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Zimbabwe's new ZiG spins markets into trading disruptions and uncertainty
Zimbabwe's newly introduced ZiG currency is causing market disruptions and transaction bottlenecks despite central bank assurances that it is backed by gold and foreign currency reserves, amid sceptic...Published: 09 Apr 2024 at 06:24hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
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 | 4 | by Staff reporter
Supreme Court dismisses Markham's bid to access electronic voters roll
The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal lodged through the apex court by Harare North lawmaker, Allan Markham who was seeking to overturn a High Court ruling denying him access to the electronic vot...Published: 09 Jun 2023 at 08:08hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa unearth 'huge' election rigging scam?
OPPOSITION Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has said his party has unearthed a vote rigging scheme by the ruling party Zanu-PF ahead of the general elections set for August th...Published: 19 May 2023 at 20:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe central bank confident of price stability
ABOUT $40 billion, some of which could have found its way onto the black market, has been mopped up from the market in less than 10 months through gold coins and gold-backed digital tokens, in a devel...Published: 14 May 2023 at 11:32hrs | 1 | by Staff reportetr
Releasing electronic format of voter's role compromises security, court rules
The High Court has rejected a bid by opposition CCC Member of Parliament Allan Markham to compel Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to release the voters' roll in electronic format after agreeing wit...Published: 08 Mar 2023 at 05:27hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
23 000 errors on Zimbabwe's voters roll
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) says it picked over 23 000 errors on addresses in the voters roll during an inspection exercise conducted in July.In a statement, Zec spokesperson Jaspe...Published: 03 Nov 2022 at 05:07hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe - Where did that come from?
Statutory Instrument 142 - Monday June 24, 2019 will go down as one of those days you remember.I have just read the Zimbabwe Independent for this week, it was all about the "return of the Zimb...Published: 02 Jul 2019 at 08:27hrs | | by Eddie Cross
RTGS slides against the dollar
For investors who doubted Zimbabwe would let market forces determine the price of its new currency, there's evidence it's doing just that. The southern African nation's central bank has allowe...Published: 13 Mar 2019 at 22:47hrs | | by Staff reporter
RTGS dollars and production
Pursuant to the introduction of the so-called RTGS dollars (not to be confused with the US dollars), the question which arises is: will production be triggered by the introduction of the so-called RTG...Published: 24 Feb 2019 at 10:41hrs | 1 | by Colls Ndlovu
RBZ's interbank forex policy failed miserably in 2008
Just in case folks out there start jumping up and down ululating and eulogising at the forex trading liberalisation policy announced by the RBZ, a cursory look at the country's...Published: 21 Feb 2019 at 11:14hrs | | by Colls Ndlovu
RTGS is the electronic version of the bond note
Firstly, is the RBZ going to print the RTGS dollars or not? Either way the effect is the same because previously they created RTGS balances from thin air while physically printing bond notes. On...Published: 20 Feb 2019 at 16:37hrs | 3 | by Colls Ndlovu
Economic dystopia in Zimbabwe
The key word to describe Zimbabwe's current national attitude or mood is "dystopian". That is a predisposition to expecting the worst possible scenarios for society because of recent government moneta...Published: 17 Oct 2018 at 06:53hrs | 119 | by Staff reporter
RBZ's monetary policy statement: 'It's the bond notes, stupid'
The monetary policy statement issued by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) on 1 October 2018 served as a precursor of how the new dispensation will handle economic and financial policies going forward...Published: 07 Oct 2018 at 14:26hrs | 4 | by Colls Ndlovu, economist
Aspiring MP fails to find name on voters’ roll
MDC-T (Khupe) aspiring Dangamvura - Chikanga parliamentary candidate, Lynnette Mudewe told journalists last Friday that her name could not be found on the voters' roll on the day of the nomination cou...Published: 22 Jun 2018 at 15:39hrs | | by Staffr eporter
MDC Founding Member calls upcoming elections fair and reasonable
The Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance has been dealt a devastating blow to their long-standing attempts to brand the upcoming July presidential elections as illegitimate by one of their own. In fact, th...Published: 19 Jun 2018 at 10:39hrs | 2 | by Knowledge Moyo
2018 elections promise to be 'smart'
The Military Assisted Transition (MAT) took place in November last year. It is now six months into 2018 and seven months since the MAT. How are we doing? Our world has certainly changed and it is very...Published: 19 Jun 2018 at 07:20hrs | | by Eddie Cross
Zec's old habits dying hard
Last Friday, the European Union head of delegation in Zimbabwe, Philippe Van Damme, took to Twitter to participate in the broad conversation on the freeness and fairness of the coming elections. His t...Published: 10 Jun 2018 at 17:56hrs | 1 | by Tawanda Majoni
75 political parties registered to contest 2018 elections
About 75 political parties are reported to have registered to contest the 2018 elections amid concerns that such political fragmentation was giving rise to the Zanu PF chances of remaining in power wi...Published: 08 Oct 2017 at 09:29hrs | | by Stephan Jakes
