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Mnangagwa 2030 move faces Parliamentary sabotage
A contentious battle is brewing in Zimbabwe's Parliament over a proposal to extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa's term of office, with some ruling Zanu-PF lawmakers vowing to defy the motion in a secr...Published: 05 Feb 2025 at 15:57hrs | 1833 | by Staff reporter
Constitutional coup looms in Zimbabwe
A controversial proposal to amend Zimbabwe's Constitution and extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa's term of office by up to five years beyond the 2028 constitutional limit has sparked heated debate. T...Published: 15 Jan 2025 at 12:09hrs | 2695 | by Staff reporter
Automatic voter registration for 18-year-olds in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is set to introduce an automatic voter registration system for citizens turning 18, aiming to boost voter participation and streamline election processes ahead of the 2028 elections. The gove...Published: 10 Nov 2024 at 10:46hrs | 147 | by Staff reporter
Zambia's Hakainde Hichilema threatening to delay 2026 elections
On 13 September, Zambia's President Hakainde Hichilema addressed parliament in fulfilment of the Constitution that requires the president to address the National Assembly every year and provide a repo...Published: 26 Sep 2024 at 14:55hrs | 674 | by Sishuwa Sishuwa
Hichilema gears up to change Zambia's constitution
As President Hakainde Hichilema of Zambia made his annual address to parliament on 13 September, he shocked many observers as he made a series of revealing off-the-cuff remarks on the topic of constit...Published: 26 Sep 2024 at 13:36hrs | 359 | by Sishuwa Sishuwa
Constitutional changes on cards in Zimbabwe
Government has set in motion plans to transfer the responsibility to register voters from the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to the Civil Registry Department in sweeping changes to the electoral ...Published: 24 Mar 2024 at 14:56hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa third term bid, what does the law say?
ON February 21, 2024, some leaders of the Zanu-PF party in Masvingo province declared that they wanted President Mnangagwa to go beyond 2028, contrary to the Constitution of Zimbabwe.But what ...Published: 27 Feb 2024 at 04:41hrs | 5 | by Mlondolozi Ndlovu
Mnangagwa losing grip on Zanu-PF
DEFEATS of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's close allies in Zanu-PF primary elections is an indication the embattled Zimbabwean leader is losing grip on the ruling party and power struggles could erupt ...Published: 26 Apr 2023 at 20:07hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa preside over Zimbabwe implosion
WHILE President Emmerson Mnangagwa claimed that the majority of his ministers were doing well - with three outstanding and two being a dismal failure - the reality on the ground is different: Zimbabwe...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 15:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa worse than Mugabe'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has a worse track record than the late former president Robert Mugabe in stifling civic space ahead of polls, a comparison by a human rights watchdog, the Zim...Published: 01 Nov 2022 at 19:10hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa for Life President, says Chiwenga
VICE-PRESIDENT Constantino Chiwenga has unwittingly exposed the ruling Zanu-PF party's plans to use its parliamentary majority to railroad constitutional amendments and declare its leader Emmerson Mna...Published: 22 Nov 2021 at 06:13hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's 2030 masterplan coming out nicely
IN May 2019 President Emmerson Mnangagwa made his infamous statement: "2030 ndeenge ndichipo," meaning: I will still be President in 2030.To many that ...Published: 19 Aug 2021 at 06:42hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa did not assent to constitutional Bill?
THE Parliament of Zimbabwe has conceded that President Emmerson Mnangagwa did not assent to the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No.1) Bill before it became an Act, paving way for a potentially int...Published: 11 Jul 2021 at 20:43hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Race to 'save' Zimbabwe's constitution
WHEN President Emmerson Mnangagwa took over power from the late Robert Mugabe via a November 2017 military coup, he promised to preserve the constitution and to respect the rule of law. Less t...Published: 04 Jul 2021 at 14:36hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mlaba crisis: Mtetwa, Matinenga launch latest ConCourt bid to oust Malaba
Pushback is mounting against the controversial constitutional amendments that made the extension of Luke Malaba's tenure as Chief Justice "permissible", with top lawyers Beatrice Mtetwa and Eric Matin...Published: 09 Jun 2021 at 18:18hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MP sues Mnangagwa
CHITUNGWIZA North legislator Godfrey Karakadzai Sithole has taken President Emmerson Mnangagwa to court for assenting to the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No.1) Bill, which he argues was illegal...Published: 06 Jun 2021 at 18:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Malaba strayed from straight, narrow path of rectitude
DEAR President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Your Excellency, it is a shame for government that the power to extend the tenure of senior judges beyond retirement age that was recently vested in you was s...Published: 02 Jun 2021 at 07:15hrs | 2 | by Cyprian M Ndawana
Biti and allies ready to die defending the constitution
LAWYERS who filed a High Court application leading to the removal of Chief Justice Luke Malaba from office have dismissed government claims they were pursuing a political agenda but instead vowed to s...Published: 18 May 2021 at 06:57hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
'Mwonzora helping Zanu-PF to consolidate tyranny'
The Nelson Chamisa led MDC Alliance has castigated the Douglas Mwonzora-led MDC-T legislators, for helping Zanu-PF to pass the controversial Constitutional Amendment Bill 2 which they have labelled a ...Published: 15 May 2021 at 12:01hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ignores noise over Justice Malaba
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has extended Chief Justice Luke Malaba's term by five years, defying pressure from critics who said the move created a constitutional crisis.The extension follows ...Published: 13 May 2021 at 06:58hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Youth Perception on Implications of the Constitutional Amendment Bill No2 on elections now and the future.
