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By Jealousy Mawarire If you want to see how Zimbabweans are not serious about rebuilding this country, just look at the flippancy they exhibit towards the health of the 2018 presidential aspirants, especially President Robert Mugabe and Former Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai. While Americans were worried about the health of both Hillary Clinton and Donald…
By Byron Mutingwende The Southern African Political Economy Series Trust (Sapes) and Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) Conference on developing a dialogue for reform and reconstruction in Zimbabwe has pitted two major contending paradigms in a bid to resuscitate the economy. On one side, the Minister of Finance, Patrick Chinamasa and his government colleagues at…
By Wallace Mawire Marginalised Zimbabwe’s parties to contest in the forthcoming 2018 watershed elections have signed an MOU (PACT) in a bid to work together as a collaborative force to dislodge the ZANU (PF) ruling party. The memorandum of understanding signed this Saturday is known as the Zimbabwe Non-Aligned Political Parties (ZINAPP). According to ZINAPP the Zimbabwean…
By Ashton Bumhira Zimbabwean youth constitute the largest constituency of over 60% of the population but continue be socially, politically, and economically marginalized. It is worrisome how the youth have been schemed out and marginalized from governance. The present administration’s insensitiveness to youth’s inclusiveness in governance is a point of worry and needs urgent attention. In…
By Byron Mutingwende Zimbabwe is moving towards the ratification of the two protocols of the 1954 Convention for the Protection of Cultural Heritage in the event of armed conflict, it has emerged. Speaking at a stakeholders’ consultative workshop in Harare recently, Damir Dijakovic, the Regional Cultural Advisor of the United Nations, Educational, Scientific…
By PDP Communication Department The democratic contingent must put Zimbabwe first by coming together to forge a formidable coalition against dictatorship, People’s Democratic Party (PDP) President Tendai Biti has said. Speaking at an Intra-Party Provincial forum of the Coalition of Democrats (CODE) over the weekend, the President hailed the political parties who took the…
By Byron Mutingwende The election management body, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC), must come up with stringent measures that deter the abuse of assisted voting, poll watchdog the Election Resource Centre (ERC) said on Wednesday. In the 2013 election, disproportionately large numbers of voters were assisted to vote. “It is imperative that effective measures are…
By Byron Mutingwende There is a public outcry over the Proposed Constitutional Amendment Bill that has generated both interest and concern among citizens, civil society, legal and media across the country. This comes in the midst of the government seeking to change the Judiciary Appointment Procedures contained in Section 180 of the Constitution. …
By Byron Mutingwende The Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) has condemned in the strongest terms, escalating cases of violent attacks targeted at foreign nationals living in South Africa. In Pretoria and Johannesburg, a number of foreign nationals, including Zimbabweans, have suffered physical and psychological harm. CiZC said that xenophobia defeats the spirit and…
By Byron Mutingwende Civil society organisations (CSOs) have roundly condemned violence rearing its ugly head ahead of the Bikita West by-elections to replace jailed former Member of the House of Assembly for the area, Munyaradzi Kereke. The Election Resource Centre (ERC) Wednesday condemned the violent attacks on the opposition candidate for Bikita West…
By Byron Mutingwende Members of the Rural Women’s Assembly (RWA) have said that there is still a long way to go for them in owning and controlling land in comparison to their male counterparts. The sentiments were revealed at a policy dialogue meeting organised by Women and Land in Zimbabwe (WLZ) held at Mandel…
By Moses Chibaya and Byron Mutingwende The electoral body, Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC), should not regulate who is supposed to vote come 2018 when Zimbabwe hold the make or break election, regional poll watchdog has said. The think tank and advocacy institution on elections and democracy, Election Resource Centre (ERC), has dismissed ZEC’s claims that…
By Byron Mutingwende Former Legislator for Chimanimani West Constituency, Munacho Mutezo has accused the ruling party Zanu PF of using dirty tactics in order to retain the seat through hook and crook. In an interview with Spiked ZW Online, Mutezo highlighted a number of irregularities including denial of food and inputs to members of…
By Byron Mutingwende Civil society organisations (CSOs) have expressed concern over the half-hearted attempts and lack of political will to reform the laws and institutions governing the conduct of elections in Zimbabwe. This emerged at an All Stakeholders Conference coordinated by the Zimbabwe Elections Support Network (ZESN) in Bulawayo early this week to…
By Byron Mutingwende and Moses Chibaya Zimbabwe’s human right record comes under international spotlight as the Election Resouce Centre has said that it was disturbed by the violent interruption of Parliament activities by unruly elements of society. Scores of suspected Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front (ZANU PF) youths and women in Mutare,…
