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Zanu-PF Insiza North primary marred by allegations of rigging
Controversy has erupted in Zanu-PF following the party's primary election held in the Insiza North constituency, with Moses Langa emerging as the winner amid accusations of vote rigging, violence and ...Published: 07 May 2025 at 09:37hrs | 251 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa Behind Mnangagwa 2030 Agenda
Facts recently raised by journalist Jealous Mawarire about Nelson Chamisa on his x account are very correct and a tip of the ice berg.Zimbabweans should expect more shocking news with document...Published: 30 Apr 2025 at 09:25hrs | 3417 | by Gugugu Magorira
Decoding and explaining the co-existence between Nelson Chamisa and ZANU-PF
Decoding and explaining the co-existence between Nelson Chamisa and ZANU-PF in the Zimbabwean authoritarian context: A case of captured popular opposition leadership1. Introduction...Published: 07 Mar 2025 at 09:34hrs | 2015 | by Justice Alfred Mavedzenge
Chamisa is a CIO Project: Blue Movement a Zanu-PF creation
In CCC we have a very safe haven under the leadership of Professor Welshman Ncube and those waiting for yet to be launched political groups can wait as we move forward. The struggle is still on and fr...Published: 19 Jan 2025 at 11:59hrs | 1917 | by Gugugu Magorira
Mnangagwa fails to reverse poll report
President Emmerson Mnangagwa missed a crucial opportunity to address the controversy surrounding the 2023 general elections during the recent 44th SADC summit held in Harare. Despite his high-profile ...Published: 11 Sep 2024 at 12:01hrs | 1250 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa anxious to exorcise election ghost
THE upcoming Sadc summit is important for President Emmerson Mnangagwa not only because he will assume the chairmanship of the regional bloc but he will also use it attain legitimacy by, among other t...Published: 19 May 2024 at 11:53hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa allies stole funds for elections, claims Hwende
SENIOR opposition CCC official and legislator Mr Charlton Hwende, who is aligned to a faction controlling the party, yesterday accused leaders of another faction aligned to ex-leader Mr Nelson Chamisa...Published: 13 Feb 2024 at 04:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Opposition Politics in Zimbabwe, 1999 - 2024: An Obituary
Advocate Nelson Chamisa's capitulation last week at the behest of the fifth column led by Sengezo Tshabangu was the final nail in opposition politics in Zimbabwe. Armed with state institutions and exp...Published: 03 Feb 2024 at 09:09hrs | 13 | by Innocent Mpoki
Chamisa 'not' hiding millions of dollars
Citizens Coalition for Change president, Nelson Chamisa has dismissed allegations raised by self-styled interim secretary general, Sengezo Tshabangu, that the party has not accounted for over US$2 mil...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 10:24hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Hands off King Lobengula, he was not a Zimbabwean!
Unformed, ignorant and reckless Zimbabwe satirists, journalists, whatever they call themselves, should be advised that His Majesty, King Lobengula of Matabeleland was not a Zimbabwean. Ingqungqulu Ema...Published: 24 Dec 2023 at 09:46hrs | 22 | by Israel Dube
Welshman Ncube comes out to state the correct position on CCC turmoil
Miffed by viral attacks on his person and political standing over the goings on in the Citizens Coalition for Change party, veteran politician and top official of the party Welshman Ncube, has come ou...Published: 19 Dec 2023 at 13:25hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Welshman Ncube blasts 'charlatans who think truth does not matter'
Miffed by viral attacks on his person and political standing over the goings on in the Citizens Coalition for Change party, veteran politician and top official of the party Welshman Ncube, has come ou...Published: 17 Dec 2023 at 18:17hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Tshabangu absolves Zanu-PF on recalls
SELF-PROCLAIMED Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) interim secretary-general, Sengezo Tshabangu has refuted claims that he is working with the ruling Zanu-PF party to rip the opposition outfit apart....Published: 05 Dec 2023 at 05:33hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa rolls sleeves as battle hots up
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa will today conduct marathon campaign rallies in Bulawayo as his loyalists seek to regain their seats in weekend by-elections following controv...Published: 03 Dec 2023 at 17:43hrs | 39 | by Staff reporter
Zec will not entertain any complaints of rigging and electoral malpractices
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) says it will not entertain any complaints of rigging and electoral malpractices raised by opposition party candidates in the Gutu West constituency by-election ...Published: 13 Nov 2023 at 21:27hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, Zec's reputation at stake
