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ZEC is “too compromised”—New report
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…
July Moyo uses fear mongering, cash in bid to win elusive constituency on August 23
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…
Zanu PF Fails to Produce Manifesto, Questions Raised
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.…
Political parties dodge LGBTI community ahead of elections
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…
Chamisa promises US$100 billion economy
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…
Vendors, farmers count losses as Zanu PF activists shut down Ruwa market
Kundai Marunya
A ruling Zanu PF-linked group on Saturday shut down informal markets in Ruwa and forced vendors into a bus that took them to a presidential star rally in Mutawatawa, Mashonaland East province, some 200km away.
Ruwa…
Gukurahundi: The election dilemma for undocumented victims
The birth date irregularities were the result of a chaotic civil registration effort conducted shortly after the Gukurahundi horrors
BY MARSHALL BWANYA
LUPANE – Elections come and go, but there is a fraction of Gukurahundi…
EU mission deploys observers, promises impartiality
Sofia Mapuranga
Harare—The European Union Election Observer Mission (EU EOM) on Wednesday deployed 46 observers who it said would ensure non-interference as they carry out their mandate ahead of, during and after the 23 August harmonised…
Belarusian firm Goldfields wreaks havoc in Manicaland
ZIMBABWE Goldfields (Private) Limited, a joint venture between the state-owned Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation (ZMDC) and Midlands Goldfields Limited is violating mining laws while its operations have resulted in massive…
CCC supporters attacked over regalia
Sofia Mapuranga
Harare—Ruling Zanu PF supporters on Tuesday attacked five Citizens’ Coalition for Change (CCC) members in Epworth for wearing their party regalia in public.
The victims successfully filed a block report against the…