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Makwinji Soma-Phiri enters ZIFA race
Benjani Mwaruwari and Makwinji Soma-Phiri have officially confirmed their candidacy for the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) presidency, marking their intent to lead a sport in desperate need of r...Published: 14 Dec 2024 at 18:29hrs | 6340 | by Staff reporter
Opposition Politics in Zimbabwe, 1999 - 2024: An Obituary
Advocate Nelson Chamisa's capitulation last week at the behest of the fifth column led by Sengezo Tshabangu was the final nail in opposition politics in Zimbabwe. Armed with state institutions and exp...Published: 03 Feb 2024 at 09:09hrs | 13 | by Innocent Mpoki
Top 10 political Mamparas and Screw-ups in 2023
The political landscape in Zimbabwe has witnessed its fair share of controversies and questionable decisions over the years. In 2023, several political figures made headlines for their actions and dec...Published: 21 Dec 2023 at 10:58hrs | 28 | by Mandla Ndlovu
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 | 3 | by Stafff reporter
Aspiring CCC MP scuffled with police officers
A total of 40 Citizen Coalition for Change (CCC) activists have been arrested.CCC spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere confirmed the arrest."I can confirm that 40 CCC members have been ar...Published: 16 Aug 2023 at 06:52hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF councillor taken to task over lack of development
Community members from Ward 7 in Insiza South have accused their local councillor, Thabani ‘Malele' Ncube, of failing to deliver yet is seeking re-election in the upcoming elections.The comm...Published: 05 Aug 2023 at 18:45hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
CCC is participating in 2023, 'so flawed the only logical step was withdraw', out of greed. So, spare us these crocodile teats
"Chamisa shares doubts about Zimbabwe elections!" screamed the headlines in Bulawayo 24. This is just nonsense, he knew without reforms Zanu PF would rig these elections, God knows how many ti...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 23:09hrs | 10 | by Wilbert Mukori
'CCC' candidates push ahead
CANDIDATES accused by the opposition CCC of fraudulently submitting nomination court papers while masquerading as bona fide party nominees have persisted with campaigns ahead of the 23 August general ...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 21:17hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa shares doubts about Zimbabwe elections
When tankers rolled into Harare, Zimbabwe, during the November 2017 coup that dislodged then president Robert Mugabe, one of the casualties was his deputy Phelekezela Mphoko, a former ambassador to So...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 06:33hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
'Parties must adhere to Zec code of conduct'
POLITICAL leaders and civil society activists have been urged to play a leading role in fostering peace and denouncing violence ahead of next month's general elections.The call was made on Fri...Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 06:45hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Runoff highly likely in Zimbabwe elections
If Zimbabwe were to hold its general election today, Zanu-PF would win ahead of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) but it would fail to get the required majority and the election would go into a ...Published: 13 Jul 2023 at 07:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
EU to deploy election observer team to Zimbabwe next week
The European Union (EU) will be the first to send an observer team to Zimbabwe next week, ahead of the 23 August elections, which will also be observed by the United Kingdom, the United States, and th...Published: 04 Jul 2023 at 08:13hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF buys its 2023 election candidates 4x4s
Zanu-PF is holding a winter school for its heavily pampered election candidates, while the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) is still in the process of selecting candidates ahead of the 23 August ge...Published: 08 Jun 2023 at 09:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's harmonised elections: Die is cast
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday proclaimed August 23, 2023, as the day on which harmonised elections will be held, opening the door for political parties' to start their campaigns in earnest and ending ...Published: 01 Jun 2023 at 06:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Why I hate politics
So yes. I hate Zimbabwean politics. Obviously. I hate how every five years we get into this circus about giving people already with immeasurable riches and privilege the opportunity to get even more r...Published: 21 May 2023 at 09:34hrs | 2 | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo
Mnangagwa's Govt frets over graft exposé
GOVERNMENT is fretting ahead of the premiere of a documentary on corruption by international news channel Al Jazeera tomorrow that could have ramifications ahead of general elections later this year....Published: 02 Mar 2023 at 05:49hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
This is not democracy
