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Kasukuwere to split the votes
The Zimbabwean harmonised elections are around the corner. The date to hold the election has been announced and every serious political party is now gearing for this do or die election where a battle ...Published: 06 Jun 2023 at 21:34hrs | 1061 | by Leonard Koni
Kasukuwere to divide the Zanu-PF vote?
SELF-EXILED former Zanu-PF political commissar and Cabinet minister, Saviour Kasukuwere has joined the presidential race ahead of this year's harmonised elections set for August 23.Last week, ...Published: 06 Jun 2023 at 06:51hrs | 1036 | by Staff reporter
Concern over 3% Parly youth representation in Zimbabwe
A YOUTH advocacy group, WeLead Trust, is disappointed that youths make up 3% of the country's parliamentarians.The civic group expressed concern that the political landscape in the country doe...Published: 03 Jun 2023 at 08:18hrs | 57 | by Staff reporter
Diasporans Forgotten
The promise of a Diaspora vote by President Emerson Mnangagwa, once seen as a beacon of hope for Zimbabweans living abroad, has been nothing but a broken promise. Elections in Zimbabwe are only a few ...Published: 02 Jun 2023 at 11:06hrs | 739 | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo
Biti warns of a coup
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator Tendai Biti has warned the unconstitutional recruitment of agents from spooky Zanu-PF aligned group, Forever Associates Zimbabwe (FAZ) to allegedly tampe...Published: 01 Jun 2023 at 18:14hrs | 2665 | by Staff reporter
Voters roll anomalies exposing Zec
THAT some names of registered voters have reportedly gone missing from the voters roll to be used in this year's general elections is more than disturbing.With less than three months to the po...Published: 31 May 2023 at 07:01hrs | 210 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's name on voters roll
HUNDREDS of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) supporters took to the streets in Kuwadzana 4 high-density suburb marching and singing for party leader Nelson Chamisa who was confirming his name on Zi...Published: 30 May 2023 at 21:37hrs | 519 | by Staff reporter
ZEC speaks on voters' roll
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has said everyone who registered to vote will not be disenfranchised as the electoral body will rectify any anomalies that will be detected during the ongoing v...Published: 30 May 2023 at 06:43hrs | 267 | by Staff reporter
ZEC assures voters
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has said everyone who registered to vote will not be disenfranchised as the electoral body will rectify any anomalies that will be detected during the ongoing v...Published: 30 May 2023 at 06:41hrs | 152 | by Staff reporter
Robert Chapman's name 'missing' from ZEC voters roll
DEMOCRATIC Union of Zimbabwe (DUZ) president, Robert Chapman has red-flagged inefficiencies of Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC)'s voter registration system after failing to find his entry among eli...Published: 29 May 2023 at 19:41hrs | 675 | by Staff reporter
Confidence in August poll hits rock bottom
A NEW report reveals that confidence in the August general election has struck rock bottom, with the country failing the litmus test on tenets of electoral international best practice, less than three...Published: 24 May 2023 at 17:25hrs | 581 | by Staff reporter
Confidence in August poll hits rock bottom
A NEW report reveals that confidence in the August general election has struck rock bottom, with the country failing the litmus test on tenets of electoral international best practice, less than three...Published: 22 May 2023 at 19:43hrs | 800 | by Staff reporter
Duke Maplanka to stand as ZAPU UK Chairperson
First of all allow me to humbly express my gratitude for the nomination to represent our province as Chairperson. Our province is unique. Through history and time, seldom has there been a less...Published: 22 May 2023 at 14:03hrs | 1060 | by Duke Maplanka
Zimbabwe-born lock Snyman set to leave Leicester Tigers
ZIMBABWE - BORN Leicester Tigers lock Eli Snyman will leave the English Premiership club to return to Italian side Benetton next season.The 27-year-old joined Tigers in 2021 after a spell in T...Published: 30 Apr 2023 at 08:59hrs | 143 | by Staff reporter
Even if Mnangagwa gave me a house today, I will never vote for him as long as Zimbabweans suffering!
