This week Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) chairwoman Justice Priscilla Chigumba was forced to restate a position she has been making. That nothing short of an earthquake would stop the July 30 harmonised elections. That's just about 40 days away.
"Let me put the law into perspective," she said for the benefit of opposition political parties, "The first thing to take note of is that once the President has proclaimed the election date, there is nothing short of an earthquake that can stop the election."
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