Date set for Chamisa vs ED Mnangagwa election hearing
HARARE: The Constitutional Court has set Wednesday, August 22, as the date it will start hearing arguments in an application by MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa to challenge presidential elections results announced by ZEC. Chamisa spokesman Nkululeko Sibanda announced the date saying, “Case to be heard at 10:00am on the 22nd of August 2018.” It […]
ED Mnangagwa, Zanu PF, to raise Presidential age limit to 55 years
HARARE: Zanu-PF will seek to bar youthful MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa and anyone below 55 from standing in the 2023 Presidential Elections by raising the age requirement, a shocking report claimed on Thursday. The current base age for one to run for President is 40 years, but this could be raised to 55 through […]
Bring it on: Emmerson Mnangagwa dares Chamisa
PRESIDENT-ELECT Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday dared his opposition MDC Alliance counterpart Nelson Chamisa to prove the vote-rigging claims at the Constitutional Court (ConCourt), setting the stage for a bruising legal battle. Chamisa last week filed an election petition challenging the presidential results at the ConCourt. Mnangagwa, in his founding affidavit submitted to the ConCourt by his […]
MDC Alliance leader Chamisa submits more ‘evidence’
HARARE – MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has furnished the Constitutional Court (Con-Court) with more damning “evidence” of alleged electoral fraud by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec), the Daily News can report. In the latest testimonies lodged at the Con-Court, the MDC Alliance’s chief election agents recounted their chilling experiences at the hands of alleged […]
Togarepi fumes at MDC Alliance for delaying Mnangagwa’s inauguration
The Zanu-PF Youth League has accused the opposition MDC-Alliance of holding the nation to ransom through their court application challenging President Mnangagwa’s win in the Presidential elections, saying the winning candidate should be inaugurated. Zanu-PF Secretary for Youth Affairs Cde Pupurai Togarepi (54) yesterday said they were also going to take the MDC-Alliance leaders Mr […]
DISPUTED POLL – All eyes on Zimbabwe’s election ruling acid test
The independence of Zimbabwe’s judiciary is due to come into sharp focus as all eyes shift to the constitutional court, the highest court in the land, which now has to arbitrate in the disputed presidential results of the election held on July 30. This is after the MDC Alliance (MDCA) on Friday filed court papers […]
Chamisa’s Three Killer Punches In Poll Petition Which Will Leave Mnangagwa Scurying For Cover
MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa has a formidable case against his arch rival Zanu Pf’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who was declared winner of the July 30 elections after he garnered 50.8 percent. Politics aside, Chamisa’s election petition confirms his remarks earlier in which he declared that he had won the 2018 elections. Chamisa’s petition chronicles […]
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 […]
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 […]
