August 2023

Mary Mundeya Harare—A significant number of polling stations nationwide opened later than the scheduled start time of 7am on voting day due, according to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC), “delays in the deployment of election…

Cowdray Park, a sprawling high density suburb on the outskirts of Bulawayo, will be one of the closely watched constituencies when Zimbabweans head to elections on August 23 as it mirrors the most contentious dispute over the polls –…

Tafadzwa Muranganwa Harare—The Zanu PF aspiring lawmaker for Mabvuku-Tafara in Harare, Scott Sakupwanya, is being accused of breaking the data privacy law by clandestinely accessing potential voters’ mobile numbers and soliciting for…

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Brenna Matendere Harare—The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) is too compromised to ensure free, fair and credible elections, says a new report released two days to the 23 August 2023 polls. The ZEC—one of the four constitutional…

Fear pervades the peri-urban farming community of Matava in the Midlands Province’s Redcliff Constituency on the eve of Zimbabwe’s harmonised elections following a campaign allegedly anchored on coercion by one of the region’s ruling…

Brenna Matendere Harare—Zanu PF is still insisting that it will go into the 2023 harmonised elections without a manifesto, but analysts describe the decision as a “problematic” attempt to mask the party’s failures in the last five years.…

Regina Pasipanodya Harare—Zimbabwe’s biggest political parties, Zanu PF and Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), are dodging the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex (LGBTI) community ahead of the elections set for 23…

Pamenus Tuso Bulawayo—Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) on Tuesday night unveiled its manifesto ahead of the 23 August harmonised elections, promising an ambitious US$100 billion economy in the next decade. The manifesto titled “A…

Sofia Mapuranga Information for Development Trust (IDT), a non-profit organisation promoting access to information essential for the enhancement of transparency and accountability in private-public governance, has released a detailed…