‘Regime Change Is Solution To Vendors Plight & Zanu PF Failure To Revive Economy’-Biti

Tendai Biti MDC Renewal Team Secretary-General yesterday said the plight of vendors lie in changing the government as Zanu-PF has failed to revive the economy. Biti said vendors must be allowed to continue selling their wares as an interim measure as that was their only way of survival under the current economic environment, where a majority of people were unemployed. The opposition party said it will at its inaugural convection in Harare next month, launch…

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‘Zimbabwean Women Are Buying Used Panties’-MP Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga

‘Zimbabwean  Women Are Buying Used Panties’-MP Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga

MP Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga says Zimbabwean women have been severely affected by economic hardships to an extent they are now buying second-hand underwear. The Matabeleland South MP made the remarks on Thursday in the National Assembly while contributing to debate on a motion on people-centred developmental policies and measures on improving domestic production and foreign direct investment. She said most female MPs were not even interested in engaging in the debate because of the humiliation they…

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Opposition, Churches, Civic Society & Public, Scale Up Pressure On Mugabe Over ‘Itai Dzamara’

Opposition, Churches, Civic Society & Public,  Scale Up Pressure On Mugabe Over ‘Itai Dzamara’

POLITICAL parties, churches, civic groups and ordinary Zimbabweans have upped the pressure on President Robert Mugabe’s regime to abide by the country’s constitution which guarantees the safety of all citizens and immediately release journalist turned activist Itai Dzamara. After a well-attended prayer rally called for the firebrand activist at Zimbabwe Grounds on Saturday, the conveners of the meeting penned a declaration that called on the State to commit to finding Dzamara. They said, “The head…

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Makoni , Tsvangirai , Mutasa, Ngarivhume ,Dabengwa &Biti On Dzamara ‘Abduction’

Makoni , Tsvangirai ,  Mutasa,  Ngarivhume ,Dabengwa &Biti On Dzamara ‘Abduction’

Morgan Tsvangirai the MDC-T leader and other political parties, the church and thousands of Zimbabweans converged to pray for Itai Dzamara at Zimbabwe grounds who was abducted on 9 March 2015 by state security agents. Speaking at the prayer meeting, Tsvangirai said Dzamara has brought Zimbabweans together regardless of their political diversity. “What I see here is national convergence in our diversity, we are all saying Mugabe and his government are responsible. By the same…

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‘If Alive, Lets See Extent Of Torture On Itai Dzamara , And If Dead, Lets See His Body’

‘If  Alive, Lets  See Extent Of Torture  On Itai Dzamara , And If Dead, Lets See His Body’

Men and women today broke down in tears as church representatives combined voices with seven political entities in condemning President Robert Mugabe’s government for the March abduction of Itai Dzamara. Dzamara, a journalist and civil rights activist, was taken away by unidentified men on March 9 and his whereabouts remain a mystery. More than 2,000 people from different religious backgrounds, civil society and political parties today gathered at the Zimbabwe Grounds in Harare’s Highfield suburb…

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So Far, Harare, Chitungwiza & Mutare Have Nominated Biti For MDC Renewal Team’s First president

So Far,  Harare, Chitungwiza & Mutare Have Nominated Biti For  MDC Renewal Team’s First president

Former MDC-T secretary general Tendai Biti is set to be the MDC Renewal Team’s first president following his nomination for the post in the ongoing provincial conventions to select provincial and national leaders ahead of the party’s congress to be held on July 30. So far Harare, Chitungwiza and Mutare have nominated Biti. The Renewal Team has been run by an interim executive since it weaned itself from the Morgan Tsvangirai led-MDC-T last year. A…

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‘Lengthy Suffering Under Ian Smith, Followed By Visionless Mugabe’ says Tendai Biti

‘Lengthy Suffering Under Ian Smith, Followed By Visionless  Mugabe’ says Tendai Biti

President Robert Mugabe has no vision beyond power retention and those angling to succeed him are worse off, MDC Renewal Team secretary-general Tendai Biti has said. Addressing a district structures meeting in Makoni West on Sunday, Biti said most Zimbabweans were suffering as a product of “visionless leadership.” “A long period of suffering under Ian Smith’s colonial rule followed by the visionless leadership of Mugabe has been the story of our people,” Biti said. He…

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‘Zimbabweans Might Soon Resort To cannibalism Due To Hunger’- Tendai Biti

ZIMBABWEANS might soon resort to cannibalism if the gripping hunger stalking the nation is not averted, former Finance Minister Tendai Biti has said. Biti, now secretary general of the MDC Renewal Team, told party supporters in Harare’s dormitory town of Chitungwiza that stress related deaths had gone up in the country. “If left to continue, the current situation will lead to cannibalism where human beings will resort to eating human flesh. “Most of the deaths…

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Bhasikiti’s Application Fatally Defective: Grounds Of Review & Relief Sought Not Stated!

Bhasikiti’s Application Fatally Defective:  Grounds Of Review &  Relief Sought Not Stated!

The Electoral Court has reserved its ruling over the application by ousted Zanu-PF Masvingo Provincial Chairman, Kudakwashe Bhasikiti Chuma challenging his expulsion from the ruling party. Advocate Terrence Hussein argued that Bhasikiti had no right to be heard as he was in breach of rule 18 of the High Court which requires that any person who seeks to sue the President must get leave from the High Court before he does so to avoid frivolous…

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‘Mugabe’s Zanu PF Regime Is Risking Social Upheaval’-Tendai Biti.

‘Mugabe’s Zanu PF Regime Is  Risking Social Upheaval’-Tendai Biti.

ZIMBABWE must urgently come up with a plan to “reverse” the current economic haemorrhage, or risk social upheaval, MDC-Renewal Team secretary general Tendai Biti has said. The former Finance Minister told his party’s district meeting in Kwekwe that government needed to find solutions rather than fight informal traders. “Zimbabweans are now the scatterlings of the world because companies closed resulting in massive job losses. “No less than 5 million people, who have left the country,…

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