Constitutional amendments, lies, and the power grab

Winning by deceit is never the end of the story.

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.

News Briefs

Good news at last
HARARE - The country's HIV prevalence rate dropped sharply this year to 15.6 per cent from 18.1 per cent.
"We should caution...

Let’s cultivate a reading culture

HARARE - A not for profit organisation, the Zimbabwe Readers Association (ZIRA), is embarking on a...

MDC youth shot and killed while fishing

KWEKWE - A retired Brigadier in the Zimbabwe National Army is alleged to have ambushed, shot...

Zanu forces women to denounce husbands

BINDURA - A defiant woman has chosen to lose her bags of fertiliser to organisers of...

Mugabe ordered deaths of opposition leaders

Official memo reveals assassination plot
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Poisonous Political Culture

John Makumbe
'We have almost entirely been stripped of the democratic ethic'
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News From Jozi briefs

Tshwane builds shelter for Zim traders
THE City of Tshwane is planning to establish a...

Staff suspensions bring Marabastad to standstill

Part of the crowd that throngs Marabastad daily.

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At last – toilets at Marabastad

THE Department of Home Affairs has finally succumbed to pressure and constructed toilet facilities and an...

600 evicted in Jozi crackdown

More than 600 Zimbabweans were left homeless at the weekend, with their belongings scattered over the...

Gono shelves new currency plans

HARARE - Zimbabwe's central bank chief has shelved the introduction of a new currency, initially scheduled...

Canadians abandon Zim project

HARARE - Canadian mining group Canaf Group Inc has abandoned a proposed plan to acquire Great...

Lawyer dies in car crash


HARARE - Prominent human rights lawyer, press freedom activist and deputy secretary of the Law...

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