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Treasury released $3.4 Million to MDC Newsday reports. The money released under the Political Parties Finance Act,  was released 2 weeks ago. MDC Treasurer General Senator David Coltart confirmed the development to the publication:
<blockquote>Yes, we have received the interim amount of $3,4 million. We are expecting more – about $1,9 million. The money is now worth a fraction of what it did when it should have been paid. There is no doubt the delay was designed to frustrate us, It certainly undermined our capacity to fight the various by-elections such as Lupane and Mangwe</blockquote>
The money came amid accusations from the MDC that the government was deliberately withholding the funds just to sabotage their activities. Under the Political Party finance Act, the government is supposed to pay any political party with less than 5% representation in parliament.
More: <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2019/09/treasury-releases-34-million-to-mdc/">Newsday</a>

Pindula News

MDC Receives $3.4 Million From Treasury

<blockquote>The MDC was due to hold its 20th Anniversary on Saturday at Rufaro Stadium, Harare, as the day for the National Memorial Service for the late President Robert Mugabe.
As MDC, being a pan Africanist and social democratic party, consistent with our values of ubuntu, solidarity and empathy we have decided to postpone our 20th Anniversary Celebrations to the 28th September 2019 so as to allow the funeral proceedings and events not to compete with our Anniversary celebrations.
This is in line with our values of ubuntu, solidarity and empathetic leadership.
We had our differences, which are well documented and recorded, with the late President Mugabe, but this is not the time to rehash those differences. This is the time to join the former President’s relatives and friends in mourning.
In order to give peace a chance and allow for nation-building in the context of tolerance and human dignity, we continue to deploy our might and main to things that unite us than those that may divide us.
The MDC does not make a profit out of tragedies. For that reason, the party would not use Mugabe’s death to score political points. We have sufficient avenues and platforms to address the huge challenges facing the motherland outside funerals.
As a Pan Africanist and Social Democratic Party, we don’t take our differences with our political adversaries to the grave. Hurt and hatred is not part of our agenda.
The passing on of former President Mugabe should remind leaders of today, tomorrow and the future on how we must treat each other as Zimbabweans.
The position we take today is not to wish away issues of transitional justice to do with past injustice but to exhibit that as the MDC our role is to heal, unite and bring freedom and justice to every Zimbabwean.
To all Zimbabweans, this is an opportunity to reflect on values of nation-building, national healing, democracy, tolerance, justice, equality, freedom and solidarity that are central to our democratic struggle.
Let us take this moment to build upon the positives of the past and negate its negatives to build a better nation and a better future. We must correct past mistakes and right the wrongs. We must learn from the omissions and commissions of the past.
Thank You 
God Bless You 
God Bless Zimbabwe</blockquote>

FULL TEXT: MDC Postpones 20th Anniversary Celebrations

<blockquote>MDC Appalled by the ongoing Afrophobic attacks on fellow Africans in South Africa.
The MDC is gravely concerned by the attacks on fellow Africans including Zimbabweans who have adopted the Republic of South Africa as their second home.
The MDC appeals to authorities in South Africa and regional leaders to immediately take mitigatory measures to stop the current scourge of Afrophobia, protect fellow Africans and decisively deal with structural challenges where victims are coming from including Zimbabwe.
The Human Rights Watch has reported more than 200 foreign truck drivers who have been killed since March 2018 in South Africa.
The fresh round of attacks comes at a time the Southern African Development Community (SADC) is deepening regional integration through calling for the collapse of borders and free movement of people, goods and services as coded in the Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan and the SADC Common Agenda.
This vision is also echoed by the African Union (AU) through Agenda 2063.
Such Afrophobic attacks are therefore a negation of these regional and continental aspirations, anchored on Pan Africanism and African Renaissance. The attacks are an affront to our common humanity and interdependency as espoused in our African philosophy of Ubuntu.
South Africa is reminded of the support it received from across Africa during the anti-Apartheid struggle. It received immense moral and material support from many African countries who provided training camps for the uMkonto weSizwe cadres, financial support and moral solidarity.
African countries took the lead in mobilising for the isolation of the Apartheid regime. Countries like Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Mozambique, Zambia, Botswana and Angola paid heavy prices for supporting the anti-apartheid movement including the frequent bombing and destruction of their infrastructure.
We urge the South African Government to act on the ongoing brutal attacks, respect the sanctity of human life and protect fellow Africans.
More than 3 million Zimbabweans have migrated to South Africa owing to a political crisis in Zimbabwe that has resulted in a worsening socio-economic situation.
The MDC continues to call SADC and particularly South Africa to intervene in the Zimbabwean political crisis in order to find a lasting solution that will get the country back on the path to democratic consolidation and economic recovery.
The MDC proposes a Roadmap to Economic Recovery, Legitimacy, Openness and Democracy (RELOAD) as the pathway that can restore Zimbabwe’s political and economic well-being.
The roadmap identifies five critical steps including a mediated, bankable and genuine national dialogue, comprehensive political and economic reforms and free and fair elections that are internationally supervised.
The South African Government and the regional body have a role in facilitating a legitimate and credible dialogue in Zimbabwe as a means to end the suffering of Zimbabweans and concomitant domino effects to the region.
MDC @20: Celebrating courage, growth and the people’s victories
Issued By 
MDC International Relations Committee 
Chaired by Gladys Kudzaishe Hlatywayo.</blockquote>

