NAYO targets 3 million virgin voters

By Watmore Makokoba National Association for Youths Organisation (NAYO) which is working with several community-based organisations and the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) says it intends to make sure about three million youths are going to vote in the coming general elections. According to the census statistics, youths constitute about 65 percent of Zimbabwe’s population but have not been participating in the country’s elections due to …

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MDC Alliance in race against time

By Wisdom Mumera With less than 6 months to go before the 2018 general elections, the MDC Alliance faces a race against time to regroup in the face of acrimonious divisions within their coalition and also in the respective parties. Various observers say the power tussles in the Morgan Tsvangirai led MDC-T simply translate to problems for the alliance whilst coalition divisions don’t bode well …

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MDC Alliance in race against time

By Wisdom Mumera With less than 6 months to go before the 2018 general elections, the MDC Alliance faces a race against time to regroup in the face of acrimonious divisions within their coalition and also in the respective parties. Various observers say the power tussles in the Morgan Tsvangirai led MDC-T simply translate to problems for the alliance whilst coalition divisions don’t bode well …

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Justice Chigumba appointed ZEC Chairperson

By Wisdom Mumera President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed High Court Judge Justice Priscilla Chigumba as the new Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) chairperson and is due to be sworn in tomorrow (1 February 2018) at State House. Justice Chigumba takes over Rita Makarau who resigned last December in unclear events after the deposition of former President Robert Mugabe and the coming in of a military-backed government …

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Govt copied my travel policy: Dr Nkosana Moyo

By Tafadzwa Muranganwa Alliance for the People’s Agenda (APA) president Dr Nkosana Moyo has claimed that he was the first government official to decline to travel first class and the Emmerson Mnangagwa administration is simply following after him. Speaking at a public meeting organised by the Mass Public Opinion Institute recently, Dr Moyo said he declined the VIP treatment because we wanted to experience what …

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Missing Dzamara: Mnangagwa must apologise

By Daniel Chigundu. Transform Zimbabwe (TZ) leader Jacob Ngarivhume says it is a shame that President Emmerson Mnangagwa has failed to explain the whereabouts of missing activist Itai Dzamara or to at least issue an apology. Dzamara, a father of two went missing on 9 March 2015 when he had reportedly gone to have a haircut and there has not been word or clue about …

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Ncube calls alliance rebels to order

By Wisdom Mumera In a veiled jab at MDC-T vice president Thokozani Khupe and her faction, MDC Alliance spokesperson Professor Welshman Ncube has accused politicians causing divisions within the coalition of fighting the will of the people. The MDC-N leader, who of late has also been caught in a war of words with MDC-T spokesperson Obert Gutu, alleged that the coalition is a result of …

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Jumbo Mine residents angry with Dinha

By Wisdom Mumera Jumbo Mine (Mazowe North) residents are angry with their legislator Martin Dinha whom they accuse of focusing on politics while ignoring their water challenges. The area is experiencing acute water shortages to the extent that the installed borehole is failing to cope with demand for water from the residents. In an interview, Annabelle Sithole a resident in the area said what angers …

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Viva Zimbabwe to demand youth inclusion

 By Daniel Chigundu Viva Zimbabwe chairman Patson Mashingaidze says his party is going to write a very comprehensive letter dubbed Youth Inclusion Document (YID) to President Emmerson Mnangagwa demanding inclusion of youths in government and other state owned institutions. President Mnangagwa took no regard of youth and women when he appointed his grey-haired and recycled cabinet to the extent that he assigned the Youth Ministry …

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Zanu PF youths get green light to contest bigwigs

 By Daniel Chigundu  Zanu PF youths have been given the go-ahead to contest the party’s bigwigs for Parliamentary and council seats in the impending general elections. Although there is no written rule, but generally Parliamentary and council seats are usually a preserve of the party’s bigwigs who use every means in and outside the book to wrestle youths out. Youths and women have always been …

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