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Mnangagwa's ambitions spark outcry from opposition and allies alike
TENSIONS are rising in Zimbabwe over President Emmerson Mnangagwa's evident intention to remain in power after his second term ends in 2028.Zimbabwe's constitution explicitly prohibits serving...Published: 31 Mar 2025 at 09:14hrs | 2138 | by Peter Fabricius l The Daily Maverick
Elections expose Sadc ruling parties
Recent elections across Southern Africa have revealed a growing challenge for ruling parties, especially those that evolved from former liberation movements, as they struggle to maintain their grip on...Published: 15 Nov 2024 at 08:39hrs | 1240 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's allies say Mnangagwa jumped the gun on Mozambique elections
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has come under fire for potentially undermining the credibility of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) after he publicly endorsed the election results in Moz...Published: 24 Oct 2024 at 08:02hrs | 966 | by Staff reporter
SADC Summit lets rogue members off the hook
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is supposed to advance democracy and human rights in its 16 member states. But its annual summit, which took place in Harare on Saturday, 17 August, i...Published: 19 Aug 2024 at 07:24hrs | 1281 | by Staff reporter
US slams door on Mnangagwa
UNITED States Senate Foreign Relations member Jim Risch and analysts have said the sanctioning of President Emmerson Mnangagwa for corruption and human rights violations is a damning indictment of his...Published: 06 Mar 2024 at 20:53hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
CCC's diplomatic offensive questioned
Political analysts have expressed doubt regarding the effectiveness of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC)'s diplomatic efforts to advocate for a new election.Under the leadership of Nelso...Published: 10 Oct 2023 at 11:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa linked NGOs pray for transitional govt in Zimbabwe
Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) have submitted a petition to the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) and the African Union (AU), urging them to advocate for a transitional government to ad...Published: 25 Sep 2023 at 08:39hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Why Dudula hates foreigners
South African vigilante group Operation Dudula has become notorious for raiding businesses belonging to foreign nationals and forcing shops to close. BBC Africa Eye has gained rare access to members o...Published: 18 Sep 2023 at 21:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Let's not talk about Zimbabwe and democracy right now, says Fikile Mbalula
After launching a barrage of attacks on Zimbabwe's main opposition, ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula has hinted that the governing party is involved in behind-the-scenes talks to deal with Zimbabw...Published: 06 Sep 2023 at 18:57hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Watchers wait on Chamisa's next move
Zimbabweans and those around the world who have been watching the recently ended elections are wondering what Citizens Coalition for Change leader, Nelson Chamisa will do next after he rejected Emmers...Published: 03 Sep 2023 at 22:25hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa pins hope on Hakainde Hichilema after stalemate
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has dispatched a delegation to neighbouring countries to elicit the support of Southern African Development Community (Sadc) leaders in his pu...Published: 03 Sep 2023 at 07:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Voters reject Zanu-PF's big spenders
Zanu-PF big spenders suffered electoral defeats in urban areas with analysts saying the urban electorate could never be swayed by temporary trinkets, which did not address the issue of poverty....Published: 27 Aug 2023 at 13:14hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Election: 20:00 CCC update
As evening falls, voters continue to queue up in droves to cast their ballots - some have been waiting hours to exercise their democratic right.By now, every single one of the 12,374 polling s...Published: 23 Aug 2023 at 19:09hrs | 29 | by Charles Kwaramba
Mnangagwa comments on 'counter revolutionaries'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has come under fire after he described lawyers, in particular the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR), as "counter revolutionaries", with critics saying the utterance...Published: 10 Aug 2023 at 06:46hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC outdoing itself, says Anglo funded ISS
A reputable think tank, Institute for Security Studies Africa (ISS), has blasted CCC for shooting itself in the foot through disarray which has resulted in the opposition party losing 12 parliamentary...Published: 29 Jul 2023 at 07:21hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's confusion, disarray gives Zanu-PF political upper hand says Anglo funded ISS
THINK tank, Institute for Security Studies Africa (ISS) says the confusion and lack of political acumen in the main opposition will be its undoing in the forthcoming general elections, handing a victo...Published: 28 Jul 2023 at 06:48hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe heading for disputed elections,' claims Anglo funded ISS
THINK tank, Institute for Security Studies Africa, says disputed polls are brewing in Zimbabwe as the current election regulatory framework falls short in conforming to the regional guidelines....Published: 27 Jul 2023 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
AU accomplice in Zimbabwe corruption
THE sincerity of African leaders and institutions in fighting corruption has come under scrutiny following the appointment of controversial Zimbabwean self-styled prophet Uebert Angel as its Pan-Afric...Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 08:24hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF bussing supporters a smokescreen for rigging'
INCUMBENT President and Zanu-PF leader Emmerson Mnangagwa's obsession with bussed crowds to his rallies is part of a well-orchestrated plan to claim popularity and cover up possible rigging, it has be...Published: 24 Jul 2023 at 06:50hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe election offers regime a last chance to end financial isolation
JEFFRIES Ncube looks around Zimbabwe's second city and fallen industrial heartland and observes that, for all President Emmerson Mnangagwa's promises to resurrect a ruined economy, many of Bulawayo's ...Published: 24 Jul 2023 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean-born Chris Maroleng appointed chief executive of Good Governance Africa
Zimbabwean-born South African public policy analyst and communication expert Chris Maroleng has been appointed the international chief executive of Good Governance Africa, a research and advocacy non-...Published: 06 Jul 2023 at 16:13hrs | 61 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa poses major threat to Mnangagwa, but....