FULL TEXT: MDC Statement On Xenophobia Attacks In South Africa

The opposition MDC is said to be consulting its grassroots on the way forward after its planned demonstrations across the country were banned by the government.
The party in Mashonaland East held a meeting in Marondera recently where it was resolved that consultations in the rural areas should continue.
Speaking after the Marondera meeting, MDC Marondera district spokesperson Farai Nyandoro outlined the party’s intentions going forward. He said:
<blockquote>The party has taken a deliberate bottom-up approach so that we all own this struggle.
It’s not a (Nelson) Chamisa or leadership struggle, but our struggle and that is why we were asked to give our views on the next course of action.
The [Marondera] district assembly unequivocally stated that it was ready to demonstrate against the spiralling prices of basic commodities, anarchy and mediocrity.
The district reinforced the idea of decentralisation of the struggle because the challenges are national.
The narrative is that of issues and ideas, debate and solutions. We are past personalisation of the struggle era, hence the need to have a dual enclave through consulting those in the rural areas.</blockquote>
Police last month banned all MDC planned demonstrations across the country’s towns and cities citing security concerns.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2019/09/mdc-consults-grassroots-members-on-way-forward/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NewsDay</a></h4>

MDC To Consult Rural Members On Way Forward After Govt Block Demos

The MDC party led by Nelson Chamisa has allegedly refused to accept court papers in the case in which the party’s five former workers are demanding their outstanding salaries.
The aggrieved workers reportedly sued the party under its past name, MDC-T which it has since abandoned and reverted to the original MDC name.
The ex-workers recently approached the High Court seeking a garnishee order against the party’s share under the Political Parties Finance Act, approximately $3 million.
Caleb Mucheche, representing the former workers, said that the MDC (MDC Alliance as it is called in Parliament) has refused to accept the court papers. He said:
<blockquote>They have refused responsibility arguing that they are not MDC-T and that those court papers are being served to the wrong political party.
This is actually devastating as the party is blowing hot and cold. When it comes to the allocation from the government they are the MDC but when it comes to paying former workers they do not accept that they are the same political party.
However, we are going to serve them again after they refused to cooperate. We wait for the return of service from the Deputy Sheriff so that it’s on record and we move forward.
But refusing to accept the papers under MDC-T is a dangerous legal argument that will backfire sooner than later.</blockquote>
The MDC-T name has been retained by Thokozani Khupe and her colleagues following a party split triggered by the death of Morgan Tsvangirai in 2018.
Khupe is reportedly claiming the $3 million that is yet to be disbursed to the MDC, although the MDC MPs in Parliament were voted into office under the MDC Alliance banner.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newzimbabwe.com/chamisa-party-refuses-it-is-the-mdc-as-ex-workers-struggle-to-recover-salaries/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NewZimbabwe.com</a></h4>

Chamisa's MDC Evades Former Workers, Claims It Is Not MDC-T

A contributor to The Zimbabwean, David Barber, opines that the opposition MDC party has no capacity to govern the country.
Barber argues that for many years he was pinning his hopes on the MDC that once the party is in power, it will take the country on a positive trajectory.
However, the author says that his eyes were opened to the MDC’s ineptitude by party president Nelson Chamisa’s legal challenge to the legitimacy of last year’s general election and of Emmerson Mnangagwa as President of Zimbabwe. He writes:
<blockquote>Now, let’s be honest, we all knew that the finding of the court in favour of the government would be a foregone conclusion. We are, after all, talking of a corrupt administration where the rule of law matters not at all.
Nevertheless, in purely legal terms, it was abundantly clear that MDC had an absolutely open-and-shut case. So MDC could not have had a more golden opportunity to prove to the whole international community how corrupt the government is.
Instead, to my shocked disbelief, what the world saw was MDC floundering in a case so badly prepared and presented that the judges did not have to be corrupt to reject it.
They simply followed the evidence to arrive at a verdict that, according to the evidence, was actually correct.
Given the vital importance of the case to Zimbabwe’s future and that it was on view to the whole world, to throw away such a golden opportunity was utterly unforgivable.
And if a political opposition party cannot even run what should have been a simple open-and-shut court case, how can it be competent enough to run a country?</blockquote>
Barber claims that since the MDC lost its founding president Morgan Tsvangirai last year, the party can no longer be respected, trusted, let alone believed in.
Turning to the planned marches that were banned by the police, Barber argues that the MDC proved to be in shambles. He wrote:
<blockquote>I find it inconceivable that MDC had not anticipated the government response and planned how to circumvent it. Doesn’t it even know its own government by now?
I find it inconceivable that MDC wasted time in appealing to the court to overturn the police ban in Harare when it knows – or should know – that the rule of law no longer applies and there would be at least an 80% chance that the court would uphold the police’s decision.
… But what I find most inconceivable of all is that the MDC leaders threw in the towel and left those wonderful, brave, courageous Zimbabweans who nevertheless took to the streets in Harare’s city centre (and the tens of thousands more held back on the outskirts) completely leaderless.
That was utterly shameful. No worthwhile leader ever dumps their followers and leaves them to fend for themselves, no matter what the circumstances are.
Such people are not worthy to lead a great nation like Zimbabwe. Actually, they show clearly that they care no more for Zimbabwean citizens than the government does.</blockquote>
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.thezimbabwean.co/2019/08/mdc-is-clearly-unsuitable-for-government/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Zimbabwean</a></h4>

