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EFF urges Mnangagwa's govt to expedite issuance of IDs
ECONOMIC Freedom Fighters (EFF) Zimbabwe says government must urgently capacitate the Registrar General's office for it to resume countrywide issuance of national identity cards which will enable firs...Published: 18 hrs ago | 343 | by Staff reporter
ZEC removes 22 000 from voters roll
More than 22 000 dead people have been removed from the voters rolls in the latest batch of such routine deletions, with a notification and appeal process in place in case a mistake was made, while th...Published: 29 Nov 2021 at 05:31hrs | 383 | by Staff reporter
World races to contain new South African variant
Countries around the world are racing to introduce travel bans and restrictions on Southern African countries in an effort to contain a new variant of Covid-19 called Omicron. The moves come after the...Published: 28 Nov 2021 at 07:43hrs | 65 | by Staff reporter
$11bn set aside for elections
TREASURY has allocated $11 billion to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to carry out its activities that include conducting by-elections next year.The by-elections, which will be held du...Published: 26 Nov 2021 at 08:58hrs | 1147 | by Staff Reporter
ZEC ready for elections under Covid-19
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has come up with a policy that will ensure the country resumes electoral processes even under the shadow of the Covid-19 pandemic, which previously affected the...Published: 24 Nov 2021 at 08:51hrs | 572 | by Staff Reporter
Zec suspends voter registration
THE suspension of the December 6 voter registration blitz by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has raised concern amid suspicion that it could be the work of a hidden political hand meant to blo...Published: 23 Nov 2021 at 05:58hrs | 1104 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC targets 500 000 Bulawayo voters
THE MDC Alliance Bulawayo province has intensified its voter registration campaign by providing transport to prospective registrants to travel to the main provincial registration offices in Belmont ah...Published: 17 Nov 2021 at 05:38hrs | 736 | by Staff reporter
Chinamasa says polls a waste of resources
Zanu-PF acting national commissar Patrick Chinamasa yesterday said holding by-elections barely a year to the 2023 harmonised polls was a waste of time and resources.This came after President E...Published: 12 Nov 2021 at 05:37hrs | 5398 | by Staff reporter
Govt intensifies civil registration
HOME Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe has said his ministry will speed up the registration and documentation of all eligible citizens in preparation of the 2023 general elections.Kazembe made ...Published: 10 Nov 2021 at 05:35hrs | 497 | by Staff reporter
Bill set to scuttle MDC Alliance election plans
THE recently gazetted Private Voluntary Organisation Amendment Bill has sent the Western-funded MDC-Alliance into panic mode and is set to scuttle the United States' plans to bankroll the opposition a...Published: 10 Nov 2021 at 05:32hrs | 835 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa to proclaim election dates'
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa will proclaim the dates for by-elections for the National Assembly and local authorities to fill vacancies left following the expulsion and death of some members, Zimbabwe Electora...Published: 10 Nov 2021 at 05:30hrs | 470 | by Staff reporter
Uzalo's Mangcobo headlines a #Registertovote ZANC event in Jhb
South African actress Dawn Thandeka King, well-known as Mangcobo in the soapie Uzalo, recently delivered a guest speaker speech to Zimbabweans living in the diaspora urging them go back home and regis...Published: 09 Nov 2021 at 19:57hrs | 2673 | by Thembelani Moyo
ZEC speaks on by-elections
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission has opened up over long standing allegations that it is hiding behind the State of Disaster Act to renege from implementing by-elections in a number of constituencies...Published: 08 Nov 2021 at 13:14hrs | 2715 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Gomba, six councillors lose recall challenge
Former Harare Mayor Herbert Gomba and six other councillors have lost their bid for reinstatement to the city council after the High Court threw out their petition to invalidate their recall by the MD...Published: 04 Nov 2021 at 06:13hrs | 350 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa weaponising Covid-19'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa and the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) are ‘weaponising' the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic containment measures to conveniently perpetuate the delay in holding parliame...Published: 04 Nov 2021 at 06:12hrs | 257 | by Staff reporter
Concern over Zec, Health ministry discord
AN independent election watchdog has said the discord between the Health ministry and Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) over pending by-elections is clear confirmation of confusion on who is in char...Published: 03 Nov 2021 at 05:25hrs | 528 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwean banker in failed West Ham bid
A LONDON-BASED Zimbabwean investment banker was part of a failed bid by a high-powered consortium, which wanted to take over high-flying English Premiership club West Ham United, in a deal worth about...Published: 03 Nov 2021 at 05:20hrs | 2255 | by Staff reporter
