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Geza's voice echoes across a political void
ON March 26, a friend alerted me to a Press conference held by Blessed Geza, a Zimbabwean war veteran and former Zanu-PF central committee member.I also understand he recently gained significa...Published: 31 Mar 2025 at 09:15hrs | 1149 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Democracy and Elections in an Uneven World
Democracy is often presented as the great political ideal—the fairest system of governance, where people choose their leaders, shape their future, and hold their governments accountable. In theory, ...Published: 07 Feb 2025 at 10:53hrs | 390 | by Avelina Banda
Mnangagwa ready to curb corruption, terrorism
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has announced that his government has strengthened the fight against corruption through enactment of various bills.Speaking during the high-level structured dialog...Published: 25 Nov 2024 at 12:11hrs | 1832 | by Gideon Madzikatidze/ Simbarashe Sithole
SADC toothlessness to blame for post-election conflicts in the region
In recent weeks, the southern African region has been thrust into yet another political crisis, this time in Mozambique, following a contentious election and violent protests. The country, whi...Published: 08 Nov 2024 at 14:51hrs | 300 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
'Mnangagwa's celebration of FRELIMO victory premature'
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has extended a premature congratulatory message to Mozambique's ruling party, FRELIMO, following disputed election results that have intensified political tensi...Published: 23 Oct 2024 at 07:58hrs | 1459 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa brings back 'Green Bombers'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa officially reinstated the National Youth Service (NYS) program yesterday, encouraging young people to embrace the controversial initiative, which he portrayed as a continu...Published: 25 May 2024 at 11:54hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Biti a team of irreconcilable rivals
Zimbabwe's main opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) led by Morgan Richard Tsvangirai, launched its campaign for the 31 July 2013 harmonised elections in Marondera, a small tow...Published: 29 Jan 2024 at 08:57hrs | 11 | by Dr Phillan Zamchiya
Zec will not entertain any complaints of rigging and electoral malpractices
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) says it will not entertain any complaints of rigging and electoral malpractices raised by opposition party candidates in the Gutu West constituency by-election ...Published: 13 Nov 2023 at 21:27hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Highlanders versus Dynamos: The anatomy of violence
Once again — and not for the last time — a Highlanders versus Dynamos football match ended in violence with the usual accusations and counter accusations of referee bias and oppression being the o...Published: 10 Sep 2023 at 21:33hrs | 20 | by Nqaba Matshazi
The illusion of smooth elections
THE cornerstone of democratic governance, elections, often conjure images of civic participation and the people's voice resonating through the ballot box. Yet, reality paints a more complex picture as...Published: 24 Aug 2023 at 06:40hrs | 15 | by Stanford Chiwanga
Citizens unite - Zimbabwe decides
Polls have now opened on the most important election day in Zimbabwe's modern history. An estimated 6.6 million Zimbabweans will cast their votes today in presidential, parliamentary and council elect...Published: 23 Aug 2023 at 07:21hrs | 35 | by Charles Kwaramba - CCC Presidential Chief Elections Agent
State of the race - Two days to go
There are just two days to go before voting commences in Zimbabwe's harmonized general elections. Polls open at 07:00 on Wednesday 23 August and close at 19:00. 6.6 million Zimbabweans are expected to...Published: 21 Aug 2023 at 13:47hrs | 15 | by Dr. Tapiwa Shumba
Zimbabwe's security forces implored to maintain impartiality
REGIONAL church leaders have called on members of Zimbabwe's security forces to exercise objectivity particularly when dealing with cases of electoral violence in the period before and after the Augus...Published: 18 Aug 2023 at 06:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's political parties 'dump' peace pledge
POLITICAL parties have reportedly dumped the peace pledge as they continuously disregard it by using hate speech and resorting to political violence ahead of the August 23 harmonised elections, a repo...Published: 14 Aug 2023 at 06:31hrs | 14 | 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 leaders experts at doublespeak
THE current wave of politically-motivated violence perpetrated by Zanu-PF in the run-up to August 2023 harmonised elections is deeply worrying and requires decisive action.Zanu-PF leaders, sup...Published: 26 Jul 2023 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Reading the writing on the wall; 2023 elections