"MDC Has No Capacity To Govern", - Report

The opposition MDC leadership will hold a crisis meeting in Harare on Wednesday to strategise after the government used the police and courts to deny them their democratic right to demonstrate.
NewsDay was told that the party will be looking for ways to continue putting pressure on the government without risking the lives of its supporters. Said the source:
<blockquote>The meeting comes in the face of blocked demonstrations in Harare, Bulawayo, Gweru and other towns.
The MDC is clear that political pressure is the only alternative given that leaders on the continent are siding with the oppressive regime.
So we are now finding new ways of venting and they are there.</blockquote>
The meeting was confirmed by deputy party spokesperson Luke Tamborinyoka. He said:
<blockquote>These are not normal times in the country. The nation is agitated due to enormous national grievances that include power shortages, fuel shortages, unemployment as well as the imposition of a debased currency that has dismally failed to provide respite to the despondent nation.
Amid all this, we are experiencing what amounts to the subversion of the constitutional order in the country.
The fascist regime has staged yet another coup, this time, a coup of the Constitution of the country and we are basically under a de facto state of emergency.
Under these circumstances, the leadership has to meet and will meet.</blockquote>
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2019/08/cornered-mdc-in-crisis-meeting/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NewsDay</a></h4>

MDC Leadership Meets To Strategise

Five former MDC employees have dragged the party to court demanding to be paid US$222 000 salaries arrears.
The five are Tafadzwa Chakanyuka, Aleck Tabe, Geraldine Sibanda, Wilson Box and Lawrence Paganga. They cited Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube and MDC in the claim as first and second respondents respectively.
The five have reportedly already obtained court orders against MDC and filed writs of execution on the party’s movable property. Said Chakanyuka:
<blockquote>In the event that the applicants find movable or immovable property belonging to MDC, the amounts realised may not be sufficient to cover the debt for all applicants…and will be put out of pocket trying to raise money to pay the sheriff’s costs.</blockquote>
The MDC intended to pay its former employees outstanding salaries and terminal benefits from its share of the funds under the Political Parties Finance Act once it is disbursed. The party revealed that it has hitherto not received the money.
On June 24 the applicants’ lawyers wrote to the MDC requesting payment for the money that they are owed. The application reads:
<blockquote>To secure the payment, the applicants have therefore approached this honourable court seeking a garnishee order against the second respondent’s bank account and Ecocash merchant account or any other account to which MDC’s funds are disbursed.
The applicants seek to have Mthuli ordered to deduct US$222 436 and pay the amount to applicants lawyers Caleb Mucheche and partners within 24 hours of the amount becoming due and payable to MDC and the government grant being disbursed into its bank accounts.</blockquote>
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newzimbabwe.com/mdc-dragged-to-court-for-failing-to-pay-salaries/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NewZimbabwe.com</a></h4>

Ex-MDC Employees Drag Party To Court Over Unpaid Salaries

<blockquote>
<h3>It’s all systems go for the people’s march on Friday</h3>
<h4>Zimbabwe is at a crossroads.</h4>
On the 31st of July 2018, Zimbabweans overwhelmingly voted for President Nelson Chamisa. That election was stolen in broad daylight and since then, the crisis of legitimacy has manifested itself through multi-layered challenges that have manifested themselves through power outages, water and fuel shortages, indecent wages, high prices and the erosion of the people’s dignity, among other challenges.
To express their displeasure at the serious challenges in the country, Zimbabweans will begin a series of peaceful demonstrations that will kick off in Harare on Friday, 16 August 2019.
The preparations for the Free Zimbabwe march are at an advanced stage. All the necessary logistical preparations have been done and we are looking forward to a successful peaceful march by Zimbabweans on Friday.
The MDC is a peaceful and law-abiding party. To that end, we have complied with the requirements under both section 59 of the national Constitution and the Public Order and Security Act.
There will be no party regalia as this is a peaceful march by the generality of the people of Zimbabwe who are suffering under the current crisis.
Every Zimbabwean will be marching to end this suffering until we achieve a legitimate people’s government that will begin to address the serious challenges facing the country. Until that is achieved, we will not rest and we will continue to exercise our democratic right to demonstrate peacefully.
On Friday, we will be marching for jobs, for affordable health care facilities, for electricity, for affordable education, availability of fuel and water and decent salaries for our civil servants and the ordinary workers of Zimbabwe.
We shall march for the restoration of the people’s dignity and the return of functional industries, for democracy, accountability and the respect of human rights.
We will be marching against the culture and ailment of corruption, impunity, abductions, and the erosion of the people’s dignity, looting and embezzlement that have afflicted the country’s entire body politic.
We say no to the killing and torturing of innocent Zimbabweans and civic and democracy activists. 
We want to end illegitimacy and ensure that there is a people’s government.
We will be rolling out these peaceful and constitutional protests in all the towns. After Harare, the Zimbabweans citizens will be holding peaceful protests in Bulawayo next Monday, Gweru on Tuesday, Masvingo on Wednesday and Mutare on Thursday. The roll-out for other cities and towns will be announced later.
Our action will be peaceful and constitutional.
We urge everyone to be there and to be involved until we achieve a truly people’s government that will deliver change that delivers.</blockquote>

