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Zanu-PF, CCC of accused of undermining electoral reforms
The Douglas Mwonzora-led MDC has accused the ruling Zanu-PF and the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) of undoing the democratic gains achieved during the era of the late Prime Minister Mo...Published: 18 Nov 2024 at 15:07hrs | 215 | 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 | 6 | by Staff reporter
Constitutional changes on cards in Zimbabwe
Government has set in motion plans to transfer the responsibility to register voters from the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to the Civil Registry Department in sweeping changes to the electoral ...Published: 24 Mar 2024 at 14:56hrs | 2 | 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 reco...Published: 16 Aug 2023 at 21:39hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army, CIO involvement in voting
In the run up to the June 2000 Parliamentary election, there was noticeable intervention of the army, and alleged war veterans. The election also came after the formation of the MDC, which fielded can...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 13:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Parly mulls returning voter registration to RG's Office
The position taken during the inclusive Government to migrate voter registration from the Registrar-General to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission has created a lot of red tape through duplication of du...Published: 30 May 2023 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mudede's son in court
The trial of former Registrar General Tobaiwa Mudede's son, Tawanda, on allegations of driving his father's US$40 000 Toyota Prado without authority is expected to open today at the Harare Magistrates...Published: 18 Aug 2022 at 20:46hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Electoral reforms must dominate political discourse in 2022
AS we bask on the cusp of a new year, Zimbabweans appear to have gone agog about the pending by-elections and what many deem to be the watershed plebiscite of 2023.And yet for some of us, high...Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 05:32hrs | 1 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Mudede's son convicted
Theft of family property has cost Solomon Mudede (36), son to former Registrar General Tobaiwa Mudede 70 hours of community service at Chitungwiza General Hospital after he was found guilty of stealin...Published: 31 Dec 2021 at 07:24hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mudede assaults daughter- in-law
FORMER Registrar General Tobaiwa Mudede has appeared in court on allegations of assaulting his daughter-in-law during the time she was having an altercation with her husband, Mudede's son.Mude...Published: 22 Dec 2021 at 04:42hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa accords wife national honour
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has awarded his wife, First Lady Auxillia a gold medal for her "outstanding performance in her philanthropic activities among 99 other outstanding institutions, civilians ...Published: 07 Aug 2021 at 07:14hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Tobaiwa Mudede steals farming inputs
FORMER long-serving Registrar General Tobaiwa Mudede was arraigned before a Harare magistrate on allegations of stealing farming equipments at a Mazowe farm.He appeared before magistrate Richa...Published: 20 May 2021 at 19:58hrs | 2 | by Shelton Muchena/Simbarashe Sithole
Tobaiwa Mudede in court for theft
FORMER Registrar General Tobaiwa Mudede is today expected to appear at the Harare Magistrates' Court on allegations of stealing farming equipment at a Mazowe farm in Mashonaland Central.Mudede...Published: 20 May 2021 at 18:11hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
RG Masango trial resumes
THE trial of suspended Registrar-General Clement Masango, accused of flouting tender procedures when purchasing vehicles for his department is expected to resume this Friday at the Harare Magistrates ...Published: 19 Apr 2021 at 06:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tobaiwa Mudede in fresh arm Wrangle
FORMER Registrar-General Tobaiwa Mudede is involved in a bitter fight over land boundary at a farm in Mazowe, Mashonaland Central with a fellow farmer, Roti Gadzikwa.Gadzikwa, this week issued...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 18:18hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
State-assisted funeral for nationalist Mudzi
Nationalist Mukudzei Mudzi (94) who died on Saturday, will be accorded a State-assisted funeral in recognition of his commitment to freeing the country from settler control, even during disagreements ...Published: 19 Jan 2021 at 07:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
Registar general's trial continues
The trial of suspended Registrar General Clemence Masango, who is facing criminal abuse of office charges over vehicle purchases, continued yesterday with the State calling the former chief accountant...Published: 16 Dec 2020 at 17:39hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Build Zimbabwe Alliance deputy, William Pilbrough dies
