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Reports of Zanu-PF defeat in 2023 polls are tad premature
SEVERAL Zimbabwe commentators have interpreted recent by-elections as raising the possibility that Zanu-PF's 42-year-long grip on power is loosening and, come the 2023 general elections, opposition le...Published: 16 Apr 2022 at 08:34hrs | 12 | by Derek Matyszak
Zimbabwe reaches 'tipping point'
ZIMBABWE'S Finance minister Mthuli Ncube responded to the country's worsening economic crisis last week by blacking out inflation statistics for the next six months, boosting the price of the little p...Published: 10 Aug 2019 at 11:47hrs | 4 | by Antony Sguazzin, Prinesha Naidoo and Ray Ndlovu
Chamisa's battle of Populism vs Constitutionalism
INTRODUCTION The High Court sitting at Harare dealt a body-blow to Nelson Chamisa's leadership of the MDC on 8 May 2019. In the case of Elias Mashavira vs. Movement for Democratic Chan...Published: 11 May 2019 at 14:48hrs | 10 | by David Tinashe Hofisi
Zimbabwe cannot outsource its development - it has to fix the fundamentals first
While South Africa believes sanctions should be scrapped in Zimbabwe, analysts indicate that the sanctions narrative has been an easy scapegoat in addressing the real issues affecting the country....Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 08:39hrs | 1 | by Sally Nyakanyanga
Mnangagwa regime's weapon of choice against dissent
Joshua Nkomo, Morgan Tsvangirai, Dumiso Dabengwa, Lookout Masuku, Abel Muzorewa, Tendai Biti, Renson Gasela and Ndabaningi Sithole all have something in common.The firebrand politicians challe...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 09:14hrs | 3 | by Desmond Chingarande
We are caught between rock and the abyss and lack Odysseus insight to escape
Zimbabweans are well and truly caught between a rock and the deep blue sea, they either have to confront the corrupt and tyrannical Zanu PF regime and demand meaningful political change or continue to...Published: 07 Nov 2018 at 19:23hrs | 2 | by Wilbert Mukori
MDC Alliance vows to defy police ban
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance has vowed to go ahead with its "Thank you" rally in Kwekwe tomorrow despite the police's refusal to sanction it.Party national organiser Amos Chibaya argued...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 09:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa alleges 'massive doctoring' of the vote
Zimbabwe's opposition argued in the country's top court on Wednesday that the presidential election results must be thrown out, alleging that only "massive doctoring" of the vote had kept Emmerson Mna...Published: 22 Aug 2018 at 14:20hrs | | by AFP
Chamisa 'faces an uphill struggle' in its bid to overturn Mnangagwa's election victory
Zimbabwe's Constitutional Court will on Wednesday hear an opposition petition seeking to overturn the presidential election result, in a legal challenge seen as unlikely to succeed despite allegations...Published: 22 Aug 2018 at 09:23hrs | | by AFP
Chamisa's legal challenge 'has little chance of success'
Zimbabwe's ruling Zanu-PF party on Wednesday filed a counter-petition challenging the opposition's court bid to overturn election results that gave a narrow victory to incumbent Emmerson Mnangagwa....Published: 15 Aug 2018 at 13:58hrs | 2 | by AFP
'Rural voters show fealty to Zanu PF,' says Matyszak - but does that count as free vote
Dear Derek MatyszakI would like to thank you for your excellent article in Zimeye. Thank you.I believe the issue of whether or not these elections were free, fair and credible is a ver...Published: 12 Aug 2018 at 06:49hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Time for Zimbabwe to move on
THE 2018 harmonised elections have come, but not exactly gone because the main opposition MDC Alliance has signalled its intention to approach the Constitutional Court to challenge the results, which ...Published: 10 Aug 2018 at 07:57hrs | | by Conway Tutani
Chamisa and the cost of election propaganda
An opinion poll conducted just a month before the election by Afro Barometer gave Mnangagwa a slim lead. This evidence was brushed aside. The response of Zimbabwe's main opposition party, the ...Published: 10 Aug 2018 at 07:37hrs | | by Derek Matyszak
What next for Chamisa's embattled MDC Alliance?
