Mugabe triggers war over elections
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe yesterday triggered a potentially explosive political battle with his coalition government partners after proclaiming dates for general elections as July 31.The post Mugabe...
View ArticleFierce political clashes erupt
A MESSY political stand-off between President Robert Mugabe and other government principals has erupted after his proclamation of poll dates yesterday.The post Fierce political clashes erupt appeared...
View ArticleMugabe resorts to powers of decree
IN a bid to meet the deadline set by the Constitutional Court (Concourt), President Robert Mugabe yesterday proclaimed elections will be held on July 31.The post Mugabe resorts to powers of decree...
View ArticleConcourt ruling sows absurdities
IN arriving at judgments, it is important that courts do not cultivate the unsavoury impression that they are hell-bent on taking us back to the Court of Chancery in Charles Dickens’ Bleak House.The...
View ArticleMugabe’s power retention ‘chaos’ theory
LAST week’s announcement by President Robert Mugabe that elections will be conducted on July 31 is not surprising; some of us saw it coming.The post Mugabe’s power retention ‘chaos’ theory appeared...
View ArticleUnintended consequences of chicanery
WHEN the Concourt ruled that President Mugabe should proclaim the dates of the general elections by July 31 , there were and still are bitter disputes over the judges’ interpretation of the law.The...
View ArticleJudges must not stray into politics
AS election-related applications from various quarters, some of them engineered by deceptive politicos and dark arts practitioners, flood the Constitutional Court (Concourt) in the aftershock of its...
View ArticleZim’s touch-and-go relations with West
WHEN President Mugabe unilaterally announced that Zimbabwe’s general elections would be held on July 31, this action was met with unusual silence by Europe and United States’ political class.The post...
View ArticleJuly 31: Events leave Zim on edge
AFTER more than a decade of political and economic turmoil, briefly interrupted by the coalition government, Zimbabweans will on July 31 go to critical general elections.The post July 31: Events leave...
View ArticleMugabe elections rush in disarray
PRESIDENT Mugabe will be on the ropes this weekend as he faces close scrutiny at the Sadc troika on politics, defence and security.The post Mugabe elections rush in disarray appeared first on The...
View ArticleJuly 31 poll: The odds in favour of Morgan Tsvangirai
Having attended and observed the presidential election campaigns between the main political protagonists, President Mugabe and Prime Minister TsvangiraiThe post July 31 poll: The odds in favour of...
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