Elections
Mugabe faces challenges over March by-elections.
23 January 2015 | 4712 Views
The Dumiso Dabengwa led Zapu is preparing to mount a court challenge on President Robert Mugabe's proclamation of March 27 as the date for by elections in Mt Darwin West and Chirumhanzu-Zimbabngw...by Staff reporter
Supporters tell Tsvangirai not to boycott elections
22 January 2015 | 2723 Views
MDC-T supporters here have appealed to party leader Morgan Tsvangirai to support a process through the National Executive Council to reverse its decision to boycott the coming by-election in the Chiru...by Staff reporter
New Zimbabwe voters roll on cards
21 January 2015 | 3809 Views
The poll management body, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission will this week issue a comprehensive response to concerns from the opposition among them centred around the voters roll, chairperson Rit...by Staff reporter
MDC-T to boycott Chirumanzu by-elections
19 January 2015 | 1413 Views
THE MDC-T Midlands executive committee at the weekend held a meeting to try and clear confusion over whether it would participate in by-elections in March.Midlands members had reportedly submi...by Staff reporter
MDC formations, chickens out of by- elections
14 January 2015 | 2578 Views
Recent reports has it that MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai and his allies together with the Renewal team have decided not to participate in the next coming by elections in Mt Darwin West and Chirumanzu...by Chido Chikuni
'MDCs fear defeat,' says Kasukuwere
14 January 2015 | 1298 Views
Zanu-PF's political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere said MDC formations' threats to boycott the forthcoming by-elections for Mount Darwin West and Chirumanzu-Zibagwe constituencies was a confirmation th...by Patrick Chitumba
Zimbabwe elections won't bring change
13 January 2015 | 2318 Views
For nearly 35 years, we have lived under self-delusion.That delusion is that, we, the totality of Zimbabweans "own" this country.We hear about sovereignty that must be guarded jealousl...by Conrad Nyamutata
Mugabe's opponents demand voters' roll before by-elections
13 January 2015 | 3291 Views
Opposition parties have demanded that the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) furnishes them with an electronic version of the voters' roll before they can participate in by-elections pencilled for Ma...by Staff reporter
ZEC awaits proclamation
19 December 2014 | 1016 Views
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission now awaits President Mugabe's proclamation to call for parliamentary by-elections in constituencies that were held by Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his pr...by Staff reporter
Mugabe fears losing by-elections
16 December 2014 | 6948 Views
President Robert Mugabe and his warring Zanu-PF party are now desperately moving to block any further anarchy within the former liberation movement by clamping down on planned new suspensions of party...by Staff reporter
Free and fair elections always held in Zimbabwe
02 December 2014 | 3155 Views
It is quite perplexing and amazing for people like Ibbo Mandaza to say that Zimbabwe is far from holding peaceful, fair and legitimate elections and that institutions have been put in place to vio...by Stewart Murewa
Namibians to vote electronically, first for Africa
16 November 2014 | 2909 Views
In a first for Africa, Namibians will cast their ballots electronically in this month's presidential and legislative polls, the election commission said Friday.Over 1 million voters, or just a...by Sapa
Zimbabwe's 2002 election not free and fair - SA Report
16 November 2014 | 3128 Views
THE 2002 Zimbabwean elections were not "free and fair", the long-awaited Khampepe report by then Pretoria High Court judge Dikgang Moseneke and Johannesburg High Court judge Sisi Khampepe has determin...by Mail and Guardian
Report into vote-rigging during the 2002 Zim elections to be made public
14 November 2014 | 4050 Views
After a five year battle to access a report into vote-rigging during the 2002 Zimbabwe elections, the Concourt has finally ruled in the M&G's favour.The contents of the disputed Khampe...by M&G
MDC-T youths demand early elections
06 November 2014 | 1411 Views
MDC-T youths have declared they will engage in street protests to press the Zanu-PF-led government to call for early elections to address the country's economic and political problems.Speaking...by Staff reporter
EU confirm re-engagement with Zanu PF, snuff out our hope for free and fair elections
31 October 2014 | 3634 Views
In 2002 the Western countries, include EU, USA, Canada and Australia, agreed to impose targeted sanctions against Mugabe and a number of his cronies in protest against the regime's bad human right...by Wilbert Mukori
Mozambique gears up for key elections
13 October 2014 | 1399 Views
Campaigning for Mozambique's presidential elections wrapped up Sunday with a rock-and-roll rally to drum up enthusiasm for the ruling party's first post-colonial candidate.Addressing a crowd ...by Sapa
ZCTU to conduct MDC-T elections?
