Zimbabwe Elections

Zimbabwe President and ZANU-PF leader Emmerson Mnangagwa

free and fair

As the Carter Center heads to Zimbabwe, when should election observers stay at home?  International election observers are on their way to Zimbabwe for the 2023 general election. Teams from the European Union, Carter Centre and the Afri...
© 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

doomed to failure?

Premium badgeZimbabwe: 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

Premium badgeZimbabwe: 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.
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homegrown aliens

Premium badgeZimbabweans: Strangers in their motherland Zimbabweans are subject to disdain in South Africa both officially and unofficially, but did you know they’re actually part of the same DNA pool?

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© Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa speaks to the media at State House in Harare, 27 August 2023. (Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo)

his way

Premium badgeA look into Zimbabwe President Mnangagwa’s second term Emmerson Mnangagwa’s family cabinet selection and widespread criticism of Zimbabwe’s sham election indicate the country’s continued diplomatic isolati...
Zimbabwe’s main opposition party Citizen Coalition For Change (CCC) supporters stand outside Bindura Civil Court in Bindura, Mashonaland Central Province, Zimbabwe, 9 July,2023. (Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo)

Revving for redo

Premium badgeZimbabwe: CCC approaches SADC to push for fresh polls After the Zimbabwean presidential inauguration, the opposition CCC is engaging SADC countries to support its demands for new elections.
© A woman casts her vote at a polling station during the general election in Luveve township, in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, August 23, 2023. REUTERS/KB Mpofu

voter intimidation

Premium badgeRural voters in Zimbabwe tell of death threats and intimidation As observer reports emerge citing widespread voter intimidation in rural areas by ZANU-PF and collusion by the NEC, The Africa Report provides an eyew...

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© Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa speaks to the media at State House in Harare, 27 August 2023. (Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo)

his way

Premium badgeA look into Zimbabwe President Mnangagwa’s second term Emmerson Mnangagwa’s family cabinet selection and widespread criticism of Zimbabwe’s sham election indicate the country’s continued diplomatic isolati...
Zimbabwe’s main opposition party Citizen Coalition For Change (CCC) supporters stand outside Bindura Civil Court in Bindura, Mashonaland Central Province, Zimbabwe, 9 July,2023. (Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo)

Revving for redo

Premium badgeZimbabwe: CCC approaches SADC to push for fresh polls After the Zimbabwean presidential inauguration, the opposition CCC is engaging SADC countries to support its demands for new elections.
© A woman casts her vote at a polling station during the general election in Luveve township, in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, August 23, 2023. REUTERS/KB Mpofu

voter intimidation

Premium badgeRural voters in Zimbabwe tell of death threats and intimidation As observer reports emerge citing widespread voter intimidation in rural areas by ZANU-PF and collusion by the NEC, The Africa Report provides an eyew...

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Zimbabwe opposition party leader, Nelson Chamisa, in Harare. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

Frenemies

Premium badgeZimbabwe: Rivals Khupe, Chamisa join hands in face of mistrust Thokozani Khupe is running for office with the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) in the hopes that this move could boost opposition support.
© File photo of former Zimbabwe minister Saviour Kasukuwere, potential presidential candidate. (Photo: Eric Roset/Africa Progress Panel/cc-by-2.0)

Tyson TKO

Premium badgeZimbabwe: Kicking Kasukuwere off ballot may split Mnangagwa vote President Emmerson Mnangagwa elbows out former local government minister and Zanu-PF political commissar Saviour Kasukuwere to increase chances of se...
© Linda Masarira, Zimbabwe presidential aspirant and head ofLabour, Economists and Afrikan Democrats party was foiled by bank transfer limits and couldn’t file her application.

Misogyny revisited

Premium badgeZimbabwe: Women politicians sidelined ahead of 23 August polls Ten men are competing for Zimbabwe’s top job after two female candidates failed to raise enough funds to file their nominations.
Zimbabwe’s main opposition party Citizen Coalition For Change (CCC) supporters stand outside Bindura Civil Court in Bindura, Mashonaland Central Province, Zimbabwe, 9 July,2023. (Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo)

persecuted party

Premium badgeZimbabwe: Police ban 92 CCC opposition party campaign rallies Zimbabwe’s main opposition party, Citizens Coalition for Change, has had nearly 100 of its election campaign rallies banned by the police for petty re...
© A registered voter in Harare, Zimbabwe, received this text – even though they are not registered with the ruling party. (Photo: LABagnetto)

Big brother

Premium badgeZimbabwe: 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...
Former Zimbabwean minister Saviour Kasukuwere is escorted at the Magistrates court in Harare © File photo of former Zimbabwean minister and current presidential candidate Saviour Kasukuwere (c) (REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo)

watch out

Premium badgeZimbabwe: Will Saviour Kasukuwere take votes from Zanu-PF? A new entrant in Zimbabwe’s August 2023 presidential race could result in division of the ruling party vote, according to political analysts.