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ZANU PF's Push to Scrap Term Limits Echoes 1987 Power Grab
ZANU PF is laying the groundwork for a new constitutional amendment aimed at removing presidential term limits, in a move that closely mirrors the 1987 changes that allowed Robert Mugabe to become Zim...Published: 23 Jun 2025 at 19:40hrs | 766 | by Engineer Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
UDM leader backs Zapu Insiza North by-elections
The United Movement for Devolution (UMD) has declared that it stands in solidarity with Zapu and its candidate, Thabani Mlotshwa, in the upcoming Insiza North parliamentary by-election scheduled for J...Published: 26 May 2025 at 12:38hrs | 390 | by Stephen Jakes
The idea of Zimbabwe and Matabeleland question
I think the best way to understand the present day manifestations and character of Matebeleland politics is to situate them properly historically and politically within the broader terrain of the deve...Published: 29 Mar 2025 at 17:01hrs | 2187 | by Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni
Mnangagwa power retention scheme raises dust
Manoeuvres by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to amend the constitution have raised concern that the 82-year-old ruler wants to reverse progressive electoral reforms and return the country t...Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 16:37hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa now building a popular one-man dictatorship
One of Zimbabwe's seasoned political activists Lovemore Chinoputsa has painted a gloomy picture of the state of the opposition, saying its leaders have fundamentally departed from the late Morgan Tsva...Published: 14 Feb 2024 at 20:14hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF has no two-thirds majority
Zanu-PF does not and cannot have two-thirds.Contrary to popular perceptions, the ruling Zanu-PF party does not and cannot have two-thirds majority in Parliament necessary to pass a constitutio...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 13:54hrs | 3 | 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 | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zesn blames recalls of opposition members for low voter turnout
THE Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) has blamed low voter turnout in the just ended by-elections on incessant recalls of opposition members.The election watchdog said the low number of...Published: 06 Feb 2024 at 04:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF confident of winning Gift Siziva's Pelandaba-Tshabalala seat
The ruling Zanu-PF party is confident of winning the Pelandaba-Tshabalala constituency in the by-election slated for February 3 as it has proved to be gaining popularity in urban areas in previous pol...Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 04:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nepotism dents post-election period
Zimbabwe Open University academic Didymus Dewa recently said issues of nepositism, clientalism, patronage and loyalism affected the major political parties that won the elections in the August 23 and ...Published: 12 Jan 2024 at 21:44hrs | 5 | by Stephen Jakes
Mohadi takes by-election campaign to Bulawayo
VICE President Kembo Mohadi is at Mhali Primary School in Bulawayo's New Magwegwe suburb for a rally.VP Mohadi was accompanied by Zanu-PF deputy national commissar, Webster Shamu.He is...Published: 06 Dec 2023 at 17:34hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa rolls sleeves as battle hots up
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa will today conduct marathon campaign rallies in Bulawayo as his loyalists seek to regain their seats in weekend by-elections following controv...Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 17:43hrs | 39 | by Staff reporter
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 | 3 | by Staff reporter
A trail of Mnangagwa's illegalities
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has yielded to pressure and revoked the appointment of Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) commander General Valerio Sibanda as an ex-officio member of the Zanu-PF politburo....Published: 25 Nov 2023 at 08:07hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa strategising on how to stop the looming by-elections
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader by Nelson Chamisa yesterday said his party was making fresh deliberations on how to stop the looming by-elections from being held owing to escalating politic...Published: 18 Nov 2023 at 09:35hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Tshabangu's Beitbridge West candidate chickens out
SENGEZO Tshabangu's Beitbridge West nominee for his Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) faction, Blessing Choeni, has withdrawn his candidature for the December 9 by-elections allegedly because he was...Published: 18 Nov 2023 at 09:34hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF deploys by-elections campaign teams
Zanu-PF is prepared for the nine impending by-elections set for December 9 triggered by the first round of CCC recalls, and has already deployed campaign teams to mobilise people to vote for the rulin...Published: 16 Nov 2023 at 05:04hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF wins Gutu West parly seat
