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Mozambique's ruling party wins landslide in disputed poll

Mozambique's ruling party, Frelimo, has won the country's divisive, violence-marred election, extending its 49-year grip on power in the southern African nation, according to official results.Daniel Chapo, Frelimo's relatively unknown pres…

Published: 25 Oct 2024 at 08:52hrs | 731 | by Staff reporter

59% of Zimbabweans have trust in elections - Survey

A recent survey conducted by Afrobarometer revealed that 59% of Zimbabweans have confidence in elections as a means of selecting political leaders. This finding comes on the heels of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's victory in a contentious …

Published: 18 May 2024 at 12:16hrs | | by Staff reporter

EU-EOM observer team in Zimbabwe in bribery storm?

THE European Union Election Observer Mission (EU-EOM) is doling whiskeys, grocery vouchers, fuel coupons and other handouts to select journalists across the country as part of a clandestine operation to build a negative report on next week…

Published: 18 Aug 2023 at 06:51hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter

Chamisa's pluses ahead of Aug 23 polls

By addressing concerns about a runoff scenario, Chamisa has showcased his leadership qualities and strategic foresight, reassuring voters of his commitment to decisive victory in the first round against the incumbent Emmerson Mnangagwa.He …

Published: 11 Aug 2023 at 06:42hrs | 16 | by Sharon Hofisi

'Chamisa on an unstoppable mission'

TWO weeks before Zimbabwe holds its general elections on August 23, political parties are in full swing campaigning despite increasing cases of political violence dampening spirits.Last week, a Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) member lo…

Published: 07 Aug 2023 at 06:43hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe targets US$ 1,6bn tobacco exports

Zimbabwe has so far exported over 98 million kg of tobacco since the start of the marketing season as the country makes strides towards achieving its target of over US$1,6 billion in total exports, a major increase from US$900 million obta…

Published: 04 Aug 2023 at 06:37hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Fresh court battle to rescue Kasukuwere bid

FORMER Zanu-PF youth leader, Jim Kunaka, has approached the Constitutional Court, challenging a High Court decision barring exiled former minister, Saviour Kasukuwere, from running in the August 23 presidential election.Kasukuwere's candid…

Published: 30 Jul 2023 at 09:05hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Kasukuwere says fight is not over

EXILED former cabinet minister Saviour Kasukuwere has said the fight is not over after the Supreme Court threw out his appeal challenging the High Court's decision to remove him from the ballot.The Supreme Court Friday concurred with the H…

Published: 29 Jul 2023 at 07:27hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

There's life after Zimbabwe's August 23 polls

THERE is always a worrisome pattern that emerges particularly with each election.Generally, our elections are very competitive in nature. Sometimes members of different political parties tend to approach one another with antagonism, hate l…

Published: 26 Jul 2023 at 06:40hrs | | by Cyprian M Ndawana

Kasukuwere case to be heard on urgent basis

The Supreme Court of Zimbabwe will proceed to hear the case of former Cabinet Minister Saviour Kasukuwere and a Zanu-PF member Lovedale Mangwana who want the former blocked from contesting 2023 Harmonized Election on August 23 on an urgent…

Published: 20 Jul 2023 at 18:15hrs | | by Staff reporter

Chamisa targets majority win in Zanu-PF strongholds

CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) President Nelson Chamisa has embarked on a whirlwind tour of Zimbabwe's rural constituencies in a final push that he says will ensure the opposition wins big in predominantly Zanu-PF areas.He will invade…

Published: 20 Jul 2023 at 06:58hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe can hold credible polls without interference, says China

THE Chinese government says Zimbabwe has the capacity and ability to hold its own elections without interference from any country.Ambassador Wang Ke, a director of the Chinese Foreign Affairs Ministry said this in the Chinese capital, Beij…

Published: 14 Jul 2023 at 19:02hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

'No to another empty victory'

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's 2023 presidential bid is an exercise in futility. At 80 years, Mnangagwa, even if he wins the polls on August 23, the victory will be hollow.The thousands of people turning up at his rallies are not a guarant…

Published: 14 Jun 2023 at 06:37hrs | 1 | by Concerned

Zimbabwe's August 23 elections are already rigged

Forever Associates of Zimbabwe (Faz) is, in deed, a new kid on the block, even though it's not that new.It's new in the sense that while it was established as a trust way back in 2012, it hasn't really done anything that attracts attention…

Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 08:36hrs | 1 | by Tawanda Majoni

