A national stayaway kicked off on Monday in opposition to Zimbabwean president Emmerson Mnangagwa hiking fuel prices by 120 percent on January 12 2019, a move which sparked panic buying, with the public speculating a sharp increase in goods and services across the board. Social media went into overdrive with[…]
At least 47 people were killed in Zimbabwe on Wednesday when two buses collided on a road between the capital Harare and the southeastern town of Rusape, police confirmed to AFP. “We confirm 47 people have died in a road traffic accident at the 166-kilometre peg along the Harare-Mutare highway,”[…]
South Africa’s Advocate Dali Mpofu is reportedly set to lead a legal team to challenge Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his Zanu-PF party’s victory in the just ended elections – on behalf of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Alliance. The MDC vowed earlier this week to overturn in[…]
Zimbabwe’s former finance minister and opposition leader Tendai Biti appeared in court on Thursday to be charged with stoking post-election violence in a case watched around the world as a test of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s treatment of opponents. Biti, whose People’s Democratic Party had formed an election alliance with Nelson[…]
Zimbabwe’s opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has rejected President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s election victory as fraudulent, saying he will pursue legal and constitutional means to challenge the result. His comments on Friday came as Mnangagwa denied the opposition claims, hailing “a free, fair and credible election”. In the early hours of Friday,[…]
Incumbent Emmerson Mnangagwa has won Zimbabwe’s presidential election, according to official results, in a poll marred by deadly violence and opposition allegations of vote rigging. Mnangagwa, of the ruling ZANU-PF party, won 50.8 percent of the votes cast, with his closest rival Nelson Chamisa, of the Movement for Democratic Change[…]
There’s growing anxiety among Zimbabweans who are waiting for the results of its presidential election. Violence erupted on Wednesday when soldiers fired on protesting opposition supporters in the capital Harare. Three people were killed. The protests started after official results showed that the ruling ZANU-PF won majority seats in the[…]
Zimbabwe’s ruling ZANU-PF party has won the most seats in parliament, official results showed on Wednesday, as the count continued in the presidential race. The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) results showed President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s ZANU-PF cruising to a big majority after picking up 109 seats in a 210-seat parliament. The[…]
Vote counting has started in Zimbabwe’s first general election since long-term President Robert Mugabe was pushed out of office last year. Electoral officials said turnout at Monday’s vote averaged 75 percent. “It is our view that the high voter turnout is indicative of the sound voter education and publicity conducted[…]
Millions of Zimbabweans are heading to the polls to vote in the country’s first elections since independence in 1980 without the name of long-time leader Robert Mugabe on the ballot. Polling stations opened at 7am (05:00 GMT) on Monday and will close at 7pm (17:00 GMT). More than five million[…]
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