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Pro-Mnangagwa group slams ZEC
ZIMBABWE Electoral Commission (ZEC)'s recently published delimitation preliminary report continues to scare Zanu-PF, as a shadowy affiliate has castigated the report demanding a redo of the exercise....Published: 18 hrs ago | 696 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa says Zanu-PF ineptitude created power crisis
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has claimed that the power crisis bedevilling the country is a symptom of the ruling party's lack of foresight, corruption and energy policy i...Published: 18 hrs ago | 213 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF piles pressure on Zec
Zanu-PF Mashonaland East provincial chairperson Daniel Garwe has castigated the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) for a skewed delimitation exercise.Addressing party supporters at a mobilisa...Published: 18 hrs ago | 620 | by Staff reporter
Delimitation report rattles Zanu-PF
TWO shadowy Zanu-PF groups have trashed a Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) preliminary delimitation report showing the ruling party losing some rural wards to urban constituencies that are widely b...Published: 08 Dec 2022 at 05:11hrs | 1937 | by Staff reporter
New by-law for Bulawayo crafted
THE Bulawayo City Council (BCC) has crafted a new by-law that bans free advertising on the city's public spaces with offenders facing three months imprisonment or a fine.However, according to ...Published: 08 Dec 2022 at 05:06hrs | 209 | by Staff reporter
Things not looking good for Chamisa's CCC
The events that are taking place within CCC coupled with the party's defeat by Zanu-PF in the by-elections held in Binga, Gweru and Mberengwa over the weekend show that things are falling apart in the...Published: 08 Dec 2022 at 05:05hrs | 1614 | by Mukachana Hanyani
Zimbabwe opposition calls for postponement of 2023 Presidential elections
THE opposition People's Unity Party has called for the delay of 2023 elections, saying voting has not yielded the much needed change over recent years.The party said instead, leaders in the co...Published: 07 Dec 2022 at 05:11hrs | 1601 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe 'poised' for Commonwealth return?
GOVERNMENT yesterday announced that the Commonwealth mission that visited the country last month is expected to circulate its assessment report on Zimbabwe's readiness for readmission to the bloc next...Published: 07 Dec 2022 at 05:06hrs | 276 | by Staff reporter
'Kasukuwere desperate for a political comeback'
Self-exiled and former Cabinet Minister, Saviour Kasukuwere is desperate to make a political coming back and has been engaging some fringe political parties to support his 2023 presidential bid , it h...Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 19:31hrs | 2221 | by Mandla Ndlovu
Violence driving away potential voters
POLITICAL violence is dissuading many Zimbabweans from registering to vote in general elections, a recent report by the Election Resource Centre (ERC) has shown.ERC said the number of new regi...Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 05:04hrs | 119 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe opposition parties need strategies to appeal to rural voters'
With only six months until the elections and no comprehensive electoral reforms in place, analysts say if the opposition in Zimbabwe is to win the 2023 national elections, it will need to put in place...Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 05:02hrs | 246 | by Staff reporter
Electoral laws must be aligned to the constitution
There is a need to ensure that all eligible Zimbabweans exercise their right to vote by aligning electoral laws to the constitution, Zimbabwe Electoral Support Network (ZESN) has said.ZESN Sen...Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 05:01hrs | 41 | by Staff reporter
MPs scrimmage for US$40 000 loan shows how we all are dependent on the dictator's benevolence
"It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest. We address ourselves, not to their humanity but to the...Published: 05 Dec 2022 at 10:49hrs | 2444 | by Wilbert Mukori
Zanu-PF trounces CCC in weekend by-elections
THE ruling Zanu-PF party on Saturday won four of the five contested council seats in Gweru, Mberengwa and Binga which used to be main opposition's stronghold.According to results released by t...Published: 05 Dec 2022 at 05:13hrs | 2929 | by Staff reporter
The many political lives of Mohadi
WHEN the "Ides of March" devoured Kembo Mohadi as he stepped down as country Vice-President (VP) late February last year, many thought the epitaph on his political grave had been inscribed for eternit...Published: 05 Dec 2022 at 05:11hrs | 1944 | by Staff reporter
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 | 211 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF makes bold statement ahead of 2023 harmonised elections
AS Zimbabwe barrels towards next year's harmonised elections, Zanu-PF is firing from all cylinders winning elections in urban areas and increasing its leads in rural constituencies in a bold statement...Published: 05 Dec 2022 at 05:07hrs | 376 | by Staff reporter
