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Zimbabwean activist arrested, tortured over Mozambique protests
A local activist, Talent Rusere, was allegedly blindfolded and tortured following his arrest in connection with videos claiming that Zimbabweans voted in Mozambique's disputed October elections. Ruser...Published: 01 Jan 2025 at 10:21hrs | 2685 | by Staff reporter
Clergy urges Mnangagwa, Sadc to act on Mozambique unrest
The Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) has called on President Emmerson Mnangagwa, in his capacity as chairperson of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), to leverage his position to enco...Published: 29 Dec 2024 at 08:46hrs | 332 | by Staff reporter
SADC's compromised chairmanship failing the people of Mozambique
The recent elections held on October 9 in Mozambique have proven to be a significant turning point in the country's history, but not for the reasons the Southern African Development Community (SADC) w...Published: 26 Dec 2024 at 16:59hrs | 1239 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
Chamisa ally's pointed rebuke of Mnangagwa
In absence, Zambian President Hichilema Hakainde cast a shadow at President Emmerson Mnangagwa's parade on Saturday as he assumed the rotational chairmanship of SADC.Mnangagwa had pulled all s...Published: 18 Aug 2024 at 13:10hrs | 1406 | by Staff reporter
British academic recruited Nevers Mumba for regime change mission
A British academic played a central role in a European Union (EU) plot aimed at undermining the democratic processes in last month's elections in the country. This academic collaborated closely with a...Published: 02 Oct 2023 at 06:22hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
EU, US sanctions hit Zimbabwe's agric sector hard
Since the final stage of the Cold War, the use of sanctions as a "soft approach" in international diplomacy gained pre-eminence among states that seek to influence the perception and behaviour of othe...Published: 02 Oct 2023 at 06:19hrs | 3 | by Livingstone Kazizi
'EU's withdrawal of Zimbabwe Electoral Commission's funding is a non-event'
Zanu-PF has dismissed the European Union's decision to withdraw a $5 million funding allocation for the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) following the disputed August general election. The ruling p...Published: 25 Sep 2023 at 18:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF, CCC trade victory claims as Zimbabweans wait for final results
Zanu-PF and the Citizens Coalition for Change on Thursday traded claims that they were on course for victory following Wednesday's general elections.The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission had only ...Published: 25 Aug 2023 at 20:01hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
July Moyo uses fear mongering, cash in bid to win elusive constituency on August 23
Fear pervades the peri-urban farming community of Matava in the Midlands Province's Redcliff Constituency on the eve of Zimbabwe's harmonised elections following a campaign allegedly anchored on coerc...Published: 20 Aug 2023 at 09:28hrs | 18 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF 'vandalises' CCC-linked projects
Zanu-PF supporters have been accused of vandalising infrastructure and disrupting developmental projects suspected to be linked to sitting Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) councillors and legislato...Published: 23 Jul 2023 at 11:10hrs | 16 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe: A move to curb freedom of association as election nears
JOHANNESBURG - Zimbabwe should reregister hundreds of civil society groups whose registration it has withdrawn, and amend its Private Voluntary Organization Act to bring it in line with its obligation...Published: 27 Jan 2023 at 15:13hrs | 2 | by APO
Zimbabwe Rights commission says to broke to monitor 2023 polls
THE Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has warned that it may not be able to monitor the 2023 elections citing budgetary constraints.In a report presented in Parliament last week, the ZHR...Published: 05 Dec 2022 at 05:10hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa warns Mnangagwa
MAIN opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has warned the ruling Zanu-PF party against jeopardising next year's polls by perpetrating violence saying the world is watching.This follow...Published: 18 Oct 2022 at 06:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa political playbook worked elsewhere, can he win in Zimbabwe?
