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Mnangagwa reshuffles security chiefs
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has reshuffled senior Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) officials, elevating those seen as loyal to him amid succession tensions within the ruling Zanu-PF party. Mna...Published: 15 Jul 2024 at 16:42hrs | 7782 | by Staff reporter
FBI Investigates Trump Rally Shooting as Assassination Attempt
BUTLER, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Donald Trump was shot in the ear during a campaign rally on Saturday, resulting in a bloodied face and quick action from ...Published: 14 Jul 2024 at 07:00hrs | 74 | by Staff Writer
ZEC scandal gobbles USD100 million
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) tender scandal, initially estimated at US$40 million, has now ballooned to involve over US$100 million in public funds. This massive sum was misappropriated thr...Published: 10 Jul 2024 at 08:20hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Sanyatwe effectively confirmed ZANU PF can't win free and fair elections!
The recent utterances by ZNA (Zimbabwe National Army) Commander General Anselem Sanyatwe were quite troubling on many fronts.The most obvious, of course, was the flagrant disregard for the sup...Published: 04 Jul 2024 at 20:29hrs | 3 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
ZEC paid US$5.4 million for fancy V11 display boxes that it never used
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) splurged US$5 million on gadgets to display digital V11 polling station forms for last August's elections - but the devices, bought at inflated prices, were onl...Published: 28 Jun 2024 at 09:16hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Of course, Chamisa acted 'without democratic oversight'. Herd refuse to accept it out of blind personality cult
"Ncube pointed to Chamisa's consolidation of power, describing him as having reduced the party into a one-man show where he held multiple roles including president, spokesperson, secretary general, an...Published: 26 Jun 2024 at 21:03hrs | 2 | by Wilbert Mukori
Ramaphosa refuses to go, seeks coalition with DA
President Cyril Ramaphosa does not intend to resign as ANC leader despite leading the party to the historic loss of an electoral majority it has held for 30 years, the Mail & Guardian has learned....Published: 02 Jun 2024 at 11:41hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
SA polls expose Zimbabwe opposition
South Africa's recent elections have highlighted what some perceive as the double standards of Western observers, as practices they criticized in Zimbabwe's general elections last year were deemed sta...Published: 31 May 2024 at 21:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo hijacks US$40m corrupt ZEC deal
CONTROVERSIAL businessman Wicknell Chivayo, who is close to President Emmerson Mnangagwa and other high-profile government officials, corruptly got a windfall from a murky Zimbabwe Election Commission...Published: 28 May 2024 at 12:47hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF stubbornly deny povo title deeds, they're poorest and rural ares are party's strongest hold. Surprised!
Ian Smith refused to give rural peasants the right to own even a piece of land the size of football field and yet white settlers were given title deeds to farms thousands of square kilometres. No one ...Published: 22 May 2024 at 09:00hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabwe constitutional changes loom
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has made surprise changes in the Zanu-PF politburo - the party's supreme decision-making body - amid reports that he wants to move to amend the constitution to facilitate ...Published: 21 May 2024 at 17:01hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa wants two more years via backdoor
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and his close political allies are now weighing the best constitutional and legal options to secure an additional two years in power outside an election when his second te...Published: 20 May 2024 at 16:41hrs | 2 | 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 | | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabweans must unite for a shared vision,' argued Komichi. What vision has MDC/CCC ever had other than a seat on gravy train!
