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Zanu-PF suspends 16 members for supporting independent candidates
Sixteen Zanu-PF members have been suspended for five years after being found guilty of supporting independent candidates during the 2023 National Assembly and local authority elections.Fifteen...Published: 15 Nov 2024 at 08:31hrs | 464 | by Staff reporter
Why Kamala Harris Lost and How Donald Trump Won: A Deep Analysis of the 2024 US Election
Today I am mourning, but this too shall favour me - Donald Trump's victory and Kamala Harris's loss carry lessons for us all. She joined the race just 107 days ago, facing a former president who began...Published: 06 Nov 2024 at 12:43hrs | 1718 | by Ifeanyi Abraham
Hichilema alarmed by prospects of defeat and prosecution for corruption
When Zambia experienced democratic backsliding between 2011 and 2021, the deliberate use of legal mechanisms to weaken opposition parties played a central role. Lawfare has been a constant theme of Za...Published: 07 Oct 2024 at 17:08hrs | 2627 | by Sishuwa Sishuwa
Zambia's Hakainde Hichilema threatening to delay 2026 elections
On 13 September, Zambia's President Hakainde Hichilema addressed parliament in fulfilment of the Constitution that requires the president to address the National Assembly every year and provide a repo...Published: 26 Sep 2024 at 14:55hrs | 654 | by Sishuwa Sishuwa
Hichilema gears up to change Zambia's constitution
As President Hakainde Hichilema of Zambia made his annual address to parliament on 13 September, he shocked many observers as he made a series of revealing off-the-cuff remarks on the topic of constit...Published: 26 Sep 2024 at 13:36hrs | 357 | by Sishuwa Sishuwa
Zimbabweans vote for personalities
ZIMBABWEANS do not cast votes along political party lines nor do their preferred candidates mirror their aspirations, a report by Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) has said.This comes a...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 09:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF has not achieved a 2/3 majority in Parliament
As was universally predicted, the Saturday, 3rd February 2024, by-elections saw Zanu-PF Parliamentary and Local Authority Candidates walloping Tshabangu's CCC Candidates, together with candidates secr...Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 19:16hrs | 13 | by ZanuPF Treasurer General - Patrick A Chinamasa
Chamisa's resigned MPs can contest again not as CCC members
CITIZENS' Coalition for Change (CCC) members of Parliament who resign in solidarity with former leader Nelson Chamisa who quit the party last week are free to contest again in by-elections called to f...Published: 05 Feb 2024 at 18:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
By-elections ballot paper distribution begins today
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission is now 100 percent ready to deliver seamless by-elections on Saturday, with the distribution of ballot papers set to start today.ZEC has printed 230 000 ballo...Published: 30 Jan 2024 at 04:20hrs | | 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 | 7 | by Dr Phillan Zamchiya
Tshabangu goes to court to bar Chibaya, Siziva
Nearly two dozen former CCC MPs and councillors who were controversially recalled could now be barred from the February 3 by-elections after self-styled party secretary general Sengezo Tshabangu filed...Published: 16 Jan 2024 at 04:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Rival CCC candidates nominated to face a Zanu-PF candidate
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission has published an Election Notice with the names of local authority candidates nominated in some 28 wards for the 3 February 2024 by-elections.Some highlights:...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 18:12hrs | 8 | by Prof Jonathan Moyo
'By-election to put the final nail in Ostallos Siziba political coffin'
CCC Spokesperson Gift Ostallos Siziba finds himself at the crossroads of political uncertainty as his fortunes take a nosedive following his recall by CCC Interim Secretary General Sengezo Tshaban...Published: 18 Dec 2023 at 10:18hrs | 11 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Recalled CCC MPs, councillors contest as independents
THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) says its recalled legislators and councillors will tomorrow file papers to contest the February 3 by-elections as indepedents amid threats of recall by self-pro...Published: 17 Dec 2023 at 09:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Western Diplomats blast Chamisa...call him incompetent or ZANU PF front
Senior journalist Hopewell Chin'ono has teared into Nelson Chamisa accusing his of a self-centered leadership style which has caused the Citizens Coalition for Change to suffer a still birth. ...Published: 08 Dec 2023 at 12:56hrs | 11 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
Chamisa in a catch-22 situation
I MUST begin by apologising, dear reader, for not informing you that I will no longer deliver my instalment weekly as had become the tradition.I received a few inquiries and some scolding from...Published: 27 Oct 2023 at 19:16hrs | | by Ntando Dumani
Tshabangu to recall all CCC MPs 'imposed' on the electorate
