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CCC's fortunes in Bulawayo depend on court ruling
THE main opposition Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) risks being blindsided in the 2023 general election campaign, should the High Court disqualify 15 of the party's parliamentary candidates who f...Published: 17 Jul 2023 at 21:44hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army, CIO involvement in voting
In the run up to the June 2000 Parliamentary election, there was noticeable intervention of the army, and alleged war veterans. The election also came after the formation of the MDC, which fielded can...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 13:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'End of an era': Joyce Kazembe retire from Zec
Kazembe is the giant of modern Zimbabwe electoral landscape. For many Zimbabweans, her retirement today after 27 years of uninterrupted service at Electoral Supervisory Commission now, Zimbabwe Electo...Published: 06 Jul 2022 at 11:21hrs | 15 | by Farai Chirimumimba
Electoral reform is not an event
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is the most criticised of all the five independent commissions. Some of the criticism is fair and deserved, but some of it is unfair because of misinformation.&...Published: 01 Apr 2022 at 09:13hrs | 5 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Joyce Kazembe leaves Zec
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) wishes to acknowledge and recognise the years of sterling service commissioner Joyce Kazembe has provided to this country throughout her career.Currentl...Published: 21 Mar 2022 at 06:39hrs | | by Justice Priscilla Chigumba, chairperson, Zec
Zec won't stop hiring ex-State security agents
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has said it will not stop hiring members of the security services, amid public concerns that the electoral management body was heavily militarised, thus undermi...Published: 25 Jan 2022 at 05:47hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Electoral reforms must dominate political discourse in 2022
AS we bask on the cusp of a new year, Zimbabweans appear to have gone agog about the pending by-elections and what many deem to be the watershed plebiscite of 2023.And yet for some of us, high...Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 05:32hrs | 2 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Silaigwana appointed substantive Zec CEO
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has appointed Utoile Silaigwana as its substantive chief elections officer (CEO).Silaigwana, who has been the target for vilification by opposition part...Published: 15 Sep 2021 at 05:51hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
The weaponisation of Covid-19 in Zanu-PF factional wars
A new deadly political threatTHERE is a new and dangerous security threat in Zimbabwe's politically dysfunctional post-November 2017 military state, under an increasingly factionalised Zanu-PF...Published: 13 Feb 2021 at 14:50hrs | 18 | by Jonathan Moyo
Nyikayaramba death leaves Chiwenga 'isolated'?
Major General (Rtd) Douglas Nyikayaramba, one of the generals who led a military coup that ousted former President Robert Mugabe in 2017 has died.He was 64.Nyikayaramba, who was in 201...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 11:34hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Major General Douglas Nyikayaramba dies
Major General Douglas Nyikayaramba, the former chief of staff administration in the Zimbabwe national army has died from Covid-19, multiple sources have said.Nyikayaramb...Published: 09 Feb 2021 at 07:50hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Silaigwana appointed Chief Elections Officer
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has appointed, Mr Utoile Silaigwana, as the substantive Chief Elections Officer taking over from Mrs Constance Chigwamba. Mr Silaigwana's appointment is...Published: 04 Jul 2019 at 08:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's messy takeover and other 2018 highlights
AFTER nearly 40 years of former guerrilla leader Robert Mugabe's rule, 2018 opened with the successor he did not want, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, consolidating his rule and embarking on a global ch...Published: 31 Dec 2018 at 18:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Judges should not run elections
On 11 September 2018, a video circulated on social media showing some opposition politicians in Parliament chanting: "mbavha! mbavha!" as Justice Chigumba entered the Parliament chamber to conduct the...Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 16:27hrs | 1 | by Tererai Mafukidze
Mnangagwa plots to rig on an industrial scale, says Jonathan Moyo