Notwithstanding the insinuated competitive advantage and ascendancy that Zanu PF purports to hold as the ruling party, its ride on the gravy train communicates a totally different narrative. The socio...Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 09:44hrs | 5 | by Matthew Dube Esquire
Zimbabwe govt to ensure peaceful polls, claims Mnangagwa
GOVERNMENT will do everything in its power to ensure that peace prevails before, during and after this year's elections, and is prepared to deal with mischief-makers bent on fanning violence, Presiden...Published: 23 Jul 2023 at 08:08hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Turn social media into tools for peace not violence
Technology has always had a big influence on international politics with Franklin D. Roosevelt’s adoption of the radio and John F. Kennedy making the use of television to bridge the communication ga...Published: 01 Jul 2023 at 19:33hrs | 13 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Zimbabwe's open invitation for international election observers: An opportunity for transparency
ZIMBABWE'S open invitation for international election observers should not be perceived as a compromise of its national sovereignty or an invitation for interference in its internal affairs.Th...Published: 13 Jun 2023 at 06:40hrs | 3 | by Marshall Ndlela
'2023 elections likely to be unfair'
A LOCAL think-tank, the Research and Advocacy Unit (RAU), says the upcoming elections are unlikely to be different from previous ones held under the Robert Mugabe era, which were underlined by violenc...Published: 08 May 2023 at 19:07hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
ConCourt agrees to entertain Mwonzora's challenge
A FULL bench of the Constitutional Court(ConCourt) will now hear MDC leader Douglas Mwonzora's challenge against the recently gazetted delimitation report by Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC).Th...Published: 07 Apr 2023 at 10:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa sets date for CCC candidate selection
THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has set April 5 as the date for selecting its candidates for the general elections likely to be held in August.CCC election directorate head Ian Makone ...Published: 31 Mar 2023 at 07:50hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Poor Pamela Tremont and Triple C: Politics without lawful issue
I have watched Pamela Tremont's hearing in preparation for her posting to Zimbabwe as US' next ambassador.Both the line of questioning by US Senators, as well as her responses, were, to say th...Published: 18 Mar 2023 at 06:32hrs | 1 | by @Jamwanda2
Senators demand peaceful polls
SENATORS have demanded that the country must hold peaceful polls this year.Currently, Senate is debating a report on elections, where opposition senators are demanding free and fair polls....Published: 02 Mar 2023 at 05:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC blames police over violence
THE opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has blamed lack of police presence at their rallies as a major reason for electoral violence.This comes after their campaign rallies that wer...Published: 14 Feb 2023 at 05:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zec incompetence could lead to disputed elections
ZIMBABWE is heading towards another disputed election should the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) adopt the discredited delimitation report without correcting the glaring shortcomings, analysts hav...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 20:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Disband current Zec secretariat'
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) secretariat should be disbanded and new civilian staff employed before the 2023 elections to ensure the credibility of the electoral management body, independen...Published: 17 Dec 2022 at 12:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Electoral laws must be aligned to the constitution
There is a need to ensure that all eligible Zimbabweans exercise their right to vote by aligning electoral laws to the constitution, Zimbabwe Electoral Support Network (ZESN) has said.ZESN Sen...Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 05:01hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's politics of salving troubled consciences
Politics and poetryWilliam Butler Yeats, I think it was he who said out of our arguments with others we make politics, but out of arguments with ourselves we make poetry!We can forgive...Published: 03 Dec 2022 at 07:10hrs | 6 | by @Jamwanda2 on Saturday
Zimbabwe's re-engagement effort faces brickwall
The Zimbabwe's re-engagement drive is largely influenced by many issues, chief among them political instability, democracy, high inflation and unemployment.Through the ongoing re-engagem...Published: 15 Nov 2022 at 04:50hrs | 2 | by Nomatter Jakachira
Rowdy mob disrupts CCC presser
SUSPECTED Zanu-PF youths yesterday cordoned off the Media Centre in the capital to block opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party leaders from holding a Press conference.CCC spokes...Published: 09 Nov 2022 at 05:17hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa 'embarrassed' at Zanu-PF elective congress?
