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Chamisa's CCC loses Chinhoyi Ward 2 by-election as infighting escalates
The Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) experienced the consequences of internal division as its candidate for Chinhoyi Ward 2 lost in a by-election held on Saturday. The relatively unknown Hamilton ...Published: 04 Dec 2023 at 06:56hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
CCC candidates challenge results in court
Bornface Mudzingwa of Bikita East and Leopold Mudisi of Zvishavane-Ngezi, both candidates representing the CCC, have submitted petitions to the High Court in Masvingo challenging the election results....Published: 30 Sep 2023 at 11:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Huge turnout for elections countrywide
Thousands of people thronged polling stations across the country to cast their votes for their preferred candidates for Presidential, National Assembly and local authority elections.A peaceful...Published: 24 Aug 2023 at 06:37hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa not happy
Nelson Chamisa, leader of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), says his party is not happy with the issue of the Ballot paper.He says, "We are not happy with the voter's roll, we are not ...Published: 23 Aug 2023 at 11:15hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
What to know about today's election
Visit your designated polling station with your ID (metal, plastic or waiting pass with holder's photograph; or valid Zimbabwean passport) to cast your vote for the President, Member of the National A...Published: 23 Aug 2023 at 06:31hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
A free and fair election will heal Zimbabwe
The Zanu PF's government crack on the opposition, abuse of human rights, and failure to embrace and tolerate divergent views makes it harder for the party to appeal both to regional and international ...Published: 18 Aug 2023 at 21:27hrs | 2 | by Leonard Koni
Mutsvangwa warns opposition against grandstanding
OPPOSITION political parties should not seek sympathy from foreign election observers by making unsubstantiated claims to discredit operations of State institutions during the elections period, the ru...Published: 18 Aug 2023 at 06:52hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Elections lack transparency and credibility
The recent ruling by the court of appeal dismissing a request by the main opposition party (CCC) to have access to an up-to-date voter's roll is now a major cause for concern. Why is the Zimbabwe Elec...Published: 17 Aug 2023 at 20:12hrs | 18 | by Simbabrashe Jingo
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 | 22 | by Staff reporter
Open letter to President Ramaphosa, Mnangagwa and HH
Open Letter from Dr Vusumuzi Sibanda a Constitutional and Human Rights law Practitioner and African Diaspora Global Network CEO The President of Zi...Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 09:50hrs | 6 | by Dr Vusumuzi Sibanda
Zanu-PF sets 600 000 votes target in Masvingo
The ruling Zanu-PF has set a target to garner over 600 000 votes for President Mnangagwa in Masvingo in next month's harmonised elections, it aims for a clean sweep in the province.This develo...Published: 25 Jul 2023 at 06:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC questions Zimbabwe voters' roll credibility but participating in elections
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has accused the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) of availing an unanalysable voters roll with small fonts and several anomalies.ZEC released t...Published: 20 Jul 2023 at 06:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere back on ballot paper, says lawyer
INDEPENDENT presidential candidate Saviour Kasukuwere is back on the ballot paper after his legal team successfully appealed the nullification of his nomination at the Supreme Court on Thursday....Published: 14 Jul 2023 at 07:49hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere's presidential race challenge judgment reserved
High Court Judge Justice David Mangota yesterday reserved judgment in the case in which a private citizen is seeking to bar former cabinet Minister Saviour Kasukuwere from contesting in the August 23 ...Published: 08 Jul 2023 at 08:24hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Ostallos Siziba/va's surname sparks huge debate on Twitter
Opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Deputy Spokesperson Ostallos's surname has taken social media by storm.There is a debate raging as to what Ostallos's real surname is. He is...Published: 06 Jul 2023 at 09:32hrs | 24 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere returning to Zimbabwe soon
DESPITE another court challenge filed to bar independent presidential candidate Saviour Kasukuwere from contesting in the August plebiscite, his spokesperson Jacqueline Sande says he is expected to ar...Published: 01 Jul 2023 at 08:03hrs | | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere's Presidential candidature hearing postponed to July 7
HIGH Court judge, Justice David Mangota has moved to July 7 the hearing of a matter in which a Zanu-PF activist Lovedale Mangwana is seeking to block former cabinet minister Saviour Kasukuwere from co...Published: 29 Jun 2023 at 21:01hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Election candidates disqualified over missing names on voter's roll
FAILURE by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission to avail the voters roll to political parties has emerged as one of the contributing factors to the disqualification of candidates during the nomination co...Published: 28 Jun 2023 at 20:27hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF in ploy to block ex-commissar Kasukuwere's Presidential candidature
Zanu-PF activist Lovedale Mangwana has made an urgent chamber application to bar former national Commissar Saviour Kasukuwere from contesting in the August 23 general elections.Mangwana cited ...Published: 27 Jun 2023 at 19:02hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Obama of Zimbabwe politics bows out of Presidential race due to financial challenges
OPPOSITION Democratic Union of Zimbabwe (DUZ) party leader Robert Chapman has withdrawn from the August 23 polls Presidential race citing financial constraints.This comes after DUZ Bulawayo pr...Published: 24 Jun 2023 at 06:15hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe People First's position on elections
OUR POSITION ON ELECTIONS, On and around the 28th of May 2023's the Zimbabwe Election Commission's gazette of the election proclamation fixing 23 August 2023 as the date for the harmonized gen...Published: 22 Jun 2023 at 13:08hrs | 23 | by Walter Benson
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 | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's bubble bursts at wrong moment
The peak of the newly formed Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) wasn't the seats it won in the 2022 by-elections.By the time the seats were won it was obvious they would be won.The ac...Published: 13 Jun 2023 at 09:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Analysts dismiss suggestion that Thokozani Khupe withdraw candidature against Mthuli Ncube
Professor Jonathan Moyo's recommendations that Dr Thokozani Khupe withdraw from running against Finance Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube, as the latter has a better chance of developing Cowdray Park, ...Published: 06 Jun 2023 at 07:10hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
CCC says voter's roll inspection period was too short
Opposition party Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) says the time allocated for voter's roll inspection by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) is not sufficient, owing to the numerous challenges...Published: 06 Jun 2023 at 07:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC to challenge ZEC over names missing in voters' roll