FULL TEXT: MDC Statement On 16 August Demonstration

The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has praised the military for declared position to<a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2019/08/10/watch-we-will-not-interfere-with-peaceful-demonstrations-valerio-sibanda/"> not interfere with peaceful protests</a> in the country. The army statement came ahead of Zimbabwe’s Defence Forces Day and MDC’s planned 16 August protests.
Said MDC deputy spokesperson Luke Tamborinyoka on Friday 10 August:
<blockquote>It is an encouraging development and that is why we have also said we respect our professional security forces if they are not partisan, not what we have seen in the past.
I don’t know if it is a Damascene moment, but we are happy that the army boss is reiterating what the Constitution provides for and what we have always maintained that the soldiers’ rightful place is in the barracks.</blockquote>
More: <a href="https://www.dailynews.co.zw/articles/2019/08/10/military-charms-chamisa-mdc">Daily News</a>

MDC Praises Army For Assuring Citizens Right To Protest

The Nelson Chamisa-led MDC has resolved to punish Standing Committee members who come late for meetings or fail to attend altogether.
Members who come late for meetings will have to pay $25 while those who fail to attend meetings will pay a $100 penalty.
The development was confirmed by party spokesperson Daniel Molokele. He said:
<blockquote>These are internal issues being done to improve efficiency and encourage people to be responsible. It’s not written anywhere but just an administrative matter that was proposed in that context.</blockquote>
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newzimbabwe.com/chamisa-to-punish-senior-leaders-for-failure-to-attend-meetings-or-coming-late/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NewZimbabwe.com</a></h4>

MDC To Impose Fines On Errant Officials

The ruling ZANU PF party has accused the opposition MDC of having a grand plan to foment chaos in the country.
Speaking to reporters at the Zanu-PF Headquarters on Monday, the party’s secretary for Information and Publicity, Simon Khaya Moyo warned the MDC that the government will not allow the country to degenerate into chaos. He said:
<blockquote>The recent assault on Honourable Moyo and his team in London by MDC hoodlums masquerading as human rights activists while they were on official Government business, firmly demonstrates the aversion of the opposition to the principle of respect for the rule of law and peaceful protests as set out in the national Constitution and international human rights laws.
However, the attack in London on Cde SB Moyo cannot be taken in isolation as it is part of the beleaguered opposition’s grand plan to foment chaos within Zimbabwe and create a false impression of a failed State.
… While the Zanu-PF led Government under the stewardship of His Excellency Cde Emmerson Mnangagwa has exceedingly committed to ensuring that the rights of Zimbabweans, including the right to protest, are guaranteed as set out in the supreme law of the land, it has rightfully demonstrated that it cannot take a blind eye to anarchy.</blockquote>
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.herald.co.zw/zanu-pf-raps-mdc-violence/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Herald</a></h4>

"MDC Has A Grand Plan To Foment Chaos In The Country", ZANU PF Spokesperson

Binga North MP and the chairperson of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Information, Prince Dubeko Sibanda (MDC Alliance) said that he desires to see media reforms which will lead to media freedom in Zimbabwe.
Speaking to NewsDay, Sibanda said that during his five year-term in office, he would want to see a reduction in the cost of doing business in the media industry. He said:
<blockquote>I want to see media reforms and these are premised on issues that have been complained of all along by the citizens directly or through elections observer reports; issues of media freedom as stipulated in the Constitution of Zimbabwe.
We need a multiplicity of ideas being expressed through ownership and content of media products.
I look forward to a situation where government becomes a facilitator for an environment conducive to investment in the media sector through reduction of cost of doing business by reduction of taxes, provision of media infrastructure such as transmitters at low cost, and ensuring a constant supply of power at an affordable cost.</blockquote>
Sibanda bemoaned the government’s failure to walk the talk on media reforms. He said:
<blockquote>Freedom of expression is still a pipe-dream in the country. No wonder why we have so many citizens currently appearing before the courts for (merely) expressing their views on how the country is being governed.
Government has been too restrictive to the media sector. For example, any media house that reports negatively on government loses advertising revenue from government institutions.
This has seen most media houses stampeding to report positively on government. This is not good for democracy.</blockquote>
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2019/07/we-will-fight-for-media-plurality-sibanda/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NewsDay</a></h4>

