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Mnangagwa gets Commonwealth leaders support in bid to rejoin bloc
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's efforts to get Zimbabwe back into the Commonwealth are being backed by the grouping's secretary general, Patricia Scotland, who believes he has done enough to warrant a ...Published: 21 Nov 2024 at 06:38hrs | 620 | by Staff reporter
Faz backfires on Mnangagwa?
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's reliance on a shadowy organisation to spearhead his re-election campaign has come back to haunt him after foreign observer missions cited it as one of the plethora of th...Published: 27 Aug 2023 at 13:12hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Commonwealth observer team heads to Zimbabwe
THE Commonwealth has appointed former Kenya Cabinet secretary for Education and Foreign Affairs, ambassador Amina Chawahir Mohamed, to lead a 15-member observer mission to Zimbabwe for the August 23 e...Published: 12 Aug 2023 at 07:52hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
60 countries to observe Zimbabwe elections
ZIMBABWE has extended invitations to 60 countries and regional bodies to observe the August elections, a 20% rise from 48 in the previous election, giving the international community a chance to see Z...Published: 09 Jul 2023 at 14:22hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
'Elections key for Zimbabwe's Commonwealth readmission'
ZIMBABWE'S elections in the next four months will decide the country's chances of being readmitted into the CommonwealthZIMBABWE'S elections in the next four months will decide the country's c...Published: 08 May 2023 at 06:14hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's re-engagement bearing fruits
The United Kingdom is a critical cog in Zimbabwe's efforts to re-integrate into the community of nations following years of isolation in the First Republic. As the former colonial power, the United Ki...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 08:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa considered illegitimate by The West
WHEN Emmerson Mnangagwa took over the presidency following the November 2017 coup that toppled Zimbabwe's long-time ruler Robert Mugabe, he did not waste time in telling the world that his government ...Published: 30 Nov 2018 at 10:40hrs | 1 | by Simukai Tinhu
A human life over debt arrears
ON Saturday, Chalton Hwende, deputy treasurer-general of the MDC Alliance confirmed an attempted abduction of the party's president, Nelson Chamisa after a 'thank you' rally for their supporters at Ru...Published: 13 Nov 2018 at 05:56hrs | 2 | by Pearl Matibe
Commonwealth condemn ED elections as 'biased and unfair' - what are we going to do about it?
In Mnangagwa's Zimbabwe but never rains but pours and now it is pouring cats and dogs! Ever since coming into a year ago following the ouster of Zimbabwe's former corrupt and ruthless tyrant, ...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 19:06hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Commonwealth refuses to endorse Mnangagwa election victory
The Commonwealth has refused to endorse the July 30 elections saying they failed to meet international standards.The final report was released by the Commonwealth Observer Group to Zimbabwe wh...Published: 12 Nov 2018 at 10:21hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe is still in trouble
Zimbabwe reached a major milestone this year, holding its first parliamentary and presidential elections since Robert Mugabe was removed from power after 37 years of continuous rule. Mugabe's Zanu-PF ...Published: 22 Aug 2018 at 15:48hrs | 6 | by Heike I Schmidt
US burst Mnangagwa's bubble
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been dealt a heavy blow after the United States asked the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to release comprehensive results of the just-ended presidential elections...Published: 05 Aug 2018 at 19:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Pyrrhic victory
AFTER the coup that catapulted President Emmerson Mnangagwa to power last year, his Holy Grail in the election held on Monday this week was the quest for legitimacy: but it did not go according to pla...Published: 04 Aug 2018 at 12:25hrs | 2 | by Kudzai Kuwaza
Free, fair poll a mirage in Zimbabwe
THE conclusion by the Commonwealth observer mission to Zimbabwe that the just-ended elections could not have been free, fair and credible due to some issues that were not resolved until polling day, h...Published: 03 Aug 2018 at 07:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Full Text: Commonwealth Observer Group Preliminary Statement On Zim Elections
Members of the media, ladies and gentlemen.Thank you for coming to this Commonwealth Observer Group Press Conference.Let me start by expressing the Commonwealth Observer Group's profou...Published: 02 Aug 2018 at 11:34hrs | | by Commonwealth Observer Group
Commonwealth assigns Zimbabwe poll observer team
The Commonwealth has assigned a team to observe Zimbabwe's forthcoming elections. In May, President Mnangagwa wrote to Commonwealth secretary-general Patricia Scotland expressing interest, in pr...Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 12:53hrs | 3 | by Staff Reporter
Commonwealth to observe Zimbabwe elections
The Commonwealth election observer team, which will cover the country's elections for the first time in 16 years, is expected to arrive this week for a pre-election observation mission, as preparation...Published: 03 Jun 2018 at 08:15hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Makarau's resignation opens a can of worms
The shock resignation by Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) chairperson Rita Makarau - a mere eight months before the country holds its make-or-break national elections next year - has cast a huge sh...Published: 10 Dec 2017 at 14:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Is Zimbabwe opposition ready to remove Mugabe regime?
For 37 years Zimbabweans have endured ZANU rule. Are things about to change? For any political party that is serious about dislodging ZANU PF from power the first step should be to gain an indepth...Published: 23 Sep 2017 at 20:03hrs | 1 | by Sakhile Sibanda
Victoria Chitepo found dead
President Mugabe has mourned Zanu-PF Central Committee member Victoria Fikile Chitepo (88) who was found dead in Harare yesterday morning. She was the widow of national hero and former Zanu-PF chairma...Published: 09 Apr 2016 at 08:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF self-destructs
President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF is self-destructing after firing 90 percent of its leaders purely on reasons not related to policy, analysts have said.The majority of liberation icons have b...Published: 13 Dec 2014 at 11:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
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