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Global democracy watchdog raps civil society arrests
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.…
SADC Electoral Observation Mission preliminary statement on Zimbabwe’s August 23 harmonised…
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Zimbabwe 2023 elections draw sharp criticism
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…
Poll command centre cordoned off, fears of clampdown mount
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…
Zanu PF “announces” landslide wins for party and Mnangagwa
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…
Voters dampened by missing names
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…
CCC candidates severely assaulted, one missing
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…
FAZ intimidation reported as polling suffers delays
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…
“Shoddy” voters roll might leave thousands stranded in Cowdray Park
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 –…