MDC Alliance MP Vows To Fight For Media Plurality

<blockquote>The MDC President Advocate Nelson Chamisa today (16/07/19) hosted the inaugural interface meeting between the party’s MPs and Councillors.
To ensure high quality, participatory and excellent service delivery, the MDC is holding these interface meetings across the country, regularly.
The meeting was attended by MPs and Councillors drawn from three Harare province local authorities namely; Harare City Council, Chitungwiza Municipality and Epworth Local Board.
The meeting discussed several issues that included the following among others:
1. The party’s vision, mission, goal, strategic objectives and values
2. The ideal leadership culture for the party’s MPs and Councillors
3. The opportunities and challenges that both the MPs and Councillors are currently facing
In the end, both the MPs and Councillors committed themselves to promote excellent service delivery, accountability, regular residents consultations and feedback, good governance and collaborative approaches for all party deployees in government.
Some of the challenges that were highlighted and in need of urgent resolution include the following, among others:
1. Procurement challenges chiefly caused by outdated laws/regulations
2. Restrictive laws that make it difficult for municipalities to fight corruption or maladministration
3. Alignment of all local government laws to the constitution.
4. Dilapidated and inadequate roads, water and sanitation infrastructure.
5. Shortage of land for urban expansion.
6. Inadequate funding on service delivery projects for local authorities.
The MDC re-affirms its commitment towards SMART, people centred and excellently administered municipalities.
MDC: (1999 -2019) Celebrating 20 Years of Tenacity and Courage
Clifford Hlatywayo 
MDC National Deputy Secretary for Local Government</blockquote>

FULL TEXT: Chamisa Meets MDC MPs And Councillors

Opposition MDC on Thursday launched its policy document, Return to Legitimacy, Openness And Democracy (RELOAD). Below is the party’s five-point plant outlined in the policy:
<blockquote>1. Pressure (Political and Diplomatic): Advocacy and mobilisation of all progressive and democratic forces to build a national consensus on the resolution of the national crisis.
2. National Dialogue: a credible, bankable, legitimate process of dialogue fully guaranteed by the international community with specific deliverables, benchmarks and timelines through a mutually agreed and acceptable facilitator.
3. National transition mechanism: Agreement on implementing a framework on the agreed positions. This should be done through a national transition mechanism whose terms in detail are to be agreed.
4. Comprehensive Reform Agenda: The implementation and roll-out of a comprehensive agenda, on the Five Point Plan detailed below.
5. Free and Fair Elections: Electoral reforms are so key to break the vicious cycle and trap of hugely contested elections which has arrested Zimbabwe in four decades. Zimbabwe must hold free, fair, legitimate, credible and sound elections under international supervision, pursuant to the comprehensive reform process.</blockquote>

MDC's Five Point Plan For Zimbabwe

MDC leader Nelson Chamisa said that his party will not be pushed into street protests as doing so prematurely will endanger the lives of people.
Chamisa said this while launching the MDC’s new policy document, RELOAD, in Harare on Thursday. He said:
<blockquote>Timing and strategy in any struggle is the preserve of your strategic unit, and the strategic unit is the leadership. Once you try to democratise strategy, it ceases to be a strategy, it becomes foolishness.
We’re very clear on when the struggle has to be executed to the benefit of our people. We will lead from the front, we will provide the necessary leadership, but it has to be done on our terms, our timing, not on the terms and timing of our opponents.
We know what the opponent is planning. They’re planning to do things that are wicked. But we want to minimise the effect of their wickedness so that we maximise the goodness of our strategy to achieve change for the people of Zimbabwe. Change is coming, victory is certain.</blockquote>
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.zimlive.com/2019/07/12/chamisa-vows-to-lead-peaceful-and-radical-anti-mnangagwa-street-protests/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ZimLive</a></h4>

