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Mnangagwa to contend with Zanu-PF factions jostling for power
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's final term is likely to be marred by intense jostling for power in Zanu-PF as warring factions jostle to position themselves for the control of the ruling party and the ...Published: 03 Sep 2023 at 21:24hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
'FAZ heavily involved in electoral manipulation'
A recent study by the Zimbabwe Democracy Institute (ZDI) found that the deployment of Forever Associates Zimbabwe (FAZ) into Zimbabwe's electoral processes was a key part of Zanu-PF's electoral manipu...Published: 20 Aug 2023 at 18:56hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Zanu-PF turns to dirty tactics
AN independent think-tank has exposed how the ruling Zanu-PF is increasingly employing "dirty" tactics against the opposition to manipulate electoral processes in its favour ahead of elections schedul...Published: 18 Aug 2023 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Displacement of indigenous people from their ancestoral land proves Zimbabwe regime a continuation of colonialism
It has never been in doubt to most of us that, the 1980 government, that came into power in Zimbabwe, was nothing more than a British project, which had been created to hijack the genuine and gallant ...Published: 01 Mar 2021 at 12:33hrs | 1 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
The militarisation of Zimbabwean politics bad for democracy, freedoms
The military remains a decisive power-bloc in transition politics of Zimbabwe.Its decisive role has been highlighted in four interrelated ways.First, the military elite captured Zanu-P...Published: 04 Oct 2020 at 10:11hrs | 9 | by Zimbabwe Democracy Institute
Khupe an embarrassment to women
IT is clear MDC-T leader Thokozani Khupe does not have a political compass, neither does Douglas Mwonzora have gravitas and that extra touch, worse Morgen Komichi is just a natural disaster and a time...Published: 21 Sep 2020 at 06:49hrs | 2 | by Leonard Koni
UK takes interest in MDC Alliance court cases
THE United Kingdom says it is following closely how the Zimbabwean government is handling the various cases of opposition legislators and pro-democracy defenders arrested and charged for participating...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 10:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Constraints on the work of Human Rights & Democracy Defenders, internet freedoms core in democracy promotion.
Zimbabwe Democracy Institute (ZDI) in conjunction with Media Centre releases an advocacy report titled, 'How the right to be online has been assaulted in Zimbabwe: Consequences on the work of Human ri...Published: 09 Apr 2018 at 18:46hrs | | by Patience Sibanda
Uganda hit with aid cuts over anti-gay law
Kampala - Uganda's government has been hit with substantial aid cuts after the president enacted a severe anti-gay measure over which some Western governments had warned of consequences.At lea...Published: 27 Feb 2014 at 20:05hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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