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Mnangagwa cancels Marange 'thank you rally'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has cancelled his first thank you rally that was scheduled for St Noah College in Bocha, Manicaland province on Saturday.NewsDay is reliably informed that the rall...Published: 4 hrs ago | 590 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF selects candidates for Mt Pleasant, Harare East
Zanu-PF has completed the primary election process for Mt Pleasant and Harare East constituencies, with Cdes George Mashavave and Kelvin Mutimbanyoka emerging victorious.Mashavave was battling...Published: 25 Mar 2024 at 05:25hrs | 203 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF primaries set for next week
Zanu-PF will hold primary elections for Mount Pleasant and Harare East constituencies on March 23, after the completion of the cell restructuring process, the party's Harare provincial political commi...Published: 13 Mar 2024 at 05:06hrs | 147 | by Staff reporter
CCC pulls out of by-elections
THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) will not participate in the upcoming by-elections, a it is focusing its efforts on stabilising the party and the institution of key electoral reforms in the cou...Published: 09 Mar 2024 at 14:55hrs | 2912 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF demands better allowances for councillors
A Zanu-PF legislator has pleaded with the Local Government and National Housing ministry to improve the plight of local authority councillors by offering them competitive conditions of service....Published: 07 Mar 2024 at 05:08hrs | 185 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa proclaims by-elections in Mt Pleasant, Harare East constituencies
President Mnangagwa has declared vacant seats for Mt Pleasant and Harare East constituencies following the resignation of Ms Fadzai Mahere and Mr Rusty Markham respectively with by-elections set for n...Published: 07 Mar 2024 at 05:07hrs | 205 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF fissures widen over Mnangagwa term
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is battling to prop up waning support in his ruling Zanu-PF party and disloyal party cadres are facing the axe as power battles take centre stage while the economy i...Published: 03 Mar 2024 at 08:49hrs | 1428 | by Staff reporter
Church condemns Zimbabwe heartless evictions
THE government has taken a leaf from the colonial regime which prevented landless blacks from accessing productive land, a fellowship of Christian churches has said.In a statement, Zimbabwe Co...Published: 29 Feb 2024 at 05:03hrs | 504 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt makes another empty promise to rehabilitate roads in other cities, towns
GOVERNMENT will soon rehabilitate and construct roads in the country's major cities and towns which have been neglected by opposition-run local authorities for the past 20 years.Despite receiv...Published: 29 Feb 2024 at 04:59hrs | 155 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF initiates Mnangagwa's third-term campaign
Just weeks after securing a crucial two-thirds majority in Parliament's Lower House, Zanu-PF has wasted no time in launching its campaign for President Emmerson Mnangagwa's anticipated third term....Published: 19 Feb 2024 at 04:57hrs | 3864 | by Staff reporter
'CCC chaos to fuel voter apathy'
AN electoral watchdog, the Zimbabwe Election Advocacy Trust (ZEAT), has said the chaos and splits within the main opposition party, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), is a recipe for voter apath...Published: 19 Feb 2024 at 04:55hrs | 944 | by Staff reporter
Mount Pleasant and Harare East constituencies declared vacabt
The Speaker of Parliament, Advocate Jacob Mudenda, announced in the National Assembly that vacancies exist in the membership of Parliament in respect of Mount Pleasant and Harare East constituencies, ...Published: 16 Feb 2024 at 15:07hrs | 464 | by Jonathan Moyo
US election observers urge revamp of Zimbabwe's recall process
The Carter Centre's election observers have recommended that the Government and the Parliament of Zimbabwe revisit and revise sections 129 and 278 of the constitution, regarding recall processes, to i...Published: 16 Feb 2024 at 07:47hrs | 1187 | by Staff reporter
'CCC MPs cannot switch parties and run again,' argues Jonathan Moyo
Political scientist Professor Jonathan Moyo has stated that Members of Parliament are not constitutionally allowed to resign from their elected positions with one political party and re-contest under ...Published: 13 Feb 2024 at 16:24hrs | 650 | by Staff reporter
Siziva warns of fraudsters in constituencies
PEOPLE who support former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa must be wary of fraudsters who want to cause chaos in opposition movements ahead of the establishment of a new polit...Published: 13 Feb 2024 at 04:45hrs | 401 | by Staff reporter
ZEC removes 4 562 dead voters from the voters' roll
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) is in the process of removing a total of 4 562 deceased people from the county's voters' roll.In an extra-ordinary Government gazette Genera...Published: 13 Feb 2024 at 04:44hrs | 113 | by Staff reporter
CCC Bulawayo councillors disregard recall, attend Chamisa event
Despite the possibility of recalls for showing allegiance to another political body, several councillors elected on the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) ticket attended a meeting in Bulawayo led by...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 14:22hrs | 1385 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF legislators glorify Zec