Zanu pf Youths are totally happy on Constitutional Amendment Bill number 2, while MDC Alliance Youth are totally against the Amendment Bill number 2 for they say they create a one party state in Zimba...Published: 10 May 2021 at 12:20hrs | 3 | by Fanuel Chinowaita
Zimbabweans rally to #ResistDictatorship
THERE are fears that Zanu-PF could also push for an increase in the minimum age limit of presidential election candidates from 40 to 52. If this goes ahead, it would effectively disqualify MDC Allianc...Published: 09 May 2021 at 08:10hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
No one will whip anyone's behind
AS a matter of principle and decency, the Bishop, as a man of the cloth, usually doesn't obsess about individuals as much as he fetishes discussing issues of substance affecting our community and civi...Published: 09 May 2021 at 08:02hrs | 1 | by Bishop L
'Zanu PF Amendments will lead another coup d'état' - some Professor, doesn't even know what led to 2017 coup
For a University graduate much more a University Professor of a highly acclaimed institution like University of Oxford, UK; one would expect Arthur Mutambara to have common sense and thus say somethin...Published: 08 May 2021 at 08:23hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Register to vote, says Zanu-PF
Zanu-PF has called upon its members to register to vote ahead of the 2023 harmonised elections as failure to vote is a disservice to the revolutionary party. The call comes after the party has...Published: 08 May 2021 at 08:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa's new law will lead to another coup in Zimbabwe'
FORMER Deputy Prime Minister in the now-defunct inclusive government, Arthur Mutambara has predicted the Constitutional Amendment Bill No.2, recently endorsed by lawmakers, will lead to another coup i...Published: 07 May 2021 at 06:24hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Ex-mayor dumps Mwonzora's MDC-T
NORRIS Nyathi, the former Victoria Falls deputy mayor and senior executive in the Douglas Mwonzora-led MDC-T has resigned from the party in protest over its legislators' voting alongside Zanu PF to am...Published: 06 May 2021 at 05:48hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
11 Mwonzora senators vote with Zanu-PF
Zimbabwe's Senate approved a constitutional amendment bill on Tuesday removing a clause in the constitution on electing vice presidents, a move which the opposition says is intended by President Emmer...Published: 04 May 2021 at 21:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Constitutional Amendment Bill (Number 2) sails through Senate
Constitutional Amendment Bill (Number 2) sailed through Senate this afternoon after it got the required two thirds majority.At least 65 Senators who included Zanu-PF legislators and traditiona...Published: 04 May 2021 at 19:50hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Constitutional Amendment to give Mnangagwa Mugabe-era powers
Three years after sweeping into power through a military coup and promising a new and unfolding democracy, Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa is now being compared to his authoritarian predecesso...Published: 04 May 2021 at 08:00hrs | | by Staff reporter
Here is what MDC-T president Douglas Mwonzora said in senate
THANK you very much Mr President Sir, I will just make brief comments before I go to the very new thing. Of course, in the absence of a clear 50-50 provision, an extension of the women's quota is the ...Published: 03 May 2021 at 07:28hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF could regret constitutional changes'
LIBERATION struggle stalwart and one of the founders of Zanu-PF, Rugare Gumbo, says the removal of the running mate clause from the country's Constitution could come back to haunt the ruling party whi...Published: 02 May 2021 at 18:33hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora's MDC-T revisits Zanu-PF sponsored bill
UNDER FIRE MDC-T says it will next week conduct a cost benefit analysis of the controversial Constitutional Amendment Bill Number 2 which party MPs have endorsed.The Douglas Mwonzora led oppos...Published: 02 May 2021 at 09:44hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora could be digging his own grave
Douglas Mwonzora's support for controversial amendments to the constitution is a mistake that could destroy his political career because the changes to the supreme law are not popular among the electo...Published: 02 May 2021 at 09:36hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
CSOs condemn constitutional amendments
CIVIL society organisations (CSOs) have accused MPs of abandoning the interests of people who voted them into power by supporting constitutional changes aimed at consolidating power in the office of t...Published: 01 May 2021 at 08:42hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Obert Mpofu says amendments meant to correct flaws in Zimbabwe's supreme law
