The Weekend View

In preparation for next week's Zimbabwean elections, Dr. Tinashe Sithole explains the electoral process.


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With just 4 days to go before Zimbabwe's crucial national elections, questions are being raised whether the electoral process will be transparent and officials accountable. On Thursday the country's authorities deported four regional democracy activists on arrival at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport and barred journalists from several international media houses covering the poll. Earlier This week a High Court appeal by the main opposition Citizens Coalition for Change - CCC - to access the updated voters' roll was ruled as not urgent. Democracy activists say this is contrary to the law and are raising fears that the reason behind keeping the voters' roll a secret could be linked to attempts at rigging the polls. While Nelson Chamisa's CCC is determined to dislodge Zanu PF from power, incumbent President Emmerson Mnangagwa, on his part, is confident of a resounding victory. To look further into Zimbabwe's electoral process, we spoke to Dr Tinashe Sithole, Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Johannesburg's Department of Politics and International Relations.

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