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)...
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Earlier this month Douglas Mwonzora the leader of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change-Tsvangirai (MDC-T) said he was pulling out of the presidential race after 87 of the party's parliamentary candidates were disqualified...
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ELECTION DATE ROW ESCALATES Zimbabwe could be plunged into a constitutional crisis should Douglas Mwonzora leader of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change-Tsvangirai (MDC-T) win a court order compelling President Emmerson Mnangagwa to postpone announcing the date of elections due by the end of August...
The case brought by Douglas Mwonzora the president of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) was opposed by human rights groups and other opposition parties some of whom feared further disruption of election preparations...
Other opposition parties such as Douglas Mwonzora's Movement for Democratic Change-Tsvangirai (MDC-T) will enjoy a few months of exposure and perks for top officers prior to the election (AC Vol 63 No 7 The Change campaign changes hands)...
Douglas Mwonzora a politician who had been backed by ZANU-PF to undermine the opposition from within had been given official permission to visit Sikhala however...
After the by-elections Douglas Mwonzora's Movement for Democratic Change-Tsvangirai (MDC-T) looks dead in the water...
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Funds neededRecent by-elections in which Nelson Chamisa's newly branded Citizens' Coalition for Change displaced Douglas Mwonzora's grouplet as the main opposition show that the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front will need all the dividends it can collect to fund a winning campaign in next year's national elections (Dispatches 28/03/22 Chamisa's Citizens' Coalition for Change wins 19 out of 28 seats in grand by-election battle)...
The final report into Command Agriculture which Biti claims was watered down was presented in Parliament in March this year by Brian Dube a Gweru MP for Douglas Mwonzora's opposition Movement for Democratic Change-Alliance...
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In all those 19 seats the CCC's main rival was the Movement for Democratic Change – Alliance (MDC-A) led by Douglas Mwonzora ostensibly an opposition grouping but widely believed to be close to the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF – AC Vol 62 No 1 Mnangagwa digs in)...
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Khupe was then overthrown by her deputy Douglas Mwonzora who then laid claim not only to the presidency of the MDC-T but to the MDC Alliance's funding and assets...
