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Candidates battle for ZACC posts in high-stakes public interviews

Aspiring commissioners for the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) appeared before Parliament last week for public interviews, streamed live from the National Assembly. The session, a hallmark of transparency, highlighted the high-s…

Published: 24 Dec 2024 at 12:39hrs | 571 | 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 vetting candidates for eligibility. In …

Published: 13 Dec 2024 at 09:35hrs | 193 | by Staff reporter

Parliament shortlists 47 candidates for ZAAC

Parliament has shortlisted 47 candidates from 145 nominations to serve on the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC), with public interviews scheduled for December 19 as part of the rigorous selection process mandated by the Constituti…

Published: 12 Dec 2024 at 06:47hrs | 192 | by Staff reporter

Chamisa's 'bereka mwana' candidate selection method haunts CCC

Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) spokesperson Willias Madzimure has attributed the all-male representation in constituencies like Tsholotsho in Matabeleland North to the party's controversial Bereka Mwana selection method employed durin…

Published: 28 Sep 2024 at 12:17hrs | 2274 | by Staff reporter

Independent candidates ride on Chamisa's coattails

INDEPENDENT candidates for Mount Pleasant and Harare East constituencies in the capital are rallying voters to support former Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa by voting them into Parliament.The by-elections will be…

Published: 15 Apr 2024 at 06:05hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

Tshabangu seeks to bar 23 candidates

CCC interim secretary-general Mr Sengezo Tshabangu has struck again after filing a High Court application seeking to bar 23 candidates from using the party name in the by-elections slated for February 3, further escalating the uncertainty …

Published: 15 Jan 2024 at 05:12hrs | 1 | 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.These by-elections in Zimbabwe were necessitated …

Published: 01 Nov 2023 at 17:49hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Sengezo Tshabangu to endorse, clear CCC candidates for forthcoming by-elections

A man claiming to be the interim secretary general of the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) says he will be in charge of screening and endorsing prospective candidates for the forthcoming December 7 parliamentary by-elections.…

Published: 23 Oct 2023 at 06:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zapu candidates vow to transform Bulawayo

ZAPU candidates vying for National Assembly seats in Bulawayo have vowed to transform the city if voted into parliament on 23 August.The race for control in Bulawayo's National Assembly constituencies is on and the electorate is set to dec…

Published: 29 Jul 2023 at 19:14hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Chamisa's lawyers want case against CCC candidates thrown out

Lawyers representing Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) candidates in a case where twelve Bulawayo registered voters seek their disqualification from participating in the August elections want the case thrown out because they claim the ap…

Published: 19 Jul 2023 at 19:07hrs | 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 the party's leadership and are going to …

Published: 06 Jul 2023 at 17:18hrs | 6 | 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 elections.They elected to stand as independent…

Published: 06 Jul 2023 at 16:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF to capitalise on CCC multiple candidates?

Zanu-PF is expected to win in perceived opposition strongholds and consolidate its dominance after the CCC fielded two or three candidates in constituencies and wards in areas where it has traditionally commanded support such as Harare Met…

Published: 03 Jul 2023 at 07:04hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF wants 15 CCC candidates nullified

THE opposition CCC failed to meet the deadline to register 15 of its National Assembly Members in Bulawayo on June 21 and Zanu-PF is contesting the decision by the Zimbabwe Election Commission to extend the sitting of the Nomination Court.…

Published: 30 Jun 2023 at 14:28hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF names candidates for Matebeleland North provincial council

ZANU-PF Matebeleland North province has selected 10 candidates who will represent the party in the Provincial Council in line with the country's Constitution.The Constitution provides for a new system of Provincial Governance through Provi…

Published: 19 Jun 2023 at 06:44hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter

'Members contesting as independents are sellouts'

FORMER State security minister Owen Mudha Ncube has described Zanu-PF members who stand as independent candidates as sellouts.A number of members who lost in the ruling party's May internal polls are reportedly mulling contesting in the Au…

Published: 13 Jun 2023 at 06:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Politburo endorses final list of candidates

The Politburo yesterday endorsed the final list of candidates who will represent the revolutionary party in the upcoming harmonised elections, with Robert Nyemudzo bouncing back in Chipinge South, after being cleared of allegations of brew…

Published: 20 Apr 2023 at 07:29hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF newcomers raring to uplift party

THE recent Zanu-PF primary elections ushered in five new faces in Matabeleland South province that would be vying for national assembly seats in this year's harmonised elections.For them this is an opportune time to strengthen the party.Th…

Published: 19 Apr 2023 at 06:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF's rigging tendencies exposed

Zanu-PF's rigging practices in elections were seriously exposed during internal primary polls to choose candidates who will represent the party in the coming watershed general plebiscite. The party has initiated a plan to rescue some bigwi…

Published: 08 Apr 2023 at 16:37hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter

43 Zanu-PF members eye House of Assembly seats in Mat North

A TOTAL of 43 candidates are eyeing  House of Assembly seats in Matabeleland North province after submitting their Curricula Vitae for the ruling Zanu-PF primary elections this week.Twelve other candidates will battle for the senate p…

