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ZEC prints ballot papers for Dec by-elections
In preparation for the upcoming December 9 by-elections, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has confirmed that it has printed ballot papers for the local authority by-elections.A notice i...Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 14:12hrs | 183 | by Staff reporter
By-elections Nomination Court sits next week
The Nomination Court is scheduled to convene next Tuesday to accept nomination papers from potential candidates for the December 9 by-elections. These by-elections aim to fill nine vacant National Ass...Published: 29 Oct 2023 at 12:29hrs | 107 | by Staff reporter
By-elections date for recalled Bulawayo councillors set
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has said by-elections for eight recalled Bulawayo Citizen Coalition for Change councillors will be held in December while the nomination court will sit next mon...Published: 25 Oct 2023 at 06:37hrs | 216 | by Staff reporter
ZEC dismisses fake election result cancellation statement
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has dismissed a fake message circulating on social media, nullifying the August 2023 elections tha President Mnangagwa won resoundingly.Zec Chief electi...Published: 13 Oct 2023 at 21:02hrs | 536 | by Staff reporter
Parliament declares 15 CCC seats vacant
Jacob Mudenda, the Speaker of the National Assembly, has announced the vacancy of 15 parliamentary seats in Matebeleland held by the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC). This decision comes...Published: 10 Oct 2023 at 11:08hrs | 858 | by Staff reporter
Zec late payment riles vehicle owners
Private vehicle owners have lodged complaints against the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) for failing to compensate them after hiring their vehicles for the recent election.These vehicles ...Published: 26 Sep 2023 at 06:19hrs | 1049 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe set for a power sharing deal after 'rigged' election?
Mildred Muchenje, a 26-year-old voter, had anticipated a straightforward experience as she approached her polling station in Warren Park, Harare, on August 23 to cast her vote in the Zimbabwean presid...Published: 17 Sep 2023 at 07:58hrs | 1348 | by Staff reporter
ZEC gazettes Mnangagwa's re-election
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has officially gazetted the re-election of President Mnangagwa for a second five-year term following his victory in last week's harmonised elections.An ...Published: 31 Aug 2023 at 06:40hrs | 223 | by Staff reporter
Blunders expose Zec, according to Mumba
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec)'s false pronouncements before and after the elections have exposed the electoral body which now stands accused of misleading the nation.On August 18, fo...Published: 30 Aug 2023 at 06:47hrs | 1643 | by Staff reporter
ZEC says not captured
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) yesterday said it remained firm and focused on its work and reports on social media that it had been captured are false, misleading and ridiculous.In it...Published: 26 Aug 2023 at 08:47hrs | 205 | by Staff reporter
More flak fly at Zec
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has been accused of not posting the voters roll outside polling stations in Binga South constituency in terms of the law.Binga South independent candida...Published: 23 Aug 2023 at 06:36hrs | 29 | by Staff 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 | 7 | by Staff reporter
ZEC spells out election day conduct
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) yesterday released a list of activities that are not permitted within a 300-metre radius of a polling station on election day next Wednesday.Posting on ...Published: 18 Aug 2023 at 06:54hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Postal voting, ballot papers raise stink in Zimbabwe
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa says his party will reject postal votes "conducted in contravention of the law" amid allegations that the Zimbabwe Electoral Commis...Published: 17 Aug 2023 at 06:54hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Voters roll ruling backlash unnerves judge
HIGH Court judge Justice Never Katiyo has accused the opposition of endangering his life and that of his family members by publicly criticising him after he dismissed the party's application for the r...Published: 17 Aug 2023 at 06:54hrs | 35 | by Staff reporter
Zec in quandary over Zanu-PF double candidates
THREE Zanu-PF "double" candidates eyeing local government seats in Karoi and Zvimba have left the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) confused after they were last week withdrawn from next week's poll...Published: 16 Aug 2023 at 06:43hrs | 8 | 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 | 10 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora called Mnangagwa after ZEC's decision to bar 87 of his MPs
OPPOSITION MDC leader Douglas Mwonzora called President Emmerson Mnangagwa to air his grievances over the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission's (ZEC) decision to bar 87 of the party's aspiring Parliamentari...Published: 15 Aug 2023 at 06:38hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
CCC hits voters roll brick wall
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has approached the High Court, seeking audience with Justice Never Chitiyo after he ruled that the party's urgent application for an interdict to compel ...Published: 15 Aug 2023 at 06:36hrs | 46 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe ballot printing back on track
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has started printing ballot papers for the presidential election and for more than a dozen National Assembly constituencies that had been affected by poll-relat...Published: 13 Aug 2023 at 21:59hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Over 17 000 qualify for postal voting: ZEC
OVER 17 000 voters drawn from the diplomatic service, uniformed forces and election officials have been cleared to cast their votes ahead of polling day on August 23 when they will be away on official...Published: 06 Aug 2023 at 08:20hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Break-in has compromised Zec
INCREDIBLE revelations that thieves broke into the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) headquarters in Harare on Sunday night cannot fleet by without us casting our curious gaze at this mouth-gaping i...Published: 04 Aug 2023 at 06:42hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Polling stations published, postal voting extended
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has identified and published 12 370 preliminary polling stations that will be used in the harmonised elections slated for August 23.The polling stations...Published: 04 Aug 2023 at 06:37hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
ZEC unfit to run free, fair elections - Study
A NEW study on Zimbabwe's electoral politics, processes and institutions has found that the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is deeply distrusted by voters, hence cannot be trusted to preside over ...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 21:13hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police probe Zec break-in
THERE are fears that the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) might have lost critical information following a break-in at its Mahachi Quantum Building headquarters in Harare, an incident that has adde...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 06:32hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
