37 years of continuous rule. Mugabe’s ZANU-PF party was led on the ballot by his usurper, Emmerson Mnangagwa, who promised the elections would be free and fair. In a refreshing change, for the […]

Chiwenga announces coup via ZBC advert, Congratulates Mnangagwa before court settles Chamisa petition

Chiwenga announces coup via ZBC advert, Congratulates Mnangagwa before court settles Chamisa petition

Yesterday evening ZBC ran a controversial advert by Zimbabwe Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, war vets, army commanders and the security forces congratulating Mnangagwa for winning Zimbabwe’s July 30 elections. A Harare man who refused to be named described Chiwenga’s move as a media coup designed to threaten and intimidate judges who will preside over the […]

ED Mnangagwa threatens judges, Chamisa, ahead of Constitutional Court hearing

ED Mnangagwa threatens judges, Chamisa, ahead of Constitutional Court hearing

Zimbabwe’s President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa has indirectly threatened his contestant, and the judges who are to rule in the court application made by MDC-Alliance president Nelson Chamisa challenging his win. Through a clause in his heads of arguments Mnangagwa said people must be aware of the consequences of having anything to do with the petition challenging […]

SADC call for calm ahead of Zimbabwe poll ruling

SADC call for calm ahead of Zimbabwe poll ruling

Southern African leaders on Saturday called for calm in Zimbabwe as the country awaits a Constitutional Court hearing on President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s disputed election victory. The main opposition the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has accused the ruling ZANU-PF party and the election commission of fraud in the July 30 vote, the first in Zimbabwe […]

Storm over plan to bar MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa from polls

Storm over plan to bar MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa from polls

HARARE – Zimbabwe risks confirming its pariah status in spite of claims by the new dispensation that it has broken away from former president Robert Mugabe’s autocratic rule if it tweaks with the Constitution in order to shut out MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa from participating in future elections. According to analysts, pushing the presidential […]

Page 1 of 9123Next ›Last »

Widgetized Section

Go to Admin » appearance » Widgets » and move a widget into Advertise Widget Zone