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ERC predicts drop in voter turnout

Zimbabwe is likely to witness low voter turnout in the upcoming local authority by-elections set for later this month and the first week of August, according to the Election Resource Centre (ERC), a think-tank and advocacy group focused on…

Published: 22 Jul 2025 at 09:15hrs | 82 | by Staff reporter

Automatic voter registration for 18-year-olds in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe is set to introduce an automatic voter registration system for citizens turning 18, aiming to boost voter participation and streamline election processes ahead of the 2028 elections. The government is drafting a Constitutional Ame…

Published: 10 Nov 2024 at 10:46hrs | | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF councillor arrested for stock theft

Zanu-PF councillor for Ward 17, Insiza North, Sindiso Ndlovu, has been accused of stealing cattle and selling them to Esigodini Abattoir. Ndlovu (40) and his co-accused, Buhle Nkomazana (29), appeared before magistrate Talent Phiri at Fila…

Published: 24 Nov 2023 at 16:55hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter

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

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 | | by Staff reporter

Voter apathy is Zimbabwe's elephant in the room ahead of 2023 polls

Bongani Ndlovu, a Zanu-PF councillor in Matabeleland North's Bubi district holds the unenviable record of registering the least number of voters in the March 26 parliamentary and local government elections.Only 27 people voted for Ndlovu t…

Published: 05 Jun 2022 at 09:15hrs | | by Nokuthaba Dlamini

Zec's 20-day voter registration blitz too short

THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has earmarked 20 days only for the voter registration exercise and is calling it a blitz.It can hardly be called a blitz when Zec is only providing one team per constituency and only allowing 20 days…

Published: 20 Apr 2022 at 08:10hrs | 1 | by A Mbire

Voter registration drive begins

THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) will set up more than 2 700 mobile voter registration centres during the first phase of the mobile Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) drive that begins on Tuesday.The exercise will run for a month.Vo…

Published: 30 Jan 2022 at 08:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Chamisa says, 'We need a new direction: Every vote matters'

TWO decades ago, a diverse range of people and groups came together to build a glorious movement that would play a significant role in shaping the governance of our country.At the time, Zimbabwe was still in its teenage years, but it was f…

Published: 10 Sep 2021 at 07:23hrs | | by Nelson Chamisa

Zanu-PF embarks on massive voter mobilisation drive

ZANU-PF Vice-President Kembo Mohadi has said the party will reach five million votes in the 2023 elections as people have seen the fruits of developmental projects being implemented by the Second Republic under President Mnangagwa. Mohadi …

Published: 09 Sep 2021 at 06:10hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter

Zec voter registration machines up

ZIMBABWE Electoral Commission (Zec) in Bulawayo yesterday said its machines, which broke down early this week crippling the voter registration exercise, had been fixed.On Monday, MDC Alliance Bulawayo provincial spokesperson Swithern Chiro…

Published: 17 Jun 2021 at 06:10hrs | 2 | by Chief Chiduku

Peasant voter conundrum

Sometimes you wonder if there are people who still believe that elections will change the fortunes of a country such as Zimbabwe. But again, political change is what is needed to take this country forward, without which the nation continue…

Published: 08 Mar 2021 at 05:40hrs | | by Tapiwa Gomo

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

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 postulations by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's…

Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 07:57hrs | 1 | by Mkhululi Tshuma

Zimbabwean voter, this time beware!

Some decades ago, Zexie Manatsa and his band sang, "Vaparidzi vawanda, handichaziva wekutevera. Baba ndadzungairaâˆšÃ‰Â¬Â¢âˆšÂ¢â€šÃ„Ã¶Â¬Â¨âˆšÃ‡Â¬Â¶" (Too many preachers, I don't know which one to follow. I am confused). This is the current…

Published: 03 Aug 2012 at 05:53hrs | | by Tapiwa Kapurura

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