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Sham elections likely to spark uprisings - Analysts
THE failure by regional bodies to deal with disputed elections in Zimbabwe could lead to a possible revolution, a new report has warned.Zimbabwe will hold general elections on 23 August 2023 b...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 21:13hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
SA's decision to end permits for Zimbabweans is shameful
WHEN December 31, 2022 arrives, South African Home Affairs minister Aaron Motsoaledi, like his peers in Cabinet, will be with their families and will not have to fear being displaced from a country th...Published: 17 Aug 2022 at 06:38hrs | | by Qaanitah Hunter
SA government's decision to end permits for Zimbabweans is shameful
SOUTH AFRICA: When 31 December 2022 arrives, Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi, like his peers in Cabinet, will be with their families and will not have to fear being displaced from a country the...Published: 28 Jun 2022 at 12:32hrs | 3 | by News24 editorial
Zuma will never win a court case in South Africa
The Constitutional Court on Friday dismissed former president Jacob Zuma's application to rescind the court's earlier judgment, which sentenced him to 15 months' imprisonment for contempt of court....Published: 17 Sep 2021 at 19:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zuma roars loudly from the cells
The system of imprisoning former leaders in the world was the prerogative of the French from the time of Napoleon to Sarkozi. France has become accustomed to putting former leaders on trial, but the w...Published: 13 Jul 2021 at 16:57hrs | 8 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
SA lacks the will to rescue Zimbabwe
IN any discussion on the political and economic crisis in Zimbabwe, the need for South Africa's mediation to find resolution is invariably raised. Calls for South African involvement are getting loude...Published: 26 Feb 2021 at 06:52hrs | 1 | by Tendai Dumbutshena
How to avoid flawed elections in Zimbabwe
Elections are now the obsession of all as the way forward in the aftermath of last November's military coup, but the very big question is what kind of elections.However, Zimbabwe has a very po...Published: 16 Feb 2018 at 08:43hrs | | by Ibbo Mandaza & Tony Reeler
Tsvangirai's 2002 election petition ruling still pending
Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai (pictured) has said he is still waiting for judgment for his 2002 presidential election petition.In 2002, President Robert Mug...Published: 14 Jan 2017 at 16:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai's greatest gift to Zimbabwe would be to step down
Ben Freeth says Morgan Tsvangirai's greatest gift to his country would be to step down as the grandfather of the MDC-T.As Zimbabwe slides deeper into economic crisis, despondency and decay, pe...Published: 09 May 2015 at 15:28hrs | | by Ben Freeth
Mugabe's rudderless regime
It is becoming clear that there is no one in charge in Zimbabwe. There is a leadership vacuum. No sooner does one minister make a policy statement than another contradicts it.After Finance Min...Published: 11 Jan 2015 at 17:26hrs | | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
'Thabo Mbeki's lies exposed'
With the release (finally) of the Khampepe-Moseneke report on the 2002 elections in Zimbabwe, it becomes possible to understand a few things more clearly.Not that the report raises anything th...Published: 30 Nov 2014 at 15:15hrs | | by The Research and Advocacy Unit
'We don't owe Tsvangirai an apology' - Mbeki
Two weeks ago, the Mail & Guardian published the report by justices Sisi Khampepe and Dikgang Moseneke on Zimbabwe's 2002 presidential elections, obtained after a...Published: 28 Nov 2014 at 14:23hrs | | by Thabo Mbeki
'2002 Zimbabwe elections were free and fair,' says Mbeki
Former president South African Thabo Mbeki has maintained that the 2002 Zimbabwe elections were free and fair, despite the Khampepe report suggesting otherwise."The South African governmen...Published: 28 Nov 2014 at 09:06hrs | | by Sapa
MDC-T are using Khampepe report as scapegoat just as Zanu PF used sanction
The trouble with people with little or nothing to offer is that they easily get carried away; MDC – T is getting carried away with the Khampepe report just as Zanu PF got carried away with the sanc...Published: 24 Nov 2014 at 14:07hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Governance Crisis in Zimbabwe - The Need for International Action
Press Statement from MDC UK and IrelandThe MDC UK and Ireland joins the rest of the democratic world in demanding that the South African Presidency explain to Zimbabwean people why it hid from...Published: 24 Nov 2014 at 11:03hrs | | by Makusha Mugabe
Chinamasa 'rubbish' Khampepe report condemning 2002 elections and yet Zanu PF still haunted by it!
