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SA election supply firm paid Chivayo R800 million
Zimbabwe's Ministry of Finance paid more than R1.1 billion to a South African company contracted to supply materials for the country's 2023 general elections - and over R800 million of tha...Published: 07 Apr 2025 at 20:40hrs | 2005 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo, Zec corruption scandal spreads to SA
A JOHANNESBURG printing firm and its agent are being investigated by Zimbabwe's anti-corruption authority for price gouging on election-related material and equipment.Zimbabwe is no stranger t...Published: 20 Jul 2024 at 14:48hrs | 1997 | by Staff reporter
ZEC extends voter registration blitz
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has extended the mobile voter registration blitz and voter education by five days."The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission would like to advise the public tha...Published: 17 Mar 2023 at 18:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Aspiring voters flood Zec centres
Politicians from across the divide led the mobilisation exercise, ferrying supporters to the mobile registration centres.ASPIRING voters congested the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) mobil...Published: 13 Mar 2023 at 07:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Voter registration marred by apathy
THE ongoing biometric voter registration (BVR) blitz has been marred by apathy with several potential registrants claiming that they are being turned away due to lack of documentation.The Zimb...Published: 04 Feb 2022 at 05:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zec warms up for 2023 polls
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commissioner has started warming up for the 2023 harmonised elections by convening a national multi-stakeholder conference aimed at reflecting at the July 30, 2018 general polls...Published: 23 Apr 2019 at 07:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zec challenged over BVR discrepancies
EMINENT persons observer mission under the Electoral Support Network of Southern Africa, have called on the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to clean up the biometric voters' roll (BVR) and improve...Published: 27 Sep 2018 at 07:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZEC's Black-Box Approach: Ballot Politics & Electoral Risks
'Any initiative which makes our elections more credible, inclusive and democratic cannot be said to be in violation of the constitution and electoral laws.'Reader, just across the mighty Zambe...Published: 12 Jul 2018 at 11:16hrs | | by Dr. Phillan Zamchiya and Washington Katema
'Zec registering only 100 people in Harare/day'
An election watchdog has raised alarm that the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is only registering 100 people per day at Cecil House and Remembrance Complex static voter registration centres in Ha...Published: 05 May 2018 at 14:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe electoral system manipulation signs visible
SIGNS of a systematic manipulation of electoral processes ahead of this year's harmonised elections slated for July are beginning to show, an electoral monitoring body says.In a discussion pap...Published: 06 Apr 2018 at 13:36hrs | | by Staffreporter
Sekuru Munya's prognostications - Zimbabwe after the elections
I was sitting in companionable silence with my Sekuru Munya, enjoying sundowners on the stoep of his farmhouse. As the night settled, thousands of diamonds were splashed across the velvet of the Masvi...Published: 05 Mar 2018 at 06:47hrs | | by Tapson Muchena
Court upholds ZEC decision
The Administrative Court has upheld a decision by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to award a tender to a New York-based company, IPSIDY, to supply a biometric voter registration (BVR) de-dupli...Published: 24 Feb 2018 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zec to wait over fingerprint software
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has to wait a little bit longer to procure the critical automated fingerprint identification software meant to flush out double registrants, as it still has to ...Published: 09 Feb 2018 at 06:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZEC's long road to BVR success
These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no ...Published: 07 Feb 2018 at 14:14hrs | | by Charles Motsi
US firm gets Zimbabwe BVR tender
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has given an American company the nod to supply biometric voter registration (BVR) de-duplication hardware and software notwithstanding the court challenge of t...Published: 16 Jan 2018 at 05:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Attempt to smear ZEC's decision is unfortunate PDP
The attempt to crank a smear campaign against ZEC's decision to award a tender to IPSIDY is unfortunate.As a point of clarity, the de-duplication process is meant to eliminate repeated copies ...Published: 08 Jan 2018 at 11:56hrs | | by PDP
ZEC on course to register 7 million voters
Elections, it is said, are the core component of democracy. After gaining its independence in 1980 Zimbabwe, has organised and held elections whenever they were due. Despite numerous problems and setb...Published: 03 Nov 2017 at 23:18hrs | | by Sifelani Tsiko
Once bitten, twice shy
