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The Electoral Court has reserved judgement in the case of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) candidate for Gwanda South National Assembly constituency in the August 2023 general elections, Patrick Dube, who is challenging ZANU PF MP Omphile Marupi’s election.
The results of the Gwanda South constituency as announced by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) were as follows: Omphile Marupi (ZANU PF) – 7 941, Patrick Dube (CCC) – 5 099, Timothy Nare (ZAPU) – 270, and Happy Gumbo (UZA) – 269.
As reported by <a href="https://cite.org.zw/high-court-reserves-judgement-in-gwanda-south-election-case/">CITE</a>, Dube, represented by Mathonsi Ncube Law Chambers, claimed Marupi benefitted from various electoral irregularities such as voter intimidation, malpractices, rigging and vote buying.
Dube requested the court to nullify Marupi’s victory as the MP and order fresh elections in Gwanda South.
Judge David Mangota of the Bulawayo Division of the High Court heard the case on 22 February 2024, and reserved judgement.
In his election petition, the CCC candidate alleged that ZANU PF activists placed tables within 300 metres of the polling stations, thereby intimidating voters. He said:
<blockquote>
In some tables, one Rosemary Maphosa of Chief Nhlamba Sengezane Village, Gwanda amongst others manned a table and recorded a register of names of people as they entered and exited polling stations.
These persons were informing voters that they should vote properly and vote for ZANU PF and not any other party. These tables were located in all the 11 wards. 
I am advised, which advice I hold to be true and correct, that these actions were unlawful and against the provisions of the Electoral Act and practice.
</blockquote>
However, Marupi through his lawyers, Nqobizitha Ndlovu of Cheda and Cheda Associates, said Dube’s petition was “nothing but just a fishing expedition which amounts to frivolous and vexatious litigation.” Said Marupi:
<blockquote>
If indeed the alleged ZANU PF-branded tables were within 300 metres of polling stations, why did the petitioner not report the unlawful conduct to the police?
It is very improbable that the petitioner, a candidate, would have witnessed such unlawful acts in 11 wards and failed to make a single police report.
</blockquote>
Marupi was recently appointed Deputy Minister of Information, Publicity, and Broadcasting Services.
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Electoral Court Reserves Judgement In Gwanda South Election Case

A senior CCC leader has allegedly admitted that the party doesn’t have V11s and V23s from all polling stations used by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) in the 23 August 2023 Harmonised Elections.
The unnamed official made the confession in a WhatsApp group On Monday, and the message has been leaked, according to CCC critic Jonathan Moyo.
On Sunday, CCC leader Nelson Chamisa claimed CCC was in possession of the V11 and V23B forms, whose results were different from those used by ZEC to declare Mnangagwa the winner.
But according to the alleged message from the WhatsApp group chat shared by Moyo on social media, the senior CCC official has rubbished Chamisa’s claims. Reads the message:
<blockquote>
There were no V11s and no V23s in 2018 because we didn’t have polling agents in many many polling stations.
We recognised this at the Gwelu Congress and adopted the polling station-based branches to ensure that by 2023 we would have branches at ALL polling stations so that through those branches we would have polling agents at all the polling stations.
In or about January 2022 we jettisoned and abandoned all structures including the polling station-based branches already formed and to be formed and hence destroyed the “vaccine” we thought we had created for the lack of V11s and V23s we had experienced in 2018.
Because of this, the fact is that in 2023 we are back to 2018 and ZANU PF knows it. Anything you hear to the contrary is for internal obvious purposes.
If you think otherwise, ask Ian Makone to produce the V11s from the 12k odd polling Stations.
</blockquote>
In another post on Twitter, formerly X, Moyo wrote:
<blockquote>
Those in the know within CCC ranks are aware that the plan was to have what in CCC lingo was called “PSPP” [Polling Station Point Person].
This would have ensured that every polling station has polling agents to ensure the collection of V11s from all polling stations.