Chamisa in diplomatic push ahead of polls

OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has embarked on a diplomatic offensive to court the support of regional leaders in his party's push for free and fair elections in Zimbabwe.President Emmerson Mnangagwa s…

Published: 30 Apr 2023 at 09:01hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Popular Cleric barred from contesting in Zanu-PF primary elections

POPULAR Cleric, Bishop Kandros Mugabe, who was barred by the party from contesting for Kwekwe Central Constituency in the recently concluded primary elections, said he was not deterred by the move.He has pledged to continue working harder …

Published: 20 Apr 2023 at 15:28hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Temba Mliswa wants polls parked in favour of transitional authority

Norton legislator Temba Mliswa says Zimbabwe should shelve elections for now in place of a transitional authority that would superintend over the country's affairs in the interim.To achieve that, said the independent MP, government should …

Published: 13 Apr 2023 at 08:15hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

Chamisa: Hoping for tricks of providence

A belch from a priest has greater valueFor a shiny trinket / Give not away your country / The foreigner is a trafficker / To mind him is no bargain / If you were skilled and artful / You'd stay away from all concoctions: / The stranger alw…

Published: 25 Feb 2023 at 06:49hrs | 4 | by Jamwanda

Delimitation has left Zanu-PF in a stronger position ahead of 2023 polls?

ZIMBABWE'S delimitation process, which changed shapes and boundaries of parliamentary constituencies, has left Zanu-PF in a stronger position in the opposition fiefdom, Harare province, after it created three new constituencies in Harare S…

Published: 07 Jan 2023 at 19:41hrs | | by Staa reporter

Zimbabwe opposition's to-do list ahead of 2023 polls

Zimbabwe is expected to hold its presidential election next year, and the world has mixed sentiments about the impending polls due to the Zimbabwean government's reluctance to execute electoral reformsMany people are questioning what Nelso…

Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:12hrs | 1 | by Evans Mathanda

Chiwenga calls for violence-free polls

ACTING President Dr Constantino Chiwenga has called for violence-free by-elections, saying the ruling Zanu-PF has nothing to do with the cancellation of opposition rallies by police.Addressing thousands of Zanu-PF supporters at Dangamvura …

Published: 14 Mar 2022 at 05:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Bloody road to March 26 by-elections

ON February 26, 2022, Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga, warned the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) and its leader Nelson Chamisa that Zanu-PF would crush the party like lice."Let me assure you that there is nothing that it (CCC) can…

Published: 08 Mar 2022 at 05:44hrs | 5 | by Sikhululekile Mashingaidze

Zanu-PF awaits party poll results

Zanu-PF provincial election results started trickling into the party's National Command Centre in Harare yesterday afternoon with more results expected this morning.There were expectations of surprises in some areas.National Political Comm…

Published: 30 Dec 2021 at 07:51hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter

Internal polls expose Zanu-PF

Zanu-PF faithful have unwittingly disclosed that they were given fake national identity (ID) cards to cheat in the party's internal elections, a revelation that renders credence to opposition claims of vote rigging in national polls.The cl…

Published: 28 Dec 2021 at 07:19hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter

Polls aftermath: Highly personal but collective political catharsis

THERE was always going to be a disputed winner of Zimbabwe's 2018 elections, especially after Robert Mugabe was no longer on the presidential ballot paper.And it was always going to be very personal in a number of ways.Firstly, it was the …

Published: 14 Aug 2018 at 06:42hrs | 1 | by Takura Zhangazha

Chamisa can't read polls; how do you expect him to run a country

Nelson Chamisa is not stupid.  In fact, he is a very intelligent young man.  So when I say he can't read polls, I think what I mean is that he won't read the polls. Every poll that has been conducted so far shows that he is …

Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 18:03hrs | 2 | by Faith Hope

Zim should brace for a Kenyatta-Odinga 'Handshake' after polls

Sun Tzu in his book "The Art of War" says;" Anybody, including me, can contest the Presidency, but not anybody can become President. Queuing to vote is a formality, but the President is selected through boardroom rituals by the system. At …

Published: 12 May 2018 at 16:21hrs | | by Knowledge Hakata

How the 2018 polls will be lost or won

This week's article focusses on an important subject: how the 2018 elections will be won or lost.Regrettably, but for good reason, I will disappoint a number of my readers who believe in the conventional public campaigns and their persuasi…

Published: 09 Feb 2018 at 07:29hrs | 2 | by Innocent Batsani Ncube

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