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June 1, 2013

Call for review of polling stations: ZESN

Building on the successful conduct of the recent constitutional referendum, the Zimbabwe Election Support Network (Zesn) encourages the Zimbabwe Election Commission (Zec) to go forward now with a review of the list of polling stations in advance of the 2013 general elections.

Baba Jukwa manifests freedom of speech

The Baba Jukwa social media phenomenon — which has taken Zimbabwe by storm as the anonymous writer goes over 100 000 likes on Facebook — needs to be evaluated in the context of free speech and free flow of information in a democratising society such as Zimbabwe.

Mawere gives Mudede citizenship ultimatum

HARARE – South Africa-based businessman Mutumwa Mawere has given the Registrar General (RG) Tobaiwa Mudede until Friday to respond to his Zimbabwean citizenship request before he approaches the High Court for redress.

MDC official kills wife’s lover

MASVINGO – An official in Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC party, who caught his second wife bedding another man, has committed suicide, moments after hacking his spouse’s lover to death.