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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 ca...Published: 01 Jun 2025 at 20:32hrs | 331 | by Staff reporter
SA's JSC recommends a Zimbabwean for Labour court appointment
The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) has recommended only one candidate to the Labour Court bench, leaving two vacancies open. Lawyer Tapiwa Gandidze was the only successful candidate f...Published: 02 Apr 2025 at 11:25hrs | 916 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa calls for international respect for Mozambique's sovereign will
President Emmerson Mnangagwa, the current Chairperson of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), has urged the international community to respect the sovereign will of the people of Mozambi...Published: 29 Dec 2024 at 08:44hrs | 517 | by Staff reporter
SADC's compromised chairmanship failing the people of Mozambique
The recent elections held on October 9 in Mozambique have proven to be a significant turning point in the country's history, but not for the reasons the Southern African Development Community (SADC) w...Published: 26 Dec 2024 at 16:59hrs | 1239 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zanu PF's Tonderai Mutasa sworn-in as Victoria Falls councillor
Zanu PF's Tonderai Mutasa was sworn-in as councillor for Ward 1 in Victoria Falls on Thursday after independent candidate Ephias Mambume was disqualified by the Electoral Court.Mambume's disqu...Published: 22 Nov 2024 at 15:01hrs | 136 | by Staff reporter
Legal challenge in Victoria Falls by-election over payment of rates
Victoria Falls Ward 1 candidate for Zanu-PF, Tonderai Mutasa, has filed a legal challenge with the Electoral Court, disputing the nomination of independent candidate Ephias Mambume, who is widely seen...Published: 03 Nov 2024 at 10:11hrs | 178 | by Staff reporter
Mozambique rocked by killings of opposition figures
Gunmen in two vehicles chased down the lawyer for Mozambique's leading opposition politician and a senior opposition official and fatally shot them in their SUV late at night on a main avenue in the c...Published: 20 Oct 2024 at 12:12hrs | 244 | by Staff reporter
MK Party reinstates challenge to the rigged outcome of SA's 29 May elections
The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party has reinstated its electoral court challenge to the outcome of the 29 May national and provincial elections and has asked it to order a rerun of the poll.The pa...Published: 05 Oct 2024 at 12:31hrs | 181 | by Staff reporter
Chigumba's ZEC starts preparations for Zimbabwe's 2028 elections
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) convened a two-day conference in Nyanga this week to review the 2023 harmonised elections, with key issues including the extension of voting rights to Zimbabwea...Published: 02 Oct 2024 at 10:00hrs | 407 | by Staff reporter
Chigumba wants political parties in Zimbabwe to be registered
Justice Priscilla Chigumba, chairperson of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC), has called for the registration of political parties to address the challenges encountered during the 2023 elections...Published: 26 Aug 2024 at 07:56hrs | 462 | by Staff reporter
'ANC of Ramaphosa wasting state resources in its fight for MK'
The Durban High Court reserved its judgment in the trademark matter between the ANC and the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP).The ANC is forging ahead to claim the exclusive rights to the name (uMk...Published: 02 Aug 2024 at 07:31hrs | 415 | by Sgtaff reporter
MK members march over election rigging in South Africa
The uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) embarked on a march in Durban on Wednesday calling for a recount of votes of the May 29 national and general elections.After its abrupt decision to pull the pl...Published: 19 Jul 2024 at 06:31hrs | 759 | by Staff reporter
IEC wants MK vote-rigging allegations tested publicly
The Electoral Court has agreed to the Commission's request to hear the Umkhonto weSizwe Party matter.This is after the party challenged the election results despite then withdrawing its applic...Published: 17 Jul 2024 at 09:10hrs | 702 | by Staff reporter
Zuma says MKP has evidence to back its IEC vote-rigging claims
The Electoral Court case of rigging the elections against the Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) will be reopened, uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party leader Jacob Zuma has warned, saying they have hu...Published: 08 Jul 2024 at 16:24hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
MK Party to lodge fresh case of vote-rigging
Following its abrupt decision to pull the plug on its vote-rigging court case, the uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) has vowed its legal battle with the Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) was far from over....Published: 07 Jul 2024 at 18:10hrs | 45 | by Staff reporter
Captured Electoral Court slaps MK Party members with R150,000 fines
The Electoral Court has fined the Umkhonto weSizwe (MKP) party's Visvin Reddy and Bonginkosi Khanyile R150,000 each - suspending the order for five years, for threatening anarchy, violence and riots a...Published: 07 Jul 2024 at 18:09hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
IEC has asked Electoral Court to refuse to accept MK Party's withdrawal
