CONSTITUTION WATCH 8/2026

CONSTITUTION WATCH 8/2026

CAB3 Published as Act

Can a president who goes back on his word ever be trusted?

Can a president who goes back on his word ever be trusted?

Trust, like the soul, never returns once it is gone.

Four in ten Zimbabweans have no trust in ZEC

Four in ten Zimbabweans have no trust in ZEC

Zimbabwe’s electoral institutions are facing a crisis of public confidence, with the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission emerging as the least trusted institution in the country and nearly half of citizens expressing no faith in election results, a national survey on the Constitution of Zimbabwe (Amendment No. 3) Bill has found.

Alleged Russia recruitment suspect to represent himself as bail hearing delayed

Alleged Russia recruitment suspect to represent himself as bail hearing delayed

The bail hearing of a Hwange man accused of trafficking five Zimbabweans to Russia under the guise of offering them lucrative firefighting jobs has been postponed after he told a Harare court that he would represent himself.

Coalition condemns Mnangagwa for extending his rule to 2030

Coalition condemns Mnangagwa for extending his rule to 2030

Sungano Yevanhu/Ubumbano Lomphakathi (SY/UL), a coalition of political parties, labour groups, churches and civil society organisations, has condemned President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s assent to the Constitutional Amendment Act No. 6 of 2026, describing it as unconstitutional and a “dark day” for Zimbabwe.

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WhatsApp novelists use messaging app to write and sell books in Zimbabwe

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Sharon wins Gold medals in Blitz and Rapid under 20 at Commonwealth Games in Sri Lanka

Sharon Rafael mints gold medals in Blitz and Rapid in Under 20 Section at Common Wealth...

The Private Voluntary Organisations Amendment Bill : A Progress Report

As we reported in Bill Watch 29/2024, the Private Voluntary Organisations Amendment Bill completed its Committee...

Huge! The Largest Prehistoric Structure South of the Sahara

Archaeologists only started studying the 1,500-year-old site properly last century....

Mutoko man committed to psychiatric unit over 2012 killing of son, 2

He suffocated child by pressing head in the sand and then buried him there, court was...

Despite crackdown, Zimbabwe’s gold-backed currency is crumbling too, just four months later

Banknotes of the new national currency Zimbabwe Gold, ZiG for short, are presented at a press...

Zimbabwean scientists claim discovery of Alzheimer’s, melanoma cancer cure

Scientists say their Rutava technology able to target cancerous cells only, raising hopes for cure for...

China offers Africa $51 billion in fresh funding, promises a million jobs

'China and Africa account for one-third of the world population. Without our modernisation, there will be...

$111k and R1.2 million stolen as armed robbers raid Fawcetts vault

Police believe at least 5 men armed with pistols involved in raid...

Zanu PF MP rapes ex-wife at gun point – court told

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Court strikes out disorderly conduct charge in Timba, CCC activists’ trial

12 freed, 66 others proceed with trial on illegal gathering charges...

WCoZ challenges Mpilo Hospital on child mortality surge

The Women’s Coalition of Zimbabwe (WCoZ) has called on Mpilo Central Hospital in Bulawayo to address...

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