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Didymus Mutasa said : "Confusion is being caused by the people from Harare dictating to people in places like Rusape what to do in terms of voting,"

bulawayo24 Thursday, November 12, 2020 11:08:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : “Confusion is being caused by the people from Harare dictating to people in places like Rusape what to do in terms of voting,”

dailynews-co-zw Thursday, November 12, 2020 6:15:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : "Confusion is being caused by the people from Harare dictating to people in places like Rusape what to do in terms of voting,"

onlinenigeria Sunday, November 1, 2020 2:59:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : "Confusion is being caused by the people from Harare dictating to people in places like Rusape what to do in terms of voting,"

bulawayo24 Sunday, November 1, 2020 11:41:00 AM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : “Confusion is being caused by the people from Harare dictating to people in places like Rusape what to do in terms of voting,”

dailynews-co-zw Saturday, October 31, 2020 6:07:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : "Confusion is being caused by the people from Harare dictating to people in places like Rusape what to do in terms of voting,"

onlinenigeria Sunday, October 25, 2020 7:49:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : "Confusion is being caused by the people from Harare dictating to people in places like Rusape what to do in terms of voting,"

bulawayo24 Sunday, October 25, 2020 6:05:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : “Confusion is being caused by the people from Harare dictating to people in places like Rusape what to do in terms of voting,”

dailynews-co-zw Sunday, October 25, 2020 3:59:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : “I believe in politics that crucial issues are always political which are the readiness of the constitution; are we in terms of the constitution likely to hold a referendum and after that referendum, are we going to have the much-awaited for harmonised elections in March next year?”

dailynews-co-zw Saturday, February 15, 2020 10:49:00 AM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : “Is there anybody who owns any name on mother earth? How many parties use the name MDC, for example? We are not moved at all because we have not stopped him from campaigning. He should not hide behind a finger when the reality is that he has failed to organise his party to attract people,”

dailynews-co-zw Tuesday, February 11, 2020 6:04:00 AM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said ( about Mai Mujuru ) : “You don’t run a government like we did up to 2014. I mean, you break your own constitution into pieces, good heavens. We can’t repeat that. Mai Mujuru would never do that. Wait until September and you will see,”

dailynews-co-zw Friday, February 7, 2020 12:55:00 AM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : “They (primary elections) are necessary. We are a big organisation how can we go to elections without primary elections first,”

dailynews-co-zw Tuesday, February 4, 2020 8:49:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : “Party members should not spend most of their time on trivial issues since it creates factionalism,”

thezimbabwemail Saturday, May 18, 2019 5:55:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : “You were talking about the issue of weevils here. Way back we used to treat weevils by spraying gamatox (pesticide) and they would all die. Our weevils, if you know about them, which we are castigating now, please apply gamatox on them,”

thezimbabwemail Saturday, May 18, 2019 5:55:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : "Party members should not spend most of their time on trivial issues since it creates factionalism,"

bulawayo24 Saturday, May 18, 2019 10:48:00 AM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : "You were talking about the issue of weevils here. Way back we used to treat weevils by spraying gamatox (pesticide) and they would all die. Our weevils, if you know about them, which we are castigating now, please apply gamatox on them,"

bulawayo24 Saturday, May 18, 2019 10:48:00 AM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said ( about Robert Mugabe ) : “When we gained independence, we were talking about the establishment of a one-party state … but that did not fit with the democracy of the Western world. Now we should do everything we can to bring everyone back to the party, including him (Mugabe). He worked for Zanu PF more than anyone else, and I don’t think there is anyone who can dispute that. He should, therefore, be brought back into the party”

zimeye Friday, April 12, 2019 1:31:00 AM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : "He should therefore be brought back into the party,"

bulawayo24 Thursday, April 11, 2019 7:35:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : "If you look at other countries like Tanzania, they have arranged themselves very well, especially their ruling party, and that is what we want to see in our party,"

bulawayo24 Thursday, April 11, 2019 7:35:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa added : "I was with him during the war and we came together, lived together and worked together. But of course, I had my own dagger just in case,"

bulawayo24 Thursday, April 11, 2019 7:35:00 PM EAT

zimeye Thursday, April 11, 2019 2:57:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : “He did not tell me that he did not like it, but he had to organise the party youth at one time when members of the party were in a Politburo meeting, to chide at me downstairs,”

