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US$6m budget for February by-elections
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has set aside about US$6 million, or the equivalent in the local currency, for the February 3 by-elections to fill vacancies of six National Assembly seats and ...Published: 07 Jan 2024 at 17:34hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's Dingumuzi Phuti fights court reversal of election victory
Dingumuzi Phuti, the former Zanu-PF MP for Bulilima, filed an urgent court application weekend seeking rescission of judgement after his August 23 election win was nullified by the High Court on Thurs...Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 07:32hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF officials implicated in voter fraud allegations
Zanu-PF officials infiltrated the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) posed as polling officers and assisted voters in voting for the ruling party in the Bulilima constituency during the August electi...Published: 24 Nov 2023 at 16:55hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
High Court orders Bulilima National Assembly election re-run
The Bulilima National Assembly election must be rerun due to electoral irregularities, the Bulawayo High Court directed in a default order granted on Thursday.The close race was won by Dingimu...Published: 23 Nov 2023 at 22:02hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube excluded from Zanu PF primaries
Zanu-PF is set to hold its primary elections tomorrow to select candidates who will represent the ruling party in the upcoming by-elections on December 9. Mthuli Ncube who lost the Cowdray Park parlia...Published: 03 Nov 2023 at 05:53hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF primaries scheduled for tomorrow
Zanu-PF is set to hold its primary elections tomorrow to select candidates who will represent the ruling party in the upcoming by-elections on December 9. These by-elections were triggered by the reca...Published: 03 Nov 2023 at 05:39hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mkomana's thirst for power exposed
"DEMOCRACY cannot survive when one side believes there are only two outcomes to an election; either they win, or they were cheated. That is not democracy. And that is where the vast majority of Maga R...Published: 31 Aug 2023 at 06:43hrs | 17 | by Sikhumbuzo Moyo
'ZEC should be disbanded'
Zimbabwe's main opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has demanded a rerun after Zanu-PF's Emmerson Mnangagwa was declared the winner in the recently held general election.Mnangagwa w...Published: 30 Aug 2023 at 06:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Commonwealth hails ZEC over elections?
THE Commonwealth Election Observer Mission yesterday hailed the way the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) managed the just ended harmonised elections and said the group's secretary general, Mrs Baro...Published: 30 Aug 2023 at 06:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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
Chissano meets Mnangagwa as Zimbabwe is on edge
Former Mozambican president Joaquim Chissano has met with the leader of Zimbabwe Emmerson Mnangagwa and said the elections were held under peaceful conditions.He said this was the message he a...Published: 26 Aug 2023 at 17:43hrs | 3 | 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
Mnangagwa confident of victory
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa says he is confident of victory following yesterday's harmonised elections and has urged Zimbabweans to maintain the peace and tranquillity prevailing across the country.Pr...Published: 24 Aug 2023 at 06:38hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Huge turnout for elections countrywide
Thousands of people thronged polling stations across the country to cast their votes for their preferred candidates for Presidential, National Assembly and local authority elections.A peaceful...Published: 24 Aug 2023 at 06:37hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
6,6 million Zimbabweans eligible to cast ballots
ZIMBABWEANS go to the polls today with at least 6,6 million registered voters expected to decide the next leadership that will steer the country forward for five years.The Zimbabwe Electoral C...Published: 23 Aug 2023 at 06:32hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
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
All systems go for polls
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has finalised the deployment of polling officers and materials across the country paving the way for a smooth voting process tomorrow.Citizens will vote...Published: 22 Aug 2023 at 06:25hrs | 3 | by Stafff reporter
ZEC deploys polling officers, distributes election material
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) yesterday started deploying polling officers to different polling stations across the country ahead of Wednesday's harmonised elections after they completed the...Published: 20 Aug 2023 at 09:27hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
150 000 electoral officers for Zimbabwe polls
ABOUT 150 000 electoral officers will be deployed to the 12 370 polling stations that have been identified across the country for voting on August 23, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has said....Published: 16 Aug 2023 at 06:39hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF can be defeated if the Zimbabwe diaspora returns home to vote