Chamisa stopped the initiative, fearing that Tendai Biti would use the PSPP to topple him. But little did he know that he was actually shooting himself in the foot.
As things stand, CCC did not cover all polling stations. But it of course did have some polling agents at quite a number of polling stations.
And there are two important facts about this, which are making Chamisa very nervous:
1. One is that at all the polling stations where CCC had polling agents, those CCC agents signed the V11s together with the polling agents of the other candidates.
2. The other fact, which is an open secret within Chamisa’s close orbit in CCC, is that the result from the V11s that CCC got from its polling agents shows that Chamisa lost the presidential election.
Even Chamisa’s sympathetic Western diplomats know that Chamisa lost the presidential election, based on the V11s that were collected by CCC polling agents.
Some of Chamisa’s overzealous inner circle hardliners have been pushing Chamisa to come up with fake V11s to give the impression that he won, but his wiser functionaries, who do not command much influence with him, have counselled him against that folly because they know it’s a crime to come up with fake V11s and it’s easy to detect the crime because V11s have security features besides serial numbers; and all the authentic V11s are in sealed and secured in ballot boxes, together with other election residue.
While ZEC has taken the hard lessons learned from the 2018 fiasco, Chamisa apparently learned nothing from 2018; today he’s in a far worse situation!
</blockquote>
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CCC Doesn't Have V11s And V23B Forms, Senior Official Admits In "Leaked" WhatsApp Group Chat

Self-exiled former ZANU PF politburo member Jonathan Moyo said it is not true that CCC leader and losing presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa has all the V.11 forms from each of the 12 374 polling stations used by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) in the 2023 Harmonised Elections.
Posting on Twitter, Moyo argued that Chamisa cannot sustain his claim the elections were rigged if he does not have the V.11 forms from every polling station. He wrote:
<blockquote>
CHAMISA DOES NOT HAVE ALL THE 12,374 V11S: THE CASE OF CHIRUMANZU-ZIBAGWE
Factually it is not true that, unlike in 2018, Chamisa this time round has all the V11s from the 12,374 polling stations that were created for the 2023 harmonised general election because he and his CCC political party did not deploy polling agents at all the 12,374 polling stations in the country’s 210 constituencies to secured the necessary V11s, which are the primary election returns required to prove any rigging claim.
For example in Chirumanzu-Zibagwe, a key constituency in the Midlands Province, Chamisa’s CCC did not have any polling agents at all at many polling stations such as Musena Clinic, Simon Muzenda Primary School, Huchu Primary School, Sebakwe Game Park Tent and Moffat Primary School.
To make this bad situation worse, at some of the polling stations where polling agents were deployed, a number of the agents withheld V11s from the polling stations they had been deployed because they had not been paid their allowances.
Examples of polling stations where CCC polling agents went rogue and refused to give the party copies of V11s include Piki and Mosmy in the Chirumanzu-Zibagwe constituency.
The verifiable case of Chirumanzu-Zibagwe constituency is but one out of many constituencies whose polling stations in fact did not have CCC polling stations.
Chirumanzu-Zibagwe constituency is instructive because it used to be represented by @edmnangagwa, Chamisa’s main electoral opponent who won the 2023 presidential election whose result was declared last night.
It is mind-boggling that, as an opposition candidate in the just concluded presidential election, Chamisa was so reckless and so unstrategic as not to ensure that he deployed polling candidates in @edmnangagwa’s home constituency in order to secure the all-important V11s to enable his auditing and confirmation of the result for the presidential election declared last night.
Three inevitable conclusions from this.
Firstly, by failing to deploy polling agents at polling stations in the home constituency of his main rival, and objectively speaking, Chamisa rendered himself useless as a presidential election candidate and not ready for the challenge; and as such, he is not entitled to make any excuses to justify his electoral defeat, which was predictable.
Secondly, the unassailable and verifiable fact that CCC did not deploy polling agents at many polling stations in the Chirumanzu-Zibagwe constituency – a backyard of his main rival – means that Chamisa is not being truthful and is thus misleading the public and the wider world in Sadc, African Union and beyond when he claims that he has all the V11s from the election.
