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We are boycotting the elections: Chigumba concede
Enough is enough! We won't be fooled by the current fake democracy any longer! This electoral system is fundamentally undemocratic and a fraud. We have a choice and a right to withhold our vot...Published: 1 hr ago | 1180 | by Themba Mthethwa
Chamisa corners Zec top brass
THE ZIMBABWE Electoral Commission (Zec)'s top brass is meeting in Harare today to, among other things, try and find ways to address ballot security concerns raised by opposition MDC Alliance president...Published: 2 hrs ago | 696 | by Staff reporter
Braille ballot paper appeal thrown out
HIGH Court judge Justice Charles Hungwe, has dismissed an application filed by a visually-impaired potential voter, Abraham Mateta, who had petitioned the court seeking an order to compel the Zimbabwe...Published: 2 hrs ago | 165 | by Staff reporter
EU provides $20m facility to fight gender imbalance
THE European Union (EU) has set up a $20 million facility to fight all forms of gender-based abuse and violence.EU Ambassador to Zimbabwe Philippe van Damme confirmed the development last week...Published: 2 hrs ago | 52 | by Staff reporter
Peter Dube, Gumede in Bosso board
TWO former Highlanders' chairmen Ndumiso Gumede and Peter Dube have bounced back into the club's leadership structure as board members following an endorsement by members at a poorly attended mid-year...Published: 2 hrs ago | 170 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa and keeping the promise
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa's meeting with members of the white, Asian and mixed race communities at Borrowdale Race course in Harare on Saturday generated a lot of excitement among opposition parties as they...Published: 2 hrs ago | 80 | by Nduduzo Tshuma
'Mnangagwa poised for victory,' claims Chiwenga
President Mnangagwa is poised for resounding victory in next Monday's elections as he has been endorsed by a cross section of the country's population, Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has said. ...Published: 2 hrs ago | 76 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's make-or-break meeting with ZEC on Tuesday
MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa told his supporters that he would not waste his time going to court to force the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to address concerns over the des...Published: 13 hrs ago | 3562 | by Staff reporter
Cyril Ramaphosa 'dodged a coup' in SA
South Africa narrowly averted a mutiny by soldiers loyal to former president Jacob Zuma on the eve of his forced resignation in February.Highly placed sources within the security forces and AN...Published: 13 hrs ago | 4047 | by City Press
Chamisa is a coward, says Chiwenga
Vice President Dr Constantino Chiwenga has implored Zimbabweans to ignore threats by the MDC Alliance leader, Nelson Chamisa for demonstrations to try and push the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC),...Published: 15 hrs ago | 4543 | by Staff reporter
'Magic ballot' claims rubbished by Madhuku
National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) presidential candidate, Professor Lovemore Madhuku has dismissed as baseless suggestions that ballots cast in favour of a particular candidate can shift position...Published: 15 hrs ago | 1850 | by Staff reporte
Mnangagwa can't just meet Chamisa and exclude 21 other aspirants
Frantic efforts to get President Emmerson Mnangagwa and MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa to iron out their differences through face-to-face discussions have collapsed with the 75-year-old Zanu-PF le...Published: 16 hrs ago | 886 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe media remain polarised, unbalanced
Despite the ethical and legal obligation to be impartial in their coverage of electoral processes, the media in Zimbabwe remain polarised and unbalanced in their electoral coverage and reportage, medi...Published: 16 hrs ago | 297 | by Staff reporter
'Where has ZEC deviated from the law?' asked Muzanenhamo - in failing to deliver free elections
"People have different views and opinions. Where has ZEC deviated from the constitution. Point and then I can be held liable. To just say elections are not free and fair without facts and evidence of ...Published: 19 hrs ago | 573 | by Wilbert Mukori
What government awaits Zimbabwe next week?
How is it that with such a long, rich history of pain, and deep experience of heartbreak, abuse and lies, smart girls still fall for the lies of cheap confidence tricksters and con-lovers? How is it, ...Published: 22 hrs ago | 326 | by Zifiso Masiye
Mujuru to win the Zimbabwe presidential election on July 30
THREE years after she was unceremoniously fired from Zanu-PF and government, former vice-president Joice Mujuru will on July 30 contest her first election as an opposition candidate and she believes v...Published: 22 hrs ago | 1164 | by Staff reporter
Chombo off the hook
Former Finance minister Ignatius Chombo, who is facing a plethora of criminal cases involving corruption, fraud and criminal nuisance, has been granted temporary reprieve after the High Court granted ...Published: 23 hrs ago | 842 | by Staff reporter
Who is stealing your vote?
