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Tuesday, 09 April 2013 12:23
HARARE - The administration and context under which an election takes place are two broad criteria used in determining the credibility or otherwise of an electoral process. There is therefore an electoral chain that should not be broken at any...Read More
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Thursday, 21 March 2013 10:05
HARARE - Constitutional reforms lobby group National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) says it does not recognise the result of a March 16 referendum on a new Constitution claiming the figures were doctored by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec). The Saturday vote marked...Read More
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Monday, 18 March 2013 10:13
HARARE - A voter in Mashonaland East Province has been arrested for taking pictures of the voting process in breach of the country’s electoral laws. Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) chairperson Rita Makarau told reporters in Harare yesterday that police nabbed Marshall...Read More
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News » Fungai Kwaramba, Staff Writer
Thursday, 14 March 2013 10:40
HARARE - No cell phones will be allowed into voting booths for this Saturday’s referendum and the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has warned journalists and observers to exercise restraint. Speaking to journalists and observers yesterday, Zec deputy chairperson Joyce Kazembe said...Read More
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News » Richard Chidza, Staff Writer
Tuesday, 12 March 2013 10:22
HARARE - Supreme Court judge Rita Makarau, appointed on a temporary basis to head the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec), has now been given a permanent contract. The Judicial Service Commission secretary’s appointment to Zec on an acting capacity caused a political...Read More
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Wednesday, 20 February 2013 12:11
HARARE - The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has admitted to the long-held view that it is staffed with a militarised secretariat. Addressing delegates at a workshop on conflict management in Harare yesterday, Zec commissioner Bessie Fadzai Nhandara admitted some of the...Read More
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Tuesday, 19 February 2013 10:52
HARARE - Mozambique Electoral Commission president Joao Leopoldo da Costa believes Zimbabwe has the potential to hold credible, free and fair elections this year if the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) works to get the confidence of all stakeholders. Presenting a paper...Read More
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Wednesday, 30 January 2013 11:12
HARARE - IS the window dressing about to start? By all accounts it looks like a referendum on the draft constitution is only weeks away and an election will follow soon after. In 2008, we all literally voted for...Read More
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Wednesday, 30 January 2013 10:36
HARARE - Zimbabwe government is approaching the international community to bankroll this year’s watershed elections. President Robert Mugabe and his coalition partner, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, have already ordered Finance minister Tendai Biti and his Justice counterpart Patrick Chinamasa to take...Read More
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Friday, 25 January 2013 11:27
HARARE - The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is haunted by a perception crisis that it is embedded in President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF, the commission’s chief has said. Zec, the body charged with conducting free and fair elections, is accused by...Read More
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Thursday, 17 January 2013 11:30
HARARE - The mobile telephone revolution in Africa has indeed expanded the public sphere. As the country gears towards watershed elections this year, civic organisations linked to elections have began to use mobile phones to spread their gospel. I received a...Read More
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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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