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SADC troika indirectly raps Mnangagwa, Zanu PF for “unwarranted attacks”
Own Correspondent
Harare--The SADC troika held a virtual extraordinary meeting of the ministerial committee last Tuesday, at which it condemned attacks on its chairman and Zambian president, Hakainde Hichilema, following a negative…
President Mnangagwa rejects PVO Bill, for now
Tawanda Majoni
Harare—President Emmerson Mnangagwa has sent the Private Voluntary Organisations (PVO) Amendment Bill back to parliament, slightly more than a year after the Legal Committee of the legislative house gave it a non-adverse…
Jonathan Moyo says returning to Zimbabwe “very soon”
Staff Reporter
Harare--Self-exiled former cabinet minister under the late Robert Mugabe, Jonathan Moyo, has declared that he is returning to Zimbabwe, after almost six years in the wilderness.
He is considered to be closer to Vice…
Mystery raids drive high-density suburbs into self-imposed curfews
Tafadzwa Muranganwa
Harare--Systematic nigh-time raids and assaults on residents of some of Harare’s most populous suburbs by unidentified gangs have spawned fear that is forcing the citizens to confine themselves to their homes after…
SADC poll mission did nothing wrong—Legal think tank
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,…
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…