'Votes are won by ideas, not intimidation' tweeted USA - how naive and infuriatingly so too
"We are very concerned about reports of rising political violence in multiple provinces," the United States embassy in Harare said in a tweeted statement."As Zimbabwe prepares for the 2023 ele...Published: 02 Nov 2021 at 13:34hrs | 668 | by Nomusa Garikai
'Engage political reforms and abandon sanctions rhetoric' UN rebuke Mnangagwa - no time for diplomatic niceties
Zanu PF invited the UN Special rapporteur to investigate the negative impact of sanctions on the ordinary people. The regime hoped the rapporteur would confirm its claim that sanctions were the root c...Published: 01 Nov 2021 at 00:29hrs | 2266 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zanu-PF terror leaves opposition on the edge
TRUE to his middle name, Chenjerai Hondo Masviba, the struggle lives on.Masviba, a victim of recent unprovoked Zanu-PF-sponsored violence, says he will not abandon the struggle, and the people...Published: 31 Oct 2021 at 07:13hrs | 318 | by Staff reporter
Will SADC national dialogue finally end King Mswati III absolute monarch - Zimbabweans watching like hawks
SADC has finally stepped in to try end the cycle of violence and political unrest in Eswatini. SA President Cyril Ramaphosa, who is also the current Chairperson of Chairperson of SADC's Organ on...Published: 25 Oct 2021 at 15:02hrs | 550 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zec seeks authority to correct election errors
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) wants to be legally empowered to correct election-related errors such as the 2018 incident where a losing Zanu-PF candidate Dexter Nduna was mistakenly declared...Published: 25 Oct 2021 at 06:24hrs | 895 | by Staff reporter
Legislative, logistical challenges stalling diaspora vote
The Zimbabwe's Consul General to Johannesburg, South Africa, Melody Chaurura has blamed the legislative and logistical challenges in the country as currently stalling the possibility of the Diaspora c...Published: 24 Oct 2021 at 12:46hrs | 589 | by Stephen Jakes
Mnangagwa sticks to democratic practices
President Mnangagwa yesterday sworn-in commissioners for the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) and the Zimbabwe Land Commission (ZLC) — two vital institutions in the conduct of electoral processes...Published: 21 Oct 2021 at 06:17hrs | 168 | by Staff reporter
ZEC to set up 900+ voter registration units countrywide
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has resolved to set up more than 900 voter registration units countrywide ahead of the delimitation process set for next year.This follows an outcry by ...Published: 18 Oct 2021 at 06:27hrs | 289 | by Staff reporter
Police, Zanu-PF alliance exposed
THE opposition MDC Alliance and civic society organisations (CSOs) yesterday accused the police of working with Zanu-PF to block opposition leader Nelson Chamisa from meeting villagers in Masvingo pro...Published: 14 Oct 2021 at 06:27hrs | 2056 | by Staff reporter
'Use by-elections as 2023 test run'
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has been urged to hold by-elections so that there can be a test run for the 2023 general elections which are likely to be conducted under COVID-19 restrictions....Published: 13 Oct 2021 at 06:10hrs | 426 | by Staff reporter
Currency instability puts ZSE as best performer in region
AFTER surpassing its own performance record (again), the Zimbabwean dollar-denominated exchange extended 2021 gains as the market's counters continue facing economic uncertainties in the closing quart...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 19:04hrs | 466 | by Equity Axis View
Politicians vs the people
AN etymological trace of the Medieval Latin phrase vox populi dates as far back as the 16th century; and it literally means "the people's voice".In a constitutional democracy like Zimbabwe, or...Published: 08 Oct 2021 at 19:01hrs | 104 | by Faith Zaba
Chamisa linked NGO says Mwonzora a threat to democracy
An election watchdog that is linked to Advocate Nelson Chamisa and always accused of the regime change, the Election Resource Centre (ERC) has described Douglas Mwonzora's MDC-T as a dangerous politic...Published: 07 Oct 2021 at 07:07hrs | 2813 | by Staff reporter
Dexter Nduna survives Parly ouster bid
OPPOSITION MDC Alliance member Gift Konjana yesterday again lost his bid to reclaim the Chegutu West parliamentary seat after the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) dismissed his appeal challenging the l...Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 05:49hrs | 497 | by Staff reporter
'Remove Zimbabwe from money-laundering blacklist'
Zimbabwe strongly disputes the European Union's (EU) listing of the country among nations with strategic deficiencies in anti-money laundering and countering financing terrorism, saying the citing by ...Published: 06 Oct 2021 at 05:45hrs | 202 | by Staff reporter
ConCourt throws out MDC Alliance MP's win over Zanu PF's Dexter Nduna
THE Constitutional Court (ConCourt) Tuesday dismissed an appeal by MDC Alliance's Gift Konjana who was challenging Chegutu West legislator Dexter Nduna's controversial win in the 2018 parliamentary el...Published: 05 Oct 2021 at 20:42hrs | 1013 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's men had a Seychelles shell company
Zimbabwe's deputy chief secretary to the president and cabinet set up an offshore shell company in the Seychelles while serving as defence secretary, leaked financial documents show.Martin Rus...Published: 05 Oct 2021 at 06:45hrs | 2706 | by Staff reporter