Zimbabwe's main opposition Movement for Democratic Change has fiercely rejected the result of last week's elections, the first to be held without long-serving despot Robert Mugabe.Here are som...Published: 09 Aug 2018 at 18:54hrs | | by AFP
'We're going to fight this,' says Biti
"We're going to fight this," Tendai Biti said grimly after the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) announced a landslide victory for the ruling Zanu-PF in last Monday's elections."The fascists...Published: 07 Aug 2018 at 13:20hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa won 61%!' claim Biti, if ZEC differ then Court must punish the criminal
Talk of shooting oneself in the foot before a race, this is becoming a Tendai Biti specialty. In 2008 he is the one who jumped the gun and announced that Morgan Tsvangirai had won 60% of the March vot...Published: 02 Aug 2018 at 20:41hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
The fascists are trying to steal this election - says Tendai Biti
"We're going to fight this," Tendai Biti said grimly after the Zimbabwe Election Commission (ZEC) announced a landslide victory for the ruling Zanu-PF in Monday's parliamentary elections."The ...Published: 02 Aug 2018 at 11:23hrs | | by Tendai Biti
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 | 3 | by theguardian
'Zimbabwe elections, a delayed match'
OPPOSITION politicians and political analysts have described next month's elections as a delayed match for the Zanu-PF presidential candidate Emmerson Mnangagwa, alleging that he has already manipulat...Published: 23 Jun 2018 at 20:23hrs | | by staff reporter
'Observers will endorse half-way decent elections,' argue ISS - now, not even the British will dare
"The international community is determined to endorse any half-way decent election devoid of endemic bloodshed. Any poll not characterised by electoral fraud so blatant that one's eyes cannot be avert...Published: 14 Jun 2018 at 22:06hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
Zimbabwe media 'failing to play its role effectively'
Award winning Zimbabwean journalist, Hopewell Chin'ono, has criticised the state of the media in the southern African country ahead of crunching election on July 30.In an interview with News24...Published: 13 Jun 2018 at 16:40hrs | 2 | by news24
'For free elections, army must stop meddling in politics,' says ISS - too late, up to its eyes already
In an interview with News24, Senior researcher at Institute for Security Studies (ISS), Derek Matyszak said that there was need for the Zimbabwean military to stay clear of politics if the country was...Published: 11 Jun 2018 at 18:45hrs | 1 | by Nomusa Garikai
'Stay out of politics' Zimbabwe army warned
The Institute for Security Studies (ISS) has raised concern over the clear involvement of the Zimbabwe National Army's with the country's forthcoming harmonised elections. The worrying develop...Published: 11 Jun 2018 at 12:00hrs | | by A Mhlongo
Zimbabwe army told to 'stay out of politics'
The Institute for Security Studies (ISS) has questioned the Zimbabwe National Army's ability to explicitly stay clear of the southern African country's forthcoming election - regardless of its o...Published: 11 Jun 2018 at 11:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF primaries 'won't have major impact on presidential vote'
The Institute for Security Studies (ISS) says the recently held Zanu-PF primary elections would likely have no major impact on the forthcoming general polls expected before the end of August.T...Published: 08 May 2018 at 12:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga 'posing a security threat' in Zimbabwe
Political opponents in Zimbabwe have reportedly said that Vice President Constantino Chiwenga is posing a "security threat" in the country "as his hand in often dictatorial government decisions has be...Published: 24 Apr 2018 at 12:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Solve cash problems first before inviting Zimbabweans back home'
A South African based think tank, the Institute for Security Studies (ISS), believes that the recent call by the Zimbabwean government, urging those who fled the country to return home was a step in t...Published: 17 Apr 2018 at 08:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Independence celebrations without Mugabe
Zimbabwe celebrates its 38 years of independence on Wednesday in a rare occasion which for the first time is not going to be presided over by former president Robert Mugabe, who resigned in November l...Published: 15 Apr 2018 at 11:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe independence celebrations without Mugabe
A South African think tank, the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) has said that Zimbabwe's independence celebrations on April 18 are likely to differ from those held over the past years, following ...Published: 11 Apr 2018 at 10:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T does succession the Zanu-PF way
MORGAN Tsvangirai inspired many in the fight for democracy in Zimbabwe. Sadly, the most immediate legacy of the late MDC-T leader is a predictable and unseemly succession battle from which the youthfu...Published: 09 Apr 2018 at 07:20hrs | | by Derek Matyszak
Chamisa does succession the Mugabe way
Morgan Tsvangirai inspired many in the fight for democracy in Zimbabwe. Sadly, the most immediate legacy of the late Movement for Democratic Change-Tsvangirai (MDC-T) leader is a predictable and unsee...Published: 30 Mar 2018 at 17:53hrs | | by Derek Matyszak
Tsvangirai succession widens MDC-T divisions
The manner in which Nelson Chamisa secured the MDC presidency is likely to cause considerable damage to the opposition just months before the next general elections, the Institute of Security St...Published: 30 Mar 2018 at 15:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's risky move
State media in Zimbabwe are reporting that former president Robert Mugabe is backing the National Patriotic Front (NPF), a breakaway party from the ruling Zanu-PF, in a bid to make a political comebac...Published: 09 Mar 2018 at 13:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa 'panic' as Mugabe appears to back new Zimbabwe opposition
Zimbabwe's ex-leader Robert Mugabe sent shockwaves through the party he dominated for decades when he posed with the retired general who will take on the ruling Zanu-PF in this year's election....Published: 09 Mar 2018 at 09:54hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe-backed political outfit 'not a threat to Mnangagwa's rule'
Zimbabwe's recently formed political party, the National Patriotic Front (NPF), is not likely to threaten President Emmerson Mnangagwa's rule, an analyst has said. In an interview with News24,...Published: 08 Mar 2018 at 15:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Is Emmerson Mnangagwa changing Zimbabwe?