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) self-styled interim secretary-general Sengezo Tshabangu has welcomed President Emmerson Mnangagwa's proclamation of 9 December as the by-election date for nine vaca...Published: 22 Oct 2023 at 15:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZEC gazettes Mnangagwa's re-election
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has officially gazetted the re-election of President Mnangagwa for a second five-year term following his victory in last week's harmonised elections.An ...Published: 31 Aug 2023 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chissano impressed by Mnangagwa, Chamisa's peace pledges
Former Mozambican president Joaquim Chissano says he is impressed by the two frontrunners in the race for Zimbabwe's presidency for their promises of peace – during and after the polls.Speak...Published: 23 Aug 2023 at 06:38hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
6,6 million Zimbabweans eligible to cast ballots
ZIMBABWEANS go to the polls today with at least 6,6 million registered voters expected to decide the next leadership that will steer the country forward for five years.The Zimbabwe Electoral C...Published: 23 Aug 2023 at 06:32hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa and CCC must not use Matebeleland as cannon fodder
"Never target a tribe or victimise a region twice" - Nelson Chamisa, responding to the High Court decision that nullified his 12 parliamentary candidates in Bulawayo....Published: 28 Jul 2023 at 21:38hrs | 8 | by Jonathan Moyo
Chamisa's CCC braces for Electoral Court showdown over Bulawayo candidates
The Electoral Court will on Wednesday hear a dozen applications filed by Zanu-PF activists seeking to have all Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) MP candidates in Bulawayo disqualified from August 23...Published: 17 Jul 2023 at 21:42hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC hints at election upset
ZIMBABWE'S main opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party this week declared fireworks in next month's landmark polls, warning it would upset President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ruling Zanu-PF p...Published: 08 Jul 2023 at 10:04hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
VIEW: Full Zimbabwe poll candidate list
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) yesterday gazetted the final list of candidates who successfully submitted their papers during the sitting of the Nomination Court for the August 23 harmonised ...Published: 01 Jul 2023 at 08:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Minister's husband running as independent after Zanu PF snub dies in accident
A candidate who was barred from standing in Zanu PF primaries in Gutu West before deciding to stand as an independent has died after his vehicle fell off a bridge.Christopher Mutonhori Rwodzi,...Published: 30 Jun 2023 at 14:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nomination Court opens
ALL is set for the Nomination Court which is sitting today marking the beginning of the race for the August 23 harmonised elections.Aspiring candidates sponsored by political parties and indep...Published: 21 Jun 2023 at 06:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says losing CCC candidates are free to stand as independents
The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa says candidates who are not happy about the party's candidate selection process are free to stand as independent candidates in the upcomin...Published: 19 Jun 2023 at 20:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa hangs on to final list of candidates
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has withheld the final list of parliamentary and council candidates who will represent his party in the August 23 elections, he says to keep h...Published: 19 Jun 2023 at 12:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Losers imposed as winners
In light of the dogged determination by Harare bigwigs to impose him, despite his crushing defeat in his bid to be CCC's local authority candidate for Ward 4 in Bulawayo, as their choice for the city'...Published: 16 Jun 2023 at 13:05hrs | | by Jonathan Moyo
'Members contesting as independents are sellouts'
FORMER State security minister Owen Mudha Ncube has described Zanu-PF members who stand as independent candidates as sellouts.A number of members who lost in the ruling party's May internal po...Published: 13 Jun 2023 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
No second chance for Zanu-PF 'party rebels'
LOSING candidates in the Zanu-PF primaries who choose to contest as independents in the August 23 polls will be expelled from the party for good, NewsDay reported.This was on...Published: 12 Jun 2023 at 06:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF losing candidates warned on jumping ship
Zanu-PF Murewa district co-ordinating committee chairperson Wellington Kademeteme has warned party members who lost in the party's primaries against standing as independents in the upcoming general el...Published: 03 May 2023 at 06:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bow out gracefully, respect voters
IT was refreshing to hear Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu telling United States President Joe Biden that, "Israel does not make policies guided by pressures from abroad." This was after Bide...Published: 04 Apr 2023 at 06:25hrs | 2 | by Mbuso Ndlovu
Kariba to continue producing electricity
