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Botswana polls: Lessons for Zimbabwe

DUMA Boko began his reign as Botswana's sixth President on Friday, ending the 58-year reign of the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP).Boko's Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC) swept to power with an unassailable 36 seats. BDP, the party man…

Published: 04 Nov 2024 at 06:48hrs | | by Staff reporter

Chamisa poll fight turns nasty

THE ruling Zanu-PF and suspected State security agents have reportedly ordered local hotels not to host the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party for Press conferences and other events, it has emerged. restive Zimbabwe gover…

Published: 29 Aug 2023 at 07:10hrs | 292 | by Staff reporter

Chamisa launches poll drive tomorrow

OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa is set to launch his party's election campaign in Gweru, Midlands province, tomorrow after last week's false start.Police blocked Chamisa from launching his election camp…

Published: 15 Jul 2023 at 11:15hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Let's vote against those blocking diaspora vote

THE Zimbabwe Diaspora Vote Initiative salutes South Africa's Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader Julius Malema for urging Zimbabweans living in the neighbouring country to make the trip back home and participate in the harmonised electi…

Published: 13 Jul 2023 at 07:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Characteristics of good presidential candidates for Zimbabwe's 2023 elections

EVERY five years, Zimbabweans go to the polls in general elections - including the presidential race - to elect their representatives at various levels of government.However, the most high-profile and important of those elections is the pr…

Published: 26 Jun 2023 at 19:39hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Violence spectre casts shadow over elections

A NEW report by the Research and Advocacy Unit (Rau) has predicted increased organised violence and torture, particularly in urban areas, highlighting the need for more surveillance as the country heads towards the August general election.…

Published: 28 May 2023 at 17:59hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe poll postponement doubtful

LEGAL think tank, Veritas has expressed doubts that the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) will order postponement of this year's general elections after MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora mounted a court challenge.President Emmerson Mnangagwa has…

Published: 03 May 2023 at 06:07hrs | 1 | by Cuthbert Mavheko

Politicised military threatens 2023 poll

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government is abusing state institutions, including the military, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) and judiciary, to maintain his tight grip on power ahead of the 2023 elections and action must be imme…

Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 13:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Chiwenga breaks pre-coup promise

A promise made to the Gezani community in Chiredzi South by then Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) commander and now Vice president Constantino Chiwenga some weeks before he launched a coup that toppled Robert Mugabe seems to have been forgott…

Published: 30 Jun 2019 at 19:07hrs | | by Staff reporter

'IPSOS poll exaggerates 'illicit cigarette' market share'

Following the publication of an Ipsos survey on the "illegal  cigarette market" and related issues, which was carried by various South African publications, an impression was given that British American Tobacco (BAT) has been "hard-hi…

Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 16:18hrs | 2 | by Lekan Ayo-Yusuf

Mugabe's bitterness the X-factor

FORMER president Robert Mugabe (pictured) has accused several of his former Zanu-PF lieutenants of betraying him in his hour of need and launched a fresh attack on President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his deputy Constantino Chiwenga for his ro…

Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 11:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Spotlight on poll observers

Zimbabwe heads for elections on July 30, eight months after the removal of Mugabe. The African Union (AU) and the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) have a mandate to ensure that the country complies with the norms and conventio…

Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 11:22hrs | 1 | by Siphosami Malunga

Boycott presidential poll, Chamisa!

Recently, the main opposition MDC Alliance leader's 40-year-old presidential candidate, Nelson Chamisa, who is challenging the ruling Zanu-PF's Emmerson Mnangagwa for the presidency, has been threatening to boycott elections scheduled for …

Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 11:21hrs | 4 | by Simukai Tinhu

Tsvangirai et al. sleep-walking into 2018 poll defeat

Opposition political parties in this country are missing the point. While they have a right to moan and groan about the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission's biometric voter registration (BVR) and a litany of other complaints, they are committin…

Published: 09 Jun 2017 at 13:45hrs | | by Brezhnev Malaba

Is Zimbabwe poll free and fair only if MDC-T wins?

CAN Zanu-PF win a free and fair election? In other words, is it correct to assume that the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) - the slice of the three pieces of the MDC that is led by Morgan Tsvangirai - cannot lose a free and fair elect…

Published: 22 Jul 2013 at 04:21hrs | | by BDlive I Aubrey Matshiqi

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