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Mnangagwa ally who was once arrested for murdering MDC activist, nominated for ZEC post
FORMER Kwekwe town clerk Emmanuel Musara, who is also a close ally of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, has been shortlisted for possible appointment as the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) post....Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 06:48hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Parly to interview prospective ZEC Commissioners
The Parliament's Committee on Standing Rules and Orders will on Friday hold public interviews for 32 candidates shortlisted to replace six Zimbabwe Electoral Commission commissioners whose terms of of...Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Silaigwana appointed substantive Zec CEO
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has appointed Utoile Silaigwana as its substantive chief elections officer (CEO).Silaigwana, who has been the target for vilification by opposition part...Published: 15 Sep 2021 at 05:51hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC raps Zec
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) seems determined to ignore recommendations made by observer missions to level the political playing field and run free and fair elections, a top opposition offi...Published: 22 Jul 2019 at 08:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Silaigwana appointed Chief Elections Officer
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has appointed, Mr Utoile Silaigwana, as the substantive Chief Elections Officer taking over from Mrs Constance Chigwamba. Mr Silaigwana's appointment is...Published: 04 Jul 2019 at 08:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
70 vie for Zec CEO post
AT least 70 candidates have applied for the post of chief elections officer in the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, an official has said. The electoral commission advertised the post last Decemb...Published: 31 Jan 2019 at 22:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZEC hunts for chief elections officer
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is hunting for a substantive office.This comes after Zec cut ties with its chief elections officer, Constance Chigwamba, after she fell out of favour wi...Published: 06 Dec 2018 at 14:46hrs | | by Ndou Paul
Teachers in make or break meeting
Teachers head for tomorrow's crunch meeting with the Apex Council a divided front as the Zimbabwe Teachers Association (Zimta), which has the largest number of teachers under its wings, saying it will...Published: 13 May 2018 at 08:32hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Government, teachers clash
Government yesterday ordered a few teachers' unions agitating for a strike next week to channel their grievances through the Apex Council, a body that brings together all civil servants organisations....Published: 11 May 2018 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Position paper on political and electoral reforms and notification of PRC existence
The Chairperson's Office Zimbabwe Electoral Commission 1 Nelson Mandela Avenue Cnr Kaguvi St & J. Moyo Avenue Causeway Harare Dear Sir/ Madam&nb...Published: 06 Apr 2018 at 10:59hrs | | by Counsel Gift Nyandoro
Silaigwana appointed acting chief elections officer
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has announced the appointment of Mr Utoile Silaigwana as the acting chief elections officer.Mr Silaigwana takes over from Mrs Constance Chigwamba who ha...Published: 13 Mar 2018 at 15:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chigwamba fired, Silaigwana appointed acting chief elections officer
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has appointed Utoile Silaigwana as the acting chief elections officer while the hunt for a substantive office holder gets underway.This comes after Zec ...Published: 07 Mar 2018 at 11:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Five Reasons why the 'crocodile' will defeat Chamisa
Ignorance will cost the opposition once again The Military factorWith the present government continuousl...Published: 04 Mar 2018 at 10:45hrs | | by Knowledge Hakata
Confusion rocks Zec
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has been thrown into confusion over contradicting statistics on the youth vote and funding for the forthcoming harmonised elections, among other challenges....Published: 02 Mar 2018 at 15:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zec purges continue, boss fired
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has cut ties with its chief elections officer, Constance Chigwamba, after she fell out of favour with commissioners at the electoral management body, the Daily ...Published: 28 Feb 2018 at 06:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's administration cements its stranglehold on key State institutions
The surprise resignation of Rita Makarau from the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is emerging to be part of an unravelling purge that will see more officials being pushed out of the elections mana...Published: 07 Feb 2018 at 20:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Axe falls on Zec officials