By Byron Mutingwende The Zimbabwe Manpower Development (ZIMDEF) scandal brought to the spotlight the political dynamics, appointments and issues of transparency and accountability in public finance management in far as dealing with corruption is concerned. Speaking at a policy dialogue dubbed “The Political Economy of Corruption and the Battle for Accountability in Zimbabwe:…
Written by Kundai Marunya Cricket lovers in the ancient city of Masvingo are in for a treat as the Simon Muzenda Foundation introduces a memorial T20 tournament in memory of the fallen national hero. The inaugural event will be held on Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 October at Masvingo Sports Club. The event will be…
Written by Byron Mutingwende BINDURA – Hundreds of miners illegally fired from work at one of the Mashonaland Central province’s mining giants Mwana Africa long before the enactment of the Labour Amendment Bill see no hope in the legislation to deliver them from their plight. The Labour Amendment Bill was triggered by massive job losses…
By Kundai Marunya The Embassy of Canada to Zimbabwe has expressed disappointment in government’s efforts or lack thereof in investigating the disappearance of journalist and human rights activist Itai Dzamara. Dzamara, a strong opposition of the ZANU PF government was allegedly abducted on 9 March 2015 in what is suspected to be a move to…
Spiked Reporter Former Zanu Pf provincial chairman, Themba Mliswa who was competing in the just ended by elections as an Independent candidate in Hurungwe West has dismissed the outcome of the elections where ZANU Pf candidate Keith Guza won. Speaking at a press conference held earlier on, “It is important to record and to detail…
By Kundai Marunya Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) has discredited the recently held parliamentary By Elections over violations of the Electoral Act of Zimbabwe. The elections which saw ZANU PF grabbing all the 16 contested seats that fell vacant after MDC-T and ZANU PF recalled 14 and 2 parliamentarians (respectively) who opted for leadership renewal…
By Zimbabwe Peace Project Hurungwe West has been a hot bed of violence since the announcement of the by elections.The violence has mainly targeted supporters of former legislator and independent candidate Temba Mliswa. The violence has been perpetrated with impunity. Those suspected of backing Mliswa who include traditional leaders, his election campaign team, workers at…
By Kudzayi Zvinavshe The National Vendors Union Zimbabwe (NVUZ) has condemned the 7 day ultimatum to vendors by Minister of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing, Dr. Ignatius Chombo describing the ultimatum as ‘cruel, inhumane and barbaric’. Speaking at a press conference held today, NVUZ National Director, Samuel Wadzai said, “Dr Chombo must be…
By Zimbabwe Peace Projects (ZPP) Hurungwe West Former MashumaZanu PF District Youth chairperson KudakwasheBen’s life is reported to be in danger. It is reported that the threat to his life was issued on May 24 at a meeting held at Mashuma Primary School in Hurungwe West. The master of ceremony at the meeting Patrick Goredema…
By Kundai Marunya Former Minister of Energy and Power Development and MDC Renewal team treasurer Elton Mangoma has blamed his fellow party leaders for his attack. Mangoma who was allegedly attacked by his party’s provincial youth leader Believe Tevera for snatching his wife Yeukai Maravanyika questioned the ability of his assailant to enter a protected…
By Trevor Makonyonga A devastating tide of panic that has hit Norton, as residents are being served with summons for unpaid council bills. The local governing body has engaged lawyer and former cabinet minister, Paul Mangwana to try and recover the owed dues. Reason for the panic is that the letter is headlined, “Notice of…
By Trevor Makonyonga It always starts with the women ululating uncontrollably, the men whistling hysterically, the children giving poems of praise and the artists singing songs of praise to the leader. That leader is said to be loved and always promises to bring a better position for the majority yet in turn all they want…
By Kundai Marunya Zimbabwe United Nations Association (ZUNA) board member and project director Ronald Mubaiwa said the country has dismally failed to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) agreed upon at a United Nations summit in 2000. The summit held in New York saw 189 head of states, President Mugabe among them, endorse the MDGs,…
Despite having enacted the new national constitution in 2013, Zimbabwe is still to realign most of its laws to work in line with the document. This, according to legal experts, has created confusion in the judiciary system. Addressing journalists at Quill Club last week, the Law Society of Zimbabwe (LSZ) president Vimbai Nyemba said most…
ZANU PF Sanyati Member of Parliament Blessed Runesu Geza has denounced sanctions as the major cause if the county’s economic meltdown. Speaking from his farm in Sanyati, Geza popularly known as Bombshell said gross financial mismanagement has caused the nation’s untold suffering. “Its time we stop blaming sanctions for our own failures because they are…
