MDC-T provincial chairman and JOMIC co-chairperson Godfrey Chimombe said cases of politically-motivated violence are on the rise in the province ahead of the July 31 polls
The youth organisation, which is based in Kwekwe in the Midlands province, said in a statement Zanu PF supporters were going door-to-door threatening MDC-T supporters, asking villagers to surrender party regalia or face unspecified action.
Provincial youth chairman Tonderai Samhu said well-known Zanu PF activists are tearing down their posters in Mvurwi, Glendale, Guruve, Mbire and other areas in the province
A large number of people are said to be struggling to get on the voters’ list in Mazowe district, Mashonaland Central province, and other areas around the country
The two parties argue that the state-controlled stable could have done more to ensure all political parties are given equitable space to sell their election manifestos
Many organizations reportedly failed to meet the weekend deadline to submit their applications because of various issues, including stringent requirements that were set by the electoral body
Zanu PF spokesman Rugare Gumbo Monday met with the African Union observer mission deployed to Zimbabwe ahead of the elections
Reports from across the country indicated the primaries started late and failed to take place in some constituencies due to what officials termed “logistical problems”.
President Robert Mugabe's Zanu PF has moved its primary elections from Wednesday to Tuesday, a move party spokesman Rugare Gumbo says will give successful candidates enough time to submit their names to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission before the Wednesday deadline.
Deputy Information Director Psychology Maziwisa said his party will announce the full list of aspiring candidates and resolutions that will guide it in the elections through a press statement Friday
Chikwinya told VOA Studio 7 he was forced to write to ZEC following its failure to deploy officers from the Registrar General’s Office for 30 days in each ward as prescribed by the law
Parliament is Tuesday expected to debate for adoption amendments to the Electoral Act as directed by Southern African Development Community leaders at a summit in Maputo, Mozambique, Saturday.
The party announced Thursday that its primaries will be held on June 24, and laid down the rules and regulations that candidates must meet
The commission noted that civil servants participating in the polls will be deemed to have resigned from the public service on the day their nomination papers are received by the nomination court
Nixon Nyikadzino, a programmes manager at Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition, said if elections were held on or before 31 July as ordered by the court, his constitutional rights would most likely have been violated.
The NCA last week wrote to ZEC about its intentions to place two monitors at every polling station in the country and also be allowed to monitor activities in polling stations including the counting process
The team led by party chairman Simon Khaya Moyo has already been to Manicaland, Masvingo, Harare, Bulawayo and Mashonaland East where some aspiring candidates are already campaigning
Employers’ Confederation of Zimbabwe director John Mufukare said forcing companies to buy some expensive local raw materials will hurt firms that are already struggling under harsh economic conditions
Three MDC supporters were seriously injured this afternoon following an attack by alleged Zanu PF supporters in Harare South.
The MDC Tsvangirai formation has welcomed recommendations by the Southern African Development Community that Zimbabwe can hold elections anytime now following the successful conclusion of the constitutional reform process, but wants democratic reforms first
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