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Zanu PF rigged these elections and 'MDC are celebrating election victory!' - that says it all
Guess who is celebrating election victory? MDC Alliance; Welshman Ncube and Tendai Biti and their respective MDC and PDP followers have good reason to be celebrating, the Alliance saved them from sink...Published: 10 Aug 2018 at 15:53hrs | 2 | by Nomusa Garikai
EU observer witness Zanu PF bus in fraudulent voters - we need a clean start
"Kutaurirwa hunyimwa mbare dzokumusana!" (There are somethings in life one only fully appreciate by seeing them with their own eyes!) so goes the Shona saying. One of the most significant chan...Published: 31 Jul 2018 at 07:25hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Khupe allergic to violence
MDC-T leader and one of the four female presidential candidates in the forthcoming harmonised elections, Dr Thokozani Khupe, has promised to end all forms of violence if elected into office.Th...Published: 08 Jul 2018 at 07:28hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
'Zimbabwe election will be free,' says UN - if cannot speak truth to power then shut up
Dear Mr Bishow Parajuli, UN Resident Co-ordinator Many thinking Zimbabweans out there are asking: What organisation is Mr Bishow Parajuli working for? On paper, you are the "UN Residen...Published: 28 May 2018 at 22:58hrs | | by Zimbabwe Social Democrats
Credibility of Zimbabwe's first post-Mugabe vote is on the line
As Zimbabwe prepares to hold its first election since Robert Mugabe was toppled after almost four decades in power, a key question is whether the government can accomplish something he failed to do: o...Published: 29 Mar 2018 at 11:25hrs | 2 | by Bloomberg
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
MDC-T MPs jump voter registration queue, angering prospective voters
SOME MDC-T MPs Wednesday angered dozens of prospective voters queuing up to have their details captured into the Biometric Voting System when they turned up at a Harare registration centre to jump a q...Published: 22 Sep 2017 at 08:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF threatening Mthwakazi communities Biometric votes
Mthwakazi Republic Party leadership has claimed that it is reliably informed that ZANU PF is going around Mthwakazi communities threatening communities who would vote against them.Party secret...Published: 16 Sep 2017 at 19:07hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
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 | 3 | by Stephen Jakes
2018 ELECTION: If we fail to prepare then we must prepare to fail
Our ancestors were wise enough to know that after a terrible misfortune in the family they had to consult spiritual diviners and get answers to the many questions they had. It still remains a mystery ...Published: 31 May 2017 at 14:39hrs | | by Whitlaw Mugwiji
Mugabe's govt triggers regime change
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe's characterisation of social movements and other pro-democracy groups as regime change agents is misplaced as it is government that triggers the process every five years, #This...Published: 03 May 2017 at 06:27hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Biometric voting system: To what extent is this feasible in Zimbabwe
Democracy and Civil rights activist Linda Masarira has said explained that theoretically or on paper the Biometric voting system uses a thumb print or eye scan.She said the system uses thumb i...Published: 25 Mar 2017 at 07:01hrs | 4 | by Stephen Jakes
Tsvangirai renews Mugabe's vote-rigging licence and ask povo 'to defend their vote'
If anyone still (after his pathetic GNU record when he failed to get even one democratic reform implemented) has any doubts that Tsvangirai is completely useless and will never ever bring about any de...Published: 17 Mar 2017 at 17:48hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
'We need to win first in order to change,' says Tsvangirai
The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC T) president Morgan Richard Tsvangirai met opinion leaders in Mvurwi and encouraged them to vote in the much anticipated 2018 election. Speaking in Mbiz...Published: 02 Mar 2017 at 19:17hrs | | by Paul Ndou
MDC-T call for 'nationwide demos' over BVS kits - decoy, Zanu PF will still rig elections regardless
As a nation, we have not paid much attention on who we elected into positions of power and authority, first it was President Mugabe and his Zanu PF thugs and then it was Morgan Tsvangirai and his inco...Published: 01 Mar 2017 at 07:10hrs | 3 | by Nomusa Garikai
Tsvangirai winds up Manicaland tour
MDC-T President Morgan Tsvangirai comleted his tour of Manicaland in his consultation with stakeholders and grass roots over coalition with other parties.Tsvangirai spokesperson Luke Tamboriny...Published: 15 Feb 2017 at 15:16hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
BVS will stop 'multiple registrants' say ZEC - nonsense, system is only as good as operators
The biometric voting system (BVS) is not in itself going to stop the blatant vote rigging we have seen in past elections because the system is only as good as the people running it! "In ...Published: 01 Feb 2017 at 07:53hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
ZEC institution will not deliver free, fair and credible elections in Zimbabwe - The truth must be said as it is
Zimbabwe Election Commission (ZEC) Institution is in need of professionals with humility and conscience. It must be always remembered that ZEC Institution Commissioned by Rita Makarau has been run and...Published: 26 Jan 2017 at 20:24hrs | | by R M Simango
West behind attempted mobile data tariff hike, Cdes
Dear Cabinet and Politburo membersCOMRADES, I notice that an ever-alert Cde Supa had to do a lot of fire-fighting after the Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority, which is u...Published: 19 Jan 2017 at 07:12hrs | 1 | by CZ
Biometric Voting System: Are we safe from hacking?
