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Election reforms key to holding free & fair elections in Zimbabwe
To hold free and fair elections in Zimbabwe, a range of reforms are necessary to address longstanding issues that have undermined electoral credibility si...Published: 09 Jul 2025 at 07:09hrs | 176 | by Leonard Koni
Zimbabweans must ignore Geza's signal to give the swapping of yet another set of dictators political legitimacy
Jeremiah Masawi aka Nyoka Yamabhunu, the self-appointed spokesperson of Blessed Geza and company, is just a rabble-rouser with no clue why Zimbabwe is a failed state much less what should be done to g...Published: 27 Feb 2025 at 11:29hrs | 1496 | by Wilbert Mukori
We cannot stop Chamisa or Zanu PF rigging referendum, we can deny them legitimacy by refusing to participate
Tendai Biti has acknowledged that Mnangagwa has corrupted the opposition to make sure he will have no problem getting the 2/3 majority approval in House of Assembly and in Senate for the proposed cons...Published: 01 Feb 2025 at 21:35hrs | 1389 | by Wilbert Mukori
Foreign funded NGO questions Tshabangu's motive
The Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) has expressed concerns over the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC)'s support for President Emmerson Mnangagwa's bid for a third term, questioning the moti...Published: 15 Jan 2025 at 06:43hrs | 1936 | by Staff reporter
Push to extend Mnangagwa's tenure undemocratic
The Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) has strongly criticized the proposed extension of the presidential term from 2028 to 2030, calling the move undemocratic and a threat to electoral integrit...Published: 14 Jan 2025 at 14:15hrs | 228 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt urged to halt constitutional amendments
The Zimbabwe Elections Support Network (ZESN) has called on President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to reconsider its proposed amendments to the Constitution and the Electoral Act, which aim to intr...Published: 28 Nov 2024 at 06:54hrs | 1269 | by Staff reporter
By brazenly rigging Mozambique elections Zanu PF crossed double red lines, Zimbabwe must be booted out of SADC
"Former President of Botswana Ian Khama has called on the Southern African Development Community SADC to expel Zimbabwe if proven to have meddled with member states' elections," Bulawayo24 reported....Published: 23 Nov 2024 at 12:49hrs | 557 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabwe elections watchdog raises concerns over data privacy
The Elections Resource Centre (ERC) has expressed serious concerns about the proposed amendments to the Constitution and the Electoral Act, which aim to introduce automatic voter registration for 18-y...Published: 22 Nov 2024 at 07:32hrs | 208 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF flagged for partisan distribution of food, agric inputs
A Zimbabwean election watchdog has raised serious concerns over the alleged politically motivated distribution of agricultural inputs, accusing the ruling Zanu-PF party of favoring its supporters duri...Published: 22 Nov 2024 at 07:10hrs | 69 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa gets Commonwealth leaders support in bid to rejoin bloc
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's efforts to get Zimbabwe back into the Commonwealth are being backed by the grouping's secretary general, Patricia Scotland, who believes he has done enough to warrant a ...Published: 21 Nov 2024 at 06:38hrs | 620 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe police ordered to release seized NGO gadgets
High Court judge Justice Neville Wamambo has ruled that the police must release all electronic gadgets seized from employees of the Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) and the Election Resource C...Published: 08 Nov 2024 at 07:08hrs | 176 | by Staff reporter
Election watchdog pushes for political parties Bill
The Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) has urged the government to develop a robust regulatory framework for political parties, emphasizing that this is essential for strengthening electoral dem...Published: 04 Nov 2024 at 06:47hrs | 225 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's allies say Mnangagwa jumped the gun on Mozambique elections
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has come under fire for potentially undermining the credibility of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) after he publicly endorsed the election results in Moz...Published: 24 Oct 2024 at 08:02hrs | 966 | by Staff reporter
Eddies Cross insists Mnangagwa won 2023 elections, defying SADC. Americans sussed out MDC leaders are 'flawed' back in 2007!
Mr Eddie Cross, former MDC MP and confidant of MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai reiterated his claim on Denny J Show that Mnangagwa won the 2018 and 2023 Zimbabwe elections. This is an outrage!Com...Published: 18 Oct 2024 at 21:15hrs | 1090 | by Wilbert Mukori
Ncube sheds buckets of crocodile tears over 'disputed elections'! Disputed by who; certainly not him!
