Politics

Zimbabwe has been described as a military-run State whose future is being determined by the army. This was revealed on Monday during a Twitter space discussion hosted by Open Parly, which discussed the topic 2023 Elections: A Discussion on Security Sector Reforms. Analysts said the military, which assisted President Emmerson …

Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) leader Nelson Chamisa on Monday waited three hours and was finally forced to abandon his visit to Chikurubi Maximum Prison to see jailed party activists including lawmakers Job Sikhala and Godfrey Sithole. Chamisa, an advocate, arrived at the prison during the afternoon visiting hour but …

A LEADING international law firm based in the United Kingdom (UK) and the United States (US) has joined the legal team representing incarcerated Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) member of parliament Job Sikhala. The development emerged Monday as party leader Nelson Chamisa was refused entry at Chikurubi Maximum Prison in …

Two journalists have petitioned parliament to amend the Electoral Act to include media workers among groups that qualify for postal voting ahead of general elections next year. Postal voting in Zimbabwe is reserved for security services or other specially designated groups of people such as diplomats in embassies abroad. The …

A 33-year-old woman has filed a police report in Queensland, Australia, accusing Zimbabwean president Emmerson Mnangagwa of raping her when she was 15. Susan Mutami told police that Mnangagwa – then a cabinet minister – pursued her after meeting her during an interschools competition in 2003. She was in Form …

A CONTROVERSIAL young Zimbabwean woman Susan Mutami, based in Australia, with high-level Zanu PF and government links, has dropped a bombshell: she has accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa of raping and repeatedly abusing her as a minor at only 15. The explosive revelations do not end there: Mutami makes further allegations …

‘…I lead a citizens’ movement’ THE opposition Citizens’ Coalition for Change (CCC) is set to contest the 2023 elections without permanent structures despite shrill clamours by some critics, with party leader Nelson Chamisa reiterating that such calls are detached from the citizens’ agenda and therefore a non-issue. Elections are due …

Bindura Bureau Zimbabwe’s ruling party, ZANU PF does not have any vacancy in its leadership positions as is being peddled by some political malcontents seeking relevance, a top party official has said. Kazembe Kazembe, the party’s Mashonaland Central chairperson said this Friday while addressing members of the media at the …

President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday declared that he would be in power beyond 2023 to foresee all the infrastructural projects he has initiated. Speaking during the ground-breaking ceremony of a planned Cyber City project in Mt Hampden just outside Harare yesterday, Mnangagwa said: “The people who are here, you are the …

The Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD), a grouping of 16 political parties which took part in the 2018 elections, including Zanu PF, has released a declaration recommending electoral reforms before next year’s general elections. Among the reforms, POLAD wants all election-related legislation to be consolidated in the Electoral Act; stops police …