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The evolution of Zimbabwe's voters' roll
A SHORT HISTORY ON THE EVOLUTION OF ZIMBABWE'S VOTERS ROLL AND WHY SECTION 23(3) OF THE ELECTORAL ACT IS OUTDATED, PURPOSELESS, UNREASONABLE AND UNCONTITUTIONAL.IT WOULD BE INSTRUCTIVE and use...Published: 24 Jul 2023 at 11:57hrs | 1 | by Jonathan Moyo
Magaisa was secretly dining with a Zanu-PF faction
Having gone through a lot of Alex Magaisa's recent articles, it is fair that a response by a Zimbabwean youth is given. After the disastrous 2013 election, the MDC-T family and its president Morgan Ts...Published: 12 Feb 2021 at 05:38hrs | | by Honourable Vincent Tsvangirai MP
MDC secretary-general hopefuls speak out
The MDC today enters into a crucial week in which it holds its elective congress. Several positions are up for grabs and many officials are jostling - fair and foul - to fill them up. One of t...Published: 19 May 2019 at 09:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
A confidential letter to Judge Chigumba & ZEC
I greet you cordially. I am writing this letter to let you know that your conduct of the 2018 elections has embarrassed both the living and the living-timeless. I am among the Zimbabweans sham...Published: 01 Aug 2018 at 19:35hrs | | by Don Chugumba
Trust, not arrogance, will deliver a good election
The 2018 World Cup spectacle has been a jarring and intriguing global tournament at many levels. Besides the remote control tensions and conflicts it visited unto our living rooms and the early humble...Published: 15 Jul 2018 at 17:01hrs | 1 | by Zifiso Masiye
250 000 'ghost voters' on roll?
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has reportedly released a register of voters with over 250 000 ghost voters on its final biometric voters' roll (BVR), NewsDay reported.The alleged scam...Published: 10 Jul 2018 at 07:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Aspiring MP fails to find name on voters’ roll
MDC-T (Khupe) aspiring Dangamvura - Chikanga parliamentary candidate, Lynnette Mudewe told journalists last Friday that her name could not be found on the voters' roll on the day of the nomination cou...Published: 22 Jun 2018 at 15:39hrs | | by Staffr eporter
'Zec in fresh plot to rig elections'
EXILED former Zanu-PF Cabinet minister and politburo member, Jonathan Moyo, has sensationally claimed that he has unearthed an elaborate plot, where the ruling Zanu-PF party had colluded with the Zimb...Published: 14 Jun 2018 at 07:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Chinese are helping ED rig elections!' Moyo reveals - it is now impossible to ignore this reality
Just a month before the 2013 elections, SADC leaders advised both Zanu PF and MDC leaders to postpone the elections to allow democratic reforms to be implemented. This was unwelcome advice because eac...Published: 14 Jun 2018 at 07:10hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa plots to rig on an industrial scale, says Jonathan Moyo
Former Higher Education minister Jonathan Moyo has said that Mnangagwa's candidacy on July 30 is illegitimate not only because he's a product of a military coup but also because he was the brutal chie...Published: 13 Jun 2018 at 14:13hrs | 2 | by Ndou Paul
ZEC scoffs at Chamisa's 'mischievous demands'
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has literally told the country's biggest opposition the MDC Alliance to adhere to the law or go hang.In response to the opposition grouping led by Nelso...Published: 11 Jun 2018 at 09:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZEC says MDC Alliance demand premature
THE Zimbabwe Election Commission (Zec) has said some of the items contained in an MDC Alliance petition on electoral reforms are misdirected as they cannot be legally dealt with by the commission. ...Published: 11 Jun 2018 at 07:21hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'5,000 registered voters dead'
At least 5 000 registered voters have died before the finalisation of the biometric voter registration exercise, a senior Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has revealed.Speaking at a Zimbabw...Published: 02 May 2018 at 11:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
5 000 BVR voters die
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) will open the country's Provisional Voters' Roll for inspection by the public from May 19 to 29 in preparation for the forthcoming 2018 elections amid reports t...Published: 30 Apr 2018 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff Reporter
2018 polls can't be rigged, says Chigumba
THIS year's elections cannot be rigged as the country's voting system is foolproof, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission has said. ZEC yesterday challenged anyone who could prove otherwise to step forwar...Published: 27 Apr 2018 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF in mop-up BVR campaign
