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.

38 per cent of Mozambicans have electricity

Currently 38 per cent of the Mozambican population have electricity in their homes, as compared with just seven per cent in 2004, according to the Minister...

Tamborinyoka improves "significantly", now able to talk

Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s spokesperson, Luke Tamborinyoka’s condition continues to improve at a local private clinic...

MDC-T official attacked by Zanu (PF) officials in Mat North

The MDC Matabeleland North Secretary for Home affairs, Moses Moyo was on Tuesday night attacked by...

Mozambique: Dozens escape from Tete provincial prison

The Mozambican Ministry of Justice on Monday sent a brigade from the General Directorate of Prisons...

Mozambique: Simango announces he will run for presidency

The mayor of the central Mozambican city of Beira, Daviz Simango, has confidently predicted that he...

Chissano urges Dhlakama to use normal channels

If Afonso Dhlakama, leader of Mozambique’s main opposition party, the former rebel movement Renamo, really has...

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