The Observer view on Britain’s response to repression in Zimbabwe
Last November, when news spread through Harare that Robert Mugabe had resigned after 37 years of misrule, joyous crowds poured on to the streets of the Zimbabwean capital. They cheered, sang and even embraced the soldiers whose intervention had forced the departure of the ageing autocrat. These scenes convinced many overseas that Mugabe had been […]
A crackdown in Zimbabwe exposes the instability of the Mnangagwa regime
IN THE early hours of August 5th four men broke into a house in eastern Zimbabwe known to be home to activists for the MDC Alliance, the country’s main opposition bloc. They dragged the husband and wife outside before beating them with sticks on their back and buttocks. Two of the assailants took turns raping […]
Zanu-PF Set to File Opposing Papers Against MDC Alliance’s Election Petition
Zimbabwe’s ruling Zanu PF party is on Monday expected to file opposing papers at the Constitutional Court against a petition filed by Movement for Democratic Change Alliance presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa last Friday challenging incumbent president Emmerson Mnangagwa’s victory in the poll held July 30. Munyaradzi Paul Mangwana, Zanu PF’s secretary for Legal Affairs, told […]
Zimbabwe judiciary put to sternest test ever…Decision is final
The ball in now in the Constitutional Court (CC)’s court, after MDC-Alliance has successfully filed its petition, challenging President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa (ED)’s victory, this has put the country’s judiciary under one of the most difficult tests ever. The way the courts are going to handle this matter, would be a make or break in as […]
‘Mnangagwa agents force MDC polling officers to sign fake v11 forms in Masvingo’
Suspected Zanu-PF agents are hunting down MDC-Alliance polling officers in Masvingo Province in order to force them to sign doctored V11 forms which according to sources are designed to tally with the election results announced by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC). This follows allegations that Zanu-PF lost presidential votes in the province but they were […]
Too late, Chamisa missed deadline to Challenge Mnangagwa: Zanu-PF Lawyers
The MDC Alliance missed the deadline to serve its poll petition on President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa and the Constitutional Court should thus dismiss it, Zanu-PF’s lawyers have said. The ruling party also says the papers were not served at the address the President-elect provided to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission for purposes of the election. Further, the […]
Emmerson Mnangagwa inauguration deferred after court challenge of result
HARARE: Zanu-PF leader Emmerson Mnangagwa’s inauguration planned for Sunday, 12 August has been cancelled after MDC Alliance President, Nelson Chamisa successfully filed his court papers on Friday at the Constitutional Court in a bid to reverse ED’s victory announced last week by ZEC. After many speculations, Zimbabwe Justice Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi put the issue to […]
Extreme Fraud That Warrants Nullification of Zimbabwe’s 2018 Presidential Poll
Zimbabwe’s 2018 Presidential election outcome represents the will of the counters and not of the voters. The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) announced that Emmerson Mnangagwa of the Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front (ZANU PF) got 2,460,463 votes (50.8%) followed by the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Alliance’s Nelson Chamisa with 2,147,436 votes (44.3%). My […]
President Mnangagwa, VP Chiwenga fight explodes publicly
THE simmering political power struggle between President Emmerson Mnangagwa — currently ruling under military tutelage after coming in last November through a coup — and his co-deputy retired General Constantino Chiwenga over the unresolved Zanu PF leadership issue after the overthrow of former president Robert Mugabe has now exploded into the public domain. This follows […]
We will resist President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa: Tajamuka
SOCIAL movement group #Tajamuka/Sesijikile yesterday joined the MDC Alliance in disputing results of last week’s elections, claiming President-elect Emmerson Mnangagwa did not win the July 30 polls. Addressing journalists in Harare, #Tajamuka/Sesijikile spokesperson Promise Mkwananzi said the group was ready to resist Mnangagwa’s government. “We will not accept or recognise Mnangagwa as a legitimately elected […]
