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The Commission is a signatory to the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Protocol as well as the African Union (AU) and the United Nations Convention on Anti-Corruption. However, according to a 2009 report by Global Integrity , the Commission is highly inefficient and “has very little authority to take steps aimed at stopping ...
Applicant: MDC Alliance Leader, Nelson Chamisa Political experts said that the appeal faces difficulties because of Zimbabwe's political scene and Judicial idiosyncrasies citing that the Judges' own values, perspectives, and secret personal and monetary interests plays a considerably more decisive role with regards to managing the argumentative issues [7] Some political examiners anticipated ...
HARARE (Reuters) -Zimbabwe's re-elected President Emmerson Mnangagwa suggested on Sunday that anyone questioning the results of last week's election take their case to court as an opposition ...
This was the first election held under the new constitution approved in a referendum in March 2013 [3] and signed into law by President Robert Mugabe on 22 May. [4] The Supreme Court ruled on 31 May that President Mugabe should set a date as soon as possible, and that presidential and parliamentary elections must be held by 31 July. [5]
Willowgate was a 1988–89 political scandal in Zimbabwe involving the illegal resale of automobile purchases by various government officials, uncovered by The Bulawayo Chronicle. The ensuing investigation resulted in the resignations of five members of President Robert Mugabe's cabinet.
He also claims that members of the police, Zimbabwe National Army, and prison officers were being "forced" to vote Zanu-PF. According to Tsvangirai the ZEC has failed to condemn whisperings among Zanu-PF officials that president Robert Mugabe will continue to rule regardless of electoral results, which has encouraged groups of War Veterans to ...
Campaigning for the first round of the presidential election held in Zimbabwe on 29 March 2008 took place from February to March. There were three major candidates: President Robert Mugabe of the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union - Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF), Morgan Tsvangirai of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC, Tsvangirai faction), and the independent candidate Simba ...
The new constitution would limit the President to two five-year terms in office, though it did not apply retrospectively and therefore Mugabe was not restricted from seeking re-election. [7] It abolished the post of Prime Minister , [ 8 ] and established an independent prosecuting authority, a peace and reconciliation commission and an anti ...