Former Higher Education minister Jonathan Moyo has said that Mnangagwa's candidacy on July 30 is illegitimate not only because he's a product of a military coup but also because he was the brutal chie...Published: 13 Jun 2018 at 14:13hrs | 2 | by Ndou Paul
Zimbabwe Elections: Six make-or-break issues
With the recent announcement of July 30 2018 as the election date, Zimbabwe is less than two months away from crucial polls that are expected to restore political legitimacy following the military-led...Published: 07 Jun 2018 at 17:27hrs | | by Siphosami Malunga
Silaigwana appointed acting chief elections officer
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has announced the appointment of Mr Utoile Silaigwana as the acting chief elections officer.Mr Silaigwana takes over from Mrs Constance Chigwamba who ha...Published: 13 Mar 2018 at 15:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zec employed serving CIOs
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has admitted to employing serving members of the army, the police and the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) before forcing them to resign, a commissioner ...Published: 02 Mar 2018 at 06:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Inside Zanu-PF gerrymandering
This is a second in a series of articles on a report by the Zimbabwe Democracy Institute on the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) titled BVR, Zec and the Struggle Against Political Decay: A Light at...Published: 08 Sep 2017 at 17:45hrs | 12 | by Zimbabwe Democracy Institute
Military veterans take over Mugabe's Zanu-PF
THE appointment of Emmerson Mnangagwa and Phelekezela Mphoko as President Robert Mugabe's new deputies, besides forming a new Zanu-PF presidium triad which has consolidated power, has reinforced secur...Published: 16 Dec 2014 at 12:05hrs | | by Owen Gagare/Herbert Moyo
AU pre-election report: Full text
AU pre-election report: Full textJuly 31 2013, General ElectionsPre-Election Statement25 July 20131 IntroductionTHE African Union (A...Published: 27 Jul 2013 at 12:12hrs | 3 | by Dr Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma
Army, Police may ultimately decide Zimbabwe's fate
Zimbabweans go to the polls on Saturday to vote on a new constitution that would pave the way for elections, but many believe the army and police, not voters, may ultimately decide the country's fate....Published: 15 Mar 2013 at 09:03hrs | | by AFP
Blame it all on the Gushungo totem
THE single resolution I made this year is to reclaim my individual liberty, because if one is not free, he or she cannot participate in the liberation of others. But why do I feel enslaved even after ...Published: 11 Apr 2012 at 08:01hrs | 7 | by Rejoice Ngwenya
Leaked copy of Mugabe's Letter from Tsvangirai
RE: Status of the Inclusive GovernmentDate: 2 February, 2012Your Excellency, in just over a fortnight, the Inclusive Government will have been ...Published: 09 Feb 2012 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nyikayaramba promotion to bolster Zanu-PF ahead of polls
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe's unilateral promotion of Douglas Nyikayaramba to the rank of Major-General in the Zimbabwe National Army is a move aimed at strengthening Zanu PF's position ahead of crucial e...Published: 06 Jan 2012 at 11:07hrs | | by Staff Writer
Pedzisai Ruhanya Behind the Headlines on Nyikayaramba - SW Radio Africa interview
Political commentator Pedzisai Ruhanya joins SW Radio Africa journalist Lance Guma Behind the Headlines to explain why the country sh...Published: 04 Jan 2012 at 15:04hrs | | by Lance Guma
Mnangagwa's 'disdain' for Professor Moyo, AIPPA
DEFENCE Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa thought the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act was a bad law, and "voiced disdain" for former Cabinet colleague Jonathan Moyo in meetings with Amer...Published: 27 Sep 2011 at 11:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Before Elections - Abolish Presidential Temporary Powers
It was shocking to learn that Zimbabwe's coalition Cabinet has approved the Electoral Amendment Bill which bars those in the Diaspora from voting in the next elections. Even more scary is the possibi...Published: 02 Jul 2011 at 22:09hrs | | by Clifford Chitupa Mashiri | Political Analyst, London
Zanu-PF crisis deepens: MDC-T
Brigadier General Douglas Nyikayaramba, imitating the usual political carelessness of a beleaguered minority inside Zanu PF that is against change, has irreparably damaged Robert Mugabe√¢‚Ǩ‚...Published: 02 Jun 2011 at 21:18hrs | | by Moyo Roy
EU sanctions list
INDIVIDUALS 1. Name 6: ABU BASUTU 1: TITUS 2: M 3: J 4: n/a 5: n/a. Title: Air Vice-Marshal ...Published: 18 Feb 2011 at 11:20hrs | 43 | by Byo24NEWS
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