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Matebeleland calls for transparency in army, police recruitment
Residents of Matabeleland have called for a decentralized recruitment process for civil servants, including soldiers, police officers, and nurses, amid growing concerns that the region is being overlo...Published: 17 Mar 2025 at 08:49hrs | 789 | by Staff reporter
Zifa candidates undergo vetting
With the deadline for the submission of nomination papers for the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) elections having passed on Wednesday, the electoral committee has now begun the critical task of ...Published: 13 Dec 2024 at 09:35hrs | 193 | by Staff reporter
We need Zacc in the Zifa elections
With the 2024 soccer season gone, the Zifa elections are dominating headlines everywhere with all sorts of names being thrown around as possible successors to Felton Kamambo.Since nominations ...Published: 08 Dec 2024 at 09:26hrs | 46 | by Michael Kariati
ZIFA opens nominations for 2025 executive committee elections
The Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA) has officially opened nominations for its Executive Committee elections, slated to culminate in an Elective Ordinary Congress on January 25, 2025.In a ...Published: 22 Nov 2024 at 18:51hrs | 590 | by Staff reporter
Zifa votes for O' levels
In a significant move to enhance the leadership standards of the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA), 48 councillors voted in favor of amending the ZIFA constitution during the Annual General Meeting...Published: 18 Oct 2024 at 19:16hrs | 917 | by Staff reporter
Hichilema alarmed by prospects of defeat and prosecution for corruption
When Zambia experienced democratic backsliding between 2011 and 2021, the deliberate use of legal mechanisms to weaken opposition parties played a central role. Lawfare has been a constant theme of Za...Published: 07 Oct 2024 at 17:08hrs | 2654 | by Sishuwa Sishuwa
Zanu-PF reads riot act
The ruling Zanu-PF party has taken action to curb misconduct by some of its District Coordinating Committee (DCC) leaders, who have been accused of abusing their authority by supporting aspiring candi...Published: 05 Oct 2024 at 11:35hrs | 226 | by Staff reporter
66 aspiring judges to write aptitude test
Sixty-six lawyers are next week expected to undergo an aptitude test, in addition to the existing nomination procedure, ahead of interviews for appointment as judges of the High Court.Another ...Published: 08 Apr 2024 at 10:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
MDC-T loses election appeal against Zanu-PF's Sithembiso Nyoni
THE Bulawayo High Court has dismissed a petition filed by MDC-T Nkayi North candidate, Chief Ndlovu, who was challenging minister Sithembiso Nyoni's victory in the August 2023 elections.In his...Published: 03 Mar 2024 at 08:50hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
9 to contest in Highlanders elections
NOMINATIONS for Highlanders elections closed yesterday with nine candidates having submitted papers for the 4 February elections.Those wishing to stand in the elections for the positions...Published: 21 Jan 2024 at 07:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Bosso AGM, elections dates set
HIGHLANDERS Football Club has announced dates for its annual general meeting with the much-awaited elections expected to usher in a new chairman, secretary, and a committee member.The three po...Published: 08 Jan 2024 at 05:32hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
100 electoral cases filed against the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission
A total of 100 electoral cases were filed against the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) before and after the August general elections by aggrieved individuals, candidates and political parties, the ...Published: 28 Nov 2023 at 05:15hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube excluded from Zanu PF primaries
Zanu-PF is set to hold its primary elections tomorrow to select candidates who will represent the ruling party in the upcoming by-elections on December 9. Mthuli Ncube who lost the Cowdray Park parlia...Published: 03 Nov 2023 at 05:53hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF primaries scheduled for tomorrow
Zanu-PF is set to hold its primary elections tomorrow to select candidates who will represent the ruling party in the upcoming by-elections on December 9. These by-elections were triggered by the reca...Published: 03 Nov 2023 at 05:39hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
DOP invites applications from aspiring candidates
The Democratic Official Party (DOP) has issued an open call for interested citizens to apply as potential representatives for the party in the upcoming by-elections scheduled for December 7.Th...Published: 01 Nov 2023 at 17:49hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
UK diaspora hands over Zimbabwe poll petition
VARIOUS civic society organisations and political party representatives in the United Kingdom have handed over a petition to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak over alleged rigging during Zimbabwe's August 23...Published: 18 Sep 2023 at 07:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MDC: End of an era
SEPTEMBER remains significant in the MDC as the party was conceived in this ninth month of the year before making an instant impact on the Zimbabwean political landscape.Then led by firebrand ...Published: 09 Sep 2023 at 07:51hrs | 2 | by Harriet Chikandiwa
