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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 ...Published: 17 Jun 2021 at 06:10hrs | 449 | by Chief Chiduku
Zec Bulawayo under fire over poor voter registration
ZIMBABWE Electoral Commission (Zec) officials in Bulawayo have come under fire for allegedly failing to escalate the voter registration exercise in the city.This was after reports emerged last...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 06:15hrs | 301 | by Staff reporter
Matebeleland South could lose constituencies
TRADITIONAL leaders in Matebeleland South Province have called on the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to decentralise the voter registration exercise to rural areas in order to protect the provinc...Published: 15 Jun 2021 at 06:13hrs | 478 | by Staff reporter
Fear grips Zanu-PF as Chiwenga announces new Covid-19 measures
Vice President and Minister of Healthy Constantine Guvheya Chiwenga announced new measures on Covid 19.In his announcement, he banned all public gatherings including churches, music shows, spo...Published: 13 Jun 2021 at 18:49hrs | 3154 | by Fanuel Chinowaita
Zec fuels Chamisa, Mwonzora fight
THE fight to wrest the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance party name and symbols by the MDC-T with the intention to use them in the forthcoming elections will be determined by which faction will file its...Published: 10 Jun 2021 at 06:45hrs | 2372 | by Rowai
'ZEC ready for by-elections'
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission((ZEC) is committed and ready to hold by-elections but is only waiting for a nod from the Health and Child Care Ministry which suspended public gatherings as part of e...Published: 09 Jun 2021 at 18:21hrs | 374 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance stronghold records zero new voter registrants
BULAWAYO has recorded zero new voter registrants since the commencement of the voter registration exercise, a trend reported to be also prevalent in other parts of the country, the Zimbabwe Electoral ...Published: 09 Jun 2021 at 07:20hrs | 1249 | by Staff reporter
Zec dithers on by-elections
ZIMBABWE Electoral Commission (Zec) deputy chairperson Emmanuel Magade yesterday failed to give a specific date when byelections would be held, raising speculation that they may not take place any tim...Published: 09 Jun 2021 at 07:15hrs | 1056 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa polled 33% to Chamisa's 66%, claims Jonathan Moyo
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is in the eye of a storm after is-suing a bizarre release responding to allegations of poll theft against MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa's reported victory ...Published: 07 Jun 2021 at 06:11hrs | 7363 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo to undergo head surgery after his book excelgate
The Zimbabwean and international space has been congested by Jonathan Moyo posting Twitter messages designed to bring Zimbabwe's reputation into disrepute. Professor Jonathan Moyo has dedicated his ti...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 22:07hrs | 1839 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Jonathan Moyo, Zec exchange fire over presidential election rigging
FORMER minister and MP Jonathan Moyo (pictured) has sarcastically yet robustly dismissed a belated reaction by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to his book on election fraud and rigging in the ...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 18:47hrs | 3124 | by Staff reporter
'Excelgate: How Zimbabwe's 2018 Presidential Election Was Stolen' - so will 2023, 41 years and penny hasn't dropped
Zimbabwe's next elections are due in July 2023, just over two years from now. The nation is being reminded of how the 2018 elections were rigged."The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) was on...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 13:19hrs | 800 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Hospital amputates wrong leg
AN Austrian hospital has amputated the wrong leg of a patient, blaming human error for what it called a "tragic mistake".The elderly patient is suffering from many illnesses, the Freistadt Cli...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 09:48hrs | 569 | by Staff reporter
ZEC rubbishes Jonathan Moyo's voter fraud book claims
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) was on Friday forced to address the damaging allegations raised by Professor Jonathan Moyo, who in his newly-published book, offers a gripping account of the el...Published: 05 Jun 2021 at 09:15hrs | 902 | by Staff reporter
Only 6 people register to vote in May, says ZEC
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has been open for voter registration since the end of the 2018 harmonised elections except during the hard lockdown period, the local office of the electoral ma...Published: 05 Jun 2021 at 09:14hrs | 272 | by Staff reporter
Opposition flogs electoral reforms dead horse, again
Faced with increasing pressure from its largely impressionable and excitable young members, who are growing impatient, and the counter-attractions presented by other opposition players like Jacob Ngar...Published: 31 May 2021 at 06:34hrs | 520 | by Nobleman Runyanga
POLAD discusses electoral reforms
MEMBERS of the Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD) platform yesterday met in Nyanga to unpack the draft Electoral Amendment Bill submitted to Parliament by civic society groups.They also interro...Published: 30 May 2021 at 08:30hrs | 123 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu PF has caused a constitutional crisis' says Mutambara - who is giving junta legitimacy
