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Ballot stuffing claims rock elections in Kariba

The just-ended National Association of Secondary School Heads (NASH) elections held during the annual congress in Kariba have been marred by shocking allegations of vote rigging and ballot stuffing.A damning report compiled by the three re…

Published: 13 Jul 2025 at 16:08hrs | 258 | by Staff reporter

Chinhoyi Municipality in by-election dilemma

Chinhoyi Municipality is under fire after prematurely declaring a ward seat vacant, triggering a by-election before the matter had been finalised in the courts- raising questions over procedural integrity and communication breakdowns withi…

Published: 10 Jul 2025 at 08:51hrs | 85 | by Staff reporter

Uganda's long-serving Museveni to seek reelection

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni will seek reelection for another term in polls due early next year to extend his nearly four-decade rule, according to a senior official from the ruling party.Although he was widely expected to run for of…

Published: 26 Jun 2025 at 09:38hrs | 537 | by Staff reporter

South Africa 2024 election rigging hearing this week

The South African Electoral Court in Bloemfontein will hear the Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) party case against the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) and others on June 3, 2025.This landmark case arises from the MK party's allegations that …

Published: 01 Jun 2025 at 20:32hrs | 334 | by Staff reporter

Zapu tips party candidate to win Insiza North by-election

Opposition party Zapu has thrown its full weight behind its candidate, Thabani Mlotshwa, in the upcoming Insiza North by-election set for June 14, declaring him the answer to the socio-economic aspirations of the constituency and a symbol …

Published: 19 May 2025 at 09:24hrs | 348 | by Staff reporter

Bulawayo capitalises on ZITF to market city opportunities

Bulawayo Mayor, Councillor David Coltart, has praised the 65th edition of the Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) for providing a valuable platform to market the city's abundant investment opportunities. Clr Coltart said the event all…

Published: 28 Apr 2025 at 12:22hrs | 30 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF to hold primary elections for Insiza North by-election

The ruling Zanu-PF party is set to hold primary elections on Saturday to select a candidate to represent the party in the upcoming by-election for the Insiza North National Assembly seat, following the recent passing of Farai Taruvinga. Ta…

Published: 28 Apr 2025 at 12:20hrs | 74 | by Staff reporter

Why Zanu-PF won Glen View South seat

ZANU-PF has reclaimed the Glen View South constituency in a closely watched by-election, with its candidate Tsitsi Tawomhera securing victory.Zanu-PF's campaign focused heavily on infrastructure rehabilitation, clean water provision, and e…

Published: 17 Apr 2025 at 07:30hrs | 1075 | by Staff reporter

Glen View South by-election underway

Voting in the Glen View South by-election got off to a smooth and peaceful start this morning, with polling stations opening promptly at 7:00 AM and a steady stream of voters arriving to cast their ballots. The Zimbabwe Electoral Comm…

Published: 12 Apr 2025 at 12:47hrs | 63 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF spends big on Glen View by-election

Independent candidate Tungamirai Madzokere says he remains confident of victory in the Glen View South parliamentary by-election today, despite what he described as Zanu-PF's attempt to woo voters with handouts and cosmetic development pro…

Published: 12 Apr 2025 at 09:51hrs | 140 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF members jostle for vacant Glen View South seat

Intense jockeying has begun within Zanu-PF as party members position themselves for the vacant Glen View South parliamentary seat ahead of the upcoming by-election.The seat fell vacant following the death of opposition lawmaker Grandmore H…

Published: 06 Mar 2025 at 14:40hrs | 113 | by Staff reporter

Kenya's Raila Odinga loses election again

Kenyan political heavyweight Raila Odinga's streak of electoral misfortunes continued yesterday as he lost the race for the African Union Commission (AUC) chairpersonship to Djibouti's Foreign Affairs Minister Mahmoud Youssouf. After a gru…

Published: 16 Feb 2025 at 16:44hrs | 1518 | by Staff reporter

zANC backs election delay to 2030

The Zimbabwe African National Congress (ZANC) has added its voice to calls for postponing the 2028 harmonised elections, suggesting President Emmerson Mnangagwa's term be extended to 2030 to allow for the completion of key developmental pr…

Published: 14 Jan 2025 at 14:08hrs | 165 | by Staff reporter

Farai Jere's O-Level certificate bears the name Farai Mutimbo

The ZIFA Electoral Committee, chaired by Lincoln Mutasa, has reaffirmed its commitment to adhering strictly to the rules and regulations set by the ZIFA Congress, as the field for the association's presidential race narrows following a rig…

Published: 25 Dec 2024 at 08:17hrs | 1121 | by Staff reporter

Nqobile Magwizi meets ZIFA Central Region councillors

Aspiring Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) president, Nqobile Magwizi, took an important step in his election campaign over the weekend by meeting with the ZIFA Central Region councillors. The meeting marked a key moment for Magwizi as …

Published: 10 Dec 2024 at 07:13hrs | 286 | by Staff reporter

Namibia's western sponsored Presidential candidate rejects election results

Dr. Panduleni Itula, the presidential candidate for the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC), has announced that his party will not accept the results of the ongoing national election, citing significant irregularities.Addressing a press …

