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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
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
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 | 1499 | 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Why would SADC risk confrontation with Zim regime whilst citizens act as if all is well?
So, another meeting of SADC (Southern African Development Community) heads of state has come and gone without the much anticipated 'resolution on flawed elections recently held in Zimbabwe'!Of...Published: 01 Nov 2023 at 15:40hrs | 16 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
BREAKING: SADC finally breaks silence on Zimbabwe elections
The South African Development Committee (SADC) has congratulated Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa for holding peaceful and credible elections with the highest standard. This was express...Published: 31 Oct 2023 at 09:17hrs | 6 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Cantankerous apologists protest Mumba 'has criminal record' but accept Zanu PF live vote rigging and murderous agendas
"A Zanu-PF-affiliated organisation called the Citizens has expressed its desire to see the head of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Election Observer Mission (SEOM), Nevers Mumba, face...Published: 12 Oct 2023 at 22:01hrs | 4 | by Wilbert Mukori
Flea with no legs cannot hear, is a fallacy. So too is, Chamisa did us a favour participating in 2023 elections
To claim that Nelson Chamisa and his CCC friends did the people of Zimbabwe a great favour by participating in the flawed 2023 elections is a fallacy. "If CCC had boycotted the elections, the ...Published: 07 Oct 2023 at 07:42hrs | 3 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabwe Elections Support Network fails to pay election observers
HUNDREDS of election observers who were contracted by the Zimbabwe Elections Support Network (ZESN) have reportedly not received payments after the 23-14 August harmonised elections and are threatenin...Published: 04 Oct 2023 at 06:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
EU wrote Nevers Mumba's SADC report on Zimbabwe polls?
THE controversial SADC Elections Observer Mission preliminary report was first edited by the European Union (EU) before it was publicly read by the now discredited Dr Nevers Mumba as if it was a produ...Published: 03 Oct 2023 at 06:13hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Sadc should take advantage of Zimbabwe elections
Zimbabwean Professor Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, Chair of Epistemologies of the Global South at the University of Bayreuth, Germany, says the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) should take a...Published: 01 Oct 2023 at 11:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZANU PF too Strong for SADC: Mzembi
ZANU PF has proved to be too strong for SADC, the former Minister of Tourism Dr Walter Mzembi has admitted. Speaking on his X handle last night, Dr Mzembi said the Liberation movements i...Published: 29 Sep 2023 at 12:28hrs | 2 | by Desmond Nleya
Chamisa set to run CCC with unelected officials
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has advised career politicians within his party to form their own if not happy with his leadership style.Addressing CCC Mashonaland Ea...Published: 29 Sep 2023 at 11:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mbeki advised Mnangagwa to put 'best national interests above self'. Must reprimand Ramaphosa for interfering
After the SADC election observers virtually said the 23 August 2023 Zimbabwe elections are not representative of popular opinion and submitted their report. It was then for SADC to decide," commented ...Published: 22 Sep 2023 at 16:06hrs | 2 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Sadc did not invalidate Zimbabwe elections'
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has clarified that the election observers from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) did not invalidate Zimbabwe's elections but rather highlighted ...Published: 22 Sep 2023 at 06:25hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's supporters demand extraordinary Sadc summit
A significant number of Zimbabweans affiliated with the opposition have submitted a petition to the Southern African Development Community (SADC), urging the organization to convene an extraordinary s...Published: 15 Sep 2023 at 06:23hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'Disputed polls worsening voter apathy,' Stop using sticky band-aid to fix broken limb - vote rigging
"Disputed polls to worsen voter apathy" proclaimed Bulawayo 24 headline. "The frequency of disputed elections in Zimbabwe, the most recent being the August 23 polls, will discourage more regis...Published: 12 Sep 2023 at 14:15hrs | 2 | by Wilbert Mukori
Imperialist puppets must accept that the Zimbabwe elections are a closed case
It's time these puppets, agents of imperialism and white monopoly capital realised that their assignment to deliver the election result their masters were expecting in Zimbabwe has failed.They...Published: 11 Sep 2023 at 15:01hrs | 15 | by Dr. Fred M'membe
Hopewell Chin’ono says Chamisa's CCC left with a few options
Zimbabwean journalist and government critic Hopewell Chin'ono has said that Nelson Chamisa's Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has been left with a few option on the table to overturn the recently h...Published: 10 Sep 2023 at 14:02hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
