As parties start campaigning in earnest, several obstacles still remain to a free and fair poll in Zimbabwe, including fears of violence and fraud.
Zimbabwe’s Energy Minister Elton Mangoma has been arrested for allegedly undermining veteran President Robert Mugabe in a speech at a rally.
At the party’s office in Bulawayo, it is evident that the Movement for Democratic Change is keen to distinguish itself through its green emblem.
The police and party seem powerless to act against violent youth militias demanding protection money from citizens and businesses.
Zimbabwe’s cash-strapped electoral commission needs $104-million to organise a referendum on a new constitution before the country can hold elections.
A Zimbabwean independent monitoring group says it is impossible to hold free and fair elections in March when President Robert Mugabe wants the polls.
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Zimbabwe’s constitution-drafting process has been hijacked by the country’s political parties. The draft will be debated by more than 1 000 delegates.
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has set out plans for a constitutional referendum in November and March elections after months of uncertainty.
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe says the death of Libya’s leader Muammar Gaddafi was as tragic as that of US ambassador to Libya Chris Stevens.
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has assured regional leaders that the adoption of a new Constitution is on track, ahead of proposed elections.
Forget the economy or politics. The biggest thing on Zimbabweans’ minds is their prime minister’s love life.
Analysts fear a recently opened defence college, army recruitment, and arms imported from South Africa are part of Zanu-PF’s election preparations.
Zimbabwe’s appeal for financial assistance puts South Africa in a position to make requests for political change in the cash-strapped country.
The battle for a slice in the hunting industry is at the centre of a damaging row over control of one of the country’s largest wildlife conservancies.
Zanu-PF has vowed not to give in to pressure to endorse a draft constitution produced two months ago by the constitutional parliamentary committee.
A new report by rights group Freedom House, suggests the sharp distinction between Zanu-PF and MDC supporters is being blurred.
TB Joshua isn’t just predicting the death of Africa’s kings; he has the ear of some of Africa’s top politicians – including Winnie Madikizela-Mandela.
President Robert Mugabe is enjoying a surge of popularity that could propel him to victory in Zimbabwe’s elections, according to independent research.
Zimbabwe’s 10-yearly national population census has been launched a few days after thousands of soldiers threatened to take over the task by force.
The necessity for Robert Mugabe to appoint a vice-president is constitutional dealbreaker for party politburo.
The M&G’s bid to gain access to a report on the legal and constitutional background to the 2002 elections in Zimbabwe has been put on hold again.
Although it ended in an orgy of violent repression, Zimbabwe’s 2008 election had started on a positive note, writes Owen Gagare.
Zimbabwe’s central bank has been accused of making it difficult for locals to buy into the sector by raising the minimum capital requirements.
A New York hedge fund "loaned" the millions Zanu-PF needed to crush the opposition Movement for Democratic Change’s victory in the 2008 elections.
Zimbabwe’s Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai says the country’s long-time ruler Robert Mugabe is ready to give up power if he loses the next election.
Zanu-PF has dismissed as "nonsense" the EU decision to link the lifting of most sanctions to a peaceful vote on a new Constitution.
Analysts critical of Zimbabwe’s draft constitution say it is a flawed collection of compromises that is doomed to be "thrown away by future nations".
For too long Zimbabwe has been afflicted by an atmosphere that is at once febrile and frozen.
Zanu-PF has fended off the MDC’s moves to push through sweeping changes on the Constitution but is not entirely satisfied. Ray Ndlovu reports.
The head of Zim’s Marange diamond firm, a trusted Mugabe lieutenant, has paid inflated prices for prime real estate in KwaZulu-Natal and Sandton.
The EU says it has no intention of lifting sanctions against Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe as part of a policy review by the bloc on the nation.