zimeye Wednesday, April 10, 2019 9:16:00 AM EAT

thezimbabwemail Wednesday, April 10, 2019 2:12:00 AM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : "It is the former president and his wife who pushed us out because he wanted to elevate his wife to become president. Let him hear now that I have rejoined Zanu-PF,"

bulawayo24 Tuesday, April 9, 2019 10:46:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : “It happened a long time ago. I have been back in the party for sometime now, unless they expel me again. In the first place I never resigned,”

zimeye Tuesday, April 9, 2019 6:22:00 AM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said ( about Joyce Mujuru ) : "Now that there is freedom in Zimbabwe let them do as they please, but let them not jump from one party to another. They jumped from (the then ZPF led by Joice) Mujuru and then came to us and they jumped from us to join the (Zimbabwe People First led by Agrippa) Mutambara, now they are going back to Zanu-PF. It's very funny,"

bulawayo24 Tuesday, December 5, 2017 2:33:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : “What is needed is an inclusive government to run the affairs of Zimbabwe until a time it is right to have elections,”

leadership Saturday, November 18, 2017 7:52:00 AM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said ( about Emmerson Mnangagwa ) : "I have got a soft heart for everybody, not only Mnangagwa but anybody who is treated unfairly. However, in this case I don't think Mnangagwa was treated unfairly,"

bulawayo24 Monday, November 13, 2017 9:09:00 AM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : "There are bad things that he did and they have been exposed now and the question is why they were keeping it all along because they were known even way back,"

bulawayo24 Monday, November 13, 2017 9:09:00 AM EAT

Didymus Mutasa told ( about Kudakwashe Bhasikiti ) : “The documents authored by Bhasikiti, yes they are true. But they are entirely Bhasikiti documents. We the elders are going to respond to questions like we are doing now. But we have nothing to do with it because as you know Bhasikiti and Mutambara had left the elders,”

zimeye Thursday, October 26, 2017 7:34:00 AM EAT

zimeye Thursday, October 26, 2017 6:01:00 AM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said ( about Morgan Tsvangirai ) : "As I said before I think Tsvangirai is the most experienced opposition leader, he has got a huge following unlike other opposition leaders. I am willing to talk to anybody who wants to see a better Zimbabwe. I am ready even to engage Tsvangirai,"

bulawayo24 Thursday, October 26, 2017 2:58:00 AM EAT

Didymus Mutasa told ( about Morgan Tsvangirai ) : "That is why some of us will always say if we want to get there as a country, Tsvangirai should be left to do things that he knows best not to say he must now take a back seat when he is the one who has a proven track record,"

bulawayo24 Thursday, October 26, 2017 2:58:00 AM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said ( about Morgan Tsvangirai ) : “As I said before I think Tsvangirai is the most experienced opposition leader, he has got a huge following unlike other opposition leaders. I am willing to talk to anybody who wants to see a better Zimbabwe. I am ready even to engage Tsvangirai,”

thezimbabwemail Thursday, October 26, 2017 2:19:00 AM EAT

Didymus Mutasa told ( about Morgan Tsvangirai ) : “That is why some of us will always say if we want to get there as a country, Tsvangirai should be left to do things that he knows best not to say he must now take a back seat when he is the one who has a proven track record,”

thezimbabwemail Thursday, October 26, 2017 2:19:00 AM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said ( about Robert Mugabe ) : "There was a predominantly Zezuru group known as Committee of 26 that I understand was led by a pioneering black businessman. They had unfettered access to Mugabe and he knew about them. They were capable of causing a Cabinet reshuffle,"

bulawayo24 Saturday, October 21, 2017 9:56:00 AM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : "The struggle years were littered with bloody tribal clashes, the issues around (Noel) Mukono, (John) Mataure and (Thomas) Nhari all of Manyika extraction and the deaths of Chitepo point to an evil tribal axis at the time between Mugabe and a Karanga clique led by (Josiah) Tongogara and others,"

bulawayo24 Saturday, October 21, 2017 9:56:00 AM EAT

Didymus Mutasa added ( about Emmerson Mnangagwa ) : "Mnangagwa can be fired just as we were ... He is the one who created the one-centre of power that is now haunting him. Yes, Mnangagwa might be supported by some army generals, but certainly not by everyone,"

