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The European Union is to send an observer mission to Zimbabwe for this year’s elections and has called on Harare to make sure that a legal framework conducive to freedom…

The Nelson Chamisa faction of the Movement for Democratic Change today held a seven-hour workshop for nearly 500 aspiring parliamentary candidates. Director of Communications Luke Tamborinyoka said Chamisa said that…

The vice-president of the Thokozani Khupe faction of the Movement for Democratic Change, Obert Gutu, has rubbished reports about talks to unite the two factions which are both going by…

Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front president Emmerson Mnangagwa is likely to win this year’s elections because the opposition is in disarray, Zimbabweans in the United States said at a panel…

The Nelson Chamisa faction of the Movement for Democratic Change says it will finish its candidate selection for the coming elections by 12 May. According to Newsday, acting chairperson Morgen…

The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission boss Priscillah Chigumba says this year’s elections cannot be rigged and has challenged anyone who can prove otherwise to come forward. Her remarks come following a…

President Emmerson Mnangagwa says Zimbabwe has attracted foreign direct investment commitments worth $11 billion over the past four months. This is more than the country has attracted over the past…

The Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) says the private sector’s tax debt, which stands at nearly $3.4 billion has become unsustainable and that only 25 percent of registered taxpayers are paid…

The Zimbabwe Nurses Association has withdrawn its case against Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga for allegedly ordering the dismissal of more than 5 000 nurses when they went on strike demanding better…

In their new book How to Rig an Election, Nic Cheeseman and Brian Klaas argue that across much of Africa and beyond, elections aren’t just failing to remove unpopular autocrats…