Harare has released $11 million dollars to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission for special voting, set for July 14 and 15 at 209 polling stations across the country. And for the first time in Zimbabwe’s history soldiers, police and other state security officers catered for by the special vote will not vote in the barracks
Makoni, who read the statement on behalf of the three parties, said they remain open to a possible pact with the MDC-Ncube and Zapu, which last week announced their own pact.
Results of a survey in which 1,008 youths drawn from all the country’s provinces were sampled shows that 64 percent of the respondents are looking forward to vote in the harmonised elections
ZEC chairperson Justice Tita Makarau said observers, the media and political parties are free to inspect the special vote exercise at Harare International Conference Centre
An excited MDC-T secretary general, Tendai Biti, told reporters outside the court that Mr. Tsvangirai is Zimbabwe’s next president
'in the spirit of co-operation with parties the two MDC formations, Zanu Ndonga and Zapu, the party's national management committee resolved not to present a presidential candidate'
Dabengwa, who is Zapu’s presidential candidate, says candidates have already been selected and will field them in constituencies where the party has strong support
Head of the five-member mission, Dumelang Saleshando, told journalists after a briefing from the commission that ZEC was following the law in preparing for the elections
Residents discussed the performance of city councilors in power since 2008. Many came forward to say that councilors should not be retained.
Finance Minister Tendai Biti said it took a long time to bring the Bill to parliament because some ministers in the unity were resisting the promulgation of the restrictive law
ZCTU says the second phase of the mobile voter registration exercise is too slow with people spending up to five hours on queues before successfully registering or checking their names on the voters’ roll
Town Clerk Tendai Mahachi said the loan will be used for the comprehensive rehabilitation of the city’s water treatment works, ending its perennial water challenges
Addressing editors from different media houses, ZEC chairperson Justice Rita Makarau said the electoral body has already started monitoring news reports to ensure biased reporting is rooted out of election coverage.
Finance Minister Tendai Biti says the Poverty Income and Consumption and Expenditure Survey, the Poverty Datum Line Analysis and Demographic and Health surveys show that 70% of rural households are poor
The 44-page report makes it clear that without security sector reforms it will be difficult for Zimbabwe to deliver a credible poll
Parliament’s local government committee chairperson Lynette Karenyi said Mr. Chombo should be investigated for corruption, in particular the way he has handled local authority issues
Government carpool parastatal owed millions of dollars, debt may impact elections
Denmark says it is committed to being a strong partner for Zimbabwe and will support political forces working for democratic reforms.
The German ambassador to Zimbabwe, Hans Gunter Gnodkte, told journalists in Harare that his country is concerned about the takeover of German investments in agriculture, wildlife and tourism
The 13-member council is chaired by veteran journalist Henry Muradzikwa and some of the councillors are Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation chief executive Happson Muchechetere, Zimbabwe Newspapers Group chief executive Justin Mutasa, the Worker editor Ben Madzimure and representatives of various interest groups
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