bulawayo24 Tuesday, October 17, 2017 5:17:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said ( about Emmerson Mnangagwa ) : "Mnangagwa was released because he was Zambian, I am not sure about his age but then we were told that he was released because he was under age,"

bulawayo24 Monday, September 18, 2017 8:54:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa told : “I am lucky here that I depend on borehole water and if I was using Harare water, I would not be able to pay, I am poverty stricken,”

thezimbabwemail Friday, August 4, 2017 11:30:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : “I am weighing my options but I should first talk to my kids who are based overseas and hear what they have to say on whether I should go or not,”

thezimbabwemail Friday, August 4, 2017 11:30:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : “So they should stop lying; if they don’t want me there they should just say so. (Mugabe’s spokesperson, George) Charamba spoke as the president’s spokesperson, but does it concern him? The case is between me and the president,”

thezimbabwemail Friday, August 4, 2017 11:30:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : "I am weighing my options but I should first talk to my kids who are based overseas and hear what they have to say on whether I should go or not,"

bulawayo24 Friday, August 4, 2017 5:38:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : "So they should stop lying; if they don't want me there they should just say so. (Mugabe's spokesperson, George) Charamba spoke as the president's spokesperson, but does it concern him? The case is between me and the president,"

bulawayo24 Friday, August 4, 2017 5:38:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa told : “I am lucky here that I depend on borehole water and if I was using Harare water, I would not be able to pay, I am poverty stricken,”

dailynews-co-zw Friday, August 4, 2017 4:05:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : “I am weighing my options but I should first talk to my kids who are based overseas and hear what they have to say on whether I should go or not,”

dailynews-co-zw Friday, August 4, 2017 4:05:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa states ( about Rover Sport ) : "The Range Rover vehicle is second applicant's ministerial issue. It is still registered in the name of the State although I have an option to purchase it. It is therefore State property which cannot be attached or executed upon, let alone removed. I have not yet been given the go ahead to purchase it,"

bulawayo24 Thursday, March 2, 2017 6:43:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : "They (friends) are scared to help me. I have a case of a businessman who approached me wanting to assist me till my farm and begged me to never ever tell anyone that he had assisted me. Two of them, three of them have approached me and that is the fear I have been describing. It's very serious. They are very scared," "What is happening now is happening in exactly the same manner as it happened when I got arrested in the 1970s by the (Ian) Smith regime. The fear I was talking to you about exists…But as we fought, many in Zanu-PF had hoped that the Zimbabwe People First would win (the 2018 elections) and then they would have wanted to come later and reap where they didn't sow"

bulawayo24 Thursday, March 2, 2017 6:43:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : “Should we not receive any such retraction and public apology by close of business this Friday 24 February 2017 we will proceed with our clients’ further instructions to sue you in the High Court the combined amount of $5 million,”

newzimbabwe Thursday, February 23, 2017 10:23:00 AM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : "I mean, his wife (Grace) has more or less mentioned it and (one of Zanu-PF's leading candidates to succeed Mugabe, Vice President Emmerson) Mnangagwa should know that too,"

bulawayo24 Sunday, February 19, 2017 4:34:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : "I mean, his wife (Grace) has more or less mentioned it and (one of Zanu-PF's leading candidates to succeed Mugabe, Vice President Emmerson) Mnangagwa should know that too,"

bulawayo24 Sunday, February 12, 2017 3:45:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : "You are probably going to see new leadership very soon, that is all I can say because we want to find somebody who is acceptable to the people of this country,"

bulawayo24 Sunday, February 12, 2017 3:45:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : "The talks for a grand coalition still go on. I have talked to (opposition leader Morgan) Tsvangirai and also senior members of his party like Amai (Theresa) Makone and (Morgen) Komichi and they feel most upset about what has happened ... and we are ready ourselves to join others to work together to get rid of the suffering of our people,"

bulawayo24 Sunday, February 12, 2017 3:45:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : "Tsvangirai phoned me about what is happening and I told him that he should ask Mujuru,"

onlinenigeria Saturday, February 11, 2017 4:15:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa added : "An intelligent Mujuru would not have expelled VaGumbo and Mutasa. She has not got even a modicum of intelligence,"

onlinenigeria Saturday, February 11, 2017 4:15:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : "Tsvangirai phoned me about what is happening and I told him that he should ask Mujuru,"

