By Farai Chirimumimba Electoral Cycle Zimbabwe hold harmonized elections after every five years. This year the country will hold the harmonized elections in July/ August. What are harmonised elections? As alluded above, Zimbabwe will in July/August hold harmonised elections that is where elections for President, Parliament (National Assembly or Lower House – 210 members and…
By Mokhumi Valela Zimbabwe, my pride, Zimbabwe, my inspiration, Country of my predecessors, Zimbabwe, whole of Africa’s hope. What home is there? When home is a reliable source of brutality and barbaric acts, When home is being turned into a prison of innocent civilians, When home ravages and havocs its own people’s dignity. …
By Mokhumi Valela The crucial 2018 harmonised elections are upon us as the nation of Zimbabwe. As different stakeholders prepare for this decisive process for our country, one wonders what its temperament will be. Questions that come to the fore are whether this plebiscite will match the principles of our supreme law of being peaceful,…
By Eric M Moyo I am now more than ready to vote, and now the wait seems like a long time. I left before I am ready to go and scribble what could be perhaps one of the most important Xs in my life on a ballot paper. Besides, when do I ever get to…
By Kiamuhetsi Sibanda Since independence our county has gone through seven electoral cycles. These electoral cycles have been associated with young people being used for campaigns and the dirty work for the politicians, genocides, violence and abductions. This has resulted in most young people absconding anything to do with the electoral processes, breeding a generation…
by Dr Ibrahim Assane Mayaki Twenty years ago, I hoped for an Africa that would draw closer and forge forward boldly, despite a bag of mixed fortunes. Rwanda had just been blighted by genocide; the ubiquitous coup d’état still reared its ugly head in West Africa; although a tentative calm prevailed in Central Africa,…
By Farai Chirimumimba Beginning with his inauguration speech on 24 November 2017, President Emmerson Mnangagwa has used any other forum he gets to remind delegates or guests that Zimbabwe will hold a free, fair and credible harmonised election. Whether there is going to be a free, fair and credible election can be shown through opinion…
By Farai Chirimumimba The major focus of this article is to shed light on the complex dynamics of the debate around the National Blood Service of Zimbabwe (NBSZ) bloody operations and to consider how the blood donors, media and the general public can contribute meaningfully and constructively to the debate. The debate should be balanced,…
Imagine President Emmerson Mnangagwa squaring off with other presidential candidates such as MDC Alliance hopeful Advocate Nelson Chamisa, National People’s Party (NPP) Dr Joice Mujuru and Alliance for People’s Agenda (APA) candidate Dr Nkosana Moyo. Zimbabwe has never had a live presidential debate but that may change ahead of the ensuing harmonised elections in July/August….
By Byron Mutingwende Church leaders in Zimbabwe had a meeting with President Mnangagwa where they expressed their willingness to be represented in Parliament but there are mixed views concerning that request. Speaking at the church interface meeting with President Mnangagwa, Bishop Clement Chisango of the Ebenezer Holy Church who represented the Council of…
STAKEHOLDERS have voiced concern over the calibre of councillors that sit in the assembly of the Zimbabwe Football Association (ZIFA), with the majority of them questioning their suitability to make informed decisions. But few know the extent of the damage these 58 councillors inflict on the beautiful game of soccer by their lack of knowledge…
By Farai Chirimumimba Emmerson Mnangagwa was recently all over social media telling everyone who cares to listens the achievements that his government has made since taking over on 24 November 2017. But with his administration reaching its 100-day in office on Sunday 4 March, what has it actually achieved? It has been implementing his inauguration…
By Byron Mutingwende FreeZim Congress is a political party with its root deeply seated in the traditional cultural values, Philippa Jaya has said. The remarks come following kneeling by the party women upon the arrival of their leader Joseph Makamba Busha at a rally held at Freedom Square in Harare on 3 March 2018….
By Farai Chirimumimba MDC-T maybe on course to lose the presidential race and scores of seats at the next election if leadership squabbles persist beyond the 1 March National Council decision to elevate Nelson Chamisa as the substantive party leader at the expense of congress elected Vice-President Thokozani Khuphe. It may not end there….
