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Chamisa demos rattle Zanu-PF
The recent MDC Alliance's electoral reforms demonstrations - which pulled bumper crowds - seems to have rattled the ruling Zanu-PF, analysts have said.This comes after President Emmerson Mnang...Published: 52 mins ago | 564 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa can't just meet Chamisa and exclude 21 other aspirants
Frantic efforts to get President Emmerson Mnangagwa and MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa to iron out their differences through face-to-face discussions have collapsed with the 75-year-old Zanu-PF le...Published: 53 mins ago | 187 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe media remain polarised, unbalanced
Despite the ethical and legal obligation to be impartial in their coverage of electoral processes, the media in Zimbabwe remain polarised and unbalanced in their electoral coverage and reportage, medi...Published: 57 mins ago | 70 | by Staff reporter
Zanuism - Lets just make stuff up
In several remarks, Mr Mnangagwa has continued to peddle the argument that the west imposed economic sanctions on Zimbabwe because of Zanu PF's land reform program. For him to be respected by the loca...Published: 2 hrs ago | 315 | by Gus Manatsa (PhD)
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: 3 hrs ago | 4112 | by Innocent Dube
Will Justice Priscilla Chigumba deliver a credible election?
Zimbabwe will be going to the polls soon and Chairperson of Zimbabwe Electoral Commission is expected to deliver a free, fair and credible election.As election date draws closer, there are mor...Published: 3 hrs ago | 443 | by Leonard Koni
'Where has ZEC deviated from the law?' asked Muzanenhamo - in failing to deliver free elections
"People have different views and opinions. Where has ZEC deviated from the constitution. Point and then I can be held liable. To just say elections are not free and fair without facts and evidence of ...Published: 3 hrs ago | 331 | by Wilbert Mukori
Chamisa says Angola is sending top envoy to Harare
MDC Alliance leader and presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa told his supporters that Angolan president Joao Manuel Goncalves has dispatching his foreign affairs minister to Zimbabwe to assess the si...Published: 7 hrs ago | 2265 | by Staff reporter
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: 7 hrs ago | 573 | 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: 7 hrs ago | 487 | 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: 7 hrs ago | 782 | by Tawanda Majoni
Kofin Annan crush Chamisa poll demands?
Opposition political parties should stop making "unreasonable" demands to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) as they risk inciting public unrest, which has the potential to spawn grave and uninte...Published: 7 hrs ago | 468 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa to take to the streets
MDC-Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa has threatened to unleash violence that has never been seen before if the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission does not give in to his party's demands for electoral refo...Published: 7 hrs ago | 794 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa trashes Elders, Sadc counsel
MDC-Alliance presidential candidate Mr Nelson Chamisa yesterday pooh-poohed the counsel from both The Elders and the SADC Election Observer Mission saying his party would not seek legal recourse to so...Published: 7 hrs ago | 842 | by Staff reporter
Printing of ballot papers almost complete, says ZEC
Printing of all ballot papers for the 2018 harmonised elections is about 99 percent complete and the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) will publicise all relevant issues regarding the ballots early ...Published: 7 hrs ago | 101 | by Staff reporter
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: 7 hrs ago | 178 | by Staff reporter
Hey, women of Zimbabwe, defend one of your own!