Already in 1980, at the dawn of Zimbabwe's independence, we experienced major transformations in our lives.Our parents managed to purchase houses, including in previously racially segregated a...Published: 23 Apr 2023 at 08:08hrs | 1742 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwean glitterati and Nigerian husband wanted for drug trafficking
THEIR marriage ceremony at The Nest, an upmarket and exclusive venue in Harare, was dubbed wedding-of-the-year in Zimbabwe last year.It was attended by the who-is-who in the local social scene...Published: 08 Apr 2023 at 15:25hrs | 1559 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC wants Electoral Amendment Bill to be overhauled
THE opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) believes the Electoral Amendment Bill which is in the second reading stage in Parliament needs serious amendments that include improving the design o...Published: 03 Apr 2023 at 06:29hrs | 267 | by Staff reporter
San chief is installed
IT was a historic and joyous moment for the San community yesterday as Government installed the inaugural Chief Goledema as the Second Republic moves to address concerns of this previously marginalise...Published: 31 Mar 2023 at 07:43hrs | 268 | by Staff reporter
Chigumba loses trust in Zec unyielding commissioners
ZIMBABWE Electoral Commission chairperson Justice Priscila Chigumba has lost trust in the seven commissioners who rebelled against her in the delimitation report exercise, with the latest indication b...Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 13:59hrs | 1161 | by Staff reporter
Croco's Matsika gets a lifeline
EIGHT years after acrimoniously falling out with his cousin and Croco Holdings boss Moses Chingwena over the ownership of a busines empire worth more than US$100 million, Harare automobile tycoon Fara...Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 13:52hrs | 18397 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa 'withdraws' Wadyajena criticism
Temba Mliswa, the Norton MP says he has withdrawn his comments concerning a photograph purportedly depicting Gokwe Nembudziya MP, Justice Mayor Wadyajena, enjoying himself on Valentine’s Day....Published: 21 Feb 2023 at 07:28hrs | 854 | by Staff reporter
Omega Sibanga tries to knock sense into Mnangagwa's son in-law's head
FORMER Zifa vice-president Omega Sibanda has urged the Sports and Recreation Commission (SRC) to lift the Zifa suspension which he says is the only way Zimbabwe will be reinstated back into the Fifa f...Published: 12 Feb 2023 at 07:27hrs | 949 | by Staff reporter
Where are these fruits of independence Zimbabweans are supposed to be enjoying?
The next time I hear a senior government official, or some sycophantic ruling ZANU-PF supporter tell us about 'enjoying the fruits of independence', in all likelihood, I will scream!I find not...Published: 09 Feb 2023 at 19:28hrs | 293 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
ZanuPF nullifies suspension on party big wig
Zanu PF National Political Commissar Mike Bimha has nullified the prohibition order that was handed down to Manicaland Province Womens League Chairwoman Happiness Nyakuedzwa last week on allegations o...Published: 09 Feb 2023 at 16:43hrs | 989 | by Zebedee Mapuranga/Simbarashe Sithole
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 | 565 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe after Robert Mugabe
This opinion-editorial piece was written by Japhet Ncube, a Zimbabwean-born former editor of South African daily, The Star, in November 2017 during the coup which ousted the late former president Robe...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 20:10hrs | 362 | by Japhet Mathanda Ncube
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 | 165 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa under fire
Civil society organisations have accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of refusing to implement electoral reforms in order to gain an unfair advantage in this year's hamornised elections.The cl...Published: 22 Jan 2023 at 15:11hrs | 5859 | by Staff reporter
Harvest House builds US$42m auditorium
HARVEST House International church has poured US$42 million into the construction of the biggest conference centre in the country with a capacity to hold 10 500 people in Bulawayo's Selbourne Brooke s...Published: 13 Jan 2023 at 05:47hrs | 827 | 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 | 49 | by Staff reporter
'ZEC to fix voter 'mis-posting' in delimitation aftermath'
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) says it will correct anomalies whereby some voters, by virtue of residential addresses, are categorised as belonging to wrong local council wards.Common...Published: 19 Nov 2022 at 06:35hrs | 249 | by Staff reporter
ZUPCO withdraws subsidised fuel from private operators
BUS fares for peri-urban routes are set to increase following the decision by the state run Zimbabwe United Passenger Company (ZUPCO) to order privately-owned buses registered under its franchise to p...Published: 09 Nov 2022 at 05:18hrs | 3846 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe fails to process IDs, birth certificates for over 2 months
CITIZENS wishing to obtain birth certificates and national identity cards (IDs) have endured two months of travelling back and forth to the Registrar General's (RG) offices nationwide, only to be info...Published: 03 Nov 2022 at 05:10hrs | 1300 | by Staff reporter
EcoCash launches Christmas promotion
