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Zimbabwe:
Elections Not Possible in June - Analysts
Zimbabwe Standard, 31 March 2013
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe's plans to hold elections by June 29 continue to draw suspicion with analysts saying the dates are not tenable as long as critical political and other… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Focus Should Be On Reforms, Not Polls
Zimbabwe Standard, 31 March 2013
President Robert Mugabe is determined to force Zimbabweans to go for elections on June 29 before key reforms necessary for free and fair polls are implemented. Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Poll Date Ruling Deferred
The Herald, 29 March 2013
THE ruling on President Mugabe's two urgent chamber applications seeking an extension of the March 31 by-election deadline to June 29 by which time harmonised elections should be… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Battle for Election Date Spills Over to the Courts
SW Radio, 28 March 2013
The court case brought against President Robert Mugabe, for delaying by- elections in three Matabeleland constituencies, took a new twist on Thursday when Prime Minister Morgan… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Court Begins Hearing On Polls Date
AEP, 28 March 2013
Zimbabwe's Judge President, George Chiweshe will today hear President Mugabe's two urgent chamber applications seeking an extension of the March 31 by-election deadline to June 29… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
'Polls Must Be Held By June 29'
The Herald, 29 March 2013
THE country should conduct the harmonised elections by June 29 this year to end the lifespan of the dysfunctional inclusive Government as policy discord among the three parties is… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
June 29 Unrealistic for Elections - Zuma
Zimbabwe Independent, 28 March 2013
SADC facilitator to the Zimbabwean political stalemate, South African President Jacob Zuma, has entered the increasingly heated political fray saying it may not be feasible for the… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Mugabe Pushes Poll Dates Via Back Door
Zimbabwe Independent, 28 March 2013
IN an opportunistic move set to trigger a political storm ahead of crucial general elections, President Robert Mugabe is making back-door manoeuvres through the High Court to… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Tsvangirai Plays Down Talk of Early Election By Mugabe
SW Radio, 2 April 2012
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Monday moved to dampen down speculation about an early general election, as demanded by President Robert Mugabe. Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Mugabe Election Plans in Disarray
Zimbabwe Independent, 30 March 2012
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe and his diehards, mainly drawn from the Zanu PF politburo and the Joint Operations Command (JOC), are battling to save their election plan now in disarray… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Voters Still Haunted By Spectre of 2008 Polls
Zimbabwe Independent, 29 March 2012
WHILE accepting the need for elections when they are constitutionally due, most communities countrywide remain gripped by fear of political violence as chilling memories of the… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Mugabe in New Push for Early Election
The Herald, 31 March 2012
ZIMBABWE will go for a referendum in May, failing which it will revert to the Lancaster House Constitution and hold elections before the end of the year, President Mugabe has said. Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Zanu-PF in Election Mode
Financial Gazette, 30 March 2012
ZANU-PF's increased activity and presence across the country has heightened expectations for an election President Robert Mugabe wants with or without a new constitution. Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
'Copac Yet to Produce Draft Constitution'
The Herald, 30 March 2012
COPAC has not yet produced a draft to the new Constitution as the document produced does not qualify for that status, Secretary for Media, Information and Publicity Mr George… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Zuma, 'No-Show' Theatre
Financial Gazette, 30 March 2012
THE mediation by President Jacob Zuma in Zimbabwe's political crisis seems to have gone into relapse. Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
No Sign of Zuma As Election Fears Rise
SW Radio, 19 March 2012
There is still no sign that the regionally appointed mediator in Zimbabwe's political crisis, South African President Jacob Zuma, will be in the country soon, despite rising fears… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
No to Unilateral Declaration of Elections - Mangoma
MDC, 28 March 2012
Coming with an election date is not a one man's decision so Mugabe alone does not have the powers to announce for an election, a cabinet official has said. Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Mugabe Desperate to Force Election
Zimbabwe Standard, 17 March 2012
AILING and ageing President Robert Mugabe is desperate to force an early election under the old Lancaster House Constitution which favours himself and Zanu PF against his political… Read more »
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Zimbabwe:
Wade's Early Admission of Defeat - What Lessons for Mugabe?
SW Radio, 30 March 2012
President Abdoulaye Wade's early admission of defeat - less than three hours after election results began being announced in Senegal contrasts sharply with Mugabe's 5-week delay in… Read more »
