THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) yesterday revealed that it registered only 2 000 new voters in 2021, a drop in the ocean in the face of various campaigns by political parties and civic groups to register first-time voters. The ruling Zanu PF and opposition parties rolled out voter registration campaigns during the course of the year to register millions of first-time voters ahead of the 2023 harmonised elections. Zanu PF has set a target to increase the number of its registered voters to five million to ensure a 65% election victory.The main opposition MDC Alliance is targeting six million voters. A number of voter registration awareness campaigns running under various hashtags were launched in November ahead of the suspended Zec mobile voter registration blitz which
EXILED former cabinet minister Jonathan Moyo, wrote to MDC Alliance secretary general Charlton Hwende and his leader Nelson Chamisa strongly chastising them over the party's failure to respond to a story by NewZimbabwe.com exposing how they were wrangling over his role in assisting the opposition party during the 2023 general election. The article expose how senior MDC Alliance members were sharply divided over Moyo's offer to train 44 000 of their polling agents amid fears by some of the top brass that not the best foot forward as he count not be trusted. The article also revealed that Chamisa's co-deputies, Tendai Biti and Welshman Ncube, as well as firebrand deputy national chairperson Job Sikhala were highly antagonistic to the idea of working with Moyo. Sources in
Zanu PF and MDC-T will next year share the $500 million Treasury allocated under the Political Parties Finance Act with the split based on the number of constituency seats in the National Assembly. According to Treasury’s blue book, which goes into the ultra-fine detail of how the Budget is spent, qualifying political parties have been allocated $500 million, with the threshold being five percent of the total votes in a general election. Only Zanu PF and MDC-T led by Senator Douglas Mwonzora qualify. Zanu PF is set to get away with the largest share of the money given that it enjoys a comfortable two thirds majority in the National Assembly. A rough calculation depicts that Zanu PF will get almost $400 million while MDC-T will pocket at least $100 million. The Mwonzora
South Africa’s Cabinet on Wednesday resolved to discontinue the issuance of special dispensation permits which had been extended to over 200 000 Zimbabweans working in that country since 2009. However, it decided on a 12-month grace period at the expiry of the current ZEP on December 31. In a post-Cabinet statement today, the Cabinet spokesperson Ms Phumla Williams said those Zimbabweans who previously benefited from the special dispensation permits were now free to apply for other permits appropriate to their particular status or situation. “Cabinet considered the much-talked about ZEP and also noted the fake news being spread on these permits,” she said. “The first Zimbabwean special dispensation started in 2009 and was called the Dispensation for Zimb
Opposition MDC Alliance vice president Tendai Biti says he is being followed by Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) agents allegedly sent by President Emmerson Mnangagwa. This comes after social media and some media publications claimed that unknown gunmen had attacked and kidnapped Biti from his home in Harare last night. The reports were, however, dismissed by the party spokesperson saying no journalist had been advised about such a case. But the party on Twitter confirmed Biti was being followed by an alleged CIO and ‘overzealous’ Zanu PF supporter Alex Gakanje (Taurai Kandishaya). “VP @BitiTendai is being trailed by a vehicle driven by Mr Gakanje of Zanu PF who is working with Yeukai Simbanegavi. They blocked his access to his road at hom
Marry Mubaiwa, estranged wife to Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has posted on Twitter a picture of the all powerful Vice President admitted at a South African hospital in 2019 in a bid to deny the charges that she wanted to kill him. Said Mubaiwa: Which cables were removed from this guy? That is when he was in South Africa in 2019 Make your own analysis, the truth must come out.Prosecutors say Marry Mubaiwa, who denies all charges, tried to unplug Chiwenga's life support tubes in a South African hospital in June last year. She was initially arrested on Dec. 14 on separate charges including fraud and money laundering. Related Story Zim vice-president's wife charged for trying to kill him in SA hospital Mary Mubaiwa, the estranged wife of Zimbabwe&rsquo
A UK lawyer says that 1000 Zimbabwean woman claimed asylum in the UK by alleging that they were personally raped by President Mugabe. Not only did they make such claims, the claimants were able to pay destitute Zimbabwean police officers money to get fake police reports with stamps and dates because of the poverty caused by sanctions. It’s such frivolous claims, that are untested in court, which the west base their sanctions on. And we understand that there are human rights activists and lawyers who get paid to assist people to fill in these asylum forms. It’s the work of people like Alex Magaisa who receives money from the British government for his NGO that is used to destabilize Zimbabwe through MDC. This reminds me of how a South African woman was paid to claim
Nelson Chamisa was taken to safety after his convoy was allegedly shot at in Mutare on Tuesday afternoon, the party said. His MDC Alliance party blamed “Zanu PF thugs” for the attack, which comes after a similar incident in Masvingo last week. “There has been another attempted assassination on president Chamisa. A bullet flew through one window of the vehicle carrying him and went out through the other. This attempted assassination and use of gunshots on president Chamisa’s vehicle and another that is part of his convoy are cause for grave concern,” the MDC Alliance said in a statement. The party said Chamisa was to his way to Mutare for meetings with community leaders following a similar tour of Masvingo last week. He had earlier stopped in
POLICE have launched a manhunt for over 70 MDC Alliance supporters who engaged in a voter registration campaign in Chitungwiza over the weekend. Seven activists were arrested and yesterday, five of them were granted $6 000 bail each by Chitungwiza magistrate Sheunesu Matova and ordered to report to Zengeza Police Station once a week. Among the arrested were juveniles aged 16 and 17 who were released into the custody of their parents. They are facing a charge of participating in a public gathering with intent to promote public violence. The seven were represented by Tapiwa Muchineripi of the Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights. According to State papers, Detective Constable Lovemore Machazire stationed at CID Law and Order Harare, who is the investigating officer, said the act
A Zimbabwean court has upheld a traditional court’s ruling that the body of former President Robert Mugabe should be exhumed and reburied at a national shrine in the capital. HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — A Zimbabwean court Friday upheld a traditional court’s ruling that the body of former President Robert Mugabe should be exhumed and reburied at a national shrine in the capital. The Chinhoyi Magistrates Court rejected an appeal by Mugabe’s children that the traditional court's ruling should be ignored, Mugabe family lawyer Fungai Chimwamurombe said. The three children had challenged the exhumation ruling made by the traditional chief of the Zvimba area, Mugabe’s rural home. Mugabe's current grave in the Zvimba area is part of the chief’s jurisd
