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Challenge against Zec presses on
WHILE Senate has approved the delimitation report, which is now before President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Harare voter Tonderai Chidawa, represented by Lovemore Madhuku, is pressing ahead with his challeng...Published: 24 Jan 2023 at 16:31hrs | 718 | by Staff reporter
ConCourt refuses to hear constituency boundaries case
The Constitutional Court yesterday refused to hear on an urgent basis an application by a Harare man seeking to compel the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission to restart from scratch the delimitation of con...Published: 20 Jan 2023 at 06:38hrs | 184 | by Staff reporter
ConCourt hears case by Zanu-PF activist that could upend delimitation
The Constitutional Court on Thursday began hearing an application by a Zanu-PF supporter seeking to force the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to restart the process of delimitation of constituency...Published: 19 Jan 2023 at 13:12hrs | 1018 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF factional wars fueled by Zec
ZIMBABWE Electoral Commission's controversial preliminary delimitation report has created serious divisions in Zanu-PF as one faction believes that there are manoeuvres to sideline its members, it has...Published: 15 Jan 2023 at 11:21hrs | 433 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF group jibes State security
Zanu-PF shadowy group Men BeleiveED leader Justice Matsatsira yesterday said State security organs must not threaten or intimidate people for voicing their concerns over the Zimbabwe Electoral Commiss...Published: 14 Jan 2023 at 07:41hrs | 263 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF rift grows
A Zanu-PF activist who wrote to parliament last week raising objections to a draft delimitation report submitted by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) was seized by state security agents on Monda...Published: 10 Jan 2023 at 18:27hrs | 4570 | by Staff reporter
Zec delimitation report challenger hounded
A Zanu-PF activist and former Zicosu president Tonderai Chidawa, who last week challenged the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) preliminary delimitation report, says he is being hounded by suspected...Published: 09 Jan 2023 at 07:01hrs | 812 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala allies give up on court processes
IMPRISONED Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) politician Job Sikhala's allies yesterday said they had given up on the legal route to secure his release, claiming the Judiciary is captured.On ...Published: 06 Jan 2023 at 18:13hrs | 415 | by Staff reporter
2023 elections cost US$116m
ZIMBABWE'S 2023 general elections are expected to gobble up ZW$76 billion (US$116 million).The country will hold presidential, parliamentary and local government elections simultaneously, most...Published: 03 Dec 2022 at 18:10hrs | 255 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC says NO to Zimbabwe's Commonwealth return bid
"For Zimbabwe to rejoin the community of nations, it is very important for us to stop abusing citizens. You know that there are political prisoners who have been in pretrial detention for more than 14...Published: 15 Nov 2022 at 04:55hrs | 3858 | by Staff reporter
Billy Rautenbach's Green Fuel 'settles' land disputes with villagers
Business tycoon Billy Rautenbach's Green Fuel Private Limited claims to have settled its drawn-out land disputes with villagers in Chipinge South through parcelling out one-acre fields of irrigated la...Published: 08 Nov 2022 at 05:27hrs | 1353 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF says not bothered by high Zec fees
THE ruling Zanu-PF party yesterday claimed it could afford the US$187 000 fee demanded by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) for the release of a copy of the voters roll in a veiled jab at opposi...Published: 07 Nov 2022 at 05:32hrs | 669 | by Staff reporter
The Madhuku option: Proverbial low hanging fruit?