Zimbabwe's largest mobile money platform, EcoCash, has launched a Christmas promotion to reward customers who transact using its United States dollar (USD) wallet.In the promotion, which start...Published: 30 Oct 2022 at 06:40hrs | 54 | by Staff reporter
High Court outlaws Zupco monopoly
A BULAWAYO High Court judge has stripped the Zimbabwe United Passengers Company (Zupco) of its monopoly in the public transport business.Justice Evangelista Kabasa said COVID-19 lockdown regul...Published: 21 Oct 2022 at 06:09hrs | 734 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MPs demand answers on Belarus bus deal
OPPOSITION legislators have demanded that Local Government minister July Moyo should appear in Parliament to explain the whereabouts of Zimbabwe Passenger Company (Zupco) buses purchased by government...Published: 21 Oct 2022 at 06:06hrs | 528 | by Staff reporter
Ephraim Chawanda attacks Chikwata leadership
ZIMBABWE Saints and Warriors legend Ephraim Chawanda popularly known as "The Rock Of Gilbraltar" has taken a swipe at the club's leadership after the team was relegated from the Zifa Southern Region D...Published: 11 Oct 2022 at 06:05hrs | 859 | by Staff reporter
Minister threatens unregistered Zupco buses
GOVERNMENT has said all Zupco buses should comply with the law as the police will not hesitate to impound vehicles without number plates.Deputy Information minister Kindness Paradza said this ...Published: 03 Oct 2022 at 06:15hrs | 571 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police target unregistered vehicles
A stepped up joint operation headed by the police against unlicensed, uninsured, unregistered motor vehicles, mushikashika and illegal kombis has seen 81 motorists arrested since Monday.Kombis...Published: 21 Sep 2022 at 05:57hrs | 432 | by Staff reporter
Why I boycotted Queen Elizabeth II
I WAS a Lower Sixth student at Prince Edward School in Harare, Zimbabwe, when Queen Elizabeth II visited our school in October 1991. Zimbabwe was hosting that year's Commonwealth Heads of Government M...Published: 16 Sep 2022 at 06:07hrs | 1483 | by Tafi Mhaka
Zec 'frustrating' first-time voters
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has been accused of "deliberately frustrating" aspiring first-time voters by unnecessarily delaying processes and offering poor service at registration centres....Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 05:53hrs | 233 | by Staff reporter
Chevrons trio in SA20 draft
THREE Zimbabwean cricketers are part of the over 300 international cricket stars for South Africa's SA20 franchise league draft.Sean Williams, Ryan Burl and Brad Evans will be the only Zimbabw...Published: 14 Sep 2022 at 05:46hrs | 123 | by Staff reporter
Zec fees challenged in court
OPPOSITION leader Egypt Dzinemunhenzva has approached the High Court challenging the new Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) fees for aspiring election candidates.On August 23, Dzinemunhenzwa ...Published: 13 Sep 2022 at 06:00hrs | 276 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's new marriage law give 'girlfriends' inheritance rights
Zimbabwe has ushered in a new marriage law that gives equal rights to "girlfriends" and women in registered unions upon the dissolution of a marriage or death of the husband.Marriage Act (Chap...Published: 11 Sep 2022 at 06:12hrs | 2821 | by Anadolu News Agency
Chamisa loses hope on reforms
OPPOSITION parties have lost hope of the country holding free and fair elections next year in the absence of electoral reforms.Some of the political parties have predicted a disputed poll as g...Published: 09 Sep 2022 at 06:05hrs | 2796 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean Exiles Forum backtracks on support for 'stupid' rant doctor
The Zimbabwe Exiles Forum (ZEF) has changed its tune over supporting Limpopo health MEC Dr Phophi Ramathuba following her controversial address to a foreign national who underwent surgery at Bela Bela...Published: 30 Aug 2022 at 06:38hrs | 2527 | by Staff reporter
Harare scraps US$100 towing fees
HARARE City Council (HCC) has scrapped towing fees for impounded vehicles that are driven by their owners to council's storage depot, mayor Jacob Mafume announced yesterday.Mafume also said ow...Published: 25 Aug 2022 at 06:37hrs | 813 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe poll fees too costly'
THE cost of contesting elections in Zimbabwe is now the highest in Africa, a data analysis of the new candidate nomination fees set by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has shown.Zec's n...Published: 24 Aug 2022 at 06:44hrs | 502 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF banks on corrupt businesses to pay nomination fees for own candidates'
National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) leader Lovemore Madhuku says the Zanu-PF-led government has intentionally set steep nomination fees for prospective election candidates next year well knowing it...Published: 23 Aug 2022 at 19:51hrs | 632 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa regime now agrees with Smith when he said, 'democracy isn't the counting of heads like sheep'!
As I was studying ZEC spokesperson, Jasper Mangwana, struggle and stutter in his faltered attempts at justifying the exorbitant and extortionary fees recently announced by the country's electoral comm...Published: 22 Aug 2022 at 15:52hrs | 783 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
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