The Zanu-PF Harare Province Women's League has embarked on a mop up exercise to encourage members that have not yet registered under the bio metric voter registration (BVR) system to do so before regi...Published: 15 Apr 2018 at 18:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
SA immigration BVR system under attack for business slump
BUSINESSMEN in Musina, South Africa, have vowed to take on their government over the Immigration Department's poor and slow service at Beitbridge Border Post, which they say is ruining their businesse...Published: 14 Apr 2018 at 12:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Trudy Stevenson quits MDC
Lottie Gertrude "Trudy" Stevenson is a remarkable political survivor, appointed as Zimbabwean Ambassador to Senegal in 2009 during the GNU as a deployee of the MDC led by Welshman Ncube.A form...Published: 04 Apr 2018 at 15:23hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
All doors to 2018 elections are written 'SILENCE, RIGGING IN PROGRESS'
A fly that does not listen will follow the corpse in the grave. Time and again we keep reminding the opposition of the need for electoral reforms but surprisingly the opposition continues giving us th...Published: 28 Mar 2018 at 13:13hrs | | by Chikuni Gaba
Opposition expresses reservations on BVR
THE opposition Free Zimbabwe Congress (FCZ) has expressed reservations about the biometric voter registration (BVR) system and urged the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to revert to the manual vot...Published: 27 Mar 2018 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
'UN-interested' in Mugabe rants
The United Nations is uninterested in former President Mr Robert Mugabe's rants questioning the legality of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's Government, and prefers to focus on serious issues.Th...Published: 18 Mar 2018 at 08:33hrs | 1 | 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
Laxton Group can't audit voters roll it created
THERE is a story in the Herald and chronicle about BVR system alleging that ZEC manipulated and violated tender procedures when it awarded an American company, IPSIDY Inc, a contract to supply B...Published: 17 Jan 2018 at 06:02hrs | 4 | by Justin Makota
Laxton Group cannot audit the voters roll they created - Transform Zimbabwe
THERE is a story in the Herald and Chronicle about BVR system alleging that ZEC manipulated and violated tender procedures when it awarded an American company, IPSIDY Inc, a contract to supply B...Published: 13 Jan 2018 at 06:24hrs | | by Transform Zimbabwe
Zanu-PF to recall G40 left overs from Parliament
The Zanu-PF provincial leadership in Masvingo wants four MPs to be recalled from Parliament while Mashonaland East has recommended 13 senior officials to be redeployed for being foot soldiers of the G...Published: 03 Jan 2018 at 09:49hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Makarau's resignation opens a can of worms
The shock resignation by Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) chairperson Rita Makarau - a mere eight months before the country holds its make-or-break national elections next year - has cast a huge sh...Published: 10 Dec 2017 at 14:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Cops not allowed to register as voters
Cops may not vote next yearThe jury is out on the recent move by the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) to temporarily ban all police officers from registering to vote in next year's crunch elections ...Published: 13 Nov 2017 at 13:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
2 000 attend launch of Mujuru Rainbow Coalition - 2 000 too many to be certified insane
"The train has arrived!" was the buzz phrase at the launched Mai Mujuru's Rainbow Coalition in Bulawayo.2 000 or so people attended the launch. 2 000 or so people too many, I would say. This i...Published: 11 Nov 2017 at 19:44hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Zanu-PF's greatest opposition is not Tsvangirai's Alliance
AS THE Zanu-PF wars continue to grip the State, amid serious economic meltdown and a disjointed opposition, our reporter Tendai Kamhungira took time to speak to respected political analyst and civil s...Published: 10 Nov 2017 at 13:28hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa dismissal must be ignored
Transform Zimbabwe leader Jacob Ngarivhume has warned the citizens to ignore the issue of former Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa having been fired from both government and Zanu PF and focus on how t...Published: 10 Nov 2017 at 07:22hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Mugabe's election cheat sheet
We may not know when the 2018 general elections will be held exactly, but Zanu-PF has clearly taken an early lead. And that is because it is rigging the Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) exercise big...Published: 28 Oct 2017 at 11:52hrs | | by Tawanda Majoni
