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ZEC removes 25,000 from voters roll

The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has removed more than 25,000 deceased persons from the voters' roll as part of ongoing efforts to maintain an accurate and up-to-date registry ahead of upcoming elections.The announcement was made by…

Published: 31 Mar 2025 at 09:20hrs | 498 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe govt rolls out 250,000 housing stands

The Government of Zimbabwe, in collaboration with private players, has launched a major initiative to develop 250,000 residential stands and flats in Manyame, set to benefit both civil servants and ordinary citizens. Of these, 20,000 stand…

Published: 11 Jan 2025 at 08:29hrs | 238 | by Staff reporter

Esidakeni Farm case struck off the roll

The Esidakeni Farm case involving Siphosami Malunga, Zephania Dlamini, Charles Moyo, and the State has been struck off the roll by High Court Judge Justice Bongani Ndlovu, who noted that the case file was disorganized.Justice Ndlovu direct…

Published: 19 May 2024 at 10:35hrs | 8 | 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  General Notice 193 of 2024 dated February 9, ZEC, Chi…

Published: 13 Feb 2024 at 04:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

POSB rolls-out ATMS

The People's Own Savings Bank (POSB) has rolled out 15 advanced Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) across its service centres as part of enhancing customer experience and convenience.This is the first batch of the 30 ATMs project rollout, wi…

Published: 10 Feb 2024 at 06:29hrs | 7 | 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 of deceased persons from the voters' roll was a…

Published: 10 Feb 2024 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff reporter

Jonathan Moyo gives tips on voters' roll

Leading political analyst Professor Jonathan Moyo has advised the opposition to request the polling station-based voters' roll from the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) as that is the official record used by the commission to conduct an…

Published: 16 Aug 2023 at 21:39hrs | 22 | by Staff reporter

Zimbabwe voters roll myths debunked

ZIMBABWE'S VOTERS ROLL USED FOR ANY ELECTION IS POLLING STATION BASED: NO NATIONAL, CONSTITUENCY OR WARD VOTERS ROLL IS USED FOR ANY ELECTIONMost if not all of the cacophonous noise being made about or around national, constituency and war…

Published: 15 Aug 2023 at 21:35hrs | 15 | by Jonathan Moyo

The evolution of Zimbabwe's voters' roll

A SHORT HISTORY ON THE EVOLUTION OF ZIMBABWE'S VOTERS ROLL AND WHY SECTION 23(3) OF THE ELECTORAL ACT IS OUTDATED, PURPOSELESS, UNREASONABLE AND UNCONTITUTIONAL.IT WOULD BE INSTRUCTIVE and useful to study and understand the evolution of th…

Published: 24 Jul 2023 at 11:57hrs | 2 | by Jonathan Moyo

Zimbabwe's valid voters roll

There's a lot of misinformation and confusion in the public domain regarding the valid voters roll that is actually used for elections in Zimbabwe: by law, there's no consolidated national voters roll; no consolidated constituency voters r…

Published: 23 Jul 2023 at 11:42hrs | 9 | 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 voters' register to all Presidential electi…

Published: 16 Jul 2023 at 09:08hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Zec yet to release voters roll

THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is yet to furnish political parties with copies of the voters roll as it is still verifying nomination papers for all candidates.The nomination courts sat on Wednesday to receive nomination papers fo…

Published: 26 Jun 2023 at 06:50hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Confirmed election candidates to get electronic voters roll

All candidates successfully nominated to contest in the August 23 general elections will be issued with an electronic copy of the voters roll, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) said on Tuesday, the eve of the sitting of the nominatio…

Published: 21 Jun 2023 at 17:01hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Zec's refusal to avail electronic 2023 voters' roll dents election

THE voters' roll which is in a shambles and the persistent refusal by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to release the electronic version for audit have dented the credibility of the 23 August general elections at a time the eyes of …

Published: 14 Jun 2023 at 18:50hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Supreme Court dismisses Markham's bid to access electronic voters roll

The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal lodged through the apex court by Harare North lawmaker, Allan Markham who was seeking to overturn a High Court ruling denying him access to the electronic voters roll by the Zimbabwe Electoral Comm…

Published: 09 Jun 2023 at 08:08hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Check your details on voters' roll

REGISTERED voters whose names are missing from the voters' roll and those moved to other polling stations or constituencies have to continuously check if corrections have been effected on the mobile USSD code *265#, Zimbabwe Electoral Comm…

Published: 07 Jun 2023 at 07:27hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Chaos dogs Zec voters roll inspection

CHAOS continued to characterise the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec)'s weeklong voters roll inspection in Bulawayo yesterday as many residents fumed after failing to find their names in the document.Others were no longer in the wards an…

