Zimbabwe Poll Explained - Ballot Papers Galore, and Loads of New Politicians

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When Zimbabeans go to the polls they will be voting in what's been dubbed "harmonised" elections.

When I see the word "harmony" used in the context of Zimbabwean politics, I shudder a bit. Instead of turning my gaze to the complicated combination of votes to be cast in this election, the term takes my mind back to the Zimbabwe African National Union's (Zanu) guerrilla camps based in Mozambique in mid-1977.

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