Recently, the MDC, led by its leader, Nelson Chamisa, has almost completely stopped campaigning for your vote and have switched tactics to attacking the election system, run by the constitutionally-ap...Published: 23 hrs ago | 788 | by Knowledge Moyo
Chigumba's sex life and the pitfalls of social media
I am not sure if Priscilla Chigumba, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) chair, bleached to be such a yellow-bone. But I am not rushing to make her pigmentation any of my business because it's not...Published: 23 hrs ago | 1213 | by Tawanda Majoni
Chamisa to take to the streets
MDC-Alliance leader Mr Nelson Chamisa has threatened to unleash violence that has never been seen before if the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission does not give in to his party's demands for electoral refo...Published: 23 hrs ago | 1328 | by Staff reporter
Endorsement of Military rule by AU and SADC
I hope in the near future the Lord's intervention in Zimbabwean politics would save lives given the current inhuman treatment of citizens which has been going on unabated for three solid decades is st...Published: 23 hrs ago | 583 | by Sinqobile Sibanda
Chamisa trashes Elders, Sadc counsel
MDC-Alliance presidential candidate Mr Nelson Chamisa yesterday pooh-poohed the counsel from both The Elders and the SADC Election Observer Mission saying his party would not seek legal recourse to so...Published: 23 hrs ago | 1260 | by Staff reporter
Go to court if aggrieved: Sadc
Political parties aggrieved by the electoral process should use legal means to seek redress in order to avoid conflict, head of the Sadc Election Observer Mission (SEOM) Tete Antonio has counselled....Published: 23 hrs ago | 254 | by Staff reporter
Joshua Nkomo's rod of power (Tsvimbo) officially delivered to Nelson Chamisa
The day Saturday 21 July 2018 will never be forgotten in the history of democracy in Zimbabwe, two important issues happened. First, the presidential candidate (without war credentials) was endorsed b...Published: 23 hrs ago | 2212 | by Don Chigumba
'ZEC is independent, Chamisa selected it!' claimed ED - you owe the nation, not Chamisa, free elections
On the eve of the July 2013 elections, the then Minister of Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Patrick Chinamasa, of Zanu-PF called a press conference, all foreign diplomatic missions in Zimbabwe were...Published: 21 Jul 2018 at 19:12hrs | 1762 | by Nomusa Garikai
Chamisa, Khupe in fresh war of words
MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa and his colleague-turned-political rival, Thokozani Khupe, are accusing and counter-accusing each other of working with the ruling Zanu-PF.Th...Published: 21 Jul 2018 at 16:25hrs | 4009 | by Staff reporter
Jonathan Moyo calls for ZEC chairperson's resignation
Former Higher and Tertiary Education minister and exiled G40 kingpin Professor Jonathan Moyo has joined the bandwagon of those calling for the resignation of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) ch...Published: 21 Jul 2018 at 14:51hrs | 3686 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Bikita East ours for the taking, says NCA
The People of Bikita East are wise, and they will not be hoodwinked into voting for political parties with little regard for development and constitutionalism, National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) p...Published: 21 Jul 2018 at 12:16hrs | 124 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's advise to Chamisa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa on Friday advised his main rival to go the courts if aggrieved about the manner in which the poll agency, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC), is discharging its manda...Published: 21 Jul 2018 at 11:50hrs | 1156 | by Staff reporter
Bosso hold their first EGM
HIGHLANDERS will hold their first extra-ordinary general meeting under new chairman Kenneth Mhlophe at the clubhouse tomorrow, with the team's performance this season set to dominate discussions....Published: 21 Jul 2018 at 11:38hrs | 214 | by Staff reporter
Misa challenges Zec Media Monitoring Committee
MEDIA Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) yesterday filed an urgent High Court Chamber application challenging the constitution of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission Media Monitoring CommitteeI...Published: 21 Jul 2018 at 11:35hrs | 183 | by Staff reporter
Electoral offences
With the elections some days away, emotions are heating up and the rate of election-related crimes and offences is also rising.Some crimes are being committed intentionally and some unintentio...Published: 21 Jul 2018 at 11:31hrs | 107 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Kofi Annan's team here to encourage credible elections
THE visiting Elders Council led by former United Nations secretary-general, Kofi Annan, yesterday said they were in the country to encourage credible elections, at a time when the main opposition MDC ...Published: 21 Jul 2018 at 11:26hrs | 164 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa struggles to pay for adverts
THE MDC Alliance has given up some of the advertising slots that it was offered by the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Authority on both radio and television, as it is still struggling to raise funding to pay f...Published: 21 Jul 2018 at 11:24hrs | 356 | by Staff reporter
Zec is independent, claims Mnangagwa
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission is an independent body created through parliamentary processes and does not take instructions from any political party, President Mnangagwa has said.President...Published: 21 Jul 2018 at 11:22hrs | 64 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa meets Kofi Annan
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa yesterday met The Elders led by former United Nations secretary general, Mr Kofi Annan, whom he categorically told all was set for the July 30 harmonised elections and that anyone ...Published: 21 Jul 2018 at 11:20hrs | 135 | by Staff reporter
'Chamisa is having sleepless nights,' says Mnangagwa
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC)is an independent body created through parliamentary processes and does not take instructions from any political party, President Mnangagwa has said. He said if ...Published: 21 Jul 2018 at 11:16hrs | 295 | by Staff reporter
ZEC gives parties ballot paper samples
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) yesterday met political party leaders or representatives and gave them samples of ballot papers to be used in the July 30 harmonised elections. The meet...Published: 21 Jul 2018 at 11:14hrs | 562 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa to be arrested after elections?
