PTUZ fights for political relevance
News Day By Veneranda Langa 19 August 2013 Progressive Teachers’ Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ) secretary-general Raymond Majongwe (RM) says he is not interested in forming a political party yet as he has other major things to achieve at the PTUZ and in his private life. The following are excerpts of an interview with NewsDay Senior
Ex-teachers to pay back salaries
The Chronicle By Takudzwa Magudu 17 August 2013 THE Government has given teachers who left the service in 2009 but continued getting paid 21 days to pay back the money. The Government recently sent letters demanding repayment of amounts ranging between $900 to $1 500 to a number of former teachers around the country. A number
STATEMENT REGARDING THE NON PROVISION OF AN ELECTRONIC COPY OF THE VOTERS ROLL
STATEMENT REGARDING THE NON PROVISION OF AN ELECTRONIC COPY OF THE VOTERS ROLL As those of you who have read our report regarding the breaches of law which occurred in the Bulawayo East Constituency Parliamentary election will know a key complaint was the non compliance by the Zimbabwean Electoral Commission in providing an electronic copy
Zimbabwe’s elections 2013: more confusion, more uncertainty
Zimbabweland By Ian Scoones 5 August 2013 Zimbabwe’s trauma continues. The Zimbabwe Election Commission has announced a landslide victory for ZANU-PF. ZANU-PF reportedly took two-thirds of the parliamentary seats and President Mugabe won 61% of the presidential vote, with Morgan Tsvangirai picking up 34%. MDC-T has called the elections ‘a sham’, ‘a farce’, ‘null and
Triumphant Chinotimba eyes ‘Lands ministry’
News Day Bu Moses Matenga 16 August 2013 TWO words can only describe some of Zimbabwe’s new lawmakers — hilarious and shocking. Amazing how history shapes events. Only in 2000, a virtually unknown Joseph Chinotimba made international headlines when he championed the chaotic land invasions – undoubtedly the most caricatured character in Zimbabwe when it
Dear & glorious pathological optimist
Morning Mirror 14 August 2013 I use the term “pathological optimist” with the utmost warmth, respect and admiration. David Coltart refers to himself as a pathological optimist too, although always with that wry, lop-sided smile. Still very much alive and kicking, and ready for his next challenge, is the Honourable Senator David Coltart – Minister
Zanu PF plots witch hunt
Southern Eye By Southern Eye Reporter 13 August 2013 A ZANU PF official has called for an audit of ministries run by the MDC formations during the era of the inclusive government, raising fears President Robert Mugabe’s party is plotting a witch-hunt. Psychology Maziwisa, deputy director of information in Zanu PF, exposed the manoeuvres on
The story that is yet to be told
Southern Eye By Lenox Lizwi Mhlanga 12 August 2013 WHEN the story of Zimbabwe’s July elections is written it will surely be the stuff of folklore for all the wrong reasons. It more than qualifies to be one, the kind that grannies would be churning out at the firesides for years to come. It will
Soldiers fingered in vote-rigging
Southern Eye By Southern Eye Reporter 11 August 2013 EDUCATION minister David Coltart has claimed the past election was fraught with many irregularities and was subverted “through a detailed and carefully laid plan executed with military precisionâ€. Central to Coltart’s claims is the failure by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission’s (ZEC) to provide the voters’ roll
Report regarding breaches of the Electoral Act and the Constitution In Bulawayo East Constituency
Report regarding breaches of the Electoral Act and the Constitution In Bulawayo East Constituency The recent Zimbabwe election conducted on the 31st July 2013 was fraught with very serious breaches of Zimbabwe’s Electoral Act and Constitution. MDC Senator David Coltart ran in the House of Assembly election for the Bulawayo East Constituency and lost the