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The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has cancelled the planned by-elections in Victoria Falls’ wards 9 and 11.
This comes after Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) self-proclaimed interim secretary general Sengezo Tshabangu rescinded the recall of the affected councillors.
Victoria Falls’ Ward 9 and 11 councillors Mthunzi Mpofu and Daniel Moyo respectively, were among the 52 CCC councillors that Tshabangu recalled from 15 local authorities last month claiming they had ceased being party members.
The by-elections were scheduled to be done in February 2024.
In a statement, ZEC Chief Elections Officer Utloile Silaigwana said the by-elections in Victoria Falls had been cancelled. He said:
<blockquote>
It is hereby notified that the advertised vacancies for the City of Victoria Falls wards 9 and 11 and the party list PR vacancies are no longer in existence following the recession of the recall of the incumbents by their sponsoring party.
Accordingly, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission advises that all electoral processes in relation to the said advertised by-elections have been cancelled with immediate effect.
</blockquote>
Tshabangu has recalled scores of CCC representatives in Parliament and various councils across the country claiming that they were imposed on the people in the run-up to the August 2023 elections.
Some of the recalled MPs took Tshabangu to court and the case was dismissed by the High Court.
CCC leader Nelson Chamisa and his supporters argue that Tshabangu is an imposter and is working with ZANU PF to decimate the opposition and give the ruling party a two-thirds majority in Parliament to amend the constitution.
On Thursday, the CCC Youth Task Force in Bulawayo has threatened street protests and demanded electoral reforms saying key State institutions such as the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC), the judiciary system, and ZRP have been captured by ZANU PF.
Tshabangu has however denied the allegations, saying he is targetting “criminals around the president”.
More: <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/">Pindula News</a>

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Tshabangu Cancels Recall Of Victoria Falls Councillors

The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) says it has withdrawn ballot papers in eight constituencies that were affected by a ruling by High Court judge Justice Never Katiyo who nullified the nomination of recalled Citizens Coalition For Change (CCC) candidates for the 09 December 2023 by-elections.
Justice Katiyo granted the party’s self-declared interim Secretary General Sengezo Tshabangu an application to bar recalled CCC candidates from participating in the upcoming by-elections.
CCC’s deputy spokesman Gift Siziba on Thursday said that the party had appealed against the decision by Justice Katiyo at the Supreme Court.
In a statement, ZEC Chief Elections Officer, Utoile Silaigwana said that they are going to reprint ballots for Binga North, Lupane East, Cowdray Park, Bulawayo South, Lobengula-Magwegwe, Beitbridge West, Nketa, Mpopoma-Mzilikazi constituencies in compliance with the court order.
The recalled CCC representatives who were affected by the recent ruling by Justice Katiyo are:
<ul>
<li>Sibanda Dubeko Prince</li>
<li>Moyo Bright Vanya</li>
<li>Nkomo Veliswe</li>
<li>Toffa Jasmine</li>
<li>Mlilo Stabile</li>
<li>Sibanda Pashor Raphael</li>
<li>Watson Nicola Jane</li>
<li>Gono Ereck</li>
<li>Zana Evidence Sunungurai</li>
<li>Ncube Morgan</li>
<li>Manduna Obert</li>
<li>Dube Janeth</li>
<li>Makaza Desmond</li>
<li>Shoko Gideon</li>
<li>Sibanda Tendai</li>
<li>Moyo Anastasia</li>
<li>Gabuzza Joel</li>
<li>Chimhini David</li>
<li>Ncube Siphiwe</li>
<li>Sibanda Felix</li>
<li>Zivira Helen</li>
<li>Madzikana Mativenga</li>
</ul>
The CCC candidates who were nominated for the direct first-past-the-post elections are:
Sibanda Dubeko Prince (Binga North), Moyo Bright Vanya Lupane East (Cowdray Park), Watson Nicola Jane (Bulawayo South), Gono Ereck (Lobengula-Magwegwe), Ncube Morgan (Beitbridge West), Manduna Obert (Nketa), Makaza Desmond (Mpopoma-Mzilikazi).
Silaigwana said the named individuals will not have their names appearing on the ballot paper in the Saturday by-elections. He said:
<blockquote>
Consequently, the said persons are not candidates for the by-elections on 9 December 2023. In terms of the court order, the Commission has been ordered not to include the names of the said persons in the preparation of ballot papers to be used in the by-elections.
The Commission is thus withdrawing all ballot papers that had been printed and distributed to the respective Constituencies and will reprint and redistribute ballots that are in compliance with the court order.
Kindly note that this will not affect the number of ballots to be printed and the number remains as notified in the notice published on 27 November 2023. The printer remains Printing and Minting Company.
</blockquote>
More: <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/">Pindula News</a>