The surprise resignation of Rita Makarau from the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is emerging to be part of an unravelling purge that will see more officials being pushed out of the elections mana...Published: 07 Feb 2018 at 07:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
11 000 register to vote in one week
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has registered nearly 11 000 prospective voters since the Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) started at 63 district offices countrywide. BVR registratio...Published: 27 Sep 2017 at 07:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T hypocrisy on Makarau exposed
Attempts by the MDC-T to discredit Zimbabwe Electoral Commission chairperson Justice Rita Makarau for holding three key offices, including being a Supreme Court judge and secretary for Judicial Servic...Published: 12 Sep 2017 at 08:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Alien' voters eligible to vote
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has clarified the confusion regarding the voting rights of the so-called "aliens", saying they were eligible to register as voters.ZEC chief elections o...Published: 24 Jul 2017 at 07:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T poll fears unfounded, says ZEC
The number of biometric voter registration centres allocated to provinces will not determine the number of polling stations in next year's harmonised elections, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC)...Published: 10 Jul 2017 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Knives out for Dokora
PRIMARY and Secondary Education minister Lazarus Dokora has come under fire from teachers' unions for reportedly "resorting to military tactics" in dealing with educators.Progressive Teachers'...Published: 23 Jun 2017 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe BVR tender awarded to Chinese company
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has awarded the tender to supply Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) kits ahead of the 2018 harmonised elections to a Chinese company, Laxton Group Limited. The ...Published: 04 Jun 2017 at 20:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
BVR kits tests commence tomorrow
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) will commence site validation tests of the biometric voter registration (BVR) equipment for the next five days, starting this Friday as part of the elec...Published: 20 Apr 2017 at 18:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
New, strict civil servants dress code
Government has introduced a new strict dress code for civil servants, citing deterioration of dress standards in the public service.The dress code, which includes barring female workers fr...Published: 19 Mar 2017 at 08:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mutasa, Gumbo under fire over party name
Little-known Zimbabwe First (ZimFirst) party leader Maxwell Zeb Shumba has threatened to take legal action against Didymus Mutasa and Rugare Gumbo accusing them of "stealing" his party's name....Published: 16 Mar 2017 at 13:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Electoral Commission in dire financial straits
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is facing severe resource constraints, making it difficult for it to accomplish its mandate of mapping boundaries of polling stations in preparation for the...Published: 21 Nov 2016 at 05:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe proclaims Norton by-election
President Mugabe yesterday proclaimed October 22 as the date for the by-election in Norton, after the seat fell vacant following the expulsion of Mr Christopher Mutsvangwa from Zanu-PF. The Head o...Published: 20 Aug 2016 at 09:34hrs | | by Zvamaida Murwira
ZEC clear agents of Zanu PF -Observer
A political observer in Makoni South has claimed that the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission and its Chairperson Rita Makarau are purely the agents of the ruling Zanu PF to rig the elections."Ze...Published: 03 Jul 2016 at 08:04hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
ZEC to use most effective and sustainable way in voter registration
Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) will use the most effective and sustainable way in voter registration ahead of the 2018 general elections.This came out as the commission held an all stakeh...Published: 10 May 2016 at 17:25hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe takes steps to end double voting
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has introduced marker pens with ineradicable ink to mark voters during elections, replacing the finger dipping method as part of a new voting system proposed to...Published: 14 Mar 2016 at 05:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe changes voting system
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has introduced marker pens with ineradicable ink to mark voters during elections, replacing the finger-dipping method as part of a new voting system proposed to...Published: 12 Mar 2016 at 15:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zec to roll out voter registration exercise
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) will soon embark on a nationwide voter registration exercise to capture all eligible voters by 2016. The exercise comes after the completion of a pilot project ...Published: 20 Oct 2015 at 06:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Welshman Ncube on Friday: It Maybe Free, But Someone Pays For It
