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Makarawu hits, Charamba misses out by a whisker

Tapiwanashe Makarawu and Makanakaishe Charamba once stood side by side in the same Olympic final. A year later, the two Zimbabwean sprinters - friends, rivals, and flag bearers - saw their paths split in Tokyo, with only one making it to t…

Published: 19 Sep 2025 at 05:58hrs | 2710 | by Staff reporter

Makarau's resignation opens a can of worms

The shock resignation by Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) chairperson Rita Makarau - a mere eight months before the country holds its make-or-break national elections next year - has cast a huge shadow on the eagerly-awaited polls, whic…

Published: 10 Dec 2017 at 14:42hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter

Makarau forced to resign from ZEC

ZIMBABWE Electoral Commission (Zec) chairperson Justice Rita Makarau has signalled her intention to resign as head of the electoral body, a few months before crucial general elections whose credibility will determine whether the country en…

Published: 08 Dec 2017 at 09:20hrs | 7752 | by Staff reporter

ZEC on course to register 7 million voters

Elections, it is said, are the core component of democracy. After gaining its independence in 1980 Zimbabwe, has organised and held elections whenever they were due. Despite numerous problems and setbacks, the country has largely made sign…

Published: 03 Nov 2017 at 23:18hrs | 563 | by Sifelani Tsiko

What Makarau kneeling before Mugabe betrays

Last week at the launch of the voter registration exercise, chairperson of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC), Rita Makarau, knelt before President Robert Mugabe.Generally speaking, in other circumstances, the very act of kneeling is …

Published: 01 Oct 2017 at 10:04hrs | 12 | by Maggie Mzumara

Makarau surrenders professional values & ethics by letting her judicial robe fall to her knees

Justice Rita Makarau, former ZANU PF appointee none constituency MP for parliamentary legal committee, professional lawyer, constitutional and supreme court judge, current secretary of the judiciary services commission (JSC) and current ch…

Published: 24 Jul 2017 at 06:35hrs | 17 | by Themba Mthethwa

Calls to disband ZEC outside Makarau's mandate?

Yesterday we received two letters from the Chairperson of ZEC, Justice Rita Makarau. In the first letter she said that ZEC was committed to dialogue with political parties. She however said calls to disband ZEC were outside her mandate.In …

Published: 25 Mar 2017 at 20:16hrs | 970 | by Douglas Mwonzora

Justice Rita Makarau speaks on Diaspora vote

DIASPORANS will only vote in the 2018 national elections if they avail themselves for the Biometric Voter Registration that will come up with the new voters roll and also come back home to cast their ballot, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commissi…

Published: 16 Nov 2016 at 05:56hrs | 986 | by Staff reporter

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