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Mnangagwa claims Shared Law School history with Edgar Lungu
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has asserted a personal connection with the late former Zambian President Edgar Lungu, claiming the two were contemporaries at law school.Speaking at the Zambian E...Published: 16 Jun 2025 at 14:44hrs | 103 | by Staff reporter
Incumbent should not pronounce election date: Zesn
The foreign funded Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) has proposed amending section 158 of the Constitution to establish fixed dates for elections, rather than allowing the incumbent to set the ...Published: 07 Aug 2024 at 12:43hrs | 378 | by Staff reporter
South African GNU and Zimbabwe economy
GNU as portfolio controlThis week, South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa was inaugurated for his second and last term in office under the current Constitution.What is now awaited is...Published: 22 Jun 2024 at 11:28hrs | 7 | by @Jamwanda2 on Saturday
Chamisa's CCC pins hope on High Court
The beleaguered Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) is relying on the High Court to reverse the recent recalls initiated by self-proclaimed Secretary General Sengezo Tshabangu.Tshabangu caused...Published: 27 Oct 2023 at 06:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tshabangu provides ZEC with individuals allowed to countersign CCC nomination papers
Sengezo Tshabangu, the interim secretary general of the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has written to the Zimbabwe Election Commission stating that only he and two others are the ...Published: 24 Oct 2023 at 12:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Sengezo Tshabangu to endorse, clear CCC candidates for forthcoming by-elections
A man claiming to be the interim secretary general of the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) says he will be in charge of screening and endorsing prospective candidates for the forthcoming...Published: 23 Oct 2023 at 06:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC lamentations won't stop electoral processes
Deputy Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet, Mr. George Charamba, clarified that the proclamation of by-election dates by President Mnangagwa is not a deliberate political action but rather a ...Published: 23 Oct 2023 at 06:21hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Sengezo Tshabangu attaches proof of appointment
Sengezo Tshabangu, who identifies himself as the Interim Secretary of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), has strongly criticized a court appeal lodged by CCC Members of Parliament (MPs) who are ...Published: 22 Oct 2023 at 15:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
CCC MPs' recall appeal must name the political party they represent
Sengezo Tshabangu, the self-styled Interim Secretary of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), has torn apart a court appeal filed by CCC MPs who are challenging their recall, claiming their request...Published: 22 Oct 2023 at 15:16hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa proclaims by-election dates for Gutu West
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has officially announced that by-elections for the Gutu West parliamentary constituency and four rural district council wards will be held on November 11, 2023. These elec...Published: 23 Sep 2023 at 19:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
LEAKED: CCC 'legal case' for foreign run fresh election
NB: Finally, the cat is out of the bag. Below is the CCC 'legal case' against Zimbabwe's sovereignty, which calls for foreigners to organise and conduct fresh elections in Zimbabwe.The entire ...Published: 05 Sep 2023 at 23:01hrs | 1 | by Jonathan Moyo
So Mnangagwa govt finally admits local currency wasn't sabotaged after all!
