By James Martin MDC-T Acting Chairperson and Harare Senator Morgan Komichi, says his former party boss MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa should expect a beating in the upcoming December Council by-elections. Komichi is adamant they will win Speaking to Open Council on Tuesday following nationwide recall of councillors including Marondera, Beitbridge and Gwanda Mayors by…
By Correspondent The Combined Harare Residents Association (CHRA) has castigated Thokozani Khupe’s MDC-T for crippling service delivery through unwarranted recalls of Councilors. The organisation said the “escalating battle of political control” which has led to a “wave of recalls is crippling service delivery and political representation”. Leadership Vacuums Created “The recalls come at a time…
By James Martin MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe has recalled 11 more Councilors from the Harare City Council rendering it largely ineffective. A letter by the Minister of Local Government July Moyo states that Khupe’s party has notified him of the vacancies. The move by Khupe follows her party’s recent loss in the Town House elections…
By Correspondent Former Harare Mayor Herbert Gomba has hit out at Thokozani Khupe and MDC-T over their incessant recalls of Councilors and predicted a heavy loss for the party in 2023. Posting on social media the politician, currently under arrest on corruption charges involving abuse of office during his time as Mayor, said recalls won’t…
By Wisdom Mumera On Thursday Councilor Jacob Mafume won a secret ballot at Town House and became the new Harare Mayor after getting 19 votes whilst his opponent Luckson Mukunguma polled 14 votes. There was one spoiled vote. Mafume was the MDC-Alliance candidate whilst Khupe’s MDC-T preferred Mukunguma. After the sweeping and systematic decimation of…
By James Martin The battle to replace Harare mayor Herbert Gomba between Nelson Chamisa’s MDC Alliance and Thokozani Khupe’s MDC-T returns to Harare’s Town House today, Thursday, as the new mayor is elected. This follows Gomba’s late August recall by the Khupe faction which said the Ward 27 former Councillor was no longer representing the…
By Correspondent Former MDC-T Vice President Obert Gutu has denigrated former ally Thokozani Khupe for practicing immoral politics and said her recalling of Councilors and MPs is bad politics. The Harare lawyer, who resigned from the Khupe faction in January this year, said it was wrong for the Khupe faction to replace recalled politicians with…
By Correspondent MDC-Khupe Secretary General Douglas Mwonzora has defended the recalling of Harare Mayor Gomba and other recent recalls as above aboard whilst also dismissing allegations of a rift with Acting Vice President Khupe. Mwonzora said all the decisions had been done in unison with Khupe and other structures of their party. He said this…
By Correspondent One generic political idea sold by the opposition MDC Alliance is the almost automatic and swift birth of a new dawn of principled leadership, accountability and transparency as soon as their party takes over power. This change is supposed to be instantaneous, a sudden explosion into existence of a cultured political leadership that…
By James Martin MDC-T Secretary General Douglas Mwonzora has fired Harare Mayor Herbert Gomba and five more councillors saying they have defected to the Nelson Chamisa led MDC Alliance party against the party’s constitution. In a letter dated 14 August 2020 addressed to the Local Government Minister July Moyo, Mwonzora said the six councilors, who…