Thirdly, without the V11s due to his failure to deploy polling agents at all polling stations, Chamisa has no basis whatsoever for challenging the result of the presidential election declared last night.
One cannot base claims of election rigging on the basis of an insufficient number of polling stations or on the basis of phantom V11s that are simply not there.
What is unfortunate is that what has happened this year is a repeat of the fiasco that happened in 2018 when Chamisa did not have polling agents in 518 polling stations, a reality that made it impossible for him to prove his allegations of rigging in his Constitutional Court rigging case.
After the 2018 debacle and ahead of the 2023 harmonised general election, Chamisa assured anyone who cared to listen that the 2018 fiasco would not be repeated in 2023.
But alas, he has repeated the 2018 fiasco in 2023. Not having polling agents in an election has consequences: no polling agents, no V11s, no case!
</blockquote>
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Chamisa Does Not Have All The 12 374 V.11 Forms, Says Jonathan Moyo

ZANU PF has advised CCC leader Nelson Chamisa to seek redress at the courts after he rejected presidential election results announced by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) on Saturday night.
According to ZEC, ZANU PF candidate Emmerson Mnangagwa retained the presidency by a 52.6 percent margin.
The elections management body said Chamisa garnered 44% of the votes cast.
However, on Sunday Chamisa said his party was in possession of the V11 and V23B forms, whose results were different from those used by ZEC to declare Mnangagwa the winner.
Speaking at a press briefing which was attended by foreign and local journalists at the ZANU PF headquarters in Harare yesterday, ZANU PF spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa said Chamisa should approach the courts and ZANU PF will respect the court outcome. He said:
<blockquote>
The CCC leader Mr Chamisa last night advised his election agents not to sign Presidential V11 forms because he lost.
Just by way of emphasis, anyone aggrieved should approach the courts and as ZANU PF we are ready to adhere to judgements made because we are law-abiding.
We are disappointed by the refusal to endorse the Presidential V11s because one would have lost.
You don’t go into a match with the idea that if I don’t win then the match was not fair.
We take comfort in that we have legal systems for those not happy to approach but as ZANU PF we are happy because we look at the overall picture of the country though we had issues but they become insignificant.
</blockquote>
In 2018, Chamisa, who was then the MDC Alliance presidential candidate, rejected the presidential election result and took the matter to the Constitutional Court alleging rigging.
The Constitutional Court ruled that Chamisa had failed to provide evidence that the election was rigged.
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ZANU PF Tells Chamisa To Approach Courts To Challenge Election Results

Journalist Hopewell Chin’ono said that CCC and its leader Nelson Chamisa are making a mistake by focusing on the presidential election results in arguing that the 2023 Harmonised Elections results were rigged.
Chin’ono said CCC is challenging the presidential election results instead of challenging the whole election process.
In a post on X, formerly Twitter, Chin’ono said the international community has chosen to focus on the flawed electoral process.
He warned CCC that if they do not possess the V11 forms from all polling stations to prove that the presidential result was rigged, “that is the end of the story.” <a href="https://twitter.com/daddyhope/status/1696061589395230912?s=20">Wrote Chin’ono</a>:
<blockquote>
The Zimbabwean election has two contentious issues, the process and the presidential results dispute.
The international community has chosen to focus on the flawed process whilst the Zimbabwean opposition is concentrating on the disputed presidential figures.
Most African ambassadors who support SADC’s preliminary report are however confused by the opposition’s focus on results from a flawed election with glaring irregularities.
They are saying that if the opposition says it won, it becomes difficult to sustain the flawed election argument that the United Nations has taken.
They argue that the issue becomes about election results and that if the opposition fails to produce the V11s for every polling station, that is the end of the story.
The opposition says it has all the V11s as its leader Nelson Chamisa says in this video statement, so all concerned are now waiting for the production of the V11s that confirm a Nelson Chamisa victory.