We have said it numerous times before.The Zimbabwe government is lying about saboteurs - who are usually faceless so-called 'regime change agents', supposedly operating in cahoots with 'our de...Published: 11 Aug 2023 at 16:26hrs | 15 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Mnangagwa desperate to stay in power, wants to remove term limits'
The opposition party ZAPU has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of trying to hold onto power in order to amend the country's constitution to remove term limits.ZAPU spokesperson Msongelwa N...Published: 05 Aug 2023 at 18:44hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
ZEC unfit to run free, fair elections - Study
A NEW study on Zimbabwe's electoral politics, processes and institutions has found that the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is deeply distrusted by voters, hence cannot be trusted to preside over ...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 21:13hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF ups the ante
THE ruling Zanu-PF party has upped the ante as it reportedly intimidates villagers to attend its weekly campaign meetings, warning that an attendance register will be used to punish those who boycott....Published: 19 Jul 2023 at 06:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Thousands bussed to Mnangagwa rally
Zanu-PF yesterday flaunted its riches when it held its star rally in Magunje, Mashonaland West that saw the party bus thousands of supporters from across the province.The rally, which was marr...Published: 09 Jul 2023 at 10:42hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
The day Zanu-PF stole the election
WITH less than four days to go before the nomination court sits, the opposition is in disarray and still trying to find its way out of the political dust raised by Zanu-PF this week.The ruling...Published: 17 Jun 2023 at 08:11hrs | 1 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Kembo Mohadi slams propaganda cartels
ZANU- PF Second Secretary, Kembo Mohadi has slammed Western media and propaganda cartels using social media for causing unwarranted panic among citizens through their ill-conceived messaging on price ...Published: 16 Jun 2023 at 07:51hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Retailers defy Mnangagwa's government
SOME big supermarkets in Bulawayo are now exclusively charging certain goods and products in foreign currency and using the black-market rate for currency conversions in defiance of Government monetar...Published: 15 Jun 2023 at 06:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe price manipulators to be locked up
EVIL machinations from the country's detractors to reverse successes registered by the Second Republic through asymmetrical warfare in the form of currency manipulation and price distortions will come...Published: 14 Jun 2023 at 06:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to declare poll date a holiday?
President Mnangagwa consciously made the decision to have this year's harmonised elections held midweek - Wednesday, August 23 - which represents a shift from the tradition of having polls during week...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 08:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's election season begins
THE country was ushered into an election season yesterday as President Mnangagwa proclaimed the road map for this year's polls, setting August 23 as the election date and June 21 as the date for the s...Published: 01 Jun 2023 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa govt fails to rig price hikes
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has frozen bank accounts of four major distributors of basic commodities as President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government scrambles to find solutions to soaring prices a...Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:09hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to announce 2023 election dates on Monday
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said he will set the date for the 2023 harmonised elections on Monday, ending speculation about the timing of the long awaited polls.Mnangagwa made the announc...Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to announce election date tomorrow
The President will announce the 2023 Harmonised election dates tomorrow (Sunday), Bulawayo24 can reveal."Tomorrow I will be announcing ...Published: 27 May 2023 at 15:23hrs | | by Desmond Nleya
Controversial lawyer frets over Zimbabwe election date secrecy
LAW expert and Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum executive director Musa Kika has revealed that failure by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to proclaim an election date as stipulated by the Constitution ste...Published: 26 May 2023 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF Youth League boss preaches unity
Zanu PF Youth league secretary, Tino Machakaire, on Saturday pleaded with feuding party factions to unite saying divisions will cost the ruling party dearly in the upcoming elections.The rulin...Published: 22 May 2023 at 08:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF grassroots reject 2023 candidates
A protest vote is looming in President Emmerson Mnangagwa's backyard in Midlands where Zanu-PF grassroots are rejecting recently elected party candidates in more than 10 constituencies.Insider...Published: 21 May 2023 at 08:14hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF ropes in CIO, military in poll plot
Zanu-PF's elaborate plan to deploy state security services such as the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) and the military as part of its strategy to win the harmonised elections at all costs has...Published: 21 May 2023 at 08:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Trouble brewing in Mnangagwa backyard
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ruling Zanu-PF party is being ravaged by infighting, especially in his home province of Midlands following controversial primary elections that were marred by vote riggi...Published: 14 May 2023 at 11:38hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora bid to stop 2023 polls flops
A FULL Constitutional Court (ConCourt) bench led by Chief Justice Luke Malaba yesterday threw out an application filed by MDC-T president Douglas Mwonzora seeking the postponement of the 2023 harmonis...Published: 09 May 2023 at 06:10hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC joins poll fight