OPPOSITION Build Zimbabwe Alliance deputy president William "Widzo" Pilbrough has died.Party leader Noah Manyika confirmed the news Thursday but could not give further details yet."I j...Published: 05 Apr 2019 at 07:15hrs | 1 | by newzimbabwe
Chamisa's skulduggery will not blight Mnangagwa's reform agenda
The usual opposition cynics are employing all manner of tactics to blight the impact of reforms being implemented by President Mnangagwa.However, as is the case with any skulduggery antics, th...Published: 10 Feb 2019 at 05:46hrs | | by Lovemore Ranga Mataire
Lest we forget
Dear Zimbabweans, As we commemorate the first anniversary of RGM's ouster after 37 years of looting, plundering, autocracy and total dictatorship it seems all of a sudden Zimbabweans have beco...Published: 30 Nov 2018 at 09:15hrs | | by Munya Shumba
Zezurus fall from high positions as Karangas take over
Like bags of maize dropping from a speeding truck, Zezurus that have been occupying strategic positions during Mugabe era are now falling in numbers as Mnangagwa's Karanga take over and build their ow...Published: 29 Nov 2018 at 07:34hrs | 4 | by Israel Dube, MLO Secretary for Information and Public Affairs
+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 Preside...Published: 21 Nov 2018 at 05:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Karikoga Kaseke set to leave ZTA
ZIMBABWE Tourism Authority (ZTA) chief executive officer (CEO) Karikoga Kaseke is set to leave the institution he has led for 13 years.Kaseke, who took the role of CEO in July 2005 on reassign...Published: 18 Oct 2018 at 15:08hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mudede's replacement faces sex harassment charges
Peter Mutasa, the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) president has requested President Emmerson Mnangagwa to invalidate the appointment of Registrar General (RG) Clemence Masango, NewZimbabwe.co...Published: 26 Sep 2018 at 09:10hrs | 2 | by NewZimbabwe.com
Mudede's replacement vows to clear queues, end corruption
Newly appointed Registrar General, Mr Clement Masango yesterday vowed to end perennial queues for various documents, fight corruption and instill a new work ethic to ramp up service delivery in line w...Published: 24 Sep 2018 at 10:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa makes new appointments
Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed Mr Clemence Masango as the new Registrar General, replacing Mr Tobaiwa Mudede who was retired on Wednesday. The President also made four new senior appointment...Published: 22 Sep 2018 at 09:21hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'West must support ED and no regime change for 20 years' argued Mutsvairo - so why bother
"IF Western governments are sincere about political reforms in Zimbabwe, then they have to support President Emmerson Mnangagwa's new government," wrote Bruce Mutsvairo."There are no two ways ...Published: 21 Sep 2018 at 07:19hrs | 12 | by Nomusa Garikai
Tobaiwa Mudede booted out
LONG-SERVING Registrar General Tobaiwa Mudede (74) has finally been retired while Information secretary George Charamba was elevated to the unfamiliar position of Deputy Chief Secretary Presidential C...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 08:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa retires Mudede in major shake-up
ONE of the country's longest-serving bureaucrats, Registrar-General Tobaiwa Mudede, was retired yesterday as President Emmerson Mnangagwa also got rid of several permanent secretaries and directors in...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 06:58hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa appoints ONLY 1 permanent secretary from Matebelenand
President Mnangagwa yesterday appointed new permanent secretaries for ministries, reassigned some and retired others as his Government takes the Second Republic into motion. Long time Information, Pub...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 06:21hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mudede hunts down staffer who revealed blacklist
THE officer who revealed the existence of a government passport blacklist could be at risk after Registrar General Tobaiwa Mudede made clear he is keen to uncover the identity of what he described as ...Published: 19 Sep 2018 at 13:42hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa seems to be on track
The opposition campaigned freely across the country.The presence of regional and international observers was most welcome.However, Zec has some serious house-keeping to do in order to ...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 08:24hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mudede denies refusing to issue passport to Gonda
Registrar-General Tobaiwa Mudede has denied reports that his department refused to issue a passport to prominent Zimbabwean journalist Violet Gonda on allegations that she was on a "stop list"....Published: 14 Sep 2018 at 06:50hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mudede in humiliating climbdown over Gonda's passport blacklist