I voted multiple times for people living in the diaspora at the insistence of Tobaiwa Mudede
Tobaiwa Mudede, a Mugabe's apologetic civil servant who is somehow immune to retirement is a perennial electoral impostor, manipulator of the voters roll and an agent of corrupting the democratic elec...Published: 01 Jul 2017 at 11:33hrs | 2 | by Themba Mthethwa
'ZEC needs to be an independent Commission'
HON. SEN. CARTER: Thank you Mr. President of the Senate for the opportunity to speak on the motion. As outlined in the motion the holding of a transparent free and fair election depends on the integri...Published: 26 Feb 2017 at 14:26hrs | | by Hon Sen. Carter
Zimbabwe crafting DNA, electronic evidence laws
GOVERNMENT is crafting laws to set guidelines on the use of DNA and electronic evidence in court as part of its legislative plans for this year.This is contained in the Ministry of Justice...Published: 30 Jan 2017 at 05:27hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe plans to register 'one voter per second' for new roll
Does Zimbabwe's electoral commission really intend to register one voter per second?Critics of President Robert Mugabe are crying foul over revelations contained in the state Herald newspa...Published: 13 Oct 2016 at 10:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
12 parties gang up on Mugabe, planning a massive joint protest
Twelve political parties have ganged up on President Robert Mugabe and are planning a massive joint mass protest to demand the immediate implementation of electoral reforms ahead of the 2018 elections...Published: 16 Aug 2016 at 07:25hrs | 66 | by Staff reporter
'Keep Zanu-PF out of Bulawayo,' says Dabengwa
Statement delivered y Dr. Dumiso Dabengwa, ZAPU President at official launch of by-election campaign, 9th May 2015 at Stanley Hall, Makhokhoba, Bulawayo....Published: 11 May 2015 at 17:17hrs | 2 | by Dr. Dumiso Dabengwa, ZAPU President
MDC-T finally gets voters' roll
Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai's MDC says Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has given them the voters' roll, after the party vowed not to participate in any election without studying the electo...Published: 15 Mar 2015 at 09:28hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mugabe's opponents demand voters' roll before by-elections
Opposition parties have demanded that the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) furnishes them with an electronic version of the voters' roll before they can participate in by-elections pencilled for Ma...Published: 13 Jan 2015 at 12:42hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Tony Blair has been named top gay icon
Tony Blair has been named as top gay icon in the last 30 years by the Gay Times among a list of other famous figures who fought for equal rights.He even features as a cover star for an electro...Published: 26 Sep 2014 at 15:37hrs | 2 | by Staff Reporter
Fresh voters roll on cards
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC), the country's electoral management body, has plans to compile a fresh voters' register, before the next poll.Justice Rita Makarau, the chairperson of ...Published: 18 Mar 2014 at 09:30hrs | | by Richard Chidza
Still no proof Mugabe rigged elections - report
Zanu-PF's landslide election 'victory' was probably at least partly the result of five years hard campaigning for new voters, as there is still no proof of rigging, according to a report from the Sol...Published: 08 Oct 2013 at 04:27hrs | 2 | by Peta Thornycroft
Statement by David Coltart
On Saturday the MDC Secretary for Legal Affairs David Coltart wrote on Facebook:...Published: 17 Aug 2013 at 09:19hrs | | by David Coltart
Tsvangirai scuttles Mugabe inauguration
President Robert Mugabe's inauguration following his disputed re-election in the just-ended harmonised polls has been stalled after Morgan Tsvangirai's Friday Constitutional Court (Con-Court) petition...Published: 13 Aug 2013 at 12:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe election: Accept and build
SA deputy international relations and cooperations minister Ebrahim Ebrahim headed the SA team of SADC observers to Zimbabwe's elections. He spoke to Nicholas Kotch ...Published: 08 Aug 2013 at 09:07hrs | 7 | by Nicholas Kotch
Mudede created four different voters rolls, claims Biti
The MDC-T on Friday claimed that Registrar-General Tobaiwa Mudede has created three to four different voters roll databases, for the purposes of rigging the upcoming elections.Tendai Biti, the...Published: 20 Jul 2013 at 12:58hrs | 1 | by Tichaona Sibanda
Treasury releases US$8m to kick start mobile voter registration
TREASURY has released US$8 million to kick start mobile voter registration next Monday as the country gears for watershed harmonised elections expected this year.The money is part of US$13 mi...Published: 24 Apr 2013 at 22:16hrs | | by Staff Reporter
Replacement fees for IDs slashed
CABINET has directed the Registrar-General's Office to replace lost identity documents for all Zimbabweans free of charge until the last day of voter registration for the forthcoming harmonised polls....Published: 24 Apr 2013 at 04:06hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zim Govt steps up anti-sanctions drive
The state media reports that the Zimbabwe government has stepped up its anti-sanctions drive. According to 'The Herald' more than 2,2 million signatures gathered during the National Petition ...Published: 23 Feb 2012 at 22:32hrs | | by Staff reporter
Electoral Amendment Bill an opportunity for democratic transition
The debate that is at the epicenter in the corridors of power in Zimbabwe is the promulgation of the Electoral Amendment Bill. The Bill focuses on slightly amending the current Electoral Act of Zimbab...Published: 25 Oct 2011 at 08:29hrs | 1 | by NYDT Staff
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