THE out of court negotiations (herein termed the Madhuku Option) being mooted by NCA president, Polad member and prominent legal buff, Lovemore Madhuku, on the continued detention of CCC political pri...Published: 29 Oct 2022 at 19:39hrs | 588 | by Ted Noham
Chamisa's councillors apply for joinder in mayoral election case
THREE Chitungwiza councillors belonging to the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) have applied for a joinder in a case where Zanu-PF councillor Reginald Mashingaidze is seeking to block the holding o...Published: 28 Oct 2022 at 06:25hrs | 188 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe opposition calls for removal of embargo
Opposition political parties have called for the unconditional removal of sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe, saying the measures are holding back the country's development.On Tuesday, Zimbabwe wil...Published: 23 Oct 2022 at 09:09hrs | 123 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF blocks Chitungwiza mayoral elections
Zanu-PF Chitungwiza councillor Reginald Mashingaidze has filed an urgent High Court application seeking to stop the holding of mayoral elections in the dormitory town.Mashingaidze, who is repr...Published: 19 Oct 2022 at 06:02hrs | 361 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa 'denied' access to incarcerated Sikhala
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has been barred by prison authorities from visiting incarcerated legislators Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole but his nemesis Douglas Mwonzora ...Published: 16 Oct 2022 at 10:13hrs | 2185 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF claims infiltration
Zanu-PF has claimed infiltration, saying some of its members were clandestinely working with the opposition amid power struggles and disgruntlement among party stalwarts ahead of the elective congress...Published: 10 Oct 2022 at 06:13hrs | 3398 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala's continued imprisonment riles colonial masters in UK
THE continued incarceration of opposition lawmakers Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole, together with 14 Nyatsime residents for over 100 days, has cast Zimbabwe's deteriorating political situation under ...Published: 02 Oct 2022 at 09:11hrs | 1056 | by Staff reporter
'Sikhala a pawn to force CCC into Polad'
LAWYER Beatrice Mtetwa yesterday claimed that legislators Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole were being persecuted to force the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party to join the Political ...Published: 29 Sep 2022 at 05:59hrs | 1730 | by Staff reporter
State responds to Sikhala, Sithole bail bid
Investigations into the alleged incitement of public violence in Nyatsime by CCC members of Parliament Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole are almost complete with the trial set for November 15, the State...Published: 29 Sep 2022 at 05:55hrs | 1488 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala family speaks on MP's agony
DESPITE being a vocal and fearless member of Parliament, Job Sikhala is a father of nine and the family is feeling the heat on his nearly 100-day incarceration.All his children, The NewsHawks,...Published: 19 Sep 2022 at 20:02hrs | 1045 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa shields killer soldiers from justice
ZIMBABWEAN human rights organisations under the Crisis in Zimbabwe banner have engaged former South African president Kgalema Motlanthe, raising questions and seeking global support in dealing with th...Published: 18 Sep 2022 at 16:59hrs | 1718 | by Staff reporter
Madhuku's political solution for Sikhala release stirs storm
NATIONAL Constitutional Assembly leader Professor Lovemore Madhuku may have come under fire over his suggestion of a political solution involving Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) leaders and Presi...Published: 12 Sep 2022 at 19:04hrs | 1003 | by Staff reporter
Madhuku should apologise, says Biti
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) deputy president and lawyer Tendai Biti has slammed Lovemore Madhuku over unsolicited advice the opposition party should abandon the current legal path and instead ...Published: 11 Sep 2022 at 15:25hrs | 1572 | by Staff reporter
'ShutDownZimbabwe to force Sikhala's release from remand prison'
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) top official, Charlton Hwende has called for mass protests to force the immediate release of incarcerated legislators, Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole, along with14...Published: 08 Sep 2022 at 17:31hrs | 2841 | by Staff reporter
Biti dismisses Madhuku over Sikhala comments
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator Tendai Biti has rubbished talks of a political dialogue with Zanu-PF to facilitate the release of party MPs Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole along with th...Published: 08 Sep 2022 at 06:49hrs | 3196 | by Staff reporter
Sikhala and Sithole are now victims of failure by their political party
UNIVERSITY of Zimbabwe law professor, Lovemore Madhuku, has claimed that detained legislators Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole are victims of their own political party's decision to refuse to dialogue....Published: 07 Sep 2022 at 06:50hrs | 1137 | by Staff reporter
CCC should negotiate Sikhala release says Madhuku
CONSTITUTIONAL law lecturer and opposition politician Professor Lovemore Madhuku torched a storm Tuesday after suggesting that political negotiations were now the only realistic route for securing the...Published: 06 Sep 2022 at 19:10hrs | 1123 | by Staff reporter
ZEC brushes aside nomination fees challenge
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has stuck to its guns over hefty nomination fees for aspiring candidates, which recently caused a public furore.The elections management body, however, ...Published: 04 Sep 2022 at 07:57hrs | 512 | by Staff reporter
Egypt Dzinemunenzva issues 72-hour ZEC ultimatum to reverse hefty nomination fees
Opposition leader Egypt Dzinemunhenzwa has given the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) and government a 72-hour ultimatum to withdraw its "exorbitant" electoral nomination fees or be sued.Ac...Published: 23 Aug 2022 at 19:51hrs | 820 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF banks on corrupt businesses to pay nomination fees for own candidates'
