Zimbabwe Electoral Commission produces 250 000 ‘ghost voters’ on roll
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has reportedly released a register of voters with over 250 000 ghost voters on its final biometric voters’ roll (BVR), NewsDay has established. The alleged scam, according to the experts who have been analysing the data released by the poll management body, is feared to have involved the highly-discredited Registrar-General’s […]
European Union to Deploy 140 Election Observers in Zimbabwe
This election season in Zimbabwe is quite different from previous ones. There is minimal election violence. But most notable – the absence of the two candidates, Robert Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai, who had become permanent names on the ballot paper. Mugabe was forced out of office by the army last year and Tsvangirai succumbed to […]
Statement by MDC Aliance President Advocate Nelson Chamisa
Fellow Zimbabweans, I come before you to express my gratitude for the tremendous support, solidarity and kindness that you have shown to the cause, to us, particularly myself and my esteemed colleagues in the MDC Alliance. I cannot thank you enough for the inspiring courage, bravery and commitment that you have demonstrated in the last […]
MDC Alliance Planning Mass Protests Over Unclean Voters’ Roll, ‘Fradulent’ Ballot Papers
The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Alliance led by Nelson Chamisa is threatening to stage a mass demonstration next week to express its dissatisfaction over what it says is the collusion between Zanu PF party and the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to allegedly rig the forthcoming general elections by using a “fundamentally-flawed” voters’ roll and […]
Zimbabwe in electoral row over Mnangagwa’s name heading up a column
A row has erupted over the order in which the names of Zimbabwe’s 23 presidential candidates taking part in elections at the end of this month, will appear on the ballot paper. Zimbabweans go to the polls on July 30. President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s name is one of those which will appear at the top of […]
Confusion in Zimbabwe as unregestered candidate wins elections
ZIMBABWE Electoral Commission (ZEC) chairperson Rita Makarau, Monday admitted that Keith Guzah the MP-elect for the Hurungwe West was not a registered voter in the constituency but instead his names appears in Magunje. Makarau also admitted that Guzah, the Zanu PF candidate, had in fact been declared winner even though he had not been able […]