In the early 1980s, I was a young man in my twenties listening and reading with keen interest as nationalist politicians promised us unlimited access to free education, health and such other thing...Published: 03 Jul 2015 at 10:26hrs | | by Prof Welshman Ncube
Analyst exposes ZEC official as CIO
Political analyst Pedzisai Ruhanya has exposed that the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission's Chief Elections Officer Constance Chigwamba is a central Intelligence Organization Officer whose interests a...Published: 24 Jun 2015 at 06:37hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Zanu-PF by-election scandal deepens
The damaging claims that Zanu-PF winning candidate for Hurungwe West Keith Guzah may not have been registered to vote in the constituency in last week's by-elections - which could see him losing his p...Published: 21 Jun 2015 at 14:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe reshuffles permanent secretaries
President Mugabe has, with immediate effect, reshuffled some permanent secretaries, with former Ambassador to Japan Mr Stuart Comberbach being assigned to the post of Secretary in the Office of the P...Published: 24 Sep 2014 at 09:27hrs | 6 | by Staff Reporter
Teachers demand incentives
TEACHERS unions are demanding that the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education should allow parents to pay teachers' incentives as a way of cushioning their salaries amid reports that school devel...Published: 21 Sep 2014 at 11:12hrs | | by Lungile Tshuma and Tinomuda Chakanyuka
Teachers' qualifications to be verified
US$3 million Teacher Capacity Development Programme launched by President Mugabe in July 2014, is set to address skills gaps identified after primary and secondary school teachers' qualifications&nbs...Published: 20 Sep 2014 at 12:17hrs | | by Petros Zivengwa
Zim govt lifts ban on extra lessons
The Government has lifted its ban on extra lessons mainly for classes that will sit public examinations towards year-end and pupils who lost learning time due to unforeseen circumstances.Appli...Published: 03 Aug 2014 at 20:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Teachers without Maths, Science to rewrite exams
TEACHERS who failed Ordinary Level Mathematics, Science and English must go back to the classroom and re-sit the exams to meet new government professional standards.A circular from the Primar...Published: 20 May 2014 at 07:22hrs | | by Prosper Ndlovu
MDC candidates denied re-admission into civil service
Civil servants who participated in the July 31 harmonised elections on an MDC ticket have complained that they are being denied readmission into the civil service.The development comes des...Published: 22 Apr 2014 at 08:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Exams centre fee scandal
Emmerson NjanjamangeziPrivate colleges and government schools are ripping off helpless and unsuspecting students and parents through overcharging Zimbabwe Schools Examination Council (Zimsec) cen...Published: 09 Apr 2014 at 10:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zim considers BBM licensing
Zimbabwe is considering licensing BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) service, which at the moment is barred by State regulation, an Information ministry official said.Cosmas Chigwamba, acting permane...Published: 08 Apr 2014 at 10:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Teachers vow to defy directive on holiday & extra lessons
Primary and secondary school teachers at public institutions of learning have vowed to defy a Government directive banning holiday and extra lessons. Teachers said they would continue the less...Published: 07 Apr 2014 at 06:21hrs | | by Felex Share
Teachers cry foul
Teachers unions have called on government to stop operating "as if they are in a military banker" and find a lasting solution to the raging salary dispute with the country's educators.The ca...Published: 07 Mar 2014 at 09:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dokora is killing the education sector
I have been watching with keen interest in comparison the two ministers of Education the current minister of primary and secondary education Lazarus Dokora and his visionary predicessor David Colt...Published: 27 Feb 2014 at 17:17hrs | 1 | by Tichafa Zhou (Norton)
School heads warned on Lower six fees
Lower Sixth Form classes begin on March 3 with school heads being instructed to calculate this term's fees and levies on a proportional basis.In a statement yesterday, the Ministry of Primary ...Published: 22 Feb 2014 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Jonathan Moyo attack those opposed to Salarygate exposés
Jonathan Moyo, the Media, Information and Broadcasting Services minister, has launched a blistering attack on politicians opposed to the ongoing Salarygate exposés, saying attempts to defend or hide ...Published: 17 Feb 2014 at 14:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
PSMAS board of directors dissolves itself
The Premier Service Medical Aid Society (PSMAS) board of directors yesterday dissolved itself with immediate effect. Chairperson Mr Luxon Zembe; his deputy Mr Newton Mhlanga; Advocate Moses Mt...Published: 15 Feb 2014 at 05:43hrs | 65 | by Paidamoyo Chipunza
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