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HARARE – As the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) began counting and releasing results for the  National Assembly from Monday’s historic national harmonised elections, our teams in the provinces were reporting how observers and civic society groups were praising the peaceful environment which characterised the just-ended polls. This came as the MDC Alliance threatened to announce…

HARARE – An independent Zimbabwean election monitoring group yesterday said the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission did not post presidential results outside the polling stations in some areas as required by law. The Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) said results were posted at only 93 percent of the 10 985 polling stations countrywide. The country’s largest independent…

HARARE – Government has warned against inciting public violence with Home Affairs minister Obert Mpofu saying the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) will not hesitate to descend on those bent on fomenting anarchy. Mpofu’s statement comes as the MDC Alliance has gone public declaring it will not accept a defeat, arguing anything short of victory would…

HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s ruling Zanu PF party has taken an early lead although it was still too early to tell in which direction the pendulum would swing since some of the results are still pending. Results of National Assembly polls released by the under-fire Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) so far put Zanu PF…

HARARE – The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission has began to release some of the election results following the July 30 harmonized elections.  Parliamentary poll results received so far out of 210 constituencies are as follows:  Buhera West: Dzuma Soul – ZANU PF Bulawayo Central: Watson Nicola Jane – MDC Alliance Bulilima West: Phuti Dingumuzi – ZANU…

HARARE – President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s ruling Zanu PF party has taken an early lead although it was still too early to tell in which direction the pendulum would swing since some of the results are still pending. [Adz]

HARARE – MDC Alliance official Luke Tamborinyoka has been cleared of all charges of defacing a rival’s political campaign posters. Tamborinyoka, a former spokesman of presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa, faced two charges of contravening section 152 the Electoral Act split by the prosecution, with one alleging he connived with Tapiwa Murima and another in which…

HARARE – A Murewa man has been jailed six months behind bars after being caught with a bullet during President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s last rally at the National Sports Stadium. Dozen Mukombero, 34, was jailed by Harare magistrate Josephine Sande after being found guilty of contravening section 4(a) of the Firearms Act which criminalises possessing ammunition…

HARARE – It is very pleasing to note that the country’s crunch national elections started off well and ended relatively peaceful, with no incidents of violence having been reported at the time that the Daily News went to press last night. It really is remarkable that such a huge and momentous process proceeded as relatively…