ZEC Withdraws Ballot Papers For 09 December By-elections

The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has denied claims by some civil servants who worked as election officers during the 23 August 2023 Harmonised Elections that are still owed money for services rendered to the Commission.
During elections, ZEC hires officials from the Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education including other government agencies.
The affected civil servants spoke to <a href="https://cite.org.zw/civil-servants-claim-zec-owes-them-money-for-august-elections/">CITE</a> on condition of anonymity and claimed that ZEC only paid them 80 percent of what they were owed for their services. One of the concerned teachers said:
<blockquote>
Presiding officers received their remaining balance of US$360 when initially they were paid US$320.
We were told that only 20 percent is remaining, but to our surprise, the presiding officers received more than 20 percent so it is not clear how much we are supposed to be paid.
</blockquote>
Contacted for comment by CITE, ZEC Chief Elections Officer (CEO), Utloile Silaigwana queried why those officials who claim to have grievances chose to go to the media instead of visiting ZEC offices. Said Silaigwana:
<blockquote>
I am not aware because they did not come to me claiming they were not paid and second, we have clear channels of communication where we communicate.
How do I know these people are genuine? What if these people just want to tarnish the image of ZEC?
We normally engage people who are employed by the government and they know exactly that if they have issues they do not run to the press but inquire at our offices. Civil servants do not act like that.
We always communicate with civil servants every time and those who we hired know the amount they should be paid.
I cannot respond fully because I do not have enough information on who these people are.
By right, we have to know the station they were deployed in and their EC numbers so that we can check.
What if it’s someone from the streets who wants to tarnish ZEC’s image? How do I know?
</blockquote>
Silaigwana insisted that civil servants who were hired by ZEC for the 23 August general elections were paid for their services.
He said ZEC has official lines of communication with the Public Service Commission (PSC), adding that the same procedures used in the past will apply in hiring staff for the December 9 by-election.
More: <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/">Pindula News</a>

ZEC Denies Claims That Civil Servants Are Owed Money For August Elections

Police are investigating a security breach at the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) headquarters in Harare.
This comes after three laptops were stolen during a break-in on Sunday morning.
<a href="https://www.zimlive.com/3-laptops-stolen-in-break-in-at-the-zimbabwe-electoral-commission-hq/">ZimLive</a> reported that two of the laptops belonged to chief elections officer Utloile Silaigwana and a third was assigned to his secretary, Isabel Mariwowo.
According to an internal police memo of the incident seen by the publication, the break-in and theft were discovered just before 9 AM on Sunday by Mariwowo who had turned up for work and initially observed that her electrical appliances were off. Reads part of the memo:
<blockquote>
While trying to investigate she discovered that the adaptor was missing from her office.
</blockquote>
Mariwowo then discovered that her Dell laptop was missing, and in Silaigwana’s office, an HP Pro Book and Mac Book Pro had also been stolen. Says the memo:
<blockquote>
The south-facing window for Silaigwana’s office was broken with a stone that was on the floor.
</blockquote>
It was not revealed if the laptops held any sensitive data, the theft coming less than a month before general elections.
More: <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/">Pindula News</a>

Silaigwana's Laptops Stolen In Break-in At ZEC Headquarters

The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has advised prospective voters that some voters’ roll inspection centres may start operating much later than the anticipated time this Saturday.
In a statement issued this Saturday, ZEC Chief Elections Officer Utloile Silaigwana said the delays are a result of “logistical and other unforeseen challenges”.
He said ZEC may consider allowing voters in affected areas to inspect the voters’ roll on 01 June. Said Silaigwana:
<blockquote>
Owing to logistical and other unforeseen challenges, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission would like to inform members of the public that some voters’ roll inspection centres may start operating much later than the anticipated time on 27 May 2023.
The Commission may consider extending this exercise scheduled to end on 31 May 2023 by a day in affected areas.
</blockquote>
Speaking to <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/local-news/article/200012012/no-voter-registration-at-inspection-centres-zec">NewsDay</a> on Wednesday, Silaigwana said voter registration is still ongoing at the usual centres. He said:
<blockquote>
Voter registration has not yet been closed. However, members of the public will not be able to register as voters at the polling stations.
They will be just inspecting the roll. Registration will be at the usual. There is no registration at all at the inspection centres.
We are extending our work. We are doing it for the benefit of the public, as an administrative matter.
We are doing like what we do with the voter registration blitz to bring the centres to the people.
It’s an administrative decision that we have taken to bring the centres to the people, otherwise, individuals can inspect the roll anytime, according to the law.
</blockquote>
Silaigwana said the voters’ roll will be closed for registration two days after President Emmerson Mnangagwa has proclaimed the election date.
More: <a href="https://zero.pindula.co.zw/">Pindula News</a>

