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.

Let us go elsewhere

Jesus had a busy day in Capernaum and he rose early the next morning to go off to a lonely place to pray. The crowds, according...

Human flight makes voters’ roll irrelevant


BY MUONGORORI
BULAWAYO
In our factory the number of workers who have left their jobs and fled to...

South Africa and the rescue of Zimbabwe

BY NORMAN REYNOLDS
Part One
The UN and South Africa should declare genocide in Zimbabwe and a failed...

Starving us into submission


John Makumbe
The majority of Zimbabweans now agree that the pain they are forced to endure continues...

WOZA wows Zimfest


BY KJW
LONDON
In person, Jenni Williams has an infectious warmth and enthusiasm. When I meet her...

ZIMBABWE OPEN FORUM – 14/09/07

IN THE APEL TOWER - 1600-1830hrs
The Edinburgh University Students Association (EUSA) together with MDC Scotland are...

Vigil Diary

Vigil supporters banging for freedom
LONDON - The Vigil ended with a bang this week. At...

A letter from exile

BY BART WOLFFE
I write to you, my dear family, to tell you how it is for...

Letter From Home

A whole generation gone

BY LITANY BIRD

Dear Family and Friends,

It was with a...

Teachers’ salaries an insult

We are solidly behind Zimbabwean teachers who this week downed tools to press their demands for...

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Zim is rock-bottom
HARARE - A leading international research group, the Fraser Institute, has ranked Zimbabwe the...

More tobacco sold


THE tobacco-selling season came to a close last week on Friday with about 70,2 m kilograms...

An ‘out of control’ economy – MDC


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'The amount allocated to securocrats at the helm of this Vampire State is 43 percent of...

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