When I was in High School; many, many moons ago; the high light of the year was a College Ball. The Master of Ceremony one year was X (real name withheld to protect the guilty as charged), a pompous g...Published: 25 Sep 2024 at 18:37hrs | 1500 | by Wilbert Mukori
Mnangagwa fails to reverse poll report
President Emmerson Mnangagwa missed a crucial opportunity to address the controversy surrounding the 2023 general elections during the recent 44th SADC summit held in Harare. Despite his high-profile ...Published: 11 Sep 2024 at 12:01hrs | 1250 | by Staff reporter
Repression undermines Zimbabwe regime's credibility
Foreign funded Civil society organizations (CSOs) have criticized the ongoing repression of dissent in Zimbabwe, arguing that it undermines election integrity and impedes free governance participation...Published: 23 Aug 2024 at 06:55hrs | 154 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe political parties should account for disbursed funds
The Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) has called for increased public scrutiny and accountability for political parties receiving funding under the Political Parties Finance Act. ...Published: 19 Aug 2024 at 07:16hrs | 132 | by Staff reporter
Without the SADC Tribunal, the regional body is practically useless!
Let's set the scene. Imagine a group of people decide to establish an organization for a particular cause.They naturally lay down and agree upon their objectives, functions, operating ...Published: 18 Aug 2024 at 15:00hrs | 330 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zec voter registration raises dust
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is reportedly conducting a covert voter registration drive in rural areas where the ruling Zanu-PF party has a strong voter base. Critics claim that this operat...Published: 12 Aug 2024 at 13:59hrs | 223 | by Staff reporter
Exposing Mnangagwa Sadc facade
Your Excellencies, I write this public letter as an ordinary citizen of Zimbabwe, a member state of the Southern African Development Community (SADC).It is in the true African spirit of ubuntu...Published: 07 Aug 2024 at 15:34hrs | 1848 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Incumbent should not pronounce election date: Zesn
The foreign funded Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) has proposed amending section 158 of the Constitution to establish fixed dates for elections, rather than allowing the incumbent to set the ...Published: 07 Aug 2024 at 12:43hrs | 377 | by Staff reporter
Chimombe, Mpofu to turn state witnesses against Chivayo?
Two businessmen linked to the inflation of contracts worth over US$100 million awarded by the Zimbabwe Election Commission (ZEC) were grilled by anti-corruption investigators on Monday.Moses M...Published: 24 Jun 2024 at 11:24hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe deregisters Jimmy Carter's Carter Centre
The Carter Centre, an international NGO monitoring elections, was recently de-registered by the Zimbabwean government. Now, it is reportedly considering an alliance with the Zimbabwe Election Support ...Published: 23 Jun 2024 at 09:23hrs | 88 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans must stop blaming SADC for rigged elections and, at long last, own up to our own foolishness
"Zimbabwe is one of those countries that has benefited immensely from this "see no evil, hear no evil and say no evil" policy maintained by SADC," argued Tendai Mbofana in his recent article in Bulawa...Published: 13 Jun 2024 at 22:09hrs | 6 | by Wilbert Mukori
Criticism grows over Chamisa's SADC roadmap proposal
Some Zimbabweans have expressed dismay over former opposition leader Nelson Chamisa's statements regarding engagements with SADC over the Zimbabwean election crisis.In his address yesterday, C...Published: 28 May 2024 at 17:18hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
Chivayo hijacks US$40m corrupt ZEC deal
CONTROVERSIAL businessman Wicknell Chivayo, who is close to President Emmerson Mnangagwa and other high-profile government officials, corruptly got a windfall from a murky Zimbabwe Election Commission...Published: 28 May 2024 at 12:47hrs | 35 | by Staff reporter
Wicknell ambushes Starlink
No. 53 Samora Machel Avenue, Harare. This is the address from which IMC Communications (Pvt) Ltd - which is linked to controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo - will be providing Zimbabwean clients ...Published: 28 May 2024 at 12:42hrs | 56 | by Staff reporter
After 9 months of Chamisa faking news of SADC resolving disputed 2023 elections; he finally admits he was lying
Chamisa's long anticipated update on what SADC is doing to end the disputed Zimbabwe elections confirmed what we already knew - i.e that SADC is doing nothing.Chamisa confirmed the following s...Published: 27 May 2024 at 19:48hrs | 12 | by Wilbert Mukori
Recalls immersed in Zanu-PF dark world of power
ACADEMIC and researcher Dr Phillan Zamchiya says recalls of CCC legislators by self-imposed secretary-general Sengezo Tshabangu which resulted in Zanu-PF attaining a two-thirds majority in the Nationa...Published: 19 May 2024 at 11:50hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa power retention scheme raises dust
Manoeuvres by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government to amend the constitution have raised concern that the 82-year-old ruler wants to reverse progressive electoral reforms and return the country t...Published: 31 Mar 2024 at 16:37hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa breaks silence on his game plan
OPPOSITION politician Nelson Chamisa yesterday revealed that he had personally embarked on grassroots campaigns in villages to map his next political move and distanced himself from any other politica...Published: 04 Mar 2024 at 04:45hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Once, rather vote for monkeys just to be rid of Zanu PF; now monkeys rather than imploding CCC
"A FORMER AFRICAN LEADER URGES MNANGAGWA TO STEP DOWN" screamed the headlines by Correspondent in WINDHOEK NAMIBIA circulating in social media."Several former Heads Of States and Government wh...Published: 26 Feb 2024 at 21:49hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Future depends on CCC leaders finding each other to defeat Zanu PF.' Who/what stopped them last 23 years?