"Veteran opposition politician and anti-Zanu PF hardcore, Senator Morgan Komichi has claimed that there is need for opposition movements must to unite and fight Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangwagwa's administ...Published: 17 May 2024 at 17:04hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zanu-PF intensifies campaign to reclaim seats
THE ruling Zanu-PF has intensified its campaign to win back Harare East and Mt Pleasant constituencies in by-elections set for April 27. Teams have been deployed to the constituencies to ...Published: 11 Apr 2024 at 08:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
There is evidence to prove CCC is Zanu PF team B in all but name and it's foolish to deny it
There is a mountain of evidence to prove that MDC/CCC is Zanu PF team B in all but name. MDC/CCC leaders, especially during and since the 2008 to 2013 GNU, have played the role of Zimbab...Published: 10 Apr 2024 at 22:28hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
ZEC ready for Harare by-elections
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) is ready to hold by-elections in Mt Pleasant and Harare East constituencies, with 106 polling stations having been identified."It is hereby notified in ...Published: 10 Apr 2024 at 06:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC MP trial on attempted murder charges kicks off
THE trial of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Sunningdale legislator, Maureen Kademaunga, on attempted murder charges kicked off before Harare magistrate Estere Chivasa.Kademaunga is being ...Published: 05 Apr 2024 at 06:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa power retention scheme raises dust
Manoeuvres by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to amend the constitution have raised concern that the 82-year-old ruler wants to reverse progressive electoral reforms and return the country t...Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 16:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF now needs a leader chosen on merit!
For as long as Zimbabwe has existed as an independent country, we have only known ZANU PF as the ruling party. In spite of several attempts at removing the party from power through democratic ...Published: 20 Mar 2024 at 21:12hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zanu-PF wins 2 council by-elections
Zanu-PF has won Harare Ward 36 and Chinhoyi Ward 4 after defeating opposition candidates in Saturday by-elections.The Harare Municipality by-election was necessitated by the recall of former c...Published: 11 Mar 2024 at 04:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Dr Omphile Marupi confirmed as the MP for Gwanda South
The Electoral Court has dismissed an election petition filed by a Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) member Patrick Dube, who was challenging Zanu-PF MP Omphile Marupi's election in Gwanda South last...Published: 08 Mar 2024 at 07:30hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
CCC fails to field candidates for 06 April by-elections
The opposition Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) party has opted not to field candidates in two wards for the upcoming by-elections scheduled for April 6, 2024.A faction within the CCC, led...Published: 29 Feb 2024 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mount Pleasant and Harare East constituencies declared vacabt
The Speaker of Parliament, Advocate Jacob Mudenda, announced in the National Assembly that vacancies exist in the membership of Parliament in respect of Mount Pleasant and Harare East constituencies, ...Published: 16 Feb 2024 at 15:07hrs | | by Jonathan Moyo
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 | | by Staff reporter
ZEC removes 4 562 dead voters from the voters' roll
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) is in the process of removing a total of 4 562 deceased people from the county's voters' roll.In an extra-ordinary Government gazette Genera...Published: 13 Feb 2024 at 04:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF legislators glorify Zec
THE National Assembly degenerated into a comical spectacle this past week after Zanu-PF legislators heaped praises on the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, (Zec), for successfully conducting last year's ...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 13:54hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tshabangu inflicted damage
"WHEN I saw the recall letter circulating on social media I thought it was a hoax. I showed it to my colleagues and we laughed it off," says Evidence Zana, the recalled Bulawayo youth quota member of ...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 13:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zec hit with over 100 lawsuits
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has revealed that it attracted over 100 court cases over the secrecy and controversy surrounding its handling of the August 2023 elections with some still pendi...Published: 11 Feb 2024 at 21:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZEC cleans up voters' roll
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has removed about 5 000 deceased persons from the voters roll as the election management body cleans the roll in terms of the Electoral Act.The removal ...Published: 10 Feb 2024 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF MPs praises ZEC praise for holding 'free and fair' elections
Zanu-PF MPs Tuesday reduced parliament into a chorus of superfluous praise on the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) for conducting what they claim were free and fair elections, condemned as a fraud ...Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 18:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Intimidation, harassment galore in Seke by-election