MDC To Launch Demos On Its Own Terms And Timing - Chamisa

MDC president Nelson Chamisa on Thursday said that his party is going to engage in demonstrations to have a change of leadership in the country.
Chamisa said the MDC would invite trade unions, churches, and like-minded parties to come together to build political pressure using peaceful citizen action.
He made the remarks while launching the MDC’s new policy document, RELOAD, in Harare. Said Chamisa:
<blockquote>The world over, illegitimate governments are always fought. What makes people fight illegitimate governments is because they don’t derive their authority from the constitution and from the people.
Doing so is not a crime, it’s a duty of every citizen.
Wherever you go, we have a duty to perform that historic task, that revolutionary mandate to make sure that we have a legitimate government per the constitution, per the people.
… We’re going to have a peaceful and radical engagement with the problems of our country including confronting what has to be confronted in terms of the constitution.
The constitution allows for a demonstration. Leaders are changed through political pressure, and also through an election.
Where an election fails to do its mandate, political pressure becomes a necessity as in our circumstances.</blockquote>
Chamisa said that Zimbabwe is has a serious political and socio-economic crisis whose solution requires extreme urgency.
He called for bold action to be taken to avoid an impending catastrophe.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.zimlive.com/2019/07/12/chamisa-vows-to-lead-peaceful-and-radical-anti-mnangagwa-street-protests/?fbclid=IwAR2sEAlhfvQurE29FnVAo6abAzCl3MBOrSsopFe_V5JzZveQlZDfLpbbmQ8" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ZimLive.com</a></h4>

MDC To Have Peaceful & Radical Engagement With 'Illegitimate Govt' - Chamisa

The ruling ZANU PF has implored the opposition MDC to desist from questioning President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s legitimacy and instead, prepare for dialogue between the two antagonistic parties to extricate the country from economic malaise.
This was said by ZANU PF national spokesperson, Simon Khaya Moyo following the Nelson Chamisa-led opposition party’s insistence on demanding to talk on Mnangagwa’s legitimacy first.
In an interview with NewsDay on Monday, Moyo said that the current price hikes do not affect ZANU PF supporters alone but have debilitating effects across the political divide. He said:
<blockquote>I have been to many shops, including, of course, supermarkets and I have never seen prices for Zanu PF members and prices for MDC members.
We must remember that the government has taken measures and is taking measures to stabilise the economy because it affects all of us.
I was in a certain shop one day and one old man said to me ‘you also buy here’ and I said yes, of course, we all buy at the same place.
And, therefore, I don’t think it will be fair to say these prices are the result of actions by Zanu PF because that cannot be true.</blockquote>
Moyo asserted that the issue of Mnangagwa’s legitimacy was settled by the Constitutional Court and the MDC should reconsider its stance against participating in the State House dialogue. Added Moyo:
<blockquote>It is our economy together and we are all Zimbabweans and the answer to it is that let us dialogue. All the parties let them come together, including the MDC; let’s talk.</blockquote>
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2019/07/lets-talk-zanu-pf-tells-mdc/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NewsDay</a></h4>

ZANU PF Urges MDC To Reconsider Its Stance Against Participating In The State House Dialogue

MDC president Nelson Chamisa has dismissed reports and claims by the government that prices of goods have been on a downward trend since the reintroduction of the Zimbabwe Dollar.
Chamisa said to insist on saying that prices are falling down shows that the government is demonised. He said:
<blockquote>The government has been possessed by a demon, how can they say prices are going down? I don’t know which stores they are buying from, maybe they are buying from India or South Africa, maybe in Botswana, but here in Zimbabwe, in shops like OK, TM, Choppies, shops that we buy from as the majority, prices are not falling they are actually going up (and) everyone can see this.</blockquote>
Chamisa said that marriages and families have been negatively impacted by the ongoing economic crisis. He said:
<blockquote>Marriages and families are suffering lack of love caused by these hardships. Love can only be shared when people are living in peace and comfort. We have seen high levels of poverty in Zimbabwe.</blockquote>
The MDC leader called on his supporters to be ready when the party gives out a signal for action. He continued:
<blockquote>Everyone should be ready for our signal. They should be on standby.
When we call, you have to stand in your place once we call for action. For now, we are trying to talk to Mnangagwa.
We are going to get to a point where we will start acting and when we act you will not guess.
We don’t need third parties to talk on our behalf; this time (we are) going to make decisions that are very tough that will make our country progress.
We can’t allow one person, who is feeding himself, to disturb the whole country.
… We are not the opposition, we are a party that leads, the opposition is Mnangagwa, that’s why you see he is the one who opposes people’s earnings, their access to basic foodstuffs, their happiness, their peace.
He opposes this with such fierce energy that everyone can see his opposition stance. We lead, we provide answers.</blockquote>
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The Govt Has Been Possessed By A Demon - Chamisa

The MDC led by Advocate Nelson Chamisa has reportedly laid off most of its staff without paying terminal benefits.
Only directors of departments and Chamisa’s security were the only ones spared the axe.
An employee who spoke to Zim Morning Post on condition of anonymity said:
<blockquote>Only directors and security guys were spared from this move, we were sent packing without any terminal benefits.</blockquote>
A member of the MDC’s National Standing Committee told the publication that the party is waiting for a grant from the government under the Political Parties Finance Act. Said the official:
<blockquote>It is true that some of our workers did not get their benefits but we are just waiting for the government grant, it will settle some of our debts owed to other stakeholders.</blockquote>
MDC secretary-general Charlton Hwende denied the report that the party had let go of its workers without terminal benefits. He said:
<blockquote>I am actually hearing this for the first time, if we are to retrench people we will follow the Labour laws, we are just streamlining our workforce, I can confirm that we have a voluntary termination package.</blockquote>
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MDC Sacks Workers Without Terminal Benefits - Report