70% registered to vote, claims ZEC
More than 70 percent of Zimbabweans eligible to vote have registered and are already on the voters roll, the chief elections officer of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, Mr Utoile Silaigwana, has tol...Published: 05 Dec 2022 at 05:06hrs | 142 | by Staff reporter
'CCC will win the 2023 elections' Need a reality check here, especially after 42 years of rigged elections
"Our motive is clear, we want to win the 2023 Presidential Election. Let it be known that Chigumba cannot stop the wave of change, said CCC Task Force Com...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 21:27hrs | 712 | by Nomusa Garikai
Mwonzora in eye of storm
MDC Alliance president Douglas Mwonzora's "unanimous" nomination as party president could be short-lived as one of his allies has approached the High Court challenging his nomination.MDC Allia...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:15hrs | 1064 | by Staff reporter
Fresh voters' roll headache for Zec
A local independent election watchdog has dragged the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to the High Court seeking an order directing the electoral management body to release a soft copy of the voter...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:14hrs | 379 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe opposition's to-do list ahead of 2023 polls
Zimbabwe is expected to hold its presidential election next year, and the world has mixed sentiments about the impending polls due to the Zimbabwean government's reluctance to execute electoral reform...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:12hrs | 177 | by Evans Mathanda
Beyond Beijing's 'gift' to Zimbabwe
On November 23, 2022, the President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa gave the state of the nation address at the new iconographic parliament building that was designed, funded, built and "donated" by C...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:12hrs | 196 | by Gorden Moyo
CCC raises intimidation concerns in Mberengwa by-election
THE OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party has raised intimidation concerns in the ongoing by-election being held in Mberengwa.A woman suspected to be a Zanu-PF member allegedly ...Published: 04 Dec 2022 at 08:09hrs | 194 | by Staff reporter
2023 elections cost US$116m
ZIMBABWE'S 2023 general elections are expected to gobble up ZW$76 billion (US$116 million).The country will hold presidential, parliamentary and local government elections simultaneously, most...Published: 03 Dec 2022 at 18:10hrs | 249 | by Staff reporter
High Court suspends 5 Binga by-elections
THE High Court has barred the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) from holding by-elections in five wards under Binga Rural District Council that were supposed to be held today.By-elections we...Published: 03 Dec 2022 at 07:13hrs | 1675 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's politics of salving troubled consciences
Politics and poetryWilliam Butler Yeats, I think it was he who said out of our arguments with others we make politics, but out of arguments with ourselves we make poetry!We can forgive...Published: 03 Dec 2022 at 07:10hrs | 152 | by @Jamwanda2 on Saturday
EU envoy meets Zanu-PF, CCC
EUROPEAN Union (EU) human rights envoy Eamon Gilmore has met the ruling Zanu-PF and opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party leaders as the European bloc ratchets pressure on Harare to con...Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 05:04hrs | 2043 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabweans smuggling explosives for use in committing crimes in South Africa'
ZIMBABWEANS are reportedly smuggling explosives for use in committing crimes in neighbouring South Africa, NewsDay reported.Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) chairperson Justice Loice...Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 05:01hrs | 241 | by Staff reporter
'Civil servants compromising credibility of 2023 polls'
THE Residents Association Coalition for Electoral Reforms (Racer) says the country's civil servants' declaration of allegiance to the ruling Zanu-PF party presidential candidate President Emmerson Mna...Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 04:57hrs | 359 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe not ready for free, fair elections
FOR decades after independence, Zimbabwe seems to have been disillusioned by the electoral system.Democracy has been elusive. Elections have been marred by violence. Every past election has be...Published: 02 Dec 2022 at 04:57hrs | 254 | by Innocent Mpoki
'EU turns to Zanu-PF as prospect of opposition govt fades' - we only have ourselves to blame for this
"EU turns to Zanu-PF as prospects of opposition govt fades" screamed the headlines in Bulawayo24. Of course, every thinking Zimbabwean out there must be disappointed the EU has given up the fight end ...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 14:12hrs | 1155 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Does the Zimbabwe opposition stand any realistic chance of winning 2023 elections?
