December 19, 2024
THE turmoil in the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) led by Morgan Tsvangirai has generated both local and international interest. The Financial Gazette’s Assistant Bureau Chief, Ray Ndlovu (RN) this week spoke to Zimbabwe’s ambassador to Senegal, Trudy Stevenson (TS), who is a member of the MDC formation…
A BATTLE for assets looms in the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) as the two warring camps jostle to outwit each other and seize control of the party, the Financial Gazette can report. Following the ouster and counter ouster of key party members — first by the secretary general Tendai…
A FEW weeks ago, while writing about the feud in the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T), I highlighted the political considerations and positioning by both factions: the pro-Morgan Tsvangirai and the “renewal” proponents. Then, I highlighted how the perceived re-unification that Tsvangirai announced, had been all embroiled in…
AS the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) heads for what is certainly an inevitable split, following the ‘suspension’ of Morgan Tsvangirai at the weekend and the expulsion of secretary-general, Tendai Biti, on Tuesday, the future of the country’s largest opposition party is getting more and more uncertain by…
WITH factionalism ravaging the country’s largest and to date the most competitive opposition party into near annihilation, Zimbabwe could emerge out of the crisis in the opposition a de-facto one-party state, critics point out. The internal strife in the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC–T), which came to a…
THE recent chaos that has rocked the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) leadership makes unfortunate reading of the state, not only of the party, but of opposition politics in Zimbabwe. Many are looking at this development from a prejudiced perspective. There has been a reductionist approach where most…
MORGAN Tsvangirai, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) leader, recently extended an olive branch to former allies who abandoned him to pursue other projects, but the biggest question being asked is whether this would make any difference at all to the former trade unionist’s fading political star. At…
EDITOR – Your story “MDC-T faces split” refers. There'll never be a split. Expelling a few unpopular faces is not a split. — Kalma
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