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Chivayo, Zec corruption scandal spreads to SA
A JOHANNESBURG printing firm and its agent are being investigated by Zimbabwe's anti-corruption authority for price gouging on election-related material and equipment.Zimbabwe is no stranger t...Published: 20 Jul 2024 at 14:48hrs | 1997 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe officials lie about corrupt tender
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is embroiled in a severe credibility crisis following revelations of a corrupt US$40 million tender scandal involving Wicknell Chivayo, Moses Mpofu, and Mike Ch...Published: 01 Jul 2024 at 04:28hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Kingpins of US$40m Zec scandal fear repercussions
Key players involved in a controversial US$40 million deal with the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) are implicated in potential money laundering activities, as revealed by leaked audios and corres...Published: 01 Jul 2024 at 04:28hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
CIO director general confront Chivayo?
Wicknell Chivayo, a controversial Zimbabwean tycoon with ties to President Emmerson Mnangagwa, recently made serious corruption allegations involving a US$40 million tender awarded by the Zimbabwe Ele...Published: 21 Jun 2024 at 11:27hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Wicknell Chivhayo accused of fraud
In a dramatic turn of events, Zanu PF activist Mike Chimombe and his business partner Moses Mpofu have accused businessman Wicknell Chivhayo of fraudulently altering a contract for a US$40 million ten...Published: 03 Jun 2024 at 13:47hrs | 68 | 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
ZEC says sorry
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) yesterday admitted that it had deprived thousands of prospective first-time voters an opportunity to participate in the upcoming by-elections after it failed to...Published: 10 Jan 2022 at 06:01hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
18 000 dead voters struck off roll
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) struck off the voters' roll, more than 18 000 deceased people between January and December last year. ZEC chairperson Justice Priscilla Chigumba s...Published: 14 Sep 2020 at 06:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'People have lost confidence in elected regime' says Fr Wermter - it's worse and more complex
"IF the citizens do not feel any longer represented by the men and women they have cast their ballots for, and Parliament is no longer effective in serving the common good, can no longer defend human ...Published: 20 Aug 2019 at 21:05hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
'Blacks like to lie to ourselves' confessed Simbi - real genius starts with being honest to oneself
Terence Simbi, your article; "Zidera 2018 amendments Act, What does this mean for Zimbabwe?" in Bulawayo24 opinion; is one of the most thought provoking articles I have read in the last five years! Th...Published: 26 Sep 2018 at 07:40hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabwe electoral body's database hacked
UNDERFIRE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) chairperson Justice Priscilla Chigumba has sensationally claimed that suspected hackers recently broke into the electoral management body's database and s...Published: 19 Jul 2018 at 06:33hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Ballot politics & electoral risks
"Any initiative which makes our elections more credible, inclusive and democratic cannot be said to be in violation of the constitution and electoral laws."Just across the mighty Zambezi River...Published: 12 Jul 2018 at 07:30hrs | 2 | by Phillan Zamchiya & Washington Katema
MDC urges electorate to inspect voters' roll
THE Welshman Ncube-led MDC has called on the electorate to take the ongoing voters' roll inspection seriously and check if their details were properly captured on the roll to avoid being turned away o...Published: 26 May 2018 at 14:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
China to announce new package for Zimbabwe
China is expected to announce a new package of assistance to Zimbabwe in a few days time and Afreximbank is expected to announce measures to help ease the liquidity crisis in Zimbabwe.Addressi...Published: 30 Mar 2018 at 17:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Parliament calls for political tolerance
PARLIAMENTARIANS have called on political parties to invest in the education of their members to ensure that the country builds communities that are tolerant of divergent views and opinions.Pr...Published: 22 Mar 2018 at 06:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T wants final voters' roll audited
A mock exercise by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission on the use of the biometric voter registration kits in Mabvuku, Harare.THE MDC-T has challenged the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to ...Published: 06 Mar 2018 at 06:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
75 political parties register to contest Zimbabwe's 2018 polls
Zimbabwe's electoral body has revealed that the number of political parties registered to contest the 2018 elections has more than doubled, a report says. According to New Zimbabwe.com, ...Published: 05 Oct 2017 at 10:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