Voters' Roll Inspection May Be Delayed At Some Centres - ZEC

The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) has announced the suspension of by-elections for wards 6, 8, 10, 15, and 23 of Binga Rural District Council scheduled for Saturday 03 December 2022.
In a statement on Friday, 02 December, ZEC chief elections officer Utloile Silaigwana said the High Court ordered the suspension of the by-elections after the nominations of five of the candidates were challenged in court. Reads the statement:
<blockquote>
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission would like to inform members of the public that the High Court has ordered the suspension of by-elections for wards 6, 8, 10, 15, and 23 of Binga Rural District Council scheduled for Saturday 03 December 2022.
This follows urgent chamber applications by Collen Mudenda who challenged the nominations of John Simunene Sikabotu, Kingson Mpofu, Mathias Mudenda, Joseph Mwembe, and Wilson Siampolomba on the grounds that they were disqualified from contesting as candidates in terms of Section 119(2) (h) of the Electoral Act.
The Section states that a person shall be disqualified from being nominated as a candidate on the nomination day or the day of an election when he or she is in default with the payment of any levy, rate, charge, or tax due and payable to the council concerned for more than 120 days.
The High Court ordered that the Commission should not proceed with the by-elections for the five wards pending the hearing of the cases which was postponed to 4 January 2023.
However, despite this High Court order, by-elections for ward 20 of Binga Rural District Council, wards 4, 5, and 18 of Gweru Municipality, and ward 28 of Mberengwa Rural District Council will go ahead tomorrow 3 December 2022 as scheduled.
</blockquote>

ZEC Announces Suspension Of Some Binga RDC By-elections

The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) on Wednesday accused a group of data analysts, Team Pachedu, of trying to hack into its system “about 100 times” and destabilise the country’s election processes.
Appearing before the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Justice and Legal Affairs for a post-budget consultation meeting, ZEC chief elections officer Utoile Silaigwana likened Team Pachedu’s alleged hacking attempts to attempted rape. Silaigwana said:
<blockquote>
The Pachedu group has not been able to break into our system, but they have made several attempts.
They have maliciously spread a lot of disinformation, misinformation and malformation about the commission, which then in the public eye looks like ZEC is highly, highly vulnerable and they have broken into, but they have not.
I think it is some kind of silly manoeuvres to try to destabilise ZEC. The purpose of the commission reporting them is that this is an attempt.
If someone attempts to rape, it is an offence, right? So they are attempting to rape ZEC and this is why we reported them.
There have been about 100 attempts to hack into our server, which hosts the voters’ roll, but they have never broken into it.
Our website system is separate from the system that hosts the voters’ roll.
</blockquote>
Team Pachedu says it has unearthed gross irregularities on the Voters’ Roll and has accused ZEC of attempting to rig the 2023 general elections.
Meanwhile, Silaigwana said the 2023 budget allocation for ZEC was 33% lower than the $151.2 billion it requested from Treasury. | <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/local-news/article/200004366/team-pachedu-terrorists-zec">NewsDay</a>

Team Pachedu Attempting To Rape ZEC - Silaigwana

The second phase of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) mobile voter registration exercise ends today, 30 April 2022.
In a press statement, ZEC Chief Elections Officer Utoile Silaigwana said members of the public can still register as voters at ZEC’sdistrict and provincial offices. Read the statement:
<blockquote>
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) wishes to advise the public that Phase 2 of the mobile voter registration exercise which commenced on the 11th of April 2022 will end on the 30th of April 2022.
However, the Commission’s 63 District and 10 Provincial offices will remain open during normal working hours for purposes of continuous voter registration in terms of Section 17A of the Electoral Act (Chapter 2:13].
</blockquote>
The opposition CCC <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2022/04/24/ccc-wants-voter-registration-blitz-extended-beyond-30-april/">recently said that ZEC should extend the current voter registration blitz beyond the 30 April 2022 deadline</a>.
CCC Bulawayo provincial spokesperson Swithern Chirowodza said the voter registration blitz period is too short and people eager to be registered will be left out.
<h4>More: <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/">Pindula News</a></h4>