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has emerged as President Emmerson Mnangagwa's most formidable challenger for the presidency when the country goes to the polls in the next few...Published: 06 Mar 2023 at 05:20hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt jittery
GOVERNMENT is in panic mode and fears an uprising hence resorting to using the police, military and other security organs as a section of Zimbabweans push for economic order, with analysts predicting ...Published: 15 May 2022 at 17:56hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Reports of Zanu-PF defeat in 2023 polls are tad premature
SEVERAL Zimbabwe commentators have interpreted recent by-elections as raising the possibility that Zanu-PF's 42-year-long grip on power is loosening and, come the 2023 general elections, opposition le...Published: 16 Apr 2022 at 08:34hrs | 12 | by Derek Matyszak
Honeymoon over for Zambian leader
Almost six months after the high expectations created by his historic landslide victory over Edgar Lungu and his promises of fundamental reform, Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema's halo has begun s...Published: 18 Feb 2022 at 05:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Africa: A complex trajectory and legacy of military coups
FOR their spectacular nature, coups always appear like new phenomena when actually they are an old military and political issue that dates back to the genesis of humanity.It is like that in th...Published: 18 Sep 2021 at 19:49hrs | 10 | by William Jethro Mpofu
Fresh wave of protests loom in South Africa
SOUTH African authorities fear a new wave of uprisings as networks loyal to jailed former president Jacob Zuma seek to force his freedom.Investigators believe the unrest last week, which kille...Published: 18 Jul 2021 at 08:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Afrobarometer opinion is it is flawed and manipulated
Zimbabwe woke up to a report by Afro Barometer which was so negative to the efforts being made in the democratisation of Zimbabwe and positive on the fight against COVID-19. The mixed bag from Afrobar...Published: 21 Jun 2021 at 17:27hrs | 6 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Mnangagwa continues 'scoring own' goals
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration continues presenting "itself in the worst possible light at home and internationally", casting any pretense of implementing reforms to the wind, and any h...Published: 02 Jun 2021 at 07:30hrs | 9 | by Staff report
Withdrawal of Lionel Dyck's mercenaries creates tricky vacuum
MOZAMBIQUE'S military may fail to fill a vacuum created by the exit of private military contractors (PMCs) such as retired Zimbabwean senior army officer Lionel Dyck whose company was providing air su...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 23:33hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Nzenza warns CZI to brace for stiff competition
GOVERNEMT has warned industries to brace for stiff competition against other African manufacturers as the region removes trade barriers, following a historic trade pact that came into effect in Januar...Published: 12 Mar 2021 at 06:39hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
How South Africa can nudge Zimbabwe toward stability
What's new? As Zimbabwe's political and economic crises worsen, South Africa is moving beyond its policy of "quiet diplomacy" with its northern neighbour and applying more pressure on Harare to open...Published: 18 Dec 2020 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by crisisgroup
Zimbabwe's health system in ICU
IN Zimbabwe, pregnant women are left alone in hospitals to give birth, taps have run dry in major urban centres, infrastructure has all but collapsed and more than half the population needs food aid....Published: 11 Oct 2020 at 10:38hrs | | by Bloomberg
Zimbabwe coming apart at the seams
In Zimbabwe, pregnant women are left alone in hospitals to give birth, taps have run dry in major urban centers, infrastructure has all but collapsed and more than half the population needs food aid....Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 07:18hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'It's another wasted ANC trip to Zimbabwe'
Ringisai Chikohomero, a Researcher, at the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) has labelled the ANC trip to Zimbabwe as a wasted one.A 10 ANC delegate which comprises of Ace Magashule, the party'...Published: 10 Sep 2020 at 08:25hrs | | by Daniel Itai, Harare, Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe reaches 'tipping point'
