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MK members march over election rigging in South Africa

The uMkhonto weSizwe Party (MKP) embarked on a march in Durban on Wednesday calling for a recount of votes of the May 29 national and general elections.After its abrupt decision to pull the plug on its vote-rigging court case recently, the…

Published: 19 Jul 2024 at 06:31hrs | 760 | by Staff reporter

IEC, ConCourt ignoring South Africa election rigging evidence

The uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party says the Electoral Commission (IEC) and the Constitutional Court have ignored evidence provided to support the party's claims of last month's elections being rigged.Addressing the media in Sandton, Johannesb…

Published: 19 Jun 2024 at 11:10hrs | | by Staff reporter

'Sophisticated election rigging currently underway in Zimbabwe'

The climate of intimidation and violence threatens to render the upcoming election unfree and unfair, a leading civic organisation has said.In its electoral updates, Kubatana has cited a number of infringements that threaten Zimbabweans ex…

Published: 10 Aug 2023 at 20:20hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter

Spectre of Zanu PF thugs rigging party primaries underlines folly of participating in 2023 without even verified voters' roll

"Matsotsi haagerani!" (Crooks do not cut each other's hair!) so goes the Shona adage. Meaning it is one thing the crooks playing their mischief on the unsuspecting public, when one of them is the victim; they do not like it one bit!All the…

Published: 30 Mar 2023 at 11:36hrs | 2 | by Wilbert Mukori

'ED is Zanu PF's 2023 presidential candidate' Chiwenga (grudgingly) endorsed - which Zanu PF rigging to guaranteed legitimacy, t

The 2017 military coup that removed the late Robert Mugabe from office was about power and not good governance, as the coup plottersâ€™ spin-doctors would have us believe. Each and everyone of the coup plotters got a share of the spoils; E…

Published: 23 Jul 2022 at 20:52hrs | 3 | by Patrick Guramatunhu

Vote-rigging whistle-blower granted bail

A WHISTLE-BLOWER, who allegedly unmasked attempted rigging by a Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) employee was yesterday charged with violating the Electoral Act.MDC Alliance's Gilbert Mbwende was granted $10 000 bail when he appeared be…

Published: 07 Apr 2022 at 06:38hrs | 10 | by Staff reporter

Rigged votes aren't just an African thing

AFRICA has a reputation for particularly poor quality and controversial elections. I have just come back from Zimbabwe, where the election campaign was heated and the outcome explosive.When delays in the counting of the presidential ballot…

Published: 04 Sep 2018 at 06:42hrs | 2 | by Nic Cheeseman

Back to 2008 - Zimbabwe Vigil Diary

After two months of record heat in the UK, exiled Zimbabweans gathered outside Zimbabwe House in London on the final day of campaigning before Monday's elections. Rain at Chamisa's last rally at Masvingo was interpreted by the MDC as …

Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 18:08hrs | 1 | by Zimbabwe Vigil Diary

'Spooks' in Chamisa anti-rigging experts

MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has put together a team of experts in an attempt to forestall any form of rigging that may arise before, during and after the Monday poll.Harare lawyer Thabani Mpofu is leading the team whose identities c…

Published: 27 Jul 2018 at 13:40hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

Chamisa's rigging allegations: A case of history repeating itself

Those who have meticulously followed developments on Zimbabwe's political landscape since President Emmerson Mnangagwa proclaimed the date of the 2018 harmonised elections will, no doubt, concur with me that the Zimbabwe Electoral Commissi…

Published: 19 Jul 2018 at 06:28hrs | 1 | by Cuthbert Mavheko

Zec must avoid costly poll rigging antics

REPORTS that independent biometric voter registration (BVR) and data science experts analysing the voters' roll have unearthed a suspected loophole that could have a negative effect on the credibility of the coming election, where the Zimb…

Published: 13 Jul 2018 at 07:22hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter

All doors to 2018 elections are written 'SILENCE, RIGGING IN PROGRESS'

A fly that does not listen will follow the corpse in the grave. Time and again we keep reminding the opposition of the need for electoral reforms but surprisingly the opposition continues giving us the cold shoulder. The key to unlock the …

Published: 28 Mar 2018 at 13:13hrs | | by Chikuni Gaba

Time to end Zanu-PF election rigging, Cdes

MY Comrades, I am pleased to finally announce to you that something is happening on the ground. As you are now all aware, a lot of work is underway to ensure that the New Patriotic Front (NPF), a grand coalition of all opposition parties r…

Published: 12 Feb 2018 at 10:55hrs | 1 | by CZ

No 'hard evidence' to prove 2013 elections were rigged, say Mavhinga - denier's mind-set

Those who choose to deny the past and often forced to relive the same mistake."In the years and decades after World War II, the German society - while overwhelming rejecting Nazi ideology after the traumatic experience of the war - chose n…

Published: 07 Aug 2017 at 21:13hrs | 1 | by Wilbert Mukori

Election boycotts, Demos and Rigging

AFTER MARCHING THEN WHAT?DEMOSOf late Media has been awash with National Electoral Reforms Agenda demonstrations where Opposition parties engage in a two hour stroll in different towns with hope that ZanuPF will crumble and collapse. On pa…

Published: 01 Oct 2016 at 07:48hrs | 4 | by Mangosuthu Mbele

Zimbabwe vote rigging 'mere touting'

The recent claims of vote rigging by Derek Matyszack a senior researcher of Research and Advocacy Unit (RAU), Ibbo Mandaza of Southern Africa Political Economy Series (SAPES) and Australian Ambassador Matthew Neahaus in Belgravia - Harare,…

Published: 23 Apr 2014 at 14:16hrs | | by Caitlin Kamba

ZEC should prove it is not rigging, says MDC-T

The question of impartiality or lack thereof has been a thorny issue in the Zimbabwe's electoral management body the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) since the formation of the MDC.There is no equivocation that the MDC has been winning …

Published: 24 Jul 2013 at 12:25hrs | | by MDC-T

Zanu-PF tests its rigging machinery

ZANU PF has reportedly manipulated referendum figures to suit its template for predetermined victory in the next critical general elections, with party officials telling supporters and would-be voters especially in Mashonaland provinces si…

Published: 30 Mar 2013 at 20:52hrs | | by Elias Mambo and Herbert Moyo,

New Zanu-PF rigging plan exposed: MDC-T

Out of desperation to reclaim lost ground in the rural areas, Zanu-PF decided to deploy at least two senior military officers in each administrative district of Manicaland and Masvingo as part of what it calls the "throw it all" campaign s…

Published: 12 Jul 2011 at 11:14hrs | 15 | by MDC-T information officer

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