A small faction led by Thokozani Khupe and then Douglas Mwonzora which claimed the Movement for Democratic Change-Tsvangirai (MDC-T) party from Chamisa before the 2018 election forced him to form the MDC-Alliance which they then claimed from him in 2021 forcing the creation of the CCC in January 2022 (AC Vol 63 No 3 New bid to revive the opposition)...
Legacy loserLike Thokozani Khupe who split with Chamisa prior to the 2018 election Mwonzora believed that he and MDC-T had inherited pioneering oppositionist Morgan Tsvangirai's legacy and party structures (AC Vol 63 No 3 New bid to revive the opposition & Vol 59 No 12 How to fix a coalition)...
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Tsvangirai's former Vice-President Thokozani Khupe won control of the MDC-T (Tsvangirai's branch of the MDC) but was then thoroughly outshone by Chamisa's MDC Alliance coalition in the 2018 election...
However Chamisa failed to organise a congress prior to the 2018 presidential elections and was challenged by Thokozani Khupe one of Tsvangirai's other chief lieutenants...
Thokozani Khupe a long-time rival of Chamisa's and leader of a breakaway faction of the party was recognised by the court as the leader of the MDC...
The main opposition MDC-Alliance has been subject to lawsuits and parliamentary actions aimed at helping Thokozani Khupe leader of the rump MDC-Tsvangirai (MDC-T) win title to the whole party and its property...
The 1 April court decision put Thokozani Khupe in charge of the party pending a new leadership election...
Mnangagwa's state-controlled process the Political Actors' Dialogue will limp through the year achieving little but continuing to provide a platform for minor political actors such as Lovemore Madhuku and Thokozani Khupe who hope to cash in on their usefulness to the president...
Thokozani Khupe will continue to challenge and harangue the MDC leadership in the coming years but the election results – she won only 45 000 votes in total – proved that her party the MDC-T Khupe has no prospect of developing into a significant force (AC Vol 59 No 12 How to fix a coalition)...
According to one witness in Mutare during the funeral of MDC founder Morgan Tsvangirai in February supporters of the MDC's Nelson Chamisa threatened to burn a hut with Thokozani Khupe Vice-President of the splinter MCD-Tsvangirai in it...