Voter registration blitz begins on Tuesday
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) will roll-out a massive voter registration blitz beginning October 10 and has established 2 508 registration centres countrywide for the first phase of the exer...Published: 04 Oct 2017 at 06:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chinamasa cornered over Grace Mugabe's lavish lifestyle
FINANCE minister Patrick Chinamasa yesterday declined to answer questions concerning the source of the $4 million splashed by First Lady Grace Mugabe to acquire a property in South Africa and the $5,4...Published: 21 Sep 2017 at 06:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
400 voter registration kits arrive
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has taken delivery of 400 Biometric Voter Registration kits, kick starting the first major phase of the 2018 harmonised elections.The equipment arrived ...Published: 03 Sep 2017 at 10:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Both Zanu PF and MDC, Baal's priests, know 2018 elections are flawed but pretend otherwise
The national elections season is now upon us and the two camps have already emerged, set up their stalls, ready to do battle. One camp is saying the elections should go ahead; political parties must p...Published: 27 Aug 2017 at 20:56hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
ZEC receives 400 biometric voter registration kits
The first batch of 400 biometric voter registration kits is expected to be delivered by August 31, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has said.The BVR kits were procured from Laxton Group...Published: 08 Aug 2017 at 23:54hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Proof of residence requisite in voter registration
Prospective voters are required to produce physical proof of permanent residence for eligibility to register to vote, a shift from an earlier proposal that sought to enlist voters on the roll without ...Published: 18 Jun 2017 at 10:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
Jennie Williams, singing for her supper
The recent interview between Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) leader Jennie Williams and a reporter of a local daily private paper depicts that the former has seen the light and lost interest in directi...Published: 16 Jun 2017 at 19:47hrs | | by Peacemaker Zano
ZEC signs contract with China's Laxton
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has signed a contract with a Chinese firm, Laxton Group of Companies, to supply Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) kits, which are expected in the country in th...Published: 16 Jun 2017 at 08:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe economic prospects gloomy
ZIMBABWE'S economic prospects look gloomier as the country races towards 2018 elections that are likely to be marred by violence, Centre for Public Engagement director, Samukele Hadebe has said....Published: 16 Jun 2017 at 08:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Tsvangirai might meet his political demise
The inimitable Nathaniel Manheru opined last week in his Saturday column that Zimbabwe faced a real prospect of a national by-election next year. That's instead of a so-called eagerly-anticipated harm...Published: 09 Jun 2017 at 08:28hrs | | by Joram Nyathi
'Chinese might drive away Zimbabwean voters'
INHERENT mistrust of the Chinese might have negative effects on the upcoming biometric voter registration exercise, the opposition MDC-T party has said.Party secretary-general, Douglas Mwonzor...Published: 05 Jun 2017 at 14:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Political Wisemen from The East! Where are you as political illiteracy grips The Opposition?
Today, I here-by, strangely, start my discussion with a multi-million US $ question! Multi-million US$ question with the intention of provoking pedigree political introspection upon Zimbabwe's mass bu...Published: 02 May 2017 at 18:06hrs | 1 | by Reginald T. Gola
UNDP happy with BVR kits
CONTRARY to wild claims from the MDC-T that Government's procurement of Biometric Voter Registration kits was Zanu-PF's way of trying to rig the 2018 harmonised elections, the United Nations h...Published: 26 Apr 2017 at 07:11hrs | | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Biometric voter registration kits being tested in Zimbabwe
One of two biometric voter registration kits being tested in #Zimbabwe.The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has conducted the first biometric voter registration (BVR) test at Mabvuku High 1...Published: 25 Apr 2017 at 09:05hrs | | by Ndou Paul
Head of electoral commission statement on biometric voter registration kits
Head of electoral commission statement on biometric voter registration kits and what is happening on 24 and 25 April ...Published: 20 Apr 2017 at 12:16hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Zec to test Biometric Voter Registration kits
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission will this week test Biometric Voter Registration kits at polling stations that will be used in the 2018 harmonised elections.The week-long site valida...Published: 16 Apr 2017 at 17:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Electoral reforms should be bedrock of election 2018
