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Zifa sets key poll dates
The ZIFA Normalisation Committee, which is also responsible for overseeing the electoral process ahead of the upcoming Executive Committee elections, has announced that it will reveal the list of elig...Published: 26 Nov 2024 at 08:17hrs | 223 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa hints on alternative as Tshabangu fights on
While last year was dramatic politically, this year seems to be a continuation of more drama.Last year closed with Sengezo Tshabangu's axe hanging around the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC...Published: 19 Jan 2024 at 14:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says transparency guaranteed ahead of elections
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has said his administration guarantees transparency ahead of the August 23 harmonised elections.Writing in his weekend column in Sunday News and Sunday Mail, the President ...Published: 05 Jun 2023 at 18:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to declare poll date a holiday?
President Mnangagwa consciously made the decision to have this year's harmonised elections held midweek - Wednesday, August 23 - which represents a shift from the tradition of having polls during week...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 08:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa heading for polls without reforms
ZIMBABWE could be heading for elections without electoral reforms if President Emmerson Mnangagwa proclaims the poll date before finalisation of the Electoral Amendment Bill which is before Parliament...Published: 29 May 2023 at 06:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
NGO insists on reforms ahead of polls
THE Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) has implored government to implement electoral reforms in line with regional best practices ahead of the country's August polls.Zimbabwe's election...Published: 26 May 2023 at 06:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora drops urgent polls case
OPPOSITION leader Douglas Mwonzora has withdrawn his urgent application in the High Court to stop President Emmerson Mnangagwa from proclaiming the date for this year's crunch elections.MDC T ...Published: 25 May 2023 at 18:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora in fresh bid to stop 2023 polls
MDC T leader Douglas Mwonzora, has launched a fresh bid to have upcoming elections postponed by approaching the High Court on Friday to stop President Emmerson Mnangagwa from proclaiming poll dates....Published: 14 May 2023 at 11:37hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF must refrain from dirty poll tactics
Zanu-PF appears determined to win the forthcoming elections at all costs even through foul means and that is very worrying.Zimbabwe will hold harmonised elections sometime between July and Aug...Published: 23 Apr 2023 at 07:49hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa hints on poll dates
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said he will proclaim election date next month, ending speculation that the polls might be postponed to allow for formation of a coalition government.Spe...Published: 21 Apr 2023 at 19:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora ways delimitation report will be thrown out
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance leader Douglas Mwonzora has filed a Constitutional Court (ConCourt) challenge against the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission's (Zec)'s delimitation report seeking an order declaring...Published: 14 Apr 2023 at 07:35hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ConCourt challenge puts Zimbabwe polls in peril
ZIMBABWE'S general elections could be postponed after an opposition leader was allowed to challenge a delimitation report produced by the commission that runs polls at the Constitutional Court (ConCou...Published: 08 Apr 2023 at 08:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa says, 'Only friendly nations will observe Zimbabwe polls in future'
ZIMBABWE will not be dictated to on who to invite to observe its elections and, in future, only those countries that invite Harare to observe their own elections will be invited in return, President M...Published: 03 Apr 2023 at 06:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF abusing power of incumbency
THE election season has officially begun. President Emmerson Mnangagwa has in the week deliberately given his party, Zanu-PF, inside information on the August elections instead of gazetting such infor...Published: 11 Mar 2023 at 06:37hrs | | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
'Go to hell Strive Masiyiwa' Jonathan Moyo says as he spills more beans
...Published: 10 Jan 2019 at 18:45hrs | 2 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa weighs option to contest Mutoko North by-election
The Nelson Chamisa-led MDC, which alleged electoral fraud in the July 30 general election, said yesterday it would consult its rank-and-file membership over a decision to contest in the upcoming Mutok...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 16:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T run Harare threatens imminent demolitions
Harare City Council (HCC) has opened a Pandora's Box on the eve of elections set for July 30 after the municipality declared war on illegal settlers residing in Crowborough, Churu and Eyestone Farms....Published: 04 Jun 2018 at 12:33hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa jumped gun on poll date
The MDC Alliance has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of jumping the gun when recently announcing dates for this year's crunch elections and demanded an audit and fresh inspection of the voters' r...Published: 02 Jun 2018 at 16:30hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance itching for July 30
Zimbabwe will go for polls on July 30, in what is promising to be the toughest test for the ruling Zanu PF party, which has been in power for 38 years.Yesterday, President Emmerson Mnangagwa e...Published: 31 May 2018 at 07:32hrs | | by Staff reorter
Mnangagwa promised $15 billion if polls are credible?