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) intends to file an urgent court application against the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) over names missing in the voters' roll, NewZimbabwe.com has l...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 11:54hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's election season begins
THE country was ushered into an election season yesterday as President Mnangagwa proclaimed the road map for this year's polls, setting August 23 as the election date and June 21 as the date for the s...Published: 01 Jun 2023 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZEC assures voters
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has said everyone who registered to vote will not be disenfranchised as the electoral body will rectify any anomalies that will be detected during the ongoing v...Published: 30 May 2023 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Anti-riot police disrupt CCC media address outside ZEC offices
Truncheon wielding anti-riot police on Monday ordered Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) officials to stop addressing journalists just outside the perimeter wall of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission'...Published: 29 May 2023 at 19:38hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
CCC pushes for urgent ZEC meeting to raise voters' roll anomalies
Opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has written to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) seeking audience with the poll management authority so as to point out some "serious irregularitie...Published: 29 May 2023 at 19:32hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF youths strategises ahead of elections
Zanu-PF Youth League Bulawayo is holding an inter-district meeting at Stanley Square as part of the party's efforts to drum up support for the party ahead of the 2023 harmonised elections. Zan...Published: 29 May 2023 at 06:32hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa inspects voters roll
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has taken the lead in inspecting the voters roll and encouraged the electorate to do the same to ensure that their details are correctly captured as the country inches towards harm...Published: 28 May 2023 at 12:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
NGO insists on reforms ahead of polls
THE Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) has implored government to implement electoral reforms in line with regional best practices ahead of the country's August polls.Zimbabwe's election...Published: 26 May 2023 at 06:34hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo tips Prof Ncube for Cowdray Park seat
FORMER Cabinet Minister and Zanu-PF Politburo member Professor Jonathan Moyo has tipped Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube to win the Cowdray Park seat in the forthcoming...Published: 26 May 2023 at 06:32hrs | 2 | 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 fo...Published: 24 May 2023 at 05:59hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa unearth 'huge' election rigging scam?
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has said his party has unearthed a vote rigging scheme by the ruling party Zanu-PF ahead of the general elections set for August th...Published: 19 May 2023 at 20:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
6 million registered for Zimbabwe's elections
A RECORD six million people are registered to vote in the 2023 harmonised elections, up by 500 000 from the last general elections.The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC), which concluded its ...Published: 14 May 2023 at 11:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reportetr
'Will CCC partake in 2023 WITHOUT verified voters' roll?' Cut out bull, 'Yes out of greed!' Chamisa answered
Nelson Chamisa was finally cornered and nailed down on why CCC is participating in these elections without even something as basic as a verified voters' roll!Quizzed on the course of action th...Published: 19 Apr 2023 at 22:55hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
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 th...Published: 13 Apr 2023 at 08:15hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
It's election time in Zanu-PF today
IT is all systems go for the Zanu-PF primary elections that will take place today in all provinces except Masvingo and Midlands in a contest to choose candidates to stand on the ruling party ticket in...Published: 24 Mar 2023 at 23:08hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Releasing electronic format of voter's role compromises security, court rules
The High Court has rejected a bid by opposition CCC Member of Parliament Allan Markham to compel Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to release the voters' roll in electronic format after agreeing wit...Published: 08 Mar 2023 at 05:27hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Fresh voters' roll headache for Zec
A local independent election watchdog has dragged the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to the High Court seeking an order directing the electoral management body to release a soft copy of the voter...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:14hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa issues 2023 poll warning
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has hinted that his party will consider boycotting the 2023 elections if its concerns over the voters' roll are not addressed.The Zimb...Published: 20 Nov 2022 at 15:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zec throws police under the bus
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has blamed the police for failing to eradicate electoral malpractices saying the law enforcement agency has a duty to act against the vice.Election stak...Published: 13 Nov 2022 at 17:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZEC claims hat voters roll is accessible to all and affordable
ANY registered voter can walk into the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) offices and inspect the voter's roll free of charge while for a soft copy of the national roll any individual or organisation...Published: 08 Nov 2022 at 05:02hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Welshman Ncube sounds alarm on electoral reforms
Urgent attention should be paid to electoral reforms on voter registration, transparency of the voter's roll, and the right of political parties to freely campaign, Professor Welshman Ncube has said....Published: 10 Oct 2022 at 19:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zec starts delimination exercise preparation
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has started training its workers ahead of the delimitation exercise as the country prepares for general elections next year.Delimitation, which is carri...Published: 07 Sep 2022 at 06:40hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Vote overwhelmingly to counter rigging
The story of election rigging has become a topical issue of the day in Zimbabwe as political parties prepare for the most fundamental elections to elect representatives of their constituencies and the...Published: 06 Sep 2022 at 14:16hrs | 1 | by Leonard Koni
War vets cry foul over rigging
Former liberation war fighters in Mashonaland Central say there is an elaborate plan to rig elections for a new Zimbabwe National Liberation Association (ZNLWA) executive.The former fighters f...Published: 14 Aug 2022 at 07:25hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
ZEC opens voter's roll for inspection
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) yesterday opened the national voter's roll for public inspection ahead of the imminent delimitation of constituencies with more than 11 000 inspection centres e...Published: 18 Jul 2022 at 08:17hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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