REGISTRAR-GENERAL (RG) Tobaiwa Mudede has made a U-turn and admitted that his officers erred by refusing to grant a passport to freelance journalist Violet Gonda, who had been blacklisted by the gover...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 16:36hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa seems to be on track - ZUNDE
It is a matter of public record that, from inception, ZUNDE fiercely and consistently fought against President Mugabe and his destructive policies. On 24 October 2013, we came together to adva...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 07:17hrs | 1 | by Moses Chamboko
Jonathan Moyo shocked
Former Information Minister Professor Jonathan Moyo said he was shocked that Zimbabwe had a "Stop List" which was being used by the Registrar General to refuse to issue passports to Zimbabwean citizen...Published: 08 Sep 2018 at 20:50hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mudede sued for blacklisting Violet Gonda
HUMAN rights lawyers have taken Registrar-General (RG) Tobaiwa Mudede to the High Court, seeking an order compelling him to remove travel restrictions imposed on freelance journalist Violet Gonda, who...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 07:10hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Violet Gonda denied Zimbabwe passport by Mnangagwa's govt
JOURNALIST Violet Gonda has been refused a Zimbabwean passport by registrar general Tobaiwa Mudede because she was apparently blacklisted by the government, NewZimbabwe.com reported.She is bel...Published: 06 Sep 2018 at 12:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Profiles of Zimbabwe's Constitutional Court judges
Nine Constitutional Court (ConCourt) judges will today preside over a matter which will decide on who will lead Zimbabwe for the next five years. Chief Justice Luke Malaba will lead a cast of eight ju...Published: 22 Aug 2018 at 06:26hrs | 29 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's fate lies with 9 judges
ZIMBABWE'S estimated 14 million citizens are today holding their collective breaths as the Constitutional Court bench made up of nine men and women sit to make a determination in one of the greatest p...Published: 22 Aug 2018 at 06:24hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mudede's Office to open during elections
The Registrar-General's Office will be opened from today till Monday to assist members of the public who lost their national identity documents to obtain new ones to be able to vote during the harmoni...Published: 28 Jul 2018 at 09:23hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
What now comrades 2?
Kenny Rodgers is probably one of the greatest voices this world has ever heard. In his compilation of hits there is one particular song known as The ...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 13:01hrs | 2 | by Tatenda Magumise
Mnangagwa should postpone elections
Last week, I published findings from my research of six years on how certain individuals had abrogated themselves the role of choosing Zimbabwe's elected leaders through an elaborate election rigging ...Published: 19 Jul 2018 at 06:34hrs | | by Mkhululi Tshuma
Chigumba reminds me of Tobaiwa Mudede
Priscilla Chigumba reminds me of Tobaiwa Mudede- arrogant, Zanu PF sympathiser. A man who presided over biased elections for years.What Mnangagwa fails to realise is that he is a coup presiden...Published: 16 Jul 2018 at 14:46hrs | 2 | by Dr. Gus Manatsa
Trust, not arrogance, will deliver a good election
The 2018 World Cup spectacle has been a jarring and intriguing global tournament at many levels. Besides the remote control tensions and conflicts it visited unto our living rooms and the early humble...Published: 15 Jul 2018 at 17:01hrs | 1 | by Zifiso Masiye
250 000 'ghost voters' on roll?
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has reportedly released a register of voters with over 250 000 ghost voters on its final biometric voters' roll (BVR), NewsDay reported.The alleged scam...Published: 10 Jul 2018 at 07:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
3 million ghosts on the voters' roll?
ZIMBABWE once again finds herself being railroaded into an election, despite tangible proof that conditions on the ground are not yet conducive for a free and fair poll. All this flies against postula...Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 07:57hrs | | by Mkhululi Tshuma
Aspiring MP fails to find name on voters’ roll
MDC-T (Khupe) aspiring Dangamvura - Chikanga parliamentary candidate, Lynnette Mudewe told journalists last Friday that her name could not be found on the voters' roll on the day of the nomination cou...Published: 22 Jun 2018 at 15:39hrs | | by Staffr eporter
2018 elections promise to be 'smart'
The Military Assisted Transition (MAT) took place in November last year. It is now six months into 2018 and seven months since the MAT. How are we doing? Our world has certainly changed and it is very...Published: 19 Jun 2018 at 07:20hrs | | by Eddie Cross
Mudede ruled offside
REGISTRAR-General Mr Tobaiwa Mudede has been ruled offside by the High Court after he refused to issue an emergency passport to a 79-year-old ailing granny, who urgently required to travel to Namibia ...Published: 30 May 2018 at 08:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
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