bulawayo24 Saturday, February 11, 2017 3:29:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa added : "An intelligent Mujuru would not have expelled VaGumbo and Mutasa. She has not got even a modicum of intelligence,"

bulawayo24 Saturday, February 11, 2017 3:29:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : "What sort of a leader is she that we should go and bow down to her when in fact, we are the ones who made her that leader? There is no reason for that. In fact, we are thoroughly fed up with her leadership"

bulawayo24 Thursday, February 9, 2017 11:26:00 AM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said ( about Grace Mugabe ) : "We didn't hold cabinet meetings in Mugabe's absence because he is the one who chairs the meetings,"

bulawayo24 Friday, January 27, 2017 5:57:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said ( about Grace Mugabe ) : “We didn’t hold cabinet meetings in Mugabe’s absence because he is the one who chairs the meetings,”

newzimbabwe Thursday, January 26, 2017 6:20:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said ( about Bikita West ) : "It has been proposed that we work with our colleagues in the MDC and have VaTsvangirai address the people of Bikita along with our president (Mujuru) . . . please check with Colonel (Claudius) Makova, who is our point person, to see how far these plans have gone,"

bulawayo24 Monday, January 9, 2017 12:22:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : "For Zanu-PF, I don't think they can reach 2018 . . . Zanu-PF is now clueless. They do not know how to solve the current economic woes,"

bulawayo24 Monday, December 12, 2016 5:32:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : “For Zanu PF, I don’t think they can reach 2018 . . . Zanu PF is now clueless. They do not know how to solve the current economic woes,”

dailynews-co-zw Monday, December 12, 2016 4:03:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said ( about Joyce Mujuru ) : "I was expelled from Zanu PF because I supported Mujuru. I will continue to support her,"

allafrica Tuesday, November 1, 2016 4:43:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said ( about Robert Mugabe ) : "After that meeting, Mugabe then called me and we had a two-hour meeting before the politburo. "

bulawayo24 Tuesday, November 1, 2016 11:41:00 AM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said ( about Robert Mugabe ) : “What surprises us is that the attack took place when Mugabe was speaking about reforming the United Nations. He is speaking about reforms when he is ignoring calls for reforms back home,”

dailynews-co-zw Tuesday, September 27, 2016 12:36:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : “I am not aware of that and the last time I checked I was told there was no activity this week. Maybe it was organised at constituency level but we were not informed at the national level,”

dailynews-co-zw Saturday, September 24, 2016 5:44:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : "I don't quite understand why Mugabe's administration is boyish. Those who work for Mugabe used tear gas and beaten up people doing a peaceful march. When this is presented to the international community it will tarnish Mugabe's image," "Mugabe is doing the same thing that (former Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian) Smith did to him on Tsvangirai and Amai Mujuru. I don't quite understand why his administration is doing this"

onlinenigeria Sunday, September 18, 2016 5:21:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa told : “However, I must emphasise that we are not afraid of police brutality. It was done to Mugabe and other Zimbabweans by the British and we are surprised that he is not ashamed by what he is doing to us now,”

dailynews-co-zw Sunday, September 18, 2016 2:06:00 PM EAT

bulawayo24 Sunday, September 18, 2016 1:40:00 PM EAT

allafrica Sunday, September 18, 2016 10:46:00 AM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : “I don’t quite understand why Mugabe’s administration is boyish. Those who work for Mugabe used tear gas and beaten up people doing a peaceful march. When this is presented to the international community it will tarnish Mugabe’s image,” “Mugabe is doing the same thing that (former Rhodesian Prime Minister Ian) Smith did to him on Tsvangirai and Amai Mujuru. I don’t quite understand why his administration is doing this”

thestandard-zw Sunday, September 18, 2016 5:51:00 AM EAT

Didymus Mutasa told : "If that was intended to cow us from demonstrating, I want to say the opposite has been the case. We are going next Friday to do exactly the same as we have done today,"

thestarkenya Friday, September 16, 2016 4:15:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : "Today has been for me the worst day that I have lived in this country, where I have observed with my own eyes, the state breaking its own laws and the state starting violence by attacking people who were just gathered together,"

thestarkenya Friday, September 16, 2016 4:15:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : “Our message to the people of Zimbabwe is that they must come out in large numbers in the various towns and districts across the country to express in a loud way the national demand for a truly credible election in 2018,”

