News » Fungai Kwaramba, Staff Writer
Tuesday, 14 May 2013 11:37
HARARE - Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday came face-to-face with the hassles Zimbabweans are facing in the ongoing chaotic voter registration exercise as he took his 18-year-old twins to register as first time voters. It took about 30 minutes for the...Read More
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Monday, 13 May 2013 11:16
HARARE - President Robert Mugabe yesterday evoked history in order to lure the elusive Bulawayo vote ahead of crunch watershed elections expected later on this year. He was addressing a memorial service held in Bulawayo for the late Vice President John...Read More
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Monday, 13 May 2013 11:16
HARARE - Information minister and Zanu PF political commissar Webster Shamu says the country cannot be taken through a pen — in remarks that could set the tone for potentially-violent polls. The Chegutu East MP made the chilling remarks as he...Read More
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Monday, 13 May 2013 11:02
HARARE - Like members of a single family, women from across the political divide gathered in Harare to plot their ascendancy to power in the upcoming elections. Dubbed “Vote for a woman campaign”, the project aims at boosting women’s numbers in...Read More
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Monday, 29 April 2013 14:12
HARARE - Co-Home Affairs minister Theresa Makone has accused the Registrar General (RG)’s office of manipulating the voters’ roll and claims she unearthed “massive irregularities” on her Harare North Constituency roll. Makone says according to copies of the voters’ roll she...Read More
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News » Jeffrey Muvundusi, Own Correspondent
Monday, 15 April 2013 10:38
BULAWAYO - Thabitha Khumalo, MDC MP for Bulawayo East constituency, has proposed the use of national identity cards for voting in the forthcoming elections, arguing the voters’ roll is too trashy to be trusted. Khumalo, who was addressing journalists during a...Read More
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News » Fungai Kwaramba, Staff Writer
Wednesday, 10 April 2013 12:22
HARARE - As stakes get high ahead of a watershed election, the MDC led by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai is targeting to recruit 1 million new voters in Harare province alone. Harare, with at least 3 million residents, is by far...Read More
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Tuesday, 09 April 2013 12:06
HARARE - As Zimbabwe heads towards harmonised elections, we call on all youths who have in the past been used as merchants of violence by politicians to desist from such heinous acts. Youths must understand that engaging in violence will come...Read More
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Thursday, 04 April 2013 11:07
HARARE - Current bickering over poll dates seems to present partners in the shaky coalition government with difficult choices that have the potential to deepen strained relations further. The uncertainty surrounding the issue has the potential to fuel speculation and deflate...Read More
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Monday, 25 March 2013 11:00
HARARE - Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC has alleged that Zanu PF in Mashonaland East Province is secretly removing known MDC supporters from the voters’ roll ahead of watershed general elections this year. The MDC alleges President Robert Mugabe’s party has...Read More
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Wednesday, 20 March 2013 11:01
HARARE - News that just over two million Zimbabweans out of an estimated six million people voted in the just-ended referendum shows that a lot of work needs to be done in terms of voter education ahead of general elections expected...Read More
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Wednesday, 20 March 2013 10:01
HARARE - Zimbabweans passed a new constitution in a relatively peaceful referendum that could reshape the political landscape of the troubled country, official results showed yesterday. Greater checks on presidential powers, a strengthened and expanded legislature, socio-economic rights and greater...Read More
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News » Maxwell Sibanda, Assistant Editor
Tuesday, 19 March 2013 10:22
HARARE - A pro-democracy group says the voting process at the just ended referendum went smoothly in the majority of the districts except a few instances where political parties bussed in people to cast their ballots in some farming communities. The...Read More
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Monday, 18 March 2013 10:13
HARARE - An estimated two million Zimbabweans voted in the constitutional referendum on Saturday, electoral authorities have said. Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) chairperson, Rita Makarau, told a news conference in Harare yesterday that the counting of votes is still underway. “We...Read More
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Monday, 18 March 2013 09:20
HARARE - Waking up on Saturday morning one could have thought the referendum could be washed away with the drizzle and chilly weather. But as the sun rose, the sky began to clear, paving way for the much-anticipated vote which turned...Read More
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