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January 15, 2015

MDC-T worldview: The genius of knowledge

ON THURSDAY, 7 January 2015, former Prime Minister, Mr. Morgan Tsvangirai, held a press conference at which he is reported to have said that he his party, the MDC-T, will be initiating a national conference to discuss the country’s social, economic and political problems.

Zim Methodist cleric in UK adultery scandal

LONDON – Rev Tsaurai Kudakwashe Mapfeka, a pastor with the United Methodist Church UK, is at the centre of an embarrassing adultery storm after a furious worshiper, in full view of the congregation, openly accused him of having an affair with his wife.

CIO supplier gets TV licence

The Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (BAZ) has issued a webcasting licence to a media group owned by a businessman who supplies ammunition to the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) and army.

Cashel Valley reduced to a sawmill

Top baked beans exporter Cashel Valley is now a shadow of its former self as it has been reduced to a mere sawmill. In its heyday, before the land grab, Cashel Valley exported most of its products to the United Kingdom and was one of Zimbabwe’s top foreign currency generating entities before the turn of the new millennium.

Villagers hospitalised after brutal assault by cops

Six villagers in Chinyamukwakwa village in Chisumbanje, Manicaland province have been left nursing injuries sustained from a brutal assault perpetrated by police officers following a land ownership dispute involving Green Fuels Private Limited, the country’s ethanol producing company.

Mnangagwa bodyguard found dead

Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s bodyguard was found dead Tuesday afternoon almost 48 hours after he allegedly had a heated meeting with the VP. According to Nehanda Radio sources Kudzai Celeb Chirenje (29) a member of the Central Intelligence Organization (CIO) was found dead along the Munyati River.

Mutasa move rattles Zanu PF

Zanu PF appears rattled by this week’s unexpected move by a group of disaffected party members who are taking President Robert Mugabe head-on over his increasingly contested control of the former liberation movement, with party bigwigs and lickspittle State media going apoplectic yesterday over the challenge.

Welcome to sanity, Cde Mutasa

It is refreshing to hear Zanu PF stalwarts attacking their own party on on the same grounds and using the same language we in the MDC have used over the years. Reading the press statement by former Zanu PF secretary for administration, Didymus Mutasa and the allegations he makes against his former party is like reading a statement from the MDC’s Information and Publicity department.