Emmerson Mnangagwa is under pressure to improve the economy and fight corruption. Zimbabwe was once regarded as "Africa's bread basket" with its rich, fertile farmland and flourishing export market....Published: 07 Mar 2018 at 08:33hrs | | by Al Jazeera
Mugabe jumped before he was pushed
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe jumped a moment before he was pushed. He realised that his impeachment was inevitable and imminent. Resignation was the less humiliating alternative to being fired b...Published: 24 Nov 2017 at 05:39hrs | | by Peter Fabricius
Zimbabwe's 'Comeback Crocodile'
Emmerson Mnangagwa is well-placed to become the next leader of Zimbabwe after his sacking as vice president triggered the military's intervention and the fall of Robert Mugabe.On Sunday, Mnang...Published: 22 Nov 2017 at 09:17hrs | 2 | by AFP
Zimbabweans face uncertain future without Mugabe
Zimbabweans were weighing an uncertain future without President Robert Mugabe Thursday after the army took power and placed the 93-year-old veteran, once seen as a liberation hero, under house arrest....Published: 16 Nov 2017 at 11:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
'2018 elections will NOT be free,' says Senior Researcher - please tell Tsvangirai that!
There is "no chance of Zimbabwe holding free and fair elections next year," says Derek Matyszak, Senior Research Consultant for the Institute for Security Studies in Zimbabwe.It is madness for...Published: 13 Nov 2017 at 07:31hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zimbabwe's shady police roadblocks reflect its failing governance
First published by ISS TodayIn Harare, it is sometimes said, nothing is what it appears to be. This is certainly the case with the city's omnipresent police roadblocks, which give the impressi...Published: 21 Sep 2017 at 17:00hrs | 1 | by Derek Matyszak for ISS Today
Elections won't solve the Zimbabwe crisis
The deep crisis in the state was neatly expressed by Brian Kagoro at last week's Pan-Africa Lecture at Southern African Political Economy Series (Sapes). He posed the notion that Zimbabwe suffers from...Published: 02 Jun 2017 at 09:11hrs | | by Ibbo Mandaza & Tony Reeler, Academics
Grace Mugabe tipped for Cabinet post
FIRST Lady Grace Mugabe could soon be elevated to Cabinet as part of Zanu-PF plans to prepare her to succeed her ageing husband, President Robert Mugabe, and be in a position to defend the First Famil...Published: 26 May 2017 at 08:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Grace Mugabe's 'greatest concern'
Leader of Zanu-PF women's wing and First Lady Grace Mugabe, could be elevated to the cabinet of her husband, Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, in order to give her some political strength.Ac...Published: 25 May 2017 at 07:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe has been looking a bit frail of late – and it may be deliberate
President Robert Mugabe has been looking a bit frail of late - and, according to News24, it may be deliber...Published: 24 May 2017 at 09:10hrs | | by Carien du Plessis, News24
VP Mnangagwa interview makes troubling reading- Moyo
Higher and Tertiary Education Minister Jonathan Moyo has said the piece that features an interview with Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa was making a troubling reading on many fronts and was terri...Published: 04 Jan 2017 at 05:39hrs | 2 | by Stephen Jakes
Mugabes, Mnangagwa retains firm grip on power
The huge golden statue of three liberation soldiers - two men and a woman - form the centrepiece of Heroes' Acre, the monument to Zimbabwe's fallen.Alongside them in the shade of a small tent ...Published: 11 Aug 2015 at 15:51hrs | | by Alastair Leithead I BBC
Jonathan Moyo expulsion exposes Mugabe
President Robert Mugabe's treatment of Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa is a violation of the Constitution, a constitution lawyer disclosed yesterday as he poked holes into legal reasons given for t...Published: 30 Jun 2015 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
'MDC-T committing political suicide'
Morgan Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), which beat President Robert Mugabe's ruling Zanu-PF in elections in 2008, is now committing political suicide according to many of the party's...Published: 06 Apr 2015 at 22:46hrs | | by Peta Thornycroft
'Mujuru to take over from Mugabe'
RENONWED University of London academic and expert on Zimbabwean politics Professor Stephen Chan has revealed that in the Zanu-PF succession battles he preferred Vice-President Joice Mujuru to tak...Published: 07 Sep 2014 at 15:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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