A pre-election survey by the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation, Afrobarometer's core partner for Southern Africa, assesses the prevailing public mood, including voting intentions ahead of the presidential, parliamentary, and local government elections on July 30. Zimbabweans express mixed feelings as they will, for the first time, cast the ballot since the dramatic military intervention that forced an end to the 37-year rule of Robert Mugabe.
As Zimbabwe prepares for her elections on July 30, the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation, Afrobarometer's core partner for Southern Africa, ... see more »
Zimbabwe: Elections Chief Chigumba Scoffs At Opposition Ballot Claims
The Herald, 3 July 2018
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) yesterday dismissed claims by the MDC Alliance that the design of the ballot for the presidential candidates for the July 30 elections… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Opposition Leader Says Election a Non-Event
New Zimbabwe, 4 July 2018
WITHOUT key reforms, the July 30 elections will be a non-event that only endorses and legitimises President Emmerson Mnangagwa's rule, an opposition rival to the Zanu PF leader has… Read more »
Twenty-three presidential candidates have thrown their hats into the ring, but the serious contest is expected to be between incumbent Emmerson Mnangagwa and young opposition lead Read more »
Opposition MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa met former president Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, where they agreed on a 20-member Cabinet ... Read more »
In a move that could pose a major setback for Zimbabwe's opposition parties ahead of the July 30th polls, the United States has cut financial support to leading human rights and ... Read more »
Opposition leader Nelson Chamisa wants a voters' roll with pictures of all registered voters to prevent rigging, a request described by observers as an intimidation tactic. The ... Read more »
Presidential candidates who will contest in the July 30 election have rejected the government's offer of State security, with some preferring to be given money to pay the security ... Read more »
Two people have died from injuries sustained in the explosion which rocked a rally addressed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa in Bulawayo on Saturday. The fatalities were confirmed ... Read more »
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