Zanu-PF has retained the Gutu West National Assembly seat after its candidate Cde John Paradza resoundingly won the parliamentary by-election that was held yesterday.Paradza,who is also the ru...Published: 12 Nov 2023 at 11:46hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
An opposition within an opposition
The Zimbabwean political history has been littered with opposition malcontents within itself for a very long time which has caused the weakening and splitting of the main opposition political party in...Published: 08 Nov 2023 at 14:27hrs | 12 | by Leonard Koni
Stop using Gukurahundi for political millage: Ex Zipra
Ex Zipra cadre, Max Mkandla has warned politicians especially from the opposition political parties to stop using the Gukurahundi issues in their po...Published: 29 Oct 2023 at 09:55hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
By-elections date for recalled Bulawayo councillors set
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has said by-elections for eight recalled Bulawayo Citizen Coalition for Change councillors will be held in December while the nomination court will sit next mon...Published: 25 Oct 2023 at 06:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Masvingo celebrates Chiduwa's fall from grace
While many people often celebrate the success of their kinsmen and feel sad when bad things happen, the story is different for the Zaka South legislator Clemence Chiduwa whom people in Zaka and ...Published: 14 Oct 2023 at 21:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere says Zimbabwean economy is headed for a massive crash
Former cabinet Minister Saviour Kasukuwere has issued a stark warning that the Zimbabwean economy is on the brink of a severe collapse, attributing it to what he perceives as President Emmerson Mnanga...Published: 21 Sep 2023 at 15:44hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
What's the sense in removing term limits for an 81-year-old president?
No one can deny that having a long life on earth is truly a blessing.It is especially so in a country as Zimbabwe - where the life expectancy is only 64.7 years, based on the 2022 Population a...Published: 19 Sep 2023 at 23:30hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zanu-PF gifts praise singers with cars
THE ruling Zanu-PF has gifted its loyalists and praise singers who used their social media pages and music as campaign platforms prior to the disputed August 23 elections.Reports say Holy Ten,...Published: 03 Sep 2023 at 07:31hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Massive blow to Mthuli Ncube's bid to widen political ambitions
FINANCE Minister Mthuli Ncube has abandoned his neutral technocrat tag and is now fully embedded in Zanu-PF, but his bid to grow his political clout suffered after he was defeated in the Cowdry Park c...Published: 28 Aug 2023 at 21:44hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Another sham election
As we go the wire and reach the high political pitch, it is now crystal clear that the main political menu is between Emmerson Mnangagwa and Nelson Chamisa and not even political savvy voter will mosa...Published: 23 Aug 2023 at 16:23hrs | 12 | by Leonard Koni
EU-EOM plot to tarnish Zimbabwe polls exposed
A PLOT to tarnish and discredit the outcome of harmonised elections being held in Zimbabwe today by the European Union Observation Mission and the United States-based Carter Centre has been exposed am...Published: 23 Aug 2023 at 06:31hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
51% voters willing to be bribed in Zimbabwe
A RECENT study by a local think-tank, Public Policy and Research Institute of Zimbabwe (PPRIZ) shows that 51% of citizens are willing to be bribed to influence who they vote for.As the country...Published: 14 Aug 2023 at 06:29hrs | 12 | 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 | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe ballot printing on course
PRINTING of ballot papers that will be used during the August 23 harmonised polls has commenced, but the process is being delayed by election-related cases that are before the courts.In an int...Published: 23 Jul 2023 at 08:03hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Sweet news for CCC: Bad news for residents, Zanu-PF
There is sweet news for Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) in Masvingo after the party successfully negotiated for withdrawal of two of its members who had contested, one as independent and the other...Published: 04 Jul 2023 at 08:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF names candidates for Matebeleland North provincial council
ZANU-PF Matebeleland North province has selected 10 candidates who will represent the party in the Provincial Council in line with the country's Constitution.The Constitution provides for a ne...Published: 19 Jun 2023 at 06:44hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe election date triggers hope, despair
MUNYARADZI Mushawatu, an electrician in Zimbabwe's capital Harare, was both ecstatic and jittery after President Emmerson Mnangagwa recently announced that national elections would be held on August 2...Published: 12 Jun 2023 at 06:31hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zec urges people to inspect voter's roll
