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Ex-ZEC commissioner tipped for Insiza seat
FORMER Zimbabwe Electoral Commissioner (ZEC) Qhubani Moyo reportedly plans another try at the ballot box, targeting the same Insiza constituency he twice lost to Zanu-PF when he was a member of the op...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:17hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Interviews to fill ZEC posts
Parliament Standing Rules and Orders Committee is set to hold interviews today for 24 shortlisted candidates to fill two post of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission.The term of ZEC deputy chairp...Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 07:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Parliament invites the public to nominate ZEC commissioners
PARLIAMENT has invited members of the public to nominate knowledgeable people of integrity to serve in the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) and Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) as three comm...Published: 30 Jun 2021 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'ZEC ready for by-elections'
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission((ZEC) is committed and ready to hold by-elections but is only waiting for a nod from the Health and Child Care Ministry which suspended public gatherings as part of e...Published: 09 Jun 2021 at 18:21hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zec dithers on by-elections
ZIMBABWE Electoral Commission (Zec) deputy chairperson Emmanuel Magade yesterday failed to give a specific date when byelections would be held, raising speculation that they may not take place any tim...Published: 09 Jun 2021 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tomana eyes comeback
Former Prosecutor-General Johannes Tomana's return to private practice hangs in the balance two years after his sacking, amid reports that the Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) is unwilling to re-admit hi...Published: 08 Jul 2019 at 07:50hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZEC unfazed by abuse
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) remains unfazed by incidents of abuse and insults directed at female commissioners, particularly its chairperson, Justice Priscilla Chigumba, by some elements a...Published: 13 Apr 2019 at 13:08hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zec in e-voting tender storm
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission is in the eye of a storm for allegedly courting an Estonian company to roll out an electronic voting system, which it plans to use in 2023 to allow Zimbabweans in the...Published: 03 Oct 2018 at 07:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZEC door shut on Chamisa
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) slammed the door on MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday, saying there was no going back on poll preparations even as the main opposition party is attem...Published: 24 Jul 2018 at 07:17hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
ZEC rules out postponing elections
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has ruled out chances of postponing next Monday's national elections, insisting it was all systems go despite complaints by opposition parties that the ground w...Published: 24 Jul 2018 at 07:03hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa corners Zec top brass
THE ZIMBABWE Electoral Commission (Zec)'s top brass is meeting in Harare today to, among other things, try and find ways to address ballot security concerns raised by opposition MDC Alliance president...Published: 23 Jul 2018 at 07:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kofi Annan crush Chamisa poll demands?
Opposition political parties should stop making "unreasonable" demands to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) as they risk inciting public unrest, which has the potential to spawn grave and uninte...Published: 22 Jul 2018 at 10:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'No need for observers to be there during postal voting'
There is no requirement for the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission and election observers to be present during postal voting because the process should be conducted in privacy, ZEC chairperson Justice Pris...Published: 14 Jul 2018 at 11:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zec reports MDC Alliance to police
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) says it is taking threats against its staff seriously and has since made reports to police to ensure their security.Zec deputy chair Commissioner Emmanu...Published: 14 Jul 2018 at 05:53hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Chamisa on a regional diplomatic offensive
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday rejected the "sham" ballot papers produced for the July 30 elections and immediately dispatched his emissaries on a regional diplomatic offensiv...Published: 05 Jul 2018 at 07:18hrs | 2 | by Staff rpeorter
Chigumba sees red over voters' roll
OPPOSITION political parties and independent electoral watchdogs have accused the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) of attempting to wriggle out of its constitutional obligations by shifting goalpos...Published: 26 Jun 2018 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
'It's a fake voters' roll, where are the photos?'
