Popular opposition leader Nelson Chamisa risks being banned from using his own party's name the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Alliance...
Opposition campaigningLast month Nelson Chamisa leader of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Alliance began a series of rallies around the country to 'meet the people' ahead of the 2023 election campaign...
Regional friendsHichilema's victory has been hailed by opposition politicians in the region with figures such as Zimbabwe's Tendai Biti and Nelson Chamisa Tanzania's Zitto Kabwe and South Africa's Mmusi Maimane attending the inauguration...
Not only is this decision a challenge to the president's authority having extended Malaba's term himself on 11 May it also removes a key senior figure who has been a useful supporter of Mnangagwa – in particular condoning Mnangagwa's ascendance in the 2017 coup and ruling in his favour when opposition leader Nelson Chamisa challenged the 2018 election results...
The opposition is in disarray after a March 2020 court ruling that found MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa had been unconstitutionally elected to the party's vice-presidency and could not have lawfully risen to its helm after founding leader Morgan Tsvangirai died in 2017...
Senior Zanu-PF official Patrick Chinamasa is on record saying that the Zimbabwean government cannot work with opposition leader Nelson Chamisa because he is a traitor who has called for sanctions...
In a highly contentious judgment the Supreme Court ruled that Nelson Chamisa the President's leading opposition candidate in the 2018 presidential elections had been unlawfully elevated to the leadership of the Movement for Democratic Change...
We hear that several in this ruling group now favour either Chiwenga or General Sibusiso Moyo to take over from Mnangagwa in a palace coup that would allow the formation of a National Transitional Authority in consultation with opposition leader Nelson Chamisa...
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Without a political resolution to these legal fights – such as leader of main MDC-A faction Nelson Chamisa reaching out to Khupe and her new ally Douglas Mwonzora in MDC-T – the opposition parties will be badly divided as they go into the 2023 elections...
One scenario doing speculative rounds is that the military could force Mnangagwa to 'retire' in a dignified fashion after which the military would share power with the opposition MDC-Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa...
ConcernThe Movement for Democratic Change leader Nelson Chamisa will continue to pursue a dialogue to establish a National Transitional Authority...