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By Daniel Chigundu SEASONED economist Vince Musewe says things are not okay in the country and that people should not create false hope that the environment will enable the holding of credible elections next year. Zimbabwe is set to go for what has been termed “watershed-elections” in 2018 and most opposition parties in the country fear that there might be political violence and vote rigging …
By Daniel Chigundu WOMEN say the idea to introduce Proportional representation system in the constitution did not come from them but was a creation of the country’s unrepentant political parties. The Proportional representation system which came into effect during the July 2013 general elections resulted in the number of Parliamentarians swelling to about 350. The idea to increase the number of Parliamentarians drew heavy criticism …
By Nkanyiso Ncube PARLIAMENT of Zimbabwe is set to hold its inaugural Open Day next week to give an opportunity to members of the public to tour the Parliament building and to mix and mingle with their legislators. The Open Day will be held under the theme “Parliament Open Day: Celebrating 37 years of independence and parliamentary democracy.” The two day event will run from …
by The Real Bandini Before the government can wrangle with Facebook and Twitter trolls about the legality of expletives aimed at the President, it needs to clean up its websites. They’re embarrassing even to the apathetic and least patriotic. It is apparent that the design and editing that went into these websites is the work […]
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By Tariro Senderayi THE main opposition party, MDC-T insists that it has put in place efficient mechanisms to eliminate fraud in the 2018 harmonized elections. Since its formation in 1999, MDC-T has given the ruling party a headache and a tough time during elections to the extent it had majority seats in the Seventh Parliament of Zimbabwe. The main opposition party claims that since their …
By Daniel Chigundu TOURISM and Hospitality Industry Minister Walter Mzembi says he still has an outside chance of landing the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) secretary general post. Mzembi had the backing of the African Union, one of the largest blocs with 10 of the 33 members of the UNWTO Executive Council, but went on to lose in the second round of the elections …
by Tariro D. Senderayi Zimbabwe’s Minister of Tourism lost out on the UNWTO Secretary General post. The result cultivated a mixed bag of reactions. Mzembi who had won the first round of elections proceeded to lose in the second round to his Georgian counterpart, Zurab Pololikashvili. Zimbabweans, rose to the occasion on social media as most jubilated and ululated at Mzembi’s defeat as they strongly …
By Ashton Bumhira Zimbabwean youth constitute the largest constituency of over 60% of the population but continue to be socially, politically, and economically marginalized. It is worrisome how the youth have been schemed out and marginalized from governance. The present administration has been insensiitive to youth being included in governance. This is a point we should all be worried about needs urgent attention. Some people have argued that …
by VaKing Kandoro When I was 7 years old my father came back home one night with a VHS casette of American Ninja 3. He was obviously drunk because who brings the last movie in the trilogy without having watched the other two, I also know for a fact that he was drunk because we, […]
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by Munya Bloggo One of the highlight of #rp17 re:publica 2017 media convention for me was the World Poverty Clock exhibition stand. Charmaine Taus, the Head of Operations at World Data Lab in Vienna, Austria explained how they managed to build the amazing tool through the help of their global network. The clock is based on a global […]
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