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Stage set for bruising August 23 polls
ZIMBABWEANS head to the polls on August 23 after President Emmerson Mnangagwa made the long-awaited proclamation yesterday.Mnangagwa's proclamation in an Extraordinary Government Gazette set t...Published: 02 Jun 2023 at 06:44hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Stage set for bruising August 23 polls in Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWEANS head to the polls on August 23 after President Emmerson Mnangagwa made the long-awaited proclamation yesterday.Mnangagwa's proclamation in an Extraordinary Government Gazette set t...Published: 01 Jun 2023 at 06:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Drivers' licence impasse in Electoral Bill debate
Parliament is next week expected to resume debate on contentious clauses in the Electoral Amendment Bill after a marathon and heated sitting which started on Thursday afternoon last week went into ear...Published: 26 May 2023 at 06:32hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Electoral Bill, bad news for CCC
A NUMBER of sitting opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) councillors and MPs may be barred from contesting the upcoming elections if the Electoral Act Amendment Bill is signed into law....Published: 12 Apr 2023 at 08:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
EU doesn't have solutions to Zimbabwe issues
European Union ambassador to Zimbabwe Jobst von Kirchmann says Brussels will not impose any solutions to challenges facing the country as it is the responsibility of locals.Von Kirchmannn (JVK...Published: 09 Apr 2023 at 11:31hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa claims that Zimbabwe upholds good governance
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa told delegates attending the Zimbabwe Second Structured Dialogue Platform Meeting that the country is upholding tenets of good governance and democracy as part of efforts ...Published: 27 Feb 2023 at 15:50hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC says, 'electoral Bill targeted at us'
THE opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has described the proposed amendments to the Electoral Amendment Bill as "retrogressive" and aimed at blocking as many opposition candidates as possi...Published: 08 Feb 2023 at 05:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans flock to cruise ships amid vast job opportunities
Electoral Bill doesn't pass democracy test, says BitiCITIZENS' Coalition for Change senior official Tendai Biti (pictured) has dismissed the Electoral Amendment Bill as currently drafted, saying i...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 17:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe drivers licence removed as proof of identity
LEGAL think-tank Veritas has questioned the removal of driver's licence as proof of identity in the proposed Electoral Bill that was approved by Cabinet last week.Information, Publicity and Br...Published: 17 Oct 2022 at 06:12hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt outfoxes opposition on reforms
ELECTORAL stakeholders, including the opposition, have raised concern over the secrecy surrounding the Electoral Amendment Bill 2022 announced by government on Tuesday saying they were not consulted....Published: 06 Oct 2022 at 06:05hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mudenda agrees to diaspora vote
SPEAKER of the National Assembly Jacob Mudenda says the Constitution should be amended to allow people in the diaspora to vote, becoming the first senior official in the ruling Zanu-PF party to push t...Published: 30 May 2022 at 07:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zec biases exposed?
