Zimbabweans waited for hours to vote on Wednesday, saying they were hungry for change from economic chaos, but analysts were sceptical that the ruling ZANU-PF party would allow a credible election or any loosening of its stranglehold on power. Reuters reports that President Emmerson Mnangagwa is seeking re-election after a first term during which runaway...
Voting is underway in presidential and parliamentary elections in Zimbabwe, where the opposition is seeking to end the 43-year rule of the Zanu-PF party. Daniel Kidjo has more. The post Zimbabweans vote in crucial presidential election first appeared on Future Media. Source link
Doreen Rumbidzai Tivenga, University of the Free State As Zimbabwe holds its 2023 elections, young creatives are taking to social media like YouTube to discuss politics and to create comic spoofs and critiques that speak back to the country’s autocratic government. One notable social commentator is Taffy Theman (Tafadzwa Ngubozabo), who hosts a popular YouTube...
The leader of the Namibian Government’s observer team in Zimbabwe, Ambassador Ndali Kamati, expresses confidence that tomorrow’s election will be conducted in a peaceful, free, fair, and credible manner. Ambassador Kamati spoke to nbc News’ senior reporter Emil Xamro Seibeb at the Rainbow Towers in Harare. Ambassador Kamati states that the ongoing process has encountered...
More than eight million Zimbabweans are expected to head to the polls on Wednesday. Eleven candidates are participating in the Harmonised General Elections, but it seems to be a two-horse race between the incumbent president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, and Nelson Chamisa of the Citizens Coalition for Change.” The Zimbabwean main opposition leader arrived to a roaring...