Published: 13 Mar 2023 at 09:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Winning Zanu-PF candidates salute Mnangagwa

WINNING Zanu-PF candidates yesterday paid tribute to President Mnangagwa for his policies that have attracted voters to the ruling party.In Masvingo Zanu-PF maintained its position as the dominant and undisputed political force after manag…

Published: 28 Mar 2022 at 06:44hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Chamisa on party candidates

CITIZENS Coalition for Change interim leader, Mr Nelson Chamisa took an indirect swipe at his deputy Professor Welshman Ncube when he hinted that in any upcoming elections he will sideline party structures and processes to sign off all par…

Published: 06 Mar 2022 at 08:27hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Chamisa hand picked 'Citizens Candidates'

CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader, Nelson Chamisa and his lieutenants have chosen to do away with primary elections by hand-picking candidates to represent the newly formed organisation in the upcoming March 26 by-elections.It is …

Published: 27 Jan 2022 at 18:36hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Parliament nominates candidates for Peace Commission posts

The Parliamentary Committee on Standing Rules and Orders (CSRO) has nominated 30 candidates who include former MDC-T vice president and lawyer Obert Gutu for interviews on those aspiring to become National Peace and Reconciliation Commissi…

Published: 05 Apr 2021 at 07:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

Chamisa's selection of by-election candidates raises temperatures

FRESH trouble is brewing in the MDC Alliance, with its leaders now standing accused of overlooking an agreement which allows the group that came with one of the coalition's deputies, Welshman Ncube, to field candidates unopposed in some Pa…

Published: 15 Oct 2020 at 20:37hrs | | by Staff reporter

Names of candidates shortlisted for ZACC interviews

The Committee on Standing Rules and Orders (CSRO) of the Parliament of Zimbabwe is mandated in terms of Sections 237 and 254 of the Constitution of Zimbabwe to nominate candidates for possible appointment by His Excellency, the President, …

Published: 15 Jun 2019 at 10:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Candidates nominated for ZACC - full-list

ANNOUNCEMENT OF NAMES OF CANDIDATES NOMINATED FOR THE ZIMBABWE ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION (ZACC) The Standing Rules and Orders Committee of the Parliament of Zimbabwe is mandated in terms of Sections 237 and 254 of the Constitution of Zimb…

Published: 20 Mar 2019 at 08:33hrs | 11 | by Parliement

You need to avoid these things to attract the best medical staff

Hiring the perfect medical staff does not only involve a tedious hiring process. Even if you are cautious in finding the right person for the job, if the pool of candidates is weak, you will still end up with the wrong choice. You need to …

Published: 10 Dec 2018 at 10:54hrs | 1 | by Agencies

List of Mthwakazi candidates

Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP), Mqondisi Moyo, says his party managed to successfully field candidates in all the 12 constituencies in the Bulawayo province while in Matebeleland North they managed to forward nine candidates out of the 13 …

Published: 25 Jun 2018 at 12:01hrs | 28 | by Ndou Paul

Matabeleland releases candidates names

MATABELELAND North and South have released names of candidates who successfully submitted nomination papers for the 2018 harmonised elections.In Matabeleland North, a total of 156 National Assembly candidates were nominated to contest in t…

Published: 16 Jun 2018 at 21:47hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

Biti unveils Parly candidates

THE Tendai Biti-led People's Democratic Party (PDP) has unveiled nine of its aspiring parliamentary candidates who automatically qualified to represent the opposition party in the upcoming general elections after they were unanimously endo…

Published: 16 May 2018 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter

Disgruntled Zanu-PF supporters threaten to vote for opposition

DISGRUNTLED Zanu-PF supporters in Manicaland province have threatened to vote for the opposition after their preferred candidates were disqualified from contesting the ruling party's primary elections.The party members are demanding nation…

Published: 10 Apr 2018 at 07:20hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

871 candidates to contest 2013 harmonised elections

FIVE Presidential candidates and a combined 871 National Assembly candidates will battle it out in 210 constituencies in the harmonised elections slated for July 31.This is contained in a Government Gazette published on Friday.The list als…

Published: 08 Jul 2013 at 04:49hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter

List of candidates in some of the constituencies

List of candidates in some of the constituenciesBeitbrdge East           Kembo Mohadi             Zanu-PFMorgan Ncube  …

Published: 29 Jun 2013 at 07:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Zanu-PF's final list of candidates

ZANU PF - HARARE PROVINCE: FINAL LISTSENATORIALCONSTITUENCY            CANDIDATE1.    Chitungwiza        Grace Tsitsi Jadagu2. &n…

Published: 28 Jun 2013 at 19:35hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter

No imposed candidates please

IMPOSED candidates standing on Zanu-PF ticket in the forthcoming elections will not be tolerated, a senior party official has said.Addressing a meeting in Plumtree recently where he donated more than a tonne of maize, Zanu-PF national chai…

Published: 30 Oct 2011 at 11:30hrs | | by Sehlule Zondo

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