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Commonwealth calls Zimbabwe's Mnangagwa a 'constitutionalist'
In a confidential statement released by the Commonwealth Secretariat, Secretary-General Patricia Scotland has hailed Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa as a "constitutionalist," praising his gove...Published: 20 Nov 2024 at 07:54hrs | 3342 | by Staff reporter
Change your name!: Zanu-PF's new trump card against Chamisa
IN a surprise move, President Emmerson Mnangagwa proclaimed 26 March 2022 as the date for long overdue by-elections. This should fill in vacancies created through the controversial recalls of elected ...Published: 16 Jan 2022 at 18:12hrs | 2 | by Reginald Murendo
Mnangagwa's trap for Chamisa
In a surprise move, President Emmerson Mnangagwa proclaimed March 26, 2022, as the date for long overdue by-elections. This is to fill vacancies created through the controversial recalls of elected of...Published: 15 Jan 2022 at 00:25hrs | 8 | by Reginald Murendo
Rights groups shoot down calls for poll freeze
RIGHTS groups have dismissed the Douglas Mwonzora-led MDC-T call for postponement of the 2023 elections, describing the proposal as illegal and a gross violation of citizens' rights.On Sunday,...Published: 05 Oct 2021 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zec in preps for 2023 elections
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is in the process of fine tuning the process of cleaning up the voters' roll in preparation for the 2023 elections. In an interview in Bulawayo recently...Published: 27 Aug 2019 at 07:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zec in quandary over delimitation exercise
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is in quandary over the delimitation exercise as the Constitution stipulates that it must be conducted after the Census in 2022 leaving little time to prepare f...Published: 22 Aug 2019 at 07:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa rethinks Zanu-PF engagement strategy
THE MOVEMENT for Democratic Change led by Nelson Chamisa will use its upcoming congress to evaluate strategies it has been using to pile pressure on Zanu-PF and government over critical electoral law ...Published: 27 Apr 2019 at 14:20hrs | | by Staff reporter
MDC plans to embarrass Mnangagwa today
Opposition legislators are planning to humiliate President Emmerson Mnangagwa when he presents SONA in Parliament today, as the Nelson Chamisa led MDC Alliance continues to refuse to accept his July 3...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 07:15hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa to be heckled by Chamisa's MPs?
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa faces the prospect of being heckled by opposition members of the National Assembly when he opens the Ninth Parliament today, a sign that the country remains deeply polaris...Published: 18 Sep 2018 at 07:07hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Confidence re-building in Zanu-PF
The new Zanu PF government is doing good to rebrand its image. The past is now foregone and now looking towards the future. Reshaping, rebranding and re-engaging. As part of confidence rebuilding, as ...Published: 21 May 2018 at 10:52hrs | | by Tatenda Shoko
US happy with Zimbabwe reforms
The United States of America is happy with the progress made with the new administration in electoral law reforms and is looking forward to cementing its bilateral relationship with Zimbabwe, USA char...Published: 16 May 2018 at 06:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
Foreign envoys upbeat on free, fair elections
THE United States of America is happy with progress made by the new administration in electoral law reforms and is looking forward to cementing its relations with Zimbabwe, USA charge d' affairs to Zi...Published: 16 May 2018 at 06:41hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mujuru complains over Zec exclusion
PEOPLE'S Rainbow Coalition (PRC) presidential candidate, Joice Mujuru, has written to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) complaining over her exclusion from the political parties' platform, where...Published: 07 Apr 2018 at 10:06hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Rights lawyers call for comprehensive electoral law reforms in Zimbabwe
ZIMBABWE Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR) calls upon the Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs to initiate a process of wholesale reform of electoral laws to ensure the conformity of the...Published: 02 Apr 2018 at 08:33hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
'Zec undermining the Parliament of Zimbabwe,' says Mudenda
SPEAKER of the National Assembly Advocate Jacob Mudenda has expressed displeasure with the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) and the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission, saying both organisations were ...Published: 25 Jun 2017 at 12:19hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Less than 5% of new Constitution operationalised,' says MDC-T and yet they still want to contest 2018
Four years ago, on 16 and 17 March 2013, the people of Zimbabwe voted in a referendum to approve a new constitution, which, Morgan Tsvangirai and his MDC's friends assured us would deliver free, fair ...Published: 16 Mar 2017 at 07:00hrs | 7 | by Wilbert Mukori
Violence at public hearing
VIOLENCE erupted during an Electoral Law Reforms public hearing at Iminyela Hall in Bulawayo yesterday forcing the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs to ...Published: 29 Oct 2016 at 16:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Expose Zanu PF poll rigging antics,' says Mudzuri
MDC-T co-vice-president, Elias Mudzuri has urged opposition political parties and other stakeholders to close ranks and expose Zanu PF's electoral rigging antics, particularly increased use of State-s...Published: 03 Oct 2016 at 10:02hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Next elections are NOT either Mugabe or Tsvangirai - this is a false choice
Zimbabweans have become masters at rationalizing their folly under the disguise it was the better of two equally unpalatable choices when in fact the choices were a false dilemma. Accordin...Published: 01 Sep 2016 at 06:43hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Tsvangirai demands 'conditions first and positions later' of others yet has no clue what reforms.
