The Zimbabwe Vigil has had a soft spot for the British newspaper the Guardian ever since its brave report justifying ‘Murambatsvina’. As the homes and businesses of some 700,000 of the poorest were trashed, the Guardian hailed it as visionary town planning.

HARARE – Police in Zimbabwe have charged a local non-governmental organisation, the Electoral Resource Centre, for allegedly conducting voter education without the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission’s authorization. Below is the response from the ERC.

The scale of the challenge facing the MDC is becoming ever clearer as Zanu PF puts into action its well-practiced plan to rig the vote with the arrogant confidence bred of three decades of stealing elections.

The arrest of MDC-T Youth Assembly President Solomon Madzore today on charges of insulting President Mugabe paints a picture we have all become too familiar with. Mugabe has become a supreme being, whose image cannot be questioned, criticized or insulted.

The Election Resource Centre (ERC) welcomes recent efforts by the inclusive government to improve conditions for the registration of prospective voters ahead of the much anticipated harmonised elections.

‘Delay, deceive and destroy’ is how Welshman Ncube describes Zanu PF’s tactics as it fights to maintain Zimbabwe’s status as the third poorest country in the world. (Poor, that is, for the people – not the rulers.

Following complaints raised by colleague ministers and responses proffered by the office of the Registrar General, it was clear that there is need for the ministers of Home Affairs to come up with clear policy guidelines.

Today (Monday) the MDC leadership led by the National Chairman, Hon Lovemore Moyo met the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) at a special meeting organized for political parties at the ZEC offices in Harare.

LONDON – Despite renewed pressure from SADC for the full implementation of the GPA, President Mugabe exuded confidence that he will win the elections he insisted should be held last year or the year before that at the latest.