ZIMBABWE has received assurances of $15 billion (about R180 billion) if the country embarks on credible, free and fair elections in the upcoming months.President Emmerson Mnangagwa disclosed t...Published: 21 May 2018 at 13:49hrs | | by CAJ News
'Zimbabwe elections set for July,' says Mnangagwa
President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday told thousands of Zanu-PF supporters here that elections would be held in July.The revelation comes amid calls by Zanu-PF's rival and civic organisations...Published: 20 May 2018 at 19:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
ED delivering a most peaceful election
The election season is upon us. Already, all candidates are in full swing preparing for the historic election, the first without Robert Mugabe in 38 years, and without Morgan Tsvangirai in 18 years. H...Published: 10 May 2018 at 09:08hrs | 1 | by Chigumbu Warikandwa
Skirmishes rock Zanu-PF
SKIRMISHES have reportedly rocked Zanu-PF ahead of tomorrow's primary elections, where aspiring candidates dumped the party rules for holding joint rallies and opted to go it alone as tension escalate...Published: 28 Apr 2018 at 14:46hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Bid to stop Mnangagwa from proclaiming poll dates
A Harare man has approached the High Court seeking an order stopping President Emmerson Mnangagwa from proclaiming election dates arguing that he lacks the mandate or authority to do so.The ap...Published: 12 Apr 2018 at 07:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Poll date challenge: Parties want case heard urgently
Two minority political parties, Zimbabwe Development Party (ZDP) and Voice of the People (VOP), that last week filed a constitutional application to stop proclamation of the 2018 election date, have n...Published: 14 Mar 2018 at 05:52hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chombo wrong that poll date is Mugabe's prerogative
Home Affairs minister and Zanu-PF national secretary for administration, Ignatius Chombo, claimed that President Robert Mugabe has the prerogative to call for elections at any time next year.T...Published: 16 Jul 2017 at 12:44hrs | | by Doug Coltart
Mugabe's failing health takes centre stage
As political parties begin their intense preparations for next year's make-or-break polls, there is concern within and outside the ruling Zanu-PF on whether President Robert Mugabe would be able to ha...Published: 14 Jul 2017 at 14:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe to ambush Tsvangirai et al
President Robert Mugabe looks certain to ambush his rivals, currently in sixes and sevens over coalition talks, through an early proclamation of poll dates in order to catch them napping.With ...Published: 11 Jul 2017 at 18:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mliswa’s election agent arrested
Hurungwe West by-election independent candidate Temba Mliswa's chief election agent, Goodwell Zinyama, has been arrested on assault charges. He is being held in Chinhoyi and is expected to...Published: 05 Jun 2015 at 07:03hrs | | by staff reporter
Mugabe's seven steps to successful election rigging
MORE than 100 days after he "stole" his latest re-election, it is safe to say that president Robert Mugabe has gotten away with the crime. Other leaders in the region may be studying his methods, whic...Published: 16 Nov 2013 at 14:02hrs | 1 | by Jenai Cox
MDCs eye Bikita seat
Opposition parties are eyeing the Bikita West seat which will soon fall vacant following Zanu-PF's decision to expel Munyaradzi Kereke.Kereke defied a Zanu-PF order not to represent the party ...Published: 04 Oct 2013 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Interview - Mtetwa: MDCs do not help their cause
PROMINENT human rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa - currently on trial for allegedly insulting the police while trying to defend her clients - was in London recently to launch the film about her work in Z...Published: 08 Jul 2013 at 19:30hrs | | by Violet Gonda
Con Court upholds July 31 poll date
The Constitutional Court has ruled that the harmonised elections should be held on the 31st of this month, dismissing Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's appeal which sought the extension of the electi...Published: 04 Jul 2013 at 15:10hrs | | by Staff Reporter
'Court will uphold July 31st poll date,' says Madhuku
President Robert Mugabe has accused Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai of sending mixed messages on the controversial issue of elections dates, as the political parties gear up for the much-awaited hear...Published: 03 Jul 2013 at 19:32hrs | 1 | by Violet Gonda
Mugabe opposes Tsvangirai's poll date appeal
President Robert Mugabe and the Minister of Justice and Legal Affairs, Patrick Chinamasa who are cited as first and second respondents have filed their heads of argument in the constitutional applicat...Published: 02 Jul 2013 at 15:17hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Mugabe to retire on his terms
