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Zec in 2018 poll diagnosis
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) will this week host representatives of political parties, election observer groups, constitutional commissions and civic society to diagnose its handling of the...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 06:44hrs | 1063 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF ends 19-year winless streak in Bulawayo council elections
THE ruling Zanu-PF party has ended its 19-year winless streak in Bulawayo council elections after winning the ward 28 (Cowdray Park) by-election held at the weekend.Zanu-PF candidate Kidwell M...Published: 01 Apr 2019 at 06:48hrs | 655 | by Staff reporter
EU to renew sanctions on illegitimate Zanu PF - imperative, step down before 2023
All those who love peace and justice and understand the need to end the long suffering of the people of Zimbabwe after 38 years and counting of this Zanu PF dictatorship will hearty welcomes EU Parlia...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 23:08hrs | 3449 | by Wilbert Mukori
ZESN conducts a computer audit of the Mutoko voters roll
The Mutoko North Constituency by-election will be held on the 24th of November 2018. As part of its oversight role on electoral processes and elections, the Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN), c...Published: 20 Nov 2018 at 14:38hrs | 633 | by Staff reporter
EU pressuring Zanu PF to implement reforms, already - change tact, fortes fortuna iuvat!
It is gratifying to see that the EU is taking the matter of free, fair and credible elections in Zimbabwe with the sense of urgency and seriousness the matter demands. The EU Election Observer Mission...Published: 18 Oct 2018 at 07:45hrs | 2206 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Blacks like to lie to ourselves' confessed Simbi - real genius starts with being honest to oneself
Terence Simbi, your article; "Zidera 2018 amendments Act, What does this mean for Zimbabwe?" in Bulawayo24 opinion; is one of the most thought provoking articles I have read in the last five years! Th...Published: 26 Sep 2018 at 07:40hrs | 1369 | by Wilbert Mukori
Chigumba lashes out at 'sore losers'
Over two months since Zimbabwe held its first post-Robert Mugabe elections, the outcome of the polls is still being disputed by the country's biggest opposition party, the MDC Alliance.MDC All...Published: 23 Sep 2018 at 15:21hrs | 3365 | by Staff reporter
ED 'will woo investors' in maiden UNGA speech - no takers, given Mugabe mark-2 reputation
The Zanu PF apologists, spin-doctors and propagandists are out like the cicada flooding the world with nose. Their mission is to flood all available space with colourful portrait of Mnangagwa as a com...Published: 20 Sep 2018 at 19:59hrs | 3555 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Chamisa copies the Kenyan playbook
When Nelson Chamisa this week announced his intention to inaugurate himself as "People's President" of Zimbabwe, he was following in the footsteps of other African opposition leaders — specifically ...Published: 13 Sep 2018 at 18:50hrs | 5528 | by Simon Allison I M&G
Global observer group backs ZESN over Zimbabwe elections
AN umbrella body of international observers has defended the Zimbabwe Election Support Network, saying the election watchdog's report endorsing the just-ended harmonised elections was impartial and in...Published: 01 Sep 2018 at 08:55hrs | 497 | by Staff reporter
Full Ruling: Constitutional Court verdict on Nelson Chamisa's presidential petition
This is a unanimous judgement of the court. It must be noted however that it does not at the moment contain the full reasons thereof. These will be issued in due course when a fully-dressed judgement,...Published: 27 Aug 2018 at 10:20hrs | 2873 | by Sithabile Mafu
We prayed and fasted for three days and three nights: The Lord God spoke!
We faithfully prayed and fasted for those specified days our Fuehrer Comrade Nelson Chamisa demanded us to do. We prayed for the right leader at the right time and space to lead the way to Canaan for ...Published: 25 Aug 2018 at 18:41hrs | 8133 | by Nomazulu Thata
If Chamisa fools investors with lacklustre Con-Court double act, he deserves an Oscar
There is no doubt that MDC should have never agreed to take part in these elections without first implementing the democratic reforms which would have made is very difficult for Zanu PF to rig the ele...Published: 24 Aug 2018 at 21:55hrs | 8954 | by Wilbert Mukori
The Constitutional Court Challenge: Judgement day, my predictions
Today the Constitutional Court sits to pass judgement on the application brought before it by the opposition party leader Nelson Chamisa heard this past Wednesday. The following are my thoughts and pr...Published: 24 Aug 2018 at 11:14hrs | 7220 | by Lloyd Msipa
ConCourt's playing ground was unlevel & biased
Just before the 2018 harmonized elections, I wrote a piece telling Nelson Chamisa that he made a blunder by accepting to participate in an election that was going to legitimize ZANU PF and its militar...Published: 23 Aug 2018 at 20:38hrs | 4104 | by Don Chigumba
'Don't want to hear about election!' commanded Chiwenga - hoping to get away with rigging, not this time!