insiderzim Friday, September 16, 2016 2:27:00 PM EAT

insiderzim Thursday, September 15, 2016 4:38:00 PM EAT

insiderzim Thursday, September 15, 2016 10:38:00 AM EAT

insiderzim Wednesday, September 14, 2016 8:23:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa told : “Only two members of each party are going to attend the meeting and it’s a futile exercise on their (Zec) part,”

dailynews-co-zw Wednesday, September 7, 2016 8:22:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa told : “Only two members of each party are going to attend the meeting and it’s a futile exercise on their (Zec) part,”

dailynews-co-zw Wednesday, September 7, 2016 7:34:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa told : “We fought for freedom, and then they expelled us from their party. They should let us fight for our democratic rights. They want to protect themselves from the will of the people but will now suffer from their sins,”

dailynews-co-zw Monday, September 5, 2016 12:45:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : "It (protests) must continue up to the date that we vote, and vote Mugabe out of power,"

allafrica Wednesday, August 31, 2016 5:58:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : "Today has been for me the worst day that I have lived in this country where I have observed with my own eyes the state breaking its own laws and it's the state starting violence by attacking people who had gathered together throwing teargas at them and hitting them with water cannons," "I have never seen that anywhere in the world except today in Zimbabwe"

allafrica Wednesday, August 31, 2016 5:58:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : "To this end, Nera will tomorrow formally advise the court that the sanctioned demonstration never took place as the police, in a brazen act of contempt of court, violently stopped citizens from marching on the sanctioned route,"

onlinenigeria Monday, August 29, 2016 9:09:00 PM EAT

bulawayo24 Monday, August 29, 2016 7:41:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : “To this end, Nera will tomorrow formally advise the court that the sanctioned demonstration never took place as the police, in a brazen act of contempt of court, violently stopped citizens from marching on the sanctioned route,”

dailynews-co-zw Monday, August 29, 2016 6:54:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said ( about Commission ) : “We have called this press conference to announce that tomorrow’s march to press for comprehensive electoral reforms is going ahead as planned. As political parties, we call upon the people of Zimbabwe to come out in their numbers so that we make a loud national expression to demand comprehensive electoral reforms that will ensure that we move away from the culture of contested electoral outcomes,” “During our march tomorrow, we will hand over a petition to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission and the procession will culminate in an address to the people by the leaders of the political parties”

theindependent Monday, August 29, 2016 2:55:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : “We are calling on Zimbabweans to come out in their numbers tomorrow in support of this legitimate cause of demanding a truly free and fair election. We are also calling on Sadc, specifically the current chair of Sadc, to remain seized with the issue of Zimbabwe and to ensure that the electoral field in this country is levelled ahead of the next election,” “Sadc must remain seized with the issue of Zimbabwe where the current unravelling economic crisis is just but a mirror of the underlying political crisis of legitimacy. As political parties, we have complied with the law in that we have notified the police of our peaceful march tomorrow”

theindependent Monday, August 29, 2016 2:55:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : “That is what we hope she would do without being coerced”

theindependent Monday, August 29, 2016 2:55:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa told : “If that was intended to cow us from demonstrating, I want to say the opposite has been the case. We are going next Friday to do exactly the same as we have done today,”

redpepper Saturday, August 27, 2016 1:44:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : “Today has been for me the worst day that I have lived in this country, where I have observed with my own eyes, the state breaking its own laws and the state starting violence by attacking people who were just gathered together,”

redpepper Saturday, August 27, 2016 1:44:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : “will continue until the day we vote”

scmp Saturday, August 27, 2016 1:32:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa told : "If that was intended to cow us from demonstrating, I want to say the opposite has been the case. We are going next Friday to do exactly the same as we have done today,"

onlinenigeria Saturday, August 27, 2016 1:17:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa told : "If that was intended to cow us from demonstrating, I want to say the opposite has been the case. We are going next Friday to do exactly the same as we have done today,"

bulawayo24 Saturday, August 27, 2016 11:52:00 AM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : "Today has been the worst day that I have lived in the country that I have observed with my own eyes, the State breaking its own laws and the State starting violence by attacking people who had gathered together throwing teargas and hitting them with water cannons," "If that was intended to cow us from demonstrating, I want to say the opposite has been the case, we are going next Friday to do exactly the same as we have done today. We are going to request another opportunity to demonstrate here in Harare, and if that is thwarted, then our demonstration capacity will also be extended"

