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President Robert Mugabe today accused political rivals of seeking to delay elections because they are afraid they will lose. “The other parties do not want elections, they are afraid of…

Finance Minister Tendai Biti today told the United Nations that Zimbabwe did not have money for the elections which President Robert Mugabe said will be held on 31 July. "If…

Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai today vowed to block President Robert Mugabe's efforts to set a date for key elections before democratic reforms are implemented. "You can't set a date of…

The Independent Online website was today brought down for two hours by hackers over a story that appeared 10 days ago which said that Robert Mugabe was the greatest black…

Zimbabwe’s voter registration exercises kicked off today marking the official countdown to the country’s elections which the Constitutional Court said must be held before the end of next month. The…

The chair of the Zimbabwe Election Commission Rita Makarau today announced that voter registration and voter inspection will run concurrently and will start on Monday, 10 June. This means elections…

South Africa’s Minister for International Relations Maite Nkoana-Mashabane today said a new date for the Southern African Development Community special summit to look into Zimbabwe’s preparedness for elections had not…

Zimbabwe’s major “opposition” parties which had banked on a Southern African Development Community special summit scheduled for this Sunday to present their objections to holding elections before 31 July are…

Leaders of the main “opposition” political parties in Zimbabwe- the two factions of the Movement for Democratic Change, Mavambo-Kusile-Dawn, the Zimbabwe African People’s Union and the Zimbabwe African National Union-Ndonga-…

National Constitutional Assembly leader Lovemore Madhuku today said political parties in Zimbabwe should abide by the Constitutional Court ruling and hold the elections before 31 July. "The NCA welcomes the…