<blockquote>The MDC is worried that Utoile Silaigwana, a former army Major who joined ZEC as a serving military officer, has now been confirmed as the electoral body’s substantive chief elections officer.
Silaigwana’s substantive appointment with effect from 1 July 2019 is a testament to the fact that ZEC needs urgent reform if it is to retain its credibility among ordinary Zimbabweans and political players in the country.
Put simply, the appointment vindicates the fact that Zimbabwe is the true home of command elections which have resulted in losers occupying the seat of government while the winners are locked out.
It is pertinent to note that as a serving soldier, Silaigwana was part of the tainted ZEC secretariat that withheld election results for five weeks in 2008 in a plebiscite that SADC and the AU emphatically rejected as not reflective of the will of the people of Zimbabwe.
As acting chief elections officer since March 2018, Silaigwana also presided over the disputed polls of July 30 last year which resulted in Mr Mnangagwa being controversially declared as President by the courts and not by the people, who are truly sovereign.
Silaigwana’s substantive appointment to the key position of chief elections officer within the country’s electoral body is all the more reason why a comprehensive reform agenda encompassing political, electoral and media reforms is imperative if Zimbabwe is to break from the vicious cycle of disputed elections.
The MDC has great respect for the military but we have always maintained that the place for our soldiers in the barracks. The military, whether serving or retired, have no place in civilian electoral processes.
It is unfortunate that Silaigwana’s appointment comes at a time when Zimbabweans are in the throes of an unmitigated economic crisis spawned by the stolen elections of 2018, in which ZEC spectacularly revised downwards its own figures a record three times.
Next week on Wednesday, 10 July 2019, the MDC will be launching RELOAD, a blueprint that encapsulates the party’s comprehensive agenda for a return to legitimacy.
RELOAD is our menu to return the Zimbabwe train back on the rails after the stolen election of 2018 which has resulted in an unprecedented economic meltdown in the country.
Silaigwana’s appointment yesterday is all the more reason why the country should embark on a comprehensive reform agenda if Zimbabwe is to break away from the cycle of disputed plebiscites and join the family of civilized nations.
Soon, the MDC under the leadership of President Chamisa will be leading the people of Zimbabwe in defining a new course for the country.
MDC 1999 – 2019: Celebrating 20 years of tenacity and courage
Luke Tamborinyoka 
Deputy National Spokesperson 
Movement for Democratic Change</blockquote>

FULL TEXT: Utloile Silaigwana’s Appointment Dents ZEC Credibility - MDC

PICTURES: MDC National Standing Committee Meets At Harvest House

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<h4>MDC completes Congress business</h4>
The MDC yesterday convened a special National Council, which sat as Congress to complete the business of the party’s 5th Congress that began in Gweru three weeks ago.
The President made several appointments to complete the leadership structure of the party in line with the theme: Defining A New Course for Zimbabwe.</blockquote>
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<blockquote>Below is the party’s National Standing Committee
President – Advocate Nelson Chamisa
Vice President – Prof Welshman Ncube 
Vice President – Hon. Tendai Biti 
Vice President – Hon. Lynnette Karenyi
National Chairperson – Hon. Tabitha Khumalo 
Deputy National Chairperson – Hon. Job Sikhala
Secretary-General – Hon Charlton Hwende 
Deputy Secretary General – Hon. Concilia Chinanzvavana 
Deputy Secretary-General – Jameson Timba
Treasurer General – David Coltart 
Deputy Treasurer – Sen. Lilian Timveous
National Organiser – Hon. Amos Chibaya 
Deputy National Organiser – Hon. Happymore Chidziva 
Deputy National Organiser – Sibusisiwe B. Masara
National Spokesperson – Hon. Daniel Molokele 
Deputy National Spokesperson – Luke B. Tamborinyoka
Women’s Assembly Chairperson – Hon. Paurina Mpariwa 
Youth Assembly Chairperson – Obey Tererai Sithole</blockquote>
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FULL TEXT: New MDC Standing Committee Members

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<h4>President Mbeki right on electoral fraud based triumphalism</h4>
Zanu PF’s intention to spin remarks by President Mbeki is baseless and an act of desperation to find endorsement where none exists.
In essence, President Mbeki recognises that a win which Mnangagwa claims to have obtained has failed to create sufficient consensus and should, therefore, be cured by National Dialogue.
He also recognises that the reservations the MDC has in the ongoing dialogue must be attended to.
More importantly, the point of departure is that the basis of Dialogue is that there was Electoral fraud, triumphalism in which the “winner” takes everything and runs towards the mountain will not work.
It is therefore mischievous to have a couple of people gathering around a table and agreeing that the election was credible and therefore there is no need to talk about it.
The current crisis is a reflection of election results which are not reflective of the people’s will. President Mbeki makes that point quite clearly. His interview is an indictment on both the Judiciary and ZEC, a point we have always made.
MDC: Defining a New Course for Zimbabwe!
MDC Communications</blockquote>

