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Zimbabwe votes

Zimbabwe votes

This will be the second election of the post-Mugabe period. What has changed for Zimbabwe?

© Youths look at posters outside polling stations prepared ahead of general elections in Harare, Zimbabwe, in 2018. (Reuters/Mike Hutchings)

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fresh faces

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Youth vote will be the game changer in Zimbabwe’s elections If the 23 August polls in Zimbabwe are free and fair, youth participation will be the deciding factor of who rules the country, analysts say.

Family and friends: President Mnangagwa’s protectors and business promoters. (Montage JA)

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tentacular reach

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Zimbabwe: Who’s who in Mnangagwa’s power base? From the Belarusian president to his own son, Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa surrounds himself with cunning dealmakers to prolong his grip on...

Residents of Mabvuku, a high-density suburb in Harare, Zimbabwe, waiting for former World Boxing Champion Floyd Mayweather Jr at a rally to drum up support for ZANU-PF. (Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo)

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punch drunk

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Floyd Mayweather throws weight behind ZANU-PF, even though he can’t vote Floyd Mayweather Jr flew in by private jet and wore the Mnangagwa scarf. But after the thrill is over, Mabvuku residents still have no water.

Nelson Chamisa of the Citizens’ Coalition for Change (CCC) is playing the anti-corruption card. Nelson Chamisa of the Citizens’ Coalition for Change (CCC) is playing the anti-corruption card. (Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo)

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dirty money

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Zimbabwe elections: Has Chamisa found a chink in Mnangagwa’s armour? A damning Al Jazeera documentary on gold trafficking in Zimbabwe has given Nelson Chamisa a chance to vaunt his anti-corruption agenda ahead of his el...

© Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa attends a joint press conference with Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi (not pictured) at the State House in Harare, Zimbabwe, on July 13, 2023. Iran’s Presidency/Mohammad Javad Ostad/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via REUTERS

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doomed to failure?

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Zimbabwe: President Mnangagwa’s 10 unfulfilled election promises The government failed to live up to a large number of promises over the past years, from reducing poverty to enhancing key public services.

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bull mango

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Zimbabwe: Poll suggests election is headed to a runoff Afrobarometer’s latest polling shows an uncomfortably tight race for President Emmerson Mnangagwa against opposition leader Nelson Chamisa.

© A registered voter in Harare, Zimbabwe, received this text – even though they are not registered with the ruling party. (Photo: LABagnetto)

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Big brother

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Zimbabwe: In build-up to elections, authorities breach data privacy for campaign agenda Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (Zanu-PF) is sending campaign messages to registered voters, including those who are not their members...

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parallel control

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Zimbabwe: How intelligence and military are running the upcoming general polls Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has created a parallel structure run by the State’s Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) to run internal po...

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