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Zimbabwe's Commonwealth possible readmission queried
Zimbabwe's bid for readmission to the Commonwealth has raised concerns about the bloc's credibility as a champion of democracy and justice, with critics arguing that the country's human rights record ...Published: 22 Nov 2024 at 07:12hrs | 183 | by Staff reporter
Edgar Lungu, the Tonse Coalition, and Zambia's political landscape: A clash of visions ahead of the 2026 elections
As Zambia gears up for the 2026 elections, the country's political scene is increasingly defined by the emerging rivalry between former President Edgar Lungu and current President Hakainde Hichilema, ...Published: 14 Nov 2024 at 12:28hrs | 631 | by Nkululeko Nkomo
The criticism of the Bosso supporters boycott by Jaravaza is myopic
The recent discourse surrounding the Highlanders Football Club supporters' boycott of games has engendered a cacophony of opinions, yet none are as misguided as the assertion that this boycott is orch...Published: 05 Nov 2024 at 14:41hrs | 609 | by Ezra Tshisa
The criticism of the Bosso supporters boycott is myopic
The recent discourse surrounding the Highlanders Football Club supporters' boycott of games has engendered a cacophony of opinions, yet none are as misguided as the assertion that this boycott is orch...Published: 05 Nov 2024 at 10:35hrs | 983 | by Ezra Tshisa Sibanda
Chivayo donates $250,000 to John Nkomo Trust, gifts Jabulani a bakkie
Wicknell Chivayo, a businessman closely associated with President Emmerson Mnangagwa, has made headlines with his recent philanthropic efforts, donating US$250,000 to the late Vice President John Land...Published: 08 Oct 2024 at 08:37hrs | 1802 | by Staff reporter
NetOne launches telemedicine service
Telecommunications company NetOne recently launched its telemedicine service at the Zimbabwe Agricultural Show, developed in partnership with ZimSmart to enhance healthcare access, particularly in und...Published: 05 Sep 2024 at 13:39hrs | 216 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa partners NetOne
Leading telecommunications giant, NetOne, takes the opportunity to showcase its recently launched service as it unveiled its cutting-edge Telemedicine product at the prestigious Zimbabwe Agricultural ...Published: 31 Aug 2024 at 19:20hrs | 6003 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Rowdy Zanu-PF councillor sparks chaos
A dispute among Chinhoyi councillors over residential stand allocations erupted into public view after Zanu-PF Councillor Godknows Muzhandamuri reportedly seized a list of preferred stand numbers and ...Published: 19 Jul 2024 at 06:24hrs | 675 | by Staff reporter
US election observers urge revamp of Zimbabwe's recall process
The Carter Centre's election observers have recommended that the Government and the Parliament of Zimbabwe revisit and revise sections 129 and 278 of the constitution, regarding recall processes, to i...Published: 16 Feb 2024 at 07:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
US Embassy's revelation exposes decades of economic sabotage in Zimbabwe
In a declaration that has rekindled fervent discourse, the United States Embassy proclaimed Zimbabwe's potential as a burgeoning economic powerhouse within Southern Africa, a revelation reigniting the...Published: 12 Jan 2024 at 05:26hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Drama-filled 2023 ends in tears for CCC
POLITICS, according to social scientists, is loosely translated as a battle to control resources with man putting political contestation as a means to ensure equitable distribution of whatever is foun...Published: 22 Dec 2023 at 18:22hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Welshman Ncube fingers 'the Emperor'
Former MDC Alliance vice president Welshman Ncube has claimed there is a team of the trolls set up by the Emperor to push others out of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party.Professor ...Published: 16 Dec 2023 at 09:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
CCC factions lost 3 council seats to Zanu-PF in Bulawayo
The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) lost three of the eight council seats it had won in August to Zanu-PF after five of its recalled councillors retained their seats from the eight contested wards...Published: 12 Dec 2023 at 09:24hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Ziyambi defends Zec despite ballot paper shortages
JUSTICE minister Ziyambi Ziyambi has defended the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec ) for logistical boobs on election day particularly its failure to print enough ballot papers.Voting was ex...Published: 06 Dec 2023 at 05:07hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Jacob Mafume fearing for his life after threats from CCC officials
Harare councillor Denford Ngadziore is reported to have blocked former mayor Jacob Mafume from entering a councillors' caucus meeting at Town House before the election of Lovejoy Chitengu.Chit...Published: 28 Nov 2023 at 17:47hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Biti exposes Chamisa's hand
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) vice-president Tendai Biti yesterday fingered activists linked to party president Nelson Chamisa for creating parody social media accounts to link him to self-impos...Published: 28 Nov 2023 at 05:29hrs | | by Staff reporter
Elections cost Zimbabwean taxpayers US$188 million
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) received ZW$860 billion (US$188 266 199) to conduct the 23 August general elections, a figure which is likely to balloon in the forthcoming parliamentary and lo...Published: 27 Nov 2023 at 15:43hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe set for a power sharing deal after 'rigged' election?
