Zimbabwe Election Date a Secret as Names Disappear from Voter's Roll
People expressed their frustrations for having to move from one voter inspection centre to the next in search of their names.
Zimbabwe Election Date a Secret as Names Disappear from Voter's Roll
Mnangagwa is expected to proclaim the election date in due course as opposed to yesterday as previously announced in the media.
Presidential spokesperson Mr George Charamba said this in a brief interview last night.
“The election proclamation is going to be announced in due course. That is all I can say at the moment.
The country is headed for harmonised elections to elect the President, MPs and councillors.
The ruling party Zanu PF has already held primaries to elect candidates for the elections while the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) which has announced that it’s not holding primaries, is yet to complete its nomination process despite starting the exercise nearly two months ago.
President Mnangagwa has called on Zimbabweans to refrain from engaging in violence before, during and after the harmonised elections.
ZEC unfit to manage Zimbabwe's 2023 elections
Meanwhile, thousands of Mzilikazi residents could not find their names at polling stations where they usually cast their ballots due to involuntary transfers, shifting of ward boundaries as per the latest delimitation exercise and other unexplained reasons.
Ward 8 covers Mzilikazi, Nguboyenja and Thorngrove suburbs. The Ward falls under the newly created Mpopoma – Mzilikazi constituency.
Previously it was under Makokoba constituency. A Mzilikazi resident, Wesley Moyo said:
“This morning (Sunday), I went to Mzilikazi High School to inspect the voters’ roll but I was told by ZEC officials that my name was not on the roll.
I was shocked because I always cast my vote at Mzilikazi High School. That is where I voted in the 2018 general election and the 2022 by-election.”
According to ZEC’s delimitation report, two polling stations, Mzilikazi High School and Mpilo Central Hospital were shifted from Ward 8 to Ward 2.
Upon visiting Mzilikazi High, Sobukhazi High, Lobengula Primary schools, McDonald Hall, Mzilikazi Housing Office and Mzilikazi Clinic voters’ roll inspection centres to speak to residents, the people who expressed their frustrations for having to move from one voter inspection centre to the next in search of their names and polling stations.
