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Why Botswana's shift has Zimbabwe's Zanu-PF on edge
As the region and the continent at large continue to digest the outcome of the recent Botswana elections and their ramifications reverberate across borders, a bigger debate is unfolding on the changin...Published: 14 Nov 2024 at 14:39hrs | 1253 | by Ntibinyane Ntibinyane
Zimbabweans fret over army hand in politics
A growing number of Zimbabweans are expressing alarm over the increasing involvement of the military in civilian life and politics, raising concerns about its impact on democracy and public trust. Thi...Published: 26 Sep 2024 at 09:54hrs | 166 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's heightened coup proofing is unconstitutional
In an unprecedented move which may very well be unconstitutional and illegal, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed Zimbabwe Defence Forces commander General Phillip Valerio Sibanda - popularly k...Published: 28 Oct 2023 at 16:09hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Army fights back Mnangagwa
WHEN Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa immobilised the military from running elections as they illegally had done mainly since 2000 at the height of militarisation of politics in fear of bhora m...Published: 23 Oct 2023 at 10:54hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
CIO raises alarm over illicit army gold mining
ZIMBABWE'S state security agency, the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO), has raised serious national security fears over an illicit gold mining operation run by an army-owned company, Rusununguk...Published: 09 Oct 2023 at 13:50hrs | 17 | by Staff reporter
'FAZ heavily involved in electoral manipulation'
A recent study by the Zimbabwe Democracy Institute (ZDI) found that the deployment of Forever Associates Zimbabwe (FAZ) into Zimbabwe's electoral processes was a key part of Zanu-PF's electoral manipu...Published: 20 Aug 2023 at 18:56hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
CiZC claims not regime change agents
CRISIS in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) says labelling the organisation regime change agents is a usual tactic used by dictatorships worldwide to muzzle all voices which attempt to hold them to account....Published: 08 Aug 2023 at 06:49hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Soldiers deface Mnangagwa posters
THE Zimbabwe Defence Forces has dismantled the Cleveland Shooting Range in Harare amid allegations that some soldiers stationed there were defacing President Emmerson Mnangagwa's campaign posters in M...Published: 02 Aug 2023 at 08:13hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere takes poll fight to Sadc
EXILED former Cabinet minister Saviour Kasukuwere says he has appealed to the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) to rescue his presidential bid after he was disqualified by the High and Sup...Published: 02 Aug 2023 at 07:02hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
CCC's fortunes in Bulawayo depend on court ruling
THE main opposition Citizens' Coalition for Change (CCC) risks being blindsided in the 2023 general election campaign, should the High Court disqualify 15 of the party's parliamentary candidates who f...Published: 17 Jul 2023 at 21:44hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa takes the risk by sidelining army in polls
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has taken a huge political risk by sidelining the military - which has kept Zanu-PF in power directly since 2000 - from his dicey intelligency-driven presidential election...Published: 09 Jul 2023 at 14:26hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe army, CIO involvement in voting
In the run up to the June 2000 Parliamentary election, there was noticeable intervention of the army, and alleged war veterans. The election also came after the formation of the MDC, which fielded can...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 13:14hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
US tightens screws on Zimbabwe
A representative of the United States government has indicated that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration should satisfy sanctions conditions in full for Washington to approve its arrears clea...Published: 04 Mar 2023 at 10:22hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's foreign policy stuck in a time warp
ZIMBABWE'S foreign policy and international re-engagement drive has not shifted from the Mugabe era, as shown by the imposition of fresh sanctions on individuals, analysts have said.President ...Published: 17 Dec 2022 at 12:38hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
'Disband current Zec secretariat'
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) secretariat should be disbanded and new civilian staff employed before the 2023 elections to ensure the credibility of the electoral management body, independen...Published: 17 Dec 2022 at 12:11hrs | | 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 | | by Innocent Mpoki
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 | | 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 | | by Staff reporter
