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Magistrate fired in sex affair scandal
A GWANDA magistrate who reported his female boss for alleged sexual harassment was recently fired, in a toxic matter that has raised controversy.The magistrate claims the female boss has two c...Published: 26 Apr 2023 at 20:06hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean judges join Namibian judiciary
Two Zimbabwean judges, Justice Rita Makarau of the Constitutional Court and retired judge Justice Moses Chinhengo have been appointed to serve temporarily on the Namibian Supreme Court and High Court ...Published: 31 Mar 2023 at 07:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mawere demands judge's recusal
Exiled businessman Mutumwa Mawere has filed a Constitutional Court application seeking the recusal of Justice Rita Makarau in a case where the constitutionality of the Reconstruction of State-Indebted...Published: 27 Feb 2022 at 07:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chief Justice Luke Malaba is legit, ConCourt rules
CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba will now stay in office for five more years after the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) yesterday overturned an earlier ruling by the High Court that his continued stay in offi...Published: 23 Sep 2021 at 06:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Madzokere's pain over his lost wife after 10 years behind bars wrongly jailed
HARARE - Jailed for 10 years for a murder he might not have committed. Tungamirai Madzokere on Monday surveyed the ruins that are his personal life and remarked: "I lost everything."Madzokere ...Published: 08 Jun 2021 at 17:08hrs | 3 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
'Excelgate: How Zimbabwe's 2018 Presidential Election Was Stolen' - so will 2023, 41 years and penny hasn't dropped
Zimbabwe's next elections are due in July 2023, just over two years from now. The nation is being reminded of how the 2018 elections were rigged."The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) was on...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 13:19hrs | 3 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'POSA is unconstitutional' ruled Con-Court - so what, ED already has New Constitution Section 209
Public Order and Security Act (POSA) was one of the many obnoxious pieces of legislations on the Zimbabwe statute books that this Zanu PF dictatorship has relied on to deny the people of Zimbabwe thei...Published: 19 Oct 2018 at 22:16hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
ConCourt outlaws ban on demos in Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE'S Constitutional Court (ConCourt) has outlawed section 27 of the Public Order and Security Act (Posa), which prohibits demonstrations without clearance from the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP)...Published: 18 Oct 2018 at 07:04hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Profiles of Zimbabwe's Constitutional Court judges
Nine Constitutional Court (ConCourt) judges will today preside over a matter which will decide on who will lead Zimbabwe for the next five years. Chief Justice Luke Malaba will lead a cast of eight ju...Published: 22 Aug 2018 at 06:26hrs | 29 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's fate lies with 9 judges
ZIMBABWE'S estimated 14 million citizens are today holding their collective breaths as the Constitutional Court bench made up of nine men and women sit to make a determination in one of the greatest p...Published: 22 Aug 2018 at 06:24hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Justice Chigumba the Iron Lady of Zimbabwe election
On 30 July, Zimbabwe went to the polls which were tightly contested with a registered record of 23 Presidential hopefuls. Of these, there were two top horses, President Emmerson Mnangagwa (ZANU PF) an...Published: 07 Aug 2018 at 14:18hrs | 2 | by Elijah Chihota
Makarau resigns from JSC
Justice Rita Makarau has resigned from her post as acting secretary of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) and reverted to the Supreme Court bench. In a statement yesterday, the JSC said it accepted...Published: 09 Feb 2018 at 06:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZEC's long road to BVR success
These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no ...Published: 07 Feb 2018 at 14:14hrs | | by Charles Motsi
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 forced out of ZEC?
Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC)chairperson Justice Rita Makarau has resigned. Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi confirmed the resignation yesterday, saying she did ...Published: 09 Dec 2017 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Electoral plan on course, says Zec
The countrywide biometric voter registration exercise has not been affected by recent developments that have seen the military staging a popular political and socio-economic stabilisation intervention...Published: 19 Nov 2017 at 08:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
News voter's roll by February
THE on-going biometric voter registration will produce a consolidated voter's roll by February next year, a Zimbabwe Electoral Commission official has said.In an interview last week, Zec Chair...Published: 12 Nov 2017 at 07:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Makarau portfolios' 3 jobs defended by Bonyongwe
Government has defended Justice Rita Makarau for chairing the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) and sitting on the bench, saying her appointments are constitutional and there is no conflict of inter...Published: 03 Nov 2017 at 23:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Pre-signed affidavit forms raise stink
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has said it is unacceptable for political figures among other people acting as commissioners of oaths to pre-sign affidavits used to register for the 2018 elect...Published: 01 Nov 2017 at 05:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZEC fumes over pre-signed affidavits
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has said it is unacceptable for political figures among other people acting as commissioners of oaths to pre-sign affidavits used to register for the 2018 elect...Published: 31 Oct 2017 at 04:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zec doesn't share data with other Govt departments, says Makarau
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is working independently and does not share data with other Government departments, the commission's chairperson Justice Rita Makarau has said.Justice M...Published: 30 Oct 2017 at 04:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Voter registration blitz begins on Tuesday
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) will roll-out a massive voter registration blitz beginning October 10 and has established 2 508 registration centres countrywide for the first phase of the exer...Published: 04 Oct 2017 at 06:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, MDC-T not allowed access to servers, says ZEC
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) says it will guard jealously information on the voters roll and election results to enable credible elections.This came out at a stakeholder engagement ...Published: 03 Oct 2017 at 15:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T's BVR challenge hearing today
MDC-T's application challenging President Mugabe's proclamation of biometric voter registration (BVR) dates is expected to be heard today in the High Court.According to Proclamation No 6 of 20...Published: 18 Sep 2017 at 06:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe launches bio-metric voter registration
President Robert Mugabe has launched the bio-metric voter registration (BVR), marking the commencement of the voter registration process ahead of the 2018 elections.The launch, at State House,...Published: 14 Sep 2017 at 15:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T hypocrisy on Makarau exposed
Attempts by the MDC-T to discredit Zimbabwe Electoral Commission chairperson Justice Rita Makarau for holding three key offices, including being a Supreme Court judge and secretary for Judicial Servic...Published: 12 Sep 2017 at 08:19hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Makarau allays fears of Kenya-gate in Zimbabwe
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) says it will conduct next year's elections in accordance with the country's electoral laws as it has always done to avoid the Kenyan scenario where presidential...Published: 05 Sep 2017 at 06:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
400 voter registration kits arrive
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has taken delivery of 400 Biometric Voter Registration kits, kick starting the first major phase of the 2018 harmonised elections.The equipment arrived ...Published: 03 Sep 2017 at 10:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Murderers cannot vote, says Mugabe's government
AN application by three MDC-T jailed murderers to be allowed to vote from prison in harmonised elections next year is misplaced and the activists' remedy lies with Parliament, Government said yesterda...Published: 11 Aug 2017 at 06:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZEC receives 400 biometric voter registration kits
The first batch of 400 biometric voter registration kits is expected to be delivered by August 31, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has said.The BVR kits were procured from Laxton Group...Published: 08 Aug 2017 at 23:54hrs | | by Staff Reporter
ZEC closing the space for Youth
National Association of Youth Organizations (NAYO) has said any country’s social and political terrain is defined and determined by the youth especially in the case of Zimbabwe where youths make 67....Published: 24 Jul 2017 at 07:44hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe needs $274m for polls
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) needs $274 million to successfully conduct the 2018 harmonised elections.Zec chairperson Justice Rita Makarau revealed this yesterday in a document she ...Published: 19 Jul 2017 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Comrade Chihuri and Justice Makarau: Will Zimbabwe ever be big enough for big dreamers?
Zimbabwe Unemployed People's Association, the organisation that represents the interests of millions of economically disadvantaged Zimbabweans and primarily the unemployed will campaign; support the p...Published: 16 Jul 2017 at 18:32hrs | | by Zapu
Comrade Chihuri and Justice Makarau: Will Zimbabwe ever be big enough for big dreamers?