THE National Assembly degenerated into a comical spectacle this past week after Zanu-PF legislators heaped praises on the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, (Zec), for successfully conducting last year's ...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 13:54hrs | 87 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans vote for personalities
ZIMBABWEANS do not cast votes along political party lines nor do their preferred candidates mirror their aspirations, a report by Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) has said.This comes a...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 09:30hrs | 284 | by Staff reporter
ZEC cleans up voters' roll
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has removed about 5 000 deceased persons from the voters roll as the election management body cleans the roll in terms of the Electoral Act.The removal ...Published: 10 Feb 2024 at 06:29hrs | 339 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo-Nkayi Road section opens
The Government has opened to the motoring public a completed section of the Bulawayo-Nkayi Road near Turk Mine in Bubi District with the Government committing to avail more funds to complete the targe...Published: 08 Feb 2024 at 04:28hrs | 2372 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF has not achieved a 2/3 majority in Parliament
As was universally predicted, the Saturday, 3rd February 2024, by-elections saw Zanu-PF Parliamentary and Local Authority Candidates walloping Tshabangu's CCC Candidates, together with candidates secr...Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 19:16hrs | 815 | by ZanuPF Treasurer General - Patrick A Chinamasa
Chamisa CCC faction MPs meet
The majority of opposition CCC MPs loyal to former party leader Nelson Chamisa will meet in Harare tomorrow to endorse Chipinge South MP Clifford Hlatywayo as the new Leader of the House in Parliament...Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 19:08hrs | 1394 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MPs praises ZEC praise for holding 'free and fair' elections
Zanu-PF MPs Tuesday reduced parliament into a chorus of superfluous praise on the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) for conducting what they claim were free and fair elections, condemned as a fraud ...Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 18:33hrs | 97 | by Staff reporter
CCC voters feel betrayed
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) supporters, who voted for their representative in August 2023 harmonised elections, say they feel abandoned following the abrupt resignation of their representative...Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 04:46hrs | 691 | by Staff reporter
Intimidation, harassment galore in Seke by-election
AS widely expected the ruling Zanu-PF swept all the six parliamentary by-elections held on February 3, gaining what critics claim is its much sought-after two-thirds majority in the National Assembly....Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 04:45hrs | 730 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans dismayed by Zanu-PF by-election sweep
Some Zimbabweans have expressed disappointment at the outcome of the recently held by-elections where Zanu-PF attained a two-thirds parliamentary majority, describing the outcome as a sad day for the ...Published: 06 Feb 2024 at 09:32hrs | 1150 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's pyrrhic victory
The by-elections were held in Seke, Goromonzi South, Zvimba East, Pelandaba-Tshabalala, Chegutu West and Mkoba North constituencies.THE ruling Zanu-PF has secured the much coveted two-thirds m...Published: 06 Feb 2024 at 07:32hrs | 558 | by Staff reporter
Zesn blames recalls of opposition members for low voter turnout
THE Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) has blamed low voter turnout in the just ended by-elections on incessant recalls of opposition members.The election watchdog said the low number of...Published: 06 Feb 2024 at 04:38hrs | 301 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa gets two-thirds majority
The ruling Zanu-PF party won all the six seats in by-elections held on Saturday last week as it attained a two-thirds majority amid fears there will be rounds of constitutional amendments.Zanu...Published: 06 Feb 2024 at 04:37hrs | 323 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF man becomes Pelandaba-Mpopoma MP with only 1 845 votes
Zanu-PF candidate Joseph Tshuma has won the Pelandaba-Tshabalala by-election following the polls held on Saturday.The seat fell vacant after Citizens Coalition for Change interim secretary gen...Published: 04 Feb 2024 at 18:00hrs | 672 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF finally gets two-thirds majority
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has secured the coveted two-thirds Parliamentary majority, taking a significant step towards a potential third presidential term.Zanu-PF emerged victorious in all ...Published: 04 Feb 2024 at 17:38hrs | 445 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa exit throws fresh election push in jeopardy
NELSON Chamisa's spirited diplomatic offensive to push the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) to facilitate fresh elections in Zimbabwe is effectively dead in the water after the politician...Published: 02 Feb 2024 at 17:26hrs | 5309 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's ruling elite and the quest for one-party rule