'Second Republic' obsessed with policies to consolidate Mnangagwa's power
A LOCAL research unit, Democracy Institute's (ZDI) latest report titled ‘Civic Space Contestation Ahead of 2023' has noted a series of reforms aimed at cementing President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ‘di...Published: 03 Nov 2022 at 05:09hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa worse than Mugabe'
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has a worse track record than the late former president Robert Mugabe in stifling civic space ahead of polls, a comparison by a human rights watchdog, the Zim...Published: 01 Nov 2022 at 19:10hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt outfoxes opposition on reforms
ELECTORAL stakeholders, including the opposition, have raised concern over the secrecy surrounding the Electoral Amendment Bill 2022 announced by government on Tuesday saying they were not consulted....Published: 06 Oct 2022 at 06:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa shields killer soldiers from justice
ZIMBABWEAN human rights organisations under the Crisis in Zimbabwe banner have engaged former South African president Kgalema Motlanthe, raising questions and seeking global support in dealing with th...Published: 18 Sep 2022 at 16:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe not a peaceful country, says dodgy report
ZIMBABWE has been ranked 127 out of 163 countries in terms of being a peaceful nation by the Global Peace Index (GPI) 2022.The peace index was carried out through a survey by the Institute for...Published: 24 Aug 2022 at 06:49hrs | | by Cyprian M Ndawana
Storm over Mohadi ZEC appointment
A POLITICAL storm is raging over the controversial appointment of the daughter of Zanu-PF vice-president Kembo Mohadi (pictured) and the ruling party's Beitbridge senator Tambudzani Mohadi, Abigail Mi...Published: 17 Jul 2022 at 09:36hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa lashes out at United States
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has lashed out at the United States for its "disturbing streak of selfishness and coercive diplomacy" demonstrated by its latest decision to introduce a law to monitor activities i...Published: 13 Jun 2022 at 06:45hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter
Nelson Chamisa and Douglas Mwonzora - Water and Oil Don't mix
Advocate Nelson Chamisa and Douglas Mwonzora like water and oil do not mix. Not surprising then that the sly attempts to foist Mwonzora on the masses, are failing.As we head to 2023 elections,...Published: 27 May 2022 at 07:42hrs | | by Grace Kwinjeh
'We are militarised, so what?, asks ZEC
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) said there was no law prohibiting the elections management body from being run by the military."You talk about the militarisation of the commission, I w...Published: 25 May 2022 at 06:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Electoral Commission demands proof of how it 'rigs' elections
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has demanded proof of how it "rigs" elections, describing as "bar talk" allegations that it manipulates the results in favour of the ruling Zanu-PF party....Published: 10 May 2022 at 07:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
Politicised military threatens 2023 poll
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's government is abusing state institutions, including the military, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) and judiciary, to maintain his tight grip on power ahead of the...Published: 27 Apr 2022 at 13:39hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt deploys police, soldiers for census
THE involvement of members of the security sector in the upcoming population census has raised eyebrows, with observers describing it as a calculated move by the Zanu-PF government to manipulate the r...Published: 14 Apr 2022 at 06:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
By-elections fail credibility test
THE by-elections set for tomorrow have revealed that President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration is stuck in the past by continuing to abuse state institutions and independent commissions to manipul...Published: 27 Mar 2022 at 07:37hrs | | by Staff reporter
By-elections credibility under threat
THE credibility of the 26 March by-elections is under threat as their outcome is likely to be manipulated because the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is compromised and militarised in favour of th...Published: 11 Mar 2022 at 18:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
Credible reforms are the only way forward
THE political and economic reform agenda has dominated Zimbabwe's political discourse for over two decades, but consensus remains distant because the ruling Zanu-PF party has rebuffed attempts at ever...Published: 02 Mar 2022 at 05:40hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
200 Zimbabwean students stranded in Ukraine
At least 200 Zimbabwean students are stranded in Ukraine after flights were grounded as Russia began a military offensive this week.The students have sent a plea to the Zimbabwe government to ...Published: 24 Feb 2022 at 17:40hrs | | by Staff reporter