I developed problems with my left front wheel about nine hours into my journey from Johannesburg to Harare. I had left home at five in the morning and made it past Masvingo by three o'clock. But the t...Published: 16 Jul 2017 at 18:29hrs | 1 | by Tafi Mhaka
Zec targets 7 million for registration
AT LEAST seven million voters will be registered by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) when the biometric voter registration (BVR) exercise begins.Zec's deputy chief elections officer, Mr...Published: 11 Jul 2017 at 07:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T poll fears unfounded, says ZEC
The number of biometric voter registration centres allocated to provinces will not determine the number of polling stations in next year's harmonised elections, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC)...Published: 10 Jul 2017 at 06:58hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'We do not intend to work with Nikuv in 2018' - ZEC
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission has tentatively set the date for the next general election at no later than September 2018.This comes weeks after Laxton Group Limited was awarded a tender to...Published: 09 Jul 2017 at 06:31hrs | | by Staff Reform
MDC-T goes back to ConCourt
THE opposition MDC-T is going back to the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) demanding that Zimbabweans in the Diaspora be allowed to vote in the watershed 2018 general elections in line with the dictate...Published: 08 Jul 2017 at 08:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans in the diaspora will NOT be allowed to vote
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) yesterday ruled out the possibility of foreign-based citizens voting from outside the country saying the law does not provide for voting in foreign jurisdiction...Published: 07 Jul 2017 at 06:35hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
ZEC secures $7.59 million for BVR kits
Treasury has released $7.59 million for the acquisition of 3000 biometric voter registration (BVR) kits in preparation for the 2018 harmonised elections.This was disclosed by the Zimbabwe Elec...Published: 06 Jul 2017 at 16:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
NIKUV leaks vindicates the PDP
On the 6th of June 2017, the People's Democratic Party expressed its concern on the way ZEC was handling the procurement of the BVR equipment. We highlighted that the public outcry over t...Published: 22 Jun 2017 at 12:56hrs | 3 | by Jacob Mafume - PDP Spokesperson
Proof of residence requisite in voter registration
Prospective voters are required to produce physical proof of permanent residence for eligibility to register to vote, a shift from an earlier proposal that sought to enlist voters on the roll without ...Published: 18 Jun 2017 at 10:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZEC signs contract with China's Laxton
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has signed a contract with a Chinese firm, Laxton Group of Companies, to supply Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) kits, which are expected in the country in th...Published: 16 Jun 2017 at 08:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
'ZEC powerless on intra-party conflicts'
Existing laws do not give the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission powers to resolve conflicts between and within political parties, the commission's chairperson Justice Rita Makarau has said. Justic...Published: 29 Apr 2017 at 09:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
BVR kits tests commence tomorrow
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) will commence site validation tests of the biometric voter registration (BVR) equipment for the next five days, starting this Friday as part of the elec...Published: 20 Apr 2017 at 18:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Israel companies not bidding to supply Zimbabwe with BVR kits
Two companies that have put up bids to provide biometric voter registration (BVR) kits are arriving in the country this Wednesday ahead of site validation tests scheduled for the 24th and 25th...Published: 19 Apr 2017 at 15:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zec to test Biometric Voter Registration kits
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission will this week test Biometric Voter Registration kits at polling stations that will be used in the 2018 harmonised elections.The week-long site valida...Published: 16 Apr 2017 at 17:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zec sticks to the 2008 Delimitation Commission boundaries
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has assured residents of Mt Pleasant Heights in Harare that they will remain on the Mt Pleasant constituency voters' roll, contrary to reports that their na...Published: 11 Apr 2017 at 06:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Justice Malaba officially sworn in as Chief Justice
Justice Luke Malaba has been officially sworn in as the new Chief Justice by President Robert Mugabe at State House today.Justice Malaba becomes the first Chief Justice to be sworn in unde...Published: 06 Apr 2017 at 14:13hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai challenges Makarau
The Morgan Tsvangirai-led MDC-T has filed an urgent chamber application at the High Court seeking to compel the State Procurement Board (SPB) to conduct site validation tests and publicly disclose...Published: 02 Apr 2017 at 17:52hrs | | by Staff reporter
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