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Moment of truth for Harare East candidates
THE race for the Harare East National Assembly seat pits Tendai Biti (pictured) of the Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC), Mavis Gumbo of Zanu-PF, Lovemore Christopher Mbanga of the MDC-Alliance, Ga...Published: 27 Mar 2022 at 07:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MP, CIO order Cottco to withdraw MDC member's tender
Chiredzi North Member of Parliament (MP) Roy Bhila has unwittingly exposed Zanu-PF's capture of state enterprises through a leaked conversation with the local Cotton Company of Zimbabwe (Cottco) busin...Published: 01 May 2021 at 20:25hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Tendai Biti calls Mnangagwa advisor a 'fool'
MDC Deputy President Tendai Laxton Biti has described one of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's advisors Busisa Moyo as a fool. Biti made the remarks while responding to a thread on Twitter ...Published: 17 Jul 2019 at 12:10hrs | | by Staff Reporter
LIVE: Tendai Biti responds to Mthuli Ncube
MDC 1st Vice President Tendai Laxton Biti is being interviewed by Zimbo Live TV to give his view on currency changes that were effected through SI 142 of 2019 by Professor Mthuli Ncube. ...Published: 26 Jun 2019 at 20:55hrs | 8 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zec in e-voting tender storm
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission is in the eye of a storm for allegedly courting an Estonian company to roll out an electronic voting system, which it plans to use in 2023 to allow Zimbabweans in the...Published: 03 Oct 2018 at 07:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
We were too hopeful about Zimbabwe . . .
Zimbabwe is back on the international radar following elections that were held on July 30. Feels like we have been here before.Yes, we have been. Anyone who had hoped otherwise is either a hop...Published: 11 Aug 2018 at 09:57hrs | 1 | by Tichaona Zindoga
Biti fled prosecution, not persecution
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa and his Government went out of their way to deliver credible, free, fair and transparent harmonised elections in the hope that all contestants would be magnanimous enough to put th...Published: 09 Aug 2018 at 07:31hrs | | by Editorial - The Herald
Biti is believed to be armed with dangerous weapons?
POLICE in Harare have launched a manhunt for nine MDC Alliance leaders believed to have gone into hiding after the State threatened to charge them for allegedly plotting to destabilise the country. ...Published: 08 Aug 2018 at 06:38hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe electoral body's database hacked
UNDERFIRE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) chairperson Justice Priscilla Chigumba has sensationally claimed that suspected hackers recently broke into the electoral management body's database and s...Published: 19 Jul 2018 at 06:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa in 'bhora musango' dilemma
The uproar over alleged disqualification of preferred candidates by Zanu-PF's career politicians in the party's provincial and district structures has forced the party's national political commissar E...Published: 12 Apr 2018 at 13:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
China to announce new package for Zimbabwe
China is expected to announce a new package of assistance to Zimbabwe in a few days time and Afreximbank is expected to announce measures to help ease the liquidity crisis in Zimbabwe.Addressi...Published: 30 Mar 2018 at 17:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
All doors to 2018 elections are written 'SILENCE, RIGGING IN PROGRESS'
A fly that does not listen will follow the corpse in the grave. Time and again we keep reminding the opposition of the need for electoral reforms but surprisingly the opposition continues giving us th...Published: 28 Mar 2018 at 13:13hrs | | by Chikuni Gaba
Sekuru Munya's prognostications - Zimbabwe after the elections
I was sitting in companionable silence with my Sekuru Munya, enjoying sundowners on the stoep of his farmhouse. As the night settled, thousands of diamonds were splashed across the velvet of the Masvi...Published: 05 Mar 2018 at 06:47hrs | | by Tapson Muchena
Court upholds ZEC decision
The Administrative Court has upheld a decision by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to award a tender to a New York-based company, IPSIDY, to supply a biometric voter registration (BVR) de-dupli...Published: 24 Feb 2018 at 07:18hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zec to wait over fingerprint software
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has to wait a little bit longer to procure the critical automated fingerprint identification software meant to flush out double registrants, as it still has to ...Published: 09 Feb 2018 at 06:07hrs | | 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
Zimbabwe elections face fresh setback
THE credibility of Zimbabwe's general elections this year has been thrown into doubt after a South African-run ID systems firm hired to produce a new voters' roll for the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission...Published: 30 Jan 2018 at 05:20hrs | | by Reuters
Laxton Group can't audit voters roll it created
THERE is a story in the Herald and chronicle about BVR system alleging that ZEC manipulated and violated tender procedures when it awarded an American company, IPSIDY Inc, a contract to supply B...Published: 17 Jan 2018 at 06:02hrs | | by Justin Makota
US firm gets Zimbabwe BVR tender
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has given an American company the nod to supply biometric voter registration (BVR) de-duplication hardware and software notwithstanding the court challenge of t...Published: 16 Jan 2018 at 05:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Laxton Group cannot audit the voters roll they created - Transform Zimbabwe
THERE is a story in the Herald and Chronicle about BVR system alleging that ZEC manipulated and violated tender procedures when it awarded an American company, IPSIDY Inc, a contract to supply B...Published: 13 Jan 2018 at 06:24hrs | | by Transform Zimbabwe
ZACC launches probe into ZEC tender scam
THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) has launched an investigation into the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) over massive corruption, allegedly committed during the 2013 referendum and ha...Published: 12 Jan 2018 at 06:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Attempt to smear ZEC's decision is unfortunate PDP
The attempt to crank a smear campaign against ZEC's decision to award a tender to IPSIDY is unfortunate.As a point of clarity, the de-duplication process is meant to eliminate repeated copies ...Published: 08 Jan 2018 at 11:56hrs | | by PDP
Biti sticks the boot into Mugabe-led govt
Former Finance minister Tendai Laxton Biti has no kind words for President Robert Mugabe's government which he said cannot be expected to fix Zimbabwe's problems and he tells Deputy Chief Writer Tenda...Published: 21 Oct 2017 at 15:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
