HARARE – On Monday, over 5,6 million voters in Zimbabwe will give the first significant electoral verdict on the political parties since the departure in November of long-ruling despot Robert Mugabe. Voters will get the chance to bring in their verdict on the 23 presidential candidates running, those running for the National Assembly and the…
HARARE – The wait is over as Zimbabweans on Monday vote to choose a new leader following the resignation of former president Robert Mugabe who was replaced by his long time aide Emmerson Mnangagwa who was sworn in to finish his term which ends at midnight tomorrow. That journey which started on November 15, 2017…
MUTARE – MDC secretary for defence and security Giles Mutsekwa has claimed his party is enjoying unprecedented support among Zimbabwe’s armed forces — a mainstay of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government — amid what he claimed was discontent within the ranks at dwindling salaries and poor economic stewardship. The former Home Affairs co-minister said the MDC…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa has spoken glowingly about the late MDC founding father Morgan Tsvangirai while mocking the former trade unionist’s successor — Nelson Chamisa — whom he is squaring up against at the watershed polls on Monday. Writing for the Washington Post yesterday, Mnangagwa who is spending big on his campaign regretted that…
HARARE – The High Court has ordered the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to ensure that all teachers and other civil servants who will act as electoral and polling officers be allowed to cast their votes during Monday’s crunch elections. High Court judge Isaac Muzenda granted the order following an application by the Amalgamated Rural Teachers…
HARARE – The High Court yesterday dismissed an application by opposition leader Nelson Chamisa seeking an order barring President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Zanu PF from interfering with the independence of traditional leaders. Chamisa had dragged his main rival in next Monday’s crunch national elections to court for remarks that the Zanu PF leader made at…
HARARE – The trial of former Zanu PF bigwigs Ignatius Chombo, Kudzanai Chipanga and Munyaradzai Hamandishe — charged for wearing regalia associated with the party — was yesterday deferred to August 2. The trio is facing charges of criminal nuisance. Their trial could not kick off yesterday because of a pending determination of an application…
HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa has spoken glowingly about the late MDC founding father Morgan Tsvangirai while mocking the former trade unionist’s successor — Nelson Chamisa — whom he is squaring up against at the watershed polls on Monday. [Adz]
HARARE – MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa sensationally claimed yesterday that former Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai was killed by ruling Zanu PF functionaries. Tsvangirai died in February this year after a long battle with cancer. He had been diagnosed with the disease in 2016. Addressing party supporters in the dormitory town of Chitungwiza yesterday, Chamisa…
HARARE – Zimbabwe Election Support Network has trained and will deploy over 6 500 observers in all the 1 958 local authority wards of Zimbabwe comprising static (polling station based observers), constituency and mobile observers. Zesn, a coalition of 36 nongovernmental organisations working on the promotion of democratic elections in Zimbabwe is observing the 2018…