By Byron Mutingwende School levy is exorbitant. Why should parents take three years to pay $100 for a school bus levy every term? That’s the money students of the 80s and 90s used to pay for school fees every term. The schools are offered teachers for free by the government. Paying teachers is…
By Byron Mutingwende Conflicts are often escalated in the period immediately prior, during and after elections but the church should preach peace, Archbishop Lameck Chitope of the Apostolic Christian Council of Zimbabwe (ACCZ) has said. Chitope’s sentiments followed the violence, harassment and hate language against MDC-T Deputy President Dr. Thokozani Khupe and Secretary…
By Farai Chirimumimba It is strange that President Emmerson Mnangangwa is yet to proclaim the actual date of elections, which are five to six months away. By delaying the announcement of the actual date of elections, the government has killed the prestige of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC). It is normal practice worldwide…
By Joyce Mukucha As Zimbabwe is preparing for this year’s harmonised elections, the Zimbabwe Electoral Support Network (ZESN) has launched a debate series on the 18th of January 2018 at Crown Plaza Hotel which is meant to discuss possible ways to pave a way for free, fair and credible elections in the country. The debate…
By Pauline Hurungudo Within the political discourse, many strategies have been used to bring about change and push the development agenda throughout the world. Social Media networks have emerged as effective tools and have since synthesised the globe and people by bridging the continental distance influencing national discourses. Their political role is no longer debatable…
By António Guterres Migration powers economic growth, reduces inequalities and connects diverse societies. The majority of migrants live and work legally. But migration is also a source of political tensions and human tragedy as a desperate minority risk their lives in the face of discrimination and abuse. Demographic pressures and the impact of climate change…
Zebra crossings are posing a challenge to pedestrians including cyclists in the Central Business District (CBD) of Harare as many motorists fail to observe the required road rules to allow pedestrians to cross or pass through. Some pedestrians have been injured or killed at some of the zebra crossings.Also law enforcement officers like the…
By Farai Chirimumimba The year 2018 marks 38 years of ZANU-PF rule so any credit or brickbats for all progress or lack of it must go to the party. So, how has ZANU-PF really fared in plundering a once transformed state backed by a successful economic, industrial, agriculture and social development of the 1980s? To…
By Farai Chirimumimba and Byron Mutingwende A toast to another year coming to an end, and what a year it has been. There can be no doubt that 2017 will be remembered as one of the most eventful years in modern Zimbabwean history. From the coup and surprise exit of Robert Mugabe, downfall and ascendency…
By CiZC Information Department On Wednesday, December 20, 2017, the President of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa made a State of the Nation Address (SONA) which was his first since the military coup. The Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition notes with reservations the SONA delivered by interim President Mnangagwa. It is our considered view that the President’s…
Elton Gomori In one’s quest for success and ultimate greatness, failures and falls are inevitable and quite unavoidable at one point or the other. Indeed and in fact, every success narrative since time immemorial to posterity is and will always be punctuated by failure, set back, scandals, blunders and falls of different shapes, forms…
By Elton Gomori Anyone of rational, logical and fair mental function would concur with me that, it is nether open to doubt nor close to ambiguity that everything on this spinning planet we call earth rises or falls on leadership. Leadership is, therefore, beyond any shadow of doubt one of the greatest imperatives to the…
Elton Gomori. Marriage is one such phenomena you and I can find across all the cultural, socioeconomic and political divide.Against this background it is an abnormality that this very important aspect of life is not formally learnt leading to ignorance of it which acts as fanning board for the transpiration of divorce. In this column…
By Rawlings Magede The events of the 18th of November 2017 will go down in the history of the country as memorable, yes memorable, in the sense that people from diverse political and socio-economic persuasions united for a common cause and heeded to the call by war veterans to march against former President Robert Mugabe….