AS Zimbabwe holds its decisive elections on August 23, there are important reflections to ponder on this event, one of which is what role the diaspora must play in the weeks leading up to the election...Published: 11 Aug 2023 at 06:43hrs | 7 | by Stevens Mokgalapa
Eye on the vote: Counting notes for polling agents
MOST Zimbabweans believe that elections in the country are rigged but they don't know how the rigging is done, yet they think there is one rigging formula that the ruling authorities apply to every el...Published: 31 Jul 2023 at 18:46hrs | 12 | by Jonathan Moyo
Zimbabwe's localised voters' roll out Thursday
ALL National Assembly and local authority election candidates will receive copies of the voters' roll by Thursday this week, after the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) distributed the national vote...Published: 16 Jul 2023 at 09:08hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
CCC presses ZEC for clarity over postal voting by uniformed forces
The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has written to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) seeking clarity over how the poll management authority intends to roll out its postal voting exercise amo...Published: 11 Jul 2023 at 23:19hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Unpacking Zimbabwe's 'well-educated' myth
The widely acclaimed narrative - correlation fallacy - that Zimbabweans are "well educated" and are some of the highly literate people on this continent is a myth. Myths build egos, not economies; nei...Published: 09 Jun 2023 at 06:47hrs | 81 | by Rejoice Ngwenya
Teachers dragged to pro-Mnangagwa workshops
School teachers in Matabeleland say they have been forced to attend what unions feel are Zanu PF indoctrination workshops organised under the partisan #Teachers4ED banner.The workshops, accord...Published: 19 Apr 2023 at 08:08hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF primaries reruns this weekend
RERUNS for the Zanu-PF primary elections will be held tomorrow with any candidate who will engage in acts of violence facing immediate expulsion.Reruns will be held in Mbare, Churu, Gokwe-Nemb...Published: 14 Apr 2023 at 07:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Even ZANU PF supporters now thoroughly disgruntled with ruling establishment!
Now that the ruling ZANU PF primary elections for parliamentary and ward candidates have come and gone, what lessons can the nation draw?Of course, there can never be only one thing to be read...Published: 28 Mar 2023 at 11:15hrs | 117 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Massive turnout in Zanu-PF primaries
VOTERS yesterday turned out in huge numbers, as Zanu-PF held its primary elections in eight provinces across the country, prompting the party leadership to extend voting to today in some areas....Published: 26 Mar 2023 at 10:00hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF primaries vetting ends today
THE vetting of Curriculum Vitaes for prospective candidates set to contest in the Zanu-PF primary elections slated for this weekend will be completed today, the party's Secretary for Security, Lovemor...Published: 16 Mar 2023 at 07:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF vetting of candidates process in full swing
THE Zanu-PF Security department yesterday commenced the meticulous vetting exercise of thousands of CVs that have been submitted from across the country by aspiring candidates, party's National Politi...Published: 15 Mar 2023 at 06:40hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Probe red flags Zec ahead of polls
Zimbabwe Civil Society Anti-Corruption Coalition (ZCSACC), a grouping of 22 organisations drawn from diverse sectors, has produced a damning report on the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec), saying t...Published: 17 Dec 2022 at 12:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Civil servants compromising credibility of 2023 polls'
THE Residents Association Coalition for Electoral Reforms (Racer) says the country's civil servants' declaration of allegiance to the ruling Zanu-PF party presidential candidate President Emmerson Mna...Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 04:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube splurges cash on teachers, farmers
FINANCE minister Mthuli Ncube on Thursday allocated the highest vote of ZW$631.3 billion to the education ministry in an attempt to appease restive teachers ahead of next year's general elections....Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 18:00hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
'Teachers for ED' project raises 2023 rigging fears
THE recent launch of the ‘Teachers for ED' project by President Emmerson Mnangagwa has raised fears of rigging of next year's general elections as the same educators who have endorsed him will be am...Published: 22 Oct 2022 at 19:34hrs | 24 | by Staff reporter
Police probe Matobo political violence
POLICE have launched investigations into political violence that rocked Matobo ahead of council by-elections to be held on Saturday.Apart from the election that will be held in Ward 2 in Matob...Published: 19 Oct 2022 at 05:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mberengwa, Nyanga by-election environment should replicate at next year's elections
THE Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) has deployed six static observers in Mberengwa ward 15 and Nyanga ward 27 as well as observers at the ward collation centres and a roving team to the local...Published: 10 Oct 2022 at 06:12hrs | | by Zesn
Soldiers have guns, teachers and nurses have empty threats, so government will always favor the military!
