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.

ZCTU calls for general strike


HARARE
Zimbabwe's main labour movement this week called for a general strike to pressure President Robert Mugabe to end the deepening hardships among workers spawned by poor...

Mutambara to go it alone

HARARE
The internecine warfare in Zimbabwe's fractured opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has reached fever pitch...

Tsvangirai names cabinet

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Silver falls short
TOP Zimbabwean clay target shooter Mike Nicholson missed automatic qualification for the 2008...

Vow to escalate action

HARARE - After an anti-government strike last week, the National Constitutional Assembly this week vowed to...

Mugabe blocks party opposition

Provinces mobilised to keep succession off agenda
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HARARE - President Robert Mugabe and his loyalists...

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Get serious about talks, SADC leaders tell Mugabe

HARARE
Last ditch efforts to save the collapsing inter-party talks aimed at ending the Zimbabwean political crisis...

Elections to be delayed?


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Combined presidential and parliamentary elections are likely to be deferred beyond March because of the time...

MDC official mull defection

HARARE
The failure of talks between the two Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) factions has triggered a...

Mutambara vs Tsvangirai



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Gono denies patronage at RBZ

HARARE
The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe's (RBZ) handling of business travel allowances is fraught with loopholes and...

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