BULAWAYO – President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu PF’s desperate efforts to buy votes has gone over the edge as the party is handing out teapots and Chinese torches in a bid to charm the support of the impoverished Gwanda community. As the nation hurtles towards the elections, the former ruling party is leaving no stone unturned…
HARARE – Southern African Development Community (Sadc) and African Union (AU) diplomatic intervention will be required to manage the fragile and potentially explosive aftermath of the July 31 vote, an influential think tank warned yesterday. The International Crisis Group (ICG) said as the country heads to the polls on Wednesday, the conditions in Zimbabwe —…
HARARE – It is every right-thinking Zimbabwean’s hope that long-suffering voters will turn out in huge numbers across the country tomorrow and vote out President Robert Mugabe and his Zanu PF party. Not only has the 89-year-old and his Zanu PF party destroyed the country’s body politic over the past 33 years of their misrule,…
HARARE – The practice of observing elections is aimed at ensuring the transparency of an election. Impartial observation of the electoral process can also help ensure the credibility of elections. Election observation is concerned with electoral outcomes only to the degree that they are reported honestly and accurately. In addition to providing credible information on…
HARARE – With less than 24 hours left for Zimbabweans to vote in a make-or-break election, economists say the country’s economy will decelerate further if President Robert Mugabe wins. Zimbabwe’s economy – still suffering a hangover from a decade-long recession – relatively stabilised and registered growth following the formation of a coalition government in 2009….
HARARE – Thousands descended on “Freedom Square” in central Harare on Monday for the MDC’s final rally ahead of Wednesday’s general elections. Supporters, dressed in the party colours of red, met for what leaders were ambitiously calling a “cross-over rally” where Zimbabweans could meet the man who could become the country’s new president. Chanting and…
HARARE – Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai (pictured) has a solid 34-percentage point lead over Zanu PF presidential candidate President Robert Mugabe in a new survey ahead of the make-or-break election on Wednesday. The opinion poll by respected US firm, Williams and Associates of Salem, found that 61 percent of Zimbabwean voters favour Tsvangirai compared to…
HARARE – Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has understandably taken serious umbrage with African Union (AU) chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma’s declaration that all is well in Zimbabwe ahead of Wednesday’s national polls. Dlamini-Zuma said on Friday, after meeting the country’s warring political leaders, that the AU is satisfied with preparations ahead of the elections — angering Tsvangirai…
HARARE – Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has accused President Robert Mugabe of being used by hardliners in the security structures of the country to prolong his stay in power. In an address to a huge rally in Chitungwiza yesterday, Tsvangirai said Mugabe was hostage to some individuals in the security structures who are forcing him…
HARARE – Zanu PF’s greatest blunder in its campaign is its continued obsession of believing the people’s choice in 2008 was a terrible mistake that can only be rectified if they are re-elected back in power. It is through this political blunder and contempt of the electorate that if the party does not repent at…