This is the million dollar question - which has been on the lips of many, and the source of much debate, in Zimbabwe. What I see, though, is that most of us are living in a delusional world - ...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 14:08hrs | 1373 | by Tendai Ruben Mbofana
America, Europe easing their stance on Zimbabwe
The current economic stability prevailing in the country is indirectly forcing the West to mend its relations with Zimbabwe, economic analysts have said.Economic analysts, Abednigo Matsika sai...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 09:59hrs | 2457 | by Innocent Mujeri
ZEC claims over a hundred failed attempts to hack into its voters roll server
ZIMBABWE Electoral Commission (ZEC) Chief Elections Officer Utoile Silaigwana has told parliament that there has been over a hundred failed attempts to hack into its voters roll server, a day after re...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 05:03hrs | 447 | by Staff reporter
Team Pachedu labelled a terrorist organisation
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) yesterday accused a group of data analysts, Team Pachedu, of employing "terrorist tactics" to try to hack into its system and destabilise the country's election...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 05:01hrs | 356 | by Staff reporter
No violence during by-elections, political parties
POLITICAL parties say they will not tolerate violence during the Manicaland by-election scheduled for December 17.The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has already printed 2750 ballot papers...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 05:01hrs | 213 | by Staff reporter
The alternative Sona by Trevor Ncube
DEAR compatriots, comrades, and friends.Since independence in 1980, our nation has experienced moments of joy punctuated with anguish and trauma.The dream of our liberation struggle of...Published: 01 Dec 2022 at 04:58hrs | 279 | by Trevor Ncube
Hacking attempts made on ZEC server
There have been several attempts to hack a server of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) and the electoral management body has made a police report against a shadowy group calling themselves Team ...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 18:42hrs | 326 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC to boycott 2023 elections?
Sources within the Nelson Chamisa-led CCC have revealed that a fierce debate on whether or not to participate in next year's elections is raging. According to the sources, the debate has...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 10:37hrs | 4407 | by Mandla Ndlovu
EU turns to Zanu-PF as prospects of opposition govt fades
A FEW years ago relations between Zimbabwe and the Western world were at the lowest ebb but now a new chapter has been opened, thanks to President Mnangagwa's policies espoused by re-engagement and en...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:32hrs | 4363 | by Staff reporter
ZEC reports US linked Pachedu to the police
IN a litmus test against cyber terrorists, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) yesterday reported an anti-Zimbabwe shadowy group Pachedu to the police on a litany of allegations ranging from hackt...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:21hrs | 1435 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt failing Zec
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has admitted failing to run elections properly, but has laid the blame on poor funding by the State.In its latest report on the March 26 by-elections, Z...Published: 30 Nov 2022 at 05:07hrs | 415 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans flock to cruise ships amid vast job opportunities
Electoral Bill doesn't pass democracy test, says BitiCITIZENS' Coalition for Change senior official Tendai Biti (pictured) has dismissed the Electoral Amendment Bill as currently drafted, saying i...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 17:59hrs | 736 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF gobbles 90% of ZBC airtime'
A SURVEY by the Broadcasting Authority of Zimbabwe (Baz) reveals that the ruling Zanu-PF party enjoyed State broadcaster, Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) radio and television monopoly during t...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 05:24hrs | 588 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF's terrorism should come to a stop
THE recent amendments to the Electoral Act are either the work of a stupid government or a government that thinks its citizens are stupid.The disqualification of a person who has been convicte...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 05:20hrs | 228 | by A Mbire
Zec releases March 26 By-elections report
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has released a 115-page March 26 By-Elections report which shows that the elections body did abide by Section 21 of the Electoral Act which stipulates that cand...Published: 29 Nov 2022 at 05:16hrs | 136 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa claims new chapter in Zimbabwe-EU relations
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa says improved relations with the European Union (EU) have opened a new chapter that has seen the country receiving US$47 million in aid for the Health ministry and funding...Published: 28 Nov 2022 at 04:57hrs | 541 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe opposition party threatens to boycott 2023 polls
OPPOSITION Peoples Unity Party (PUP) has threatened to boycott 2023 elections citing lack of reforms amid heightened political intolerance.PUP becomes the second opposition party to hint at sn...Published: 27 Nov 2022 at 14:56hrs | 303 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe now a banana republic, mafia State'
NewsDay (ND) reporter Lorraine Muromo recently had an interview with Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiCZ) chairperson Peter Mutasa (PM) on the country's human rights situation and the controversial Pri...Published: 27 Nov 2022 at 14:55hrs | 231 | by Staff reporter
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