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Zanu-PF bullying rejected
While the government in Harare has been diligently working to address the chaos surrounding the general elections, the Sadc region remains steadfast in its scrutiny of Zimbabwe's problematic polls, wh...Published: 02 Oct 2023 at 09:09hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa treading on explosive political minefield
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is currently facing a mounting political challenge as evidence surfaces indicating that soldiers voted against him in various barracks and through postal ballots to a grea...Published: 17 Sep 2023 at 22:13hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Gokwe, Kwekwe voters rolls found in Chitungwiza
THE Women's Academy for Leadership and Political Excellence (Walpe) has revealed that the voting process in last week's harmonised elections was characterised by serious mishaps including voters rolls...Published: 29 Aug 2023 at 07:08hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa details massive anomalies in meeting with SADC
CITIZENS Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa has told on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to regional body SADC, detailing massive electoral irregularities that could taint Zimbabwe's August ...Published: 21 Aug 2023 at 06:42hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
ZEC to release ballot information today
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) says it will release all the information relating to the printing and distribution of ballot papers by end of day today.This follows pressure from the m...Published: 18 Aug 2023 at 06:57hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Police officers in front of their bosses
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) says it has been inundated with reports that members of the security forces were being forced to cast their postal ballots in front of their bosses in open violatio...Published: 16 Aug 2023 at 21:39hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Police 'secretly' vote in Zimbabwe
TEMPERS flared yesterday after it emerged that the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) had "secretly" allowed police officers to vote ahead of the August 23 polls in the absence of political parties' ...Published: 16 Aug 2023 at 06:51hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe's opposition parties slam 'uneven playing field' ahead of 2023 general elections
OPPOSITION parties in Zimbabwe have raised a red flag over the lack of preparedness of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to deliver a free, fair, credible and uncontested outcome in the general ...Published: 14 Aug 2023 at 06:27hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Over 17 000 qualify for postal voting: ZEC
OVER 17 000 voters drawn from the diplomatic service, uniformed forces and election officials have been cleared to cast their votes ahead of polling day on August 23 when they will be away on official...Published: 06 Aug 2023 at 08:20hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Polling stations published, postal voting extended
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has identified and published 12 370 preliminary polling stations that will be used in the harmonised elections slated for August 23.The polling stations...Published: 04 Aug 2023 at 06:37hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
ZEC ahead of schedule, designs ballots
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) is this month primarily focusing on the designing of ballots, procurement of materials, the training of electoral officers and the setting up of command centres...Published: 17 Jul 2023 at 06:52hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
ZEC finalises postal voting list
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) is finalising the processing of applications for postal voting from members of the uniformed forces and election officials intending to cast their votes ahead o...Published: 09 Jul 2023 at 10:30hrs | 11 | by Staff reporter
Reforms will guarantee uniformed forces voting privacy
CIVIC society organisations have called for urgent reform of the country's laws to ensure that uniformed forces enjoy their right to vote in privacy and avoid situations where they are forced to cast ...Published: 15 Sep 2020 at 06:21hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa looking into diaspora vote logistics
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa agrees with the principle of Zimbabweans living outside the country being allowed to vote, and his administration is looking into the logistical issues between now and the...Published: 25 Sep 2018 at 00:04hrs | | by Staff reporter
Full Ruling: Constitutional Court verdict on Nelson Chamisa's presidential petition
This is a unanimous judgement of the court. It must be noted however that it does not at the moment contain the full reasons thereof. These will be issued in due course when a fully-dressed judgement,...Published: 27 Aug 2018 at 10:20hrs | 1 | by Sithabile Mafu
Full Text: Commonwealth Observer Group Preliminary Statement On Zim Elections
Members of the media, ladies and gentlemen.Thank you for coming to this Commonwealth Observer Group Press Conference.Let me start by expressing the Commonwealth Observer Group's profou...Published: 02 Aug 2018 at 11:34hrs | | by Commonwealth Observer Group
How Zec has failed the credibility test
WE have projected and forecast, analysed and pontificated on the elections and in four days' time this comes to an end, as Zimbabweans will have their say on who their next leader is.These ele...Published: 26 Jul 2018 at 07:38hrs | | by Nqaba Matshazi
Police to deploy 71 000 officers during polls
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police will deploy 71 000 officers for the country's harmonised elections and has put measures in place to ensure that the elections take place in a peaceful, free, fair, safe an...Published: 25 Jul 2018 at 07:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Beware of postal ballots
Rigging of elections since 2013 was through the postal voting. This is done during the middle of the night when postal ballot papers are put into the ballot boxes. Most of the party observers ...Published: 22 Jul 2018 at 14:29hrs | 1 | by Isaac Nkomah
Zimbabwe postal vote row fuels political tensions
THE political furore over the postal voting process, the latest battlefront between opposition parties and the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has fuelled political tensions ahead of general elect...Published: 20 Jul 2018 at 15:56hrs | | by Staff reporter
