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Germans don't have enough paper for new elections
German's Electoral commission boss says carrying out 'printing orders' is a 'great challenge' amid collapse of Olaf Scholz's governmentEarly elections in Germany may not be possible because of...Published: 10 Nov 2024 at 13:22hrs | 487 | by Staff reporter
German government collapses
Germany's 'traffic-light' coalition has fallen apart, leaving Olaf Scholz at the helm of a minority government consisting solely of his Social Democratic Party (SPD) and the Greens. This follows the c...Published: 07 Nov 2024 at 08:21hrs | 2517 | by Staff reporter
Edgar Lungu calls for early election in Zambia
Zambia's ex-President, Edgar Lungu, has urged citizens to demand an early election, alleging that his successor, Hakainde Hichilema (HH), has mismanaged the nation's economy.Lungu also critici...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 18:18hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF preparing for early polls'
THE Zanu-PF-led government is reportedly busy tying up all loose ends, including fast-tracking passage of the delimitation report, election-related legislation in Parliament and bussing its members to...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 06:17hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa aims his guns at Zanu-PF land barons
IT HAS emerged that President Emmerson Mnangagwa blew a gasket on Wednesday after he learnt that some Zanu-PF bigwigs were allegedly land barons who were using the proceeds of their ill-gotten gains t...Published: 29 Nov 2020 at 16:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa govt should listen to voice of people
"The voice of the people is the voice of God", said President Emmerson Mnangagwa before the 2018 elections. Little did he know that this will backfire on him. People spoke during the elections, but he...Published: 07 Jun 2019 at 07:30hrs | 5 | by Zanda Shumba
Government speaks on early elections
Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information Publicity and Broadcasting Services Nick Mangwana has dismissed MDC leader Nelson Chamisa's calls for an early election.Mangwana said, "Zimba...Published: 14 May 2019 at 10:54hrs | | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa to expose Mnangagwa-linked companies
This threat was made in March 2018 and nothing was exposed, one wonders whether Nelson Chamisa had anything to expose.OPPOSITION leader and MDC Alliance...Published: 15 Sep 2018 at 09:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Zuma is still more popular than Ramaphosa'
While the EFF leader appeared respectful towards the ANC leader at Mama Winnie's funeral this weekend, his true views appear to be different.A clip of EFF leader Julius Malema comparing former...Published: 16 Apr 2018 at 13:42hrs | 2 | by TheCitizen
Chamisa to expose Mnangagwa-linked companies
OPPOSITION leader and MDC Alliance presidential candidate, Nelson Chamisa has threatened to confront President Emmerson Mnangagwa to discuss the Zanu-PF leader's alleged links to various blue-chip com...Published: 26 Mar 2018 at 06:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zuma's demise
They say when the people have spoken there is nothing that one can relatively do. Even the incumbent president of Zimbabwe Emmerson Mnangagwa reiterated this fact as he is very much fond of saying the...Published: 16 Feb 2018 at 11:32hrs | 2 | by Daniel Itai
MDC hypocrisy exposed
Movement for Democratic Change - Alliance (MDC Alliance) has been exposed for its double standards. The Alliance is one minute denying that it ever called for the postponement of the 2018 harmonised e...Published: 23 Jan 2018 at 14:34hrs | | by Prosperity Mzila
Mnangagwa faces internal revolt over polls
President Emmerson Mnangagwa faces internal revolt over early elections after it emerged his calls for polls to go ahead as early as August could be resisted by his own Zanu-PF MPs.Reports rea...Published: 22 Jan 2018 at 06:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa faces internal revolt over polls
President Emmerson Mnangagwa faces internal revolt over early elections after it emerged his calls for polls to go ahead as early as August could be resisted by his own Zanu PF MPs.Reports rea...Published: 21 Jan 2018 at 10:43hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zanu PF has never been this divided - ZHRO
Zimabwe Human Rights Organisation has said the ruling Zanu PF has never been divided as it is now which them pose a threat of it losing the elections this year with a big margin."The eas...Published: 09 Jan 2018 at 06:45hrs | 3 | by Stephen Jakes
Catalan declares independence from Spain
The Catalan regional parliament has voted to declare independence from Spain, while the Spanish parliament has approved direct rule over the region.Catalan MPs backed the motion 70-10 in a bal...Published: 27 Oct 2017 at 16:00hrs | 3 | by BBC
Mujuru's prophecy on Bond Notes becomes reality
National People's Party supporter has claimed that his leader Joice Mujuru's Prophecy on Bond Notes has become a reality today as the economic crisis escalated this month.Jeffryson Chitando Na...Published: 25 Sep 2017 at 08:03hrs | 21 | by Stephen Jakes
Early elections will be another sham
Proclamation 6 of 2017 sets 14 September as the commencement voter registration ending on the 15th of January 2018, the PDP is of the view that the proclamation is premature.We are of the view...Published: 11 Sep 2017 at 12:56hrs | 1 | by Jacob Mafume PDP Spokesperson
Maimane want to dissolve SA parliament
Democratic Alliance leader Mmusi Maimane on Wednesday morning called for the dissolution of Parliament, saying South Africans have lost trust in the ruling African National Congress. In terms ...Published: 09 Aug 2017 at 15:55hrs | | by Staff reporter
Coalition: Tsvangirai racing against time
Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai is racing against time to form the much-anticipated grand coalition of opposition parties ahead of a self-imposed July 31 deadline.Early this month, a buoya...Published: 18 Jul 2017 at 11:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe to call for an early snap election?
