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By Tafadzwa Musekiwa
The results have come out and they’ve not been what you expected. I together with the rest of the progressive people of Zimbabwe are surprised for various reasons, some of which are obvious and I really don’t want to dwell on those as everyone else is talking about them.
I want to focus on the positives.
Hopewell Chin’ono: “If any of the following ZANU PF ministers are in his new cabinet, then it will be the same old wine in different bottles, Joram Gumbo, Prisca Mupfumira, Petronella Kagonye, Supa Mandiwanzira and Obert Mpofu.”
Talented videographer, Vusumuzi “Blaqs” Hlatshwayo, says making the decision to retire was immature of him and such thoughts have been discarded adding that he would continue to work his socks off in the music industry.
As Zimbabwe’s president preaches democratic reform in a country emerging from decades of repression, the scenes of soldiers dispersing opposition protesters after a disputed election have cast a shadow on promises of a new era.
Vendors coming into work on Saturday morning found their stalls completely destroyed in Harare.
NewsDay journalist Tinotenda Samukange was detained for close to three hours by soldiers in Harare’s high-density suburb of Kuwadzana on the 3rd of August 2018.
Eddie Cross: “Zanu had total control of the media and used it, they also controlled the access to State resources and used that on a huge scale. But they did not attempt to falsify the results when they came in and survived by the skin of their teeth. Because the Constituency results are not, by and large, contested, the Presidential ballot will stand up to challenge and I am sure that this has been done. Any legal challenge should therefore be short lived.”
Harare businessman Wicknell Chivayo yesterday appeared in court on allegations of defrauding the Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) of over $5 million.
Zimbabwean soldiers were searching parts of the capital for opposition supporters to detain after the disputed election, the country’s main opposition party said Saturday, as some already were in court.
William Saunderson-Meyer: “While Zanu-PF is undoubtedly loathsome, it is not for the world to dictate to Zimbabweans which swamp creature they should vote for.”