{"id":25911,"date":"2020-07-31T19:48:51","date_gmt":"2020-07-31T17:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=25911"},"modified":"2020-07-31T19:48:51","modified_gmt":"2020-07-31T17:48:51","slug":"mwonzora-suffers-major-blow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mwonzora-suffers-major-blow","title":{"rendered":"Mwonzora suffers major blow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Acting MDC-T secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora was dealt a blow by the police after they turned down his request to hold an extraordinary congress on Thursday.<span id=\"more-3096224744053625\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In a letter to Mwonzora, the police said due to the spike in COVID-19 cases, especially local transmissions, it had been found necessary to tighten lockdown regulations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBe kindly advised that due to COVID-19 cases that are on the increase especially local transmissions,\u201d Chief Staff Officer Commissioner Isaac Tayengwa said in a letter dated July 21.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has been found necessary to tighten lockdown regulations to prevent the spread of the pandemic across the country. To this end, you are advised not to go ahead with your congress.\u201d<br \/>\nMwonzora has been \u201cholding\u201d provincial congresses to get nominations for him to take over as MDC-T president.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Acting MDC-T secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora was dealt a blow by the police after they turned down his request to hold an extraordinary congress on Thursday. In a letter to Mwonzora, the police said due to the spike in COVID-19 cases, especially local transmissions, it had been found necessary to tighten lockdown regulations. \u201cBe kindly advised [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":4906,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[1388,379],"class_list":{"0":"post-25911","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-community","9":"tag-covid-19","10":"tag-mwonzora"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mwonzora suffers major blow - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Acting MDC-T secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora was dealt a blow by the police after they turned down his request to hold an extraordinary .\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mwonzora-suffers-major-blow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mwonzora suffers major blow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Acting MDC-T secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora was dealt a blow by the police after they turned down his request to hold an extraordinary .\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mwonzora-suffers-major-blow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-07-31T17:48:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/14\/2019\/03\/Douglas-Mwonzora.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"668\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"400\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mwonzora-suffers-major-blow\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mwonzora-suffers-major-blow\",\"name\":\"Mwonzora suffers major blow - 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