Preliminary pronouncements that Robert Mugabe and ZANU PF had emerged victorious after Wednesday's election, have angered many ordinary Zimbabweans and civic groups that were hoping for change in the country.

While ballots are still being counted by officials, preliminary reports from several constituencies began making the rounds on social media and via SMS messaging.

By most accounts Mugabe and ZANU PF had won by a landslide, and the response from many who spoke to SW Radio Africa on the Callback programme was that of shock, anger and disappointment.

The majority felt that the MDC-T and Morgan Tsvangirai should not have participated in the poll, given that they did not have a voters' roll that they could inspect and the fact that the harassment of activists and supporters had not stopped. Many reforms promised in the GPA had also not been implemented.

Alfred Kanyemba from Dotito in Mash Central said he was shocked when he saw many young women from his ward being assisted to vote after claiming they could not write. But he knew they were telling lies and is angry that this was allowed to go on in full view of polling officers.

Va Muzhambi from Hurungwe said it is clear that Mugabe has stolen another election by manipulating voters in the rural areas using threats. Muzhambi said he would wait for official results before losing all hope, but in the end political maneuvering and electioneering means nothing to the poor.

Speaking in Shona, he said: "Isu vekuma rusevha hupenyu hawu chinje nyangwe ani na ani aka winner. Zvese zve politics hazvi batsere chinhu. Kuno ku rusevha ticharamba tichingo tambura", meaning: "Our lives here in the rural area do not change. No matter who wins we will continue to suffer here in these rural areas.

Muzhambi called on Zimbabweans, especially those in the Diaspora where it is safe, to organize and call for interference by foreign powers if Mugabe wins this election by rigging.

Blessing Jaravani in Australia agreed. He said Zimbabweans have been separated from their families for too long and cannot survive another five years under Mugabe and ZANU PF.

A day after the election, political parties had still not received electronic copies of the controversial voters roll from the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission ZEC.

There appears to be a consensus that the "technical" IT problems ZEC claims to be experiencing were self-imposed and a sign that this important list was the key to victory for Mugabe, not the usual violence that characterized previous elections.

As one SW Radio Africa listener explained, "the absence of violence does not imply a free and fair election".

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