"As the man he has always been, @DavidColtart has maturely advised anyone opposed to ZANUPF corrupt rule to not fight to kill each other.He realises that these opposition fights have only one bene...Published: 24 Feb 2024 at 17:57hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
'CCC chaos to fuel voter apathy'
AN electoral watchdog, the Zimbabwe Election Advocacy Trust (ZEAT), has said the chaos and splits within the main opposition party, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), is a recipe for voter apath...Published: 19 Feb 2024 at 04:55hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans vote for personalities
ZIMBABWEANS do not cast votes along political party lines nor do their preferred candidates mirror their aspirations, a report by Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) has said.This comes a...Published: 12 Feb 2024 at 09:30hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's dream of fresh Zimbabwe polls evaporates
THE Southern African Development Community (Sadc) appears to have closed the door on calls for fresh elections in Zimbabwe after the regional bloc's secretariat endorsed a project being spearheaded by...Published: 08 Feb 2024 at 04:32hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Intimidation, harassment galore in Seke by-election
AS widely expected the ruling Zanu-PF swept all the six parliamentary by-elections held on February 3, gaining what critics claim is its much sought-after two-thirds majority in the National Assembly....Published: 07 Feb 2024 at 04:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe elections a farce
The Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) has voiced concerns over the detrimental effects of the illegal recalls of elected members of parliament and council, which have led to widespread voter apathy w...Published: 06 Feb 2024 at 07:47hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's pyrrhic victory
The by-elections were held in Seke, Goromonzi South, Zvimba East, Pelandaba-Tshabalala, Chegutu West and Mkoba North constituencies.THE ruling Zanu-PF has secured the much coveted two-thirds m...Published: 06 Feb 2024 at 07:32hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zesn blames recalls of opposition members for low voter turnout
THE Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) has blamed low voter turnout in the just ended by-elections on incessant recalls of opposition members.The election watchdog said the low number of...Published: 06 Feb 2024 at 04:38hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC contests High Court ruling on elections
THE Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) on Tuesday said it would appeal a High Court decision which barred its candidates from contesting in the February 3 by-elections. Last week, the High Court rule...Published: 24 Jan 2024 at 19:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC to challenge dismissal of candidates at Supreme Court
The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has refuted claims made by the Zimbabwe Election Commission (ZEC) that its candidates have been disqualified from participating in the upcoming by-elections. In...Published: 24 Jan 2024 at 04:53hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
CCC dismisses ZEC's declaration on 03 February by-elections
The opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has dismissed the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission's (ZEC) move to declare five ZANU PF candidates duly elected as members of the local authorities ahea...Published: 23 Jan 2024 at 19:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Violence deters youths from politics'
Violence has lowered the percentage of youth voters in the country, a study by a local non-government organisation has revealed.Project Vote 263, in a study titled Youth Participation in Elections, re...Published: 22 Jan 2024 at 10:00hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans must hold the Judiciary and ZEC accountable for contested elections
The convener of THE National Electoral Reforms Agenda (NERA) and leader of the FORUS political party, Manyara Muyenziwa, asserts that Zimbabweans should demand accountability from both the Judiciary a...Published: 21 Jan 2024 at 08:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
'I'll follow Chamisa no matter what!' Only one devoid of common sense would especially given his track record
Zimbabwe is a failed state and this has been a 43 year growling descend into this hell-on-earth of our own making. The ruling party, Zanu PF, the numerous opposition parties and the ordinary Zimbabwea...Published: 18 Jan 2024 at 19:43hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
2024 started on bitter note - Zanu PF rigged 2023 elections, for umpteenth time - it must end on sweet note!
A slave who can think never stays in chains for long. A free man who cannot think might as well be in chains. Man is a creature of reason. A man who cannot think is but as claw...Published: 02 Jan 2024 at 17:46hrs | 12 | by Wilbert Mukori
The year Mnangagwa tightened grip on power
The air crackled with anticipation on November 22, 2017 as Zimbabwe witnessed a moment etched in history.Emmerson Mnangagwa, the man once cast out, returned to his homeland not as a fugitive, ...Published: 31 Dec 2023 at 12:59hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
CCC fields double candidates for February 3 by-election
The Opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) is poised to field dual candidates in the upcoming by-elections, as the Zimbabwe Election Commission (ZEC) has accepted nomination papers from both t...Published: 18 Dec 2023 at 20:05hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
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