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Former president of the Citizens Coalition For Change Nelson Chamisa.

Zimbabwe: Nelson Chamisa’s exit from his party is more than just a resignation

The Citizens Coalition for Change leader’s absence has left a vacuum in opposition politics as the party unravels

President of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), Nelson Chamisa, speaks during a press conference over the results of the general election in Harare, Zimbabwe on August 27, 2023. Photo by Mkhululi Thobela/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Nelson Chamisa claims victory in ‘flawed’ Zimbabwe election

The opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) refused to ratify the results, asserting that they were “false”

A ZANU-PF supporter holds a portrait of President Emmerson Mnangagwa during the party’s campaign rally on August 19, 2023 in Shurugwi, Zimbabwe. Photo by Tafadzwa Ufumeli/Getty Images

Zimbabwe’s President Mnangagwa wins second term in disputed vote

The Southern African Development Community, European Union and Commonwealth observer missions said the elections had failed to conform to regional and international standards

A ZANU-PF supporter holds a portrait of President Emmerson Mnangagwa during the party’s campaign rally on August 19, 2023 in Shurugwi, Zimbabwe. Photo by Tafadzwa Ufumeli/Getty Images

Troubled start to Zimbabwean poll

In Harare, less than a quarter of the polling stations opened on time and some opened eight hours after schedule

Voters cast their ballots for the Zimbabwean general elections at a polling station in Midlands, Gweru, Zimbabwe on August 23, 2023. (Photo by Mkhululi Thobela/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

The wait for a ‘new Zimbabwe’ continues

It is disheartening to see history repeating itself, killing hope for a democratic and just government

Former president of the Citizens Coalition For Change Nelson Chamisa.

Zimbabwe election: Nelson Chamisa appeals to youth, but odds stacked against him

Chamisa has not announced a running mate, feeding into rumours that he has weak leadership skills and prefers to centre power on himself

Citizens’ Coalition for Change supporters gather at Zimbabwe Grounds in Harare where party leader Nelson Chamisa gave the keynote address for the launch of the new party. File photo by Jekesai Njikizana/AFP

Young Zimbabwean voters dare to hope for change of old guard

Talk of change often implies support for the opposition, led by Nelson Chamisa, a 45-year-old lawyer and pastor. But almost no one says that out loud

Disputed: The elections will be marred by new repressive laws and intimidation, as well as ID numbers belonging to dead people, and names and addresses that don’t match. Photo: Zinyange Auntony/Getty Images

Ghost voters haunt Zimbabwe elections

An analysis of the voters’ roll indicates that the elections on 23 August for the president and legislature will not be free and fair

Nelson Chamisa. File phto by Jekesai Njikizana/AFP

Zimbabwe opposition finally launches election campaign

The southern African nation is bracing for another electoral battle between opposition leader Nelson Chamisa and iron-fisted President Emmerson Mnangagwa

Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Photo: Supplied

Zimbabwe polls predict a Chamisa triumph over Mnangagwa

Asked why they were shifting their support, voters cited weak leadership, corruption, bad policies and future prospects as the main reasons

A passenger minivan tows a trailer loaded with goods near the border crossing with Zimbabwe, near Musina, South Africa. (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

A bus trip from Zimbabwe to South Africa is through the belly of corruption

The broken Zimbabwe economy and political system are too much of a push factor for xenophobia and Aaron Motsoaledi to stop people seeking refuge in Mzansi

Shattered: A Citizens’ Coalition for Change (CCC) supporter’s leg was broken in a stampede during an attack apparently by Zanu-PF members in Kwekwe. (Zinyange Auntony/AFP)

A bloody road to Zimbabwe’s 26 March by-elections

The first by-election in a year takes place amid violence and chicanery ahead of national elections next year

Members of the Zimbabwe Presidential Guard march in formation during the Defence Forces Day celebrations held at the National Sports Stadium in Harare on August 14 2018. (Photo by Jekesai Njikizana/AFP)

To win in 2023, Zimbabwe’s opposition will have to court the military

Although 2023 might seem a long way off, Zimbabwe is already in campaign mode because parties, civil society groups and the government all know that elections can be won, lost…

Patson Dzamara standing in Africa Unity Square in Harare, the site of his brother’s protests, in 2018 (Photo: Nichole Sobecki/VII)

Remembering Patson Dzamara

Remembering Patson Dzamara, the Zimbabwean activist who never stopped searching for his brother

Making his mark: Malawi Congress Party president Lazarus Chakwera. (Amos Gumulira/AFP)

Opposition victory likely in Malawi

The presidential election is a rerun of last year’s Mvote, which was overturned by the top court

Nelson Chamisa. File phto by Jekesai Njikizana/AFP

MDC’S Chamisa perpetrates sexism in Zimbabwe

Far from representing a break from the past, the opposition leader is reinforcing patriarchal norms in his behaviour towards women

It is true that in the African continent, ethnicity is a dreaded term because of the continent’s experience with ethnicity- or tribe-based inter-group animosities and conflicts that, in some countries, morphed into genocides.
(Zinyange Auntony/AFP)

Zimbabwe ‘has never been this bad’

A brutal crackdown has left critics of the government fearing for their lives and afraid to speak out

Forty years after its adoption Africa is nowhere near achieving the promises of the African Charter. (Ziyange Auntony/AFP)

Zimbabwe: Police beat protesters as economy tanks

Zimbabwe has gone from bad to worse since longtime autocrat Robert Mugabe was toppled

EFF leader Julius Malema (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)

Youthful politicians come of age

Southern Africa’s opposition parties are led by young men who offer a new political approach

Nelson Chamisa. File phto by Jekesai Njikizana/AFP

Zimbabwean court nullifies Chamisa’s appointment

Party says the decision was politically motivated