IT is now almost two months since Zimbabwe went to the polls and produced a disputed election result, whose contestation mirrored the 2018 polls.The main opposition Citizens Coalition for Chan...Published: 09 Oct 2023 at 06:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF polling agents paid from CIO offices
Allegedly, Zanu-PF polling agents in Gutu have received their allowances from the CIO (Central Intelligence Organisation) offices at Mpandawana, suggesting a close connection between the ruling party ...Published: 23 Sep 2023 at 20:00hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt told to shut down FAZ operations
The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum has urgently called upon the government to cease the operations of Forever Associates Zimbabwe (FAZ) due to ongoing acts of terror inflicted upon local communities ...Published: 21 Sep 2023 at 20:39hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa kicked out
The opposition party CCC, led by Mr. Nelson Chamisa, has been forced to vacate a rented property in Belvedere, Harare, due to their failure to pay rent, according to The Herald.Mr. Chamisa, wh...Published: 21 Sep 2023 at 06:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF losing candidates file election petitions
Two unsuccessful Zanu-PF parliamentary candidates have taken their grievances to the Electoral Court, seeking to challenge the victory of their opponents in the recent polls.The ruling party s...Published: 19 Sep 2023 at 06:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF seeks to reverse CCC poll wins
Zanu-PF losing candidates for Zvimba East and Seke constituencies have approached the courts to challenge the final results issued by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) which declared them losers...Published: 18 Sep 2023 at 07:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF denies post-election attacks on CCC supporters
Obert Mpofu, the Zanu-PF secretary for administration, has stated that the recent attacks on Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) supporters in various parts of the country were purely criminal acts un...Published: 12 Sep 2023 at 20:10hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's candidate challenges election results in court
The Citizens’ Coalition for Change (CCC) House of Assembly candidate for Mutasa South constituency, Regai Tsunga, has initiated legal action by filing a petition with the Electoral Court to challeng...Published: 11 Sep 2023 at 21:40hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zambia's Sadc summit on Zimbabwe call thwarted
AN attempt by a member State of the Southern Africa Development Community to call for an extraordinary summit on Zimbabwe has been thwarted after some alert regional bloc member countries saw it as a ...Published: 11 Sep 2023 at 06:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Hopewell Chin’ono says Chamisa's CCC left with a few options
Zimbabwean journalist and government critic Hopewell Chin'ono has said that Nelson Chamisa's Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has been left with a few option on the table to overturn the recently h...Published: 10 Sep 2023 at 14:02hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Mumba handed CCC the Sadc Electoral Observation Mission report?
BY covertly handing over the SADC Electoral Observation Mission (SEOM) report to CCC, as confirmed by the opposition party's fugitive spokesperson, Mr Promise Mkwananzi, the SEOM head of mission, Dr N...Published: 10 Sep 2023 at 08:55hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa sat on US$3 million from EU to finance CCC campaign?
AHEAD of the recent harmonised elections, the European Union (EU) extended US$3 million to CCC leader Mr Nelson Chamisa to build a war chest for the polls, but he sat on the money and is now facing a ...Published: 04 Sep 2023 at 21:12hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Watchers wait on Chamisa's next move
Zimbabweans and those around the world who have been watching the recently ended elections are wondering what Citizens Coalition for Change leader, Nelson Chamisa will do next after he rejected Emmers...Published: 03 Sep 2023 at 22:25hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Plot to ruin Mnangagwa's inauguration
When ZEC declared Emmerson Mnangagwa as the winner of the 2023 harmonised general election on 26 August 2023, the constitutional clock started ticking in respect of at least two constitutional timelin...Published: 03 Sep 2023 at 22:13hrs | 48 | by Jonathan Moyo
EU extended US$3 million to Chamisa to build a war chest for the polls
AHEAD of the recent harmonised elections, the European Union (EU) extended US$3 million to CCC leader Mr Nelson Chamisa to build a war chest for the polls, but he sat on the money and is now facing a ...Published: 03 Sep 2023 at 07:27hrs | | by Staff reporter
Where’s the logic in fresh elections under the same unfair conditions?