Chinamasa dismiss the Khampepe report that concluded that the 2002 Zimbabwe elections were not free and fair. "Having regard to all the circumstances, and in particular the cumulative substan...Published: 22 Nov 2014 at 19:52hrs | | by Wilber Mukori
Zimbabwe govt rubbishes Kamphepe Report
Information, Media and Broadcasting Services Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo said yesterday dismissed a report released recently by two South African judges on Zimbabwe's 2002 presidential elections ...Published: 21 Nov 2014 at 06:00hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Justice delayed is justice denied, says MDC-T
The MDC T South Africa Province joins the whole world in receiving the much awaited Judge Khampepe report on the Zimbabwe 2002 Presidential election. To us there is no reason for celebration nor jubil...Published: 20 Nov 2014 at 14:46hrs | | by Dr. Wangu Mazodze - MDC T South Africa Province Spokesperson
Mujuru backers meet Job Sikhala
REPRESENTATIVES of the faction lead by Vice-President Joice Mujuru and MDC founding member Job Sikhala met in Harare last week to discuss modalities of joining forces ahead of elections in 2018 furth...Published: 20 Nov 2014 at 05:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai blames SADC for rigged 2013 in a blame-some-one-else stupid game!
MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai uses the final release of the Zimbabwe 2002 election report by the SA government to blame SADC for Zimbabwe's rigged 2013 elections as well; a cowardly move that cannot ...Published: 20 Nov 2014 at 06:18hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Tsvangirai accuse SA of aiding the subversion of Zim democratic processes
Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai is "deeply appalled" by a damning report on Zimbabwe's 2002 elections that has only just been released in South Africa.In his first public response on Wedn...Published: 19 Nov 2014 at 15:23hrs | | by Sapa
'Mugabe must pay for illegal Presidency'
Robert Mugabe should compensate the state and nation for the benefits he has drawn from the national coffers since 2002 when he became an 'illegitimate' head of state after stealing the elections, say...Published: 19 Nov 2014 at 14:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
The root cause of Zimbabwe's lawlessness is the illegitimate Zanu PF government
The Zimbabwe Social Democrats condemn the fragrant disregard of the law and all human decency as shown by Grace Mugabe in secretly recording VP Mujuru in her own home and bedroom. This is happening be...Published: 18 Nov 2014 at 17:15hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori, Secretary General Zimbabwe Social Democrats
Zimbabwe's 2002 election not free and fair - SA Report
THE 2002 Zimbabwean elections were not "free and fair", the long-awaited Khampepe report by then Pretoria High Court judge Dikgang Moseneke and Johannesburg High Court judge Sisi Khampepe has determin...Published: 16 Nov 2014 at 14:37hrs | | by Mail and Guardian
Report into vote-rigging during the 2002 Zim elections to be made public
After a five year battle to access a report into vote-rigging during the 2002 Zimbabwe elections, the Concourt has finally ruled in the M&G's favour.The contents of the disputed Khampe...Published: 14 Nov 2014 at 11:07hrs | | by M&G
Zimbabwe poll secrets to be exposed
Repeated controversies that have dogged Zimbabwean elections could soon be laid bare after the South African Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) dismissed with costs on Friday the latest attempt by Presiden...Published: 21 Sep 2014 at 11:32hrs | | by Mail & Guardian
'Missing' Zim election report resurfaces in SA
The ongoing saga surrounding a Zimbabwe election report, which has been kept secret by the South African Presidency for over a decade, has taken a fresh twist after the 'missing' document resurfaced....Published: 28 May 2014 at 06:34hrs | | by Alex Bell
Children need information, not condoms
IN September last year, there were reports of a lobby to introduce a legal framework to support the distribution of contraceptives to "adolescents" aged between 10 and 24 under an initiative designed...Published: 11 Mar 2014 at 08:30hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
SA court legalises sex for children as young as 12 years
South Africa's highest court has made it legal for children as young as 12 to have sex.The ruling means teenagers between the ages of 12 and 16 need no longer fear legal consequences if they e...Published: 05 Oct 2013 at 08:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zuma ordered to hand over the 2002 Zim elections report
The South African Presidency has been ordered to hand over to the Mail & Guardian a report into the 2002 Zimbabwe elections. The ruling confirmed that the report contained enough informat...Published: 15 Feb 2013 at 05:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mail and Guardian battles SA government over Zim report
The Mail & Guardian notes that its long-running battle to gain access to a judicial report on the constitutional a...Published: 15 Jun 2012 at 07:28hrs | | by Mail & Guardian
SA Govt fights to keep Zim report under wraps
Media Houses won't be getting their hands on a hitherto secret report into Zimbabwe's 2002 elections just yet, despite the fact that two courts have ordered the Presidency to ...Published: 22 Dec 2010 at 13:46hrs | | by ByoNews Correpondent
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