2018 elections

Zimbabwe will start registering voters for general elections in October, officials have said, in the first concrete step ahead of a crucial vote expected to take place next year.
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Takura Zhangazha - From the still to be resolved issue of coalitions and now to the emergence of independent candidates for the presidency , opposition politicians have a lot to work on. Especially if they are going to be in a perpetual…
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Takura Zhangazha - In Zimbabwe we know that big business portrays itself as obeying the law. But we also know that there is a culture of collusion and exchanges of patronage between state actors and those that are large in the private…
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Long-suffering Zimbabweans, who have been at the receiving end of political violence for the past 37 years, said they are dreading next year’s watershed elections.
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ZESN notes that the initial proposal in the draft voter registration regulations to scrap the need for the proof of residence was a welcome development, given that in the past, stringent requirements resulted in the disenfranchisement of…
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Prominent businessman Shingi Munyeza has urged Zimbabweans to go out in numbers to vote in the key national elections expected mid-2018.
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Ibbo Mandaza and Tony Reeler - Assuming that Mugabe is unable, for whatever reason, to be the candidate of their “choice”, who can Zanu PF put forward that could meet the double jeopardy of both winning a “popular vote” and being plausibly…
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Jonathan Moyo - I do not think there is any serious person in Zimbabwe who is now not aware that the so-called Team Lacoste in Zanu PF is presenting itself in general and its candidate, Mnangagwa in particular, as a shoo-in: “Tapinda…
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Tendai Mazenge - For the coalition to be a success leaders should find a way of luring the war veterans on their side since they have been mistreated by Mugabe and Zanu Pf. Again Joice Mujuru could be helpful in swaying them to her side…
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Obert Gutu - No dictatorship can stop the people's march to victory as long as we remain united, determined and focused. The MDC is leaving no stone unturned to ensure that each and every vote in next year's elections is free and fair.
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