May 18, 2024
EDITOR — The sword-crossing in the main opposition party, Movement for Democratic Change, spells its demise. This just goes to show that this band of politicians is far from being a government in waiting. Instead, they have shown many a times that they are not serious contenders but…
(Comment 1) AFTER a crushing defeat at the July 2013 harmonised elections, it seems opposition politics in Zimbabwe is dead. President Robert Mugabe said the opposition was all but “dead and buried.” He further said the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) was no longer a stumbling block following…
SWERVING from blows coming at him left, right and centre from various quarters of his embattled Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) party since he dismally lost the harmonised elections of July 31 last year, Morgan Tsvangirai currently finds himself perched precariously on a political cliff with not much…
MORGAN Tsvangirai, leader of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) is not taking the challenge to his leadership of the party lying down. Instead, he is fighting to the bitter end. In the coming weeks, he is set to embark on a whirlwind tour of the country’s 10 political…
THE country’s opposition parties are in sixes and sevens following their devastating electoral defeat to ZANU-PF last year, with those yearning for political change surrendering to the prospect of President Robert Mugabe’s party continuing its reign beyond the next general polls, slated for 2018. (more…)
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The Observatory FOR a long time many people have been speculating about the opportune time for the formation and introduction of what they have termed the “third force” in Zimbabwean politics. (more…)
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EDITOR — The MDC was strengthened by the effects of sanctions against the ordinary people. Now that the European Union is lifting these restrictions, the MDC will continue to sink.— Mpofu
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Alex Magaisa I WAS deeply saddened by the shocking news announcing the death of William Bango in a car accident last week. Affectionately known by his clan name, Nungu, he was a remarkable character who left an impression on many who interacted with him both in and outside the…
ZIMBABWE’s leading opposition political figure Morgan Tsvangirai (pictured) is fighting for survival within his Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T), a party he helped to found in 1999.…
FOLLOWING its heavy defeat in the July 31, 2013 elections, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) led by Welshman Ncube is going back to the drawing board to rejuvenate itself. (more…)
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