A clear a pattern of police using draconian laws to block the country's main opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) from effectively campaigning ahead of the March 26 by-elections is emerging ...Published: 13 Mar 2022 at 08:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa vows to reclaim urban constituencies in 2023
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has vowed to lead Zanu-PF to a resounding victory over the opposition and reclaim urban constituencies during the 2023 harmonised elections, saying successive MDC administrations i...Published: 05 Sep 2021 at 06:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa demands loyalty from Zanu-PF members
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday demanded loyalty from the party's newly-elected District Coordinating Committee (DCC) members ahead of the 2023 elections.Speaking before yesterday's cen...Published: 31 Dec 2020 at 16:59hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mutodi and MDC's Daniel Molokele square off
It was refreshing to listen to this debate, Zanu PF and MDC shared a platform without trading insults or chiding each other. The debate was mature and showed signs of a growing democratic media space....Published: 05 Sep 2019 at 08:27hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
SADC behind the new dispensation …as it adds its growing voice against illegal sanctions on Zimbabwe
Upon his ascendancy to the Presidency of Zimbabwe, President Emmerson Mnangagwa quickly made known his ambition to project a different path to the one set by his predecessor, Robert Mugabe. Pr...Published: 21 Aug 2019 at 12:42hrs | | by Claver Nyuki
Of enemies of democracy and lovers of money
Today, the Nelson Chamisa-led is set to stage a protest in Harare over almost everything that the opposition party's members could think of. Some of its members such as secretary for public se...Published: 15 Aug 2019 at 23:59hrs | | by Nobleman Runyanga
Of enemies of democracy and lovers of money
This Friday the Nelson Chamisa-led is set to stage a protest in Harare over almost everything that the opposition party's members could think of. Some of its members such as secretary for publ...Published: 14 Aug 2019 at 14:28hrs | 16 | by Nobleman Runyanga
The outcome of the August 16 MDC mass protest foretold
The month of August in Zimbabwe is recognized as the month of heroes. We celebrate those who fought for our freedom and the institutions which facilitated the liberation process. 2019 hero...Published: 12 Aug 2019 at 15:14hrs | 1 | by Fidelis Fengu
Zanu-PF accused of vote-buying
A leading election monitoring group says recent parliamentary and local government by-elections held in Matabeleland North were marred by vote-buying by Zanu-PF.The Zimbabwe Election Support N...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 11:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance battle lines drawn
THE battle for political survival in the opposition MDC went a notch up on Sunday when party heavyweights nominated for positions in the executive council unveiled their manifestos before the Harare p...Published: 07 May 2019 at 20:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa opens door for MDC campaigns
CANDIDATES nominated to fight for different national executive and nationals standing committee posts when the Movement for Democratic Change holds its elective congress in May will next week start ca...Published: 27 Apr 2019 at 16:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
6 000 delegates for MDC congress
MDC will spend close to $2 million on 6 000 delegates who will attend a crunching May 24 electoral congress in Gweru as the party seeks to chart a new way forward following the death of its founding P...Published: 23 Apr 2019 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC adopts new campaign systems
The opposition MDC will conduct town hall meetings and council debates for all party members nominated to contest for positions at its congress slated for next month.The campaign season, accor...Published: 19 Apr 2019 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Way forward is a10 year GNU with no election' - clever, punish nation to appease those rigging elections!
I have read some foolish things in my life but what Hopewell Chinono said in his recent article takes the biscuit!"Elections have done completely nothing democratic for Zimbabwe, except removi...Published: 04 Apr 2019 at 22:25hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
UNGA 2018: Articulating Zimbabwe's unique selling points
For the first time in 37 years Zimbabwe is represented at the ongoing United Nations General Assembly summit by a new leader, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who represents a refreshingly different poli...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 14:04hrs | | by Nobleman Runyanga
The truth behind Team Pachedu
Once upon a time, there was a source with credible information online. It started as a mysterious micro-blog, but their simple numbers were objectively verifiable. Even though no one really knew who t...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 11:56hrs | 6 | by Anthony Mkondo
Why the party is always supreme
Political parties are constructed in order to conquer and exercise political power. The political party does the conquering but the Government does the exercising of the power. Therefore, the question...Published: 11 Sep 2018 at 06:34hrs | | by Nick Mangwana
