December 19, 2024
MONTHS of behind-the-scenes negotiations between Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) formations led by Welshman Ncube and Sekai Holland culminated in the formation of the United Democratic Union (UDU). The development, coming after years of fragmentation, provides a glimmer of hope that opposition parties in Zimbabwe may now well…
TALKS to form a grand coalition among the country's main opposition parties are steadily gathering momentum. The Financial Gazette has it on good authority that opposition leaders are meeting regularly to browbeat underlying differences before making a major announcement on the formation of a grand coalition to challenge…
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…
THE Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) this week said it will subject some of the returning members who were either expelled or left the party on their own volition to disciplinary hearings, the Financial Gazette can report. Party leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, has been extending an olive branch to…
Dear Cabinet andPolitburo membersCOMRADES, I see Morgan is busy holding rallies around the country. He has been going from place to place addressing people he claims to be his supporters, hundreds and sometimes thousands of them. While it might be his right to address those purported cadres of…
Dear Cabinet andPolitburo members COMRADES, I think it is high time that the party moves on to fill in the position of Vice President which has been vacant since Cde John went for his heavenly reward. I am saying so because the continued delay in filling that vacancy…
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…
(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…