HARARE – The Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (Zlhr) has written to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) protesting the decision by the electoral management body to change the positioning of voting booths for theJuly 30 harmonised polls. In a letter dated July 17, 2018, Zlhr said the new requirement that voters should cast their ballots…
HARARE – South Africa’s Sunday Times newspaper has issued Business Times with an ultimatum to change its name or face legal action. for the Sunday Times flew into Harare last week for talks with AB Communications, the publishers of Business Times. The Sunday Times has an insert called Business Times, and Times Media Group, its…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe National Road Administration (Zinara) is in the process of upgrading its payment system, which may result in queues forming at its tollgates countrywide. In a statement, Zinara advised the motoring public of the upgrade of its payment solution systems at all tollgates nationwide to improve tolling operational efficiency. “In view of…
HARARE – In a welcome development, war veterans have now joined the military in saying on the record that they will not stand in the way of opposition leader Nelson Chamisa if he defeats President Emmerson Mnangagwa in the crunch July 30 polls. [Adz]
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) yesterday said it was willing to respond to MDC Alliance president Nelson Chamisa’s demands for reforms he has said were vital for a credible vote this month at an appropriate time. This comes after Chamisa told journalist on Tuesday that he has given Zec one week for negotiations,…
HARARE – The opposition political parties that have been feuding with the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) are pinning their hopes on the visiting Elders group to help them make headway on a number of demands they want met before elections are held at the end of the month. Zimbabwe holds watershed national harmonised elections on…
HARARE – In a welcome development, war veterans have now joined the military in saying on the record that they will not stand in the way of opposition leader Nelson Chamisa if he defeats President Emmerson Mnangagwa in the crunch July 30 polls. This comes as the run-up to the polls has been marred by…
HARARE – The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has come under fire for changing the positioning of the voting booths for the July 30 harmonised election so that voters cast their ballots facing Zec officials to prevent taking pictures of their voter preferences. Previously voting booths faced the wall. Zimbabwe’s leading domestic election monitoring agency, the…
HARARE – MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has laid the grounds for an all-out war with the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) which he has given a week to agree to negotiations. Chamisa also blasted the electoral body’s chairperson, Priscilla Chigumba, at a press conference in Harare yesterday, saying she was “arrogant,” and that she has…
HARARE – Former Zanu PF national political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere is said to have been placed on the “persons of interest” list by the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP). [Adz]