75 political parties register to contest Zimbabwe's 2018 polls
Zimbabwe's electoral body has revealed that the number of political parties registered to contest the 2018 elections has more than doubled, a report says. According to New Zimbabwe.com, ...Published: 05 Oct 2017 at 10:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe at its tipping point
TREVOR Hove works at a filling station in Harare. On this hot September afternoon, his workstation has luckily just received a fresh delivery of fuel.He is busy, taking a second or two to wipe...Published: 30 Sep 2017 at 06:52hrs | | by Tapiwa Zivira
MDC-T wants details of BVR data storage
Morgan Tsvangirai's MDC has said the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) must state how data collected during electronic voter registration will be stored amid fears there are inadequate security meas...Published: 22 Sep 2017 at 16:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zec should up their game in the BVR system
The biometric voter registration (BVR) system was rolled out throughout Zimbabwe's 63 district centres a few days ago, but so far, the process has been painstakingly slow and thoroughly inefficient. F...Published: 22 Sep 2017 at 09:20hrs | | by Obert Gutu
ZEC must up their game in the BVR system
The biometric voter registration (BVR) system was rolled out throughout Zimbabwe’s 63 district centres a few days ago but so far, the process has been painstakingly slow and thoroughly inefficient. ...Published: 20 Sep 2017 at 16:30hrs | | by Obert Chaurura Gutu, MDC-T National Spokesperson
Mugabe, Zec on collision course
Zec is on a collision course with President Robert Mugabe after he unilaterally proclaimed voter registration dates at a time the electoral body is apparently ill-prepared for such a mammoth exercise....Published: 13 Sep 2017 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai takes Mugabe head-on
Opposition MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai has taken President Robert Mugabe and the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to court challenging the recent proclamation of voter registration dates, which ...Published: 13 Sep 2017 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Voter registration in false start
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) will not be able to roll out a full-scale voter registration exercise until mid-October due to lack of resources, NewsDay reported.President Robert Muga...Published: 12 Sep 2017 at 08:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
UNDP endorses Chinese BVR kits supply
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has endorsed China's Laxton Group as the best company to supply biometric voter registration (BVR) kits which will be used to register voters ahead of n...Published: 11 Sep 2017 at 06:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
Inside Zanu-PF gerrymandering
This is a second in a series of articles on a report by the Zimbabwe Democracy Institute on the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) titled BVR, Zec and the Struggle Against Political Decay: A Light at...Published: 08 Sep 2017 at 17:45hrs | | by Zimbabwe Democracy Institute
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
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
MDC-T takes on Zec over BVR software tender
FORMER Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's MDC-T party has vowed to take on the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) over its delays in the procurement of outstanding software and hardware for the biome...Published: 28 Jul 2017 at 06:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
We must demand change
It has been said that insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Zimbabweans cannot, must not, participate in another ZANU PF controlled election. That would...Published: 24 Jul 2017 at 00:09hrs | | by Tapson Muchena
MDC-T whines again
The Shona adage, shiri ine muririre wayo haiuregeri best describes the MDC-T when it comes to elections, as the party seizes any opportunity to grumble over the possibility of losing an election to ri...Published: 22 Jul 2017 at 11:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Makarau unfazed by MDC-T protests
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) said yesterday it was not worried about opposition plans for a peaceful protest today to press for electoral reforms.MDC youths will gather in central H...Published: 11 Jul 2017 at 18:12hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T whines again
The Shona adage, shiri ine muririre wayo haiuregeri best describes the MDC-T when it comes to elections, as the party seizes any opportunity to grumble over the possibility of losing an election to ri...Published: 11 Jul 2017 at 10:06hrs | | by Daphine Zulu
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
ZEC's BVR saga in new twist
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is set to stir another controversy after it emerged that the electoral body is likely to use an old server for the biometric voter registration (BVR) exercise a...Published: 09 Jul 2017 at 08:04hrs | | 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
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 | | by Staff reporter
Massive voter registration awareness campaign
LOCAL pressure group, Concerned Citizen Support Network of Zimbabwe (CCSNZ), says it has started deploying campaign teams throughout the country to conduct voter registration awareness campaigns targe...Published: 06 Jul 2017 at 06:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai refused to go
Former Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai (MT) is preparing for yet another due with President Robert Mugabe in the 2018 elections, which could be the last time the 93-year-old ruler runs for the ...Published: 25 Jun 2017 at 12:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nzira-Indlela: The ZUNDE roadmap to free and fair elections
Just imagine if so many people were to register and vote in next year's election that it became impossible for ZANU PF to rig the result and they were swept from office to be replaced by a truly democ...Published: 25 Jun 2017 at 10:08hrs | | by Denis Moyo Hunt
MDC-T to stop Zec, Nikuv
OPPOSITION political parties have vowed to mount pressure on the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to set up its own central system and end an alleged unholy marriage with Israeli company Nikuv Inte...Published: 23 Jun 2017 at 08:57hrs | | 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 | | by Jacob Mafume - PDP Spokesperson
Nikuv, BVR 'rigging' plot exposed
The integrity of next year's elections is already in question, as it emerged that Israeli company, Nikuv International Project, could be roped in through the backdoor to manage, store and compile vote...Published: 22 Jun 2017 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
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