bulawayo24 Saturday, August 27, 2016 11:05:00 AM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said ( about Robert Mugabe ) : "And this mess, it's a real mess, will end. The protests will continue until we vote Mugabe out of power,"

bulawayo24 Saturday, August 27, 2016 11:05:00 AM EAT

Didymus Mutasa told : "If that was intended to cow us from demonstrating, I want to say the opposite has been the case. We are going next Friday to do exactly the same as we have done today,"

reuters-en Saturday, August 27, 2016 10:53:00 AM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : “will continue until the day we vote,”

japantimes Saturday, August 27, 2016 8:44:00 AM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said ( about Commission ) : "We have called this press conference to announce that tomorrow's march to press for comprehensive electoral reforms is going ahead as planned. As political parties, we call upon the people of Zimbabwe to come out in their numbers so that we make a loud national expression to demand comprehensive electoral reforms that will ensure that we move away from the culture of contested electoral outcomes," "During our march tomorrow, we will hand over a petition to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission and the procession will culminate in an address to the people by the leaders of the political parties"

allafrica Saturday, August 27, 2016 8:34:00 AM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : "We are calling on Zimbabweans to come out in their numbers tomorrow in support of this legitimate cause of demanding a truly free and fair election. We are also calling on Sadc, specifically the current chair of Sadc, to remain seized with the issue of Zimbabwe and to ensure that the electoral field in this country is levelled ahead of the next election," "Sadc must remain seized with the issue of Zimbabwe where the current unravelling economic crisis is just but a mirror of the underlying political crisis of legitimacy. As political parties, we have complied with the law in that we have notified the police of our peaceful march tomorrow"

allafrica Saturday, August 27, 2016 8:34:00 AM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : "will continue until the day we vote"

digitaljournal Saturday, August 27, 2016 6:47:00 AM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : "will continue until the day we vote"

enca Saturday, August 27, 2016 6:22:00 AM EAT

Didymus Mutasa prévenu : «Ces manifestations vont continuer jusqu'au jour où nous voterons. Nous allons faire la même chose vendredi prochain»

tdg Saturday, August 27, 2016 3:10:00 AM EAT

Didymus Mutasa prévenu : «Ces manifestations vont continuer jusqu'au jour où nous voterons. Nous allons faire la même chose vendredi prochain»

lematin-CH Saturday, August 27, 2016 3:08:00 AM EAT

Didymus Mutasa prévenu : «Ces manifestations vont continuer jusqu'au jour où nous voterons. Nous allons faire la même chose vendredi prochain»

lematin-CH Saturday, August 27, 2016 2:49:00 AM EAT

Didymus Mutasa prévenu : "Ces manifestations vont continuer jusqu'au jour où nous voterons. Nous allons faire la même chose vendredi prochain"

afp-fr Saturday, August 27, 2016 12:38:00 AM EAT

Didymus Mutasa told : "If that was intended to cow us from demonstrating, I want to say the opposite has been the case. We are going next Friday to do exactly the same as we have done today,"

thestar-my Saturday, August 27, 2016 12:31:00 AM EAT

Didymus Mutasa told : "If that was intended to cow us from demonstrating, I want to say the opposite has been the case. We are going next Friday to do exactly the same as we have done today,"

reuters-af Saturday, August 27, 2016 12:12:00 AM EAT

Didymus Mutasa told : "If that was intended to cow us from demonstrating, I want to say the opposite has been the case. We are going next Friday to do exactly the same as we have done today,"

reuters Saturday, August 27, 2016 12:06:00 AM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : "will continue until the day we vote,"

afp-en Saturday, August 27, 2016 12:04:00 AM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : "If that was intended to cow us from demonstrating, I want to say the opposite has been the case. We are going next Friday to do exactly the same as we have done today,"

npr Friday, August 26, 2016 11:20:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : "will continue until the day we vote,"

enca Friday, August 26, 2016 9:26:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa told : "If that was intended to cow us from demonstrating, I want to say the opposite has been the case. We are going next Friday to do exactly the same as we have done today,"

channelnewsasia Friday, August 26, 2016 9:09:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : "will continue until the day we vote,"

iafrica Friday, August 26, 2016 8:49:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa told : "If that was intended to cow us from demonstrating, I want to say the opposite has been the case. We are going next Friday to do exactly the same as we have done today,"