Evidence is mounting to back fears that Zimbabwe could be headed for another disputed election as the ruling party looks determined to win at all costs, including playing dirty.The Standard Ed...Published: 16 Jul 2017 at 13:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chombo wrong that poll date is Mugabe's prerogative
Home Affairs minister and Zanu-PF national secretary for administration, Ignatius Chombo, claimed that President Robert Mugabe has the prerogative to call for elections at any time next year.T...Published: 16 Jul 2017 at 12:44hrs | | by Doug Coltart
Zimbabwe judges reckless on demos, says Mugabe
JUDGES who sanction political demonstrations in the face of strong evidence that the protests will generate into violence are negligent and reckless, President Mugabe has said.Speaking on oppo...Published: 04 Sep 2016 at 09:01hrs | 2 | by Levi Mukarati
West, MDC-T, ZimPF strategies exposed
Western countries bankrolling MDC-T and Zimbabwe People First have undermined Zimbabwe's national institutions through patronage and dirty money in a bid to destroy the constitutional order and force ...Published: 29 Aug 2016 at 07:15hrs | 2 | by Felex Share
Zimbabweans in South Africa beg for next meal
JOHANNESBURG - Having fled economic turmoil in Zimbabwe in 2008, Merlyn Ndou sought refuge in neighbouring South Africa; anticipating a change of fortunes, but the place of gold or Egoli, as South...Published: 19 Aug 2016 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai returns from South Africa
CANCER-stricken Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) leader, Morgan Tsvangirai last week returned home from treatment in South Africa and immediately shrugged off calls for him to step down from the...Published: 14 Jul 2016 at 10:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mujuru should not take Zimbabweans for fools
At her Masvingo rally held recently, Zimbabwe People First (ZimPF) leader, Joice Mujuru told the world that she intended to serve one term as President of Zimbabwe if elected to the position in the 20...Published: 13 Jul 2016 at 10:19hrs | | by Chadzimura Mhute
Prepare for early polls, says MDC-T
The country's main opposition, former prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai's MDC, has predicted that Zimbabwe will go for its next national elections well before 2018 as the prevailing dire economic situa...Published: 30 Jun 2016 at 09:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai prepares sucker punch for Mugabe
The Morgan Tsvangirai-led MDC's planned nationwide demonstrations will provide a sucker punch that will end President Robert Mugabe's misrule, the opposition party spokesperson Obert Gutu said....Published: 28 Apr 2016 at 11:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mangoma calls for early elections
Renewal Democrats of Zimbabwe leader Elton Mangoma has called on Zimbabweans to pile pressure on the Government to push for early elections saying that was the only solution to the country's prese...Published: 16 Nov 2015 at 07:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mugabe can succumb to legitimate pressure'
RENEWAL Democrats of Zimbabwe (RDZ) leader Elton Mangoma has called on Zimbabweans to pile pressure on President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF government to push for early elections, saying that was the onl...Published: 15 Nov 2015 at 09:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mujuru's only political option
THE allegations against the Vice President, Cde Joyce Mujuru, have migrated from being mere party fictional or congress electioneering rhetoric to serious matters with far reaching consequences on nat...Published: 22 Nov 2014 at 16:22hrs | 8 | by Qhubani Moyo
MDC-T youths demand early elections
MDC-T youths have declared they will engage in street protests to press the Zanu-PF-led government to call for early elections to address the country's economic and political problems.Speaking...Published: 06 Nov 2014 at 07:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
'It's free for all in Zanu-PF'
It is free for all in Zanu-PF as the revolutionary party stalwarts jostle for positions ahead of the party's elective congress pencilled in for December.Following the entrance of First Lady Gr...Published: 03 Aug 2014 at 18:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai's MDC-T restructures
THE MDC-T has once again ruled out the possibility of holding an extra-ordinary congress this year and will instead embark on a massive restructuring exercise as part of efforts to turn around the par...Published: 19 Jan 2014 at 17:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai threatens Zimbabwe elections body
Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai on Sunday warned the body overseeing this month's presidential election he will be "closely monitoring" it to ensure a fair vote.He sai...Published: 21 Jul 2013 at 18:49hrs | 1 | by AFP
Mugabe to rule by decree
ZIMBABWE will be run under Presidential decree from today until after the harmonised elections following the automatic dissolution of Parliament last night. The new dispensation means the President is...Published: 30 Jun 2013 at 07:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF official survives assassination attempt
Martin Dinha, the Mashonaland Central governor, has escaped an assassination attempt as Zanu PF infighting takes a nasty turn ahead of key polls this year.The stricken advocate told the Daily ...Published: 19 Jun 2013 at 15:55hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Sadc orders Mugabe to return the locks he had changed
President Robert Mugabe has reportedly been forced to climb down from a unilateral decision to hold elections on July 31 following a meeting of southern African regional leaders in Mozambique. ...Published: 16 Jun 2013 at 11:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai rejects July 31 election date
Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Thursday rejected a plan by President Robert Mugabe to hold an election on July 31, accusing his rival of breaking the constitution and fomenting a politic...Published: 13 Jun 2013 at 10:30hrs | | by Reuters
Mugabe by-passes parliament, fast-tracks electoral laws
Harare - President Robert Mugabe fast-tracked changes to electoral laws on Thursday, using a presidential decree to by-pass parliament in a bid to comply with a constitutional court order to hold ele...Published: 13 Jun 2013 at 08:31hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Opposition parties reject poll deadline
Five main rivals of President Robert Mugabe on Wednesday rejected an election deadline set by the country's top court.The Constitutional Court last week ordered Mugabe to set a date before the...Published: 06 Jun 2013 at 03:58hrs | | by AFP
Tsvangirai looks to Sadc over election ruling
ZIMBABWE's Constitutional Court has in effect backed President Robert Mugabe's call for swift elections by ordering them to be held before July 31, earlier than the opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangira...Published: 04 Jun 2013 at 08:06hrs | | by Ray Ndlovu I bdlive
Thank God the charade is now coming to an end
Thank God the charade is now coming to an end. Hallelujah! Two days ago the Lower House of our Parliament passed Amendment 20 bringing us a stage closer the operationalisation of the new Const...Published: 11 May 2013 at 05:03hrs | | by Nathaniel Manheru
Zanu-PF's bid for early elections flops
FOR the past four years Zanu-PF has unsuccessfully tried to railroad Zimbabwe into early elections to end the life of the unity government without implementation of critical reforms as stipulated in t...Published: 05 Apr 2013 at 06:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai calls for elections
PRIME Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has added his voice to calls for early elections to end the shaky coalition government, saying harmonised polls will be held this year without fail.Tsvangirai...Published: 24 Jan 2013 at 04:20hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Election dates divide Zanu-PF
TWO camps have emerged within Zanu-PF, with one opposed to the holding of elections this year, while the other prefers polls in June, The Standard has learnt.Despite Zanu-PF's public posturin...Published: 14 Jan 2013 at 04:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe unlikely to call for elections in March
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe is unlikely to carry out his threat to make a unilateral call for elections in March because the new Constitution, a prerequisite for the poll, remains bogged down by unresolve...Published: 12 Jan 2013 at 18:22hrs | | by Mail & Guardian
MDC formations to defy Mugabe on early elections
The 2 MDC formations have vowed to resist fresh attempts by President Mugabe to call for elections before the full implementation of agreed political and electoral reforms. MDC-T spokesperson...Published: 15 Oct 2012 at 04:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Constitution deadlock inevitable says Tsvangirai
Movement for Democratic Change leader and Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has rejected the Zanu-PF proposed amendments on the COPAC Draft Constitution saying a deadlock is now inevitable....Published: 29 Aug 2012 at 04:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
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