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Zimbabwe govt warns schools against privatising education

THE government has issued a stern warning to schools against privatising education, amid rising costs and concerns about accessibility, with statistics showing a rise in dropouts.The warning by the government comes following reports of a r…

Published: 19 Feb 2024 at 04:55hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter

'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 apathy.The recent resignation of Nelson Cham…

Published: 19 Feb 2024 at 04:55hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter

Voter apathy gives Zau-PF an upper hand in Zimbabwe by-elections

Apathy rocked parliamentary and council by-elections held Saturday with Citizens Coalition for Change led by Nelson Chamisa saying Zimbabweans were denied an opportunity to pick representatives of their choice after the High Court stopped …

Published: 13 Dec 2023 at 05:16hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

Voter apathy rocks Zimbabwe's by-elections

Zimbabwe held special elections on Saturday for nine seats in Parliament after opposition lawmakers were removed from their positions and disqualified from running again.The opposition called it an illegal push by the ruling Zanu-PF party …

Published: 10 Dec 2023 at 18:15hrs | 24 | by Staff reporter

Obama of Zimbabwean politics will capitalise on voter apathy

LEADER of Democratic Union of Zimbabwe (DUZ), Robert Howard Chapman, is a fascinating man. Sharp and erudite, he has brought an interesting perspective to Zimbabwean politics.He has taken out the toxicity that has characterised our politic…

Published: 09 Mar 2023 at 05:23hrs | 12 | by Nevanji Madanhire

Zec blames voter apathy on economy

THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has blamed voter registration apathy on the state of the economy, saying even civic groups faced resource challenges in mobilising people to register to vote.According to statistics released by Zec i…

Published: 21 Jul 2022 at 06:43hrs | 422 | by Staff reporter

Voter apathy is Zimbabwe's elephant in the room ahead of 2023 polls

Bongani Ndlovu, a Zanu-PF councillor in Matabeleland North's Bubi district holds the unenviable record of registering the least number of voters in the March 26 parliamentary and local government elections.Only 27 people voted for Ndlovu t…

Published: 05 Jun 2022 at 09:15hrs | 19 | by Nokuthaba Dlamini

Fears of voter apathy in Zimbabwe's 2018 polls

After the voter apathy which marred the recent Chiwundura by-election, analysts have said electoral reforms are the only way to increase voter interest in 2018 elections.In the by-election, a large number of people refrained from casting b…

Published: 23 Jul 2017 at 12:16hrs | 123 | by Staff reporter

Tsvangirai and the politics of despair, apathy

Yesterday morning I received a WhatsApp message. On it was a graph. It was done by pan-African research network, Afrobarometer. The graph indicated that Zanu-PF is once again headed for a massive victory in next year's harmonised elections…

Published: 07 Jul 2017 at 06:30hrs | 264 | by Joram Nyathi

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