"As we have explained before, both Constitutional Amendments (No 1 and 2) Acts are unconstitutional and illegal," wrote Professor Arthur Mutambara. "The three arms of the state (Executive, Jud...Published: 27 May 2021 at 14:20hrs | 1259 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Chamisa's MDC says the Zanu-PF is plotting violence ahead of 2023 polls
Zanu PF is in panic mode and is pulling out all the stops to win the 2023 elections using violent means and draconian legislation to crush all dissent, the MDC Alliance charged on Wednesday.Th...Published: 27 May 2021 at 07:44hrs | 1610 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa presses for electoral reforms
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance has vowed to take the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) and government head-on to push for electoral reforms, which in its view, will see the birth of non-contest...Published: 27 May 2021 at 07:23hrs | 1555 | by Staff reporter
Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni on voter registration campaign
FORMER outspoken Ntabazinduna Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni has rallied Zimbabweans to register to vote, arguing that voting the Zanu-PF government out of power was the only way to reverse undemocrat...Published: 27 May 2021 at 07:21hrs | 1412 | by Staff reporter
Judge grills govt lawyers over by-elections
HIGH Court judge Justice Siyabonga Paul Musithu yesterday grilled government lawyers over the State's failure to hold by-elections for vacant parliamentary and local government seats long after lockdo...Published: 25 May 2021 at 07:21hrs | 1708 | by Staff reporter
Census goes digital
The Zimbabwe National Population Census next year will for the first time go digital, Government has announced.The census will be concluded before the end of 2022 in conformity with the Consti...Published: 24 May 2021 at 06:34hrs | 863 | by Staff reporter
Professor Jonathan Moyo, why do you want us to participate in flawed elections to give vote rigging Zanu PF legitimacy?
"Some people have said to me, 'If you want us to believe you are no longer working for Zanu PF then tell us how Zanu PF rigged the elections!’ They say that expecting some Mafia like, Movie like, wa...Published: 19 May 2021 at 07:10hrs | 2881 | by Wilbert Mukori
Govt scales up census preps
GOVERNMENT says it has scaled up preparations for the national census, with 55% of the country already mapped to enable delimitation of constituencies ahead of the 2023 general elections.This ...Published: 19 May 2021 at 06:32hrs | 168 | by Staff reporter
ConCourt reserves judgment on Zanu-PF's Nduna's 2018 parly win
THE Constitutional Court (ConCourt) Tuesday reserved its ruling on MDC Alliance's Gift Konjana who is challenging Chegutu West legislator Dexter Nduna's controversial win in the 2018 parliamentary ele...Published: 18 May 2021 at 13:55hrs | 1696 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's lawyer sue Ziyambi over 'captured' judge remark - this is frivolous and dangerous
"Top lawyer, Thabani Mpofu, said Ziyambi faces contempt of court charges and the lawyers have drafted a complaint to the Registrar of High Court, Judge President George Chiweshe, and all cited judges ...Published: 18 May 2021 at 09:33hrs | 1693 | by Nomusa Garikai
Ziyambi's rabid tantrum after regime's failure in capturing the judiciary - by accusing judges of being captured
Lately, most Zimbabweans had become accustomed to hearing the main opposition MDC Alliance party loudly crying foul over the alleged state capturing of the country's judiciary, after losing several ca...Published: 16 May 2021 at 14:05hrs | 2034 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Captured Malaba is but an appendage to deadly Zanu PF dictatorship - to end it, demand free elections
If you see a log drifting in glass-still waters then it bespeaks of the strong undercurrents or worse, it is a sinister crocodile stalking. Or, as one would say in Shona, "Ukaona vakuru vachipopotedza...Published: 16 May 2021 at 07:25hrs | 884 | by Wilbert Mukori
Crisis Coalition blasts Mnangagwa's spin doctor
CRISIS in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) has vowed to continue with its pursuit for a democratic society in the wake of continued intimidation by some top government officials irked by the NGO grouping's w...Published: 12 May 2021 at 10:33hrs | 1612 | by Staff reporter
ConCourt to decide on Chegutu vote-swapping case
THE Constitutional Court (ConCourt) will today make a determination on an application by MDC Alliance candidate Gift Konjana, who is seeking leave to appeal against a Supreme Court judgment which rule...Published: 11 May 2021 at 06:48hrs | 2254 | by Staff reporter
Biti vows 'a floodgate to protect constitution' - excuse for participating in yet another flawed election
There are many reasons why Zimbabwe is in this serious economic and political mess and many of them dovetail to the nation's inability and/or disrespect for truth, facts and reality; especially the co...Published: 09 May 2021 at 07:59hrs | 350 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
President Mnangagwa makes history as Chief Justice Malaba is saved by the bell
The present Constitution of Zimbabwe became fully operational on the 22nd August, 2013, having been assented to on the 22nd May, 2013, by the President as the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 2...Published: 09 May 2021 at 00:31hrs | 2226 | by Dr Masimba Mavaza
Chamisa's MDC approaches Constitutional Court over stolen seat
CHEATED MDC Alliance 2018 candidate for Chegutu West Gift Konjana will next week approach the Constitutional Court in his quest to get the parliamentary seat which rightfully belongs to him.Ko...Published: 08 May 2021 at 08:54hrs | 2660 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora is Mnangagwa's trusted tool?