Published: 03 Jun 2023 at 08:20hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Chamisa's CCC pushes for release of electronic voters roll

CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) has demanded that Zimbabwe Electoral Commission implements reforms including availing the electronic voters roll.This is despite a High Court ruling in March blocking release of the electronic copy of th…

Published: 02 Jun 2023 at 06:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zec dismisses opposition's claims

THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has dismissed claims by the opposition that the voters' roll has been manipulated against their favour as "mischievous and preposterous".Zec said the voters' roll inspection exercise which is current…

Published: 01 Jun 2023 at 06:41hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Outrage over sex offenders' pardoning

HUMAN rights lawyers yesterday expressed concern over the recent pardoning of jailed sex offenders under Presidential amnesty.On May 12, President Emmerson Mnangagwa gazetted Clemency Order No 1 of 2023 which saw the release of hundreds of…

Published: 31 May 2023 at 07:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF hijacks voters roll inspection

Zanu-PF affiliate, Forever Associates Zimbabwe (Faz) has reportedly hijacked the voters roll inspection exercise by demanding proof of ruling party membership from those trying to check for their names.Faz is a registered private voluntary…

Published: 29 May 2023 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter

ZEC under fire over voters roll

THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has come under intense scrutiny after registered voters and the opposition identified several anomalies during the voters roll inspection exercise which started on Saturday.The voters roll inspection…

Published: 29 May 2023 at 06:36hrs | | by Staff reporter

Drivers' licence impasse in Electoral Bill debate

Parliament is next week expected to resume debate on contentious clauses in the Electoral Amendment Bill after a marathon and heated sitting which started on Thursday afternoon last week went into early Friday morning as legislators could …

Published: 26 May 2023 at 06:32hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Zec urges people to inspect voter's roll

THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has urged members of the public to inspect the voter's roll when the exercise starts on Saturday at 1 594 inspection centres countrywide as the country gears for harmonised elections to be held by Au…

Published: 24 May 2023 at 05:59hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

ZEC opens voters roll for inspection by electorate

The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has announced the opening of the voters' roll inspection period set to run from May 27 to 31, 2023.The exercise is one of the processes that shall pave way for this year's harmonised elections.In a n…

Published: 23 May 2023 at 21:17hrs | 25 | by Staff reporter

Knives out for Zec over voters roll

INDEPENDENT election watchdogs say they are worried that the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) could manipulate the number of registered voters citing secrecy surrounding its management of the electoral process.They say the failure by th…

Published: 10 May 2023 at 06:02hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

CCC demand heads to be 'chopped'

CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) has called on the government to act on institutions and individuals implicated in the Al Jazeera documentary demanding heads to be 'chopped'.This comes as the country is currently being treated to the fr…

Published: 01 Apr 2023 at 07:38hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Court blocks the release of Zimbabwe's electronic voters roll to the public

The High Court has blocked the release of Zimbabwe's electronic voters roll to the public noting that this was a matter of national security that should see the document protected from manipulation.This follows a court challenge instituted…

Published: 07 Mar 2023 at 18:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

US$1,44 million for ZEC to build polls capacity

THE United Nations yesterday expressed confidence in the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission's ability to successfully conduct the harmonised elections to be held later this year, with Japan giving US$1,44 million to the United Nations Developme…

Published: 21 Feb 2023 at 05:51hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

ZEC removes 660 from voters roll

Over 600 deceased persons have been removed from the voters' roll by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, in terms of the Electoral Act.The list of the deceased people was published under General Notice 207 of 2023 in an extra-ordinary Gover…

Published: 21 Feb 2023 at 05:51hrs | | by Staff reporter

23 000 errors on Zimbabwe's voters roll

THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) says it picked over 23 000 errors on addresses in the voters roll during an inspection exercise conducted in July.In a statement, Zec spokesperson Jasper Mangwana said the errors have since been corr…

Published: 03 Nov 2022 at 05:07hrs | | by Staff reporter

CCC proposes national peace pledge

THE opposition Citizens Coalitions for Change (CCC) has proposed that the country must craft a national peace pledge targeting political parties before next year's polls to ensure they are peaceful.Zimbabwe has since the March 26 by-electi…

Published: 01 Nov 2022 at 05:14hrs | | by Staff reporter

Voters roll a mess, claims Zanu-PF

Zanu-PF has admitted that the voters roll to be used in next year's polls is a mess and needs serious scrutiny and audit for it to be credible.Section 35 of the Electoral Act gives the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) powers to correct …

Published: 01 Nov 2022 at 05:13hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zec tightens grip on Zimbabwe voters roll

THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) says it will set "reasonable conditions" on availing the voter roll to protect it against possible tampering.In a statement titled: Enhancing Security of the Voters Roll posted on Twitter yesterday, …

Published: 18 Oct 2022 at 05:59hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

Voters roll perfect, claims Zec

THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) yesterday claimed that its voters roll was "very perfect" after only 1% of registered voters made corrections to their details.Statistics released by Zec yesterday show that the turnout for the delim…

Published: 04 Aug 2022 at 06:43hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Western countries trying all tricks to remove Zanu-PF from power

AS the clock ticks towards the 2023 harmonised elections, which some have described as "crunch" (interestingly all polls since 2008 have been dubbed as such!), Zimbabweans should brace for more shocks as the country's detractors turn the s…

Published: 29 Jul 2022 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zec to remove 6 000 more dead voters from roll

THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) will soon remove 6 533 more deceased persons from the voters roll to clean the document ahead of the delimitation exercise which starts this Sunday.In a notice in the Government Gazette dated July 8,…

Published: 14 Jul 2022 at 07:33hrs | | by Staff reporter

Heads to roll at Dembare

HEADS could roll at Dynamos whose leadership is finalising investigations on the age-cheating saga which rocked the club's junior team at the Marvelous Nakamba Foundation Invitational Under-17 football tournament in Bulawayo last week.DeMb…

Published: 07 Jul 2022 at 07:56hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

ZEC removes 32 010 from roll

THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has removed the names of 32 010 deceased people from the voters' roll in line with provisions of the Electoral Act.The list of the deceased persons was published in the Government Gazette under Gener…

Published: 03 Jun 2022 at 07:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF had voters roll with pictures?

THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has been accused of issuing a voters' roll with colour pictures to Zanu-PF candidates while denying the same to the opposition in what critics say amounts to vote fraud.This is the second time in wee…

Published: 06 Apr 2022 at 06:34hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

Zec feels the heat over voters roll

ZIMBABWE Electoral Commission (Zec) chairperson Priscilla Chigumba yesterday went ballistic during a Multi-Party Liaison Committee (MPLC) meeting in Harare after she was grilled over anomalies in the voters roll.Pressure group Team Pachedu…

Published: 24 Feb 2022 at 05:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

ZEC removes 22 000 from voters roll

More than 22 000 dead people have been removed from the voters rolls in the latest batch of such routine deletions, with a notification and appeal process in place in case a mistake was made, while the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission is now …

Published: 29 Nov 2021 at 05:31hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

Zec to pilot test display of voters' rolls

THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is next month set to initiate a pilot project of displaying the voters' roll outside a polling station during three by-elections to be held in Matabeleland North province. The move is meant to improv…

Published: 20 Jul 2019 at 14:27hrs | | by Staff reporter

More heads to roll at Zesa

SEVERAL Zesa Holdings senior managers face the axe following a damning forensic audit that has unearthed serious allegations of corruption and abuse of office.Last week, the national electricity company relieved former chief executive offi…

Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 05:55hrs | | by Staff reporter

+50% struck off Mutoko North voters' roll

THE biometric voters' roll (BVR) for Mutoko North by-election has exposed serious irregularities by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) in the contested 2013 general elections which former President Robert Mugabe won over the late MDC-…

Published: 21 Nov 2018 at 05:32hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

92,000 'ghost voters' still on new roll

THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has all but backed opposition claims that the biometric voters roll to be used in this month's election' is already in shambles with double registrations as well as dead people still appearing on it.…

Published: 15 Jul 2018 at 17:08hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zec beefs up voters' roll

The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has pulled another shocker by adding new names on its biometric voters' roll (BVR) weeks after releasing what it claimed was the final version.In its latest update, Zec said the BVR contained 5 695 7…

Published: 12 Jul 2018 at 08:47hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter

#Zimdecides: Fictitious addresses, missing names raise eyebrows

Eight people who are registered under one address will vote in five different constituencies in Harare in one of the eye-popping discoveries during an analysis of the voters roll recently released by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC)…

Published: 01 Jul 2018 at 14:34hrs | 1 | by Blessed Mhlanga

Why is the voters' roll 'eluding' MDC Alliance only?

The MDC Alliance is complaining that they have been unable to get a copy of the voters' roll from the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC).It appears only they have been unable to lay their hands on this very important document because ever…

Published: 20 Jun 2018 at 06:54hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter

Voters' roll inspection closes, 100k register to vote

Inspection of the provisional voters' roll ended yesterday, with the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) recording over 100 000 new voter registrants.The inspection began on May 19 and the electoral body established 10 807 centres for the …

Published: 30 May 2018 at 08:09hrs | | by Staff reporter

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