HARARE – President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday hailed the late Thokozile Mathuthu as an honest politician and unassuming leader. Mnangagwa told mourners gathered for the burial of the former Zanu PF women’s league deputy secretary Mathuthu at the National Heroes Acre that she was a strong advocate for affirmative action. “Mathuthu vigorously worked to change the…
HARARE – The level of mistrust in Zanu PF and government seems to have reached alarming levels after President–elect Emmerson Mnangagwa shocked all and sundry by avoiding stepping onto the red carpet rolled out for him during the Defence Forces Day celebrations on Tuesday. As he entered the giant 60 000-seater National Sports Stadium (NSS)…
HARARE – Zimbabwe has entered another nail-biting week as it eagerly waits for the full bench of the Constitutional Court (Con-Court) to hear a petition filed by MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa, who is seeking to overturn President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa’s win. On Wednesday, the court will commence the hearing of the presidential challenge, with a…
HARARE – Zimbabwe has entered another nail-biting week as it eagerly waits for the full bench of the Constitutional Court (Con-Court) to hear a petition filed by MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa, who is seeking to overturn President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa’s win. [Adz]
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) is open to enter media rights deals with broadcast partners willing to pay for the privilege of accessing the Constitutional Court (Con-Court) TV feed. This comes as Zimbabwe will for the first time broadcast live court proceedings of a Con-Court hearing of an application lodged by MDC Alliance…
HARARE – MDC Alliance president Nelson Chamisa has rejected Zanu PF’s suggestion for a vote recount saying the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has tempered with the ballot boxes. This comes after Zanu PF secretary for legal affairs Paul Mangwana and head of the party’s legal team said the petition filed by the MDC Alliance lacked…
HARARE – MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa’s international attorneys contesting President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa’s victory in the July 30 harmonised elections have applied for authority to work in the country. This emerges after Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi indicated that top South Africa advocates Jeremy Gauntlet, Dali Mpofu and Tembeka Ngcukaitobi had not sought clearance from him…
HARARE – The Evangelical Fellowship of Zimbabwe (EFZ) has urged churches to pray for Constitutional Court (Con-Court) judges who are handling MDC Alliance president Nelson Chamisa‘s case to be impartial. This comes after the Con-Court has set August 22 as the date on which it will hear the matter in which Nelson Chamisa is challenging…
HARARE – Anxiety has gripped Zimbabweans as they await the verdict of the Constitutional Court (Con-Court) in which MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa is challenging President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s election victory. In determining the petition or application, the Con-Court may declare a winner or invalidate the election — in which case a fresh election will…
HARARE – Coalition of Democrats (Code) presidential candidate, Elton Mangoma, has backed MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa’s Constitutional Court (Con-Court) challenge to the presidential election results. Chamisa is challenging results announced by Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec), which claimed Emmerson Mnangagwa won the presidential election with 50, 8 percent. Chamisa, according to Zec, got 44, 3…
