Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai was at one time during the inclusive government so upset with President Robert Mugabe that he called him a tyrant in front of a United States congressional delegation and a Ministry of Foreign Affairs official. United States embassy officials said Tsvangirai was more forceful and candid than the
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is going to win the coming elections on 30 July without cheating because he has made headroom which the opposition has not been able to achieve, Stephen Chan, a professor at the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies said today. Chan, the co-author of a book: Why Mugabe won,
Zimbabwe’s much awaited elections will be over by the end of today. The nation will, however, have to wait for the results. Citizens Coalition for Change leader Nelson Chamisa says he will announce the results tomorrow. He will not be rigged out this time, he said, adding that any result where he is not the
The quick answer is, Yes it can. Zimbabweans are increasingly demanding that they get something for themselves during the campaign rather than depend on promises of what a party will do after winning the elections. Although the Movement for Democratic Change argues that it lost the 2013 elections because the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front
British academic Stephen Chan has asked a very pertinent question: Is the Citizens Coalition for Change led by Zimbabwe opposition leader Nelson Chamisa a government-in-waiting or a president-in-waiting? Chan was in Zimbabwe this week. He met Chamisa but failed to meet Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa. He said he had a very cordial but also very…