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Agrippa Mutambara

Mutambara seeks closure in ZPF wrangle

Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) president Agrippa Mutambara has approached the High Court seeking to quash proceedings in a case in which he is being sued for “illegally” using the party’s name.

ZPF fires Mutambara

Opposition Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) has split again after party elders withdrew their support from interim president Agrippa Mutambara.

Rift in MDC over coalition

Morgan Tsvangirai and some of his top officials are headed for a showdown over the terms of an alliance deal inked by the MDC president on Saturday, along with leaders of other fringe opposition parties, in what is likely to present a litmus test for the former trade unionist ahead of next year’s polls.

ZPF splits again

By Mugove Tafirenyika The Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) has once again been rocked by chaos, with the party’s elders — Rugare Gumbo and Didymus Mutasa — announcing yesterday that they are still in charge, not former army general Agrippa Mutambara. The party, which was led by former vice president Joice Mujuru before a fallout between […]

Chaos as ZimPF elects new leader

By Blessings Mashaya War veteran and former diplomat, Agrippa Mutambara, was yesterday named the new leader of the Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) — amid chaotic scenes which threatened to derail the meeting which had been called to announce the party’s new leadership. At the stormy meeting held in Harare, ZPF founding fathers, Didymus Mutasa and Rugare […]

Zimbabwe People First a rainless cloud?

War veteran, author and long-serving diplomat, Agrippa Mutambara, bared his soul early last year when he announced his decision to resign from his comfy government post to join the then newly formed Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) party, led by former vice president Joice Mujuru. He spoke about how ZANU-PF’s leadership had departed from the ideals […]

Why I left Mujuru: Mutambara

Daily News writer, Farayi Machamire, chats to former ambassador and Zimbabwe People First (ZPF) member, Retired Brigadier-General Agrippa Mutambara, in the wake of the implosion of the Joice Mujuru-led opposition party. Q: This past week you joined dozens of ZPF party heavyweights who dumped Joice Mujuru. Why did you feel compelled to make this decision? […]