Mobile Voter Registration – Harare

MOBILE VOTER REGISTRATION AND INSPECTION CENTRES 2013   The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission wishes to inform the public that the Mobile Voter Registration and Inspection exercise shall commence on the 10th of June 2013 and end on the 9th of July 2013.  The Registration and Inspection centres will open at 0700hrs to 1900hrs during working days

Mobile Voter Registration – Bulawayo

MOBILE VOTER REGISTRATION AND INSPECTION CENTRES 2013 The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission wishes to inform the public that the Mobile Voter Registration and Inspection exercise shall commence on the 10th of June 2013 and end on the 9th of July 2013.  The Registration and Inspection centres will open at 0700hrs to 1900hrs during working days and

Take advantage of voter registration

Daily News By Wendy Muperi 10 June 2013 HARARE - Zimbabweans should fight for their democratic voting right by registering as voters in the forthcoming watershed election. Education minister and Senator, David Coltart told citizens to take advantage of the second voter registration and inspection exercise which commences today nationwide. “The intensive national exercise of voter registration

David Coltart – Zim Elections by July 31 IMPOSSIBLE

Afrocomplete Online News 8 June 2013 Official Statement from David Coltart, the Minister of Education, Sport, Arts and Culture in Zimbabwe Biography David Coltart, MDC Senator, has been a human rights lawyer in Zimbabwe since his return to the country in 1983. He was first elected to represent the Bulawayo South House of Assembly constituency

Zimbabwe Election Watch : Issue 3

The Zimbabwean By Sokwanele 7 June 2013 Zimbabwe Election Watch Issue 3 is written in the wake of a Constitutional Court ruling handed down on 31 May which compels the President to hold elections before 31 July 2013. This ZEW summary focuses primarily on the ensuing issues raised by the ruling. The case was brought

‘Constitutional crisis looms’

News Day By News Day Reporter 7 June 2013 THE MDC secretary for legal affairs David Coltart yesterday said there is need to go back to the Constitutional Court to ask it to reverse its decision ordering the holding of elections by July 31 as it has caused a constitutional crisis. Coltart, in a statement,

Programme to address learning anomalies launched in Bulawayo

The Chronicle By Pamela Shumba 7 June 2013 THOUSANDS of pupils in Bulawayo cannot read or write and are performing far below their form levels in Mathematics, the Bulawayo provincial Education Director, Mr Dan Moyo, revealed yesterday. Addressing delegates at the official launch of the Performance Lag Address Programme (PLAP), for Bulawayo, at Coghlan Primary School

Zim Vote in July Would Violate Constitution – Coltart

Bloomberg Business Week  By Brian Latham 6 June 2013 Zimbabwe can’t hold general elections by a July 31 deadline set by the Supreme Court without violating the constitution, according to Senator David Coltart. There isn’t enough time for the registration of voters that ends July 9 and the nomination of candidates 30 days before a

Zanu PF goes for broke

Southern Eye by Nduduzo Tshuma 6 June 2013 Zanu PF is going all out to entice voters ahead of the next election, with the party now sending text messages, even to political opponents, pleading for the endorsement of President Robert Mugabe. The party started dispatching messages on Monday, as it seeks to woe voters, particularly

Are we kings or kingmakers?

Southern Eye By Dumisani Nkomo 6 June 2013 BULAWAYO is famed as the City of Kings largely due to its rich epic regal history of King Mzilikazi and Lobengula Khumalo and the Mambos before them. Is Bulawayo, or more generally Matabeleland, or even more broadly the southern region of the country, able to produce an