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ZEC reassures aspiring voters
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has said the temporary shortage of thermal paper roll used to print voter registration confirmation receipts at some centres should not discourage aspiring regi...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 19:44hrs | 452 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora's election lawsuit dishonest
ZIMBABWE'S former Parliamentary and Constitutional Affairs minister, Eric Matinenga , a senior ex-MDC-T official, has described as "dishonest" the declaratur sought by MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora to...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 15:06hrs | 707 | 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 | 709 | by Staff reporter
ConCourt blocks bid to trash Zimbabwe's delimitation report
The Constitutional Court (ConCourt) has rejected an attempt by a Zanu-PF activist to force dumping of the current constituency boundaries delimitation report citing alleged constitutional violations d...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 15:00hrs | 417 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says he will score without looking at the gate
OPPOSITION CCC leader Nelson Chamisa says his party will not lose sleep over Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec)'s ‘flawed' delimitation report as supporters will vote for the opposition in whatever...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 07:47hrs | 1757 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa implores parents to administer corporal punishment
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has implored parents and guardians to administer corporal punishment to discipline their children and challenged churches and other social institutions to join in the fight against...Published: 20 Mar 2023 at 07:37hrs | 248 | by Staff reporter
Dog eat dog in Zanu-PF primaries
It will be a dog eat dog scenario in Zanu-PF primary elections initially set for Saturday (March 18) but have been postponed to a later date, with big wigs and some completely new faces set to clash i...Published: 18 Mar 2023 at 08:32hrs | 1918 | by Staff reporter
Mzembi predicts GNU post 2023 elections
EXILED former cabinet minister Walter Mzembi has predicted dialogue and the formation of a government of national unity (GNU) after this year's general elections.Mzembi, has been holed up in S...Published: 18 Mar 2023 at 07:03hrs | 3433 | by Staff reporter
Zec distances self from Zanu-PF
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has claimed that it is not working with the ruling Zanu-PF party to tilt the elections in its favour as this would affect its integrity as an independent body....Published: 17 Mar 2023 at 07:29hrs | 643 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa dismisses Mwonzora's ConCourt election application
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has told his supporters to remain focused and not get distracted as the country heads towards general elections.Chamisa's remarks come...Published: 16 Mar 2023 at 07:41hrs | 1745 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora court challenge raises stink
ELECTION data analysts have expressed concerns over MDC T leader Douglas Mwonzora's bid to have general elections postponed, saying his timing and motive is suspicious.They, however, feel that...Published: 16 Mar 2023 at 07:39hrs | 480 | by Staff reporter
Mthuli Ncube's bid for Cowdray park seat sparks debate
A debate has ensued about Finance and Economic Development Minister, Professor Mthuli Ncube's electoral chances after he surfaced as a contender in the Zanu-PF primary elections, to represent the newl...Published: 15 Mar 2023 at 19:15hrs | 1609 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora seeks ConCourt order to force ZEC redo delimitation exercise
The MDC-T led by Douglas Mwonzora has filed a Constitutional Court application seeking an order to compel the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to redo the delimitation exercise on the basis that it...Published: 15 Mar 2023 at 19:15hrs | 400 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF heavies battle for Bulilima seat
The merging of Bulilima East and Bulilima West constituencies following the delimitation process has pitted two Zanu-PF heavyweights in Matabeleland South against each other as they will battle it out...Published: 15 Mar 2023 at 09:07hrs | 1867 | by Staff reporter
Fresh storm brews over Zimbabwe polls
A FRESH storm is brewing over this year's general elections after opposition MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora and his party yesterday dragged President Emmerson Mnangagwa to the High Court to stop procla...Published: 15 Mar 2023 at 06:50hrs | 1152 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF continues to maintain its grip in rural communities - report
A local think-tank says the alliance between Zanu-PF and state institutions, coupled with a dependency syndrome shall continue to impede the opposition's efforts to penetrate rural constituencies duri...Published: 14 Mar 2023 at 18:53hrs | 213 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF Young Turks plot surprises
DAGGERS are out in Zanu-PF as aspiring youthful candidates turn on the heat on the party's old guard ahead of the ruling party's primary elections.It appears the ruling party has opened up the...Published: 13 Mar 2023 at 22:04hrs | 1972 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF abusing power of incumbency