Second Phase Of Voter Registration Blitz Ends Today, 30 April

The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) is set to remove over 22 000 names of people believed to be deceased from the voters roll.
The list has 22 656 names and covers the period from 2017 to 2019.
ZEC chief elections officer Utoile Silaigwana issued a public notice dated 22 November 2021, in which he said those that have been listed will be removed from the Voters Roll unless an appeal is lodged with ZEC. The notice read:
<blockquote>
It is hereby notified, in terms of section 33(4) read with section 27(1) of the Electoral Act [Chapter 2:13], that voter registration officers have reason to believe that the persons whose names are listed in the First Schedule, and who were registered as voters for the constituencies, wards and polling stations listed therein have died.
By means of this notice, notification is made to any voter on the First Schedule who may be alive to lodge an objection at the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission Mahachi Quantum 1 Nelson Mandela Avenue, corner Kaguvi Street and Jason Moyo Avenue, Harare and at the respective Commission Provincial Offices, to the inclusion of his or her name in the First Schedule using the form prescribed no later than seven days from the date of publication of this notice.
</blockquote>
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.sundaynews.co.zw/over-22-000-deceased-persons-to-be-removed-from-voters-roll/">The Sunday News</a></h4>

ZEC To Remove 22 000 Deceased People From Voters Roll

Zim Morning Post reports Utoile Silaigwana is set to be appointed as the new substantive Zimbabwe Election Commission (ZEC) chief elections officer. This comes after interviews held on March 15 2019.
Sources close to the development told Zim Morning Post that Silaigwana passed the interviews after scoring an average of 78,89% from a 9-member panel. The Panel comprised of Zec chairperson Justice Priscila Makanyara Chigumba, Deputy Chairperson Emmanuel Magade, Qhubani Moyo, Joyce Kazembe, Daniel John Chigaru, Sibongile Ndlovu, Netsai Mushonga, Faith Sebata, Ngoni Kundidzora. Documents seen by Zim Morning Post reveal that Silaigwana scored a 63% from Chigumba, Magade gave him 80 %, Kazembe (87%), Chigaru (87%), Ndlovu (86%), Kundidzora (78%), Sebata (77%), Mushonga (62%) while Moyo awarded him 90%.
In the run up to the 2018 elections, Silaigwana was appointed acting chief elections officer. Silaigwana is a former member of the Defence Forces and this has been the issue with the opposition which has been calling for the demilitarization of ZEC. He was part of the ZEC secretariat which oversaw the running of the 2013  elections which led to the formation of the inclusive government.
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ZEC To Appoint Utoile Silaigwana As New Chief Elections Officer

In an emailed response to The Chronicle, Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) Human Resource director, James Chidamba, said  70 candidates applied for the post of chief elections officer
Chidamba said they have shortlisted 10 candidates from the 70 application letters received. ZEC advertised the post last December following the departure of Mrs Constance Chigwamba. Mr Utloile Silaigwana has been the acting chief elections officer since March last year. Said Chidamba:
<blockquote>A total of 70 applications were received. A committee of the Commission comprising of Commissioners screened applications and shortlisted about 10 candidates for further selection.</blockquote>
He said interviews would be conducted in March 2019.
More: <a href="https://www.chronicle.co.zw/70-vie-for-zec-ceo-post/">Chronicle</a>

70 People Apply For ZEC Chief Elections Officer Post

Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) acting chief elections officer Utoile Silaigwana has said that the electoral commission is excited by the preliminary reports it has received from election observers. Silagwaina claimed that 90 percent of the reports commended Zec’s handling of the disputed July 30 harmonised elections while the other reports said Zec could improve on its publicity. In an interview with NewsDay Silaigwana said,
<blockquote>We have received preliminary reports. The full reports will be coming, but from the preliminary reports, I can tell you that we are very, very excited because the majority of them, I think about 90% of them, are commending us for a job well done. There are a few, of course, who said we need to improve in terms of our publicity.
Yes, we are aware there is no perfect election under the sun, but the initial reports that we got are impressive, but we must not sit on our laurels because of that. That’s why I am talking about Zec keeping on training our staff.
… in every election, you will find one or two things that need to be improved; be they legal or administrative and as I have said, once we get all the comprehensive and the full reports from the observers, we will take them into account. If the recommendations have legal implications, we will pass them to Parliament. Other recommendations, which may be administrative, we will take on board.
…We want to make sure that in the next election, those minor issues, the things we did not get right, are corrected… It terms of the technical aspect of management of elections, no regrets, but in terms of the polarisation which is political, which is outside Zec, yes, I have regrets because I think our society must move from polarising itself to depolarising itself.</blockquote>
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