IT was refreshing to see white commercial farmers mixing and mingling with the President last week. The President told the farmers that "you are part of us" and reports say the farmers were charmed by...Published: 7 hrs ago | 102 | by Bishop
Joshua Nkomo's rod of power (Tsvimbo) officially delivered to Nelson Chamisa
The day Saturday 21 July 2018 will never be forgotten in the history of democracy in Zimbabwe, two important issues happened. First, the presidential candidate (without war credentials) was endorsed b...Published: 8 hrs ago | 1745 | by Don Chigumba
Chamisa threatens again
MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa has again threatened anarchy in the event the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission fails to give in to the political formation demands saying Tuesday's meet...Published: 22 hrs ago | 5479 | by Staff reporter
'ZEC is independent, Chamisa selected it!' claimed ED - you owe the nation, not Chamisa, free elections
On the eve of the July 2013 elections, the then Minister of Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Patrick Chinamasa, of Zanu-PF called a press conference, all foreign diplomatic missions in Zimbabwe were...Published: 22 hrs ago | 1727 | by Nomusa Garikai
ZEC has not yet commenced voter education in Tsholotsho
Zanu-PF ward 2 Chairperson Moses Makumbe vice Francis Makumbe intimidated villagers in Goromonzi East,Murungweni Village Ward 2 On 16 July the Makumbe brothers forced villagers to convene in Murungwen...Published: 21 Jul 2018 at 16:21hrs | 497 | by Stephen Jakes
Jonathan Moyo calls for ZEC chairperson's resignation
Former Higher and Tertiary Education minister and exiled G40 kingpin Professor Jonathan Moyo has joined the bandwagon of those calling for the resignation of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) ch...Published: 21 Jul 2018 at 14:51hrs | 3428 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabweans in SA fear elections won't be free and fair
A handful of Zimbabweans living in South Africa picketed outside the Zimbabwe Consulate in Cape Town on Thursday afternoon.According to ...Published: 21 Jul 2018 at 12:44hrs | 1136 | by GroundUp
Elders shocked by attacks on Chigumba
Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, who is part of 'The Elders' said they were "shocked" on the attacks, vilification & threats directed at the Zi...Published: 21 Jul 2018 at 12:28hrs | 5024 | by Ndou Paul
'ED, Bob have no place in new dispensation,' says Chamisa
MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa has made it clear that he will not work with former president Robert Mugabe because he, just like President Emmerson Mnangagwa, represents the old or...Published: 21 Jul 2018 at 12:16hrs | 1071 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's advise to Chamisa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa on Friday advised his main rival to go the courts if aggrieved about the manner in which the poll agency, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC), is discharging its manda...Published: 21 Jul 2018 at 11:50hrs | 1133 | by Staff reporter
Misa challenges Zec Media Monitoring Committee
MEDIA Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) yesterday filed an urgent High Court Chamber application challenging the constitution of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission Media Monitoring CommitteeI...Published: 21 Jul 2018 at 11:35hrs | 179 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, Mnangagwa neck-and-neck
ZIMBABWEANS believe MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa could deliver jobs if elected to office at the end of the month compared to his rival and incumbent President Emmerson Mnangagwa....Published: 21 Jul 2018 at 11:30hrs | 573 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF supporters walk out on Mnangagwa?
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday faced another embarrassing moment after hundreds of starving Zanu-PF supporters started walking out while he was being introduced by his deputy, Constantino Chiw...Published: 21 Jul 2018 at 11:30hrs | 1085 | by Staff reporter
Kofi Annan's team here to encourage credible elections
THE visiting Elders Council led by former United Nations secretary-general, Kofi Annan, yesterday said they were in the country to encourage credible elections, at a time when the main opposition MDC ...Published: 21 Jul 2018 at 11:26hrs | 163 | by Staff reporter
Zec is independent, claims Mnangagwa
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission is an independent body created through parliamentary processes and does not take instructions from any political party, President Mnangagwa has said.President...Published: 21 Jul 2018 at 11:22hrs | 63 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa meets Kofi Annan
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday met The Elders led by former United Nations secretary general, Mr Kofi Annan, whom he categorically told all was set for the July 30 harmonised elections and that anyone ...Published: 21 Jul 2018 at 11:20hrs | 132 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa is having sleepless nights,' says Mnangagwa
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC)is an independent body created through parliamentary processes and does not take instructions from any political party, President Mnangagwa has said. He said if ...Published: 21 Jul 2018 at 11:16hrs | 287 | by Staff reporter
ZEC gives parties ballot paper samples
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) yesterday met political party leaders or representatives and gave them samples of ballot papers to be used in the July 30 harmonised elections. The meet...Published: 21 Jul 2018 at 11:14hrs | 495 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa to be arrested after elections?