THE election season has officially begun. President Emmerson Mnangagwa has in the week deliberately given his party, Zanu-PF, inside information on the August elections instead of gazetting such infor...Published: 11 Mar 2023 at 06:37hrs | 294 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Zanu-PF sets guidelines for primary elections
Zanu-PF has set the guidelines for next weekend's primary elections, which will select party representatives for the forthcoming polls. The primary elections are being held on the backdrop of ...Published: 11 Mar 2023 at 06:36hrs | 268 | by Staff reporter
ZEC lists 5 000 centres for registration
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has listed nearly 5 000 centres where citizens who are eligible to vote can visit to register during the mobile biometric voter registration which begins on Sun...Published: 10 Mar 2023 at 05:15hrs | 235 | by Staff reporter
'WHO will bail us out,' says Mnangagwa
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said he expects funding from the World Health Organisation (WHO) to arrest the mass exodus of nurses and doctors which has seen the country facing a health crisi...Published: 09 Mar 2023 at 05:26hrs | 2272 | by Staff reporter
Youths must capitalise on final registration blitz
ELECTORAL watchdogs have appealed to unregistered voters to take advantage of next week's voter registration blitz for them to participate in the forthcoming polls.The Zimbabwe Electoral Commi...Published: 08 Mar 2023 at 05:31hrs | 161 | by Staff reporter
Releasing electronic format of voter's role compromises security, court rules
The High Court has rejected a bid by opposition CCC Member of Parliament Allan Markham to compel Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to release the voters' roll in electronic format after agreeing wit...Published: 08 Mar 2023 at 05:27hrs | 116 | by Staff reporter
Court blocks the release of Zimbabwe's electronic voters roll to the public
The High Court has blocked the release of Zimbabwe's electronic voters roll to the public noting that this was a matter of national security that should see the document protected from manipulation....Published: 07 Mar 2023 at 18:36hrs | 1101 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa poses major threat to Mnangagwa, but....
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has emerged as President Emmerson Mnangagwa's most formidable challenger for the presidency when the country goes to the polls in the next few...Published: 06 Mar 2023 at 05:20hrs | 5016 | by Staff reporter
Chigumba loses trust in Zec unyielding commissioners
ZIMBABWE Electoral Commission chairperson Justice Priscila Chigumba has lost trust in the seven commissioners who rebelled against her in the delimitation report exercise, with the latest indication b...Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 13:59hrs | 1150 | by Staff reporter
Cowdray Park population bigger than Gwanda, Hwange
WHILE it is a common joke in Bulawayo that Cowdray Park exists as a separate entity from the rest of Bulawayo, this may in the near future become a reality as police stations, malls, hospitals, clinic...Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 06:19hrs | 292 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's final mobile voter registration begins
THE final nationwide mobile biometric voter registration will begin next Sunday as preparations for 2023 harmonised elections gather momentum following the recent conclusion of the delimitation exerci...Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 06:18hrs | 155 | by Staff reporter
New boundaries binding for next 10 years
THE gazetting of new electoral boundaries a fortnight ago by President Mnangagwa has paved the way for the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to begin preparations for the 2023 harmonised elections. ...Published: 05 Mar 2023 at 06:17hrs | 100 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Electoral Commission boardroom fights escalate
THE fallout from the delimitation report by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) commissioners worsened after chairperson Justice Priscilla Chigumba barred other commissioners from speaking on beha...Published: 03 Mar 2023 at 06:31hrs | 1726 | by Staff reporter
ZEC boss Priscilla Chigumba gags ’rebel' commissioners
Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) chairperson Priscilla Chigumba has pulled rank and designated herself, deputy and the Chief Elections Officer as sole speakers of the country's election management ...Published: 02 Mar 2023 at 19:16hrs | 786 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's Zanu-PF gears for 2023 polls
Zanu-PF politburo member Elifasi Mashava has warned party cadres who have started campaigning for local and house of Assembly positions, saying individual campaigns can only start when President Mnang...Published: 28 Feb 2023 at 11:18hrs | 843 | by Staff reporter
Fresh uproar over Zec report
CONSTITUTIONAL experts and opposition parties have renewed their onslaught on the recently gazetted Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) delimitation report, describing it as constitutionally unusable ...Published: 28 Feb 2023 at 07:39hrs | 474 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa claims that Zimbabwe upholds good governance
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa told delegates attending the Zimbabwe Second Structured Dialogue Platform Meeting that the country is upholding tenets of good governance and democracy as part of efforts ...Published: 27 Feb 2023 at 15:50hrs | 456 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa close ally's Gutu South constituency retained
