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Blind power consolidation renders Mnangagwa weak
LEGAL and parliamentary affairs independent think-tank Veritas has expressed misgivings over the roles and duties which President Emmerson Mnangagwa assigned to himself and vice-presidents amid concer...Published: 23 Nov 2023 at 06:46hrs | 812 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa consolidates grip over investment fund
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has retained control of the Mutapa Investment Fund (MIF), raising concerns about potential widespread corruption resulting from housing 20 state-owned enterprises (SOEs) u...Published: 03 Nov 2023 at 14:54hrs | 302 | by Staff reporter
'Zimbabwe's Patriot Act smuggles in death penalty'
There is growing concern that an amendment to the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act, also referred to as the Patriot Act, is attempting to reintroduce the death penalty through indirect means...Published: 11 Oct 2023 at 06:23hrs | 240 | by Staff reporter
'Mnangagwa never wanted to sign Patriot Bill'
Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have claimed that President Emmerson Mnangagwa never intended to sign the Private Voluntary Organisations (PVOs) Amendment Bill, but used it as a means to intimid...Published: 28 Sep 2023 at 06:23hrs | 1277 | by Staff reporter
Battles to watch in today's Zimbabwe election
AFTER five very short years, we are back to the polls.It feels it was just yesterday when President Mnangagwa gave us that signature dance to the Kutonga Kwaro soundtrack. It feels it was just...Published: 23 Aug 2023 at 06:33hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Nhlanhla Ndiweni wants court action over Zanu-PF rallies
Exiled former Ntabazinduna chief Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni says Zanu-PF must be taken to court for coercing schoolchildren to attend its rallies in violation of a 2018 High Court ruling.I...Published: 14 Aug 2023 at 21:06hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zec put on spot over Mwonzora pullout?
LEGISLATIVE watchdog, Veritas, has called on the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to remove MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora's name from the ballot paper for presidential candidates to avoid confusing...Published: 11 Aug 2023 at 06:43hrs | 8 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF invades schools in hunt for votes
Zanu-PF is in the eye of a storm amid accusations that its officials are disrupting learning at schools, especially in rural areas as campaigning for the August 23 elections heats up.This publ...Published: 30 Jul 2023 at 09:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Kasukuwere nullification debate rages on
LEGAL think-tank Veritas says a High Court judgment which nullified exiled former Cabinet minister Saviour Kasukuwere's nomination was "wrong on several accounts".High Court judge Justice Davi...Published: 19 Jul 2023 at 06:49hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
'There's still time to resolve nomination disputes'
LEGAL think-tank Veritas says there is still enough time for the courts to resolve electoral disputes arising from the just-ended nomination process, where some aspiring candidates complained of being...Published: 30 Jun 2023 at 14:31hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa invites EU to observe Zimbabwe's 2023 elections
The European Union (EU) has accepted Zimbabwe's invite to observe the country's elections due August 23 this year.EU ambassador to Zimbabwe Jobst von Kirchmann said the invitation to observe p...Published: 27 Jun 2023 at 06:56hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa move 'will backfire'
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's decision to set this year's election date before any reforms could prove to be a costly blunder for the country as it might have serious consequences, experts have...Published: 04 Jun 2023 at 09:39hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa ignores Motlanthe's recommendations
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has ignored several recommendations, including by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, to improve the country's election management system and avoid disputed elections....Published: 02 Jun 2023 at 18:18hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
History of organised violence, torture in Zimbabwe (1972-2020)
ON Wednesday May 24, 2023, I joined a panel of human rights defenders to reflect on the problem of organised violence and torture in Zimbabwe.This was during the launch of the report A Short H...Published: 01 Jun 2023 at 06:46hrs | 5 | by Dzikamai Bere
Chamisa heading for polls without reforms
ZIMBABWE could be heading for elections without electoral reforms if President Emmerson Mnangagwa proclaims the poll date before finalisation of the Electoral Amendment Bill which is before Parliament...Published: 29 May 2023 at 06:40hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
A critical review of Al Jazeera's Gold Mafia documentary
APRIL, famously characterised as "the cruellest month" by distinguished poet and literary critic TS Eliot in his critically acclaimed essay "The Wasteland" - not because its first day celebrates fools...Published: 28 May 2023 at 17:07hrs | 23 | by Jonathan Moyo
Chamisa's CCC says Zec favouring Zanu-PF on voters roll
THE opposition Citizens Coalition for Change has accused the ruling Zanu-PF party and the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission of colluding on the voters roll ahead of the August polls.Addressing a p...Published: 27 May 2023 at 09:07hrs | 2 | by Staff reporter