The people calling for the coalition in the opposition have all one thing in common, whether they care to admit it or not is irrelevant; they know there is no quality in the opposition and so they hop...Published: 06 May 2016 at 18:35hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Tsvangirai has no clue what reforms are required for free elections, never did!
Listening to Tsvangirai is like listening to a five year old telling a joke way out of his depth of comprehension and thus lose track of the punch-line and yet goes on to laugh totally unaware what he...Published: 01 May 2016 at 19:33hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
If we have 'thinking Zimbabweans' then why are we in this hell-hole in the first place
"There is no thinking Zimbabwean out there who would dispute that the country is in serious political and economic trouble," said Wilbert Mukori (Byo24 Opinion).I would like to believe that t...Published: 19 Mar 2016 at 22:37hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
Zim is in a hell-hole which every way OUT is uphill climb - implementing GPA reform
There is no thinking Zimbabwean out there who would dispute that the country is in serious polit-ical and economic trouble. The economy is in total meltdown with unemployment a nauseating 90% plus and...Published: 18 Mar 2016 at 18:36hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
MDC lost 2013 because no reforms were implemented - folly not to be repeated in 2018
"Former Zanu-PF bigwig, Temba Mliswa, has predicted the opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai will once again win the 2018 elections even if he does not reach an electoral pact with former Vice Presiden...Published: 16 Mar 2016 at 20:56hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Mujuru mimic Tsvangirai in calling for 'electoral law reforms' like him, she is breathtakingly incompetent
Many people have said Mai Mujuru is incompetent, amongst many other weaknesses, and she did not waste time in proving them right. "We need electoral laws reformed to ensure a free and fa...Published: 01 Mar 2016 at 17:36hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
The dictator is just the dominant snake on Medusa, the monster, the dictatorship
The people of Zimbabwe are making one big mistake in pinning their hopes of getting out of this political and economic hell-on-earth the nation finds itself on the on-going factional wars destroying Z...Published: 23 Feb 2016 at 20:23hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zim 'will go Rwanda way' warned Biti - with Zanu PF imploding be warned!
"I smell blood in this country. I smell war. I smell disaster. I am not a prophet, but I see dark clouds, I see a hurricane, a tsunami. If one plants a whirlwind, he will reap a tsunami. This country ...Published: 15 Feb 2016 at 17:51hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
MDC finally admit 'free and fair' elections are essential but have given up fight for scraps!
Zimbabwe has paid dearly for having had a breathtakingly corrupt and incompetent MDC during the GNU; they failed to get even one GPA democratic reform implemented in the five years of the GNU. But bec...Published: 03 Feb 2016 at 07:15hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Musewe democracy is the 'contentious issue' for debate by being 'selective' you're killing the debate
"It is at times futile to have press debates on contentious issues because these debates never really end as we tend to be selective on what catches our attention based on our mental biases and dispos...Published: 30 Jan 2016 at 08:12hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori
Caveat populo! (Let the people beware!) with no reforms it is HEAD Mugabe win TAIL MDC lose!
The story goes that a man bought a horse on the mistaken belief that the animal was a strong animal with many productive years ahead of it. It was a strong beast alright but did not have many producti...Published: 28 Jan 2016 at 06:49hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Free elections are 'political suicide' for Mugabe vs rigged elections are human sacrifice for the nation
I agree with Patrick Guramatunhu, Mugabe has a nuclear arsenal with which to fight off Mai Mujuru and her PF if they should ever become a real serious political threat to the tyrant (Bulawayo24 opinio...Published: 25 Jan 2016 at 20:17hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Mujuru and PF are not a threat to Mugabe, the honey badger, if corner it will let rip!
Joice Mujuru and her People First pose a real serious political threat to President Mugabe and Zanu PF's no-regime-change mantra; more serious that Tsvangirai and MDC ever posed in 2008 and 2013. ...Published: 25 Jan 2016 at 09:56hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Crunch time! Zimbabweans must now decide which reforms to demand, GPA or NERA
The people of Zimbabwe have been present with two possible options out of the present political and economic nightmare the nation now finds itself in. The last two and half years the nation has debate...Published: 18 Jan 2016 at 19:57hrs | | by Patrick Guramatunhu
'Zimbabweans are being asked to democratise within the (dictatorship) straitjacket,' warns Vivid Gwede
In one of the best commentaries on Zimbabwean politics, Vivid Gwede, has exposed some of the weakness of the arguments we have been bombarded with on why Zimbabweans should support Mai Mujuru and her ...Published: 15 Jan 2016 at 10:46hrs | | by Wilbert mukori
PDP call for 'broad coalition' to defeat Zanu PF - MDC lost 2013 not for want of 'broad coalition'!