FULL TEXT: MDC Welcomes Mbeki's Remarks Over Zim National Dialogue

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Leader of MDC-T, Thokozani Khupe appears in the video encouraging other political leaders to join the Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD) process that has been initiated by President Mnangagwa.
The dialogue has however been rejected by MDC President Nelson Chamisa, who has insisted that Mnangagwa is not a legitimate president of Zimbabwe. Chamisa and his party say that Mnangagwa did not win the July 2018 Election.
Khupe is mostly known for breaking away with part of the MDC following a leadership dispute after the later Morgan Tsvangirai’s death.
The video above was posted by the Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting and appears to have been recorded after s POLAD meeting on 14 June 2019.

WATCH: Thokozani Khupe Encourages Parties To Join Political Actors Dialogue

The MDC is increasingly concerned about the safety of its members after the Police Internal Security Intelligence (PISI) reportedly sought for details pertaining to the newly-elected party leadership in every province.
Consequently, the director in the MDC’s organising department, Farai Chinobva has since sent a circular to all party provincial chairpersons advising them on the latest development. He wrote:
<blockquote>Ref: confidentiality of party information
It has come to our attention that members of the police force specifically from PISI are moving around requesting details of our elected leadership and party structures.
Kindly be advised that no such information must be given to anyone, except if only requested by the national organising department. Be guided accordingly.</blockquote>
The party’s organising secretary, Amos Chibaya, confirmed that the circular was indeed released by the party. He said:
<blockquote>Yes, that circular was generated from our office, but what they (police) are doing is very wrong. They want to harass our members because of fear of the unknown.
Obviously, the situation in the country is unmanageable, especially when you talk of the economy itself yet, it is not about the MDC, but it is about the people of Zimbabwe.
If the people of Zimbabwe are not happy about how the country is being run, they have the right to demonstrate peacefully.</blockquote>
The government is uneasy as the economy continues to deteriorate and is fearful that the MDC may organise nationwide protests.
In January this year, spontaneous demonstrations across the country took the authorities by surprise and a brutal crackdown on the protestors received international condemnation.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2019/06/we-are-under-siege-mdc/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Newsday</a></h4>

MDC Leadership Feels Under Siege From State Security Agents

MDC President Nelson Chamisa has said that the party will pursue the option of demonstrating to bring Zanu-PF to the negotiating table. Chamisa was speaking in an interview with the Standard’s Obey Manayiti in The Big Interview following the party’s ended Congress.
From the interview:
<blockquote>OM: The government accuses you of plotting violent demonstrations, which you want to use to topple Mnangagwa. What would be the purpose of those protests?
NC: They have always institutionalised lies and deception, typical of a leopard that accusing it’s offspring of smelling like a goat in order to try and justify eating or cannibalising your own, but let me tell you this and I will say it now and forever more, wee are not going to allow a situation where there is violence in the country.
We believe in peaceful politics and democratisation.
We believe in non-violence and that is what we are going to be pursuing.
If we are going to demonstrate, it is constitutional, if we are to demonstrate it is allowed because an unhappy people have a right to demonstrate.
There is nothing untoward in demonstrating.
In any case, we are demonstrating to ask them to come to the negotiating table.
It is not as if we are demonstrating to run over them because we believe in the constitutional order but why is it that they are so scared of dialogue?
Why is it that all the time they always think about violence? Why are they always thinking of spilling blood?
They must not panic but must address issues raised by the people.
We are peacemakers, we are doves and we are ready to smoke a peace pipe with those who love peace, but we will not allow macho tactics and funny tactics by those who want to intimidate us — that we will not allow.</blockquote>
More: <a href="https://www.thestandard.co.zw/2019/06/02/ready-confront-zanu-pf-says-chamisa/">The Standard</a>

We Will Demonstrate To Get Zanu-PF To The Negotiating Table, Chamisa

The MDC led by Advocate Nelson Chamisa held its elective congress between the 24th and 26th of May in Gweru where the party chose new leadership for the next five years.
There were some surprises, with some “rebels” being given powerful positions while “loyal’ cadres were discarded. Below is a comparison of ZANU PF and MDC’s top seven officials:
MDC TOP 7
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<li>Nelson Chamisa</li>
<li>Welshman Ncube</li>
<li>Tendai Biti</li>
<li>Lynette Kore</li>
<li>Tabitha Khumalo</li>
<li>Chalton Hwende</li>
<li>David Coltart</li>
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ZANU PF TOP 7 
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<li>Emmerson Mnangagwa</li>
<li>Constantino Guvheya Chiwenga</li>
<li>Kembo Mohadi</li>
<li>Oppa Muchinguri</li>
<li>Obert Mpofu</li>
<li>Patrick Chinamasa</li>
<li>Simon Khaya  Moyo</li>
</ul>
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