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Court bars Zanu PF from frog-marching pupils to rallies AGAIN
THE High Court in Masvingo has upheld a provisional order barring Zanu PF from frog-marching pupils and teachers to its campaign rallies during school hours as well as arm-twisting them to participate...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 07:43hrs | 304 | by Staff rerporter
Mnangagwa's new dispensation just a sick joke, says Coltart
Senator David Coltart has mocked President Emmerson Mnangagwa's "new dispansation" saying the only new thing about him is his age.Coltart took it to micro blogging twitter...Published: 18 Jul 2018 at 09:09hrs | 3858 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Chamisa turns heat over ballot paper design
THE opposition MDC Alliance has turned up the heat on the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec), accusing it of violating sections of the Electoral Act with their design of the controversial presidentia...Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 14:48hrs | 827 | by Staff reporter
Coltart lashes out at ZEC
Senator David Coltart has expressed concerns over the manner how the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission has tried to argue over the legality of postal voting not being observed by both observers and politi...Published: 16 Jul 2018 at 07:43hrs | 4548 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe: Under Western eyes, again
Come July 30 2018, the harmonised elections shall be won and lost. There shall be celebrations and anger, laughter and crying, joy and sorrow, vindication and vilification. On that day, a destination ...Published: 14 Jul 2018 at 11:37hrs | 643 | by RADAR
Voters' roll with pictures row spills into Court
Zimbabwean opposition political parties and pro-democracy campaigners have applied to join court proceedings of a registered voter who is seeking to bar the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) from re...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 14:32hrs | 1706 | by Staff reporter
'We are prepared to die for free elections!,' says Biti - read, 'to sacrifice povo for gravy train seat!'
Mr Tendai Biti you, like everyone else have the right to enjoy freedom of expression just remember that with every right comes a duty. Your right to freedom of expression does not include the right to...Published: 12 Jul 2018 at 19:43hrs | 2092 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Opposition parties, pro-democracy campaigners team up to challenge ZEC to stop releasing voters details to Zanu PF
Zimbabwean opposition political parties and some pro-democracy campaigners have teamed up to challenge a petition filed by a registered voter who is seeking to bar the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Z...Published: 12 Jul 2018 at 12:20hrs | 1247 | by Stephen Jakes
'We want proper voters' roll!' cried demo - desperate voice but feeble mind, heart breaking
"Thousands of Zimbabwean opposition supporters took to the streets of Harare on Wednesday demanding fair elections following alleged irregularities in the electoral roll ahead of the July 30 vote," re...Published: 12 Jul 2018 at 10:05hrs | 626 | by Wilbert Mukori
Statement on ARTUZ & Veritas' litigation for safe schools
Today, the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ), together with our partners Veritas, filed an urgent application in the Masvingo High Court under Case No. HC 297/18 which seeks to ensu...Published: 11 Jul 2018 at 09:34hrs | 242 | by ARTUZ
Teachers contest Zanu-PF's bid to railroad pupils to rallies
The Amalgamated Rural Teachers' Union in Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) has once again approached the High Court to enforce a provisional order barring Zanu-PF from forcing school pupils and teachers to attend camp...Published: 11 Jul 2018 at 07:13hrs | 173 | by Staff reporter
Coltart files urgent application against Zanu-PF
Today the Amalgamated Rural Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) together with its partner Veritas filed an urgent application in the Masvingo High Court seeking to ensure that Zanu-PF and the Ministry ...Published: 10 Jul 2018 at 15:47hrs | 2001 | by Staff rpeorter
'Demo to stop ED stealing election is on!,' called MDC - stealing is done, ED will ensure pantomime is well attended
"The People's Demonstration against attempts to steal our elections is definitely on Wednesday. We should go in our numbers as we march towards the People's victory come July 30," twittered Dougl...Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 18:32hrs | 2460 | by Nomusa Garikai
'Zanu-PF defies court order'
THE Amalgamated Rural Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) has accused Zanu PF of violating a recent High Court order barring it from bussing school children to its rallies, arguing its appeal had set ...Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 08:08hrs | 1110 | by Staff reporter
'Boycotting elections is suicidal,' argue Daily News - nonsense, risking all on capricious winning a rigged election is
"A boycott from this month's harmonised elections as mooted by the MDC Alliance can only have an impact if it has the buy-in of all opposition parties," argued Daily News. "The Alliance is bitter...Published: 07 Jul 2018 at 16:19hrs | 321 | by Wilbert Mukori
'No reform, no elections!' threaten Chamisa - for once he is not bluffing, wheels are flying off the bullet train
Chamisa threatens to withdraw from the elections; he has bluffed in the past but this time events beyond his control are force him to withdraw - the wheels are flying off the Chamisa bullet train! ...Published: 05 Jul 2018 at 17:10hrs | 925 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Free election pre-condition will NOT be fulfilled' - only rigged election death wish will still contest
