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Monday, 13 May 2013 11:16
HARARE - Fireworks are expected at tomorrow’s Cabinet meeting as the Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai-led MDC takes the electoral war to President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF over a voter registration programme mired in controversy and renewed crackdown on pro-democracy groups. Matters...Read More
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Friday, 19 April 2013 11:45
HARARE - Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and his former ally-turned-foe Industry and Commerce minister Welshman Ncube are under pressure to form a coalition from smaller political parties and the generality of Zimbabweans. Although Ncube has already ruled out any prospects of...Read More
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Wednesday, 20 February 2013 11:57
HARARE - Finance minister Tendai Biti (pictured) has promised a huge shift in the country’s indigenisation policy if his MDC party romps to victory in the forthcoming watershed poll. The MDC secretary-general says his party wants to “re-think” President Robert...Read More
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Friday, 25 January 2013 11:41
HARARE - The MDC led by Industry and Commerce minister Welshman Ncube says it will revisit the Constitution with a view to reinstating devolution of power if it wins this year’s elections. The party’s spokesperson Nhlahla Dube admitted in an interview...Read More
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Tuesday, 08 January 2013 11:07
HARARE - Does Welshman Ncube inspire optimism? Does Morgan Tsvangirai inspire hope? Both erstwhile social democrats and presidential candidates are trying to win the support of voters by de-campaigning each other. Politics can either be about building up or tearing...Read More
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Thursday, 13 December 2012 13:33
HARARE - MDC leaders Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and Industry minister Welshman Ncube have abandoned protests against President Robert Mugabe’s takeover of the constitution-making process from an ever squabbling parliamentary body. Ncube was the last to yield to Mugabe’s grand plan...Read More
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Monday, 26 November 2012 10:26
HARARE - All aspiring parliamentary candidates for Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC in the forthcoming polls will be subjected to a “referendum” and primary polls, national organising secretary Nelson Chamisa has said. Addressing a rally in his Kuwadzana Constituency yesterday, Chamisa...Read More
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Tuesday, 20 November 2012 11:03
HARARE - Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC party has set in motion a plan to milk and “steal” votes from President Robert Mugabe. With Mugabe and his Zanu PF party sharpening their election machine which includes freebies such as seed, fertiliser...Read More
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Saturday, 10 November 2012 13:20
BULAWAYO - Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC got a boost yesterday when they received 11 councillors from the Welshman Ncube-led MDC in Matabeleland South Province. Eleven councillors in Umzingwane led by their Rural District Council (RDC) chairperson, Melusi Mpofu, said they...Read More
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Thursday, 18 October 2012 13:15
BULAWAYO - The smaller MDC formation led by Industry minister Welshman Ncube has suffered a setback in its stronghold of Matabeleland South Province after 13 district members crossed the floor to the mainstream MDC. Described by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai as...Read More
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Friday, 05 October 2012 15:31
HARARE - A move by some Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) officials to use Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s face as an “election symbol” has been roundly condemned as immature and potentially divisive, a Weekend Post survey has established. Alois Chaumba, a...Read More
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Sunday, 30 September 2012 13:22
HARARE - Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC will unveil a new party symbol at its 13th anniversary that opens today at White City Stadium in Bulawayo. The party is moving to clear confusion among voters and controversy over the open...Read More
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Thursday, 27 September 2012 12:11
HARARE - Suspected state security agents on Sunday confiscated 3 300 T-shirts, party cards, receipt books and $1 800 from mainstream MDC supporters in Karoi as they prepared for their party’s 13th anniversary celebrations scheduled for Bulawayo at the weekend. The...Read More
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Wednesday, 26 September 2012 11:15
HARARE - Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC this week launches its election game plan in Bulawayo as it holds its 13th anniversary, the last before polls that will be held next year. At the conference, Tsvangirai is expected to address reports...Read More
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