Wisdom Mumera Prior to the Zimbabwe Defence Force operation that has cornered President Mugabe in a bid to have him resign, elections were dominating the news. However in the space of a few days they have been relegated to the nether ends of attention. In a supposed democratic nation its a staggering scenario considering that…
By Farai Chirimumimba and Byron Mutingwende In an effort to justify the overthrow of the government one African officer is known to have claimed that a coup never constitutes a revolution in tropical Africa but rather a limited modification of existing arrangements. This analysis tends to border on naivety (Decalo 1976). A statement which holds…
By Patson Dzamara That Robert Mugabe divides opinion is not contestable. Whatever views anyone possesses about him, what can never be taken away from Mugabe are his liberation and dictatorship credentials. The past 10 days saw Zimbabwe lurching from one monumental event to another, inscribing an indelible mark on Mugabe and what he represents. Most…
By Farai Chirimumimba It’s not enough to put people in parliaments, political parties need to be inclusive, other processes accessible. Persons with disabilities (PWDs) face a whole range of legal and practical barriers in exercising their right to political participation. In one of my article titled: “Inclusion of persons with disabilities in electoral process paramount”,…
Zimbabwe’s current political conundrum is hinged on Zanu PF’s weakness and the opposition’s confusion. Zanu PF is engulfed in a fierce succession battle and it has never been this weak since its formation in 1963. On the other hand, the opposition finds itself enmeshed in the doldrums of confusion. By PATSON DZAMARA In other words,…
By Farai Chirimumimba Recent elections in Zimbabwe have been contentious with the voters roll narrative taking centre stage apart from the violence that has been witnessed. According to Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) report 2013 harmonised elections, ”past elections, successive audits of the voters’ roll done by civil society organisations have shown that the roll…
By Farai Chirimumimba The demographic of the electorate is changing with a new shift towards new modes of information outreach centred on social media, which has rapidly grown to prominence as a platform for political activism in its diverse forms. Social media platforms, such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, Instagram and Whatsapp are providing innovative…
By Farai Chirimumimba The 2018 harmonised elections are looming and there is no doubt that political parties are currently desperately scrambling to gather their manifestos. In the following months political parties will launch their documents with a dramatic variety of policies on education, health care, tax, wages and the general economy. Independent candidates who include…
The 37 years after independence and literally little to show for it, Zimbabwe has created a false Pan African who thrives on beating shadows and ranting at the wall. The act is a loss for the real Pan African movement and a win for the genetically modified version that consists of solely engendering the longevity…
The Zimbabwe Heritage Trust (ZHT) held a crash course in consciousness-raising for a group of musicians that expectedly and beautifully crashed. Who still has the temerity and sanity to craft colonial linkages to the current mess Zimbabwe is caught in? As one audience member said, the more we continue refusing responsibility for the current mess…
By Wisdom Mumera President Mugabe opened the 8th session of Parliament on Wednesday to much opposition consternation over the apparent Constitutional sodomy by the homophobic octogenarian. He was not supposed to do that. However ZANU PF members, as expected, had no qualms about his opening the August House unconstitutionally, and one member speaking on Star…
By Patson Dzamara The stage for a transition in Zimbabwe is set. Even exogenous factors are in sync with the transition agenda. However, just like a small virgin boy, the opposition seems too excited by the delusion of weilding power or the hope of weilding power someday to such an extend that just a mere…
President Mugabe’s insistence that he will stay and contest the 2018 elections way past logic, sense and his physical abilities is very much in line with his fellow African leaders all over the continent, scheming and coming up with plots to remain in power. He is now third on the log for longest ruling Presidents…
Wisdom Mumera The current electoral laws still have loopholes allowing for voting using the old voter’s roll and there is a need to quickly amend the Electoral Act to avoid confusion, the Election Resource Centre (ERC) has said. According to the organisation the Electoral Act is vague on the issue of the old voter’s roll…
By Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition The Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) is alarmed and worried at the wanton abuse of public funds following the award of close to US$1bn to President Mugabe to build a private university. The award follows an approval by cabinet to build a US$1 billion university in Mashonaland Central Province through a…
By Patson Dzamara Regarding who among that ZANU PF gang gets to hell before the others, I don’t know and certainly don’t care. As far as I am concerned, there is no better devil in that sulfurous pit called ZANU PF, whether G40 or Lacoste. Absolutely none. So I say let it burn. Let them…
By Patson Dzamara I almost jumped out of my skin after reading a rather uncharacteristic and bold assertion by Dr. Pedzisai Ruhanya. “90% of the current MDC-T leadership is not fit for purpose. Since the splits of 2005 and 2014, and more specifically after the GNU, the MDC has failed to project itself as a…
