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Zanu-PF officials collect voter registration slips from residents in Byo
On Sunday the 23rd of April people in Luveve 5, popularly known as Geneva, were mobilized to a meeting where they were promised food distribution by Zanu-PF. They were told to go and receive s...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 10:05hrs | 1435 | by Mkhululi Zulu (Zapu Presidential Spokesperson)
Chamisa in poll boycott threat
The squabble-stricken MDC Alliance led by Advocate Nelson Chamisa has threatened to boycott the forthcoming elections in the event that Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) does not include it during t...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 07:03hrs | 1068 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa govt rules out Diaspora vote
JUSTICE, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has ruled out Diaspora Vote in the forthcoming harmonised elections, saying it is not provided for in the Constitution.Ministe...Published: 23 Apr 2018 at 06:58hrs | 775 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, MDC-T refuses to commit to gender equality
Proportional Representation legislator Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga says the country's leading political parties Zanu-PF and MDC-T have refused to commit to gender equality and 50-50 representation...Published: 22 Apr 2018 at 12:43hrs | 1865 | by Staff reporter
'Brace for Zimbabwe presidential run-off'
This year's presidential elections could be decided by a re-run because none of the aspiring contestants has capacity to garner enough votes in the first round of voting, analysts have predicted....Published: 22 Apr 2018 at 12:31hrs | 1538 | by Staff reporter
'Elections are free if in compliance with constitution,' says Minister - so was 2013, why did we need coup!
"Muromo hauzarirwi nerwizi!" (To big mouth, there is no such thing as flooded river he cannot wade cross!) So, goes the Shona adage. Ever since the November 2017 coup President Mnangagwa and h...Published: 22 Apr 2018 at 08:47hrs | 318 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Zec should run Zanu-PF, MDC-T primaries'
MAZOWE South Zanu-PF legislator Fortune Chasi has proposed that the ruling party and opposition MDC-T should engage the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to run their primary elections to deal with ...Published: 20 Apr 2018 at 07:18hrs | 299 | by Staff rpeorter
Chamisa demands that Zec procure ballot boxes by tender
MDC-T chief whip Innocent Gonese on Tuesday called on stakeholders to demand that the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) uses the public tender system in the procurement of ballot papers as part of m...Published: 19 Apr 2018 at 07:18hrs | 1382 | by Staff reporter
Chiyangwa's Zeco remains in the red
Listed engineering firm, Zeco Holdings, said it losses widened to $2,1 million in the full year to December 2017 from $1,3 million in 2016. In the period under review, the group generated reve...Published: 19 Apr 2018 at 06:55hrs | 134 | by Staff reporter
ED turn charm offensive on opposition - psyching them into believing they will win rigged elections, an oxymoron
"Opposition parties have- for the first time - extolled President Emmerson Mnangagwa for uniting the people of Zimbabwe," reported Terrence Mawawa in Zimeye.In a statement released today the N...Published: 19 Apr 2018 at 06:41hrs | 1122 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mthwakazi parties seriously humiliated by MDC-T Bulawayo rally
We have to ask ourselves pertinent questions and again humiliating questions regarding the Mthwakazi political parties in the region. Who do you stand for, what are your messages, why is the Mthwakazi...Published: 18 Apr 2018 at 16:56hrs | 6008 | by Nomazulu Thata
Plot to muzzle gukurahundi commission
Elections lobby groups have raised concern over the Electoral Amendment Bill which appears to muzzle the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) ahead of make-or-break elections to be held this year....Published: 18 Apr 2018 at 10:22hrs | 1004 | by Staff reporter
Rigging will trounce Democracy come July 2018
International Community will endorse EDM's rigging shenanigans as it did in Kenya. With the head of state making a lot of noise promising to hold free, ...Published: 18 Apr 2018 at 07:17hrs | 880 | by Knowledge Hakata
'Voting Mnangagwa perpetuates Mugabeism'
THE Welshman Ncube-led MDC has described Zanu-PF presidential candidate Emmerson Mnangagwa as a cut from the same cloth with former President Robert Mugabe, adding voting him would be a perpetuation o...Published: 18 Apr 2018 at 06:58hrs | 229 | by Staff rpeorter
Chamisa threatens violence
MDC-T has once again showed its propensity for violence after party leader and MDC Alliance presidential candidate Mr Nelson Chamisa threatened to unleash violence if it loses the forthcoming harmonis...Published: 17 Apr 2018 at 07:33hrs | 2775 | by Staff reporter
How to smoke out Zanu-PF in Harare
Come 2018 general elections, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) must win resoundingly in Harare Metropolitan to stand a chance to win the Presidency and govern.It is an opposition tradit...Published: 17 Apr 2018 at 07:25hrs | 666 | by Phillan Zamchiya
Mnangagwa insists on free and fair elections
