August 2013

HARARE – President Robert Mugabe looked yesterday to a seventh-term as Zimbabwe’s president after winning elections denounced by the opposition as “stolen” and criticised by Western powers. Mugabe, 89, who has run the country since he helped end white rule in 1980, trounced his long-standing political rival, Morgan Tsvangirai, in Wednesday’s election, Zimbabwean election officials…

HARARE – Mudzi South National Assembly winner Jonathan Samukange has given the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) an ultimatum to withdraw its directive for a recount of the votes cast in the area. Zec issued a directive that it will recount the votes following a request by losing Zanu PF candidate Eric Navaya. The commission’s chief…

HARARE – President Jacob Zuma on Sunday congratulated Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe on his re-election, in sharp contrast to Western governments which questioned the credibility of a rushed, disputed vote. African monitors broadly approved the conduct of the election but Mugabe’s main rival, Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai, has said he will…

HARARE – The Sadc Parliamentary Forum (Sadc PF) has endorsed the just ended harmonised parliamentary elections as having provided Zimbabweans the opportunity to exercise free will. SPF mission leader Situmbeko Musokotwane told a press conference that SPF had no doubt that the elections were held above board. “Based on its overall findings, the mission is…

HARARE – President Robert Mugabe always told many lies on the election trail, but this year, his biggest boast is actually true. Zimbabwe’s economy is recovering and he is overseeing an extraordinary mini-boom. “Zimbabwe has not collapsed under the heavy weight of sanctions,” he boasted on the campaign trail — and he is quite correct….

HARARE – “Now the real fear is kicking in,” said one LGBT Zimbabwean after President Robert Mugabe claimed an election victory this week. Mugabe, who has ruled the country for 33 years, earlier this week claimed a landslide victory after pledging “hell for gays” if he was elected. The opposition party Movement for Democratic Change…

HARARE – At least six families will be in Zimbabwe’s 8th Parliament after they won the July 31 vote. For some, it will be a family affair in the National Assembly with the election of husbands and wives, brothers and sisters for the forthcoming parliamentary session. Both Zanu PF and MDC have couples that were…

HARARE – Some are praying for a miracle, while others just hope it is a nightmare that will soon disappear as the nation remains puzzled by President Robert Mugabe’s controversial landslide victory. For many, the nightmarish prospects of enduring the next five years under a Zanu PF administration are just too galling to contemplate and…