PRECIOUS Dinha elbows her way into a packed soccer stadium. Despite thunder clouds looming above, thousands of yellow-clad Zimbabweans are singing, dancing and thrusting their index fingers skyward....Published: 20 Sep 2022 at 06:07hrs | 13 | by Evidence Chenjerai
Zanu-PF dispels factionalism rumours
Zanu-PF Politburo member Lieutenant-General Engelbert Rugeje (Retired) has rubbished claims of factionalism in the ruling party that are being peddled on social media.Addressing journalists in...Published: 16 Nov 2021 at 05:40hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Fair or Unfair 2023 Election - Opposition is going to Win - Teedzai
Maxwell Teedzai, the leader of Zimbabwe's newest opposition part Emej Zimbabwe (Economic Movement for Equality and Justice) has advised the opposition camp in Zimbabwe to stop wasting precious time on...Published: 12 Dec 2020 at 18:11hrs | 2 | by Agencies
Red lights flashing over Russian deals
RUSSIA is clearly keen to boost its presence in Africa. "Africa is one of the priorities of Russian foreign policy," declared Russian deputy foreign affairs minister Mikhail Bogdanov in a meeting of t...Published: 06 Dec 2020 at 08:21hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF accused of vote-buying
A leading election monitoring group says recent parliamentary and local government by-elections held in Matabeleland North were marred by vote-buying by Zanu-PF.The Zimbabwe Election Support N...Published: 11 Aug 2019 at 11:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF vote-buying scandal raises alarm
A leading election monitoring group has condemned Zanu-PF's alleged attempts to use medical drugs to influence the outcome of the Lupane East constituency by-election, saying the move violates the pri...Published: 21 Jul 2019 at 10:25hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
The Mnangagwa regime
This article was first published by the House of Commons Libra...Published: 15 Feb 2019 at 14:35hrs | | by House of Commons Library
Ramaphosa asked to pressure ED on new GNU - SADC must act decisively before it is too late
"A few days ago I had a fruitful meeting in Pretoria with my distinguished brother and fountain of wisdom the president of the republic of South Africa His Excellency Cyril Ramaphosa on a wide range o...Published: 28 Dec 2018 at 22:39hrs | 1 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Reduce presidential aspirants age limit to 30'
THE Southern African People's Solidarity Network (Sapsn) has said the presidential aspirants' age limit in the southern region should be 30 years to accommodate youths.In its 2018 Sadc People ...Published: 21 Aug 2018 at 06:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Full Text: Zimbabwe Gender Commission Preliminary Election Monitoring Report on the 2018 Harmonised Elections
INTRODUCTION The Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) is one of the five Independent Commissions established in terms of Section 232 and 245 of the Constitu...Published: 17 Aug 2018 at 10:31hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Britain's bet on Mnangagwa victory hangs in the balance
Efforts to nurse Zimbabwe back to international respectability depended on free and fair elections, but the plan appears to be unravelling.Ever since the then Africa minister Rory Stewart took...Published: 04 Aug 2018 at 12:24hrs | | by Patrick Wintour
A false new dawn for Zimbabwe
The afternoon after Zimbabwe's historic Monday July 30 elections, I was trying to assuage the fears of Jason Burke, the correspondent for the London newspaper, the Guardian, that chaos and violence wo...Published: 03 Aug 2018 at 10:59hrs | 1 | by David B. Moore
Zec in ballot booth selfie ban storm
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has come under fire for changing the positioning of the voting booths for the July 30 harmonised election so that voters cast their ballots facing Zec officials...Published: 18 Jul 2018 at 08:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Defacing of campaign posters rampant in Gwanda
Political tension has begun in some parts of Gwanda District as political parties have allegedly started destroying campaign posters belonging to political opponents.Habakkuk Trust election mo...Published: 10 Jul 2018 at 11:27hrs | 1 | by Stephen Jakes
Electoral reforms - What are they
THERE has been a lot of talk since 2008 about electoral reforms. I have received many questions about what exactly this means and have been asked to break it down to into very simple, digestible terms...Published: 07 Jul 2018 at 09:17hrs | 1 | by Miriam Tose Majome
Chitungwiza embraces internet freedom campaign
Zimbabwe Democracy Institute (ZDI) and Media Centre, yesterday, conducted a civic education forum at Chitungwiza town to promote internet use in tracking, monitoring and reporting electoral related ma...Published: 22 Jun 2018 at 15:23hrs | 1 | by Francis Tshabalala
Panic grips MDC Alliance as elections draw closer
With the do-or-die elections now on the horizon, the MDC-Alliance is apparently showing signs of panic. Reality has crossed their mind that the match ahead is a delayed one with a scoreboard that is n...Published: 04 Jun 2018 at 14:12hrs | | by Tafara Shumba
ZDI, Media Centre push for youth inclusion in internet governance
Social media is emerging as powerful as ever in Zimbabwe from 2016 to date and could probably be the best weapon fashioned in as much as the promotion of democracy is concerned as it has been used as ...Published: 09 Apr 2018 at 14:31hrs | 2 | by Zimsentinel Correspondent
Curtain comes down on Citizen Journalism Mashonaland workshops
15 March 2018 - Media Centre yesterday finalised this week's Citizen Journalism training workshops in Bindura, Mashonaland Central with Citizen Journalists being called on to practice ethical reportin...Published: 15 Mar 2018 at 07:48hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Sadc election observers jet in