thestarkenya Friday, August 26, 2016 8:46:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : "will continue until the day we vote,"

thetimes-za Friday, August 26, 2016 8:29:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa told : "If that was intended to cow us from demonstrating, I want to say the opposite has been the case. We are going next Friday to do exactly the same as we have done today,"

trust2 Friday, August 26, 2016 8:18:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : "will continue until the day we vote,"

thetimes-za Friday, August 26, 2016 7:50:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa told : "If that was intended to cow us from demonstrating, I want to say the opposite has been the case. We are going next Friday to do exactly the same as we have done today,"

thestar-my Friday, August 26, 2016 7:26:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : “will continue until the day we vote,”

ngrguardiannews Friday, August 26, 2016 7:22:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa told : "If that was intended to cow us from demonstrating, I want to say the opposite has been the case. We are going next Friday to do exactly the same as we have done today,"

reuters-en Friday, August 26, 2016 6:53:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa prévenu : "Ces manifestations vont continuer jusqu'au jour où nous voterons. Nous allons faire la même chose vendredi prochain"

afp-fr Friday, August 26, 2016 6:36:00 PM EAT

allafrica Friday, August 26, 2016 3:17:00 PM EAT

allafrica Friday, August 26, 2016 2:54:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : “There is nothing hindering the coalition except people’s minds which are closed that in numbers there is strength and that in unity there’s strength, and that is very appropriate”

dailynews-co-zw Tuesday, August 23, 2016 6:44:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : "We deliberated on the purpose of our mega demonstration on Friday. We agreed we will invite all interested parties, people and civil society organisations in Zimbabwe to take part in the demonstration," "We seek, among other things, that Zec should be independent and not continue to be under the Ministry of Justice. We are also calling on the government to make sure that Zec chairperson [Justice] Rita Makarau should not hold two substantive positions and we hope that she will relinquish one of the positions without being coerced"

bulawayo24 Tuesday, August 23, 2016 1:29:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : "We want to tell him that the people of Zimbabwe want this and that. They want free and fair elections. He has no option, but to meet us. He will have to because our concerns are legitimate,"

bulawayo24 Thursday, August 18, 2016 10:26:00 AM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : "We want them to know that politics is not for them, but us civilian people. We are saying they should stay in barracks and protect us from external forces, not telling us who should be the next leader," "I am saying this from experience. I know how the military and CIO [Central Intelligence Organisation] are used to campaign for Zanu PF. We are saying that should end. People should not be afraid of the CIO and say they are partisan, but people must work with them in safeguarding our internal security"

bulawayo24 Thursday, August 18, 2016 10:26:00 AM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : "If you look at all the States in the Sadc region, they have changed their leaders several times since gaining independence. Their democracy has improved tremendously. That is what we also want. We should have a new President also, but that has to be done in a democratic way. That is why we are saying he should meet us and we usher in a new playing field for a democratic Zimbabwe," "We also want the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission to be reformed. We want (Zec chairperson) Justice Rita Makarau to go. She is not impartial in the discharge of her duties. We want the United Nations to help us run the elections so that we get a credible outcome"

bulawayo24 Thursday, August 18, 2016 10:26:00 AM EAT

onlinenigeria Thursday, August 18, 2016 9:54:00 AM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said ( about Solomon Mujuru ) : "I think the current government's officials who are responsible for security should tell us what really happened to Solomon. Officials such as those in the Central Intelligence Organisation should tell us everything because it is only fair for everyone if they do that,"

bulawayo24 Tuesday, August 16, 2016 5:55:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said ( about Solomon Mujuru ) : “I think the current government’s officials who are responsible for security should tell us what really happened to Solomon. Officials such as those in the Central Intelligence Organisation should tell us everything because it is only fair for everyone if they do that,”

dailynews-co-zw Tuesday, August 16, 2016 4:54:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : “All we want is to win the 2018 elections, which will satisfy us. That is why we are saying there is more strength in unity and that is why we are also saying if we put all our brains together we are likely to come out at the top,”

dailynews-co-zw Tuesday, August 16, 2016 2:55:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : “soldiers have no place in politics and must be locked in barracks” “The army must only defend the country and not be involved in political wrangles, otherwise the concerned military leaders have to leave the army and go and join politics,”

