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Civilian military leader needed to restore electoral democracy before 2023 presidential elections
Without doubt electoral democracy has failed to work in Zimbabwe, it might have worked in Zambia, South Africa and Botswana but in Zimbabwe electoral democracy has failed dismally, it is on record tha...Published: 9 hrs ago | 1659 | by Knowledge Hakata
Operation #Sesingaphi targeting MPs launched
The Election Resource Centre on Wednesday launched an operation targeted at holding Members of Parliament accountable over electoral promises.The Operation dubbed: #Sesingaphi, #Tavepapi #Howf...Published: 9 hrs ago | 1121 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Pastor demands an end to 'elitist dialogue' - confused, doesn't even know elections were rigged
Confusion reigns supreme in Zimbabwe. Confusion is when one says this, the other says that and the third says something else which is neither this nor that in a matter as simple as 1 + 1 = 2. ...Published: 10 hrs ago | 1051 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Mudzuri exposes Chamisa
THE weekend interview MDC deputy president Engineer Elias Mudzuri had with the private media has all but exposed the party's leader Mr Nelson Chamisa as an illegitimate, power hungry person whose poli...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 06:31hrs | 5448 | by Nduduzo Tshuma,
MP donates 100 bags of cement to school
Beitbridge East parliamentarian Albert Nguluvhe on Saturday last week donated 100 bags of cement for the construction of a classroom block and a teachers' cottage at Elangeni Secondary School (Ward 5)...Published: 19 Mar 2019 at 06:30hrs | 369 | by Staff reporter
Komichi to appeal against conviction
MDC deputy president Morgen Komichi says he will lodge an appeal with the High Court challenging his conviction and sentence.This comes after Komichi was fined $200 for disrupting electoral pr...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 13:46hrs | 651 | by Staff reporter
US 2018 Human rights report on Zimbabwe biased
Last week the United States Department of State's Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labour released its 2018 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. An examination of the report shows a fair vi...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 13:12hrs | 787 | by Nobleman Runyanga
We cannot blame Nelson Chamisa without blaming all of us
We are under sanctions from the United States, the European Union and other Western outposts like Australia, New Zealand and Canada, and the ruin of the sanctions is without doubt. Our industr...Published: 18 Mar 2019 at 06:40hrs | 2275 | by Reason Wafawarova
MDC Congress: Proposals to achieve unity, progress
THERE is nothing amiss about the split of political parties, churches, football or other sporting teams, partnerships, corporates, or any voluntary organisation for that matter. While for the ...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 18:12hrs | 1138 | by Makaita Noel Mutasa
Tendai Biti MDC election eligibility still uncertain
MDC "prodigal sons and daughters" who include former secretary generals Welshman Ncube and Tendai Biti will have to wait until the main opposition's May congress to know whether they are still eligibl...Published: 17 Mar 2019 at 08:39hrs | 1822 | by newzimbabwe
Zimbabwe slides into new authoritarianism
The assessment of Zimbabwe's "Second Republic" under President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been overshadowed by the violence of August 1 2018 and mid-January 2019. On both occasions, Zimbabwe's military in...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 17:10hrs | 377 | by Derek Matyszak
Morgan Komichi found guilty
Zimbabwean magistrate has convicted MDC Vice President and Midlands Senator Morgan Komichi for contravening section 186 of the Electoral Act and fined him $200. Komichi was arrested in A...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 16:44hrs | 3425 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Chamisa's ally jailed for gate-crashing ZEC command centre
MDC Vice President Morgen Komichi was Friday handed a wholly suspended three-month jail sentence and a $200 fine after being found guilty of gate-crashing a Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) command...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 16:43hrs | 1053 | by newzimbabwe
PHOTOS: Mwonzora and Chamisa land in court to support Komichi
MDC President on Friday arrived at the Rotten Row court to throw his weight behind MDC Vice President Morgan Komichi who is accused of violating the Electoral Act by declaring that the results o...Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 15:07hrs | 6048 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Government values human rights
Human rights are defined as freedoms to which all humans are considered to be entitled, and these often include the rights to life, liberty, equality, freedom of expression and many others.The...Published: 14 Mar 2019 at 17:01hrs | 569 | by Peacemaker Zano
'Mnangagwa's govt the worst human rights abuser'
OPPOSITION MPs yesterday labelled the Zanu-PF government as the worst human rights abuser in the country.This emerged during a debate on the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) report on t...Published: 13 Mar 2019 at 12:04hrs | 633 | by Staff reporter
Trevor Ncube apologises to Zimbabweans
Alpha Media Holdings Boss Trevor Ncube has apologised to Zimbabweans over a story that appeared on Newsday saying RTGS$ to devalue further.Newsday quoted Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governo...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 17:00hrs | 9826 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Can Zimbabwe's opposition party MDC hold a peaceful leadership contest?
