News » Richard Chidza, Staff Writer
Saturday, 12 January 2013 10:05
HARARE - Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) chief Justice Simpson Mutambanengwe has returned home to prepare for the forthcoming elections. There was swirling speculation that the Namibian jurist could be replaced after extended period of absenteeism that saw his deputy Joyce Kazembe...Read More
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Friday, 11 January 2013 12:11
HARARE - Zimbabwe’s electoral body has defended its contact with Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai saying allegations that he is meddling with the electoral process are dishonest. Joyce Kazembe, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) deputy commission chairperson, said this after meeting Tsvangirai...Read More
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News » Jeffrey Muvundusi, Own Correspondent
Tuesday, 08 January 2013 10:38
BULAWAYO - Voter registration activists in Bulawayo are living in fear following a clampdown by the police to stop further registration of first time voters in the city widely regarded as an MDC stronghold. Helen Tsepiso Mpofu, who has for the...Read More
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Friday, 04 January 2013 11:07
HARARE - A voter registration blitz planned by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) missed its launch yesterday after government failed to avail cash for the exercise. Zec says it requires over $20 million for the exercise and government had pledged to...Read More
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News » Richard Chidza, Staff Writer
Sunday, 30 December 2012 15:42
HARARE - As Zimbabwe's shaky government continues to scavenge for funds to run next year’s referendum and elections, the Daily News on Sunday can reveal that the country’s electoral commission is saddled with a near million-dollar debt. In representations made to...Read More
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News » Fungai Kwaramba, Staff Writer
Wednesday, 26 December 2012 12:42
HARARE - A top research institute has said the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) secretariat remains wholly unreformed and full of intelligence agents and cannot deliver free and fair elections. The Zimbabwe Democracy Institute (ZDI), a public think tank said in a...Read More
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News » Fungai Kwaramba, Staff Writer
Saturday, 15 December 2012 12:45
HARARE - President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai are desperately in need of over $20 million to kick-start a voter registration blitz ahead of a referendum and watershed election. With the constitution-making process stalled because of disagreements between Mugabe...Read More
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Monday, 10 December 2012 09:56
HARARE - President Robert Mugabe and his bitter coalition partner Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai are battling pressure from the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to put their houses in order. The electoral body has submitted a raft of demands that includes cars,...Read More
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News » Chengetayi Zvauya, Parliamentary Editor
Saturday, 08 December 2012 13:35
HARARE - Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) says its request for $32 million from Treasury to start voter registration has not been granted. Zec acting chairperson Joyce Kazembe urged legislators during a working workshop last week to help her organisation lobby...Read More
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News » Chengetayi Zvauya, Parliamentary Editor
Saturday, 01 December 2012 12:57
HARARE - Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) chairperson Justice Simpson Mutambanengwe has relocated to Namibia to continue serving in that country’s Supreme Court as a judge. Zec is an independent election management board responsible for all elections and referendum in the...Read More
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Opinion & Analysis »
Friday, 30 November 2012 11:39
HARARE - For the past two months or so, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has been on a whirlwind public relations tour to inform us they are ready for elections. We are told all Zec needs is money and a...Read More
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Saturday, 10 November 2012 13:28
HARARE - Government should commercialise the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) and subsequently list it on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange as a way of attracting foreign investors into the power industry, Zimbabwe Energy Council (Zec) says. Zimbabwe’s state-owned sole power utility, Zesa...Read More
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Tuesday, 06 November 2012 13:36
HARARE - Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) officials went on the defensive at a media workshop in Kadoma last week to make vague and terse assertions that the body is ready to oversee free and fair elections next year . Normally, statements...Read More
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News » Fungai Kwaramba, Staff Writer
Friday, 02 November 2012 09:10
HARARE - The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) says it cannot guarantee free and fair elections, claiming that role largely rests with political parties. Zec, the body mandated with conducting elections and also plays an oversight role on political players, told participants...Read More
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Thursday, 01 November 2012 09:59
HARARE - Delays in announcing results of the March 29, 2008 presidential elections were caused by “political interference” and resource constraints, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has claimed. Speaking to journalists in Kadoma yesterday, acting Zec chairperson Joyce Kazembe and the...Read More
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