KARIBA South Hydro Power Station will no longer have to shut down even though it has exhausted its water allocation for this year, but is limited to an average of 300 megawatts, half what it was able ...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Power Company to get 300MW from Kariba
Kariba South Hydro Power Station will no longer have to shut down even though it has exhausted its water allocation for this year, but is limited to an average of 300 megawatts, half what it was able ...Published: 03 Dec 2022 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe joins exclusive club with gas project
AFRICA Oil Week, a prestigious global platform for stimulating deals and transactions across the continent held annually, will this year host Zimbabwe's Energy Minister, Soda Zhemu.For over 25...Published: 24 Sep 2022 at 06:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Confusion grips new/ old party
CONFUSION reigned supreme in the newly formed Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party when it double fielded candidates in two Bulawayo wards at yesterday's seating of the Nomination Court for by-el...Published: 27 Jan 2022 at 04:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Change your name!: Zanu-PF's new trump card against Chamisa
IN a surprise move, President Emmerson Mnangagwa proclaimed 26 March 2022 as the date for long overdue by-elections. This should fill in vacancies created through the controversial recalls of elected ...Published: 16 Jan 2022 at 18:12hrs | | by Reginald Murendo
Mnangagwa's trap for Chamisa
In a surprise move, President Emmerson Mnangagwa proclaimed March 26, 2022, as the date for long overdue by-elections. This is to fill vacancies created through the controversial recalls of elected of...Published: 15 Jan 2022 at 00:25hrs | 4 | by Reginald Murendo
Africans need to review the electoral democracy system
ZIMBABWE will go to the polls in 2023 to choose its leadership. It is a regular ritual the country adopted at independence in 1980 when it declared itself a democracy.That meant every five or ...Published: 13 Dec 2021 at 07:08hrs | 5 | by Tapiwa Gomo
Why MDC-A must not change its name for by-elections
As embattled President Emmerson Mnangagwa dithers on whether or when to cause the compromised Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to discharge its constitutional obligation to call for the holding of ...Published: 02 May 2021 at 09:39hrs | 10 | by Jonathan N Moyo
America angry that their blue-eyed boy has been recalled by his own party
The United States has made very hidden but vivid threats to Zimbabwe for allowing Biti to be recalled from Parliament by his own party. In a statement the United States a surprising statement by Ameri...Published: 25 Mar 2021 at 08:56hrs | | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Old Joe Biden trips and falls 3 times boarding Air Force One
President Joe Biden stumbled three times and fell on the steps of Air Force One on Friday, prompting fresh questions about his health.The 78-year-old - the oldest president in US history - app...Published: 19 Mar 2021 at 19:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
The science of winning by-elections
URBAN folks are shocked how and why Zanu-PF is winning by-elections amid the economic turmoil. Again, their reasoning still stumbles back to how they mistakenly universalise city aspirations to assume...Published: 25 Aug 2019 at 09:50hrs | | by Michael Mhlanga
Zapu candidate chides Tsvangirai's son
FORMER liberation movement Zapu's candidate for the Glen View South by-election has unwittingly taken a dig at former Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's son Vincent the MDC's candidate in the race to ...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 08:02hrs | 1 | by newzimbabwe
Chibaya blames MDC bigwigs for chaotic structures
MDC Alliance national organising secretary Amos Chibaya last week blamed the party's top leadership for the party's loss in Chiredzi West during the harmonised elections last year, saying imposition o...Published: 25 May 2019 at 15:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC mulls Tsvangirai school of ideology
The opposition MDC says it plans to introduce the Morgan Tsvangirai School of Ideology immediately after its elective congress slated for May 24 to 26.This was revealed by the party's national...Published: 15 May 2019 at 08:20hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean man advising governments and oil companies
Growing up in central Africa in the '50s and '60s gave Duncan Clarke an early appreciation of his surroundings and the wider environment – but very little indication of the significance the oil ind...Published: 24 Apr 2019 at 06:03hrs | 9 | by geoexpro
Khama, Venson-Moitoi's South African handlers calling for Masisi's ouster
A team of South African experts who recommended that Pelonomi Venson Moitoi should withdraw her challenge against President Mokgweetsi Masisi for the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) presidency have al...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 08:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa taps ex-MDC MP for role as ambassador
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has picked former MDC MP for Mabvuku-Tafara James Maridadi for a role as an ambassador in a move likely to torch debate in the country's political circles.Maridadi...Published: 30 Mar 2019 at 17:28hrs | | by newzimbabwe
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