PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY

Staff Reporter Harare—Contrary to accusations by the ruling Zanu PF, senior government officials and other critics from within Zimbabwe and abroad, the SADC Election Observation Mission (SEOM) did not overstep its mandate, says Veritas,…

Staff Reporter The Washington-based World Movement for Democracy has released an alert in which it condemns the recent arrest of civil society activists who were conducting parallel voter tabulation during last week’s harmonised polls.…

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Jeffrey Moyo Harare—Early results of the 23-24 August elections showed Zanu PF leading in the parliamentary race, but marathon reports by observer missions highlighted serious gaps in the management of the polls. Results emerging on…

Jeffrey Moyo Harare—Police in Harare have barricaded roads leading to the national election command centre at the Rainbow Towers, a stone’s throw from the Zanu PF headquarters. The barricades were set up on Thursday evening, igniting…

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Staff Reporter Harare--Zanu PF has won the just-ended elections with a two-thirds majority for parliament and at least 60 percent for the presidential candidate, party treasurer, Patrick Chinamasa, has declared. The Electoral Act…

Kundai Marunya Harare—A large number of voters in various constituencies failed to cast their votes as their names were missing on the voters’ roll. This is despite the fact that most of them had confirmed their names during the…

Moses Ziyambi Masvingo—The Bikita West Citizens Coalition for Change parliamentary candidate, Pikirai Gutuza, and the opposition party's Ward 30 council aspirant, Trust Zinyama, were severely assaulted by Zanu PF supporters at Domboshava…

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…