Mildred Muchenje, a 26-year-old voter, had anticipated a straightforward experience as she approached her polling station in Warren Park, Harare, on August 23 to cast her vote in the Zimbabwean presid...Published: 17 Sep 2023 at 07:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mumba describes Zimbabwean elections as the most fraudulent in the history of the region
SOUTHERN Africa Development Community Election Observer Mission head Nevers Mumba has described the Zimbabwean elections as the most fraudulent in the history of the region.Speaking in an inte...Published: 05 Sep 2023 at 06:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
Bulawayo residents list demands to incoming CCC councillors
BULAWAYO residents have compiled a list of demands that they want incoming councillors Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) to address when they are sworn in.The CCC swept all council and parli...Published: 03 Sep 2023 at 21:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Same flawed process, Old pain continues
Recent elections showed that the brutal dictator and his murderous Zanu-PF party have strengthened their stranglehold on power in Zimbabwe.Their abuse of state institutions has worsened as the...Published: 02 Sep 2023 at 06:47hrs | 1 | by Dudzai Mukondorongwe
What does another disputed election mean for Zimbabwe?
THE August 23 elections have come and gone, but the result is the same - another disputed poll that has left the country more polarised than ever - and facing a bleak outlook.Last week's poll ...Published: 30 Aug 2023 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora says they had no dog in the fight
THE opposition MDC says it is not interested in the outcome of the recently-held harmonised elections because the party was not involved in the electoral process.Party leader Douglas Mwonzora ...Published: 29 Aug 2023 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Interference on polls, overstepping unacceptable'
THE gross interference on the country's internal affairs and overstepping by some electoral observer missions will not be tolerated in Zimbabwe as is the case anywhere in the world. The Acting...Published: 29 Aug 2023 at 07:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa declares offensive to 'save' vote
DEFIANT opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has rejected the August 23 and 24 election results, which saw President Emmerson Mnangagwa being declared the winner, sayin...Published: 28 Aug 2023 at 06:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Senate and PR, the maxim gun firing at Bulawayo
The Senate, Youth and PR lists for the 2023 harmonised elections in Bulawayo Province, are the newest metaphorical maxim gun whose bullets are brutally firing at the tender heart of the City of Bulawa...Published: 07 Aug 2023 at 20:03hrs | 17 | by Nhlanhla Moses Ncube (Secretary General)
Mnangagwa dangles citizenship to Mzilikazi royal family
The Mthwakazi kaMzilikazi Royal Crown Family, which includes the Mzilikazi Royal House and the Khumalo Clan, claims the Emmerson Mnangagwa-led government has shown them generosity by promising to rest...Published: 01 Aug 2023 at 20:55hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
The evolution of Zimbabwe's voters' roll
A SHORT HISTORY ON THE EVOLUTION OF ZIMBABWE'S VOTERS ROLL AND WHY SECTION 23(3) OF THE ELECTORAL ACT IS OUTDATED, PURPOSELESS, UNREASONABLE AND UNCONTITUTIONAL.IT WOULD BE INSTRUCTIVE and use...Published: 24 Jul 2023 at 11:57hrs | | by Jonathan Moyo
Turn social media into tools for peace not violence
Technology has always had a big influence on international politics with Franklin D. Roosevelt’s adoption of the radio and John F. Kennedy making the use of television to bridge the communication ga...Published: 01 Jul 2023 at 19:33hrs | 9 | by Jacob Kudzayi Mutisi
Joshua Nkomo named dogs after Ian Smith and his wife
WHAT Ian Smith and his Rhodesian Government had not anticipated was the resilience of the country's nationalists.They remained courageous and refused to regard the hardships and strenuous chal...Published: 01 Jul 2023 at 07:53hrs | | by Staff reporter
Call for election boycott over hefty nomination fees
The Nationalists Alliance Party (NAP) has called on other political parties to boycott the upcoming elections in protest against the hefty nomination fees for election candidates.NAP leader, D...Published: 18 Jun 2023 at 09:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
