HARARE – A loud and familiar chant rang out across the tightly-packed arena as Emmerson Mnangagwa took to the stage to be sworn in as Zimbabwe’s president. “ED Pfee! ED Pfee!” the crowds roared in unison, echoing the ruling Zanu PF party’s election campaign slogan for Mnangagwa to “get in there” in the hope that…
HARARE – Veterans of Zimbabwe’s war of liberation falling under the banner Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) have all but squandered the goodwill they earned last November in the aftermath of the ouster of then president Robert Mugabe after a military intervention spearheaded by General (rtd) Constantino Chiwenga. Amidst the chaos that resulted…
HARARE – The Constitutional Court (Con-Court) is sitting in Harare today to hear a petition filed by MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa, challenging the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec)’s declaration of President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa as the winner of the July 30 plebiscite. By Friday, Zimbabweans should be able to know whether the Con-Court would have thrown…
HARARE – In most politically mature nations, people vote around the issues candidates present during the election campaign period, including party manifestos. This suggests that people are free to make independent choices based on what they think about the different candidates who present themselves to them through manifestoes, party rallies and other platforms. What informs…
HARARE – As Zimbabwe awaits the Constitutional Court (Con-Court)’s verdict on MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa’s election petition challenging the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec)’ s declaration of Zanu PF leader Emmerson Mnangagwa as the winner of the July 30 Presidential election, the call for calm cannot be overemphasised. The country is clearly on the edge…
HARARE – The Constitutional Court (Con-Court) will tomorrow hear for the first time in its five-year history a case involving a presidential election, in which the nine justices will weigh a decision by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) to declare Zanu PF presidential nominee Emmerson Mnangagwa the winner of the July 30 election against the…
HARARE – It is not misplaced to say every well-meaning Zimbabwean is concerned about what has been happening in our country since the country held its hotly-contested polls on July 30, including the killing of six people. The country has been showing serious signs of divisions — which were a permanent feature but an unwanted…
HARARE – There has been so much political drama in the country in the last couple of years whose impact has not solely been confined to the political realm but has descended to pulverise Zimbabwe’s economy as well as the standard of living of the majority of the population. Locating the genesis of this continuing…
HARARE – Acting Prosecutor General (PG) Kumbirai Hodzi has been shaking up things ever since he was sworn into office by President Emmerson Mnangagwa last month. The courts have been busy, lately, with corruption-related cases. Among the high-profile cases that have been brought to court since his arrival is that of controversial businessman, Wicknell Chivayo,…
HARARE – To some in Zimbabwe, Kofi Annan appeared a distant figure when it came to the socio-economic and political interests of the country, and yet nothing could have been further from the truth. This unassuming tower of knowledge and diplomacy I used to call KA was, at times, referred to in rather uncomplimentary terms…