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is living true to his pledge of free, fair and credible polling with his administration today opening unrestricted access for the first international election observer tea...Published: 11 Mar 2018 at 09:34hrs | | by Staff reporter
SADC election observers jet in for pre-election assessment
A Sadc mission arrives today for a week-long pre-election assessment, and will meet officials from Government, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, political parties and civil society.The visit,...Published: 11 Mar 2018 at 08:07hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Makoni's former ally rules out free, fair elections in Zimbabwe
FORMER Mavambo/Kusile/Dawn (MKD) senior official and now leader of the Democratic Opposition Party (DOP), Harry Peter Wilson, has ruled out holding of credible, free and fair elections, adding that hi...Published: 15 Feb 2018 at 06:13hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Long road for Zimbabwe - UK rapprochement
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government faces a herculean task to restore economic and political relations between Zimbabwe and its erstwhile coloniser, the United Kingdom.Trade relations be...Published: 07 Dec 2017 at 12:02hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
The army shoots at ZEC, Dabengwa is in defensive formation
The supreme commander of ZIPRA forces and president of ZAPU Dr Dumiso Dabengwa warns that Zimbabwe security services top aides to President Mugabe, the Joint Operations Command (JOC) have invaded ...Published: 27 Jul 2017 at 23:06hrs | 2 | by Themba Mthethwa
USA think tank warn of 'political instability' in Zimbabwe - rigged 2018 will trigger it
"The US's Centre for Preventive Action (CPA) warned that political instability, violence, and further economic decline in Zimbabwe could see xenophobic violence directed against the country's migrants...Published: 09 Jul 2017 at 05:58hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
Guerrilla election strategy for Zimbabwe's opposition
Since Zimbabwe attained independence in 1980, the country's opposition has largely been outclassed and beaten by Zanu PF's confrontational tactics. The only time the opposition made inroads was in Mar...Published: 10 Mar 2017 at 07:49hrs | | by Darlington Nyambiya
MDC UK and Ireland calls for UK, SADC and AU intervention
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Zimbabwe was approached by the constitutionally independent Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to tender and pay for a biometric voter registratio...Published: 20 Feb 2017 at 12:46hrs | | by Makusha Mugabe
2018 Elecrion: MDC UK and Ireland Calls for UK, SADC and AU Intervention
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) in Zimbabwe was approached by the constitutionally independent Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to tender and pay for a biometric voter registration ki...Published: 18 Feb 2017 at 08:49hrs | | by Makusha Mugabe
Mawarire, CSOs fleece naive donors
While it is on record that yester year Civil Society Organizations (CSO) and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) focused more on 'developmental' and 'welfare' issues, the current adopted a paradigm ...Published: 03 Feb 2017 at 14:57hrs | | by Rungano Dzikira
Factionalism rocks Mujuru party
ZIMBABWE People First (ZimPF) leader, Joice Mujuru had a baptism of fire at the weekend when her Bikita West parliamentary candidate, Kudakwashe Gopo, was hammered by Zanu-PF's Beauty Chabaya in an el...Published: 23 Jan 2017 at 06:57hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC-T legislator Jessie Majome assaulted by Zanu PF members
MDC- T legislator Jessie Majome who is the Justice Legal and Parliamentary Committee chair had to flee from marauding Zanu-PF youths in Mutare today.The inceident happened after violence broke...Published: 27 Oct 2016 at 15:53hrs | | by Thobekile Zhou
It is 'not acceptable' that 80% of Zim have no electricity says Minister - Yeah right!
"A recent survey by the University of Zimbabwe, shows that of the 13,1 million in Zimbabwe, about eight million or 60 percent have no access to electricity," Energy and power development minister...Published: 30 Sep 2015 at 16:30hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
Churches must launch election monitoring project - ZUPA
The Zimbabwe Unemployed People's Association (ZUPA), which represents the interests of millions of unemployed Zimbabweans, is appealing to all faith based organization to come together to project. ...Published: 21 Sep 2015 at 10:29hrs | 1 | by Innocent Ndibali
Mnangagwa says Mugabe never 'deserted the people' but will he repeat that under oath!
VP Emmerson Mnangagwa told New Africa Magazine that Mugabe's secret to staying in power for 35 years is “because he is a principled leader" who has championed the interests of the black people and h...Published: 04 Sep 2015 at 06:07hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
No Reforms No Elections - MDC UK And Ireland
Zanu PF political commissar, Saviour Kasukuwere, had the temerity to tell Zimbabweans that his party dismisses the MDC's call for electoral reforms and even calling on our leader to "go and hang."...Published: 07 Jun 2015 at 06:24hrs | 2 | by Makusha Mugabe
ZEC has a duty to prevent intimidation and rigging of by-elections
To the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission:The Voice for Democracy warmly welcomes Vice President Mnangagwa's announcement that further amendments to the Electoral Act will bring it into line with ...Published: 13 Mar 2015 at 17:09hrs | | by Dale Dore
ZEC has a duty to prevent intimidation and rigging of by-elections
To the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission: The Voice for Democracy warmly welcomes Vice President Mnangagwa's announcement that further amendments to th...Published: 12 Mar 2015 at 19:23hrs | | by Dale Dore
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