Dozens of Citizens Coalition for Change activists met by riot police outside court as human rights organisations report growing repression
. A close aide of Mugabe, he had been implicated in atrocities committed under his predecessor’s rule.Mnangagwa has maintained a rhetoric of peace and tolerance in the runup to the election but local thinktank Zimbabwe Democracy Institute says rights violations are being registered, especially in the countryside.
“They [Zanu-PF] are mobilising cohesively in rural areas for people to vote under their village head, which we call command voting. That is something we have observed,” ZDI director, Pedzisai Ruhanya, said.“There is nobody in Zimbabwe who is in jail for political activism. It is law and order. The same mentality that says we can fight and make a statement is the one which makes people think they can challenge the police and the army,” Mutsvangwa said.
Among its numerous complaints about the electoral process, the opposition has accused the electoral commission of not releasing the full voters’ roll and said it is not receiving airtime on Zimbabwe’s public broadcaster.On a recent afternoon in central Harare, Marian Musekwa, 43 sat uncomfortably on a wooden bench on the corner of Robert Mugabe Street, where she had set up a makeshift stall. Pop-up street shops have become a common sight on the street, as Zimbabweans battle to eke out a living..
The opposition hopes the waning economy and about a million first-time voters will increase its vote share. In his latest manifesto, “For Everyone”, Chamisa promised to deal with corruption, open new lines of credit with international financial institutions, create employment and end poverty. For now Muskewa’s ambition is to survive another day. “There is no time to rest, my children have to eat,” she said as she served a customer.
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