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has reiterated his message that this year's general elections will be free and fair, saying the world is welcome to come and witness the polls that are constitutionally due in July...Published: 17 Apr 2018 at 07:13hrs | 163 | by Staff reporter
All welcome to observe Zimbabwe democracy in action
President Mnangagwa has reiterated his message that this year's general elections will be free and fair, saying the world is welcome to come and witness the polls that are constitutionally due in July...Published: 17 Apr 2018 at 07:03hrs | 131 | by Staff reporter
Chinyande, there is no 'new era of democracy' in Zimbabwe - not when ED is blatantly rigging election
Anyone who thanks President Mnangagwa and his November coup posse for deposing the dictator Mugabe only do so out of short sightedness, foolishness or both! It is the Joint Operation Command (JOC) –...Published: 16 Apr 2018 at 19:33hrs | 1824 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Chamisa will trounce Mnangagwa'
OPPOSITION People's Democratic Party leader Tendai Biti has lashed out at President Emmerson Mnangagwa, saying he lacked the political charisma to match MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Cham...Published: 16 Apr 2018 at 07:20hrs | 2922 | by Staff reporter
Energy council shoots down Zesa reforms
The Zimbabwe Energy Council has said Cabinet should focus on privatising entities, strengthening corporate governance structures and employing more competent people on the board instead of creating on...Published: 16 Apr 2018 at 07:17hrs | 276 | by Staff reporter
Legitimacy on trial as MDC-T feud goes to Court
The MDC-T feud has escalated with the Mr Chamisa led faction asking the speaker to recall Dr Khupe from parliament as she is part of the trio 'fired' that include Obert Gutu and Abednico Bhebhe. A few...Published: 15 Apr 2018 at 15:47hrs | 2063 | by Lloyd Msipa
Will all 118 political parties last the race?
While there are at least 118 political parties registered to take part in this year's harmonised elections, few of them will survive until election day with others vanishing after elections.Th...Published: 15 Apr 2018 at 11:32hrs | 340 | by staff reporter
UK ask ED free elections 'commitments must be made real' - all too little too late
"Zimbabweans must feel confident they can vote for the party of their choice," said British Ambassador to Zimbabwe.That is music to every peace-loving Zimbabwean who have waited a lifetime for...Published: 13 Apr 2018 at 21:34hrs | 2584 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zanu-PF to use voters' roll in dry run
ZANU-PF - which has embarked on a grassroots-based voter mobilisation strategy - is planning to use the provisional voters roll compiled by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) in its primary polls...Published: 13 Apr 2018 at 12:53hrs | 1115 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa should engage Zanu-PF youth league'
THE Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans' Association (ZNLWVA) has defended President Emmerson Mnangagwa's refusal to engage MDC-T leader, Nelson Chamisa in a televised presidential debate, sayin...Published: 13 Apr 2018 at 07:34hrs | 988 | by Staff reporter
Khupe jobless as Chamisa recalls her from Parliament
Parliament yesterday expelled MDC-T vice president Dr Thokozani Khupe after the party wrote to the National Assembly Speaker saying she no longer represented its interests.Announcing the expul...Published: 13 Apr 2018 at 07:21hrs | 750 | by Staff reporter
ED, I have something to tell you, you will never hold free elections - too tough for a seasoned thug
"I got something to tell you I got something to say I'm gonna put this dream in motion Never let nothing stand in my way When the going gets touch The tough get going!"Billy Ocean, a...Published: 13 Apr 2018 at 06:56hrs | 1796 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Mnangagwa delivers impassioned 90-minute address to visiting US senators'
I had a chat with an amiable insider who was in the delegations that met with President Emmerson Mnangagwa last week on Saturday.In what has been described as a spirited but calm performance t...Published: 12 Apr 2018 at 10:57hrs | 3421 | by Hopewell Chin'ono
Bid to stop Mnangagwa from proclaiming poll dates
A Harare man has approached the High Court seeking an order stopping President Emmerson Mnangagwa from proclaiming election dates arguing that he lacks the mandate or authority to do so.The ap...Published: 12 Apr 2018 at 07:23hrs | 3019 | by Staff reporter
Presidential candidate seeks ZDF disbandment, delayed polls
Little-known Complete Knock Down of Establishment (CKD) party leader, Gastaff Kativu has approached the High Court, seeking several court orders among them, an extension of the election date, the disb...Published: 12 Apr 2018 at 07:11hrs | 580 | by Staff reporter
USA sanction demands are our own 1990s democratic change demands - if ED cannot deliver free elections, he too must go
There are many Zimbabweans out there who have heard a lot said by Zanu PF members and apologist about the economic sanctions imposed by the West and the economic hardships they have caused to the ordi...Published: 11 Apr 2018 at 18:50hrs | 479 | by Nomusa Garikai
ZANU PF official arrested
The political atmosphere in Mhondoro Ngezi Constituency is queasy following reports that a ZANU PF Councillor for ward 6 Nicholas Matore has been going around terrorizing Zimbabwe Partnership for Pros...Published: 11 Apr 2018 at 17:45hrs | 4926 | by Staff Reporter