As the opposition CCC struggles to agree on a way forward after the clearly disputed harmonized elections in Zimbabwe - there have been several options thrown around.In a plebiscite that was w...Published: 30 Aug 2023 at 23:46hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Blunders expose Zec, according to Mumba
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec)'s false pronouncements before and after the elections have exposed the electoral body which now stands accused of misleading the nation.On August 18, fo...Published: 30 Aug 2023 at 06:47hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Archbishop Ndanga endorses elections
President of the African Christian Council International (ACCI), Archbishop Johannes Ndanga has endorsed the just ended Presidential elections saying allegations of rigging by Advocate Nelson Chamisa,...Published: 29 Aug 2023 at 21:32hrs | 2 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Chamisa stopped the Polling Station Point Person initiative, fearing that Biti would use it to topple him
Those in the know within CCC ranks are aware that the plan was to have what in CCC lingo was called "PSPP" [Polling Station Point Person].This would have ensured that every polling station has...Published: 29 Aug 2023 at 08:18hrs | 3 | by Jonathan Moyo
ZEC dismisses claims it is calling agents and observers back to sign new V11 forms
Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has dismissed reports that polling agents and observers were being recalled to sign new V.11 forms.Social media was on Monday awash with reports of election...Published: 29 Aug 2023 at 07:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
CCC bigwig exposes party claims on V11s
A senior CCC leader in a WhatsApp group today posted the attached message, also reproduced below for ease of reading:"There were no V11s and no V23s in 2018 because we didn't have polling agen...Published: 28 Aug 2023 at 21:17hrs | | by Jonathan Moyo
Chamisa does not have all the 12,374 V11s: The case of Chirumanzu-Zibagwe
Factually it is not true that, unlike in 2018, Chamisa this time round has all the V11s from the 12,374 polling stations that were created for the 2023 harmonised general election, because he and his ...Published: 27 Aug 2023 at 15:16hrs | 2 | by Jonathan Moyo
V11s saga: Polling agents under siege
State security agents have been accused of haranguing polling agents and observers whom they are allegedly forcing to amend V11 forms used in last week's elections amid allegations of rigging....Published: 27 Aug 2023 at 13:12hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
No V11 as presiding officer takes a bath
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Parliamentary candidate for Mt Pleasant Fadzai Mahere yesterday allegedly said V11 form for a polling station in Harare could not be displayed outsi...Published: 25 Aug 2023 at 06:37hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Zanu-PF projects outright victory
The ruling Zanu-PF says it projects that its presidential election candidate, President Mnangagwa, will win comfortably by between 60 percent and 65 percent, while in the National Assembly race, the p...Published: 25 Aug 2023 at 06:27hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Election: 13:30 CCC update
Good afternoon. In the past few hours, CCC presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa cast his vote at Kuwadzana primary school in Harare. Meanwhile, I gave an update to the press on voting irregul...Published: 23 Aug 2023 at 16:30hrs | 29 | by Charles Kwaramba - CCC Presidential Chief Elections Agent
Citizens unite - Zimbabwe decides
Polls have now opened on the most important election day in Zimbabwe's modern history. An estimated 6.6 million Zimbabweans will cast their votes today in presidential, parliamentary and council elect...Published: 23 Aug 2023 at 07:21hrs | 35 | by Charles Kwaramba - CCC Presidential Chief Elections Agent
Police warn against gatherings at polling stations
POLICE Commissioner General, Godwin Matanga, has warned members of the public against unsanctioned gatherings at polling stations as he urged voters to maintain peace and stability during the election...Published: 23 Aug 2023 at 06:33hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police warn troublemakers
In a statement on the eve of the elections, Commissioner-General, Godwin Matanga warned political parties and civic organisations against inciting the public.Police warned on Tuesday they will...Published: 23 Aug 2023 at 06:31hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Police assures peace for tomorrow
The Zimbabwe Republic police assured its preparedness for the election day tomorrow and the preceding period.Commissioner General of th...Published: 22 Aug 2023 at 21:58hrs | 13 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Who is who inside a Zimbabwe polling station
Typically, a polling station has about 10 polling officers headed by a Presiding Officer, who is in charge of the polling station and the voting process from start to finish. The setup inside a pollin...Published: 22 Aug 2023 at 08:21hrs | 1 | by Jonathan Moyo
Chamisa preparing next Zimbabwe Cabinet
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa exuded confidence as he promised to win tomorrow's harmonised elections telling thousands of his supporters yesterday that he has a...Published: 22 Aug 2023 at 06:27hrs | 5 | by Stafff reporter
Mashonaland West promises 500,000 votes for Mnangagwa
THE Zanu-PF leadership in Mashonaland West province says it is targeting at least 500 000 votes for President Emmerson Mnangagwa in the presidential race.The party's provincial chairperson Mar...Published: 22 Aug 2023 at 06:26hrs | 9 | by Stafff reporter
State of the race - Two days to go
There are just two days to go before voting commences in Zimbabwe's harmonized general elections. Polls open at 07:00 on Wednesday 23 August and close at 19:00. 6.6 million Zimbabweans are expected to...Published: 21 Aug 2023 at 13:47hrs | 15 | by Dr. Tapiwa Shumba
Zanu-PF appoints village headmen as polling agents
Zanu-PF is wantonly trashing the country's supreme law, the Constitution, that prohibits traditional leaders from engaging in partisan politics after it enlisted five village headmen as its polling ag...Published: 20 Aug 2023 at 09:31hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
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