OPPOSITION parties and civil society groups have poked holes in the biometric voters' roll released by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) this week, describing it as "fake" and a mere "list of na...Published: 22 Jun 2018 at 07:17hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's 2018 elections credibility is in danger
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) and other relevant state institutions turned a blind eye to thousands of violations during the registration of voters, thereby compromising the legitimacy of th...Published: 27 May 2018 at 18:17hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
ZEC website susceptible to hacking
The security of Zimbabwe Election Commission (Zec) website, where prospective voters can check whether their names appear correctly on the voters' register, is under the spotlight, as the platform use...Published: 22 May 2018 at 14:05hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Nyagura stirs fresh controversy
University of Zimbabwe vice chancellor Levi Nyagura has stirred fresh controversy after hiring a junior lecturer who recently obtained a doctor of philosophy (PhD) as the dean of the Law Faculty after...Published: 12 Mar 2018 at 11:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Madhuku flunks UZ job interview?
University of Zimbabwe law lecturer Professor Lovemore Madhuku's bid to lead the institution's Faculty of Law as dean flopped after he flunked an interview conducted by a panel headed by Vice-Chancell...Published: 12 Mar 2018 at 06:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zec purges continue, boss fired
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has cut ties with its chief elections officer, Constance Chigwamba, after she fell out of favour with commissioners at the electoral management body, the Daily ...Published: 28 Feb 2018 at 06:17hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Court upholds ZEC decision
The Administrative Court has upheld a decision by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to award a tender to a New York-based company, IPSIDY, to supply a biometric voter registration (BVR) de-dupli...Published: 24 Feb 2018 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff Reporter
24% increase in human rights violations
There was a 24% increase of violations from 186 cases in December to 245 violations in January.This has been revealed by the Zimbabwe Peace Project in its latest report.The ZPP said th...Published: 14 Feb 2018 at 06:21hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa's administration cements its stranglehold on key State institutions
The surprise resignation of Rita Makarau from the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is emerging to be part of an unravelling purge that will see more officials being pushed out of the elections mana...Published: 07 Feb 2018 at 20:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Axe falls on Zec officials
The surprise resignation of Rita Makarau from the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is emerging to be part of an unravelling purge that will see more officials being pushed out of the elections mana...Published: 07 Feb 2018 at 07:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zec warns against voter intimidation
Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) acting chairperson, Emmanuel Magade has warned people against intimidating others by demanding serial numbers of their voter registration slips, saying that the sli...Published: 01 Feb 2018 at 05:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Police moves to curb voter intimidation
The Zimbabwe Republic Police has upped the ante on culprits demanding serial numbers from voters' registration slips, with the law enforcement agency warning the practice is illegal and criminal....Published: 31 Jan 2018 at 05:54hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe elections face fresh setback
THE credibility of Zimbabwe's general elections this year has been thrown into doubt after a South African-run ID systems firm hired to produce a new voters' roll for the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission...Published: 30 Jan 2018 at 05:20hrs | | by Reuters
Mnangagwa sticks to his word, urges diaspora to register to vote
WHEN President Emmerson Mnangagwa assumed the highest office in the land he stated that the country will hold elections as scheduled this year.He went further and advised political players to ...Published: 21 Jan 2018 at 07:53hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Why did Rita Makarau resign from ZEC?
THE government must publicise the reasons why former Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) chairperson Rita Makarau left office in a huff following the resignation of President Robert Mugabe, independen...Published: 20 Jan 2018 at 15:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
US firm gets Zimbabwe BVR tender
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has given an American company the nod to supply biometric voter registration (BVR) de-duplication hardware and software notwithstanding the court challenge of t...Published: 16 Jan 2018 at 05:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Diaspora vote denial stirs mixed feelings
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission's announcement that Zimbabweans living in the Diaspora may not be able to vote in the upcoming elections has brought mixed feelings from Zimbabweans all over the worl...Published: 12 Jan 2018 at 10:38hrs | 7 | by Khuluma Afrika Staff Reporter
ZACC launches probe into ZEC tender scam
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has launched an investigation into the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) over massive corruption, allegedly committed during the 2013 referendum and ha...Published: 12 Jan 2018 at 06:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZEC Magade extending voter registration alone will not end 'disputed elections'!