Zanu-PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu says Constitutional Amendment Bill Number 2 is not about President Emmerson Mnangagwa's succession or sidelining his party and government lieutenants....Published: 30 Apr 2021 at 07:25hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, MDCs spar over law amendments
THE ruling Zanu-PF and the MDC continue to butt heads over Constitutional Amendment Bill Number 2, with opposition legislators arguing that this will give a sitting president too much power if approve...Published: 30 Apr 2021 at 07:24hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Ziyambi accuses MDC-T senator of tribalism
JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has accused MDC-T senator Khalipani Phugeni of being a tribalist for alleging that President Emmerson Mnangagwa was marginalising the Matabeleland region by not appoin...Published: 30 Apr 2021 at 06:48hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
ZCTU boss slams 'sell-out' MDC-T MPs supporting Mnangagwa bill
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) says opposition MDC-T legislators who last week voted in support of Constitutional Amendment Bill Number 2 were sell-outs.The proposed law seeks to...Published: 30 Apr 2021 at 06:31hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora Parly plot exposed
DISGRUNTLED opposition MDC-T senators have accused their party leader Douglas Mwonzora of whipping them to vote for the passage of the controversial Constitutional Amendment Bill Number 2 while critic...Published: 29 Apr 2021 at 06:29hrs | | by Staff writer
Constitution changes face new hurdle
Parliament's controversial passing of proposed amendments to the constitution is now being challenged at the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) on the grounds that the process violated the country's supr...Published: 25 Apr 2021 at 07:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF creating dictator in Mnangagwa
The sailing through Parliament, of the Zimbabwe Constitutional Amendment Bill Number II, which among other things, gives President Emmerson Mnangagwa unfettered powers over the appointment and promoti...Published: 24 Apr 2021 at 17:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF tricked MDCs on running mates, says Charamba
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's spokesperson George Charamba has revealed that Zanu-PF tricked the opposition MDC formations to consent to the passing of the Constitutional Amendment No 20 with a conte...Published: 23 Apr 2021 at 07:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora faces Khupe rebellion
The National Assembly passed the controversial Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 2 on Tuesday, giving President Emmerson Mnangagwa new sweeping powers to appoint judges without public scrutiny and ext...Published: 21 Apr 2021 at 07:29hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe independence is now a senior bachelor!
YOUR Excellency, President Emmerson Mnangagwa,Sunday April 18 was Independence Day a once-hallowed day that has since lost its glitz because the requisite freedoms associated with the occasion are...Published: 21 Apr 2021 at 07:11hrs | 1 | by Luke Tamborinyoka
Zela red-flags proposed constitutional amendments
THE Zimbabwe Environmental Law Association (Zela) has urged MPs to reject the recently gazetted Constitutional Amendment Bill No 2, saying the Bill seeks to strip them of the power to keep the Executi...Published: 21 Apr 2021 at 07:06hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Parly okays scrapping running mate clause
The Second Bill to amend the Constitution sailed through the National Assembly yesterday after it got an overwhelming two thirds majority vote required for its passage. At least 191 MPs predom...Published: 21 Apr 2021 at 06:56hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Constitutional Amendment Bill sails through National Assembly
The Constitutional Amendment Bill (Number 2) sailed through the National Assembly this afternoon after it received an overwhelming two thirds majority votes in support of its passage.At least ...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 17:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Madhuku says Patriotic Bill mustn't be allowed
POLITICAL Actors Dialogue (Polad) member and opposition National Constitutional Assem-bly (NCA) leader Lovemore Madhuku has been critical of constitutional amendments which seek to grant President Emm...Published: 20 Apr 2021 at 07:32hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe breaks law for US$50m Covid-19 vaccines loan
Zimbabwe has contracted yet another US$50 million loan from the Africa Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) to finance its Covid-19 vaccination programme despite government claims it is using internal res...Published: 18 Apr 2021 at 09:15hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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