ZEC urged to scrap proof of residence requirement
Political parties have urged the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to scrap the requirement for potential voters to provide proof of residence, saying the precondition is saving no purpose apart fro...Published: 25 Oct 2017 at 06:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF regime slowly, but surely disintegrating
It doesn't need rocket science to appreciate that the Zanu-PF regime, fronted by President Robert Mugabe, is slowly, but surely disintegrating.It is now a matter of when, rather than whether, ...Published: 24 Oct 2017 at 06:47hrs | | by Obert Chaurura Gutu
Zanu-PF reverts to old dirty tricks
For the past 17 years, since the formation of real opposition to Zanu-PF rule in the form of the MDC, President Robert Mugabe's government has consistently put in place structures and measures to inst...Published: 22 Oct 2017 at 13:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Only 2700 register to vote in Bulawayo so far
As at close of business on Friday, October 13, 2017, Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) had registered just over 104 000 voters nationwide on the new biometric voter registration system.Accor...Published: 17 Oct 2017 at 06:32hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
'BVR machines will allow Zanu PF to identify opposition members,' villagers told
Zanu PF activists in Masvingo Province Bikita East Ward 20 recently told villagers that the biometric Voter registration machines will allow the ruling party to identify the opposition members and ena...Published: 16 Oct 2017 at 07:26hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Ministry of Cyber a sign that Mugabe is ahead of MDC by far
A political commentator Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo has said Ministry of Cyber, detection and mitigation in which President Robert Mugabe recently assigned it to Patrick Chinamasa is a sign that he is ahe...Published: 14 Oct 2017 at 17:32hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Ministry of Cyber, Detection and Mitigation is a sign that Mugabe is ahead of MDC-T by far
Opposition is busy laughing and making funny stories out of the new ministry of cyber created by Mugabe thinking that it is a creation to please Chinamasa when in fact it is a clear indication that Mu...Published: 11 Oct 2017 at 16:51hrs | | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Zanu PF members force villagers to register with the party before registering to vote
A Zanu PF activist in Bikita West Ward 13 on 25 September 2017, reportedly forced villagers to register their names with the party before they proceed to register as voters.Heal Zimbabwe...Published: 06 Oct 2017 at 07:18hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Zanu-PF urges Masvingo supporters to register to vote
The Zanu-PF provincial leadership here has launched a massive exercise to mobilise supporters across the province to register to vote under the new Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) system ahead of n...Published: 04 Oct 2017 at 05:15hrs | | by Staff Reporter
LEAKED: Serious electoral fraud by Zanu-PF exposed
Revelations have been made that the Central Intelligence Organisations (CIO) officers have been in Israel since 2014 preparing for Biometric Voter registration rigging tactics.Informatio...Published: 30 Sep 2017 at 06:06hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Voter registration is a big sham - MDC-T
MDC-T Harare East Youth Assembly has described the voter registration currently on going as a sham due to slow pace in which it is conducted especially in urban areas.The party youth sai...Published: 28 Sep 2017 at 07:28hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
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
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
'BVR is shambolic,' complain MDC - right challenge for Win In Rigged Elections (WIRE)
The tragedy of a having a totally dysfunctional political system is that you are totally helpless. For the last 37 years we have been stuck with this incompetent, corrupt and tyrannical Zanu PF dictat...Published: 21 Sep 2017 at 06:23hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
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
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
Voter Educators Should diffuse myths and suspicions on the Biometric Voter Registration
Heal Zimbabwe has noted with great concern the increase in cases of citizen misinformation and intimidation emanating from how the Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) system works.Heal Zimbabwe...Published: 09 Sep 2017 at 08:42hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
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