Published: 30 Nov 2024 at 20:27hrs | 2473 | by Staff reporter

Summit condemns Mozambique's post-election violence

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has strongly condemned the wave of post-election violence in Mozambique following the October 9 general elections, won by the ruling party Frelimo. Addressing the issue at the SADC Extraord…

Published: 21 Nov 2024 at 06:18hrs | 194 | by Staff reporter

Chamisa congratulates Donald Trump on U.S. election victory

Nelson Chamisa, former leader of Zimbabwe's opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), has extended his congratulations to Donald Trump on his election as the 47th President of the United States. Chamisa, who previously claimed that T…

Published: 07 Nov 2024 at 12:41hrs | 798 | by Staff reporter

Election watchdog pushes for political parties Bill

The Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) has urged the government to develop a robust regulatory framework for political parties, emphasizing that this is essential for strengthening electoral democracy in the country. In a recent posi…

Published: 04 Nov 2024 at 06:47hrs | 225 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF gushes over Hichilema's election 'endorsement'

Zanu-PF has praised Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema's "endorsement" of the recent elections at the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Summit. Hichilema, the outgoing chairperson of the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence, and S…

Published: 20 Aug 2024 at 10:46hrs | 1692 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa anxious to exorcise election ghost

THE upcoming Sadc summit is important for President Emmerson Mnangagwa not only because he will assume the chairmanship of the regional bloc but he will also use it attain legitimacy by, among other things, sanitising the results of last y…

Published: 19 May 2024 at 11:53hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Constitutional changes on cards in Zimbabwe

Government has set in motion plans to transfer the responsibility to register voters from the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to the Civil Registry Department in sweeping changes to the electoral law meant to streamline the country's e…

Published: 24 Mar 2024 at 14:56hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa's third-term bid gathers pace

THE dolling out of top-of-the-range all-terrain vehicles to 100 chiefs from across the country by the government has raised eyebrows amid revelations that the traditional leaders are being rewarded for campaigning for Zanu-PF ahead of last…

Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 09:08hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe mired in election mode months after disputed poll

ZIMBABWE has remained in election mode with Zanu-PF and members of the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) holding mini-rallies a few months after the disputed August 2023 elections.The country holds its next general election in…

Published: 25 Feb 2024 at 07:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Charumbira's election under objection

THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has revealed that the election of Chief Fortune Charumbira as the deputy president of the National Council of Chiefs was under objection.Charumbira, who has served two terms in the chief's council as…

Published: 10 Feb 2024 at 06:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF wins all seats in Mash East

The ruling party, Zanu-PF, has once again proved to be the people's party after winning all the contested seats in Mashonaland East province during this Saturday's by-elections.The revolutionary party thrashed the opposition in the Seke co…

Published: 04 Feb 2024 at 17:57hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Dingumuzi Phuti election petition goes to Supreme Court

LOSING candidate for Bulilima Constituency in the August 23-24 harmonised elections, Ms Bekezela Maplanka of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has approached the Supreme Court challenging the decision by the High Court to rescind a d…

Published: 15 Dec 2023 at 07:24hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Chamisa's CCC loses Chinhoyi Ward 2 by-election as infighting escalates

The Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) experienced the consequences of internal division as its candidate for Chinhoyi Ward 2 lost in a by-election held on Saturday. The relatively unknown Hamilton Jonasi Kapungu, representing CCC, emerg…

Published: 04 Dec 2023 at 06:56hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF snatches Chinhoyi ward from CCC

A Zanu-PF candidate emerged victorious after beating Citizen Coalition for Change (CCC) in Saturday's ward 2 by-election.Walter Mutevhani polled 564 votes against CCC candidate Hamilton Jonas, who got 465 votes.The ward 2 by-election was h…

Published: 04 Dec 2023 at 04:48hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Tshabangu's Beitbridge West candidate chickens out

SENGEZO Tshabangu's Beitbridge West nominee for his Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) faction, Blessing Choeni, has withdrawn his candidature for the December 9 by-elections allegedly because he was "not advised" when enlisted to partici…

Published: 18 Nov 2023 at 09:34hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter

CCC accuses Zanu-PF of turning voting into life-or-death issue

Gift Ostallos Siziba, the deputy spokesperson for the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), has accused the ruling Zanu-PF party in Zimbabwe of transforming the act of voting into a life-or-death situation through coercive measures such as …

Published: 15 Nov 2023 at 05:16hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter

CCC's by-election candidate considers boycotting

Citizens Coalition for Change's (CCC) candidate for the Mabvuku Constituency by-election, Munyaradzi Kufahakutizwi, is contemplating withdrawing from the December 9 race following the abduction and murder of Tapfumaneyi Masaya, a key membe…

Published: 15 Nov 2023 at 05:15hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

FAZ leads Zanu-PF by-election campaign

Zimbabwe's ruling party, Zanu-PF, has once again enlisted the assistance of its controversial affiliate, Forever Associates Zimbabwe (FAZ), to coordinate campaign activities for the upcoming by-elections on December 9.These by-elections we…