Opposition parties, CSOs are seeing shadows in elections
As the August 23 2023 harmonised elections day draws near, there has been some shivers emanating from some opposition political parties and their funders as reality now is clear that they are facing d...Published: 17 Aug 2023 at 06:48hrs | 14 | by Mukachana Hanyani
Chamisa's supporters 'turn against each other'
AN election debate series scheduled for Iminyela Hall in Bulawayo on Thursday was disrupted by supporters belonging to opposing camps in the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC).The meeting was...Published: 14 Aug 2023 at 21:06hrs | 20 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa expected to descend on Harare Province
AS Zanu-PF continues to display massive mobilisation capacity, steely political willpower, and a magnificent show of charisma, President Mnangagwa and his team are expected to descend on Harare Provin...Published: 08 Aug 2023 at 06:46hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
12 CCC candidate to know their fate tomorrow midday
The Supreme Court will deliver its judgement at midday on Thursday in the appeal by 12 CCC National Assembly candidates from Bulawayo who are fighting their disqualification from August 23 poll by the...Published: 02 Aug 2023 at 18:13hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF invades schools in hunt for votes
Zanu-PF is in the eye of a storm amid accusations that its officials are disrupting learning at schools, especially in rural areas as campaigning for the August 23 elections heats up.This publ...Published: 30 Jul 2023 at 09:03hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Strategic ambiguity rocks Chamisa's CCC
When Advocate Nelson Chamisa first declared to Blessing Mhlanga of HStv News that 'STRATEGIC AMBIGUITY' was the "biggest thing" in his and CCC's communication to "CONFUSE THE ENEMY", many thought "the...Published: 28 Jul 2023 at 21:34hrs | 30 | by Jonathan Moyo
Chamisa, Zanu-PF's greatest gift?
AHEAD of the August harmonised elections, an "unstrategic" and "silly" opposition is Zanu-PF's greatest gift, whose ineptitude has earned the ruling party three parliamentary seats and close to 100 wa...Published: 28 Jul 2023 at 06:44hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF wins 3 Parly seats unopposed after High Court ruling
THE High Court yesterday nullified the National Assembly candidature of 18 members of various political parties who filed their nomination papers outside the timeframes when the Nomination Court sat l...Published: 28 Jul 2023 at 06:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's broke candidates send out begging bowl
A number of aspiring Members of Parliament under the cash-strapped Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) have sent out a begging bowl to its supporters to raise money to fund their campaigns after being...Published: 22 Jul 2023 at 14:10hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Late candidates: High Court to rule on preliminary points
HIGH Court judge Justice Bongani Ndlovu will today make a ruling on the preliminary points raised during arguments in an application in which 12 registered voters in Bulawayo are challenging the Zimba...Published: 20 Jul 2023 at 06:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
High Court set to rule on Zimbabwe polls nomination case
HIGH Court judge Justice Bongani Ndlovu will today make a ruling on the preliminary points raised during arguments in an application in which 12 registered voters in Bulawayo are challenging the Zimba...Published: 20 Jul 2023 at 06:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Judge rules in favour of Chamisa's CCC candidate
A Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Zvishavane-Ngezi council candidate has won an appeal to contest the upcoming elections.Cherita Mundoka approached the court after her nomination papers we...Published: 17 Jul 2023 at 06:56hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zec stops Gutu West election
Voters in Gutu West will not be able to cast votes for their favourite parliamentary candidates on August 23, 2023, following the death of one of the candidates a fortnight ago.Independent can...Published: 15 Jul 2023 at 11:17hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Cowdray Park race wide open
Bulawayo commentators say the battle for Cowdray Park constituency is an open contest with aspiring candidates such as Finance minister Mthuli Ncube, not guaranteed a victory.Ncube has spent b...Published: 09 Jul 2023 at 10:36hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Disgruntled CCC candidates go rogue
THE opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC)'s house is on fire in Manicaland as aspiring candidates who were unfairly disqualified during the candidates' selection process are up in arms with t...Published: 06 Jul 2023 at 17:18hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Snubbed CCC candidates form coalition
EIGHT former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) aspiring candidates for Victoria Falls have formed a coalition of independent candidates to rally support for each other ahead of the August 23 electio...Published: 06 Jul 2023 at 16:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere: Popular delusions or realpolitik?