After last November's military coup that ousted Robert Mugabe the incoming regime of the coup plotters went to town to assure everyone that the corrupt and tyrannical rule of Mugabe was over. Zimbabwe...Published: 23 Aug 2018 at 12:30hrs | 3421 | by Nomusa Garikai
ConCourt's playing ground was unlevel & biased
Just before the 2018 harmonized elections, I wrote a piece telling Nelson Chamisa that he made a blunder by accepting to participate in an election that was going to legitimize ZANU PF and its militar...Published: 23 Aug 2018 at 11:07hrs | 6091 | by Don Chigumba
Chamisa's 'rigging evidence'
MDC Alliance presidential election candidate Nelson Chamisa has tabled "more evidence" he says will be enough to overturn President Emmerson Mnangagwa's election victory ahead of a potentially bruisin...Published: 19 Aug 2018 at 16:12hrs | 10087 | by Staff reporter
If Mnangagwa gets away with it, then Kabila can too
WE knew, even before the first vote was cast, that Zimbabwe's election was marred by serious irregularities. These included, but were certainly not limited to: a partisan electoral commission; 250 000...Published: 18 Aug 2018 at 08:10hrs | 492 | by Simon Allison
Mnangagwa's new cabinet will either kill or awaken Zimbabwe's economic prospects
The real threat to Zanu-PF's survival does not come from Nelson Chamisa's election petition court challenge. It comes from within Zanu-PF itself and how its leader will decide to confront the politica...Published: 17 Aug 2018 at 17:09hrs | 3514 | by Hopewell Chin'ono
Chamisa's petition weak on law, heavy on politics
THE MDC-Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa on Friday August 10, 2018 filed Constitutional Challenge Case No CCZ 42/ 2018, disputing the presidential election results announced by the Zimba...Published: 17 Aug 2018 at 06:12hrs | 1409 | by Dr Itayi Garande
Zimbabwe is Zanu PF Property
If you think that Philip Valerio Sibanda is the commander of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces you are living in your own dream land. The name 'commander' yes that's his title but functionally, zanu pf is i...Published: 16 Aug 2018 at 23:48hrs | 2177 | by Clement Moyo
Magaisa get this in your thick head: President Chamisa + 2/3 Zanu PF MPs = most dysfunctional govt ever
Alex Magaisa was the late Morgan Tsvangirai's chief adviser in the last 11 months of the 2008 to 2013 GNU. History will judge the GNU was a wasted golden opportunity to implement the democratic reform...Published: 14 Aug 2018 at 17:30hrs | 13360 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Demystifying the MDC Alliance Constitutional petition
As I promised, Zimbabwe here is my critic of the Constitutional petition filed by the MDC Alliance. Everything starts and falls on the founding affidavit. Before going into the substance of his applic...Published: 11 Aug 2018 at 20:14hrs | 10197 | by Lloyd Msipa
How 2018 elections were rigged twice in 3 days
As the whole nation is still in shock regarding the outcome of the 2018 harmonised elections as well as congratulatory messages starting to pour in from foreign governments wishing the President-elect...Published: 10 Aug 2018 at 07:42hrs | 1758 | by Mkhululi Tshuma
Time to heal the nation and move forward
Zimbabwe is at crossroads. We cannot afford to be stagnant anymore but to keep focused and heal the battered country. Its about time.The shooting of the six in Harare Zimbabwe after the electi...Published: 09 Aug 2018 at 20:54hrs | 924 | by Leonard Koni
Losers adamant ZEC cheated the nation
President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa last week appeared to extend an olive branch and to offer his electoral rival, MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa, a place in his government. He spoke of Chamisa hav...Published: 05 Aug 2018 at 19:13hrs | 4108 | by Everson Mushava
Chamisa's world falls apart
Senior MDC-Alliance members could dump Mr Nelson Chamisa over his confrontational post-election strategies, and seriously doubt the opposition party has a legal leg to stand on in attempts to have the...Published: 05 Aug 2018 at 09:41hrs | 3991 | by Staff reporter
Even Mugabe voted for Nelson Chamisa and the MDC Alliance
Well the elections have come and gone, Mugabe voted for Nelson Chamisa and the MDC Alliance and the rest of us queued on average for about 3 hours to cast our votes. I voted in a tent and could hardly...Published: 04 Aug 2018 at 09:42hrs | 1485 | by Eddie Cross
'ZEC must release proper result!' says Chamisa - Tell us right figures then and stop being coy
MDC Alliance leaders' breath-taking incompetence would try the patience of a saint! The international community elections observers are five star saints but still even they must be running out of pati...Published: 03 Aug 2018 at 19:34hrs | 4078 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
ZEN welcomes preliminary statement by the EU Election Observation Mission
The Zimbabwe Europe Network (ZEN) sincerely regrets the violence that occurred in Zimbabwe following the harmonised elections held on 30 July 2018, and condemns the disproportionate response of Zimbab...Published: 03 Aug 2018 at 08:53hrs | 4640 | by ZEN
Army and Chigumba are one
The unveiling disastrous political scenario following the elections in Zimbabwe is a result of a surreptitious collaboration between the Zimbabwe Election Commission headed by Advocate Priscilla Chigu...Published: 02 Aug 2018 at 15:24hrs | 1360 | by Mkhululi Zulu, Zapu Presidential Spokesperson
I'm not surprised by the results, ZEC has done it again - Mupambi
'This Constitution' leader Abigail Mupambi has said she is not surprised to see such kind of results as it was clear that Zimbabwe Electoral Commission was plotting all along to rig on behalf of Zanu ...Published: 02 Aug 2018 at 07:56hrs | 4006 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe elections already disputed?