FOR President Emmerson Mnangagwa's power consolidation and 2023 presidential election bid to succeed, he desperately needs MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora to be on his side since Zanu-PF no longer comma...Published: 08 May 2021 at 08:53hrs | 1400 | by Staff reporter
Why MDC-A must not change its name for by-elections
As embattled President Emmerson Mnangagwa dithers on whether or when to cause the compromised Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to discharge its constitutional obligation to call for the holding of ...Published: 02 May 2021 at 09:39hrs | 1485 | by Jonathan N Moyo
Blitz to get new voters ahead of 2023
Opposition political parties are rallying supporters to register to vote for the upcoming delimitation exercise for the 2023 general elections.The parties have also upped voter registration aw...Published: 02 May 2021 at 09:18hrs | 217 | by Staff reporter
Kembo Mohadi and Enos Nkala learnt lifetime lessons; Israel Dube my reply!
The first time I agreed with Israel Dube about facts in our mainstream politics. Let me make it clear however, that I am not appealing to Israel to drop death threats hanging on my throat: I have been...Published: 29 Apr 2021 at 12:48hrs | 3564 | by Nomazulu Thata
'You (VP) work at the mercy of the President' MDC reminded Mnangagwa - that's hen shtick to the eagle
MDC leaders are corrupt, incompetent and sell-outs and, like all cowards, they love being portrayed as courageous fighters. They loved the News Day headline "Mwonzora's senators reject Mnangagwa Bill"...Published: 29 Apr 2021 at 08:20hrs | 2123 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Youths fret over by-elections delay
THE Youth Coalition has joined other civic organisations and opposition parties in demanding the immediate lifting of a ban on by-elections, saying the delays were shortchanging the electorate....Published: 27 Apr 2021 at 08:05hrs | 104 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says he is now wiser than before
MDC Alliance president Nelson Chamisa says the systematic attacks he and his party have received from the ruling Zanu-PF and state institutions since 2018 have instead hardened him and transformed him...Published: 27 Apr 2021 at 08:04hrs | 1062 | by Staff reporter
Census preparations begin
TRAINED enumerators will from Tuesday next week commence the mapping exercise in all provinces ahead of the 2021 census which will be conducted in May. This time, enumeration will be done thro...Published: 16 Apr 2021 at 07:31hrs | 113 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa frets over Mozambique attacks
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has raised fears that the insurgency in Mozambique could spill over into Zimbabwe - urging local communities, especially those in Manicaland, to be on high alert.S...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 20:00hrs | 4389 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa hints on by-elections
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday hinted that by-elections may be held soon and called on Zanu-PF to get prepared, while observing World Health Organisation (WHO) safety guidelines on COVID-19....Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 07:46hrs | 2309 | by Staff reporter
ZEC has capacity to run credible elections
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has capacity to manage elections despite the complexity of the process, and is committed to dispensing its duties without fear or favour, chairperson Justice Pr...Published: 15 Apr 2021 at 06:53hrs | 603 | by Staff Reporter
Process to map Zimbabwe's constituencies starts
THE Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency (Zimstat) has started collecting data for the 2021 population and housing census - paving the way for the delimitation of new legislative constituencies ahead o...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 20:58hrs | 567 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu PF has no legitimacy to amend constitution' said Biti - nonsense, you foolishly gave them legitimacy
"Mnangagwa, Chamisa in fresh legal fight!" read the headlines. And my instinctive reaction was the sinking feeling of pending doom.MDC A are going to challenge in the Constitutional Court the ...Published: 13 Apr 2021 at 07:11hrs | 1299 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zanu-PF gears for by-elections
THE ruling Zanu-PF party has begun preparations for by-elections, although the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) recently announced that it had indefinitely postponed elections due to the COVID-19 p...Published: 12 Apr 2021 at 07:28hrs | 1763 | by Staff reporter
If you sow mischief, you harvest grief
IN 2019, Zimbabwe experienced three days of darkness between January 14 and January 17.It seemed looneys had broken from the asylum and set fire on the tinderbox.Chaos and madness reig...Published: 11 Apr 2021 at 05:38hrs | 162 | by Staff reporter
'MDC A will boycott 2023 elections' - why now, participated in all since ignoring 2013 SADC boycott plea
"Parties went into the 2018 elections after they had already been rigged as Zanu-PF had implemented cosmetic electoral reforms," wrote Chief Chiduku. He was spot on there.Parties did go into t...Published: 10 Apr 2021 at 06:50hrs | 1869 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
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