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A research by the Zimbabwe Democracy Institute (ZDI) has established that the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC)’s final delimitation report gazetted by President Emmerson Mnangagwa is a Zanu-PF scheme for maintaining a two-thirds majority in Parliament.
An observer organisation has said that there is need for concerted activism and citizen agency to pressure the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) to act on the US$890 million Covid-19 funds that were allegedly stolen.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s ally and war veterans leader Christopher Mutsvangwa has apologised for attempts by Zanu PF aligned people, to grab a farm partly owned by Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA) boss Siphosami Malunga, the son of the late PF Zapu stalwart and national hero, Sydney Malunga.
A research conducted by the Zimbabwe Democracy Institute (ZDI) has argued that President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s public commitment to free and fair elections before the 2018 referendum was meant to sanitise the legitimate issues that arose after the 2017 military coup.
A detailed study has exposed how President Emmerson Mnangagwa is maintaining his grip on power through the abuse of the Command Agriculture Programme (CAP) whose proceeds are financing his patronage network while militarising all key sectors of the economy.
Army chiefs in Zimbabwe are worried that disgruntled Zanu PF supporters, loyal to the deposed G40 faction, will vote for the opposition and have deployed soldiers to gather intelligence on the mood of villagers in mostly Mashonaland West, Mashonaland Central and Mashonaland East provinces.
By Takura Zhangazha A Presentation to the Zimbabwe Democracy Institute Civil Society Think Tank Meeting. Cde Chairman, I would like to begin by thanking you for inviting me to this key Zimbabwe Democracy Institute (ZDI) civil society think tank meeting. I have been advised by the organizers that the primary objective of this meeting is […]
By Gift Phiri A respected local think tank has warned the country’s quarrelling opposition to get its act together now, or risk being humiliated by Zanu PF in the 2018 national elections, despite the ruling party’s worsening tribal, factional and succession wars. The Zimbabwe Democracy Institute (ZDI) also warned in its latest political economy review, […]
By Mlondolozi Ndlovu Local think tank, Zimbabwe Democracy Institute (ZDI) has raised fears of an impending fall-out among opposition political parties firming up to form the much envisaged grand coalition in attempts to unseat President Robert Mugabe and his Zanu PF in 2018. Zimbabwe’s fragmented political opposition has failed to outpoll Zanu PF in the […]
By Fungi Kwaramba President Robert Mugabe’s game plan for the million-man march was to shut the door on his deputy Emmerson Mnangagwa and present a picture of invincibility — a review paper by the Zimbabwe Democracy Institute (ZDI) says. In the paper titled “Zanu PF million-man march: Mugabe’s game plan” ZDI, a respected political and economic […]