President Mnangagwa yesterday urged people in urban areas to vote out inept opposition legislators and councillors who have been failing to deliver services to residents countrywide. Addressing thousands of Zanu PF supporters during a rally at Airport Village Stadium in Harare yesterday, President Mnangagwa said people should vote wisely during …
Read More »ED Weaponising The Law Against Political Opponents: Kasukuwere
Self-exiled former cabinet minister Saviour Kasukuwere has accused President Mnangagwa of using the judicial system to fight personal battles that emanate from factional fights that rocked Zanu PF in 2017 culminating in a military coup. Kasukuwere is battling to retain his name on the presidential ballot for this year’s general …
Read More »Kasukuwere Takes Ballot Fight To Supreme Court
Saviour Kasukuwere will “fight to the bitter end” to stop his name being removed from presidential candidates for the August 23 election, aides said on Wednesday after he launched an appeal against a High Court decision to disqualify him on the basis that he had been out of the country …
Read More »Police Claim They Have Banned More Zanu PF Rallies Than CCC
SINCE January police have barred 84 ZANU PF rallies and meetings, more than the 59 from opposition parties, out of the 1 730 applications made by the country’s political parties and candidates. The police statistics fly in the face of opposition claims that the police have been stopping their rallies, …
Read More »Presidential Hopeful Kasukuwere Barred From Contesting 2023 Elections
Exiled former cabinet minister Saviour Kasukuwere has been barred from contesting the country’s presidential elections by the High Court. This follows an application filed against the former Zanu PF political commissar by a ruling party activist. The High Court concurred that he stopped being a registered voter when he was …
Read More »Mutodi Reported To Police For Unruly Conduct With Arms
Zanu PF aspiring MP for Bikita South Energy Mutodi stormed the venue of a Citizens Coalition for Change rally and discharged his gun, according to a police complaint filed by his rival John Mupanduki. The incident happened at Baradzanwa BIC in Bikita on July 6, according to the police report …
Read More »Tension As CCC, Zanu PF Clash Over Voters Roll
Tempers flared yesterday during the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) Harare Metropolitan provincial multi-party liaison committee meeting after opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party candidates accused the electoral body of secretly availing the voters roll to Zanu PF candidates. Zec almost lost control of the meeting as CCC and Zanu …
Read More »Mnangagwa Leads Chamisa Ahead Of Polls Latest Report Says
President Emmerson Mnangagwa enjoys an eight percentage points lead on opposition rival Nelson Chamisa going into general elections on August 23, but none of the men has a sufficient vote to win the election outright, according to a new poll released on Monday. The Afrobarometer poll shows Mnangagwa ahead with …
Read More »$1 Billion Windfall For Zanu PF, MDC Alliance
Government has disbursed $1 billion dollars to Zanu PF and the MDC Alliance in terms of the Political Parties (Finance) Act for the period beginning January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023. Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, Ziyambi Ziyambi made the announcement under General Notice 1153 of 2023 published in …
Read More »ZEC Invites Observers, Media For Accreditation
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission has invited local and international prospective observers and journalists interested in covering the August 23 harmonised elections to be accredited with the commission. All journalists, both local and foreign, will be required to apply for the ZEC accreditation in order to be allowed to capture the …
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