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Zimbabwean authorities remove 7 universities from accredited list
The Zimbabwe Council for Higher Education (ZIMCHE) has announced the removal of seven universities in India and Cyprus from its official list of accredited institutions. This decision comes in the wak...Published: 12 Mar 2024 at 05:17hrs | 3860 | by Staff reporter
Selection of gukurahundi journalists opaque and dodgy
A group of local Zimbabwean journalists, whose selection has been clearly opaque and dodgy, are grappling with how media should cover the upcoming Gukurahundi outreach programme hearings into the 1980...Published: 28 Feb 2024 at 06:44hrs | 1044 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe is in hands of callous ruling elite
GOOD day, President Emmerson Mnangagwa.Your Excellency, methinks Zimbabwe is in the hands of a callous ruling elite. It is my conviction that the country is not governed according to rule of t...Published: 21 Feb 2024 at 07:16hrs | 139 | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
Chivayo says he can't help everybody
Wait a minute!He said it, he could not help everybody as there are "channels and procedures to follow to get in touch with me".These were the words from businessman Wicknell Chivayo, w...Published: 17 Feb 2024 at 08:36hrs | 733 | by Staff reporter
Parliament tears into court e-system
THE Parliamentary Legal Committee (PLC) has thrown a wrench into the US$3,8 million Integrated Electronic Case Management System (IECMS), issuing a scathing report that questions the fairness and acce...Published: 08 Feb 2024 at 04:30hrs | 443 | 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
By-elections ballot paper distribution begins today
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission is now 100 percent ready to deliver seamless by-elections on Saturday, with the distribution of ballot papers set to start today.ZEC has printed 230 000 ballo...Published: 30 Jan 2024 at 04:20hrs | 109 | by Staff reporter
'CHANGE is coming! #Godisinit!' Yeah right! Name one change you brought in 23 years including 5 in GNU?
MDC was launched in 1999 on the promise the party will deliver the democratic changes needed to stop Zanu PF rigging elections; as the party name implied, Movement for Democratic change. The party has...Published: 18 Jan 2024 at 12:11hrs | 767 | by Wilbert Mukori
Faz spearheads Zanu-PF by-elections campaign
FOREVER Associates Zimbabwe (Faz), a shadowy organisation linked to the country's spy agency, has retraced its footsteps back into the political arena, this time campaigning for ruling party candidate...Published: 28 Nov 2023 at 14:30hrs | 469 | by Staff reporter
SADC ambassadors congratulate Mnangagwa for holding 'free, fair and very peaceful' elections
Nine ambassadors accredited to the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) in Zimbabwe extended congratulations to President Emmerson Mnangagwa for overseeing peaceful, free, fair, and credible e...Published: 23 Nov 2023 at 05:45hrs | 528 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says 'Sadc bond unbreakable'
MEMBER States of the Southern African Development Community are united by unbreakable bonds which are historical, cultural and familial, ties that can never be torn asunder by wanton characters, Presi...Published: 23 Nov 2023 at 05:27hrs | 94 | by Staff reporter
SADC Ambassadors Congratulate President Mnangagwa, Affirm Solidarity
Harare, November 22 - President Mnangagwa welcomed ambassadors and representatives from Southern African Development Community (SADC) member states to Sta...Published: 23 Nov 2023 at 05:17hrs | 295 | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa reads riot act to Zimbabwe diplomats
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has rallied Zimbabwe diplomats in foreign lands to step out of their comfort zone and work hard to build a positive image of the country after years of international isola...Published: 09 Nov 2023 at 05:57hrs | 294 | by Staff reporter
Politicians accused of lying about Zimbabwe's dire power supply situation
Leslie Mhangwa, the Member of Parliament for Chinhoyi, has criticized Zimbabwean politicians for glossing over and needlessly raising public expectations regarding the country's power crisis through f...Published: 03 Nov 2023 at 08:05hrs | 630 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa sneaks into SA
