Election observers have been releasing their preliminary reports on Wednesday’s election. Prominent among the concerns of observers from SADC, the AU-COMESA, the Commonwealth and the EU are issues around the ballot delay on Wednesday, as well as opposition complaints over the voters’ roll, delimitation, and the role of FAZ, a ZANU PF affiliate, in the…
A European Union team observing upcoming elections Zimbabwe on Saturday (19 August) denied a state-owned newspaper story alleging they were involved in a bribery scandal. Voters in the southern African country dominated since independence in 1980 by the ruling ZANU-PF and burdened by a long history of tainted elections, cast ballots on 23 August to…
The European Union (EU) will be the first to send an observer team to Zimbabwe next week, ahead of the 23 August elections, which will also be observed by the United Kingdom, the United States, and their geopolitical adversaries Russia, Belarus, and China. Jobst von Kirchmann of the EU met with Zimbabwe's acting Foreign Affairs…
AHEAD of this year's harmonised elections whose dates will be proclaimed soon, President Mnangagwa has invited foreign countries interested to come and observe the polls. President Mnangagwa, who is the Head of State and Government, told a High-Level Debt Resolution Forum on Zimbabwe Arrears Clearance and Debt Resolution Process, which opened in Harare yesterday, that…
The European Union (EU) Exploratory Mission yesterday expressed the desire to observe Zimbabwe’s harmonised elections scheduled for July 2023. The EU delegation led by Eirini-Maria Gounari met with the ruling ZANU PF party leadership in Harare ZANU PF Secretary-General Obert Mpofu and the party’s Secretary for Information and Publicity Christopher Mutsvangwa represented the party. Mutsvangwa…