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has urged members of the public to inspect the voter's roll when the exercise starts on Saturday at 1 594 inspection centres countrywide as the country gears fo...Published: 24 May 2023 at 05:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa takes dig at Mwonzora
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa Monday launched an indirect criticism on MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora for allegedly forging unholy alliances with cunning foe Zanu-PF he said...Published: 08 May 2023 at 19:10hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Popular Cleric barred from contesting in Zanu-PF primary elections
POPULAR Cleric, Bishop Kandros Mugabe, who was barred by the party from contesting for Kwekwe Central Constituency in the recently concluded primary elections, said he was not deterred by the move....Published: 20 Apr 2023 at 15:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Fresh storm brews over Zimbabwe polls
A FRESH storm is brewing over this year's general elections after opposition MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora and his party yesterday dragged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to the High Court to stop procla...Published: 15 Mar 2023 at 06:50hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
DUZ president Driven Chapman a media creation
The hype and excitement about the new kid on the block Mr Driven Chapman is just nothing but hot air and a media creation.After failing to decimate the people's movement the revolutionary part...Published: 12 Mar 2023 at 21:27hrs | 11 | by Leonard Koni
Zanu-PF moves to replace Chidhawu
Zanu-PF has nominated Godfrey Gijima to fill the Harare Metropolitan Senate seat left vacant by national hero Oliver Mandishona Chidawu who died in July last year.As with all party lists seats...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 07:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tinubu declared winner of Nigeria's presidential election
Ruling party candidate Bola Tinubu was declared winner of Nigeria's presidential election early Wednesday and soon after thanked his supporters and appealed to his rivals who are already demanding a r...Published: 01 Mar 2023 at 07:14hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai remembered five years on
February 14, 2023 marked five years since late Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai succumbed to colon cancer.He was 65.Tsvangirai left the main opposition MDC...Published: 19 Feb 2023 at 17:36hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF smells victory in Manicaland
THE Zanu-PF leadership in Manicaland, buoyed by a thumping victory in the recent Mutasa South national assembly polls, declared this week that it will win all 26 constituencies and wards in the forthc...Published: 17 Feb 2023 at 20:55hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
'We aim to win big!' insists Chamisa oblivious Zanu PF is rigging big, there is verified voters' roll, etc., etc.
"The world is flat or round not because you or me say it is flat/round. It is round because the mountain of supporting evidence say it is round," my Secondary School teacher used to say. Zimba...Published: 24 Jan 2023 at 17:04hrs | 1 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Chamisa confident of 2023 win
ZIMBABWE's main opposition party led by Nelson Chamisa, Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) marked its first anniversary Tuesday.The party was formed on 24 January 2022 after a prolonged ...Published: 24 Jan 2023 at 16:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa should make a clarion call for peace
THE savage beating of elderly people in Murehwa last weekend for political reasons has once again raised concern over the spectre of violence in the country ahead of the harmonised elections to be hel...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 16:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC made loud splash in 2022
THE dawn of 2022, January 24 to be precise, marked the birth of a new political party, the Citizens' Coalition for Change, which has outdone itself in terms of branding and publicity in just one year....Published: 27 Dec 2022 at 06:50hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Forthcoming Zimbabwean elections not a Chamisa alone spectacle
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa cannot wrestle power from Zanu PF single -handedly without all progressive Zimbabweans putting hands on deck....Published: 16 Dec 2022 at 16:03hrs | | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
CCC raises intimidation concerns in Mberengwa by-election
THE OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party has raised intimidation concerns in the ongoing by-election being held in Mberengwa.A woman suspected to be a Zanu-PF member allegedly ...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa issues 2023 poll warning
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has hinted that his party will consider boycotting the 2023 elections if its concerns over the voters' roll are not addressed.The Zimb...Published: 20 Nov 2022 at 15:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
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