THE case where MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora has approached the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) seeking postponement of this year's general elections took a new twist yesterday after the Citizens Coal...Published: 05 May 2023 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police warn against hate speech
POLICE have warned leaders from across the political divide to desist from using hate speech during campaign rallies to de-escalate tension as the country moves towards the elections.The warni...Published: 05 May 2023 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe poll postponement doubtful
LEGAL think tank, Veritas has expressed doubts that the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) will order postponement of this year's general elections after MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora mounted a court cha...Published: 03 May 2023 at 06:07hrs | 1 | by Cuthbert Mavheko
Mnangagwa urged to proclaim election dates
INDEPENDENT election watchdog Election Resource Centre (ERC has warned of possible breach of laws guiding the existing legality that monitors the plebiscite process should President Emmerson Mnangagwa...Published: 01 May 2023 at 19:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa in diplomatic push ahead of polls
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has embarked on a diplomatic offensive to court the support of regional leaders in his party's push for free and fair elections in ...Published: 30 Apr 2023 at 09:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe election date proclamation due
IN terms of the constitution, President Emmerson Mnangagwa must proclaim a date for this year's general elections starting from Thursday next week, the Election Resource Centre (ERC) has said....Published: 29 Apr 2023 at 19:27hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga asks Zimbabweans to pray for peace
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga has pleaded with Zimbabweans to pray for peace during the upcoming elections saying violence impedes economic growth.President Emmerson Mnangagwa last week ...Published: 27 Apr 2023 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
UK MPs want Mnangagwa invite cancelled
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's visit to the United Kingdom for King Charles III's coronation hangs in the balance after some parliamentarians in London demanded that he be barred over alleged human ri...Published: 26 Apr 2023 at 06:36hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, Zec in 'secret' voter registration?
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has been accused of colluding with Zanu-PF to conduct private voter registration campaigns targeting ruling party supporters only.Zanu-PF says it is tar...Published: 23 Apr 2023 at 07:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
CCC laughs off GNU, election postponement
Citizens Coalition for Change(CCC) spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere has dismissed the possibility of a Government of National Unity (GNU) or the postponement of much anticipated 2023 general elections foll...Published: 22 Apr 2023 at 19:17hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa meets Sadc team over polls
The Southern African Development Community (Sadc) on Friday said it will not 'sit and watch' Zimbabwe heading towards another violent and disputed election.Opposition parties and civic groups ...Published: 16 Apr 2023 at 08:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora ways delimitation report will be thrown out
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Douglas Mwonzora has filed a Constitutional Court (ConCourt) challenge against the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission's (Zec)'s delimitation report seeking an order declaring...Published: 14 Apr 2023 at 07:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ConCourt challenge puts Zimbabwe polls in peril
ZIMBABWE'S general elections could be postponed after an opposition leader was allowed to challenge a delimitation report produced by the commission that runs polls at the Constitutional Court (ConCou...Published: 08 Apr 2023 at 08:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police, media meet ahead of polls
POLICE will today meet media stakeholders in Harare to discuss the safety of journalists ahead of this year's harmonised elections.The elections are expected in July of August.The meet...Published: 04 Apr 2023 at 06:33hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Call for suspension of Zimbabwe's 2023 polls
PEACE activist, pastor and businessman Anglistone Sibanda says the Zanu-PF-led government should consider postponing this year's polls because the situation on the ground demands it.Sibanda ma...Published: 03 Apr 2023 at 06:33hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bigwigs leak wounds
ATTEMPTS to settle for "safe constituencies" have backfired on several Zanu-PF party primary election candidates who contested away from their original areas.Under the Zanu-PF party constituti...Published: 03 Apr 2023 at 06:33hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa tightens noose on foreign observers
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says election observers from countries that have in the past invited Zimbabwe to their own plebiscites will be the only ones allowed to witness the country's 2023 polls....Published: 03 Apr 2023 at 06:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe trains police officers to deal with election riots
The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) is training its officers to deal with anticipated election related violence and has further set up an internal committee to investigate poll based crimes.Thi...Published: 02 Apr 2023 at 11:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe elections will go ahead as planned
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) says nothing will stop the holding of elections this year, despite a court challenge by MDC leader Douglas Mwonzora who wants the polls postponed because of con...Published: 24 Mar 2023 at 06:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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