23 August 2023: Our chance to make a difference?
Fellow citizens, ladies, and gentlemen, It is a great honour and with real humility that I write you today. I am morbidly aware that I am writing you at a very difficult time in the history of...Published: 17 Jun 2023 at 07:12hrs | 1 | by Mutsa Murenje
Zec's refusal to avail electronic 2023 voters' roll dents election
THE voters' roll which is in a shambles and the persistent refusal by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to release the electronic version for audit have dented the credibility of the 23 August g...Published: 14 Jun 2023 at 18:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF ready to battle Kasukuwere and whoever thinks has the stamina'
ZANU-PF says the announcement by it's former senior member Savior Kasukuwere that he will be joining the Presidential race is a non-event.Party PC Mike Bimha said, "We are ready for a battle, ...Published: 13 Jun 2023 at 18:09hrs | 103 | by Staff reporter
African lessons to be obtained from the Russo-Ukrainian war
As we linger in the hangover of the recent Africa day commemorations, there is a raging war which has been shaking all nations around the world. The Russo-Ukrainian war has been ongoing for over a dec...Published: 11 Jun 2023 at 19:16hrs | | by Tafadzwa Calisto Murwisi
Kasukuwere to split the votes
The Zimbabwean harmonised elections are around the corner. The date to hold the election has been announced and every serious political party is now gearing for this do or die election where a battle ...Published: 06 Jun 2023 at 21:34hrs | 8 | by Leonard Koni
Kasukuwere to divide the Zanu-PF vote?
SELF-EXILED former Zanu-PF political commissar and Cabinet minister, Saviour Kasukuwere has joined the presidential race ahead of this year's harmonised elections set for August 23.Last week, ...Published: 06 Jun 2023 at 06:51hrs | | by Staff reporter
Concern over 3% Parly youth representation in Zimbabwe
A YOUTH advocacy group, WeLead Trust, is disappointed that youths make up 3% of the country's parliamentarians.The civic group expressed concern that the political landscape in the country doe...Published: 03 Jun 2023 at 08:18hrs | | by Staff reporter
Diasporans Forgotten
The promise of a Diaspora vote by President Emerson Mnangagwa, once seen as a beacon of hope for Zimbabweans living abroad, has been nothing but a broken promise. Elections in Zimbabwe are only a few ...Published: 02 Jun 2023 at 11:06hrs | | by Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo
Voters roll anomalies exposing Zec
THAT some names of registered voters have reportedly gone missing from the voters roll to be used in this year's general elections is more than disturbing.With less than three months to the po...Published: 31 May 2023 at 07:01hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's name on voters roll
HUNDREDS of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) supporters took to the streets in Kuwadzana 4 high-density suburb marching and singing for party leader Nelson Chamisa who was confirming his name on Zi...Published: 30 May 2023 at 21:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZEC speaks on voters' roll
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has said everyone who registered to vote will not be disenfranchised as the electoral body will rectify any anomalies that will be detected during the ongoing v...Published: 30 May 2023 at 06:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZEC assures voters
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has said everyone who registered to vote will not be disenfranchised as the electoral body will rectify any anomalies that will be detected during the ongoing v...Published: 30 May 2023 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Robert Chapman's name 'missing' from ZEC voters roll
DEMOCRATIC Union of Zimbabwe (DUZ) president, Robert Chapman has red-flagged inefficiencies of Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC)'s voter registration system after failing to find his entry among eli...Published: 29 May 2023 at 19:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Duke Maplanka to stand as ZAPU UK Chairperson
First of all allow me to humbly express my gratitude for the nomination to represent our province as Chairperson. Our province is unique. Through history and time, seldom has there been a less...Published: 22 May 2023 at 14:03hrs | 1 | by Duke Maplanka
Even if Mnangagwa gave me a house today, I will never vote for him as long as Zimbabweans suffering!
Already in 1980, at the dawn of Zimbabwe's independence, we experienced major transformations in our lives.Our parents managed to purchase houses, including in previously racially segregated a...Published: 23 Apr 2023 at 08:08hrs | 2 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chamisa's CCC wants Electoral Amendment Bill to be overhauled
THE opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) believes the Electoral Amendment Bill which is in the second reading stage in Parliament needs serious amendments that include improving the design o...Published: 03 Apr 2023 at 06:29hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
San chief is installed
IT was a historic and joyous moment for the San community yesterday as Government installed the inaugural Chief Goledema as the Second Republic moves to address concerns of this previously marginalise...Published: 31 Mar 2023 at 07:43hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mliswa 'withdraws' Wadyajena criticism
Temba Mliswa, the Norton MP says he has withdrawn his comments concerning a photograph purportedly depicting Gokwe Nembudziya MP, Justice Mayor Wadyajena, enjoying himself on Valentine’s Day....Published: 21 Feb 2023 at 07:28hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC says, 'electoral Bill targeted at us'
THE opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has described the proposed amendments to the Electoral Amendment Bill as "retrogressive" and aimed at blocking as many opposition candidates as possi...Published: 08 Feb 2023 at 05:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
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