Tapiwa Chagonda, University of Johannesburg...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 17:00hrs | 874 | by Tapiwa Chagonda, University of Johannesburg
Trevor Ncube's newspaper reported
Zimbabwe Election Commission Spokesperson Dr Qhubani Moyo has reported Trevor Ncube's The Standard newspaper to the Voluntary Media Council of Zimbabwe over a story that appeared on Sunday alleging th...Published: 12 Mar 2019 at 14:23hrs | 1430 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Zanu-PF's behaviour invites sanctions
WITH respect to the elections of 2018, it is obvious to all, except those in Zanu-PF, that there were multiple breaches of the Electoral Act and our new Constitution.That Zanu-PF cannot see th...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 14:59hrs | 738 | by Corruptionforce
ZEC was overwhelmed
A Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) commissioner has claimed that the body was overwhelmed by the high number of candidates in last year's elections so much that it ended up mixing up some results....Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 07:46hrs | 1911 | by Staff reporter
The disconnect in electoral democracy
Every four years the world is drawn to watch in awe as the United States chooses their next president, even to the point of fanatically following the bi-partisan primary election races, prominent of w...Published: 11 Mar 2019 at 07:06hrs | 160 | by Reason Wafawarova
Chamisa ready to step down
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa says he is ready to step down if he loses the party's internal polls scheduled for May this year, the Daily News on Sunday can report.Chamisa – who assumed the rein...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 13:46hrs | 1721 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa rescues Mwonzora
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa yesterday said he does not want to lead a divided party as he moved to heal the rift threatening to tear apart the country's leading opposition party ahead of its cr...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 09:14hrs | 1711 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa scoffs at Chamisa's tantrums
THE political mudslinging between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his arch-nemesis, MDC leader Nelson Chamisa continued Saturday after the Zanu-PF leader told the 41 year-old lawyer, his tantrums wil...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 09:12hrs | 1917 | by newzimbabwe
How 'baby-dumping' Joice Mujuru played out
The first quarter of 2014 revealed that the main opposition party, the MDC-T, was in a similar state of disarray.It first came to the surface when MDC-T deputy treasurer and former cabinet min...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 09:10hrs | 4291 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa cranks up reform gears
A TEAM of senior Government officials has been tasked to work on an omnibus Constitutional Amendment Bill that will deepen civil liberties, individual rights, scrap the death penalty, extend the women...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 09:03hrs | 970 | by Staff reporter
Sweeping constitutional reforms begin
A team of senior Government officials has been tasked to work on an omnibus Constitutional Amendment Bill that will deepen civil liberties, individual rights, scrap the death penalty, extend the women...Published: 10 Mar 2019 at 08:44hrs | 237 | by Staff reporter
Trump's letter to the House and Congress renewing Zimbabwe sanctions
Dear Madam Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:)Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)) provides for the automatic termination of a national emergency unless, within 90 day...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 13:41hrs | 3446 | by Donald J Trump
Mnangagwa sets up inter-ministerial political reform committee
President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday set up an inter-ministerial committee to lead political, electoral and legislative reforms in line with recommendations of the Motlanthe Commission of Inquiry in...Published: 09 Mar 2019 at 12:33hrs | 1437 | by Staff reporter
Good and sound advice for the Presidential Advisory Council (PAC)
To be quite honest and frank the Presidential advisory council which President Mnangagwa appointed have a tough assignment to accomplish though I still have some disputation over some names which were...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 14:14hrs | 1021 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Mnangagwa sets up 7 Ministers to implement Motlanthe army killings report
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has set up an inter-ministerial special taskforce to lead in the political and electoral legislative reforms.The Taskforce had a mandate to:1) ...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 12:24hrs | 4740 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Sanctions maintenance move by USA welcome as very little reforms carried out
This is a very welcome move by the USA to have sanctions extended on individuals for undermining democratic processes or institutions in Zimbabwe. Human rights abuses have grown worse after the milita...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 12:23hrs | 1053 | by Zanda Shumba
Military factor influencing Zimbabwe polls
MILITARY influence, fractured political parties and a rigid legal approach in dealing with electoral issues have been singled out as some of the major reasons the July 30, 2018 general elections faile...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 10:28hrs | 772 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF dares Mugabe on Chamisa
ZANU-PF has challenged former President Robert Mugabe to respond to allegations that he was funding opposition leader Nelson Chamisa's campaign to outfox his rivals ahead of the MDC party's congress s...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 10:27hrs | 3106 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's coup: Net gain or no gain?
