PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe was yesterday ordered by an extraordinary Sadc summit to return to the Constitutional Court and seek an extension of two weeks to the date that he set aside for elections.
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It’s dog eat dog in Zanu PF primaries
IT is going to be dog eat dog in the Zanu PF primary elections, after hundreds of Young Turks and other first time candidates applied to contest party bigwigs in the internal polls.
Will Chiyangwa’s money translate into votes?
CHINHOYI constituency has been the bedrock of Zanu PF politics in Mashonaland West province for a long time.
Voter education exercise a right for all
POLITICAL parties and civil society organisations have the right to engage in voter education exercises as they are part of electoral processes, analysts have said.
Nyarota lodges appeal
Geoff Nyarota, who is aspiring to represent the MDC-T in the forthcoming parliamentary elections, has lodged an appeal against MP Pishai Muchauraya’s victory at the party’s primary elections.
Is Mugabe worried about legitimacy?
ZANU PF is no longer worried about legitimacy and will do whatever it takes to wrestle absolute political power in the forthcoming elections.
‘Mugabe’s election decree unconstitutional’
There has been intense debate about the constitutionality of President Robert Mugabe’s election proclamation that was made using Presidential Powers.
Is the sun setting on Gideon Gono?
WHEN Gideon Gono took over as Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) governor in December 2003, he set himself on a path no other central bank chief had
‘Zimbabwe heading for another disputed poll’
ZIMBABWE is again heading for disputed polls as evidence on the ground already shows possible manipulation of the electoral process, a new report has warned.
FULL STATEMENT: Tsvangirai on Mugabe’s poll date proclamation
June 13, 1200hrs, Harare, Zimbabwe Today, early in the morning, I received a letter from President Mugabe dated 13 June 2013, in which he advised that in purported compliance with [...]