The message is so clear 'once bitten twice shy' but unfortunately the opposition parties in Zimbabwe continue repeating the same mistakes and expect miracles to happen. One wonders whether this is a d...Published: 30 Oct 2017 at 06:13hrs | | by Chikuni Gaba
Village head refuses to issue proof of residence to MDC-T members
A village head aligned to Zanu PF in Mashonaland West's Hurungwe North Ward 9 recently refused to issue the MDC-T members with proof of residents so that they could register to vote.Heal Zimba...Published: 25 Oct 2017 at 12:43hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
'BVR will detect the party one will vote for,' claim Village heads
Heal Zimbabwe Trust has reported that a village head in Masvingo Province Chivi North Ward 5 claimed that the biometric voter registration will enable the detection of which party the person registeri...Published: 23 Oct 2017 at 13:32hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Zanu PF official intimidates villagers at community meeting
A Zanu PF official reportedly intimidated villagers at a community meeting by demanding their voting slips serial numbers.Heal Zimbabwe Trust reported that in Gokwe North ward 36 Zanu PF membe...Published: 21 Oct 2017 at 07:03hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Community meeting turned into Zanu PF rally
A Civil right watchdog, Heal Zimbabwe Trust has reported that in Manicaland Province, Buhera South Ward 33 Village head Miyeri Svongwa intimidated community members during a community meeting th...Published: 06 Oct 2017 at 07:19hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
75 political parties register to contest Zimbabwe's 2018 polls
Zimbabwe's electoral body has revealed that the number of political parties registered to contest the 2018 elections has more than doubled, a report says. According to New Zimbabwe.com, ...Published: 05 Oct 2017 at 10:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Late voter mobilisation affects registration
Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) chairperson Andrew Makoni says voter registration mobilisation and awareness should have started well before the BVR process kicked off as many people are stil...Published: 02 Oct 2017 at 13:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe at its tipping point
TREVOR Hove works at a filling station in Harare. On this hot September afternoon, his workstation has luckily just received a fresh delivery of fuel.He is busy, taking a second or two to wipe...Published: 30 Sep 2017 at 06:52hrs | 1 | by Tapiwa Zivira
The People's Democratic Party- General Council Resolutions 29 September 2017
Resolutions We, the People's Democratic Party (PDP) General Council seating in HARARE on this the 29th of September 2017.Concerned by the deepening suffering of the o...Published: 29 Sep 2017 at 20:55hrs | | by PDP
Makarau calm amid raging storm
For a woman in the eye of a storm, Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) chairperson Rita Makarau's calm and cheerful demeanour belies the raging tempest swirling around her.In a country where v...Published: 25 Sep 2017 at 12:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's economic situation has imploded - MDC-T
The MDC is extremely concerned about the recent deterioration in the economic and financial situation in Zimbabwe.The liquidity crunch has now deepened as the bond note has virtually collapsed against...Published: 25 Sep 2017 at 07:34hrs | 1 | by Obert Chaurura Gutu
MDC-T wants details of BVR data storage
Morgan Tsvangirai's MDC has said the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) must state how data collected during electronic voter registration will be stored amid fears there are inadequate security meas...Published: 22 Sep 2017 at 16:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zec should up their game in the BVR system
The biometric voter registration (BVR) system was rolled out throughout Zimbabwe's 63 district centres a few days ago, but so far, the process has been painstakingly slow and thoroughly inefficient. F...Published: 22 Sep 2017 at 09:20hrs | | by Obert Gutu
Opposition slams Zec for 'shambolic' BVR exercise
OPPOSITION political parties have slammed the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) for the shambolic, slow and unfriendly biometric voter registration (BVR) programme that started this week leaving "na...Published: 22 Sep 2017 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZEC must up their game in the BVR system
The biometric voter registration (BVR) system was rolled out throughout Zimbabwe’s 63 district centres a few days ago but so far, the process has been painstakingly slow and thoroughly inefficient. ...Published: 20 Sep 2017 at 16:30hrs | | by Obert Chaurura Gutu, MDC-T National Spokesperson
'BVR machine failing to pick polling stations,' admit ZEC - opens door to new rigging opportunities
The BVR voter registration exercise that started four days ago is failing already. In Bulawayo, for example, ZEC Officials are manually write the polling station name on registration slips, resulting ...Published: 19 Sep 2017 at 21:14hrs | 2 | by Wilbert Mukori
Starting voter registration now 'is jumping the gun' complain MDC - shot self in foot, again
Morgan Tsvangirai and his MDC friends are so breathtakingly corrupt and incompetent one can depend on them to shooting themselves in the foot every time! President Mugabe launched the long awaited Bio...Published: 15 Sep 2017 at 22:11hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mugabe, Zec on collision course