ZIMBABWE'S Finance minister Mthuli Ncube responded to the country's worsening economic crisis last week by blacking out inflation statistics for the next six months, boosting the price of the little p...Published: 10 Aug 2019 at 11:47hrs | 3 | by Antony Sguazzin, Prinesha Naidoo and Ray Ndlovu
Zimbabwe linked Chris Maroleng fired by SABC
The SABC board has terminated the contract of employment of its Chief Operations Officer, Chris Maroleng, with immediate effect, Zim Techreview reported.This announcement followed "due conside...Published: 23 Apr 2019 at 21:13hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
DRC opposition leader declared winner of presidential poll
Congo opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi has been declared the winner of the long-delayed presidential election, the electoral commission announced early Thursday to the surprise of many, as the vast ...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 08:17hrs | 1 | by Associated Press
MDC Alliance vows to defy police ban
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance has vowed to go ahead with its "Thank you" rally in Kwekwe tomorrow despite the police's refusal to sanction it.Party national organiser Amos Chibaya argued...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 09:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Time for Zimbabwe to move on
THE 2018 harmonised elections have come, but not exactly gone because the main opposition MDC Alliance has signalled its intention to approach the Constitutional Court to challenge the results, which ...Published: 10 Aug 2018 at 07:57hrs | | by Conway Tutani
What next for Chamisa's embattled MDC Alliance?
Zimbabwe's main opposition Movement for Democratic Change has fiercely rejected the result of last week's elections, the first to be held without long-serving despot Robert Mugabe.Here are som...Published: 09 Aug 2018 at 18:54hrs | | by AFP
'We're going to fight this,' says Biti
"We're going to fight this," Tendai Biti said grimly after the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) announced a landslide victory for the ruling Zanu-PF in last Monday's elections."The fascists...Published: 07 Aug 2018 at 13:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa won 61%!' claim Biti, if ZEC differ then Court must punish the criminal
Talk of shooting oneself in the foot before a race, this is becoming a Tendai Biti specialty. In 2008 he is the one who jumped the gun and announced that Morgan Tsvangirai had won 60% of the March vot...Published: 02 Aug 2018 at 20:41hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
The fascists are trying to steal this election - says Tendai Biti
"We're going to fight this," Tendai Biti said grimly after the Zimbabwe Election Commission (ZEC) announced a landslide victory for the ruling Zanu-PF in Monday's parliamentary elections."The ...Published: 02 Aug 2018 at 11:23hrs | | by Tendai Biti
Grace Mugabe off the hook?
She has no immunity, but is still very unlikely to stand trial courtesy to political considerations.Implementing an arrest warrant against Zimbabwe's former First Lady Grace Mugabe will be ver...Published: 01 Aug 2018 at 06:57hrs | | by Karyn Maughan
Cyril Ramaphosa 'dodged a coup' in SA
South Africa narrowly averted a mutiny by soldiers loyal to former president Jacob Zuma on the eve of his forced resignation in February.Highly placed sources within the security forces and AN...Published: 22 Jul 2018 at 19:55hrs | 3 | by City Press
MDC Alliance fears crackdown after Mnangagwa bombing
Opposition leaders in Zimbabwe fear the bombing of a ruling party election rally on Saturday will serve as a pretext for a wide-ranging crackdown by the government or the military in the southern Afri...Published: 24 Jun 2018 at 16:43hrs | 2 | by theguardian
'Observers will endorse half-way decent elections,' argue ISS - now, not even the British will dare
"The international community is determined to endorse any half-way decent election devoid of endemic bloodshed. Any poll not characterised by electoral fraud so blatant that one's eyes cannot be avert...Published: 14 Jun 2018 at 22:06hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
Zimbabwe media 'failing to play its role effectively'
Award winning Zimbabwean journalist, Hopewell Chin'ono, has criticised the state of the media in the southern African country ahead of crunching election on July 30.In an interview with News24...Published: 13 Jun 2018 at 16:40hrs | 2 | by news24
'For free elections, army must stop meddling in politics,' says ISS - too late, up to its eyes already
In an interview with News24, Senior researcher at Institute for Security Studies (ISS), Derek Matyszak said that there was need for the Zimbabwean military to stay clear of politics if the country was...Published: 11 Jun 2018 at 18:45hrs | 1 | by Nomusa Garikai
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