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.

Chaos at Masvingo Mugabe endorsement meeting

AT least 10 Zanu (PF) supporters were injured on Saturday as chaos marred the party’s inter-district conference at which President Robert Mugabe was controversially endorsed as...

Ncube urges youths to bring political change

MDC-N leader, Welshman Ncube, has urged youths to play a more active role in politics so...

Dynamos are the 2012 champions

Harare giants Dynamos today won the 2012 Premier Soccer League despite having been held by stubborn...

LAM cabin staff go on strike

Pilots, stewards and other cabin staff on Mozambique Airlines (LAM) began an indefinite strike on Sunday,...

Mozambican airspace already liberalised, says government

Mozambican Transport Minister Paulo Zucula declared on Friday that Mozambican airspace is already liberalized, and he...

RENAMO refuses to talk to FRELIMO

Mozambique’s main opposition party, the former rebel movement Renamo, has refused to meet with a commission...

Soccer star finalists named

Hot favourite, Denver Mukamba of Dynamos, is among the 11 finalists for the 2012 Castle Soccer...

Two new books on Zimbabwe’s land reform

This month sees the publication of two, long-awaited, books on Zimbabwe’s land reform. Both are excellent....

Farming under contract

Contract farming is all the rage in Zimbabwe at the moment. Indeed, more generally across...

Zambezi News Season 1 DVD Out!

Zambezi News is the satirical comedy series that has taken Zimbabwe by storm. A parody of...

Fighting the fly: drivers of disease in the Zambezi valley

The battle against the tsetse fly in the Zambezi valley is a long and continuing one....

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