A free and fair election is a plebiscite that produces a result that is acceptable to both the victor and the defeated; a result that is legitimate and beyond contestation. Since the year 2000, Zimbab...Published: 13 Apr 2017 at 11:47hrs | | by Obert Gutu
'Mugabe scared,' says Tsvangirai
Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai says President Robert Mugabe is rattled by the mooted grand coalition which could end the warring ruling Zanu-PF's nearly four decades in power next year, when ...Published: 09 Apr 2017 at 17:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Don't gift MDC-T, Tsvangirai 2018,' says Mugabe
A wary President Robert Mugabe yesterday warned his Zanu-PF followers that opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai could win next year's watershed national elections if the ruling party remains locked...Published: 09 Apr 2017 at 17:02hrs | | by Staff reporter
BVR kits court challenge removed from the urgent roll
The case in which MDC-T was seeking an order to stop the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) from surrendering the procurement of biometric voter registration kits to the State Procurement Board h...Published: 07 Apr 2017 at 06:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF deepen 2018 poll row
The prospects for free and fair elections in Zimbabwe next year are remote without some concrete actions now to make that possible, including significant international involvement, a leading think...Published: 26 Mar 2017 at 14:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
UN's 2018 Zimbabwe election plot uncovered
The United Nations Development Programme's political department is working with local opposition groups to hijack the outcome of Zimbabwe's 2018 harmonised elections, it has emerged.Senior...Published: 26 Mar 2017 at 09:55hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Myth of the whiteman's burden
If opposition parties want electoral reforms, the legislative route is provided for in the Constitution and ZEC is a creature of the same. It doesn't make laws and cannot allocate itself functions bey...Published: 24 Mar 2017 at 05:49hrs | 13 | by Joram Nyathi
Police ban Nera demos
POLICE have banned any gathering and marching in and around Harare city following calls for a demonstration by opposition political parties under the National Electoral Reform Agenda (Nera) banner...Published: 22 Mar 2017 at 05:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu PF and blatant attempt to steal 2018 election
The ruling Zanu PF has been blamed for making efforts to steal the 2018 elections through the take over of the procurement of the Biometric Voter registration kits .Also the opposition Renewal...Published: 20 Mar 2017 at 05:55hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Tsvangirai panics
SENSING election defeat, MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday pressed the panic button by alleging Government was already planning to rig the 2018 general elections by its decision to go it...Published: 10 Mar 2017 at 06:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Seven candidates to contest in Bikita West MDC-T primaries
BIKITA - Despite lack of meaningful electoral reforms, preparations for the 2018 harmonised elections is already gathering momentum in Bikita West, with seven candidates showing interest in representi...Published: 09 Mar 2017 at 05:30hrs | 1 | by Garikai Mafirakureva
Mugabe's rivals plot massive protests
Angry opposition parties coalescing under the banner of national electoral reform agenda (NERA) will hold mass protests on march 22 to force the government to abandon its plans to hijack the procu...Published: 03 Mar 2017 at 08:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T to lead demos over biometric voter registration kits
The opposition MDC-T has vowed to lead demonstrations by political parties under the National Electoral Reform Agenda (Nera) banner to fight government's decision to hijack the procurement of biom...Published: 02 Mar 2017 at 05:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Opposition reject govt proposal on BVR
Opposition political parties under CODE have vehemently rejected the proposal by government to take over of the Biometric Voters Role kits Procurement Process.The political parties statement r...Published: 23 Feb 2017 at 06:47hrs | 5 | by Stephen Jakes
NERA makes submissions to ZEC
The National Electoral Reform Agenda (NERA has made submissions to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission over the proposed government take over of the Biometric Voters' registration kits procurement proce...Published: 21 Feb 2017 at 11:03hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Surest way to stop Zanu PF rigging 2018 elections is to force MDC to honour "No reform, no election!"
The need for Zimbabwe to hold free, fair and credible elections next year is now the single most important issue on the nation's agenda because it is the pre-requisite to economic recovery. Zimbabwe's...Published: 20 Feb 2017 at 16:33hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zanu PF govt blocks UNDP from acquiring Biometric voter registration kits
Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) Chairperson Rita Makarau has revealed that government has blocked UNDP from acquiring the biometric voter registration kits for the country. BVR kits will enable th...Published: 18 Feb 2017 at 09:53hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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