The scene in downtown Harare, Zimbabwe, on 21 November 2017 was extraordinary.Thousands walked through the streets, cheering, waving Zimbabwean flags, greeting soldiers as heroes, and taking s...Published: 08 Mar 2019 at 07:12hrs | 830 | by Linda Thomas-Greenfield & Bruce Wharton: US Diplomats
Government values women through empowerment
As the world celebrates International Women's Day on 8 March 2019, it is imperative to note that the Government of Zimbabwe has been playing a critical role in empowering its women from all the differ...Published: 07 Mar 2019 at 22:23hrs | 545 | by Chido Chikuni
Mnangagwa's military shake-up: smoke and mirrors
THE retirement of four military generals and their immediate reassignment to Foreign Affairs has been widely interpreted as President Emmerson Mnangagwa moving to coup-proof his regime by getting rid ...Published: 07 Mar 2019 at 14:57hrs | 9431 | by Paidamoyo Muzulu
Who then is Felix Magalela Mafa Sibanda?
After reading the letter from Felix Mafa to all MDC Provinces I became interested in unraveling this humble man. He is the only one in MDC so far who has positively engaged the Electoral college of MD...Published: 07 Mar 2019 at 13:19hrs | 874 | by Henry Madiro
Chamisa's strategy is reaping diminishing returns
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa is reported to have said that he will "doorstep" South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa when the latter comes to Zimbabwe in a fortnight.To doorstep someon...Published: 07 Mar 2019 at 07:40hrs | 2667 | by Tichaona Zindoga
Way out of Zimbabwe's mess is for Zanu PF and MDC to step down - both are illegitimate
If MDC had listened, first, to the repeated appeals for the party to implement the democratic reforms during the GNU and then to the warnings not to take party in the elections without first implement...Published: 07 Mar 2019 at 07:28hrs | 2442 | by Wilbert Mukori
Chamisa, Mwonzora in fresh fight
OPPOSITION MDC leader Nelson Chamisa and secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora are engaged in a fresh fight that could determine the way the party's first elective congress following the death of foundin...Published: 07 Mar 2019 at 07:17hrs | 5753 | by Staff reporter
Opposition forces in Africa lacks strategic intelligence to wrestle power from the incumbents
Case study - Zimbabwe and Zambia situationGetting into State House is not about numbers of figures, but it is about strategic intelligence. Winning ele...Published: 06 Mar 2019 at 23:11hrs | 371 | by Tinashe Eric Muzamhindo
Chamisa threatens his presidential bid backers
MDC leader Nelson Chamisa has threatened to come hard on party politicians who continue making reckless public comments about his party's May elective congress.He was speaking during a media b...Published: 06 Mar 2019 at 17:06hrs | 1462 | by Additional reporting from newzimbabwe
Trump punishes Mnangagwa over Zimbabwe coup
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa, who has been pushing for re-engagement and better relations with the United States, seems to be faltering in his bid after the western country extended sanctions against ...Published: 06 Mar 2019 at 12:43hrs | 5125 | by Staff reporter
MDC Alliance planned to win 2018 with 4.5m votes - failed, plan lacked even common sense
MDC Alliance leaders want to cast themselves as democrats who have embraced the democratic ethos of open and meaningful debate and democratic competition. They are not democrats and there is nothing l...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 23:05hrs | 1280 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
United States insists Zimbabwe is 'a threat'
Government has described the extension of sanctions on Zimbabwe by the United States of America as a travesty of justice saying Zimbabwe has embarked on a path of rapprochement and expected a reciproc...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 22:51hrs | 2679 | by Staff reporter
MDC always sees the shadow of Zanu-PF
In May this year, the MDC holds its first elective congress after the death of its founding president, Morgan Richard Tsvangirai. It is the first congress under the stewardship of its youthful leader,...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 22:51hrs | 540 | by Tafara Shumba
Welshman Ncube settling score with Mwonzora, shields Chamisa from possible challenge
MDC Alliance deputy president, Professor Welshman Ncube, has joined a slew of the opposition party's sycophantic officials who are shielding party leader Mr Nelson Chamisa from possible challenge at t...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 22:37hrs | 3658 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora wants to end the standoff between Chamisa and Mnangagwa
TENSION continues to rise in the MDC ahead of its elective congress with secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora saying party president Nelson Chamisa failed to meet a target of attracting 4,5 million vote...Published: 05 Mar 2019 at 10:29hrs | 6789 | by Staff reporter
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