Resignations dog Ncube MDC
BULAWAYO – The Welshman Ncube-led Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) suffered yet another setback last week after its treasurer-general, Paul Themba Nyathi, resigned from his post.
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BULAWAYO – The Welshman Ncube-led Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) suffered yet another setback last week after its treasurer-general, Paul Themba Nyathi, resigned from his post.
I have been following the election debate in Zimbabwe, particularly the opinion pieces that have been published and the utterances that have been made by some prominent figures in response to President Robert Mugabe’s landslide “victory”.
GWANDA – MDC leader Professor Welshman Ncube has defended the inclusion of the party’s secretary-general Mrs Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga in the list of women’s quota under proportional representation in Matabeleland South Province.
WIKILEAKS – The late Zimbabwe Vice President Joseph Msika allegedly boasted about the murder of white commercial farmer Gloria Olds, telling a colleague in the local Ndebele language, “we fixed her” and “they thought we were joking.”
The people of Matebeleland must brace themselves for an onslaught by Jabulani Sibanda after the ex-combatants leader indicated this week that he will be heading that way by the end of the month. Sibanda is currently on the campaign trail in Mashonaland.
Industry and Commerce Minister Welshman Ncube and dozens of senior MDC-N party officials were briefly detained at Hwange Police station following a trip to Victoria Falls where they had addressed a party meeting.
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.
A Supreme Court packed with Mugabe cronies might have taken the Speakership of Parliament away from the MDC-T but Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s party has the numbers and the goodwill from some MP’s in the smaller MDC faction to retain the position.
The Zanu PF machinery kicked into top gear on Thursday as the Supreme Court stuffed with Mugabe sympathizers nullified the election of Lovemore Moyo as Speaker of the House of Assembly.