Since 1980, the Zanublack government has replicated the colonial white minority government tactics of suppressing opposition and alternative views.This is a special note to assist friends in t...Published: 02 Feb 2024 at 17:25hrs | 1095 | by Tapiwa Shumba political analyst
FAZ in mass deployments
The Forever Associates of Zimbabwe Trust (FAZ), a perceived proxy for Zanu-PF known for allegedly intimidating rural voters during the August 2023 general elections, is reported to have deployed its o...Published: 02 Feb 2024 at 09:03hrs | 1296 | by Staff reporter
Mahere quits
Opposition CCC party Mount Pleasant MP Fadzayi Mahere has resigned from parliament. This follows her swift announcement a few days ago that out of principle and loyalty, she will leave parliament afte...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 12:00hrs | 897 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa not forming new party
NELSON Chamisa, Zimbabwe's main opposition CCC leader who quit his party on Thursday in a huff after its descent into political turmoil due to recalls of MPs and other elected representatives by self-...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 10:06hrs | 2309 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Biti a team of irreconcilable rivals
Zimbabwe's main opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) led by Morgan Richard Tsvangirai, launched its campaign for the 31 July 2013 harmonised elections in Marondera, a small tow...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 08:57hrs | 1698 | by Dr Phillan Zamchiya
Zanu-PF 2 seats away from two-thirds majority agenda
Zanu-PF is two seats away from securing a much-desired two-thirds majority in Parliament ahead of the 3 February by-elections — the second since the 23 August 2023 general elections controversially ...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 06:25hrs | 391 | by Staff reporter
Mahere to quit as MP in support of Chamisa
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) MP for Mount Pleasant Fadzayi Mahere has announced she was resigning from parliament in solidarity with Nelson Chamisa, who quit as leader of the main opposition Th...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 06:05hrs | 374 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt says Chamisa's resignation from CCC is a non-event
AS was expected, serial political parties' hopper, Mr Nelson Chamisa, has quit the opposition CCC after he lost control to party interim secretary-general Mr Sengezo Tshabangu, triggering a rebellion ...Published: 26 Jan 2024 at 04:42hrs | 1414 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's strategic ambiguity made CCC vulnerable to political autoimmunity
THE term "autoimmune disease" refers to a condition whereby the body attacks normal cells by mistake because its natural defence system is unable to distinguish between foreign and body cells....Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 12:45hrs | 751 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Fresh blow for CCC
RECALLED Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) candidates have lost a High Court challenge to remain on the ballot paper for the February 3 by-elections after the court ruled in favour of the self-impos...Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 10:01hrs | 496 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF candidate for Pelandaba-Tshabalala grilled
A Bulawayo voter grilling former Zanu-PF MP and now candidate for Pelandaba-Tshabalala constituency in the 3 February 2024 by-election, Joseph Tshuma, while telling him how Zimbabwe has been destroyed...Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 09:43hrs | 648 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF eyes by-elections clean sweep
The ruling party, Zanu-PF, will capitalise on confusion in the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) to win the February 3 by-elections.This was said by the party's national political commissar,...Published: 21 Jan 2024 at 07:26hrs | 145 | by Staff reporter
High Court to hand down judgement on CCC MPs' challenge against ballot removal
The High Court has reserved its judgement in a matter Citizens Coalition for Change self-imposed secretary general Sengezo Tshabangu is seeking to block recalled MPs from contesting under the party du...Published: 19 Jan 2024 at 13:09hrs | 100 | by Staff reporter
Nepotism dents post-election period
Zimbabwe Open University academic Didymus Dewa recently said issues of nepositism, clientalism, patronage and loyalism affected the major political parties that won the elections in the August 23 and ...Published: 12 Jan 2024 at 21:44hrs | 384 | by Stephen Jakes
Tshabangu to reform CCC until structures are in place
Sengezo Tshabangu, the self-proclaimed interim Secretary General of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), has begun campaigning for his parliamentary candidates ahead of next month's by-election, p...Published: 10 Jan 2024 at 07:58hrs | 932 | by Staff reporter
Magistrates to handle Zimbabwe's by-election matters appointed
The Judicial Services Commission has appointed 23 magistrates to handle matters that might arise from the by-elections slated for February 3.The by-elections arose following the recall of sitt...Published: 06 Jan 2024 at 08:41hrs | 154 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF eyes Goromonzi South seat
Zanu-PF party leadership in Mashonaland East province has begun mobilising for support in Goromonzi South constituency ahead of a February 3 by-election.The seat is one of the biggest peri-urb...Published: 03 Jan 2024 at 05:28hrs | 349 | by Staff reporter
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