The voter registration exercise which started 14 September 2017 and chalked to end 15 January 2018 has been extended by a month."ZEC acting chairperson Emmanuel Magade told ZimEye.com in Harar...Published: 08 Jan 2018 at 19:56hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
ZEC extends BVR blitz
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has announced the extension of its mobile voter registration exercise by one month.Speaking to ZBC News in Harare this Thursday morning, ZEC Acting Chai...Published: 04 Jan 2018 at 15:41hrs | | by Staff Reporter
ZEC promises free, fair elections
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has outlined its roadmap towards free and fair elections in solidarity with President Emmerson Mnangagwa's stance that the 2018 elections will be held under a c...Published: 25 Dec 2017 at 10:21hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
New reigging strategy forced Makarau out?
Zimbabwe Electoral Commission Chairperson Justice Rita Makarau could have resigned due to mounting political pressure over her multiple roles and a rigging srategy being crafted by those in power....Published: 10 Dec 2017 at 05:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Makarau's resignation opens a can of worms'
The resignation of Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) chairperson, Rita Makarau, a few months before the harmonised elections raise many questions, says a MDC top official.Makarau is said to ...Published: 08 Dec 2017 at 12:02hrs | | by Takudzwa Chiwara
Makarau forced to resign from ZEC
ZIMBABWE Electoral Commission (Zec) chairperson Justice Rita Makarau has signalled her intention to resign as head of the electoral body, a few months before crucial general elections whose credibilit...Published: 08 Dec 2017 at 09:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
UZ hunts for dean of law
THE University of Zimbabwe has started the process of looking for the Dean of Law to replace the incumbent dean Mr Emmanuel Magade, now deputy chairperson at the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission. ...Published: 10 Nov 2017 at 04:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Political parties to pay $100 000 to register observers
POLITICAL parties have accused the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) of pricing them out of observing the voter registration process, which will open with a nationwide blitz next Tuesday.MDC...Published: 05 Oct 2017 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zec meets Zanu-PF, MDC-T, MDC to draft code of conduct
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) yesterday met with representatives of the three main political parties - Zanu-PF, MDC-T and MDC - in Bulawayo to draft a code of conduct for all parties ahead o...Published: 26 Sep 2017 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
UNDP endorses Chinese BVR kits supply
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has endorsed China's Laxton Group as the best company to supply biometric voter registration (BVR) kits which will be used to register voters ahead of n...Published: 11 Sep 2017 at 06:02hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zec rules out early polls
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has dismissed as mere speculation suggestions by Zanu PF that next year's elections could be held earlier than expected. In an interview yesterday on th...Published: 07 Sep 2017 at 06:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
Japan donates $1 million to ZEC
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) yesterday got a shot in the arm after the Japanese embassy donated $1 million as part of Tokyo's contribution to promote the work of the electoral management bo...Published: 07 Sep 2017 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hunt for Zimbabwe's new Prosecutor-General begins
The Judiciary Service Commission (JSC) has begun the hunt for the new Prosecutor-General (PG) after it issued a notice inviting nominations for candidates seeking to fill one of the country's coveted ...Published: 20 Jun 2017 at 13:19hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Serious jockeying for Tomana's job
Before the dust has even settled following the axing of former Prosecutor-General (PG) Johannes Tomana, serious jockeying for the top post has started in earnest, as rival factions within the warring ...Published: 13 Jun 2017 at 10:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
2018 victory is certain, says Tsvangirai
A buoyant opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, yesterday told thousands of his supporters who braved the chilly and drizzly weather in the Midlands capital that President Robert Mugabe's advanced age...Published: 11 Jun 2017 at 12:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
D-Day for Tomana
The tribunal appointed to examine suspended Prosecutor General Mr Johannes Tomana's fitness to hold the post has completed its task, and will soon submit its determination to President Mugabe....Published: 09 Apr 2017 at 08:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
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