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Candidates Intimidating the electorate must be disqualified

Dear President Mnangagwa and Mrs Chigumba, A video of a Zanu PF candidate intimidating villagers, telling them that they will be issued with voting cards when they arrive at the polling station, and using those cards will be used to detect…

Published: 16 Aug 2023 at 14:29hrs | | by Kennedy Kaitano

Chigumba resists political pressure over delimitation

IN the days leading to 17 February when the final delimitation report was supposed to be gazetted by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) chairperson Justice Priscilla Chigumba came under overwhelming polit…

Published: 26 Feb 2023 at 10:38hrs | | by Staff reporter

ZEC unfazed by abuse

The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) remains unfazed by incidents of abuse and insults directed at female commissioners, particularly its chairperson, Justice Priscilla Chigumba, by some elements and it will continue discharging its con…

Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 13:08hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Who is a voter?

We have a problem with who the voter is in Zimbabwe. Only at election time do our politicians start thinking about who will vote for them. Who is expected to vote at election time anywhere? How much does he know about voting? I'm afraid th…

Published: 05 Jan 2019 at 10:24hrs | 2 | by Clement Moyo

Judges should not run elections

On 11 September 2018, a video circulated on social media showing some opposition politicians in Parliament chanting: "mbavha! mbavha!" as Justice Chigumba entered the Parliament chamber to conduct the election of the Speaker and Deputy Spe…

Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 16:27hrs | 1 | by Tererai Mafukidze

'No valid application before the court'

The following is part of Justice Chigumba's response to the application by MDC Alliance president Nelson Chamisa challenging President-elect Emmerson Dambudzo MnangagwaI, Priscilla Makanyara Chigumba, in my capacity as the Chairperson of t…

Published: 18 Aug 2018 at 07:58hrs | 2 | by Priscilla Makanyara Chigumba

Dicey intersections: The real problem with the #ChigumbaChallenge

LAST week in the wake of the Zimbabwean presidential elections, Twimbos (Zimbabweans on Twitter/social media) woke up to a cracking spread of the #ChigumbaChallenge. These were memes around Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) chairperson J…

Published: 09 Aug 2018 at 07:44hrs | 1 | by Precious Simba

Expect an ED win; Pray for peace

I must say, I've been very impressed with the way this election campaign has been run by both sides.I am a political nerd. I like to read about politics. I like to study politics. And nothing is more exciting than election season. I used t…

Published: 25 Jul 2018 at 14:03hrs | | by Jonathan Matika

Reasons why ZEC and Chigumba should not run 2018 elections

Here are the reasons why Zimbabweans are crying for the removal of Chigumba as the referee in the this year's harmonized elections.1. Justice Chigumba together with Mutsvangwa (who is a special advisor in the president's office) took a tri…

Published: 24 Jul 2018 at 10:05hrs | 2 | by Isaac Nkomah

Justice Chigumba's position as ZEC Chairperson is untenable

The recent revelations of Justice Chigumba's ongoing love affair with a senior Zanu PF cabinet minister who is known to be a very close friend of Zanu PF presidential candidate, Emmerson Mnangagwa, leaves many Zimbabwean voters already fee…

Published: 23 Jul 2018 at 19:06hrs | 3 | by Frazer Muzondo

We are boycotting the elections: Chigumba concede

Enough is enough! We won't be fooled by the current fake democracy any longer! This electoral system is fundamentally undemocratic and a fraud. We have a choice and a right to withhold our vote to press for an electoral environment the pro…

Published: 23 Jul 2018 at 07:54hrs | 2 | by Themba Mthethwa

Chigumba's sex life and the pitfalls of social media

I am not sure if Priscilla Chigumba, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) chair, bleached to be such a yellow-bone. But I am not rushing to make her pigmentation any of my business because it's not and musn't be. And, by and large, I do…

Published: 22 Jul 2018 at 10:32hrs | 3 | by Tawanda Majoni

Zec completes printing of voters' roll

The 2018 voters' roll has been printed and does not have double registrations, nor dead or ghost voters, as it was specifically compiled to address the flaws of the 2013 voters' roll, Zimbabwe Electoral Commission chair Justice Priscilla C…

Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 07:31hrs | | by Staff reporter

Revealed - the only woman Chamisa respects

Over the past few months one thing about Nelson Chamisa has become abundantly clear - he has no respect for women. None at all.Let's start with his own family. His sister for example, who he offered to ED in a bet. His defence - he was jok…

Published: 19 Jul 2018 at 13:03hrs | | by Jealousy Dutiro

Zimbabwe electoral body's database hacked

UNDERFIRE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) chairperson Justice Priscilla Chigumba has sensationally claimed that suspected hackers recently broke into the electoral management body's database and stole crucial information on the biometr…

Published: 19 Jul 2018 at 06:33hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Communication, trust and Chigumba

With only a few days to go before Zimbabweans make their way to the polls to elect their political leaders for the next five years, the eyes of the of the nation and those observing are glued to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC), who…

Published: 19 Jul 2018 at 06:24hrs | | by Christopher Farai Charamba

Chigumba wrong pick for Chamisa's tango pal

The history of tango music or tango dance, a South American (specifically Argentine) routine, dates back to the late 19th century and has seen its popularity rise and fall over the years. Tango is described as a partner dance, which origin…

Published: 19 Jul 2018 at 06:20hrs | 5 | by Tichaona Zindoga

Why women will know their place in Chamisa's Zimbabwe

In May, MDC leader Nelson Chamisa introduced his wife to the public for the first time. While some might have thought that the reason that the spouse of such a high-profile figure was never seen previously might have been down to her modes…

Published: 18 Jul 2018 at 10:36hrs | 1 | by Jonathan Matika

Sickening abuse of Chigumba a sad indictment of MDC culture

With all the hate and incitement in the air, it was inevitable it would get to this.With all the aggressive language, menacing threats and toxic masculinity emerging from the MDC leadership, it was always going to end up here.With all the …

Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 19:08hrs | 1 | by Mike Tawanda

MDC Alliance in a fight they will not win

The threats to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) by Nelson Chamisa, leader of the MDC Alliance is indeed unfortunate. They are a futile attempt by a player to influence the outcome of the election. Let us be clear, ZEC as an institut…

Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 14:56hrs | | by Lloyd Msipa

Chigumba reminds me of Tobaiwa Mudede

Priscilla Chigumba reminds me of Tobaiwa Mudede- arrogant, Zanu PF sympathiser. A man who presided over biased elections for years.What Mnangagwa fails to realise is that he is a coup president. Noone elected him. He has no legitimacy. He …

Published: 16 Jul 2018 at 14:46hrs | 3 | by Dr. Gus Manatsa

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