ZEC rules on Khupe, Chamisa feud
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has refused to wade into a bitter dispute between two rival camps of the MDC led by Nelson Chamisa and Dr Thokozani Khupe amid the clash over ownership of the p...Published: 11 Apr 2018 at 08:00hrs | 16209 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF supporters in fist fight over MP's chair
THREE Zanu-PF supporters in Epworth appeared in court yesterday charged with public violence after they allegedly physically assaulted a rival party member, accusing him of seating on a chair reserved...Published: 11 Apr 2018 at 07:16hrs | 617 | by Staff reporter
Iyasa takes act to Austria
TOP Bulawayo arts outfit, Iyasa, has left the country for Austria for their annual international tour and cultural exchange programme with a new dance piece, African Thunder, which they are set to sho...Published: 11 Apr 2018 at 07:12hrs | 250 | by Staff Reporter
ZEC to monitor media poll coverage
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) is set to monitor the coverage of political parties by media outlets in the country towards elections later this year, a senior official has said.In an ...Published: 11 Apr 2018 at 06:55hrs | 227 | by Staff reporter
118 parties register for polls
At least 118 political parties have so far registered with the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to participate in the forthcoming harmonised election, an official has said.ZEC voter educati...Published: 11 Apr 2018 at 06:55hrs | 223 | by Staff reporter
'MDC Alliance partners not visible enough'
MDC vice president Elias Mudzuri has said some of their MDC Alliance partners are not "visible enough" on the ground, urging them to touch base with the grassroots to complement the coalition's countr...Published: 10 Apr 2018 at 12:08hrs | 1311 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa should stop grandstanding
Let us say things as they are. Threats to boycott elections are a very stupid idea, especially in cases where one is singing the threat as part of some attention seeking tomfoolery. This is one of tho...Published: 10 Apr 2018 at 06:52hrs | 239 | by Nick Mangwana
Mnangagwa has changed nothing, Mujuru tells US
FORMER Vice-President Joice Mujuru has accused the Zanu-PF government of being reluctant to implement electoral reforms to ensure credible elections this year.Mujuru, who is the presidential c...Published: 09 Apr 2018 at 07:27hrs | 1255 | by Staff rpeorter
Trump opens window for Mnangagwa
The United States of America continues to give encouragement to President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his ruling Zanu-PF — amid strong indications that Washington is ready to consider ending more than 15...Published: 08 Apr 2018 at 17:26hrs | 3108 | by Staff reporter
No room for political violence
Government is clamping down on potential political violence through a raft of measures that are set to deliver a free, fair and credible election in 2018.The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, the...Published: 08 Apr 2018 at 09:14hrs | 89 | by Staff reporter
What Mujuru told the senate committee
Rainbow Coalition ( PRC) Leader President Dr JTR Mujuru met the Visiting United States of America Senate Foreign Relations Committee in Harare on the 6th of April 2018. The US Committee is...Published: 07 Apr 2018 at 13:38hrs | 3228 | by Adv Gift Nyandoro
Mujuru complains over Zec exclusion
PEOPLE'S Rainbow Coalition (PRC) presidential candidate, Joice Mujuru, has written to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) complaining over her exclusion from the political parties' platform, where...Published: 07 Apr 2018 at 10:06hrs | 757 | by Staff Reporter
30K more register to vote
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has registered more than 30 000 people under the continuous voter registration programme.The continuous voter registration programme followed the mobile...Published: 07 Apr 2018 at 09:15hrs | 727 | by Staff Reporter
Chamisa 'hears but does not understand,' as Prophet Isaiah would say - his ears are waxed over by greed
One does not have to be a believer to learn from the Bible. Here is one great lesson for us all. "Whoever has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even wha...Published: 07 Apr 2018 at 01:19hrs | 1623 | by Wilbert Mukori
Like it or not Mr president they shall be electoral reforms
People's Rainbow Coalition (PRC) led by Dr J. R. Mujuru notes with serious concern that despite writing to Mr E. D. Mnangagwa a plea for political and electoral reforms on the 23rd of February 2018, a...Published: 06 Apr 2018 at 14:02hrs | 1058 | by Adv Gift Nyandoro
Zimbabwe electoral system manipulation signs visible
SIGNS of a systematic manipulation of electoral processes ahead of this year's harmonised elections slated for July are beginning to show, an electoral monitoring body says.In a discussion pap...Published: 06 Apr 2018 at 13:36hrs | 1401 | by Staffreporter
Zec poll approach legal, says EU team
THE European Union (EU) election exploratory team which was in country a fortnight ago to assess the pre-election conditions ahead of general elections later this year got the impression that the Zimb...Published: 06 Apr 2018 at 13:35hrs | 2615 | by Staff reporter
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