Death wish is "a desire for self-destruction, often accompanied by feelings of depression, hopelessness, and self-reproach. A suicidal urge that presumably drives certain people to put themselves cons...Published: 03 Jul 2018 at 06:30hrs | 217 | by Nomusa Garikai
Chamisa plots Mnangagwa, Zec showdown
OPPOSITION MDC-T and MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa yesterday said he would today confront President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) chairperson Priscill...Published: 02 Jul 2018 at 08:01hrs | 1832 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Panicky Chamisa beginning to sound like Tsvangirai
Hey hoo, the Zimbabwe Defence Forces have a new quartermaster! One who knows it all, and manages the national armoury from far-away Kenya. Maybe these are the wonders of a twitter epoch: you know it a...Published: 30 Jun 2018 at 07:57hrs | 2209 | by Igomombe
Court bars ZANU PF from abusing learners
Justice Mafusire yesterday ruled that the ZANU PF Party should stop abusing learners, teachers and school property in pursuit of private political interests. The matter was heard at Masvingo High Cour...Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 10:33hrs | 904 | by ARTUZ
Zanu-PF campaign machinery suffers body blow
ZANU-PF's campaign machinery suffered a body blow yesterday after the High Court ordered the ruling party to stop commandeering pupils to its rallies.The court also ruled against the use of sc...Published: 29 Jun 2018 at 07:49hrs | 716 | by Staff reporter
'Zanuism: belief Zanu PF is entitled to rule forever,' says Dr Manatsa - MDC is dogma's paid acolyte
If you have not read Dr Gus Manatsa's article "Zanuism, 'barrack democracy' threat to Zim's progress" in Bulawayo24 o...Published: 27 Jun 2018 at 14:09hrs | 898 | by Wilbert Mukori
Teachers take Zanu-PF to court over forcing children to rallies
The Amalgamated Rural Teachers' Union of Zimbabwe (ARTUZ) is seeking a High Court interdict to stop Zanu PF from forcing them and their pupils to their rallies.In an urgent chamber application...Published: 25 Jun 2018 at 08:57hrs | 1100 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance fears crackdown after Mnangagwa bombing
Opposition leaders in Zimbabwe fear the bombing of a ruling party election rally on Saturday will serve as a pretext for a wide-ranging crackdown by the government or the military in the southern Afri...Published: 24 Jun 2018 at 16:43hrs | 5286 | by theguardian
Chamisa condemns attack on Mnangagwa
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday led the condemnation of the blast at a rally addressed by President Emmerson Mnangwa where nine people, including government officials, were injured yester...Published: 24 Jun 2018 at 16:18hrs | 704 | by Staff reporter
Don't bank on politicians' promises - Coltart
MDC politician David Coltart has urged the Zimbabwean electorate to vote for people who have done something rather than to bank on their promises."To the #Zimbabwean electorate l say consider ...Published: 22 Jun 2018 at 09:38hrs | 1424 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Coltart opts for Senate seat
MDC Bulawayo Senator David Coltart has disclosed that he turned down the offer to contest for a House of Assembly seat on an MDC Alliance ticket, preferring a less-demanding Senate seat.Coltar...Published: 20 Jun 2018 at 07:14hrs | 875 | by Staff reporter
High Court to rule on Veritas challenge
The High Court is today expected to deliver judgment in the case in which Veritas Zimbabwe, a parliamentary watchdog, is suing the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) over alleged voter education mono...Published: 20 Jun 2018 at 06:49hrs | 152 | by Staff reporter
UK embassy exposes MDC Alliance
THE United Kingdom embassy in Zimbabwe yesterday exposed lies by the MDC Alliance that the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) is refusing to avail the voters' roll for the July 30 harmonised election...Published: 19 Jun 2018 at 06:58hrs | 759 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa dump Coltart
Social media users have been questioning why Chamisa's MDC-Alliance made ‘life' impossible for a hardworking and useful cadre like David Coltart by placing him sixth on the senator list making it ve...Published: 17 Jun 2018 at 19:53hrs | 2648 | by Staff reporter
ZEC sued over voter education
Parliamentary and civic rights watchdog, Veritas, is seeking a High Court order to strike down provisions of the Electoral Act which prevent civil society groups, churches, independent candidates and ...Published: 17 Jun 2018 at 11:43hrs | 281 | by Staff reporter
'Do not underestimate Chamisa's resolve to boycott elections,' says MDC - only if his life was on the line
"Hupenzi enyama yegakava!" (Idiots are stubborn and there is no one more stubborn than the certified insane!) so goes the Shona adage. Insanity comes and goes, it is triggered by the full moon in wild...Published: 15 Jun 2018 at 22:19hrs | 4950 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Chinese are helping ED rig elections!' Moyo reveals - it is now impossible to ignore this reality
Just a month before the 2013 elections, SADC leaders advised both Zanu PF and MDC leaders to postpone the elections to allow democratic reforms to be implemented. This was unwelcome advice because eac...Published: 14 Jun 2018 at 07:10hrs | 3512 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Zimbabwe needs free elections, - Chamisa final admit - still cannot admit impediment is his greed
"It's a delayed match. The elections are a walkover. I will beat Mnangagwa hands down. The darkest hour is just before dawn," MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa declared, to thunderous...Published: 12 Jun 2018 at 07:41hrs | 2262 | by Wilbert Mukori
Dewa Mavhinga cooks Zanu-PF violence video?