The recent election of Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States has led to a fall-out among the Americans over his campaign policies. On the other hand there has been a massive fall-out...Published: 13 Jan 2017 at 06:54hrs | 18 | by Bevan Musoko
CODE calls for Mugabe and Zanu PF to go
The Coalition of Democrats (CODE) has joined the rest of the citizens in calling for President Robert Mugabe and his Zanu PF to step down as the nation facies serious economic crisis.I...Published: 12 Jan 2017 at 05:20hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
ZEC ready for Bikita West by-election
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission says it is ready for the Bikita West by-election scheduled for Saturday the 21st of January.Six candidates are vying for the position to represent the con...Published: 10 Jan 2017 at 16:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T gears up biometric voting system awareness campaign
MDC-T has geared up their biometric voting system awareness campaign in Mashonaland Central province and on Friday they held a youth and women forum at Nzvimbo growth point in Chiweshe, Mazowe Central...Published: 17 Dec 2016 at 18:34hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Paradza / Mliswa Zanu PF will 'win' 2018 regardless, as long as they count the votes
Confusion is when some people say this and others say that and yet others say something else which is neither this nor that. It is no exaggeration to say in Zimbabwe you will find many people who sayi...Published: 31 Oct 2016 at 22:25hrs | 6 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabweans fret as 2018 polls beckon
As the 2018 elections draw nearer, Zimbabweans are becoming restless over the Zanu-PF government's reluctance to spearhead electoral reforms to ensure free and fair polls.The Elections Res...Published: 30 Oct 2016 at 12:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Overhauling of the voters roll by ZEC commendable
The move taken by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) on Monday 10 October 2016 of informing some representatives of political parties falling under the National Electoral Reform Agenda (NERA) tha...Published: 13 Oct 2016 at 09:22hrs | 1 | by Kazamula Matilaya
Makarau can register in the black-box BVS we demand meaningful democratic reforms
Zimbabwe Election Commission (ZEC) chairperson, Justice Rita Makarau, announced on Monday, with the usual fun-fare, that the country will be using the new biometric voting system (BVS). The Zanu PF pr...Published: 12 Oct 2016 at 16:54hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Overhauling of the voters roll by ZEC commendable
The move taken by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) on Monday 10 October 2016 of informing some representatives of political parties falling under the National Electoral Reform Agenda (NERA) tha...Published: 12 Oct 2016 at 12:04hrs | 1 | by Kazamula Matilaya
Zimbabwe to get US$50m biometric voting system
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission is preparing biometric voter registration (BVR) for the 2018 harmonised elections after securing US$50 million from Government and the United Nations Development Prog...Published: 14 Aug 2016 at 13:10hrs | 1 | by Lincoln Towindo
Mavambo et al foot-stomping rejection of BVS sends political shock wave
In a very rare moment of genius (common sense amongst this lot is so rare it is considered genius) a few of Zimbabwe's opposition parties have actually said something that is sensible. They have conde...Published: 28 Jul 2016 at 23:05hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
Coalition of Democrats join hands in calling for Mugabe to go
The Coalition of Democrats parties have joined hands to issue a statement calling for President Robert Mugabe to go as the economic crisis continues to bite.The statement was made at...Published: 28 Jul 2016 at 17:08hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
We are not second-class citizens- Mugabe told
Coalition of Democrats (CODE), a grouping of opposition parties has pilled pressure on President Robert Mugabe to leave office.CODE off today "said Mugabe has presided over and encouraged corr...Published: 28 Jul 2016 at 17:04hrs | 2 | by Thobekile Zhou
Coalition of Democrats join hands in calling for Mugabe to go
Coalition of Democrats join hands in calling for Mugabe to goThe Coalition of Democrats parties have joined hands to issue a statement calling for President Robert Mugabe to go as the ec...Published: 28 Jul 2016 at 16:10hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
MDC cast doubt on Biometric voting system