The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) has asked the Electoral Court to refuse to accept the MK Party's withdrawal of its court case to set aside the elections, saying the party made "serious ...Published: 06 Jul 2024 at 12:53hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Hellen Zille's DA panics over MK's Electoral court application
The Democratic Alliance (DA) said the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party had not provided evidence to support claims of election vote rigging.This is contained in the party's answering affidavit subm...Published: 26 Jun 2024 at 13:19hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
IEC, ConCourt ignoring South Africa election rigging evidence
The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party says the Electoral Commission (IEC) and the Constitutional Court have ignored evidence provided to support the party's claims of last month's elections being rigged....Published: 19 Jun 2024 at 11:10hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
ATM file court papers for re-run of elections due to IEC rigging
The African Transformation Movement (ATM) in South Africa has also filed papers in the Electoral Court asking the specialist court to set aside the 29 May polls and direct a re-run, SABC reported....Published: 16 Jun 2024 at 14:00hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
South Africa's IEC fails to account for 9 million votes?
The newly-formed uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party has turned to the Electoral Court seeking an order declaring the 2024 General Elections were not free and fair, and are therefore invalid.The party...Published: 16 Jun 2024 at 13:59hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Jabulani Khumalo dealt another court blow
Fired MK Party founder Jabulani Khumalo has suffered another legal defeat as his second attempt to be included in the party's parliamentary list has been dismissed.This comes after the Western...Published: 13 Jun 2024 at 17:47hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zuma wins MK party leadership case against media favourite Khumalo
Embattled uMkhonto Wesizwe (MK) Party founder Jabulani Khumalo has been dealt a blow after the Electoral Court on Wednesday dismissed his hopes of being reinstated as the party's leader.The Sp...Published: 12 Jun 2024 at 12:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Jacob Zuma blocked by captured court
Jacob Zuma, will not stand for election to Parliament. In a judgement delivered by Justice Leona Theron on Monday, the 'captured' court found that Zuma was neither eligible nor qualified to stand for ...Published: 20 May 2024 at 10:04hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zuma tops MK Party list
The Electoral Commission (IEC) has published the final candidate list for the 2024 national and provincial elections on its website.The name of former President Jacob Zuma tops the MK Party li...Published: 10 Apr 2024 at 21:19hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Why Jacob Zuma is now winning court cases
On Tuesday, 9 April 2024, the electoral court set aside the IEC's decision to bar former president Jacob Zuma from running for a parliamentary seat. The IEC had disqualified Zuma due to his criminal r...Published: 10 Apr 2024 at 15:26hrs | 10 | by Siyabonga Hadebe
Jacob Zuma wins
Former president Jacob Zuma can contest the elections as an uMkhonto weSizwe Party candidate, the Electoral Court has ruled. On Tuesday, the court dismissed the Electoral Commission of South A...Published: 09 Apr 2024 at 20:52hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
ANC fails to disarm Zuma's MK
The Electoral Court, sitting in the Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg, has dismissed the ANC's application to have former president Jacob Zuma's uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) deregistered.The ...Published: 26 Mar 2024 at 08:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Court dismisses CCC's appeal on Bulawayo Provincial Council matter
The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal made by the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) challenging a previous judgement of the Electoral Court that declared the opposition party had failed to file ...Published: 21 Mar 2024 at 20:02hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Dr Omphile Marupi confirmed as the MP for Gwanda South
The Electoral Court has dismissed an election petition filed by a Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) member Patrick Dube, who was challenging Zanu-PF MP Omphile Marupi's election in Gwanda South last...Published: 08 Mar 2024 at 07:30hrs | 3 | 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 de...Published: 15 Dec 2023 at 07:24hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Chief Justice sets 2-month cap for poll dispute resolution
Chief Justice Luke Malaba has announced a new raft of measures under which all electoral disputes will now be finalised within a period of two months to curb the dragging of cases.This is aime...Published: 15 Dec 2023 at 07:22hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Judgement reserved in case CCC MPs are challenging removal from ballot
The High Court has reserved its judgement in a matter Sengezo Tshabangu, claiming to be Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) interim secretary general, is seeking to block recalled MPs and senators fro...Published: 06 Dec 2023 at 17:29hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Ziyambi defends Zec despite ballot paper shortages
JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has defended the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec ) for logistical boobs on election day particularly its failure to print enough ballot papers.Voting was ex...Published: 06 Dec 2023 at 05:07hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Settle voters roll dispute outside court, says Judge
ELECTORAL Court judge Justice Esther Muremba on Wednesday directed the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) and the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to find common ground on a dispute ove...Published: 01 Dec 2023 at 04:56hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
100 electoral cases filed against the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission
A total of 100 electoral cases were filed against the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) before and after the August general elections by aggrieved individuals, candidates and political parties, the ...Published: 28 Nov 2023 at 05:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bullying rejected
While the government in Harare has been diligently working to address the chaos surrounding the general elections, the Sadc region remains steadfast in its scrutiny of Zimbabwe's problematic polls, wh...Published: 02 Oct 2023 at 09:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T candidate challenges Sithembiso Nyoni's victory
Chief Ndlovu, the unsuccessful Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) candidate for Nkayi North, has taken his case to the Electoral Court, seeking to invalidate the victory of Sithembiso Nyoni from Z...Published: 25 Sep 2023 at 21:52hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF losing candidates file election petitions
Two unsuccessful Zanu-PF parliamentary candidates have taken their grievances to the Electoral Court, seeking to challenge the victory of their opponents in the recent polls.The ruling party s...Published: 19 Sep 2023 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's candidate challenges election results in court
The Citizens’ 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 challeng...Published: 11 Sep 2023 at 21:40hrs | 6 | 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
Chamisa faces 4 September deadline
Although the seven days within which anyone seeking to file a ConCourt application to overturn ZEC's declaration of Emmerson Mnangagwa as the duly elected President of the Republic of Zimbabwe expire ...Published: 02 Sep 2023 at 20:50hrs | 2 | by Jonathan Moyo
Commonwealth hails ZEC over elections?
THE Commonwealth Election Observer Mission yesterday hailed the way the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) managed the just ended harmonised elections and said the group's secretary general, Mrs Baro...Published: 30 Aug 2023 at 06:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
ZEC dismisses claims it is calling agents and observers back to sign new V11 forms
Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has dismissed reports that polling agents and observers were being recalled to sign new V.11 forms.Social media was on Monday awash with reports of election...Published: 29 Aug 2023 at 07:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
ZEC dismisses fake V-11 media reports
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has described as false social media reports that election agents and observers are being recalled to sign V11 result forms.In a statement, the electoral...Published: 28 Aug 2023 at 21:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Voters roll mess to affect 1,8 million people'
THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) says it has unearthed serious irregularities in the voters roll, which could result in about 1,8 million failing to vote in Wednesday elections.The reve...Published: 19 Aug 2023 at 16:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa-Chikoka accused of forging Zanu-PF aspiring councillors' signatures
MASHONALAND West Provincial Affairs Minister, Mary Mliswa-Chikoka has been fingered in a fraud storm amid accusations she forged the signatures of three aspiring councillors prompting the Zimbabwe Ele...Published: 16 Aug 2023 at 06:53hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
CCC approaches Supreme Court over double candidates
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) has approached the Supreme Court challenging the High Court's dismissal of its appeal challenging double candidates recorded under the party's name on nomination da...Published: 04 Aug 2023 at 06:36hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora's MDC-T to contest just 24 seats
The Electoral Court has rubberstamped a Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) ban on 87 MDC-T parliamentary candidates whose nomination papers were rejected by the poll management authority June this ye...Published: 02 Aug 2023 at 08:12hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere fights for spot on Presidential ballot paper
FORMER Zanu-PF political commissar Kasukuwere has filed an application seeking direct access to the Constitutional Court following the dismissal of his appeal by the Supreme Court last week.&n...Published: 02 Aug 2023 at 07:07hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
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