AS widely expected the ruling Zanu-PF swept all the six parliamentary by-elections held on February 3, gaining what critics claim is its much sought-after two-thirds majority in the National Assembly....Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 04:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Court nullifies Chinhoyi election results
A CHINHOYI High Court judge Justice Philda Muzofa has nullified the Chinhoyi Municipality ward 4 election results in a default judgment issued on Monday this week.Zanu-PF losing candidate in t...Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 04:44hrs | | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
There is neither second republic nor new dispensation
GOOD day, President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Your Excellency, from where I stand, there is neither a new dispensation nor a second republic to talk about. As I see it, the late former President Robert Muga...Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 04:43hrs | | by Cyprian Muketiwa Ndawana
Zesn blames recalls of opposition members for low voter turnout
THE Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) has blamed low voter turnout in the just ended by-elections on incessant recalls of opposition members.The election watchdog said the low number of...Published: 06 Feb 2024 at 04:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa gets two-thirds majority
The ruling Zanu-PF party won all the six seats in by-elections held on Saturday last week as it attained a two-thirds majority amid fears there will be rounds of constitutional amendments.Zanu...Published: 06 Feb 2024 at 04:37hrs | | 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 | | by Innocent Mpoki
FAZ in mass deployments
The Forever Associates of Zimbabwe Trust (FAZ), a perceived proxy for Zanu-PF known for allegedly intimidating rural voters during the August 2023 general elections, is reported to have deployed its o...Published: 02 Feb 2024 at 09:03hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
By-elections ballot paper distribution begins today
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission is now 100 percent ready to deliver seamless by-elections on Saturday, with the distribution of ballot papers set to start today.ZEC has printed 230 000 ballo...Published: 30 Jan 2024 at 04:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF takes early lead in by-elections
Zanu-PF has already secured five wards ahead of the February 3, 2024, by-elections after the High Court nullified the nomination of 23 recalled National Assembly and local authority CCC candidates....Published: 24 Jan 2024 at 04:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
All in place for February 3 by-elections
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission has said everything is now in place for the February 3 by-elections after the High Court upheld a challenge by the CCC secretary-general, Mr Sengezo Tshabangu to bar ...Published: 23 Jan 2024 at 04:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's longest electoral season
IN exactly two weeks, Zimbabweans are going to the polling booth again, as the silly season that began last May stubbornly refuses to end for various reasons — single-minded pursuit of power by oppo...Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 10:00hrs | 1 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Zanu-PF members label police liars
There was drama at the Gweru Magistrates Court yesterday where Zanu-PF witnesses are testifying in the case in which Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) members are facing charges of malicious damage ...Published: 19 Jan 2024 at 13:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
'CHANGE is coming! #Godisinit!' Yeah right! Name one change you brought in 23 years including 5 in GNU?
MDC was launched in 1999 on the promise the party will deliver the democratic changes needed to stop Zanu PF rigging elections; as the party name implied, Movement for Democratic change. The party has...Published: 18 Jan 2024 at 12:11hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Rights group chides Zec over polling station toilets
THE Matabeleland Institute for Human Rights (MIHR) has revealed that there was a massive shortage of mobile toilets during the December 2023 by-elections which, according to a survey, negatively affec...Published: 15 Jan 2024 at 05:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
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 | | by Staff reporter
Felix Tshisekedi declared landslide winner in DRC
President Félix Tshisekedi has been declared the winner of the Democratic Republic of Congo's election, which has been condemned as a "sham" by several opposition candidates demanding a rerun....Published: 31 Dec 2023 at 17:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mature Zambian leader suspends SADC conclusion on DRC elections
SADC'S DRC ELECTORAL OBSERVATION MISSION 2023 PRELIMINARY REPORT SUSPENDS ITS CONCLUSION ON RECENT DRC ELECTIONSIn a rare but refreshing display of the ...Published: 29 Dec 2023 at 09:18hrs | 1 | by Prof Jonathan Moyo
SADC mum on Congo election irregularities?
The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Thursday refused opposition calls for a re-run of disputed elections, as the main observer mission reported "numerous irregularities" that c...Published: 29 Dec 2023 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Clashes in DR Congo as opposition demands poll re-run
Police in the Democratic Republic of Congo have clashed with opposition supporters demanding that last week's presidential poll be annulled.Leading opposition candidates have denounced the ele...Published: 28 Dec 2023 at 10:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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