09 October 2014 | 1195 Views
THE MDC-T's key ally, Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU), yesterday offered to conduct the opposition party's internal elections this month end.ZCTU secretary-general Japhet Moyo sai...by Staff reporter
Impossible for Zimbabwe to have clean voters roll by 2018
15 September 2014 | 1818 Views
THE Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) has ruled out any chances of having a clean and universally acceptable voters' roll by 2018 given what it termed "fatal omissions" in the Electoral Amendme...by Staff reporter
Report: Zec admits it was rocked by corruption during 2013 elections
04 September 2014 | 5116 Views
The country's election management body, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec), has admitted it was stampeded into last year's harmonised elections unprepared and that it was rocked by corruption i...by Staff reporter
Soldiers, cops to apply to vote in Zim elections
26 August 2014 | 2395 Views
Members of the uniformed forces who are serving the country outside its borders will have to apply through the chief elections officer for them to be eligible to vote in national elections.Acc...by Staff reporter
New law criminalises unofficial election results
25 August 2014 | 1763 Views
Zimbabwe's new electoral law assented to by President Robert Mugabe last week will now criminalise unofficial announcement or publication of poll results.The announcement of electoral resu...by Staff reporter
MDC-T's Jameson Timba loses election petition
19 August 2014 | 1437 Views
The Electoral Court has dismissed MDC-T candidate Mr Jameson Timba's challenge of the July 31 2013 election results for the National Assembly in Mt Pleasant constituency and upheld the victory of Za...by Fidelis Munyoro
'I will never lose any election,' says Obert Mpofu
12 August 2014 | 3261 Views
Umguza member of parliament, who is also Transport and Infrastructural Development minister, Obert Mpofu says he will never lose any election in Matabeleland North as he has endeared himself to people...by Staff reporter
Kidnappings surge ahead of Zanu-PF elections
12 August 2014 | 2310 Views
Zanu-PF Secretary for Women's Affairs Oppah Muchinguri yesterday said there were reports of more kidnappings and intimidation ahead of the party's 6th Women's League conference which begins in Harare ...by Staff reporter
'Elections were flawed,' says top Zanu-PF official
01 August 2014 | 4179 Views
DEPUTY Justice Minister Fortune Chasi on Wednesday admitted that the last general election controversially by his Zanu-PF party last July had some serious discrepancies.This was the first time...by Staff reporter
31st July to be a solemn day to never again allow rigged elections
31 July 2014 | 2384 Views
Today Mugabe and Zanu PF are celebrating marking the day, a year ago, they rigged the elections. This nation owes it to itself and posterity to thoroughly investigate how the elections were rigged and...by Wilbert Mukori
Jonathan Moyo poll appeal: Supreme Court reserves judgement
29 July 2014 | 3162 Views
The Supreme Court has reserved judgement in an election court appeal by Professor Jonathan Moyo.Professor Moyo was challenging the election of Rosemary Nkomo as the legislator for Tsholot...by Staff reporter
ZEC probe opens can of worms
18 July 2014 | 3437 Views
The ongoing police investigations of serious fraud at the Zimbabwe Election Commission (Zec) involving abuse of equipment, election budget materials and missing fuel coupons have opened a Pandora'...by Staff reporter
New report dismisses Zimbabwe's 2013 poll
16 July 2014 | 2399 Views
A new report by the Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace Zimbabwe (CCJPZ) has strongly criticized the way last year's elections were conducted by the Mugabe regime, warning that electoral, media ...by Tererai Karimakwenda
Another Zimbabwe Elections director dies
16 July 2014 | 4738 Views
Juba Chekenyere, Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) director of administration, has died.He was 54.He is the fourth top official at the commission to pass on within the past three...by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe paying dearly for rushed polls
13 July 2014 | 2642 Views
In a fortnight, it will be one year to the day Zanu-PF claimed a two-thirds majority in elections.This time last year, President Robert Mugabe and his party were in a definite hurry for electi...by Staff reporter
ZEC official Pamire dies
11 July 2014 | 3444 Views
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission's acting director for public relations Mr Tendayi Pamire has died.He was 46.Mr Pamire died early on Thursday at B.S Leon Medical Centre in Harare....by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai's MDC to hold primary elections
17 June 2014 | 3330 Views
