Zimbabwe President and Zanu PF leader Emmerson Mnangagwa has retained the presidency of the country by a 52.6 percent margin. Mnangagwa swooped to victory with 2 350 111 total votes ahead of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa who amassed 44 percent of the election with 1 967 …
Read More »Political Clash Claims CCC Activist In Glen View 7
Political violence has reared its ugly head in Harare’s Glen View 7 following the stoning to death of a Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) activist after a clash Thursday, police have confirmed. National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said a statement detailing the actual circumstances will be released after …
Read More »Information Secretary Says CCC Made Unrealistic Demands From ZBC
CCC has spurned slots allocated to them by the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) in terms of the Electoral Act while the party has also made “unrealistic” expectations on their advertisements by demanding that the public broadcaster do commercial productions on their behalf. This was said by Permanent Secretary for Information, …
Read More »CCC Dismisses Information Minister’s Claims Over ZBC Coverage
Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has trashed deputy information minister Kindness Paradza’s claims that opposition parties have abandoned free slots offered by the national broadcaster, ZBC to air their election campaign messages. Paradza told foreign observers and diplomats accredited to cover Zimbabwe’s August 23 polls that opposition parties were reluctant …
Read More »ZPCS Ignores Lawyers Letter Concerning Partisan Officer
Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services has ignored a letter written to it by Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights attorney Innocent Gonese over the misconduct of ZPCS officer Caroline Manjongo who has taken up a Zanu PF political post in violation of the constitution, The NewsHawks has learnt. In an interview, …
Read More »Women Reduced To Meer Cheerleaders In Upcoming Polls: Activists
In a large hall at the headquarters of Zimbabwe’s ruling ZANU-PF party, women responded with roaring cheers when President Emmerson Mnangagwa described them as the party’s “backbone” whose votes are vital to victory in elections scheduled for August. At a recent opposition rally, women with the face of their male …
Read More »Mnangagwa, Lukashenko & Zingman To Benefit Most From Zim-Belarus Ties
Zimbabwe’s honorary consul to Belarus, Alexander Zingman, a close associate of President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his counterpart Alexander Lukashenko, was the biggest winner in trade agreements signed in February this year by Harare and Minsk. Zingman, who sparked outrage last year when he got a US$62 million murky deal to …
Read More »UZA Leader Elisabeth Valerio Now On Presidential Ballot After Winning Case Against ZEC
Opposition United Zimbabwe Alliance (UZA) leader Elisabeth Valerio will now stand as the only female Presidential candidate in the August 23 polls after the High Court upheld her appeal against the decision by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission to initially reject her nomination papers. Speaking soon after the judgment was handed …
Read More »High Court Ruling On Kasukuwere To Affect Diaspora Voters Experts Say
The High Court ruling barring former Cabinet minister Saviour Kasukuwere from contesting in the August 23 polls is likely to have far-reaching implications on Zimbabweans in the diaspora who wish to participate in the upcoming elections, legal experts have warned. Last week, Kasukuwere was disqualified from contesting the upcoming presidential …
Read More »Mnangagwa Signs Prohibitive Patriotic Bill Into Law
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has signed a law that prohibits citizens from criticising the government, defying wide appeals for him to spare the nation of a piece of legislation viewed repressive by opponents. President Mnangagwa’s assent to the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Amendment Act, 2023(No.10 of 2023) commonly referred to …
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