Zec is on a collision course with President Robert Mugabe after he unilaterally proclaimed voter registration dates at a time the electoral body is apparently ill-prepared for such a mammoth exercise....Published: 13 Sep 2017 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Voter registration in false start
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) will not be able to roll out a full-scale voter registration exercise until mid-October due to lack of resources, NewsDay reported.President Robert Muga...Published: 12 Sep 2017 at 08:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rita Makarau must stick to one job
Rita Makarau is the ZEC chairperson. She is also a judge of the Supreme Court of Zimbabwe. In addition, she is also the secretary of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC). Effectively, sh...Published: 11 Sep 2017 at 11:43hrs | | by Obert Chaurura Gutu MDC National Spokesperson
UNDP endorses Chinese BVR kits supply
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has endorsed China's Laxton Group as the best company to supply biometric voter registration (BVR) kits which will be used to register voters ahead of n...Published: 11 Sep 2017 at 06:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Inside Zanu-PF gerrymandering
This is a second in a series of articles on a report by the Zimbabwe Democracy Institute on the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) titled BVR, Zec and the Struggle Against Political Decay: A Light at...Published: 08 Sep 2017 at 17:45hrs | 11 | by Zimbabwe Democracy Institute
400 voter registration kits arrive
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has taken delivery of 400 Biometric Voter Registration kits, kick starting the first major phase of the 2018 harmonised elections.The equipment arrived ...Published: 03 Sep 2017 at 10:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rigging claims driven by fear of losing elections
The prima facie accusation and counter-accusation between the opposition and the government on the issue of rigging the 2018 general election is driven by panic and fear.The Ruling party says ...Published: 01 Sep 2017 at 13:54hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Outlawing metal IDs for BVR registration is electoral fraud
Tobaiwa Mudede's decree that metallic National Identity Cards are not permissible for Biometric Voter Registration because they are not machine readable is not just illegal, but a sheer desperate atte...Published: 31 Aug 2017 at 07:08hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
'Zanu PF is finished!' boasted Gutu, ignoring vote rigging warnings again - MDC is finished
"There is no doubt that the elections are going to take place in the first half of next year. Time is, therefore, of essence if we are going to put in place mechanisms that will help us win the electi...Published: 30 Aug 2017 at 00:14hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Both Zanu PF and MDC, Baal's priests, know 2018 elections are flawed but pretend otherwise
The national elections season is now upon us and the two camps have already emerged, set up their stalls, ready to do battle. One camp is saying the elections should go ahead; political parties must p...Published: 27 Aug 2017 at 20:56hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
'2013 voters' roll has no place in 2018,' says watchdog - no, just demand verifiable roll
Election Resource Centre a civil rights watchdog has warned that the 2013 voters' roll has no place in the 2018 election."One narrative that has prompted the initiative to lay bare the dangers...Published: 20 Aug 2017 at 17:02hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
ZEC receives 400 biometric voter registration kits
The first batch of 400 biometric voter registration kits is expected to be delivered by August 31, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has said.The BVR kits were procured from Laxton Group...Published: 08 Aug 2017 at 23:54hrs | | by Staff Reporter
MDC-T takes on Zec over BVR software tender
FORMER Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's MDC-T party has vowed to take on the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) over its delays in the procurement of outstanding software and hardware for the biome...Published: 28 Jul 2017 at 06:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T whines again
The Shona adage, shiri ine muririre wayo haiuregeri best describes the MDC-T when it comes to elections, as the party seizes any opportunity to grumble over the possibility of losing an election to ri...Published: 22 Jul 2017 at 11:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe needs $274m for polls
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) needs $274 million to successfully conduct the 2018 harmonised elections.Zec chairperson Justice Rita Makarau revealed this yesterday in a document she ...Published: 19 Jul 2017 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
BVR not the panacea to Zim's electoral challenges
With the 2018 elections fast approaching, this week the Daily News speaks to Rindai Chipfunde-Vava, the Director of Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) on a number of issues around this crucial v...Published: 18 Jul 2017 at 12:06hrs | | by Maxwell Sibanda
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