The MDC Alliance at a press conference announced themselves the winner of the elections and called on ZEC to speed up the results announcements. Speaking for the party, Tendai Biti, who is rep...Published: 01 Aug 2018 at 07:23hrs | 1335 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: 992 people vote out of 611 registered voters
This @ZBCNewsonline reporter says Govans Shopping Centre pol...Published: 30 Jul 2018 at 18:29hrs | 9339 | by Staff Reporter
Tendai Biti fails to vote
Zimbabwe's firebrand opposition leader and former finance minister Tendai Biti has failed to cast his vote after his name was not on the Voters Roll.Kudzai Rangarirai said, "Hon. Biti claims t...Published: 30 Jul 2018 at 15:57hrs | 13080 | by Ndou Paul
ZESN Update On Voting Process
Opening of Polling Stations At the sampled polling stations, observers reported that 97% opened on time. ZESN observers have reported long queues ...Published: 30 Jul 2018 at 11:03hrs | 1969 | by Mafu Sithabile
Chamisa fanning anarchy
This weekend marks the end of the campaigning period for Zimbabwe's watershed harmonized elections to be held on Monday the 30th of July 2018. Two of the major and arguably the contesting parties ZANU...Published: 28 Jul 2018 at 19:47hrs | 2774 | by Tendai Jongwe
Voter's roll freely available at Nando's - Ad goes viral
Voter's roll freely available at Nando's...Published: 28 Jul 2018 at 19:26hrs | 3037 | by Staff Reporter
Majome concerned with the glaring anomalies in voters' roll in Harare West
Harare West independent candidate Jessie Majome has expressed concerns over glaring anomalies on the voters' roll in the constituency as the nation goes to polls on Monday."As candidate for th...Published: 28 Jul 2018 at 11:41hrs | 784 | by Stephen Jakes
Zimbabwe: Human rights defenders at risk as elections approach
Preliminary findings of a field missionPARIS, France - Ahead of Zimbabwe's much anticipated general elections scheduled on July 30, the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders...Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 19:20hrs | 936 | by FIDH
International community no to rubber stamping on election outcome
The world at large is focused on Zimbabwe if we are going to have the free ,fair and credible election as a country. It seems passing the test of credibility is far from being achieved. Only few days ...Published: 26 Jul 2018 at 15:37hrs | 1739 | by Enos Denhere
Coltart accuse international of 'white-washing' rigged election - who supplied the white-wash, MDC?
"Coltart accuses international community of 'white-washing' Zim election!" screamed the headlines in Bulawayo24!Yes, it is very true that there are some sections of the international community...Published: 26 Jul 2018 at 14:18hrs | 1774 | by Nomusa Garikai
Coltart accuses international community of 'white-washing' Zim election
A leading opposition figure in Zimbabwe has accused some unnamed members of the international community of indirectly backing Zanu-PF by brushing aside his party’s concerns with the electoral commis...Published: 26 Jul 2018 at 10:25hrs | 5279 | by Staff reporter
May the will of Zimbabweans prevail, finally
IT is not far from the truth that the will of the people has been suppressed in the last four decades in which Zanu-PF, under Robert Mugabe, ruled the country heavy-handedly.From the day which...Published: 24 Jul 2018 at 07:00hrs | 264 | by Learnmore Zuze
Disaster for Chamisa as scheme revealed
The plan was simple. Five steps to victory.Step one: Cry foul over the voters roll and have your own stooges attack its credibility.Step two: Threaten and intimidate the ZEC chairperso...Published: 22 Jul 2018 at 14:22hrs | 17940 | by Innocent Dube
Mujuru to win the Zimbabwe presidential election on July 30
THREE years after she was unceremoniously fired from Zanu-PF and government, former vice-president Joice Mujuru will on July 30 contest her first election as an opposition candidate and she believes v...Published: 22 Jul 2018 at 10:36hrs | 1572 | by Staff reporter
Who is stealing your vote?
Recently, the MDC, led by its leader, Nelson Chamisa, has almost completely stopped campaigning for your vote and have switched tactics to attacking the election system, run by the constitutionally-ap...Published: 22 Jul 2018 at 10:34hrs | 849 | by Knowledge Moyo
Chigumba's sex life and the pitfalls of social media
I am not sure if Priscilla Chigumba, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) chair, bleached to be such a yellow-bone. But I am not rushing to make her pigmentation any of my business because it's not...Published: 22 Jul 2018 at 10:32hrs | 1417 | by Tawanda Majoni
Go to court if aggrieved: Sadc
Political parties aggrieved by the electoral process should use legal means to seek redress in order to avoid conflict, head of the Sadc Election Observer Mission (SEOM) Tete Antonio has counselled....Published: 22 Jul 2018 at 10:20hrs | 273 | by Staff reporter
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