CHAMISA SNEAKS INTO SA TO SEEK FUNDING AND DIPLOMATIC SUPPORT FROM THE EU AMBASSADORS FOR HIS EMERGENCY CONGRESS NELSON CHAMISA has today quietly sneaked into South Africa to meet with and see...Published: 01 Nov 2023 at 14:12hrs | 1151 | by Jonathan Moyo
Embattled Nelson Chamisa sneaks into South Africa
Nelson Chamisa has today quietly sneaked into South Africa to meet with and seek urgent diplomatic, financial and logistic support from EU ambassadors accredited to that country to help him stem the s...Published: 01 Nov 2023 at 13:42hrs | 835 | by Jonathan Moyo
Zanu-PF Politburo meets today
Zanu-PF will today convene an ordinary session of the Politburo followed by a Central Committee meeting tomorrow, kick-starting this year's National Annual People's Conference.In a statement y...Published: 24 Oct 2023 at 05:55hrs | 297 | by Staff reporter
Japajapa starts serving jail term
This week, political activist Paddington Japajapa was incarcerated to commence a two-year prison term, as his appeal to overturn his conviction and sentence for inciting public violence during the Aug...Published: 13 Oct 2023 at 06:14hrs | 770 | by Staff reporter
How to secure your legacy through setting up a Family Trust
In the world of life's certainties, where the inevitabilities of death and taxes loom large, few of us take the time to ponder the fate of our hard-earned assets after our journey on this mortal plane...Published: 04 Oct 2023 at 18:02hrs | 1440 | by Clifford S. Ncube
Journalist takes Zimbabwe's Judicial Service Commission to task
A Zimbabwean journalist employed by Alpha Media Holdings, Desmond Chingarande, has lodged a complaint with the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) regarding its newly introduced electronic system, the I...Published: 04 Oct 2023 at 06:23hrs | 399 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa inauguration under a dark cloud
ZIMBABWEAN President Emmerson Mnangagwa will today be inaugurated in Harare for a second term after his hotly-disputed re-election under a dark cloud of illegitimacy as the main opposition abandoned i...Published: 04 Sep 2023 at 21:12hrs | 293 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa desperate to legitimise win'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa appears desperate to legitimise his controversial re-election which has been described by observer missions as "flawed", analysts have indicated.Mnangagwa was decl...Published: 30 Aug 2023 at 06:48hrs | 2995 | by Staff reporter
'Interference on polls, overstepping unacceptable'
THE gross interference on the country's internal affairs and overstepping by some electoral observer missions will not be tolerated in Zimbabwe as is the case anywhere in the world. The Acting...Published: 29 Aug 2023 at 07:03hrs | 87 | by Staff reporter
EU polls report on Zimbabwe 'full of misrepresentations'
Zimbabwe yesterday called the European Union (EU) to order following the release of an adverse preliminary report "full of misrepresentations and allegations" by the bloc's elections observer mission ...Published: 29 Aug 2023 at 07:01hrs | 154 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe lithium discovery excites UK miner
UNITED KINGDOM-BASED Galileo Resources says the lithium discovery at Kamativi has given it much "encouragement and provided the impetus" to increase drilling.The firm has interests in Zimbabwe's B...Published: 28 Aug 2023 at 06:55hrs | 495 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe engages Sadc over election report
Remarks by the Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Honourable Prof Amon Murwira during a meeting with Sadc ambassadors accredited to Zimbabwe: August 27, 2023 Introduct...Published: 28 Aug 2023 at 06:48hrs | 497 | by Staff reporter
ERC, ZESN unable to verify Zimbabwe election results
ELECTION Resource Centre (ERC) and Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) have said they are unable to verify Presidential election results after police confiscated their gadgets in a recent raid of...Published: 27 Aug 2023 at 23:40hrs | 1205 | by Staff reporter
Faz backfires on Mnangagwa?