THE nomination court has sat and registered aspiring candidates for the upcoming polls. The process was marred with drama generally, but it was the presumptive presidential candidates that provided th...Published: 04 Jul 2023 at 19:43hrs | 4 | by Ntando Dumani
'Court challenge against most likely intended to eliminate serious competition'
An independent candidate, cited as one of the respondents in a case where twelve registered voters in Bulawayo seeking the nullification of the candidature of those they alleged registered after the c...Published: 04 Jul 2023 at 14:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZEC candidate challenge date set
THE hearing of the matter involving the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) and some registered voters in Bulawayo challenging the electoral body's decision to accept nomination papers of members of v...Published: 04 Jul 2023 at 07:04hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Violent political candidates don't deserve votes, says Chief Mathema
Aspiring candidates for the upcoming harmonised elections who incite violence do not deserve to be voted into any office, Chief Khulumani Mathema of Gwanda has said.The outspoken traditional l...Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 16:08hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo voters sue Zec over late candidates?
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) is facing a lawsuit from some registered voters in Bulawayo for allegedly accepting nomination papers and candidature of members of various political parties in...Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 07:09hrs | 11 | by Staff rporter
ZEC faces lawsuit for accepting CCC nominations out of time
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) is facing a lawsuit from some registered voters in Bulawayo for allegedly accepting nomination papers and candidature of members of various political parties, i...Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 07:05hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
'CCC candidate absconded community service'
THE Nelson Chamisa-led Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC)'s shambolic candidate selection process could come back to haunt the party after it emerged that one of the aspiring candidates allegedly abs...Published: 02 Jul 2023 at 15:43hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa arrives in Bulawayo for Bulilima rally
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa arrived at the Joshua Mqabuko International Airport in Bulawayo last night ahead of today's iconic star rally to be held in Bulilima district, Matebeleland South Province.H...Published: 01 Jul 2023 at 07:54hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
'There's still time to resolve nomination disputes'
LEGAL think-tank Veritas says there is still enough time for the courts to resolve electoral disputes arising from the just-ended nomination process, where some aspiring candidates complained of being...Published: 30 Jun 2023 at 14:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa, CCC candidates plot victory
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa is set to meet aspiring parliamentary candidates to strategise for the August 23 elections.The engagements between Chamisa and seni...Published: 29 Jun 2023 at 21:00hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
CCC clears air on double candidacy
THE opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party has cleared the air on the Bulawayo double candidacy debacle amid concerns that the anomaly was triggered by unapproved candidates whose nomina...Published: 27 Jun 2023 at 06:38hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa blames Zec for CCC's shortcomings
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) president Mr Nelson Chamisa's penchant for lying was exposed during an interview with South African broadcaster SABC after he claimed that his party's failure to fi...Published: 27 Jun 2023 at 06:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Nomination Courts expose Zimbabwe's opposition parties
THE Nomination Courts that sat across the country on Wednesday have exposed sharp contrasts in the organisational capacities between the ruling ZANU-PF party and one of its opponents CCC ahead of elec...Published: 23 Jun 2023 at 06:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Drama, heartbreak at Nomination Court
ACROSS the country's 10 provinces, aspiring legislators and councillors filed their nomination papers before the closing of the Nomination Courts at 4pm yesterday with drama and heartbreak in some are...Published: 22 Jun 2023 at 06:35hrs | 32 | by Staff reporter
Strategic ambiguity rocks Chamisa's CCC
When Advocate Nelson Chamisa first declared to Blessing Mhlanga of HStv News that ‘STRATEGIC AMBIGUITY' was the "biggest thing" in his and CCC's communication to "CONFUSE THE ENEMY", many thought "t...Published: 21 Jun 2023 at 17:02hrs | 4 | by Jonathan Moyo
Confirmed election candidates to get electronic voters roll
All candidates successfully nominated to contest in the August 23 general elections will be issued with an electronic copy of the voters roll, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) said on Tuesday, ...Published: 21 Jun 2023 at 17:01hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Candidates ill-preparerd for Nomination Court
A MAJORITY of opposition and independent candidates appear to have been ill-prepared for the Nomination Court, although the 21 June date was announced about three weeks ago.There were hilariou...Published: 21 Jun 2023 at 17:00hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
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