Massive diamond plunder exposed in leak
DEPUTY chief secretary to the president and cabinet, Martin Rushwaya set up an offshore shell company in the Seychelles which was used to trade in diamonds while serving as defence secretary, leaked f...Published: 05 Oct 2021 at 06:28hrs | 445 | by Staff reporter
Disband Zec, reform the institution
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) must be apolitical and must not dance to the whims of the ruling Zanu-PF party.Failing to recognise the opposition MDC Alliance party led by Nelson Cham...Published: 04 Oct 2021 at 05:52hrs | 571 | by Leonard Koni
ZEC spot on in excluding MDC Alliance
Recently Zimbabweans woke up to a NewsDay story entitled "ZEC bias exposed." The article informed that the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) had not invited the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance (MDC-...Published: 04 Oct 2021 at 05:50hrs | 672 | by Nobleman Runyanga
Chamisa's MDC accuses Mnangagwa of 'banning our movement'
The MDC Alliance accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of "banning our movement" on Thursday after officials were blocked from attending a meeting of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) in Harare....Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 19:56hrs | 1001 | by Staff reporter
Lawyer Hara distances self from CCC name hijack plot
PROMINENT Bulawayo lawyer Tavengwa Hara has distanced himself from the shadowy Citizens for Convergence for Change (CCC) that listed him as its lawyer upon notifying the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission ...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:22hrs | 1526 | by Staff reporter
Sadc ignores Zimbabwe 'crisis'
SADC has not responded to a plea by Zimbabwean civil society organisations (CSOs) which last month petitioned the organ to intervene and order President Emmerson Mnangagwa to, among other things, call...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:17hrs | 768 | by Staff reporter
Ex-ZEC commissioner tipped for Insiza seat
FORMER Zimbabwe Electoral Commissioner (ZEC) Qhubani Moyo reportedly plans another try at the ballot box, targeting the same Insiza constituency he twice lost to Zanu-PF when he was a member of the op...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:17hrs | 499 | by Staff reporter
Zec skeletons continue to tumble
A LEAKED audio between the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) chief elections officer Utoile Silaigwana and MDC Alliance secretary for elections Ian Makone has shown that the commission had been runn...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:07hrs | 383 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe receives 1 million vaccines from WHO's COVAX
ZIMBABWE Friday took delivery of 943 200 Covid-19 vaccine doses from the Covid-19 Vaccines Global Access (COVAX) facility to complement the ongoing national vaccine programme.COVAX, is a world...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:02hrs | 26 | by Staff reporter
ZEC in major MDC Alliance climbdown
ZIMBABWE Electoral Commission (ZEC) has given opposition MDC Alliance the greenlight to attend its provincial meetings, NewZimbabwe.com has learnt.The Nelson Chamisa-led outfit had been barred...Published: 03 Oct 2021 at 08:02hrs | 132 | by Staff reporter
Ngadziore still detained at Harare Central police
MDC Alliance Harare Provincial Youth Secretary, Tatenda Johanes Karichi who is a tax Driver and Chrispen Bvirwa are still detained at Harare Central police station for Unlawful gathering.The t...Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 20:20hrs | 1805 | by Fanuel Chinowaita
Zec worsening Zimbabwe's credibility crisis
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is once again in the eye of the storm after a leaked internal memo written by an official, TM Sunduza, addressed to acting chief elections officer, Jane Chigidj...Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 07:57hrs | 546 | by Staff reporter
Army, police jam Harare
ARMED military and police officers yesterday cordoned off Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) headquarters and jammed streets in Harare to prevent a possible MDC Alliance protest over the commission's...Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 07:56hrs | 1395 | by Staff reporter
Interviews to fill ZEC posts
Parliament Standing Rules and Orders Committee is set to hold interviews today for 24 shortlisted candidates to fill two post of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission.The term of ZEC deputy chairp...Published: 01 Oct 2021 at 07:51hrs | 94 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's youths arrested over ZEC meeting
TEN journalists covering a Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) provincial consultative meeting in Harare and nine members of MDC Alliance were arrested Thursday outside the electoral body's offices in...Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 21:32hrs | 1124 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police arrest 10 journalists
Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) arrested 10 journalists among the list are Thomas Madhuku, Nyashadzashe Ndoro, Robert Tapfumaneyi, Marsha...Published: 30 Sep 2021 at 14:45hrs | 2174 | by Shelton Muchena
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