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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 | 502 | by Staff reporter

Poll observers embarrassed by what they saw in Zimbabwe

Veteran academic and political analyst Ibbo Mandaza says election observers, including those from Africa, were embarrassed by what they witnessed during Zimbabwe's disputed elections.Mandaza (IM), who is also the Sapes Trust convenor and a…

Published: 17 Sep 2023 at 07:59hrs | 173 | 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 | 300 | by Staff reporter

Harvard trained lawyer rubbishes Mnangagwa poll claims

A TOP legal expert has rubbished claims by President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zanu-PF that the Southern African Development Community Election Observer Mission (SEOM) strayed from its mandate by criticising Zimbabwe's institutions and legal …

Published: 29 Aug 2023 at 07:09hrs | 1445 | by Staff reporter

Chamisa to have agents at all 12,374 polling stations

Citizens Coalitions for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa says the party has deployed 12,374 agents to all polling stations across the country and will conduct parallel voter tabulation to ensure Wednesday's election is not rigged.Chamisa…

Published: 21 Aug 2023 at 21:02hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Mwonzora urges opposition poll boycott

MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora has urged opposition parties to boycott next weekend's election, which he feels is unfairly skewed in favour of the ruling Zanu-PF.The politician, who recently withdrew from the presidential race citing a ZEC …

Published: 16 Aug 2023 at 21:40hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter

Kasukuwere aides taunt Mnangagwa over poll ban

Independent presidential candidate Saviour Kasukuwere's campaign team believes President Emmerson Mnangagwa initiated the election ban order on his former ally out of fear of losing the poll to the exiled ex-cabinet minister.Kasukuwere's n…

Published: 15 Jul 2023 at 11:19hrs | 17 | 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 | 16 | by Staff reporter

Daily Maverick releases poll shows a Chamisa victory

Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa and his Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party would win next month's Zimbabwean elections by a margin of between 8% and 9% - if the elections are free and fair - a new poll reported by South African pub…

Published: 13 Jul 2023 at 07:05hrs | 7 | 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 | 3 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe voters should be free to make choices

IN yesterday's lead story, the ruling Zanu-PF party Midlands provincial secretary for security, Owen Ncube is quoted as having made some very curious propositions.The former State Security minister said none of the ruling party's candidate…

Published: 13 Jul 2023 at 07:03hrs | 2 | 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 | 5 | by Staff reporter

Kasukuwere - X Factor in the August presidential poll

AFTER deftly defying the odds to secure nomination to contest the August presidential election - against frontrunners President Emmerson Mnangagwa and main opposition CCC leader Nelson Chamisa - Saviour Kasukuwere has brought a new dynamic…

Published: 26 Jun 2023 at 19:38hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa makes U-turn on foreign observers?

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa appears to have swallowed his pride on his threats to bar foreign observers from observing the August 23 harmonised elections.The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec), which has largely acted on Mnangagwa's cue,…

Published: 07 Jun 2023 at 08:47hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Mnangagwa move 'will backfire'

President Emmerson Mnangagwa's decision to set this year's election date before any reforms could prove to be a costly blunder for the country as it might have serious consequences,  experts have said.Mnangagwa last week announced tha…

Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 09:39hrs | 9 | 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 weekends to ensure all registered voters, i…

Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 08:26hrs | 6 | 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 | 8 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF poll disputes turn nasty

President Emmerson Mnangagwa's orders to Zanu-PF supporters to close ranks after divisive primary elections are being defied with evidence mounting of widening divisions over the ruling party's election candidates. Mnangagwa is expected to…

Published: 28 May 2023 at 08:10hrs | 3 | 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 | 5 | by Cuthbert Mavheko

Ziyambi rival withdraws from poll re-run

JUSTICE and Parliamentary Affairs minister Ziyambi Ziyambi is likely to represent Zanu-PF in Zvimba West after his rival pulled out from a scheduled primary election re-run.A re-run was scheduled in Zvimba West where an earlier primary ele…

Published: 12 Apr 2023 at 08:08hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF made 235 poll promises, keeps 13

Zanu-PF made 235 electoral promises in the run up to the 2018 polls, but only managed to keep only 13, less than a year to polls in 2023, a non-governmental organisation has claimed.Independent policy research think-tank Sivio Institute ha…

Published: 02 Aug 2022 at 06:48hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

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 | 6 | by Staff reporter

Biden 's approval rating sinks - poll

US President Joe Biden's approval rating sank to 38% in a CNBC poll released on Thursday, down from 46% in December. Respondents rated Biden poorly on his handling of the economy and the conflict in Ukraine, and rated inflation as their nu…

Published: 14 Apr 2022 at 20:36hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

Politburo endorses poll results

THE Politburo yesterday endorsed provincial chairpersons who emerged victorious following polls held last week.Those endorsed are now substantive provincial chairpersons in their respective provinces.Minister of State for Mashonaland West …

Published: 06 Jan 2022 at 19:00hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter

Kazembe dished out money to win Zanu-PF poll

VOTING in Mbire and Muzarabani districts, Mashonaland Central, was conducted in the dead of night with polling agents shut out of stations as Home Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe deployed a well-oiled rigging machine in a last minute bid …

Published: 31 Dec 2021 at 00:05hrs | 13 | 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 | 12 | 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 | 3 | by Lekan Ayo-Yusuf

Zimbabwe post-poll violence probe team assesses damages

THE Commission of Inquiry into the political violence that rocked Harare on August 1 yesterday carried out inspections of various places to assess the damage. The commission - chaired by former South African President Kgalema Motlanthe - h…

Published: 19 Oct 2018 at 06:26hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

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 | 5 | 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 | 6 | 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 | 8 | by Simukai Tinhu

Zanu-PF intensifies poll campaign

Zanu-PF youths here have promised to mobilise at least 30 000 votes for the party and its Presidential candidate Emmerson Mnangagwa in the forthcoming harmonised elections. To that end, the youths said they would conduct door-to-door campa…

Published: 22 Jun 2018 at 07:04hrs | 194 | by Staff reporter

Poll re-runs in select Zanu-PF constituencies

Zanu-PF yesterday released the official list of candidates who were successful in the primary polls to contest for the National Assembly seats in elections set for July with more of the old guard making it into Senate.The ruling party also…

Published: 04 May 2018 at 07:20hrs | 5 | 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 application filed by Gastaff Kativu, who is the l…

Published: 12 Apr 2018 at 07:23hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

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 | 574 | 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

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 urgent.Justice and Legal Affairs Minister …

Published: 20 Jun 2013 at 20:33hrs | 2609 | by Staff Reporter

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