3 laptops stolen at the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission HQ
A security breach is being investigated at the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) headquarters in Harare after three laptops were stolen during a break-in early Sunday.Two of the laptops belo...Published: 31 Jul 2023 at 17:22hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Printing of the Presidential ballot paper begins
PRINTING of ballot papers for the presidential election has commenced following the conclusion of all court cases related to the election last week, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has confirm...Published: 30 Jul 2023 at 22:18hrs | 7 | by Erick Matotoba
Printing of Zimbabwe presidential ballot papers begins
PRINTING of ballot papers for the presidential election has commenced following the conclusion of all court cases related to the election last week, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has confirm...Published: 30 Jul 2023 at 08:52hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Over 300 election observers accredited
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has so far accredited over 300 local observers and journalists ahead of next month's harmonised elections.Giving an update on the accreditation process,...Published: 23 Jul 2023 at 08:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe ballot printing on course
PRINTING of ballot papers that will be used during the August 23 harmonised polls has commenced, but the process is being delayed by election-related cases that are before the courts.In an int...Published: 23 Jul 2023 at 08:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZEC has no legal obligation to to issue out a voters' roll in Excel
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission says it has no legal obligation to issue out a voters' roll "in Excel or printable formats known to have compromised security features".Zec says the recently ...Published: 22 Jul 2023 at 13:08hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe voters' roll searchable, analysable'
The voters' role being distributed to candidates is searchable and analysable, but is in a format that cannot be altered or tampered with, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has said, rubbishing ...Published: 22 Jul 2023 at 08:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
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 | 4 | by Staff reporter
ZEC finalises postal voting list
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) is finalising the processing of applications for postal voting from members of the uniformed forces and election officials intending to cast their votes ahead o...Published: 09 Jul 2023 at 10:30hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Bogus CCC candidates refuse to withdraw from race
THE 17 individuals who successfully filed their parliamentary nomination papers in Harare province on a CCC ticket ahead of the general elections to be held on 23 August - despite not being on the off...Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 15:57hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Fake candidates shocked to find their names on list
SOME individuals say they were baffled when they "found" themselves on the list of election candidates who successfully filed nomination papers for National Assembly seats as they did not personally s...Published: 26 Jun 2023 at 19:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
CCC appeals Zec decision to accept smuggled candidates
THE opposition CCC has filed a notice of appeal at the Electoral Court against the decision of the nomination court to accept parliamentary and local authority election candidates who were not on the ...Published: 26 Jun 2023 at 19:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Forever Associates of Zimbabwe now Zanu-PF affiliate
FOREVER Associates of Zimbabwe (Faz), a shadowy Central Intelligence Organisation outfit which has taken over electoral processes, has spoken out and says it is now an affiliate member of Zanu-PF, but...Published: 26 Jun 2023 at 19:40hrs | 25 | by Staff reporter
Masarira sues Zec over rejected nomination
OPPOSITION Labour, Economists and African Democrats presidential candidate Linda Masarira has taken the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to court for rejecting her nomination papers on Wednesday af...Published: 26 Jun 2023 at 06:51hrs | | 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 s...Published: 26 Jun 2023 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Full Zimbabwe election candidate list out Friday
The final list of successful candidates for the August 23 harmonised elections, who submitted their nomination papers during the sitting of the Nomination Court last Wednesday, will be gazetted on Fri...Published: 25 Jun 2023 at 09:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nomination Court opens
ALL is set for the Nomination Court which is sitting today marking the beginning of the race for the August 23 harmonised elections.Aspiring candidates sponsored by political parties and indep...Published: 21 Jun 2023 at 06:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZEC invites nominations for women, youth quota
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission has called on all political parties taking part in the local authorities and National Assembly elections on August 23 to submit party lists for the women's and youth ...Published: 19 Jun 2023 at 06:39hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
US$400 000 windfall to judges is electoral gambit
THE recent gifting of US$400 000 housing loans to judges has underlined the executive's keenness to extend favours to the judiciary, particularly during elections, as they play a key role in mediating...Published: 12 Jun 2023 at 06:44hrs | 2 | 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 U...Published: 07 Jun 2023 at 07:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe elections body calls for applications for observers
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has opened applications to individuals and organisations wishing to observe this year's electoral processes, the conduct of polling on voting day, and the count...Published: 06 Jun 2023 at 17:00hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zec boss warns political players and opinion leaders against fuelling hate
ZIMBABWE Electoral Commission (Zec) Chief Elections Officer, Mr Utoile Silaigwana has a made a passionate appeal to political players and opinion leaders not to fuel hate and division among society as...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 14:58hrs | 8 | 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 | 9 | by Staff reporter
Voters roll for Zimbabwe elections to be accessible end of June
The voters' roll for the upcoming general elections in Zimbabwe will be made available to election candidates at the end of June, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) said.This is according...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 11:53hrs | 4 | by Ndou Paul
ZEC reassures nation on voters' roll
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has assured the nation that it will correct all anomalies that were noted during the just-ended voters' roll inspection exercise.In an interview with ou...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 08:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
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