'No voter registration at inspection centres'
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) says voter registration will run concurrently with the voters roll inspection exercise that commences on Saturday this week.Zec will open the voters rol...Published: 25 May 2023 at 06:26hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa's govt urged to respect rule of law
LEGAL think-tank Veritas has accused the government of failure to respect the rule of law through unlawful suspension of standing statutes by Cabinet ministers.In its latest Bill Watch publica...Published: 25 May 2023 at 06:25hrs | | by Staff reporter
ZEC opens voters roll for inspection by electorate
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has announced the opening of the voters' roll inspection period set to run from May 27 to 31, 2023.The exercise is one of the processes that shall pave ...Published: 23 May 2023 at 21:17hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Clamour for reforms puts Zimbabwe polls in doubt
Less than four months to the end of Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangawa's first term, the date for the southern African country's next elections is still a mystery amid calls for electoral reforms....Published: 22 May 2023 at 06:41hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa backtracks on 'looting' law
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has scrapped the controversial law that sought to hide details of some procurement processes from the public after a public outcry, saying its gazetting was a fraud,...Published: 11 May 2023 at 05:33hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Chamisa's CCC joins poll fight
THE case where MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora has approached the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) seeking postponement of this year's general elections took a new twist yesterday after the Citizens Coal...Published: 05 May 2023 at 06:22hrs | 9 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe poll postponement doubtful
LEGAL think tank, Veritas has expressed doubts that the Constitutional Court (ConCourt) will order postponement of this year's general elections after MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora mounted a court cha...Published: 03 May 2023 at 06:07hrs | | by Cuthbert Mavheko
CCC asks why the 'Gold Mafia' arrests have taken so long
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), an opposition party, has urged Zimbabweans to seek the arrest of anyone mentioned in the "Gold Mafia" investigation documentary by Al Jazeera.A cartel of p...Published: 25 Apr 2023 at 07:02hrs | 7 | by Staff reporter
CCC laughs off GNU, election postponement
Citizens Coalition for Change(CCC) spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere has dismissed the possibility of a Government of National Unity (GNU) or the postponement of much anticipated 2023 general elections foll...Published: 22 Apr 2023 at 19:17hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa hints on poll dates
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said he will proclaim election date next month, ending speculation that the polls might be postponed to allow for formation of a coalition government.Spe...Published: 21 Apr 2023 at 19:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Gold Mafia: RBZ under sharp scrutiny
THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has come under renewed pressure to deal with allegations of gold smuggling and money laundering after a leading think-tank said the central bank's operations should ...Published: 20 Apr 2023 at 07:31hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
MPs under fire over poor performance
LEGAL think-tank Veritas has described the performance of Members of Parliament (MPs) as "disappointing" after they failed to finalise outstanding Bills in the National Assembly last week.Ther...Published: 06 Apr 2023 at 06:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Fresh uproar over Zec report
CONSTITUTIONAL experts and opposition parties have renewed their onslaught on the recently gazetted Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) delimitation report, describing it as constitutionally unusable ...Published: 28 Feb 2023 at 07:39hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Proposed prisons law raises eyebrows
The proposed Prisons and Correctional Services Bill strips the Prisons and Correctional Services Commission (PCSC) of several decision-making powers, which will be given to the president and commissio...Published: 26 Feb 2023 at 09:50hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chamisa: Hoping for tricks of providence
A belch from a priest has greater valueFor a shiny trinket / Give not away your country / The foreigner is a trafficker / To mind him is no bargain / If you were skilled and artful / You'd sta...Published: 25 Feb 2023 at 06:49hrs | 10 | by Jamwanda
Zimbabwe in a crisis of Mnangagwa's own making
ZIMBABWEAN electoral processes have in recent years become the reason for its strife and ostracisation from the Commonwealth of nations.None more so that the bitterly fought and fraught electi...Published: 24 Feb 2023 at 07:10hrs | 3 | by staff reporter
Zanu-PF happy with gazetted delimitation report
Zanu-PF spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa yesterday said the ruling party was content with the gazetted final delimitation report which has drawn criticism from various quarters.Mutsvangwa s...Published: 24 Feb 2023 at 07:09hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zec incompetence could lead to disputed elections
