Zimbabwe's most populous cities Harare, Bulawayo and Chitungwiza will go into full scale lockdown before 31 July, according to sources.Harare, Bulawayo to go into full scale lockdown before 31 July Zimbabwe’s most populous cities Harare, Bulawayo and Chitungwiza will go into full scale lockdown before 31 July, according to sources. Zimbolivenews is on good authority that the security sector has resolved to lockdown Harare, Bulawayo and Chitungwiza for at least a week before the planned July 31 protest against the Zanu PF government. “The public demonstration will not see the light of the day. The police and the army has the situation under control. There is not much that needs to be done besides the current lockdown measures which will be scaled up. Movem
ZIMBABWE has officially asked Kenya to expel a Mugabe-era Cabinet Minister amid claims that that he is organising mass protests against the southern African country’s government. Prosecutors have approached Kenya seeking the extradition of Jonathan Moyo, who fled during the 2017 coup that saw Robert Mugabe toppled from power and Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa installed as Zimbabwe’s president. Prof Moyo, a former Higher Education Minister, was charged with fraud involving over $400,000 in public funds, but he argues that the case is politically motivated. Mr Moyo is believed to have been the brains behind G40, which was a faction within the ruling Zanu-PF party that was scheming to propel Grace Mugabe to take over power from her husband, at the expense of then VP
THE Thokozani Khupe-led MDC has demanded Nelson Chamisa to stop using the name MDC Alliance saying they are the rightful owners of the name. This comes after the Supreme Court annulled Chamisa’s MDC presidency after ruling that Khupe should be the party’s interim leader – with the mandate to organise an extraordinary congress to elect new party leadership using its 2014 structures. In an interview with the Daily News yesterday, reinstated MDC secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora said Chamisa doesn’t have the right to use the name. “It is our name because the MDC Alliance is a group of political parties. We are the major political party in the alliance, they must stop using this name, they must look for another name. We will deal with this issue at the righ
MDC-T Secretary-General Douglas Mwonzora has intimated that his predecessor Tendai Biti and colleagues embezzled US$23 million which was stashed for the party in a bank in Botswana and also stole 150 party vehicles after the 2013 elections, but all paperwork was available and the matter wiol be dealt with in the courts very soon. Biti left the party after its loss to Zanu-PF in the 2013 harmonized elections, but not before he accused founding party President Morgan Tsvangirai of being a dictator worse than Mugabe and of having overstayed in power leading to the party’s poor performance in elections. But addressing party structures this weekend in Mashonaland East, Mwonzora said Biti went away with party assets and there was sufficient paper trail to demand the stolen assets ba
MDC Alliance president Nelson Chamisa has threatened to boycott the 2023 elections, saying there is need for electoral reforms before participating, while also hinting that the opposition party will soon embark on massive protests to deal with the economic and political crises. Speaking at an e-rally in Harare yesterday, the youthful opposition leader said they will not participate in the next election if electoral reforms are not implemented. “There is no 2023 or next elections without reforms. We have the capacity to stop elections,” Chamisa said. Chamisa said Zimbabweans must prepare themselves to confront President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s regime, which has caused them untold suffering. “We came up with the Breaking Barriers Initiative (BBI), this year act
Khupe barred from holding her MDC-T Congress. The decision by authorities to stop the party from going ahead with its extra-ordinary congress followed a recent letter to the government by Khupe – in which she asked for clearance from the Health Ministry for the gathering, which was due to be attended by 4 500 delegates. The government has barred interim MDC Leader Thokozani Khupe from holding the party’s planned extra-ordinary congress slated for July 31 – until the coronavirus pandemic is under control in the country, the Daily News reports. The acting permanent secretary in the ministry of Health and Child Care, Gibson Mhlanga, said in response to Khupe that it was impossible for the MDC to hold its congress as the gathering would violate
She was Zimbabwe’s golden girl for years, until she was enticed into Mnangagwa’s toxic and corrupt regime. Her name is Kirsty Coventry! The Times of London Africa Correspondent Jane Flanagan says, “Zimbabwe’s Olympic heroine under fire.”Kirsty Coventry: Zimbabwe’s Olympic heroine under fire for accepting invaded farm. For years Kirsty Coventry, Zimbabwe's sports minister, was fêted for her swimming achievements but Zimbabwe’s minority white community feel angry and betrayed by news that she has now accepted a prized farm from Mugabe’s vicious successor. Jane Flanagan reports, The feats of Africa’s greatest Olympian echo daily as teachers in Zimbabwe’s creaking classrooms call the register.
MDC Alliance Vice President Tendai Biti, has approached the police in Harare after receiving death threats over the phone from an unknown number. According to him, this happened a month ago and shortly after the recall of 8 more MDC A senators this week. According to Biti, the unknown caller who has been labelled him a traitor, has accused him of dining with the serpent in apparent reference to MDC-T leader ThokozaniKhupe. This development follows recent reports in the Daily News and News Day which have disclosed the secret meetings that have taken place between the beleaguered VP and restored MDC-T leader, Khupe. The unknown caller who mentioned Biti’s home address further told him to quit the Alliance or face dire consequences including death. “I know these people, t
Khupe recalls more senators aligned to Chamisa In a not so surprising development, Thokozani Khupe has recalled more senators from Nelson Chamisa’s MDC Alliance. Khupe who leads MDC-T, recalled the senators on the basis that they no longer represented the party’s interests. The recall follows online reports that Khupe would recall more MDC Alliance Senators from the House of Senate. At the same time the MDC Alliance tried to appoint a new leader of the opposition in parliament and a new chief whip. The National Assembly sat last week, then adjourned until 7 July. The Senate resumed sitting today. Before the recalling of the eight senators today, Khupe had recalled a total of 13 MPs and Senators whilst some had switched sides. The latest senators to be rec
Nelson Chamisa says he will not attend Khupe’s Zanu PF congress. He was speaking in an interview with a South African news television channel Sunday. Chamisa has seen his political fortunes take a turn for the worse after the Supreme Court ruled recently his ascendancy to the helm of the main opposition on the back of founding leader Morgan Tsvangirai’s 2018 death violated the MDC constitution. Embattled MDC Alliance President Nelson Chamisa says he will not be part of the Thokozani Khupe led MDC-T’s extra-ordinary congress set for September this year. The courts have reinstated Khupe, Tsvangirai’s only elected, of the three deputies at the time, to assume the reins and prepare for an elective extra-ordinary congress to replace the ex-Prim