MDC-T activist based in South Africa Mr Dewa Mavhinga yesterday cooked a video on alleged threats of violence by Zanu-PF and dished it out on social media as fact, earning a backlash from alert Zimbab...Published: 12 Jun 2018 at 06:54hrs | 688 | by Staff reporter
Coltart requests senatorial seat
MDC politician Mr David Coltart has written to the principals of MDC Alliance requesting that he runs for a senatorial seat instead of a parliamentary one. Mr Coltart was set to contest in Bulawayo Ea...Published: 09 Jun 2018 at 15:42hrs | 128 | by Staff reporter
Grand National Unity?
"The turbulence in India this time hasn't come from foreign invasion or conquest; it has been generated from within. India cannot respond in her old way, by a further retreat into archaism. Her borrow...Published: 09 Jun 2018 at 15:38hrs | 141 | by Igomombe
Coltart wants to contest senatorial seat - he still refuses to 'do the obvious - withdraw'
Anyone, anyone at all who has followed Zimbabwe's checked political history will find it very hard to understand the totally irrational behaviour of our opposition politicians. After each election, th...Published: 08 Jun 2018 at 20:49hrs | 3818 | by Nomusa Garikai
David Coltart opts for Senate seat
MDC politician Mr David Coltart has written to the principals of the MDC Alliance requesting that he runs for senate elections instead of a parliamentary seat.Mr Coltart was set to contest in ...Published: 08 Jun 2018 at 07:19hrs | 797 | by Staff reporter
'ED wetting himself after demo,' says Muchaiwa - nonsense, MDC will ignore all 'red lines' reforms, as usual
"After the peaceful electoral reforms demonstrations in Harare on Tuesday the 5th of June 2018 and a statement on Mnangagwa's "no action" position by the American Senator Chris Coons, I bet Mnangagwa ...Published: 06 Jun 2018 at 16:08hrs | 2523 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
ZEC boss accused of bias
A commissioner at the underfire Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has ignited a furore on micro blogging site Twitter by 'liking' a tweet denigrating opposition leader Nelson Chamisa. Zec co...Published: 06 Jun 2018 at 07:48hrs | 2128 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe is a one-party state,' boast VP Mohadi - worse still, Zanu PF is blatantly rigging these elections
Addressing a poorly-attended campaign rally in Chiredzi, Mohadi said: "Zim in essence, is a one-party State. Yes, we have other parties, but even when the moon is rising, the jackals bark, but will th...Published: 04 Jun 2018 at 12:51hrs | 974 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Coltart scoffs at the 'Mnangagwa to get 70%' survey
MDC official David Coltart has dismissed the results of a poll by the Pan-African Forum Limited (PAFL) which claimed on Wednesday that President Emmerson Mnangagwa would win 70 percent of the vote if ...Published: 01 Jun 2018 at 15:11hrs | 1652 | by Staff reporter
British govt investment team explores Zimbabwe opportunities
The British government through their Foreign and Commonwealth Office are coming to town on an investment trip, the Business Daily...Published: 31 May 2018 at 13:23hrs | 2274 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu PF junta controls ZEC,' admit MDC - penny has finally dropped but what next!
The issue of producing verified voters' roll is an important one. Without an audited voters' roll it is impossible to verify that all those eligible to vote are on the roll and only those eligible...Published: 30 May 2018 at 15:23hrs | 1049 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mnangagwa feels heat over Mukupe
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has come under huge pressure to sack under fire junior minister Terence Mukupe over a litany of controversial actions and statements that he has made in recent weeks, whic...Published: 27 May 2018 at 16:32hrs | 3219 | by Staff reporter
Explaining the confusion in MDC-T primaries - Part I of II
Explaining the confusion in MDC-T primaries: Mwonzora is being targeted in all this fracas. The pro-Chamisa camp is targeting the December party congress...Published: 27 May 2018 at 15:27hrs | 900 | by Felix Mbonderi Chiroro
Mukupe goes after Mnangagwa's aide
Under-fire Finance deputy minister Terrence Mukupe has accused one of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's closest aides of being behind an alleged plot to tarnish his image after the Zanu PF politician lat...Published: 27 May 2018 at 09:12hrs | 3805 | by Staff Reporter
Outrage over Mukupe, Hungwe's utterances
Masvingo Provincial Affairs minister Josiah Hungwe and deputy Finance minister Terrence Mukupe have been roundly condemned for their controversial statements which are out of step with what President ...Published: 26 May 2018 at 18:34hrs | 685 | by Staff reporter
Coltart law firm ordered to pay a client +$12,000 for bungling a case
A law firm in which controversial MDC politician Mr David Coltart is a senior partner has been ordered to pay a client more than $12 000 after bungling a case. A former High Court judge, Justice Franc...Published: 26 May 2018 at 14:29hrs | 128 | by Staff reporter
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