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President Robert Mugabe today left for Singapore for a medical check-up and is expected back at the weekend. Reports say his party has been calling for early elections because of…

Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai today filed an application with the Constitutional Court to have the elections delayed further than 14 August sought by Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa. "Zimbabwe needs a…

South African Communist Party deputy chairman Thulas Nxesi today said South Africa can learn from the successes of Zimbabwe’s controversial land reform programme. “We may be able to learn something…

The Director of Civil Military Relations, Colonel Charles Matema said it was the army's mandate to ensure that there is peace and tranquillity before, during and after the elections, the…

Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai today said the coming elections are about the transfer of power from President Robert Mugabe to himself and this time the Movement for Democratic Change will…

The House of Assembly today adjourned to Tuesday, 25 June, without debating the amendments to the electoral law necessary to align the coming elections to the new constitution. Parliament now…

Former Mines Minister Edward Chindori-Chininga, who now chaired the Parliamentary Committee on Mines and Energy, died in a car accident today. His committee had just released a report which said…

Finance Minister Tendai Biti told Parliament today that the country did not have money for elections, due in just over a month, and accused Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa and Mines…

Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa today filed an urgent application with the court to have Zimbabwe’s elections held on 14 August. This was in compliance with a Southern African Development Community…

Zimbabwe Electoral Commission chief Rita Makarau today said her body will take disciplinary action against journalists for unfair reporting in the coming elections. "Section 160K of the Act provides that…