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.

Refugee centre to open soon

The City of Johannesburg plans to establish transitional accommodation for desperate Zimbabweans flooding South Africa because of political and economic turmoil at home.
The centre will be...

Control of imports – confusion reigns


Confusion reigns over the Control of Goods (Import and Export)(Agriculture) Regulations, a law that will cost...

Letter from home

A whole generation gone

BY LITANY BIRD

Dear Family and Friends,

It was with a...

Letters

Is this the same Nyoni?

3 UZ students murdered

HARARE
Three University of Zimbabwe (UZ) students were last week found murdered by unknown assailants along Airport...

Student leaders suspended


BULAWAYO
Three student leaders from the National University of Science and Technology, Vivid Gwede, the students...

Press freedom for state media only


BULAWAYO
Investigations done by The Zimbabwean here have established that many public media journalists are not accredited...

WOZA, MOZA on the march

BULAWAYO
Hundreds of members of Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) took part in peaceful street actions in...

ZISCO pays $2 billion divident to Government (31-08-07)

Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company (Zisco) has paid a $2 billion dividend to government for the...

BUSINESS BRIEFS

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

BRIEFS

 

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

Two in court over Econet losses

Mobile firm alleges it has been defrauded of US$77,000
BY BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT
A LOCAL software company is alleged...

‘Operation Murambatsvina destroyed the informal sector, and now this is destroying the formal sector

Businesses reel in price-slash fiasco
Panic and desperation set in as retailers run out of goods
BY...

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