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's reliance on a shadowy organisation to spearhead his re-election campaign has come back to haunt him after foreign observer missions cited it as one of the plethora of th...Published: 27 Aug 2023 at 13:12hrs | 2970 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to issue a media statement this evening
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa will issue a media statement this evening after the announcement of presidential election results.Earlier Mnangagwa postponed a press conference at Stat...Published: 26 Aug 2023 at 19:30hrs | 1067 | by Staff reporter
Verification of Zimbabwe Presidential ballots is currently underway
As Zimbabweans wait on tenterhooks for the presidential election result following the polls, verification of the ballots is currently underway.The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission said:"V...Published: 26 Aug 2023 at 17:07hrs | 1066 | by Staff reporter
Zambians came to observe Zimbabwe elections with a axe to grind
There are no matters arising from the preliminary reports by the Commonwealth and the AU election observers, pending the release of their final reports in two or so months.Otherwise, election ...Published: 26 Aug 2023 at 10:41hrs | 1040 | by Jonathan Moyo
ZEC says not captured
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) yesterday said it remained firm and focused on its work and reports on social media that it had been captured are false, misleading and ridiculous.In it...Published: 26 Aug 2023 at 08:47hrs | 206 | by Staff reporter
Top US senator calls for a review of relations with Zimbabwe government
Zimbabwe's elections held on Wednesday were a "sham" and the international community "must reevaluate all facets of its relationship" with the Zimbabwe government, a top United States senator said on ...Published: 26 Aug 2023 at 08:44hrs | 403 | by Staff reporter
ERC, ZEN speak on arrest of election observers
Election Resource Centre (ERC) & Zimbabwe Electoral Support Network (ZESN) Alert 🚨 The Election Resource Centre (ERC) and the Zimbabwe Elect...Published: 25 Aug 2023 at 06:52hrs | 2153 | by Staff Reports
Let's vote peacefully, while respecting the rules as enunciated by Zec
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) had, by Monday afternoon, finished deployment of officials and materials to polling stations ahead of elections today.Police have guaranteed that they w...Published: 23 Aug 2023 at 06:33hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
All systems go for polls
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has finalised the deployment of polling officers and materials across the country paving the way for a smooth voting process tomorrow.Citizens will vote...Published: 22 Aug 2023 at 06:25hrs | 14 | by Stafff reporter
Cellphones banned from polling stations
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission has said the use of cell phones and taking of photographs inside a polling station is prohibited."Only accredited journalists are allowed to take photographs ...Published: 22 Aug 2023 at 06:25hrs | 42 | by Stafff reporter
Anti-Zimbabwe media blackout unsettles US
THE United States (US) says it is unsettled that Zimbabwe has decided to block foreign journalists from covering the August 23 elections.Assistant Secretary of the US Bureau of African Affairs...Published: 21 Aug 2023 at 06:40hrs | 29 | by Staff reporter
EU-EOM bribing journalists to write negatively about Harare?
The European Union Election Observation Mission (EU-EOM) has denied allegations that it is bribing local journalists to write negatively about the upcoming elections in Zimbabwe.The state-cont...Published: 20 Aug 2023 at 18:45hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Chris Maroleng urges Zimbabweans to 'rise against tyranny'
Former SABC broadcaster Chris Maroleng has called on Zimbabweans to "rise against tyranny" as he took to his social media handles Thursday to express disappointment over being deported from the countr...Published: 18 Aug 2023 at 18:11hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter
ZEC spells out election day conduct
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) yesterday released a list of activities that are not permitted within a 300-metre radius of a polling station on election day next Wednesday.Posting on ...Published: 18 Aug 2023 at 06:54hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
ZEC denies accreditation to 'regime change agent'
A constitutional and human rights lawyer, Dr Musa Kika who is also perceived a regime change agent by the Zanu-PF led government has been denied accreditation as a local observer by the Zimbabwe Elect...Published: 17 Aug 2023 at 22:24hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
ZEC declares readiness for credible, free polls
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission is ready to deliver free and credible elections next Wednesday with most of the logistical arrangements now in place.The chairperson of the electoral body, Ju...Published: 17 Aug 2023 at 06:49hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Opposition parties, CSOs are seeing shadows in elections
As the August 23 2023 harmonised elections day draws near, there has been some shivers emanating from some opposition political parties and their funders as reality now is clear that they are facing d...Published: 17 Aug 2023 at 06:48hrs | 16 | by Mukachana Hanyani
Zimbabwe govt tells journalists to reject political manipulation
GOVERNMENT has implored journalists to maintain their independence from politicians to enhance balance and fairness in election coverage.In a speech read on her behalf by Information, Publicit...Published: 15 Aug 2023 at 06:36hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Ex-colonial masters says Zimbabwe has duty to hold credible polls
The European Union yesterday said Zimbabwe has a duty to comply with regional and international instruments on the holding of credible elections.EU Election Observer Mission (EOM) deputy chief...Published: 30 Jul 2023 at 09:03hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe govt bigwigs liars'
THE opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) yesterday accused top government officials of lying to diplomats and foreign observer missions accredited to cover the August 23 elections.Th...Published: 26 Jul 2023 at 06:42hrs | 76 | by Staff reporter
CCC snubbing ZBC?
GOVERNMENT has claimed that opposition parties are snubbing the free airtime offered by national broadcaster Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) and other local stations to campaign ahead of next ...Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 06:45hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Over 300 CCC meetings approved by police, 65 banned
FROM January to July 2023, the main opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party had 345 of its political gatherings sanctioned, the Home Affairs Ministry has revealed.Home Affairs Per...Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 06:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Over 300 election observers accredited
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has so far accredited over 300 local observers and journalists ahead of next month's harmonised elections.Giving an update on the accreditation process,...Published: 23 Jul 2023 at 08:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
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