Zimbabwe Army Commander Philip Valerio Sibanda Is Said to Demand: Who Ordered Crackdown?
Zimbabwe’s armed forces chief is demanding to know who ordered troops last week to break up protests against the ruling party’s election victory and why he wasn’t informed about the decision, according to three senior government officials. General Philip Valerio Sibanda asked for an explanation from President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa, his advisers and intelligence chiefs of […]
Bullet-Train Pledge, Splits Cost Zimbabwe Opposition in Vote
As Zimbabwean opposition leader Nelson Chamisa considers mounting a legal challenge to last week’s election results, he’s also counting the cost of fissures within his alliance and campaign pledges that made him appear out of touch with voters. Emmerson Mnangagwa’s victory in the parliamentary and presidential ballots has left Chamisa’s Movement for Democratic Change without […]
‘Shot like a dog’: Zimbabwe buries its post-election dead
The four children of a fruit-seller gunned down by Zimbabwean soldiers in post-election violence wept uncontrollably at the sight of their father lying in a casket under a baking sun. Ishmail Kumire, 41, was one of the six victims of Wednesday’s bloody chaos, sparked when troops fired on opposition activists protesting alleged electoral fraud. The […]
Zimbabwe Police Round Off Home To Tendai Biti’s Mother
Reports from highly placed sources within the MDC Alliance indicate that police and state security agents have rounded off the home of mother to senior party member Tendai Biti as they hunt for the opposition leader who has been in hiding since Tuesday. According to the reports, at least five police vehicles with armed officers […]
The Face Of New Terror In Zimbabwe – A Junta Army And Police
Zimbabwe police stormed the headquarters of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) in the capital Harare on Thursday and detained 16 people after sealing off the building earlier, a Reuters witness said. “Police came with a warrant of search and seizure they claimed there were certain computers and other subversive materials,” MDC lawyer Denford […]
Mnangagwa’s Victory May Not Be Sweet Following Contested Polls, Killing of Civilians
Incumbent Zimbabwe President Emmerson Dambudzo has narrowly won the country’s presidential poll, making him the first democratically elected president to succeed longtime leader president Robert Mugabe. However, the victory, may not be so sweet following contested polls and violence that left six people dead. Mnangagwa won the ballot by 50.8 percent of the votes, giving […]
ZESN sample say ED won election, demands more accountability, transparency
Harare: In what is likely to weaken MDC Alliance Presidential candidate, Nelson Chamisa’s case against ZEC, the Zimbabwe Elections Support Network (ZESN) has released its Presidential election estimated ranges which appear to confirm the figures announced by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission yesterday. According to ZESN’s sample based observation report released today, Emmerson Mnangagwa scored 50.7% […]
Commonwealth observers say Zimbabwe playing field was not level
THE Commonwealth elections observer group led by former Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama yesterday raised the red flag on Monday’s elections, saying their team had observed cases of intimidation using food aid and traditional leaders to galvanise support, as well as the huge number of assisted voters. In their preliminary statement report, the observers urged […]
Tendai Biti high on marijuana says VP General Chiwenga
Zimbabwe’s Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has reportedly dismissed alleged claims that he was plotting to assassinate MDC Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa and his colleague Tendai Biti. Asked to comment, Chiwenga questioned Biti’s mental fitness dismissing the allegations as hallucinations of a man high on mbanje after the later alleged that the retired general had […]
Rigged: Jonathan Moyo reveals ‘cooked’ presidential results from ZEC…says Chamisa won presidential election
Here is a report from Prof Jonathan Moyo revealing actual figures ZEC will announce tonight for Zimbabwe presidential election results…scroll below to see the numbers he said will be read at 10PM. The text below is taken from his blog, Mnangagwa -unedited. By Jonathan Moyo| 1/24 In the interest of doing right by God & […]