It is common knowledge that rights and freedoms are seldom given or awarded - but, always need to be demanded and taken.That is why it is virtually unheard of to come across a country that was...Published: 19 May 2022 at 15:59hrs | 11 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
By-elections went according to plan
LAST week, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) held by-elections to fill 28 National Assembly seats and 122 council vacancies which had arisen due to opposition recalls as well as deaths. The much...Published: 03 Apr 2022 at 08:22hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
Confusion, chaos mar by-elections
Acts of violence by suspected Zanu-PF supporters, alleged vote buying, bussing of voters, voters failing to find their names on the voters' roll and voter apathy yesterday marred Zimbabwe's first elec...Published: 27 Mar 2022 at 07:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Elections officer collapses, dies at polling station
A ZIMBABWE Electoral Commission (Zec) female presiding officer collapsed and died yesterday afternoon while carrying out designated election duties at Chipadze Primary School in Bindura, Mashonaland C...Published: 27 Mar 2022 at 07:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
ZEC officer assaulted by opposition activists
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has expressed its disappointment after an officer was allegedly assaulted by MDC Alliance members at Mhizha Primary School in Harare's Highfields East constitue...Published: 26 Mar 2022 at 06:24hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC, UZA cry foul
TWO opposition parties, Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) and United Zimbabwe Alliance (UZA), yesterday cried foul over what they termed attempts by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to confus...Published: 26 Mar 2022 at 06:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
By-elections roar into life
ALL is set for today's local authorities and National Assembly by-elections being contested by at least 16 parties to fill the 28 parliamentary seats and 122 wards.The seats fell vacant mainly...Published: 26 Mar 2022 at 06:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Govt releases $3bn for by-elections
GOVERNMENT has released $3 billion to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) for Saturday's National Assembly and council by-elections.Training of polling officers, who will conduct the elect...Published: 20 Mar 2022 at 06:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
By-elections: No postal voting applications
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) on Wednesday said it did not receive any application for postal voting ahead of the by-elections to be held in two weeks. In a statement, on Wednesday a...Published: 16 Mar 2022 at 17:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF fails to pay polling officers
Zanu-PF members in Bulawayo, hired by the ruling party as polling officers for the recently held provincial elections are demanding payment of money for coordinating the internal elections which usher...Published: 04 Feb 2022 at 21:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Violence forces Zanu-PF to postpone primaries
Zanu-PF was yesterday forced to postpone its primary elections from today after violence broke out in several provinces as aspiring candidates for the March 26 polls canvassed for votes.The pr...Published: 20 Jan 2022 at 05:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF primary elections moved to tomorrow
Zanu-PF has postponed its primary elections, which were scheduled for today to tomorrow for both the National Assembly and Local Authorities slots.The Party has deployed members of the Politbu...Published: 20 Jan 2022 at 05:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZEC unveils election roadmap
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission says it was ready to conduct the forthcoming by-elections and has unveiled a roadmap which include voter education, production of election material, training of polli...Published: 08 Jan 2022 at 06:01hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
War vets demand Zanu-PF election re-run
IRATE veterans of the 1970s liberation war – a key cog in the Zanu-PF wheel – have come out guns blazing against alleged widespread vote rigging during Tuesday's provincial elections and are calli...Published: 31 Dec 2021 at 07:30hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
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