The MDC’s Tsvangirai faction swept all except one which went to Arthur Mutambara’s MDC faction in Matebeleland South...
In a run-off Arthur Mutambara who leads a breakaway MDC faction would back Tsvangirai's faction...
This may be partly due to Tsvangirai’s autocratic style in the MDC and his reluctance to take political advice from the intellectual wing of the party from people such as his former ally Welshman Ncube who defected to Arthur Mutambara’s faction of the MDC some three years ago...
The original party split over a decision to contest the senatorial elections in 2005; those that wanted to contest for the Senate left to join the MDC faction led by Arthur Mutambara...
MDC-MUTAMBARA: Arthur Mutambara Party President; Welshman Ncube Secretary General; Gibson Sibanda Vice-President; David Coltart Senator for Bulawayo South...
Arthur Mutambara's MDC faction lost ten seats including his own...
Neither faction of the MDC the one led by Tsvangirai and the other by Arthur Mutambara has a chance of winning outright...
However Arthur Mutambara the leader of the other MDC faction would be a front-runner...
Emmerson Mnangagwa Mugabe's most likely successor has moved from the Kwekwe urban seat where he has been defeated twice to stand in Chirumanzi against three rivals all from Arthur Mutambara's MDC faction...
Election line up The election line up now is: Mugabe for ZANU-PF Makoni as an independent Morgan Tsvangirai for his faction of the Movement for Democratic Change Arthur Mutambara for the other MDC faction plus a few spoilers as new parties spring up...
Tsvangirai’s chances will depend partly on what the supporters of the rival MDC faction led by Arthur Mutambara choose to do...
The rival MDC faction led by Arthur Mutambara banks on support from Matebeleland but he may not get as much as he hopes...
