Lucia Matibenga

12th October is not a good day in the MDC diary. On that same day in 2005 the formerly united MDC party split into two factions over a dispute on whether to participate in Senate elections. On Wednesday a national executive meeting of the…
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MDC-T treasurer Roy Bennett, who had been seconded as deputy minister of agriculture, has expressed shock and surprise at the decision to replace him. Bennett was picked by Prime Minister, Morgan Tsvangirai at the inception of the inclusive…
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The battle for control of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) yesterday took a new twist with some affiliates disregarding the election of the new executive led by George Nkiwane and pledging their allegiance to ousted president…
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Although I had promised to write on federalism as my choice of system, events on the ground have forced me to postpone and in the mean time examine the question of leadership in MDC writes Freeman Chari.
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Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF party appeared to have chickened out of a crucial vote Tuesday to elect a Speaker of Parliament with all indications suggesting the MDC led by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai had sufficient numbers to re-elect…
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Zimbabwe’s Home Affairs Minister Theresa Makone reportedly visited Nigerian prophet TB Joshua of The Synagogue Church of All Nations and sought help in retaining her MDC-T post during the congress set for May.
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