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Names vanish from Zimbabwe voters roll
THE on-going Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) voters roll inspection exercise has exposed major anomalies as many people including prominent opposition politicians could not locate their names on t...Published: 30 May 2023 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says economy will get worse
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday warned that the economic situation will get worse because of the failure by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration to manage ...Published: 14 Mar 2022 at 05:36hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZEC blamed for low voter registration turnout
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) is to blame for the low registration numbers as it has failed to carry out its mandate of encouraging eligible citizens to register to vote, activists have said...Published: 24 Feb 2022 at 18:02hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zec in 2018 poll diagnosis
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) will this week host representatives of political parties, election observer groups, constitutional commissions and civic society to diagnose its handling of the...Published: 08 Apr 2019 at 06:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
92,000 'ghost voters' still on new roll
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has all but backed opposition claims that the biometric voters roll to be used in this month's election' is already in shambles with double registrations as wel...Published: 15 Jul 2018 at 17:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZEC dismisses reports of 250 000 ghost voters on the roll
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has dismissed claims that there are 250 000 ghost voters on the biometric voters roll.In a statement ZEC said the claims was a lie."In one of th...Published: 12 Jul 2018 at 11:21hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
'Biti ready to die'
MDC Alliance principal Tendai Biti clams his opposition party has been winning elections since 2002 but the ruling party has been stealing it from them and has vowed to die for their win in the loomin...Published: 12 Jul 2018 at 09:30hrs | | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zanu-PF badly exposes ZEC
The rift between the Zec and the country's opposition parties taking part in the forthcoming polls has widened in the wake of the short message service saga that erupted on Monday. This comes ...Published: 11 Jul 2018 at 09:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF breaks into Zec database?
STAKEHOLDERS in the harmonised elections have accused the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) of granting Zanu-PF access to the Biometric Voters Roll (BVR) database where the ruling party accessed reg...Published: 10 Jul 2018 at 08:13hrs | | by Staff reporter
It’s the economy, stupid!
Three weeks to the elections and the only thing that is clear is that Zanu PF still has no idea how to turn around the economy. The state media reports that billions of dollars of investments are pour...Published: 09 Jul 2018 at 23:31hrs | | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary
'Chigumba is an able lawyer' says EU observer mission
The European Union Election Observer Mission in Zimbabwe has described Zimbabwe Electoral Commission chair Justice Priscilla Chigumba as an able lawyer who "knows very much the law and sticks to the l...Published: 07 Jul 2018 at 09:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZEC owes Zimbabweans an apology
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission has failed to meet its legal and constitutional obligation to provide election materials timely with reference to the voters roll and as such it owes the people of Zi...Published: 20 Jun 2018 at 10:35hrs | | by Jameson Timba
Zec sets up more registration centres
VOTER registration centres for the biometric voters roll (BVR) will be increased for the final registration mop up exercise running concurrently with the inspection of the provisional roll, which the ...Published: 10 May 2018 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Khupe rallies women voters
LEADER of the MDC-T splinter group, Thokozani Khupe is playing the gender card ahead of polls, saying it is time for women to join hands and vote female candidates into office ahead of their male coun...Published: 04 May 2018 at 07:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa under pressure
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is under pressure to deliver free, fair and credible elections if the country is to stand any chance of improving its relations with the West, revive the comatose economy ...Published: 28 Jan 2018 at 08:17hrs | 1 | 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
Mugabe succession battles becoming uglier
Political Scientist and Sapes director, Ibbo Mandaza (IM) says President Robert Mugabe has thwarted an "attempted coup" within his party. Mandaza spoke to Violet Gonda (VG) on her Hot Seat programme w...Published: 30 Apr 2017 at 14:19hrs | | by Violet Gonda
'Zanu PF factional fights have spilled into the judiciary' - PDP
RESOLUTIONS We, the People's Democratic Party (PDP) NATIONAL WORKING COMMITTEE meeting in HARARE on this 17h day of MARCH 2017: ...Published: 20 Mar 2017 at 13:39hrs | 2 | by PDP
CODE calls for Mugabe and Zanu PF to go
The Coalition of Democrats (CODE) has joined the rest of the citizens in calling for President Robert Mugabe and his Zanu PF to step down as the nation facies serious economic crisis.I...Published: 12 Jan 2017 at 05:20hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Breaking vicious cycle of bad governance, failed economy and rigged elections
ZEC chairperson, Justice Rita Makarau, says everyone must register if they want to vote in the 2018 elections."The voter's roll that we are going to use in 2018 will not make any reference to ...Published: 11 Oct 2016 at 19:55hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
Thousands risk not voting in 2018
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has warned that people who fail to register as voters next year won't vote in 2018.The electoral body is implementing a biometric voters roll, the commi...Published: 11 Oct 2016 at 06:52hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
Mavambo et al foot-stomping rejection of BVS sends political shock wave
In a very rare moment of genius (common sense amongst this lot is so rare it is considered genius) a few of Zimbabwe's opposition parties have actually said something that is sensible. They have conde...Published: 28 Jul 2016 at 23:05hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
Coalition of Democrats join hands in calling for Mugabe to go
The Coalition of Democrats parties have joined hands to issue a statement calling for President Robert Mugabe to go as the economic crisis continues to bite.The statement was made at...Published: 28 Jul 2016 at 17:08hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
We are not second-class citizens- Mugabe told
Coalition of Democrats (CODE), a grouping of opposition parties has pilled pressure on President Robert Mugabe to leave office.CODE off today "said Mugabe has presided over and encouraged corr...Published: 28 Jul 2016 at 17:04hrs | 1 | by Thobekile Zhou
Coalition of Democrats join hands in calling for Mugabe to go
Coalition of Democrats join hands in calling for Mugabe to goThe Coalition of Democrats parties have joined hands to issue a statement calling for President Robert Mugabe to go as the ec...Published: 28 Jul 2016 at 16:10hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Tsvangirai's statement to the press (05 Feb 2015)
Introduction We meet amid a serious national crisis, now worse than what it was a month ago when I issued my end of year statement. Since then, things have ...Published: 05 Feb 2016 at 13:12hrs | 1 | by Morgan Tsvangirai
National crissis worse than what it was a month ago
We meet amid a serious national crisis, now worse than what it was a month ago when I issued my end of year statement. Since then, things have gotten worse as exemplified by the promised bonus for civ...Published: 05 Feb 2016 at 11:31hrs | 3 | by MDC-T President Morgan Tsvangirai
PDP notes the gazetting of Nkulumane Constituency by-election date by President Mugabe
Noting the undemocratic and unorthodox political culture of silencing opposing voices through abductions and intimidation which ZANU PF continues to implement.Realising that the ZANU PF gvt ha...Published: 03 Nov 2015 at 16:26hrs | | by Fortune Mlalazi - PDP Spokesman Byo province
MDC-T finally state their election reform demands - add to nothing but tinkering round the edges
Many people on this site and others have said MDC-T (the same is true of the other two MDC factions) should not be trusted to handle the implementation of the democratic reforms necessary for free, f...Published: 23 Apr 2015 at 06:25hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
MDC-T Resolutions Empty Sweet Nothings
The MDC-T finished its National Congress on a high note by releasing an avalanche and a deluge of resolutions, I will focus on just a few of those resolutions for these resolutions will make or br...Published: 01 Nov 2014 at 22:37hrs | | by Thulani Nkala
MDC-T's 4th National Congress resolutions
The Movement for Democratic Change (T) held its 4th national congress in Harare Province at City Sports centre from 31 October to 1 November 2014. The congress was held under the theme ...Published: 01 Nov 2014 at 21:51hrs | 1 | by MDC-T
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