Communication, trust and Chigumba
With only a few days to go before Zimbabweans make their way to the polls to elect their political leaders for the next five years, the eyes of the of the nation and those observing are glued to the Z...Published: 19 Jul 2018 at 06:24hrs | | by Christopher Farai Charamba
ZEC update on poll preparations
Postal voting Over the last few days, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has witnessed incidents where some elements have tried to destabilise the processing of the postal vote on the pretext...Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 15:21hrs | | by Priscilla Chigumba
High Court to hear postal vote appeal
The High Court will today hear the MDC Alliance's appeal seeking to have postal ballots casts in police camps nullified.The case will be heard in chambers today.The Nelson Chamisa-led ...Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 15:05hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZEC warns Chamisa, MDC-Alliance
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has warned the public and political parties against interrupting, obstructing or disturbing any electoral proceedings as this is a punishable offence.Th...Published: 17 Jul 2018 at 14:43hrs | | by Staff reporter
Trust, not arrogance, will deliver a good election
The 2018 World Cup spectacle has been a jarring and intriguing global tournament at many levels. Besides the remote control tensions and conflicts it visited unto our living rooms and the early humble...Published: 15 Jul 2018 at 17:01hrs | 1 | by Zifiso Masiye
Chigumba hits back at critics
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC)'s handling of the July 30 presidential, parliamentary and local government elections came under sharp scrutiny last week after the opposition MDC Alliance claim...Published: 15 Jul 2018 at 16:59hrs | | by Staff reporter
Postal votes scam and the forgotten postman
Too many cooks spoil the broth. That's true, of course, but once in a while, it takes only one cook to do that, breaking the utensils and burning down the kitchen too. The Zimbabwe Electoral Commissio...Published: 15 Jul 2018 at 16:55hrs | | by Tawanda Majoni
Chamisa says MDC-T stands for MDC-Tsotsi
MDC Alliance president Nelson Chamisa has now publicly disowned the MDC-T name saying his party would not be using the name ever again.Addressing thousands of party supporters at Mutasa DC yes...Published: 14 Jul 2018 at 17:19hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa moves to nullify postal votes
THE Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance has approached the High Court seeking to have postal ballots cast in police camps nullified for violating provisions of the Electoral Act.MDC-T secretary-ge...Published: 14 Jul 2018 at 11:44hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Chaos in Bulawayo over postal votes proves the ballot is not secure and likewise so, too is the vote
The video of a lady counting envelopes containing postal ballots at Rose Camp Police Station in Bulawayo has ignited a social media storm fuelled by denial, contradictions and counter accusations by b...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 18:37hrs | | by Nomusa Garikai
Chigumba updates observers on postal vote
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) says 7461 people successfully applied for postal voting while 181 applications were turned down because the applicants were not registered voters.ZEC Ch...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 16:17hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Moyo clarifies Police postal voting
Zimbabwe Electoral Commission Commissioner, Qhubani Moyo has tried to pour cold water into the alleged shoddy members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police postal voting which clandestinely took place in Bu...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 08:54hrs | | by Stephen Jakes
Police in postal vote storm
THE Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) yesterday brew a shocker when it clandestinely conducted postal voting for officers in Bulawayo amid reports they were forced to cast ballots before their superiors,...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 07:25hrs | 2 | by Staff rpeorter
Postal voting underway
Postal voting for the July 30 harmonised elections is underway around the country as the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has dispatched ballots to all those eligible to vote under the system, the ...Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 06:55hrs | | by Staff rpeorter
Mnangagwa is not the Messiah, he's Mugabe's enforcer in the belly of the beast
Life can be ugly. I have seen the unspeakable rot of unchecked malfeasance light up a dinghy hotel bar with womanly seduction like a fireworks display at the Harare Agricultural Show. Laced up in tigh...Published: 31 Jul 2017 at 08:26hrs | 1 | by Tafi Mhaka
Zimbabweans based in SA, Botswana shun elections
Zimbabweans based in South Africa and Botswana appear disinterested in the forthcoming elections as traffic through points of entry linking Zimbabwe to these neighbouring countries has remained low, w...Published: 19 Jul 2013 at 07:05hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zim 'richest and most heavily resourced country' in sub-Saharan Africa
Zimbabwe is probably the richest and most heavily resourced country of all within sub-Saharan Africa, British Member of Parliament ...Published: 17 May 2013 at 12:32hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Zimbabwe prisoners denied referendum voting rights
ZIMBABWE Electoral Commission (ZEC) yesterday said it did not have enough time to effectively prepare for Saturday's referendum and to make provision for prisoners to vote.According to the law...Published: 14 Mar 2013 at 05:49hrs | | by Staff reporter
No Excuse for Denying Expats Right to Vote
There is an urgent need for the clarification of confusion caused by contradictory statements by COPAC and the Prime Minister's Office on the subject of the Diaspora Vote.Recently, COPAC spok...Published: 18 Sep 2011 at 16:14hrs | 1 | by Clifford Chitupa Mashiri
Unofficial poll result announcing officially criminal in Zimbabwe
New poll regulations released last week state that any political parties and their members will be liable for criminal prosecution for pre-empting the official announcement of results of any national ...Published: 09 Jul 2011 at 07:54hrs | | by Mafu Sithabile
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