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Sadc must provide leadership, not platitudes
AFTER brokering a peace deal that gave birth to a Government of National Unity in Zimbabwe following the disputed 2008 presidential election, and again intervening albeit reluctantly in disputed polls...Published: 31 Aug 2023 at 06:46hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
Controversial Nevers Mumba excluded from SADC Panel of Elders meetings
THE Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Secretariat in Botswana has dispatched its Panel of Elders (PoE) on a fact-finding mission into disputed 2023 harmonised elections results in Zimbabwe....Published: 30 Aug 2023 at 06:43hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Sadc satisfied with Zimbabwe poll preps
THE Southern Africa Development Community (Sadc) Election Observer Mission has expressed satisfaction with the peaceful environment prevailing in the country during the election period, saying it is t...Published: 18 Aug 2023 at 06:53hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Eelections Commission must explain this?
Dear SADC Electoral Advisory Council, A few days after concluding your pre-election assessment mission to Zimbabwe, the Zimbabwe Elections Commission (ZEC), a body that is supposed to be indep...Published: 24 Apr 2023 at 07:31hrs | 27 | by Kennedy Kaitano
Release the voters roll
The harmonised elections are likely going to be held between 31st of July and 31 August 2023. That means we are only left with about three months to go to the polls.The most worrisome thing is...Published: 16 Apr 2023 at 18:50hrs | 1 | by Leonard Koni
'Sadc, a toothless bulldog'
THE Citizens in Action Southern Africa (Ciasa) has accused the Southern Africa Development Community (Sadc) of failing to effectively deal with electoral crises in countries such as Zimbabwe.I...Published: 12 Aug 2022 at 06:37hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Full Text: Zimbabwe Gender Commission Preliminary Election Monitoring Report on the 2018 Harmonised Elections
INTRODUCTION The Zimbabwe Gender Commission (ZGC) is one of the five Independent Commissions established in terms of Section 232 and 245 of the Constitu...Published: 17 Aug 2018 at 10:31hrs | 1 | by Staff Reporter
Everything you need to know about Zim's election
TODAY, Zimbabweans go to the polls to elect a President, parliamentarians and local councillors.The elections are an unprecedented opportunity for Zimbabweans to choose who they believe can de...Published: 30 Jul 2018 at 07:13hrs | 1 | by Piers Pigou
AU observer team pledges impartiality
The African Union Election Observer Mission has said it will be professional and impartial in the discharge of its duties in assessing harmonised elections on Monday next week. In a statement ...Published: 23 Jul 2018 at 06:42hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
A new dawn beckons for Zimbabwe
The forthcoming harmonised elections are vaunted as Zimbabwe's most important elections since independence in 1980, primarily because they seek to endorse or reject the new dispensation that rolled in...Published: 22 Jun 2018 at 07:07hrs | 4 | by Cuthbert Mavheko
'Zimbabwe is NOT ready for elections,' says observers tell ZEC - we know, 'You ain't seen nothing yet!'
It is pleasing to see that the international elections observers are now in Zimbabwe and some are already "cutting their teeth"! "International Observers Claim Zimbabwe Is Not Ready For Electi...Published: 09 Jun 2018 at 17:39hrs | 1 | by Patrick Guramatunhu
Zec poll approach legal, says EU team
THE European Union (EU) election exploratory team which was in country a fortnight ago to assess the pre-election conditions ahead of general elections later this year got the impression that the Zimb...Published: 06 Apr 2018 at 13:35hrs | | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe human rights violations rise
Cases of intimidation are on the rise in Murewa District within and across political parties with ordinary citizens being victims, Centre for Community Development in Zimbabwe (CCDZ) has reported....Published: 25 Mar 2018 at 10:00hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
EU grows confidence in Zimbabwe
The Zimbabwean Government has managed to put the country back on track through reengagement with the international community after a long standoff period during the former president Robert Mugabe's er...Published: 20 Mar 2018 at 15:22hrs | | by Derick Tsimba
EU poll mission arrives
A NINE-member European Union (EU) election exploratory team led by the bloc's Head of Democracy and Support Unit, Mr Patrick Costello, arrived in the country yesterday for pre-election assessment ahea...Published: 20 Mar 2018 at 05:49hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
EU election exploratory mission expected today
Zimbabwe will today welcome the first European Union election exploratory mission in 16 years, a demonstration of confidence in President Mnangagwa's efforts to entrench democracy in the country....Published: 19 Mar 2018 at 06:10hrs | | by Staff reporter
'Silaigwana appointment a consolidation of the militarisation of ZEC'
The appointment of Utoile Silaigwana as the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) Acting Chief Elections Officer has rattled pro-democracy activists in Zimbabwe who feel the move is a consolidation of t...Published: 15 Mar 2018 at 15:54hrs | | by Byo24News Reporter
Sadc election observers jet in
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is living true to his pledge of free, fair and credible polling with his administration today opening unrestricted access for the first international election observer tea...Published: 11 Mar 2018 at 09:34hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
No room for hate speech, violence
Zimbabwe is truly on a path to self-realisation.It is amazing how much a people with collective interests at heart can turn their fortunes around.As the general elections draw nearer, ...Published: 11 Mar 2018 at 09:14hrs | | by Staff reporter
SADC election observers jet in for pre-election assessment
A Sadc mission arrives today for a week-long pre-election assessment, and will meet officials from Government, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, political parties and civil society.The visit,...Published: 11 Mar 2018 at 08:07hrs | | by Staff Reporter
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