ZIMBABWE is heading towards another disputed election should the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) adopt the discredited delimitation report without correcting the glaring shortcomings, analysts hav...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 20:03hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
'Zanu-PF preparing for early polls'
THE Zanu-PF-led government is reportedly busy tying up all loose ends, including fast-tracking passage of the delimitation report, election-related legislation in Parliament and bussing its members to...Published: 04 Feb 2023 at 06:17hrs | | by Staff reporter
USAid warns of Zimbabwe funding threat
THE Private Voluntary Organisations (PVOs) Amendment Bill, which has been criticised by opposition parties and civic groups for muzzling government critics and narrowing democratic space, has gone a s...Published: 02 Feb 2023 at 19:53hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt gazettes new Police Amendment Bill
GOVERNMENT on Monday gazetted the new Police Amendment Bill, which includes provisions that will ensure that the Commissioner-General of Police is appointed by the President in consultation with the m...Published: 01 Feb 2023 at 07:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chigumba guns for 'rogue' Zec commissioners
SEVEN Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) commissioners, who reportedly refused to append their signatures to the electoral body's preliminary delimitation report presented to President Emmerson Mnang...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 07:13hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
VirginVoters4ED causes a stir
SCHOOLS have become the latest hunting ground for votes for Zanu-PF after it emerged that ruling party fanatics are invading learning institutions to force learners and teachers to attend their campai...Published: 15 Jan 2023 at 11:23hrs | | by Staff reporter
Mutambara wants Zimbabwe to dump, rework delimitation
FORMER Deputy Prime minister in the 2009-2013 Government of National Unity (GNU), Arthur Mutambara says the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) must redo the delimitation exercise as he dismissed the ...Published: 11 Jan 2023 at 16:54hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe Parly demands voters roll
IN a rare show of solidarity, legislators from across the political divide yesterday closed ranks to unanimously demand an electronic copy of the voters roll from the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Ze...Published: 07 Jan 2023 at 07:06hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
'Ordinary Zimbabweans bear the brunt of sanctions'
A "GO FUND ME" campaign for a Nkayi family living with albinism was stopped midway after the online fundraising platform said Zimbabweans could not run the initiative since the country was under econo...Published: 20 Dec 2022 at 20:43hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
Biti complains about ministers' failure to attend budget debates
LEGISLATORS have lamented failure by Cabinet ministers to attend 2023 budget debates last week saying this shows their lack of commitment to Parliament business, including critical budget discussions....Published: 14 Dec 2022 at 06:35hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Veritas blasts Social Welfare ministry for squandering budget
Legal think tank Veritas has slammed the Ministry of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare for squandering its 2021 budget and failure to relay donated equipment to targeted recipients who need st...Published: 11 Dec 2022 at 08:57hrs | 6 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa accused of taking Zimbabwe back to medieval era
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa's Statutory Instrument (SI) 189 of 2022, announced on November 4 to legalise payment of miners' royalties partly in kind has been described as not just being illegal but a...Published: 06 Dec 2022 at 05:11hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe drivers licence removed as proof of identity
LEGAL think-tank Veritas has questioned the removal of driver's licence as proof of identity in the proposed Electoral Bill that was approved by Cabinet last week.Information, Publicity and Br...Published: 17 Oct 2022 at 06:12hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe urged to abolish death penalty
GLOBAL human rights defender, Amnesty International has called on Zimbabwe to join 111 progressive nations which have abolished the death penalty as it constitutes the worst form of punishment against...Published: 11 Oct 2022 at 06:08hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabwe govt cancels exemption facility for importers
THE Government says the exemptions letters issued to importers, but without expiry dates, under the Consignment Based Conformity Assessment (CBCA) programme 2022 have expired.The CBCA programm...Published: 03 Oct 2022 at 06:03hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Crisis Coalition urges NGOs to contest PVO Bill
CRISIS in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) has called on Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) to scale up the struggle for democracy as the Private Voluntary Organisation (PVO) bill nears enactment into law...Published: 27 Sep 2022 at 06:01hrs | 5 | by Staff reporter
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