Nurses blast Chiwenga
ACTING President Constantino Chiwenga has with immediate effect ordered the Nurses Council of Zimbabwe (NCZ) to stop issuing Nurses' Verification Letters, a key document for those seeking employment o...Published: 05 Feb 2022 at 19:44hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Electoral reforms must dominate political discourse in 2022
AS we bask on the cusp of a new year, Zimbabweans appear to have gone agog about the pending by-elections and what many deem to be the watershed plebiscite of 2023.And yet for some of us, high...Published: 18 Jan 2022 at 05:32hrs | | by Luke Tamborinyoka
'Zimbabwe morphing towards dictatorship'
ZIMBABWE is witnessing heavy militarisation of businesses through the emergence of opaque security sector-run companies since President Emmerson Mnangagwa took over power in 2017, with the country now...Published: 17 Nov 2021 at 05:37hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
School heads forced to attend Zanu-PF induction
Several school heads in Mutasa district, Manicaland province were allegedly forced to attend an induction training facilitated by Zanu-PF at the weekend, a development that has irked teachers who desc...Published: 11 Nov 2021 at 06:22hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa told to deal with your corrupt top aides
Civic society yesterday implored President Emmerson Mnangagwa to deal with rising corruption among his top aides in government in his State of the Nation Address (Sona) in Parliament today.The...Published: 07 Oct 2021 at 07:05hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabweans, military talks will end disputed elections, looting'
A REPORT, recently released by the Democracy in Africa, has called for urgent civilian and military negotiations in Zimbabwe to avoid future disputed elections and the ongoing unrestrained plunder of ...Published: 20 Sep 2021 at 19:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe soldiers must respect human rights'
THE National Transitional Justice Working Group Zimbabwe (NTJWG) has called on government to ensure that soldiers do not perpetuate human rights violations in the country, adding that those found on t...Published: 12 Aug 2021 at 06:45hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
No to Zanu-PF army, Mnangagwa told
THE military and other securocrats have been urged to desist from being used as Zanu-PF agents and serve national interests.This was said yesterday by opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Cha...Published: 10 Aug 2021 at 08:58hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe opposition, CSOs says, 'we're still in bondage'
ZIMBABWEANS have been described as a people who still live under bondage despite the sacrifices made by heroes of the Chimurenga was during the struggle for independence.This was said yesterda...Published: 09 Aug 2021 at 07:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's MDC mulls name change
THE opposition MDC Alliance has hinted on a name change as MDCT leader Douglas Mwonzora insists on using its name in the 2023 harmonised elections.This has left the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alli...Published: 26 Jul 2021 at 06:46hrs | | by Staff reporter
National Youth Service (Zimbabwe) a disservice!
The re-establishment of the National Youth Service in Zimbabwe is uncalled for and an unnecessary disservice. It is totally against ubuntu and the rule of law. The youth militia, infamously known as t...Published: 24 Apr 2021 at 09:24hrs | 6 | by Inhokomo Yesizwe SikaMthwakazi
Mnangagwa's govt resurrects youth militia
GOVERNMENT yesterday announced the return of its infamous National Youth Service programme for its youth militia, also known as "Border Gezi graduates", with analysts saying the move was meant to inst...Published: 14 Apr 2021 at 06:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chiwenga backs down on junior doctors
A MAJORITY of junior doctors have declined to be conscripted into the army and will now be deployed to public hospitals, it has emerged. Vice-President and Health minister Constantino Chiwenga...Published: 09 Apr 2021 at 07:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe military must not subvert democratic institutions
Zimbabwe's military should not take a prominent role in any political dialogue that seeks to break the country's socio-economic impasse as lobbying for talks intensifies, a leading scholar has said....Published: 20 Mar 2021 at 20:19hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
ZCTU now wants national dialogue to end Zimbabwe's crisis
THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has become the latest organisation to call for a comprehensive all-stakeholder dialogue to solve the country's multi-faceted crisis.ZCTU president ...Published: 10 Mar 2021 at 05:47hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Peasant voter conundrum
Sometimes you wonder if there are people who still believe that elections will change the fortunes of a country such as Zimbabwe. But again, political change is what is needed to take this country for...Published: 08 Mar 2021 at 05:40hrs | | by Tapiwa Gomo
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