Deadly suicide blast at polling station in Pakistan
Pakistanis voted on Wednesday in elections that could propel former World Cup cricketer Imran Khan to power, as security fears intensified with a voting-day blast that killed at least 28 after a campa...Published: 25 Jul 2018 at 09:32hrs | 1 | by AFP
Mugabe's tactics persist in first election without him
Most Zimbabweans have only ever known one president: Robert Mugabe.But on July 30, a new man will represent the ruling party on the ballot for the first time in 38 years. Emmerson Mnangagwa, w...Published: 15 Jul 2018 at 17:10hrs | 3 | by WashingtonPost.com
Anyone with a half a brain can see these elections are different
We are in the height of campaign season in Zimbabwe. Hello! I said we are in the height of campaign season in Zimbabwe! Yet, where is the violence? Where is the chaos?We are living in times of...Published: 14 Jul 2018 at 17:28hrs | | by Joice Tsitsi
Mugabe/Chamisa alliance, rehabilitative & desperation politics
Simmering information that the Mugabe-backed National Patriotic Front opposition party was in negotiations with the Nelson Chamisa led MDC-Alliance were all but confirmed by the Zimbabwe Independent n...Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 11:59hrs | 3 | by Bevan Musoko
Chamisa should stop spreading 'fake news'
As we get nearer to the elections, the lies get stronger and more outlandish.One example is Nelson Chamisa's recent pronouncement that his opposition was making attempts on his life."I...Published: 22 Jun 2018 at 16:57hrs | 1 | by Knowledge Moyo
US warns Zimbabwe
The United States on Thursday condemned the killing of a 2-year-old boy in Zimbabwe as a "senseless and horrific act" and warned that if the murder was politically motivated it would call into questio...Published: 14 Jun 2018 at 18:11hrs | | by AP
Chamisa taking 'silly season' literally
Nelson Chamisa, the MDC Alliance presidential candidate, is a man of many hats. He is a pastor, a lawyer and a presidential aspirant. People who wear many hats usually use them to their advant...Published: 08 Jun 2018 at 07:14hrs | | by Lovemore Chikova
Red flags ahead of July 30 elections
THE campaign season is already in full-swing and judging from what is happening from the terraces it seems the electoral playingfield has shifted from being "very" uneven to being relatively "even", a...Published: 06 Jun 2018 at 07:15hrs | 3 | by Admire Mare
It's not about Chamisa or Mnangagwa, stupid!
The political brouhaha is fast reaching a crescendo, with political parties launching their manifestos pasted with unrealistic promises. I am no longer a fan of those, as they have become nothing ...Published: 28 May 2018 at 07:59hrs | | by Tapiwa Gomo
Zanu-PF manifesto sounds just like juvenile delusions
So, after much anticipation, the Zanu-PF election manifesto is finally out. After reading the document, one is left with one big question: why was the nation made to wait so long for it, seeing the sh...Published: 12 May 2018 at 15:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa fails to hit the campaign trail
ZANU-PF spokesperson Simon Khaya-Moyo has cleared the air over President Emmerson Mnangagwa's strange failure to hit the campaign trail when the country is four months away from elections, NewZimbabwe...Published: 17 Apr 2018 at 08:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mukwecheni plots political comeback
FORMER MDC-T Mutare South MP, Sydney Mukwecheni, is eyeing to bounce back into the political limelight and has already submitted his credentials for consideration to contest for the Mutare South parli...Published: 14 Nov 2017 at 05:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Midlands grills Tsvangirai
MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai, reportedly had a torrid time from party executive members in the Midlands province last week, who wanted to get clarification on the alliance which the party has for...Published: 17 Sep 2017 at 13:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP ropes in police to thwart competition
KWEKWE Central legislator Masango Matambanadzo is reportedly seeking the help of the police to block a fellow Zanu-PF member from carrying out philanthropic activities in his constituency without his ...Published: 14 Jun 2017 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe opposition lacks internal democracy
Zanu-PF'S 2018 campaign is slowly gathering momentum. In a few months, it will be all systems go at every level. This will kick in what is considered the primary election season for the party. When do...Published: 13 Jun 2017 at 06:36hrs | 1 | by Nick Mangwana
Elections are a numbers game, not about coalitions
With presumably a year and a few months away from the next general election in Zimbabwe, a harmonised election for both the Executive and Parliament, the campaign season has undoubtedly begun....Published: 08 Jun 2017 at 06:48hrs | 1 | by Christopher Farai Charamba
Zimrights ask parties to 'nip violence in the bud' - Zanu PF thugs are shaking in their boots
"The Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) is concerned by the levels of interparty and intraparty violence witnessed recently in the country," said Zimrights report."Supporters of the...Published: 24 May 2017 at 00:40hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
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