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HARARE – The European Union observer mission has called for announcement of election results in a transparent and accountable manner. The EU mission, in its preliminary statement issued yesterday, came amid opposition accusations that the election commission was deliberately delaying presidential results of Monday’s vote to favour the ruling Zanu PF and its presidential candidate…

HARARE – Zimbabwe’s presidential and parliamentary vote represented a political watershed in the history of the country, and opened a new chapter for the country, election observers from the Southern Africa Development Community (Sadc) bloc said yesterday. The same verdict also came from the African Union and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa…

HARARE – A Harare man was yesterday slapped with a 30-day prison term for chanting MDC Alliance slogans at a polling station during the just-ended elections. Gift Jeffrey Chigawu,24, pleaded guilty to contravening section 141 (1)(c) of the Electoral Act which criminalises uttering slogans in the vicinity of a polling station at Warren Park Primary….

HARARE – Controversial Sungura artiste Hosiah Chipanga — who just lost the election contest for the Dangamvura-Chikanga constituency — has said he will not give up on his pursuit to influence the country’s political environment. Speaking to Eastern News after announcement of the poll results, Chipanga said he would explore other means to influence political…

MUTARE – Zanu PF Manicaland provincial chairperson Mike Madiro has expressed pleasure at the election results as urbanites slid into depression as rural voters swayed the election against the MDC Alliance. Zanu PF has won 19 of the 26 National Assembly seats in the province to the dismay of opposition supporters who thought they had…

HARARE – Political analysts have blamed the country’s opposition parties for authoring their own downfall in Monday’s national harmonised elections by failing to set aside their differences and contest the ruling Zanu PF as a united front. Zanu PF thumped the fragmented opposition in the National Assembly where only the main opposition MDC Alliance and…

HARARE – Vice President Constantino Chiwenga yesterday angrily rejected an MDC Alliance allegation that he was plotting to assassinate presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa and his alliance partner Tendai Biti, dismissing the allegations as hallucinations of a man high on weed. This comes after Biti told a news conference on Tuesday that Chiwenga had ordered a…

BULAWAYO – Mthwakazi Republic Party (MRP)’s plan for secession was thrown into doubt on Monday after voters angry at the idea of their Mthwakazi State breaking away from Zimbabwe gave the opposition party a fierce drubbing in parliamentary elections. MRP leader Mqondisi Moyo yesterday conceded the worse-than-expected defeat but said its participation in the Monday…

HARARE – Many political bigwigs in President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s Zanu PF suffered shocking defeats in the July 30 National Assembly elections even as votes were still being counted. Ministers Chris Mutsvangwa, Patrick Chinamasa, his deputy Terrence Mukupe, ex-War Veterans minister Tshinga Dube and Petronella Kagonye lost their parliamentary strongholds. While the preliminary results from different…

HARARE – Political analysts yesterday condemned the barbaric violence by suspected MDC supporters and government’s own deployment of soldiers to quell the disturbances which left several people injured amid claims of loss of life. MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa had on Tuesday claimed poll victory before the results had been announced — in a…