THE MDC-T has said it will soon hold primary elections to elect new candidates in constituencies held by lawmakers who are members of the breakaway renewal team as fighting between the two factions e...by Staff Reporter
Child President election date set
14 June 2014 | 1301 Views
ZIMBABWE Youth Council (ZYC), custodians of Junior Parliament, has announced June 20 as the date for the new junior presidential elections to be conducted at the Harare Institute of Technology....by Staff reporter
'We rigged the elections,' says MDC-T MP
11 June 2014 | 3963 Views
MDC-T Pumula MP Albert Mhlanga faces ouster for conducting outreach meetings to apologise to party members for being an ally of vice-president Thokozani Khupe and that they rigged the party's primary ...by Staff reporter
Malawi elections, a testimony of firm institutions in Africa
06 June 2014 | 2283 Views
The recently held elections in Malawi which were certified free, air and peaceful by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the rest of the international community provides Africa a...by Muchadura Dube
'I'm ready to step down,' says Joyce Banda
30 May 2014 | 6471 Views
Lilongwe - Malawian President Joyce Banda said on Thursday she is ready to step down if the High Court ratifies a disputed election last week and her opponent ends up as the winner, even though she s...by Reuters
Malawi elections result blocked
28 May 2014 | 4723 Views
Blantyre - An initial vote count in Malawi's controversial presidential elections has been completed but the result will not be released until court challenges to the disputed ballot have been resolve...by AFP
Mugabe to contest 2018 elections
28 May 2014 | 7252 Views
A scramble to endorse President Robert Mugabe's candidacy for the 2018 national elections has strengthened views that Zanu-PF factions are trying to block each other from taking the lead in succeedin...by Staff reporter
Mutharika takes early lead in Malawi presidential elections
21 May 2014 | 5601 Views
Leader of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) Peter Mutharika ook an early lead in the Malawi presidential elections with about 25% of the votes counted by 7:30am local time on Wednesday....by Staff reporter
Lessons from the 2014 South African Elections
09 May 2014 | 4208 Views
The South African elections have come and are gone. Of-course the final results have not yet come out but already it seems clear that the election went in favour of ANC followed by DA and third pl...by Khumbulani Maphosa
Helen Zille raise concerns about SA elections
07 May 2014 | 3409 Views
Pretoria - DA leader Helen Zille has raised concerns about the Electoral Commission of South Africa's handling of the 2014 elections.Speaking to News24 at the IEC's national results operations...by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF to observe SA elections
30 April 2014 | 3233 Views
The Zanu PF party has been invited to observe the elections to be held in South Africa on 7th May.In a statement, Zanu PF Secretary for Information and Publicity, Rugare Gumbo, said the Zimbab...by Staff reporter
ZEC unveils new voting system
29 April 2014 | 3175 Views
Voters will cast their ballots at a particular polling station within their wards instead of voting at any centre in the same area, while those in the Diaspora will be allowed to register under a...by Staff reporter
MDC-T to boycott future elections
15 April 2014 | 3269 Views
The MDC-T says it will boycott any future by-elections on the pretext that it wants electoral laws amended before taking part in any polls.As per its custom, the MDC-T has abandoned partic...by Staff reporter
MDC-T elections challenge suffers a setback at the Supreme Court
07 April 2014 | 2267 Views
MDC-T losing candidate for the Mt Pleasant National Assembly seat Mr Jameson Timba has filed heads of argument in a Supreme Court case in which he is contesting the dismissal of his request for residu...by Daniel Nemukuyu
Nikuv: shocking 2018 vote claims
03 April 2014 | 6032 Views
There are shocking claims that seven large containers, allegedly carrying materials which the opposition says is meant to manipulate and rig the crucial 2018 national elections, are on their way to Z...by Staff reporter
By-election voters' roll contains dead people
22 March 2014 | 2493 Views
MDC-T today said it has unearthed shocking irregularities on a voters' roll that will be used during a by-election to replace the Ward 12 councillor Enock Mavhondo who died early this year....by Staff reporter
Fresh voters roll on cards
18 March 2014 | 2541 Views
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC), the country's electoral management body, has plans to compile a fresh voters' register, before the next poll.Justice Rita Makarau, the chairperson of ...by Richard Chidza
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