The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) earlier this week closed doors on opposition parties after announcing that they are only open to grievances after polls. By Charles Lotara MDC Alliance, a coalition of eight opposition political parties has been at the forefront in calling for electoral reform, repeatedly
The split Movement for Democratic Change led by Thokozani Khupe said its game on as they filed nomination papers for their presidential candidate to race against other political horses for the 31 July general election
Following revelations by the United Kingdom embassy in Zimbabwe that they received a searchable copy of the Voters Roll, local political analysts have raised concern over what they called prioritization of foreign diplomats at the expense of contesting candidates who have reported facing challenges in
Last week the MDC Alliance petitioned ZEC to effect electoral reforms so that the elections will produce undisputable outcomes which the electoral body has since dismissed as a nonentity.
Some said they want the South African based businessman to win because they believe he will bring about employment opportunities for the youth who now spend most of their time abusing drugs.
The manifesto, dubbed SMART, (Sustainable and Modern Agenda for Real Transformation) is believed to carry Biti’s fingerprints, particularly on finance and economic development.
International observers who are in the country following the welcome by president Emerson Mnangagwa say more needs to be done if Zimbabwe is to hold free, fair and credible elections and has called for the speeding up of electoral reforms.
Mutinhiri resigned from Zanu-PF in March saying the Zimbabwe Defence Force (ZDF) staged a coup last November and unconstitutionally overthrew former president Robert Mugabe, to take up the presidential post in the opposition party made up of, largely, former Zanu-PF members aligned to former President.
The agricultural sector, a Zimbabwe’s economic mainstay is set to receive technological initiatives to cement the Sustainable and Modern Agenda for Real Transformation (SMART) agriculture vision Chamisa has been carrying countrywide during his campaigns.
In an interview with a local daily paper last week, ZEC boss Justice Priscilla Chigumba revealed that the provisional voters roll had been made available on the electoral body’s website but a visit of to the website reveals otherwise.
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