Introduction The National Assembly sat on Tuesday 10 October 12, 2017 and the main business of the day was debate of the Presidential Speech that he delivered during the official opening of the Fifth…
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Introduction In Election Watch 15/2017 we outlined some of the amendments to the Electoral Act that need to be made to bring it into line with the Constitution. Â We have…
THE Zimbabwean government this week deployed police to chase vendors out of the streets of Harare in an effort to move them to so-called designated areas. The anti-riot police who…
HARARE Magistrate Josephine Sande on Thursday 12 October 2017 ended the detention of two Zimbabweans who were arrested early this week for allegedly passing some comments over President Robert Mugabe’s…
On 10 October 2017, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC), launched a Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) blitz across the country. The blitz is a follow up to the launch of the…
PRO-democracy campaigner and the leader of the National Vendors Union Zimbabwe (NAVUZ) Sten Zvorwadza was on Wednesday 11 October 2017 condemned to spend a second night in police custody as…
THE Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZimRights) has noted with concern the absence of commissioners of oaths at many Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) centres in the ongoing blitz to register voters…
Introduction The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) commenced the Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) for the Wards which fall under Phase 1 yesterday. ZEC intends to roll out the process in four…
ZIMBABWEAN police on Tuesday 10 October 2017 arrested Stendrick Zvorwadza, a pro-democracy campaigner and charged him with undermining authority or insulting President Robert Mugabe. Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers from…
The Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) congratulates the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) for rolling out the Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) blitz which started today. ZPP welcomes the fact that the registration…