National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) leader Lovemore Madhuku says the Zanu-PF-led government has intentionally set steep nomination fees for prospective election candidates next year well knowing it...Published: 23 Aug 2022 at 19:51hrs | 626 | by Staff reporter
Madhuku corners ZEC over election nomination fees
THE National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) leader, Lovemore Madhuku has asked Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to reverse the recently gazetted election nomination fees, saying it misunderstood its...Published: 22 Aug 2022 at 19:47hrs | 540 | by Staff reporter
Biti calls for mass protests
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) lawmaker, Tendai Biti has described the recently gazetted fees for contesting candidates ahead of the much awaited 2023 general elections as a plot to seal off demo...Published: 21 Aug 2022 at 08:51hrs | 3352 | by Staff reporter
ZEC fixes hefty nomination fees for 2023 poll candidates
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has imposed hefty nomination fees to be paid by those seeking to contest the 2023 polls, with presidential candidates called to part with US$20 000 each to have...Published: 20 Aug 2022 at 17:08hrs | 2423 | by Staff reporter
Fidelity wins latest gold claim dispute
Fidelity Printers and Refiners is now secure in possession of a gold claim the Supreme Court agreed had been improperly forfeited to the Ministry of Mines and Mining Development, after the ministry fi...Published: 15 Aug 2022 at 06:37hrs | 162 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean authorities target Mnangagwa critics via outdated legislation
ZIMBABWE is once again witnessing multiple arrests of citizens under a controversial law critics say is designed to impart President Emmerson Mnangagwa with imperial powers.The number of peopl...Published: 14 Aug 2022 at 17:48hrs | 712 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora says ZEC problems lie with the secretariat
MDC-T president, Douglas Mwonzora has said problems with the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC)'s independence do not necessarily lie with commissioners themselves but the electoral management body's...Published: 11 Aug 2022 at 18:09hrs | 2319 | by Staff reporter
POLAD electoral reform declaration forces ZEC to announce results in 72 hours
The Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD), a grouping of 16 political parties which took part in the 2018 elections, including Zanu-PF, has released a declaration recommending electoral reforms before nex...Published: 22 Jul 2022 at 07:37hrs | 2336 | by Mduduzi Mathuthu
2022 Zimsec examination fees gazetted
THE Zimbabwe School Examinations Council (Zimsec) has gazetted the 2022 examinations fees payable in United States dollars or the equivalent at the prevailing interbank rate as at July 22.In a...Published: 20 Jul 2022 at 06:39hrs | 3915 | by Staff reporter
ZEC can never be independent under current constitution, says Madhuku
The appointment of Zanu-PF deputy leader Kembo Mohadi's daughter to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission is the product of a flawed constitution, law expert Professor Lovemore Madhuku says.Presid...Published: 19 Jul 2022 at 18:43hrs | 3118 | by Staff reporter
Chombo gets new lawyers for farm dispute
Veteran lawyer Advocate Tapson Dzvetero is now defending the Government in the commercial civil case in which former Cabinet minister Ignatius Chombo is trying to stop the Government reducing his 3 09...Published: 21 Jun 2022 at 06:36hrs | 163 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's Khumbula reaches for aerospace dreams in the US
Born in a maize field in Zimbabwe, Samuel Khumbula never dreamed he would come to the United States. The son of the seventh wife of a polygamous patriarch, he grew up poor, sleeping on the ground in a...Published: 19 Jun 2022 at 10:07hrs | 400 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF support waning, says Zimbabwe police
A LEAKED internal police memorandum has exposed that the ruling Zanu-PF party's popularity is waning at the grassroots, especially in its rural strongholds.Over the weekend, Zanu-PF conducted ...Published: 14 Jun 2022 at 06:43hrs | 2280 | by Staff reporter
Nothing new about CCC's same old characters
When CCC won in the majority of constituencies in by-elections held in March, its leaders ran with a line that they had done well, yet they were a new party on the scene.Yet the claim that CCC...Published: 28 May 2022 at 08:50hrs | 493 | by Lovemore Chikova
Both parents now have equal rights on children
The Guardianship of Minors Amendment Act, which gives both parents equal rights when it comes to making decisions that affect the future and welfare of a child, was signed into law by President Mnanga...Published: 26 May 2022 at 06:22hrs | 588 | by Staff reporter
A fool and his money are soon parted!
The cash taps have well and truly been turned on.It seems hardworking Zimbabweans in faraway lands have been doing their bit to support family and friends back home, including bankrolling pote...Published: 15 May 2022 at 06:10hrs | 349 | by Bishop
Mnangagwa's anti-corruption crusade fizzles out deplorably
HIGH-PROFILE corruption cases from as far back as 2017 are yet to be finalised, almost five years after President Emmerson Mnangagwa promised to decisively tackle graft.The development also de...Published: 03 May 2022 at 16:08hrs | 1108 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt deploys police, soldiers for census
THE involvement of members of the security sector in the upcoming population census has raised eyebrows, with observers describing it as a calculated move by the Zanu-PF government to manipulate the r...Published: 14 Apr 2022 at 06:40hrs | 1818 | by Staff reporter
Trevor Ncube's dalliances with Mnangagwa run much deeper
This article on the mysterious and controversial relations between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and local publisher Trevor Ncube is a summary based on an extract from...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 09:22hrs | 2339 | by Jonathan Mbiriyamveka
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