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Supreme court upholds disqualification of Victoria Falls candidate
The Supreme Court has upheld a High Court decision disqualifying aspiring independent candidate Ephias Mambume from contesting in the Ward 1 by-election for Victoria Falls Municipality. The ruling eff...Published: 30 Nov 2024 at 12:56hrs | 41 | by Staff reporter
Zec pushes for political party registration
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has ramped up efforts to ensure that political parties are legally registered through an amendment to the Electoral Act. Currently, political parties only need ...Published: 03 Oct 2024 at 08:55hrs | 209 | by Staff reporter
Tshabangu stirs controversy again
Sengezo Tshabangu, the interim secretary-general of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), has once again stirred controversy by recalling three CCC councillors from Matabeleland North.The Z...Published: 25 May 2024 at 11:43hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
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
126 vacancies unfilled at Zec
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) fired six employees while 126 vacancies remained unfilled, the commission's 2023 annual report has revealed, amid fears the gaps could affect the election manag...Published: 09 Apr 2024 at 06:21hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Botswana opposition slams electoral body for benchmarking in Zimbabwe
Botswana's coalition of opposition parties has slammed the country's electoral body for traveling to Zimbabwe to benchmark its election procedures — the process by which the performance of a system ...Published: 15 Feb 2024 at 10:09hrs | | 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
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 bullying other parties
The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has accused the ruling Zanu-PF party of using its muscle to gain political dominance in Zimbabwe.In a paper unpacking the National Electoral Reform Age...Published: 30 Jan 2024 at 07:48hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC contests High Court ruling on elections
THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) on Tuesday said it would appeal a High Court decision which barred its candidates from contesting in the February 3 by-elections. Last week, the High Court rule...Published: 24 Jan 2024 at 19:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC to challenge dismissal of candidates at Supreme Court
The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has refuted claims made by the Zimbabwe Election Commission (ZEC) that its candidates have been disqualified from participating in the upcoming by-elections. In...Published: 24 Jan 2024 at 04:53hrs | | 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
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 | 9 | by Staff reporter
Magistrates to handle Zimbabwe's by-election matters appointed
The Judicial Services Commission has appointed 23 magistrates to handle matters that might arise from the by-elections slated for February 3.The by-elections arose following the recall of sitt...Published: 06 Jan 2024 at 08:41hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Teachers clash with Zimbabwe Electoral Commission over election dues
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has failed to pay some teachers for work done during the disputed August elections, it has been learnt.It is not clear why the Zec paid some teach...Published: 01 Jan 2024 at 08:12hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Teachers clash with Zec
TEACHERS are up in arms with the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) over outstanding payments after the electoral body engaged them as election officers for the disputed August polls.Accordin...Published: 22 Dec 2023 at 07:11hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Recalled CCC members to contest by-elections
RECALLED Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislators yesterday successfully filed their nomination papers ahead of by-elections set for February 3.The by-elections will be held to fill six...Published: 19 Dec 2023 at 06:16hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Sengezo Tshabangu rescinds the recall of Victoria Falls councillors
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has cancelled the planned by-election that had been set for Victoria Falls after Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) interim secretary Mr Sengezo Tshabangu resc...Published: 15 Dec 2023 at 14:16hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZEC to throw away 225,000 ballot papers
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has announced it is dumping 222,550 ballot papers bearing the names of CCC candidates now barred from participating in the December 9 by-elections.This ...Published: 08 Dec 2023 at 05:47hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
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 | | 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 | | 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 | | 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 | 1 | 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 | 1 | 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 | | 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 | | 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 | | 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 | | 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 | 1 | 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 | 9 | 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 | | 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 | 10 | 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 | 7 | 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 | 8 | 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 | 9 | 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 | 7 | 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 | 10 | 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 | 8 | 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 | 5 | 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 | 6 | 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 | 7 | 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 | 10 | 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 | 8 | 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 | 1 | 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
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