CCC will thwart all Zanu PF mischief - exactly what Muzorewa said to justify Smith's Zimbabwe - Rhodesia
On 25 August 2023 SADC and AU Election Observer Missions declared the Zimbabwe elections flawed and illegal. The damning report had no effect on Zanu PF and the opposition winning candidates who all t...Published: 10 Sep 2023 at 13:03hrs | 6 | by Wilbert Mukori
Charumbira not fired from PAP, it's fake news
The Pan African Parliament speaks on the fake story of the firing of Chief Charumbira.Team Pachedu on Friday said in a statement:"Chief Fortune Charumbira (ZANU-PF) has been fired from...Published: 09 Sep 2023 at 21:17hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Let's not talk about Zimbabwe and democracy right now, says Fikile Mbalula
After launching a barrage of attacks on Zimbabwe's main opposition, ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula has hinted that the governing party is involved in behind-the-scenes talks to deal with Zimbabw...Published: 06 Sep 2023 at 18:57hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Nevers Mumba insists on regime change in Zimbabwe
The embattled Chairperson of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) observer mission, Dr. Nevers Mumba, has reiterated his support for the preliminary report on Zimbabwe's recently conclude...Published: 06 Sep 2023 at 06:44hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Sadc must come clean on Zimbabwe elections
THE Southern African Development Community (Sadc) should stand with the people of Zimbabwe if it wants to restore or boost its credibility.As citizens of Zimbabwe we agree, support...Published: 05 Sep 2023 at 06:18hrs | 1 | by Kurauone Chihwayi
Ramaphosa to attend Mnangagwa’s inauguration
President Cyril Ramaphosa is set to attend the inauguration and swearing-in ceremony of Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Monday, September 4.The Presidential Inauguration Ceremony wi...Published: 03 Sep 2023 at 20:09hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Ramaphosa warned not to undermine SADC ahead of Mnangagwa's inauguration
BUILD One South Africa movement (Bosa) leader Mmusi Maimane has urged President Cyril Ramaphosa not to attend the inauguration and swearing-in ceremony of Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa....Published: 03 Sep 2023 at 07:35hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Panel of Elders to assess Sadc's Zimbabwe elections report
FORMER Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete is expected to lead a Panel of Elders into the country today to assess the Sadc Elections Observer Mission (SEOM) preliminary report.This comes as the...Published: 29 Aug 2023 at 10:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
ANC's Mbalula lashed at for cheering Mnangagwa victory
WESTERN countries should lift illegal sanctions on Zimbabwe and stop interfering in the country's democratic processes as that defeats the free expression of Zimbabweans who overwhelmingly voted for t...Published: 28 Aug 2023 at 06:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Losing Zanu-PF returns to speak to the voters who rejected him
Losing Zanu-PF Parliamentary candidate for Mabvuku and Tafara constituency Scott Sakupwanya has humbly returned to speak to the voters who rejected him in the 2023 Zimbabwe Elections.Millionai...Published: 26 Aug 2023 at 16:47hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
SADC condemnation of Zimbabwe elections drives ZANU PF into panic mode!
A week ago, I penned an article entitled, 'Peace isn't the only standard for free, fair and credible elections'.These words could not have been truer and more relevant than today. No o...Published: 26 Aug 2023 at 13:54hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
CCC press conference disruption stage-managed?
President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s supporters have accused the opposition of staging-managing a Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) press conference disruption.A Twitter account which is believe...Published: 26 Aug 2023 at 11:20hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zambians came to observe Zimbabwe elections with a axe to grind
There are no matters arising from the preliminary reports by the Commonwealth and the AU election observers, pending the release of their final reports in two or so months.Otherwise, election ...Published: 26 Aug 2023 at 10:41hrs | 1 | by Jonathan Moyo
SADC condemnation of Zimbabwe elections drives ZANU PF into panic mode!
A week ago, I penned an article entitled, 'Peace isn't the only standard for free, fair and credible elections'.These words could not have been truer and more relevant than today. No ...Published: 25 Aug 2023 at 19:52hrs | | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Zimbabwe Election: CCC 23:00 update
Good evening. As we head into election night and the count begins, dozens of polling stations have still not opened for voting to commence. Urban areas such as Harare and Bulawayo are particularly bad...Published: 24 Aug 2023 at 06:14hrs | 20 | by Charles Kwaramba
'CCC will announce results on 24 August!' Yeah and prime street protests. We've travelled this path in 2018!
Nelson Chamisa and company's child-like stupidity never seize to amaze and infuriate me."We have told ZEC that yakafamba kamwe haiteyewi. What you did in 2018, that rigging cannot be repeated ...Published: 22 Aug 2023 at 15:15hrs | 13 | by Wilbert Mukori
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