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has excluded the opposition MDC Alliance from its provisional consultations in provinces meant to discuss electoral developments at the behest of "powers that b...Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 07:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
A Call for Peace as Zimbabwe decides
The election campaign curtain comes down in Zimbabwe as voters gear up for the ballot box on Monday 30th July 2018. It is pertinent under the present circumstances to call for continued peace througho...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 09:42hrs | 1 | by Frazer Muzondo
Fierce fight over electoral law amendments
ELECTORAL amendments still remain a pipedream after Justice minister, Ziyambi Ziyambi on Tuesday negated almost all proposed amendments to the Electoral Amendment Bill by MDC-T chief whip, Innocent Go...Published: 11 May 2018 at 07:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chaos as Electoral Bill debate stalls
OPPOSITION legislators yesterday caused a scene in the National Assembly singing in protest over failure by Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi to facilitate debate on the Electoral Amendment Bill, which...Published: 12 Apr 2018 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chaos as Electoral Bill debate stalls
OPPOSITION legislators yesterday caused a scene in the National Assembly singing in protest over failure by Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi to facilitate debate on the Electoral Amendment Bill, which...Published: 12 Apr 2018 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mnangagwa relents on electoral law changes
AMENDMENTS to Zimbabwe's contentious electoral law will be complete by end of April, Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has said.Ziyambi told a local radio station during a heated debate with Pe...Published: 29 Mar 2018 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zambia goes to the polls amid democratic backsliding
Zambia, the former British colony, ruled by Kenneth Kaunda from 1964 until 1991 goes to the polls today amid democratic backsliding and economic turmoil. The frontrunners are Hakainde Hichilema of...Published: 11 Aug 2016 at 09:50hrs | 1 | by Wilton Nyasha Machimbira
Electoral Amendment bill unconstitutional - Tsvangirai
Prominent Bulawayo lawyer Jonathan Tsvangirai says that the electoral law amendment bill hastily passed in parliament recently is unconstitutional and can be challenged in a court of law....Published: 09 Jun 2014 at 09:12hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Electoral bill sparks debate
The Electoral Amendment Bill (HB7, 2013) has raised diverse views from several quarters as interested parties debate on the legislation’s implications.Reactions to the bill gathered momentum...Published: 14 Apr 2014 at 13:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T threatens to block Electoral Bill
The MDC-T yesterday threatened to use legal and extra legal means to block the enactment of the Electoral Act Amendment Bill passed by Senate this week amid concerns that the Bill did not i...Published: 04 Apr 2014 at 07:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF forces Electoral Bill through Senate
Senate yesterday passed the Electoral Amendment Bill despite attempts by the MDC-T to block its passage.On Tuesday MDC-T senators objected its Third Reading despite accusing Government of not ...Published: 03 Apr 2014 at 06:11hrs | | by Farirai Machivenyika
MDC-T's statement regarding the Use of presidential powers to amend the Electoral Act
STATEMENT REGARDING THE USE OF PRESIDENTIAL POWERS TO AMEND THE ELECTORAL ACT AND THE PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION OF ELECTION DATESWe are concerned that w...Published: 15 Jun 2013 at 09:40hrs | | by Senator David Coltart
SADC summit date set
Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara said cabinet had discussed and finalised that Electoral Amendments should come before Parliament next week. The extra ordinary Sadc summit which will de...Published: 12 Jun 2013 at 05:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Roy Bennett warns MDC-T
The Treasurer of the MDC-T, Roy Bennett, has warned his party not to get sucked into a trap of 'autonomous' decision making that does not reflect the needs of the people.Bennett was reacting ...Published: 18 Jul 2012 at 07:18hrs | | by Alex Bell
Welshman's interview with state media
The leader of the smaller MDC faction, Professor Welshman Ncube, has revealed that he was never friends with former US ambassador to Zimbabwe Mr Christopher Dell because, unlike others in the then un...Published: 15 Jul 2012 at 07:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe to consult Zanu-PF Politburo on elections
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe is expected to sit with his inner circle to come up with a decisive decision on the holding of general elections that Zanu-PF is pushing for this year as it increasingly appea...Published: 12 Jul 2012 at 13:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
New Zimbabwe charter to allow dual citizenship
For the first time in Zimbabwe's history the new constitution will allow dual citizenship, a situation that could be capitalized on by people living in the Diaspora, to push for their right to vote in...Published: 10 Jul 2012 at 05:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Transcript of Welshman Ncube interview on Question Time: Part 1
Industry and Commerce Minister Welshman Ncube, who leads the smaller MDC formation, joins SW Radio Africa journalist Lance Guma on Question Time. Ncube was answering questions from listeners and tac...Published: 16 Jan 2012 at 14:24hrs | 12 | by Lance Guma
One on One with Constitutional and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Eric Matinenga
Here is a full text of Constitutional and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Eric Matinenga interview with Lance Guma of SWradio...Published: 14 Dec 2011 at 15:21hrs | | by Lance Guma
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