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has retained Gutu South constituency represented in the National Assembly by President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ally Pupurai Togarepi which it had previously collap...Published: 27 Feb 2023 at 07:39hrs | 2306 | by Staff reporter
Chigumba resists political pressure over delimitation
IN the days leading to 17 February when the final delimitation report was supposed to be gazetted by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) chairperson Justice Priscilla...Published: 26 Feb 2023 at 10:38hrs | 2812 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa violates the Zimbabwe Constitution
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa almost certainly violated the delimitation process by not following constitutional requirements, while brazenly subverting the constitution at critical junctures, renderin...Published: 26 Feb 2023 at 10:36hrs | 1544 | by Staff reporter
ZEC begins elections preps
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) is finalising the 2023 harmonised elections roadmap following the gazetting of new electoral boundaries by President Mnangagwa on Monday last week.In a ...Published: 26 Feb 2023 at 09:10hrs | 221 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu PF is rigging 2023, it's normal and CCC must be hard-hat equipped for it!' It's insane and must be stopped, now
In an interview with AFP Nelson Chamisa admitted that Zimbabwe's electoral process has "always attracted controversy" and is "littered with rigging, manipulation" and it is his reaction that we should...Published: 24 Feb 2023 at 16:54hrs | 396 | by Nomusa Garikai
Zimbabwe in a crisis of Mnangagwa's own making
ZIMBABWEAN electoral processes have in recent years become the reason for its strife and ostracisation from the Commonwealth of nations.None more so that the bitterly fought and fraught electi...Published: 24 Feb 2023 at 07:10hrs | 266 | by staff reporter
Zanu-PF happy with gazetted delimitation report
Zanu-PF spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa yesterday said the ruling party was content with the gazetted final delimitation report which has drawn criticism from various quarters.Mutsvangwa s...Published: 24 Feb 2023 at 07:09hrs | 210 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF bouyant ahead of elections
A MASSIVE turnout in the ongoing Zanu-PF cell verification programme points to a landslide victory for the ruling party in the forthcoming elections, a senior official has said.Addressing a pr...Published: 24 Feb 2023 at 07:02hrs | 54 | by Staff reporter
Mnangangwa dashes to gazette delimitation report
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is expected to gazette this afternoon the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec)'s delimitation report, Zec deputy chairperson Rodney Simukai Kiwa has said.Speaking a...Published: 21 Feb 2023 at 05:52hrs | 508 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to publish ZEC's final delimitation report on Monday
President Emmerson Mnangagwa will publish the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC)'s final delimitation report on Monday, the elections body said.ZEC deputy chairperson Simukai Kiwa made the di...Published: 20 Feb 2023 at 19:53hrs | 294 | by Staff reporter
BREAKING: Mnangagwa gazettes ZEC final Delimitation Report
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has gazetted the Final Zimbabwe Electoral Commission Report that was handed to him by the Commission Chairperson Justice Priscilla Chigumba earlier this month. ...Published: 20 Feb 2023 at 16:48hrs | 1751 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zimbabwe heading for a major constitutional crisis?
IN the wake of the confusing reports about the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec)'s revised delimitation report, Zimbabwe could be heading for a major constitutional crisis.While constitution...Published: 20 Feb 2023 at 05:32hrs | 1188 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa accused of 'constitutional delinquency'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa was criticised as a "constitutional delinquent" on Friday after failing to officially publish the final report of the delimitation of ward and constituency boundaries, as ...Published: 18 Feb 2023 at 19:54hrs | 1117 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa expected to gazette the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission elimitation report
ALL eyes will be on President Emmerson Mnangagwa today as he is expected to gazette the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) delimitation report, paving way for this year's general elections to be held...Published: 17 Feb 2023 at 04:58hrs | 1130 | by Staff reporter
Date set for delimitation court case
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) delimitation report, likely to be gazetted tomorrow, faces a Constitutional Court (ConCourt) challenge, which will be heard on March 26.This follows a C...Published: 16 Feb 2023 at 04:54hrs | 426 | by Staff reporter
Chigumba, Mnangagwa face-off
A raging row pitting Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) boss Justice Priscilla Chigumba and President Emmerson Mnangagwa over delimitation enters a critical week on Monday.ZimLive has heard f...Published: 13 Feb 2023 at 07:09hrs | 11908 | by Staff reporter
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