dailynews-co-zw Tuesday, August 16, 2016 2:55:00 PM EAT

dailynews-co-zw Tuesday, August 16, 2016 1:43:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : "We don't want to see the army, police and the intelligence being involved in party politics" "We don't want to see soldiers campaigning for Zanu PF or any other party. They must stay in the barracks, not in rural areas intimidating our villagers,"

bulawayo24 Tuesday, August 16, 2016 11:44:00 AM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : "What is critical is that we are going to demonstrate and we shall do so in accordance with the country's laws. Police should uphold the law and respect our rights. I know they will do so,"

bulawayo24 Tuesday, August 16, 2016 11:44:00 AM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : "We will cross the bridge when we get to the river. What is critical is that we are going to demonstrate and we shall do so in accordance with the country's laws. Police should uphold the law and respect our rights. I know they will do so,"

bulawayo24 Tuesday, August 16, 2016 10:28:00 AM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : "Takadzingwa muZanu-PF tinozvitenda kwazvo izvozvo, nekuti ndingadai ndiri kunyarira kupi izvozvi, ndainyara zvakaipa kwazvo (I am happy that I am out of Zanu-PF otherwise I would be facing this embarrasment), even those who are still in Zanu-PF are ashamed,"

bulawayo24 Wednesday, August 10, 2016 1:35:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : “Takadzingwa muZanu PF tinozvitenda kwazvo izvozvo, nekuti ndingadai ndiri kunyarira kupi izvozvi, ndainyara zvakaipa kwazvo (I am happy that I am out of Zanu PF otherwise I would be facing this embarrasment), even those who are still in Zanu PF are ashamed,”

dailynews-co-zw Tuesday, August 9, 2016 5:38:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : “For Zanu PF I don’t think they can reach 2018. Very soon Mujuru will be going to State House. Zanu PF is now clueless. They do not know how to solve the current economic woes. You must not be afraid of confronting Mugabe peacefully. We need to be united as opposition parties to push Mugabe out,”

dailynews-co-zw Monday, July 25, 2016 5:11:00 PM EAT

dailynews-co-zw Monday, July 25, 2016 4:23:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : “It is important for us as African people, as people of Zimbabwe particularly, to start to walk away from Egypt to Canaan. I would say there is need for an overhaul of all the processes in Zimbabwe, there is need for change in Zimbabwe,”

dailynews-co-zw Saturday, July 23, 2016 3:54:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa told : “Demonstrations are part of our Constitution. We are protected by the Constitution and we hope those in authority will observe the law. We have got to do everything that is possible and when you want to climb a mountain do not be scared of the slopes. You must climb. And as you climb you may go down one step backward but that is part and parcel of climbing a mountain,”

dailynews-co-zw Wednesday, July 20, 2016 6:44:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : “In my own opinion, we will work together as political parties without choosing a leader of the coalition because we have no mandate to do that. People are the only ones who have the mandate to choose a leader,”

dailynews-co-zw Wednesday, July 20, 2016 6:44:00 PM EAT

dailynews-co-zw Wednesday, July 20, 2016 2:52:00 PM EAT

dailynews-co-zw Tuesday, July 19, 2016 6:46:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa told : “I would say there is need for an overhaul of all the processes in Zimbabwe. There is need for change in Zimbabwe,”

dailynews-co-zw Friday, July 15, 2016 3:05:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : “I am very pleased with what is being done by Evan Mawarire and his supporters ... what they did has made the government to panic ...,”

dailynews-co-zw Friday, July 15, 2016 3:05:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said ( about Munacho Mutezo ) : "He (Mutezo) has been a member of People First right from the beginning,"

allafrica Thursday, June 9, 2016 2:48:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : “I have not ceased to be a member of Zanu PF. I can only cease to be a member of Zanu PF in accordance with the provisions of Zanu PF’s constitution,”

dailynews-co-zw Tuesday, March 17, 2015 3:05:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa argued : “My purported expulsion is obviously devoid of substance to be acted upon,”

dailynews-co-zw Friday, March 13, 2015 3:41:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : “I have not ceased to be a member of Zanu PF. I can only cease to be a member of Zanu PF in accordance with the provisions of Zanu PF constitution,”

dailynews-co-zw Friday, March 13, 2015 3:41:00 PM EAT

Didymus Mutasa said : “Contrary to expectations that your excellency would intervene objectively and restore sanity; you ominously joined the fray and became judge and juror, over all and sundry,”