President Robert Mugabe told New Era in an exclusive interview he "will retire someday" on his own terms and not through any external plot involving his political rivals and the detractors of Zimbabw...Published: 28 Jun 2013 at 19:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai an 'ignorant' man, says Mugabe
PRESIDENT Mugabe says his opponents must use elections and not call for security sector reforms in a bid to effect regime change.In an interview with Namibia's New Era newspaper early this wee...Published: 28 Jun 2013 at 07:39hrs | 2 | by New Era
Zanu-PF buoyed by AU stance
Zanu-PF has been cutting a lone figure in its push to hold an election on July 31 as directed by the Constitutional Court judgment passed last month.In a rare show of unity, its rivals have fo...Published: 27 Jun 2013 at 08:02hrs | 3 | by Ray Ndlovu
Mugabe poll date gaffe stops nothing
The electoral nomination court will go ahead and sit this Friday despite the error made by President Mugabe in Statutory Instrument 86 of 2013. Addressing political parties in Harare yesterday...Published: 26 Jun 2013 at 06:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai, Welshman Ncube in contempt of Court?
The State aligned media reports that the MDC formation leaders stand in contempt of the Constitutional Court after failing to file their opposing papers by mid-day on Monday in the case in which the G...Published: 26 Jun 2013 at 03:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai wants Mugabe poll date proclamation nullified
PRIME Minister Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday filed an application at the Constitutional Court of Zimbabwe seeking to nullify the proclamation by President Mugabe setting July 31 as the date for the harm...Published: 25 Jun 2013 at 03:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF not budging on poll dates,' says Prof Moyo
THERE will be no consensus court application between Zanu-PF and the MDC formations, calling for a delay in elections, Zanu-PF politburo member Jonathan Moyo has revealed, as the dispute over the elec...Published: 25 Jun 2013 at 03:28hrs | | by Violet Gonda
Patrick Chinamasa appeals for poll extension
Justice and Legal Affairs Minister Patrick Chinamasa has urged the Constitutional Court of Zimbabwe to invoke its discretional powers to interfere with its earlier judgment on election dates and urged...Published: 24 Jun 2013 at 17:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Obama told to tighten screws on Mugabe
President Barack Obama should tighten screws on Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's administration in order to force the regime to implement reforms ahead of polls, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said...Published: 24 Jun 2013 at 07:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC formations blast Zanu-PF
THE MDC formations have blasted Zanu-PF for failing to attend a meeting on Friday to discuss ways of solving the political impasse, after President Robert Mugabe unilaterally declared dates for the ha...Published: 23 Jun 2013 at 08:22hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Welshman Ncube led MDC to submit its Con-Court application next week
The MDC party led by Professor Welshman Ncube says it will send in its application to the Constitutional Court next week despite ZANU PF's failure to turn up for the principal's meeting in Harar...Published: 22 Jun 2013 at 16:28hrs | | by Zenzele Ndebele
Poll date hearing set for next week
THE Constitutional Court will next week hear the Government's application seeking the extension of the election date beyond July 31 after Chief Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku yesterday ruled the case urg...Published: 20 Jun 2013 at 20:33hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Chinamasa ordered to resubmit court application
Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa has been ordered by the Principals to sit down with Finance Minister Tendai Biti & MDC President Welshman Ncube to craft a 'document by consensus', which will re...Published: 19 Jun 2013 at 17:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Electoral Commission says July 31 poll still stands
HARARE - Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) said Monday it was forging ahead with preparations for a July 31 poll even after regional leaders directed the ruling coalition asks the Constitutional Cou...Published: 19 Jun 2013 at 06:10hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Coalition against Zanu-PF - 5 party leaders meet for the third time
AS the chorus for a coalition of the two MDCs and three other parties to confront Zanu PF ahead of the elections grows, the political parties' leaders yesterday met in Harare for the third time to th...Published: 19 Jun 2013 at 07:28hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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