Judging by on-line reaction, this column has only a handful of readers, but millions of critics! Which is what makes writing it worth every of my while. Week in, week out, you get fiery feedba...Published: 21 Jul 2018 at 11:11hrs | 2405 | by Igomombe
ZEC gives political parties ballot paper samples
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) yesterday met political party leaders or representatives and gave them samples of ballot papers to be used in the July 30 harmonised elections for them to test....Published: 21 Jul 2018 at 06:55hrs | 2061 | by Staff Reporter
July 30 election: Not free, fair or credible
As things stand at present, it is evident that these elections cannot be called free, fair or credible without some remarkable changes taking place.The fast approaching elections in Zimbabwe a...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 15:58hrs | 2015 | by Ibbo Mandaza & Tony Reeler
Zimbabwe judges, generals and post-coup dynamics
Soon after the toppling of former president Robert Mugabe in November last year in a coup and the ascendancy of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, High Court judge Charles Hungwe immediately ruled that the...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 14:50hrs | 1649 | by Andrew Kunambura
Zimbabweans should desist from the dependence syndrome
Guruve South independent candidate Wilbert Mubaiwa has said the government is broke hence people should desist from depending on it.Addressing his supporters in Mudhindo yesterday Mubaiwa said...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 11:09hrs | 407 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Baba Jukwa names Chigumba's Zanu-PF sexual partner
Former Sunday Mail editor and ex-Zanu PF employee, Edmund Kudzayi made sensational claims about her being involved in a sexual relationship with Zanu PF cabinet minister Winston Chitando. On F...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 11:01hrs | 15238 | by Ndou Paul
Mugabe ally seeks stay of trial
Former Finance minister Ignatius Chombo has filed an urgent High Court application seeking permanent stay of his trial, citing infringement of his constitutional rights.Chombo, who was represe...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 08:04hrs | 640 | by Staff reporter
'Ban inputs disbursements during campaigns'
CIVIC society organisations in Bulawayo have called for a ban on food aid and farming inputs distribution by political parties during the campaign period to curb incidents of vote-buying.The c...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 08:03hrs | 413 | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's resignation as voluntary as it could be
CHIEF Justice Luke Malaba has finally settled the matter of former President Robert Mugabe's departure by ruling in his chambers at the Constitutional Court that Mugabe resigned voluntarily last year....Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 07:47hrs | 388 | by Conway Tutani
Zimbabwe safer under Zanu-PF, claims Mnangagwa
Zanu-PF is the only party able to take Zimbabwe into the future, and is confident of victory in the forthcoming harmonised elections, President Mnangagwa has said. Addressing a huge crowd at R...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 07:24hrs | 145 | by Staff reporter
G40 elements working with MDC Alliance to derail elections
The promised deadline for Edmund Kudzayi's publication of a 'public interest story' has come and gone. He says the minister in question has engaged him professionally and therefore he will not be expo...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 06:56hrs | 2019 | by Lloyd Msipa
Zimbabwe: Politics of false hope.
The truth is not always good news however it is always right. The Zimbabwean opposition is going into 2018 election with a false positive. There is no way in hell ZANU-PF would have announced ...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 06:48hrs | 242 | by Collen Madziva
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