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa was reportedly "embarrassed" at last week's Zanu-PF elective congress after delegates from Mashonaland Central province protested over their provincial chairperson Kazembe...Published: 02 Nov 2022 at 05:05hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa must revisit his inauguration pledge
IN his inauguration speech on August 25, 2018, President Emmerson Mnangagwa clearly promised the nation a departure from his predecessor, the late Robert Mugabe's violent politics.On that sunn...Published: 21 Oct 2022 at 06:09hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
No violence since 2017, claims Zanu-PF
LEGISLATORS in the National Assembly have demanded that Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe must issue a ministerial statement explaining how his ministry will curb growing political violence in the...Published: 30 Sep 2022 at 06:12hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe authorities must release opposition MPs
THE continued arbitrary detention of opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) vice-chairperson and Members of Parliament Job Sikhala (Zengeza West) and Godfrey Sithole (Chitungwiza North) is rev...Published: 22 Sep 2022 at 06:03hrs | 1 | by SeeD
Zanu-PF is more equal than others
A WHOPPING two months after Zanu-PF's Abton Mashayanyika unambiguously, and in broad daylight of July 2022 called for the assassination of opposition Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson...Published: 17 Sep 2022 at 06:43hrs | 3 | by Khanyisani S Ncube
Zimbabwe Parly called to enact stiffer penalties against electoral violence
HEAL Zimbabwe Trust (HZT), a community oriented human rights organisation, has called on Parliament to summon the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) and the Zimbabwe Human Rights Comm...Published: 01 Sep 2022 at 06:32hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
'Craft 2023 elections peace pledge'
THE National Transitional Justice Working Group (NTJWG) has urged the National Peace and Reconciliation Commission (NPRC) to ensure that a peace pledge is implemented before the watershed 2023 polls i...Published: 25 Aug 2022 at 06:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Sadc wilfully blind to Zimbabwe political, economic crises'
POLITICAL analysts have taken Sadc to task for ignoring political violence in Zimbabwe in their recent statement on peace and security.Their concerns came in the wake of a glowing synopsis of ...Published: 26 Jul 2022 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa could defeat the unreformed Mnangagwa'
ZIMBABWE has been reeling under a multifaceted economic and political crisis since 2000, and it appears there is no end in sight. Amid chronic high inflation, Zimbabwe is confronted with a crucial gen...Published: 12 Jul 2022 at 18:17hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Disrespect for constitutionalism source of violence
THIS week, the Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) released its 2021 State of Peace Report based on a survey done in six of the country's 10 province aimed at gauging the mood of nationals a...Published: 01 Jul 2022 at 07:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Foreign funded NGOs sound alarm over Zimbabwe 2023 elections
THE Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) has sounded alarm bells to regional bodies over possible violence as Zimbabwe heads for the 2023 general elections.Speaking to Newzroom Africa on Sunday...Published: 15 Jun 2022 at 07:34hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Conflicted EU red-flags govt on abductions
THE European Union (EU) has urged Zimbabwe to earnestly look into the issue of enforced disappearances and bring the culprits to book.Speaking to NewsDay after the fourth EU-Zimbabwe Dia...Published: 09 Jun 2022 at 06:40hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe electoral violence looms'
THE Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) has warned that the country risks sliding into electoral violence similar to the 2008 mayhem which resulted in several opposition activists being killed or had their l...Published: 09 Jun 2022 at 06:39hrs | 1 | 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
Chamisa's CCC threatens to sue Zec
THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has threatened to sue the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) for alleged vote fraud over it handling of last month's by-elections.The Nelson Chamisa-le...Published: 15 Apr 2022 at 09:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Patriotic Zimbabweans (PZ) bemoans diaspora vote exclusion
Patriotic Zimbabwe (PZ) president Charles Muchinerepi Mutama has bemoaned the exclusion of diaspora vote in Zimbabwean elections despite the diaspora being a key economic player in the country....Published: 31 Mar 2022 at 18:50hrs | | by Chamunorwa Matanhike
Sadc must enforce election guidelines, says Zesn
THE Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) has called on the Southern Africa Development Community (Sadc) to penalise member States who keep violating the bloc's election guidelines.In...Published: 25 Mar 2022 at 06:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's party claims police disrupting campaigns with arbitrary arrests
OPPOSITION Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) has bemoaned disruption of its campaigns by the police and arbitrary arrest of its members and civic groups that are conducting voter education campaign...Published: 10 Feb 2022 at 05:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
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