Zimbabwe: Time Running Out for ZEC

Justice Priscila Chigumba's appointment as Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) chairperson six months ago was greeted with optimism amid hopes that she would rescue the body's soiled reputation ahead of the first post-Robert Mugabe elections this month end.

Chigumba was seen as a neutral jurist who did not pander to the whims of the Zanu PF regime that had perfected the art of manipulating elections to entrench its rule over the last 38 years.

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