Opposition MDC has cautiously welcomed the planned Biometric voting system. It said it is important to note that the biometric system alone cannot address the plethora of challenges currently affectin...Published: 12 May 2016 at 10:20hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
MDC welcomes Biometric voting system
The MDC has welcome plans by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission to introduce the biometric voting system for the 2018 elections.In a statement MDC spokesperson Kurauone Chihwayi said however wh...Published: 12 May 2016 at 08:23hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Biometric Voting System must be monitored says Moyo
People's Democratic Party (PDP) Secretary General, Dr. Gorden Moyo says the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) must engage Civic Society Organisations (CSOs), members of the public and parties set to...Published: 01 Apr 2016 at 09:11hrs | 1 | by Walter Dlamini
Zimbabwe embracing the biometric voting system
Government has come up with a number of amendments to the electoral laws to guarantee the credibility of the forthcoming harmonised elections, parliamentarians heard yesterday.Vice President E...Published: 11 Mar 2016 at 05:46hrs | | by Lloyd Gumbo
Is this the end of Mnangagwa?
In the capital, Harare, there are clamorous whispers of an impending demise of Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Indeed, this week, a local daily in one of its headlines even had the audacity to sugg...Published: 26 Feb 2016 at 12:20hrs | | by Simukai Tinhu
Biometric vote won't stop Zanu-PF rigging, says Mangoma
Renewal Democrats of Zimbabwe president Elton Mangoma says the mooted biometric voting system will not stop Zanu-PF from rigging the elections and will be futile without addressing the fear factor...Published: 05 Feb 2016 at 18:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Reform UN first, Bob Crooker
International politics if followed carefully, will make one realize the West have no place for Africans in their definition of humanity. This approach is characterized by perpetual bulldozing of their...Published: 03 Feb 2016 at 13:01hrs | 2 | by Morgan Ngomwa
MDC finally admit 'free and fair' elections are essential but have given up fight for scraps!
Zimbabwe has paid dearly for having had a breathtakingly corrupt and incompetent MDC during the GNU; they failed to get even one GPA democratic reform implemented in the five years of the GNU. But bec...Published: 03 Feb 2016 at 07:15hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Mugabe threatens UN with AU walkout over veto reform - contrived skunk fight to hide sinister agenda
"Chidembo kana choda kuramba mukadzi chinoshereketa!" (When the skunk (bad husband) wants to desert the wife, it will do anything and everything to provoke a fight, beat her up and then divorce her fo...Published: 01 Feb 2016 at 07:22hrs | 2 | by Wilbert Mukori
Caveat populo! (Let the people beware!) with no reforms it is HEAD Mugabe win TAIL MDC lose!
The story goes that a man bought a horse on the mistaken belief that the animal was a strong animal with many productive years ahead of it. It was a strong beast alright but did not have many producti...Published: 28 Jan 2016 at 06:49hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa speaks about EU, UN observing Zimbabwe elections
ZIMBABWE is a sovereign state and chooses countries and institutions it desires to monitor its electoral processes, Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa said yesterday.In an interview, VP Mnangag...Published: 28 Jan 2016 at 05:56hrs | | by Felex Share
MDC-T calls for genuine and elaborate electoral reforms
The State-controlled Sunday Mail newspaper, in its latest edition, reported that Zimbabwe will , inter alia, engage international experts for implementation of a biometric voting system for the 20...Published: 26 Jan 2016 at 12:39hrs | | by Obert Chaurura Gutu - MDC-T National Spokesperson
Thumps up for biometric voting system - ZESN
The Zimbabwe Election Support (ZESN) has endorsed planned moves by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission's (ZEC) to introduce a biometric voting system for the 2018 general election.The elec...Published: 25 Jan 2016 at 14:38hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Zimbabwe voters to have fingerprints, eyes scanned in 2018
Zimbabwe will engage international experts for implementation of a biometric voting system for the 2018 general election, among other significant changes to the polling framework.The biometric...Published: 24 Jan 2016 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
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