Politics

Former cabinet minister, Walter Mzembi has rubbished attempts by ruling party Zanu PF to elbow out its erstwhile political commissar, Saviour Kasukuwere from facing off President Emmerson Mnangagwa in the August 23 polls. Self-exiled Kasukuwere emerged last week on the list of candidates that will be vying for the country’s …

The MDC-T on Tuesday lost its bid to force the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to register 87 of its aspiring MPs who were rejected by the nomination court on June 21 after failing to pay candidate fees. Justice Webster Chinamhora of the Harare High Court, sitting as an Electoral Court, …

Lukashenko Confirms Wagner Leader Is In Belarus Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin is now in Belarus, the country’s president has confirmed to state news agency BELTA.  Under a deal mediated by Alexander Lukashenko on Saturday that ended a mutiny in Russia by the Wagner fighters, Prigozhin was meant to move to …

The opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has given the 41 candidates who were “fraudulently” registered under the party for National Assembly and local authority elections 24 hours to withdraw their papers or they will be dragged to court. The party claims that the “fraudulent candidates” were allegedly smuggled in …

Zimbabwean leaders have been misleading the public and the world that the “Patriotic Bill”, which amends the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act to criminalise locals’ connivance with foreign governments to malign the country, is similar to the United States’ Logan Act passed centuries ago. Information minister Monica Mutsvangwa (pictured) …

The European Union (EU) has accepted Zimbabwe’s invite to observe the country’s elections due August 23 this year. EU ambassador to Zimbabwe Jobst von Kirchmann said the invitation to observe polls ‘demonstrates the trust, cooperation and partnership’ between the government and the grouping. “The EU warmly welcomes the invitation from …

The Robert Chapman-led opposition Democratic Union of Zimbabwe (DUZ) has expelled two senior party members over their suspected links to Nelson Chamisa’s Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC). The members are party provincial secretary for Bulawayo Philani Gama and Lloyd Masiya from the same province. Part of the expulsion letter signed …

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa vowed to do “what we can to remain in power”, promising to revive an economy that has collapsed under his watch as he launched his bid for a second five-year term. Zimbabwe will hold presidential and parliamentary elections on Aug. 23 which are expected to pit …

The opposition leader of Citizens Coalition for Change in Zimbabwe, Nelson Chamisa has appealed to the international community to ensure that the upcoming elections in that country in August are free and fair. Chamisa is in South Africa where he held a rally in Johannesburg and stressed that this year’s …

The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) maintains it did not field double candidates at the nomination court on Wednesday ahead of August 23’s elections, instead the party says over a dozen National Assembly candidates purporting to be standing on its ticket forged signatures. CCC leader Nelson Chamisa has vowed legal …