Judging by on-line reaction, this column has only a handful of readers, but millions of critics! Which is what makes writing it worth every of my while. Week in, week out, you get fiery feedba...Published: 21 Jul 2018 at 11:11hrs | 2297 | by Igomombe
ZEC gives political parties ballot paper samples
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) yesterday met political party leaders or representatives and gave them samples of ballot papers to be used in the July 30 harmonised elections for them to test....Published: 21 Jul 2018 at 06:55hrs | 2057 | by Staff Reporter
Need new ballots to save elections, argue Mandaza - there is more at stake here than appeasing Chamisa
Here is a case of one whose spirit is willing to do the right thing but again and again the lack of intellectual capacity let them down. Dr Ibbo Mandaza was right, see Bulawayo 24 opinion, in saying t...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 20:44hrs | 4006 | by Wilbert Mukori
'ED 40% Nero 37%' Afrobarometer's IMAGINARY free elections - REAL and RIGGED ED 60%
Here are two ways Zanu PF has used to help it rig the elections and to hide all evidence of the rigging:a) Create the illusion there is nothing unusual about all the vote rigging and vote buyi...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 19:25hrs | 2374 | by Nomusa Garikai
No resignation for Chigumba: Zim Men in Public Offices have small houses and several children out of wedlock!
Dear Honourable Justice Chigumba, I should write you this letter urgently: the message is urgent Meme Chigumba. I am sure you will find time despite your busy schedules. I know too that the pr...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 19:10hrs | 3815 | by Nomazulu Thata
WATCH: Chigumba is not resigning as ZEC chairwoman
Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) commissioner Dr Qhubani Moyo says political parties had ample time to change electoral laws, better luck next time. Moyo also said Justice Chigumba is not r...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 16:50hrs | 3688 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Chamisa after meeting Annan
Nelson Chamisa after meeting Kofi Annan's team talks about approaching SADC.Chamisa said the Southern Africa Development Community (Sadc) chairperson and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa ha...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 16:15hrs | 8030 | by Ndou Paul
Chamisa popularity shoots up
THE MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has built an election campaign momentum which has seen his popularity dramatically surging 6% in the last two months, hot on the heels of President Emmerson Mnan...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 16:02hrs | 5300 | by Staff reporter
July 30 election: Not free, fair or credible
As things stand at present, it is evident that these elections cannot be called free, fair or credible without some remarkable changes taking place.The fast approaching elections in Zimbabwe a...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 15:58hrs | 2011 | by Ibbo Mandaza & Tony Reeler
Zimbabwe postal vote row fuels political tensions
THE political furore over the postal voting process, the latest battlefront between opposition parties and the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has fuelled political tensions ahead of general elect...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 15:56hrs | 861 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa vs Democracy
The recent Afrobarometer fascinating survey results show voters preferences ahead of the 2018 harmonised elections slated for 30 July, are a great display of representative democracy. With less than t...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 15:17hrs | 5159 | by Anthony Mukondo
Chamisa should now rethink his strategy
WHILE opposition political parties, with the MDC Alliance leading the pack, have genuine questions concerning the voters' roll, ballots, postal votes and polling booths, they must now focus on other c...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 14:46hrs | 2025 | by Faith Zaba
Govt is not influencing Zec: Mnangagwa tells the elders
Incumbent President Emmerson Mnangagwa who met with The Elders delegation led by former United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Friday morning at State House to promote peaceful and credible el...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 13:28hrs | 2630 | by Mafu Sithabile
What now comrades 2?
Kenny Rodgers is probably one of the greatest voices this world has ever heard. In his compilation of hits there is one particular song known as The ...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 13:01hrs | 1261 | by Tatenda Magumise
Baba Jukwa names Chigumba's Zanu-PF sexual partner
Former Sunday Mail editor and ex-Zanu PF employee, Edmund Kudzayi made sensational claims about her being involved in a sexual relationship with Zanu PF cabinet minister Winston Chitando. On F...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 11:01hrs | 14936 | by Ndou Paul
Afrobarometer Poll counters Chamisa's absurd claims
This morning, with just ten days to go until the election, respected pan-African research organisation AfroBarometer released their latest pre-election poll, showing ED maintaining a 3% lead over Nels...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 10:54hrs | 2973 | by Mike Tawanda
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