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Zimbabwe: Constitutional Court Reserves Judgment On Diaspora Vote Challenge
New Zimbabwe, 15 March 2018
THE Constitutional Court Wednesday reserved judgment in a case in which three Zimbabweans are challenging provisions of the electoral court which prevent Diapsorans from voting in… Read more »
Zimbabwe Diaspora Vote Feasible Or Just A Pipe Dream?
The Constitutional Court has reserved judgment in a case in which three Zimbabweans are challenging government's decision to bar Zimbabweans in the diaspora from voting in their countries of residency in the forthcoming polls. The opposition has been lobbying for the millions of Zimbabweans based abroad to be allowed to vote but the government says Zimbabwe lacks the capacity to facilitate that process.
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Zimbabwe: Concourt Sets Date for Hearing of Diaspora Vote Challenge
263Chat, 7 February 2018
The Constitutional Court will on Wednesday 14 February 2018 hear an application filed by three Zimbabweans challenging some restrictive provisions of the Electoral Act, which… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: UN Wants to Know How It Can Support Elections
New Zimbabwe, 14 March 2018
A senior United Nations Development Program (UNDP) officer will visit Zimbabwe this week where he will meet President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his two aides, vice presidents Kembo… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Election Watchdogs Concerned
Zimbabwe Independent, 9 March 2018
Zimbabwe's election watchdogs are concerned that the country could hold its harmonised election without the alignment of electoral laws to the current constitution after some… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Army Must Respect 2018 Poll Result - Chamisa
New Zimbabwe, 22 January 2018
The military, which effectively put President Emmerson Mnangagwa into office, must commit to accept his "certain" election defeat, the opposition MDC Alliance has said. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: After Military Intervention, Army Poses New Election Headache
Kubatana.net, 23 February 2018
When the army stepped in to put pressure on former president Robert Mugabe to leave office last November-which he did as we all know-thousands united in celebrating the exit of a… Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Opposition Expresses Misgivings Over Election Preparedness
Zimbabwe Standard, 28 January 2018
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is under pressure to deliver free, fair and credible elections if the country is to stand any chance of improving its relations with the West, revive… Read more »
InFocus
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Zimbabwe's Constitution requires it to hold elections by July 2018. It seems unlikely that the country's political system will be reformed in time to ensure the election is free ... Read more »
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Scores of Zimbabweans living in South Africa have reportedly stormed the Zimbabwean embassy in Pretoria demanding the right to vote in the 2018 general elections. Reports indicate ... Read more »
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The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission has ruled out the possibility of foreign-based citizens voting from outside the country, saying the law does not provide for that. For more than a ... Read more »
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The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission has told 'alien' voters to renounce their foreign citizenship or risk failing to cast their ballots in next year's elections. Despite many of such ... Read more »
