Zanu-PF sources say electioneering has become a source of friction in the party in all the provinces while the MDC formation of Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai says it will this Saturday conduct primary elections
Professor Sam Moyo, director of the African Institute for Agrarian Studies, says the general perception is that GMOs may not be the real solution to the food problems affecting Zimbabwe
Constitutional law expert and National Constitutional Assembly chairman Lovemore Madhuku told VOA that the cabinet decision is a welcome development though late
In an interview with News24 on Tuesday, South African Deputy Foreign Minister Ebrahim Ebrahim, appearing to support President Robert Mugabe's rivals called for further reforms ahead of the elections.
Mr. Zuma’s international relations advisor, Lindiwe Zulu, told VOA that that SADC expects Zimbabwe to follow the agreed roadmap though it cannot prescribe a date
Former senior security officers are already running the party’s influential political commissariat department, key in formulating strategies for elections
Some senior party officials told VOA that there are concerned by factionalism and that the party is yet to come up with a date for primary elections though there are pushing for elections as early as next month
The think tank’s report titled “Zimbabwe Election Scenarios” says reforms have been slow in coming and the risk of large scale violence and military involvement is high
Mr. Tsvangirai's office said his message to African leaders is that they need to remain seized with the problems in Zimbabwe until they were resolved through an election
The United States has removed from its sanctions list a number of deceased senior Zanu-PF officials and two surviving members – former mines minister Edward Chindori chininga and former manicaland governor Tinaye Chigudu.
In a two-hour meeting with Mr. Mugabe, the president impressed on Reverend Jackson to urge Washington to lift targeted sanctions imposed on him and his inner circle
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's MDC-T representative, Finance Minister Tendai Biti told VOA that the meeting had to be abandoned after Chinamasa and Goche failed to turn up
It has also emerged that government was forced to borrow US$40 to fund the March constitutional referendum from local companies
The role of the negotiators from the three parties in the government of national unity already engaged in talks with South African president Jacob Zuma’s facilitation team for years was not made clear
The application for the urgent hearing of the by-elections case was filed by the three legislators’ lawyer Tawanda Zhuwarara of Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights, who argued that the matter needed swift action
Party insiders told VOA Studio 7 that the party will also discuss the possibility of holding the general election on June 29, the last day of the current parliament
Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa said Zanu-PF will not welcome a UN assessment team in Zimbabwe, saying it does not want the UN to interfere in Zimbabwe’s politics
Zanu-PF wants elections to be held in June before Zimbabwe and Zambia co-host the United Nations World Tourism conference in August
The Royal Institute of International Affairs Chatham House hosted Tuesday’s event saying the dialogue was aimed at discussing the way forward for Zimbabwe, including the road to polls
Zimbabwe’s leading political negotiators from the unity government resumed talks in London Tuesday with the international community ahead of a crucial general election expected later this year.
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