Published: 03 Nov 2023 at 05:48hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Chamisa's CCC files petition with Sadc

Zimbabwe's main opposition CCC says Southern African Development Community (Sadc) leaders should intensify their focus and discussions on the country without fear or favour as its volatile post-election situation poses a clear and present …

Published: 01 Nov 2023 at 07:30hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Chamisa in a catch-22 situation

I MUST begin by apologising, dear reader, for not informing you that I will no longer deliver my instalment weekly as had become the tradition.I received a few inquiries and some scolding from some readers last Friday after they did not re…

Published: 27 Oct 2023 at 19:16hrs | | by Ntando Dumani

CCC should reconsider its position on structures

THE ongoing drama within the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) is unfortunate and a huge blow to the country's fight for democracy, but this should serve as a wake-up call for the opposition outfit to strengthen its systems and strategie…

Published: 27 Oct 2023 at 06:23hrs | | by Canisio Mudzimu

By-elections move betrays Zanu-PF

The main opposition party, Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC), has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of revealing his involvement in the recalls of its parliamentarians and councillors by self-proclaimed secretary-general Sengezo Tsha…

Published: 26 Oct 2023 at 10:50hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter

SADC Electoral Observation Mission [SEOM] on Zimbabwe final report out

The final report of SADC Electoral Observation Mission [SEOM] on Zimbabwe's 2023 harmonised general election has been released. The final conclusion of the report will undoubtedly disappoint those who have been falsifying its conclusion an…

Published: 12 Oct 2023 at 20:44hrs | 3 | by Jonathan Moyo

Zanu-PF takes campaign to Gutu West by-election

Members of Zanu-PF's National Youth League are gearing up to rally support for their party in the Gutu West constituency.Addressing the National Youth League's executive members hailing from all ten provinces, Tino Machakaire, the Secretar…

Published: 12 Oct 2023 at 15:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe Elections Support Network fails to pay election observers

HUNDREDS of election observers who were contracted by the Zimbabwe Elections Support Network (ZESN) have reportedly not received payments after the 23-14 August harmonised elections and are threatening legal action if it continues showing …

Published: 04 Oct 2023 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter

Winning elections is just the beginning

WINNING an election is often seen as the ultimate goal for politicians, as it gives them the power and authority to enact change.However, it is essential to recognise that winning an election is merely the starting point of a larger journe…

Published: 21 Sep 2023 at 06:13hrs | 1 | by Brighton Taruberekera

Cowering to a dictator only makes him more brazen!

I was bullied when I was a little child - from my crÃ¨che days to early primary school.That was the period my life changed forever - becoming the person I am today. There were two things that occurred to me. First, was that I developed a d…

Published: 16 Sep 2023 at 19:27hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana

CCC will find it hard to lobbying on the disputed polls while its MPs are in parliament

Despite the flaws in Zimbabwe's recent elections, it may be challenging for the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) to exert regional pressure on the ruling Zanu-PF, according to a seminar discussion. This difficulty arises…

Published: 13 Sep 2023 at 19:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Chamisa's candidate challenges election results in court

The Citizensâ€™ Coalition for Change (CCC) House of Assembly candidate for Mutasa South constituency, Regai Tsunga, has initiated legal action by filing a petition with the Electoral Court to challenge the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission's (…

Published: 11 Sep 2023 at 21:40hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe Council of Churches says poll 'characterised by significant flaws'

The Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) has called for "honest and inclusive dialogue" after August 23's disputed elections.The ZCC, representing most of the country's traditional churches, said whilst the elections were held in relative pe…

Published: 08 Sep 2023 at 06:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Did Hichilema send Mumba with a specific mission?

Dear Sadc,Below is a transcription of the attached video clip on which Dr Nevers Mumba makes staggerring claims about what he says Zambian President Hichilema told him he expected him to go and do in Zimbabwe on behalf of Sadc, as Chairper…

Published: 04 Sep 2023 at 21:45hrs | | by Jonathan Moyo

Putin, Abbas congratulate Mnangagwa

RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin and President Mahmoud Abbas of the State of Palestine, have congratulated President Mnangagwa for winning last week's presidential election.President Mnangagwa won the presidential election with 2 350 711 v…

Published: 31 Aug 2023 at 06:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

ZEC gazettes Mnangagwa's re-election

THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has officially gazetted the re-election of President Mnangagwa for a second five-year term following his victory in last week's harmonised elections.An extraordinary gazette published yesterday also …

Published: 31 Aug 2023 at 06:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa has nowhere to play 'stolen village drum'

GOOD day, President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Your Excellency, an African proverb that says it is easier to steal the village drum than to find where to play it, came to mind as the presidential election results were being announced.As I see it,…

Published: 30 Aug 2023 at 06:46hrs | 4 | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana

What does another disputed election mean for Zimbabwe?

THE August 23 elections have come and gone, but the result is the same - another disputed poll that has left the country more polarised than ever - and facing a bleak outlook.Last week's poll was crucial for the country's bid to return to …

Published: 30 Aug 2023 at 06:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

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