"While the People's Democratic Party (PDP) respects the right of every citizen to form a political party and or join any of their choice, the party is also cognizant of what is required for Zimbabwe t...Published: 13 Jan 2016 at 12:35hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
For free and fair elections we must implement GPA reforms and stop wasting time with NERA
Tsvangirai is presenting National Electoral Reform Agenda (NERA) as if it was a viable alternative route to ensuring the next elections are free, fair and credible. The truth is NERA will never stop Z...Published: 22 Dec 2015 at 07:07hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Free and fair elections is the big issue - without visionary leaders it remain for generations
There are defining moments in a nation's history and students of history will tell us these moments are outstanding for one or both of the following reasons: - Visionary leader able to pick o...Published: 08 Dec 2015 at 07:00hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Allowing Grace's greed was dumbest thing Mugabe has done - old man must never marry a wild cat
"History has the habit of repeating itself; if Zanu PF uses wanton violence in the next elections the whole world will, as happened in 2008, refused to accept the result as a true reflection of the de...Published: 30 Nov 2015 at 19:12hrs | 1 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zanu PF is imploding: a danger to Mugabe but an opportunity to us to finally get regime change!
"The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word "crisis". One brush stroke stands for danger; the other for opportunity. In a crisis, be aware of the danger …. But recognize the opportunity," s...Published: 19 Nov 2015 at 00:14hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Economic meltdown forcing Zanu PF to panic, MDC is excited but what of povo the prawns!
Zimbabwe's economic meltdown has been relentless; the situation cannot continue like this, there must be change. There is panic in the Zanu PF camp because political change will only mean one thing re...Published: 10 Nov 2015 at 20:51hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
As regards reforms, Tsvangirai is Achebe's Unoka 'offering sacrifices to a reluctant soil!'
Morgan Tsvangirai is the modern day Unoka, the lazy man, in Chinua Achebe's classic book "Things Fall Apart". Unoka was lazy and like all lazy people he was poor and, worst of all, blamed ever...Published: 09 Nov 2015 at 14:05hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Zimbabweans are dying like flies whilst Mugabe wastes time fiddling with ZEC reforms
"The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has admitted that the polling station-based voters' roll trial-run recently conducted in Marondera exposed glaring logistical challenges which could stop plans...Published: 19 Oct 2015 at 21:53hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Poverty is killing people, they will never elect lazy and corrupt Mujuru for sentimental reasons!
"Zanu-PF outcasts are crafting strategies to sell Joice Mujuru as the ideal candidate to challenge President Robert Mugabe in the 2018 elections with messages revolving around her chances to be Zimbab...Published: 18 Oct 2015 at 17:49hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Electoral law reforms before parliament MDC demanded are 'inadequate and incomplete' says Varitas
For the record there some of us who passionately argued that Zimbabwe's 2013 new constitution was weak and feeble; it would never deliver free, fair and credible elections. Tsvangirai, Biti, Ncube, Co...Published: 13 Oct 2015 at 06:34hrs | | by Wilbert mukori
Biti leading 'chorus' for coalition - be useful for a change and implement GPA reforms instead
"People have increasingly become apathetic and disillusioned by the failure of the opposition to deliver them from their tormentor President Robert Mugabe and his ruining party Zanu-PF," said Tendai B...Published: 05 Oct 2015 at 06:41hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
18 NGOs want 'not a threat to anyone' electoral reforms implemented instead of GPA reforms!
"As a democracy, we need to grow and the electoral reforms that we are proposing are not a threat to anybody," said Tawanda Chimhini."These are recommendations that will open up space for all poli...Published: 30 Sep 2015 at 21:10hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
In his 'collective idiocy' Tsvangirai is confusing feeble electoral law reforms for SADC ones
Tsvangirai launches MDC-T's election reform demands with his trademark display of his usual incompetence. He still wants to blame Zanu PF for his own idiocy, said one thing in one paragraph and then t...Published: 11 Sep 2015 at 22:37hrs | | by Wilbert Mukori
Draft constitution clips Zimbabwe president's power
Zimbabwe has finished drafting a new constitution that limits the powers of the president while strengthening those of parliament, a key but much-delayed precursor to elections, a legislative committe...Published: 20 Jul 2012 at 14:43hrs | | by Reuters
Zanu-PF people need psychological help - Welshman
Leader of the Movement for Democratic Change, Welshman Ncube says people who still support the former ruling party ZANU-PF need psychological help.He said this while addressing a rally in rur...Published: 12 Feb 2012 at 09:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
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