The opposition has deliberately said less about annulling the whole election, something that the international community thought would be a more powerful argument.
Some in the opposition have argued that this is because parliament comes with money for the party, which means that annulling the elections takes away the money whilst the dispute is being resolved.
Whilst the observer missions agree that there were glaring election day irregularities, they also argue that if the CCC dispute is going to be about election results, then there is very little they can do without V11s for every polling station.
SADC Ambassadors have privately defended the SADC observer team mission preliminary report.
They are calling for an even tougher final report, but they are saying that is where it will end because the opposition accepts the parliamentary results, and its dispute is on the presidential result.
They are saying CCC can’t trash the whole election whilst accepting part of the results from the same election.
In short, without producing V11s from all polling stations, that is the end of the story.
It would have been more powerful to dismiss the whole electoral process, but CCC has taken a different route of focusing on the presidential result.
All concerned are now waiting for the production of the V11s, that is where this election study is now at, without which that will be the end of the story.
</blockquote>
Addressing a Press conference in Harare on Sunday, 27 August, Chamisa said CCC was in possession of the V11 and V23B forms, whose results were different from those used by Zec to declare Mnangagwa the winner.
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Chamisa, CCC Should Focus On "Flawed" Electoral Process, Not Presidential Results, Says Chin'ono

Namibia’s President Hage Geingob has congratulated Emmerson Mnangagwa and ZANU PF for winning the recently-held Harmonised Elections.
On Saturday, 26 August, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) chairperson Priscilla Makanyara Chigumba announced that Mnangagwa had been re-elected president.
ZEC said Mnangagwa scored 2,350,111 votes, beating CCC’s Nelson Chamisa who garnered 1,967,343 which translates to 44 percent of the vote.
On Sunday, the Namibian leader, Geingob described the 23 and 24 August Harmonised Elections as “peaceful”. In a statement, Geingob’s spokesperson, Alfredo Hengari said:
<blockquote>
On behalf of the people and government of the Republic of Namibia, President Hage G. Geingob extended (on Sunday) 27 August 2023 warm congratulations to the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, His Excellency Comrade Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa.
President Geingob also extended through President Mnangagwa fraternal felicitations to ZANU PF, the sister party of SWAPO (the South West Africa People’s Organisation), on the victory in the peaceful harmonised elections held on August 23.
President Geingob further said that the re-election of His Excellency Comrade Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa was indeed a testimony of the trust and confidence in which the people of Zimbabwe continue to repose in President Mnangagwa and ZANU PF.
President Geingob wished President Mnangagwa good strength and wisdom in carrying out his renewed mandate and looked forward to working closely with President Mnangagwa to further deepen and strengthen our bilateral cooperation as well as advancing the shared regional development agenda.
</blockquote>
Meanwhile, Chamisa rejected the election results announced by ZEC, insisting that he had won.
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Namibia President Hage Geingob Congratulates Mnangagwa On "Peaceful" Elections

CCC leader Nelson Chamisa has vowed that there will be a change in Zimbabwe’s political landscape soon and the opposition party will not wait another five years to contest in general elections.
This comes after the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) on Saturday night declared that President Emmerson Mnangagwa was the winner in the 23 and 24 August presidential elections.
ZEC said Mnangagwa garnered 2 350 711 votes (52.6%) of the 4 468 730 votes cast against Chamisa’s 1 967 343, constituting 44% of the vote.
However, Chamisa rejected the results and claimed CCC was in possession of the V11 and V23B forms, whose results were different from those used by ZEC to declare Mnangagwa the winner, <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/local-news/article/200015898/ccc-declares-offensive-to-save-vote">reported NewsDay</a>.
Addressing a Press conference in Harare on the morning after the declaration of the presidential election results, Chamisa said:
<blockquote>
What is our next step? There is going to be a change in Zimbabwe. Whether ZANU PF people want it or not? It’s not going to be easy, but there shall be a change.
We will not wait for five years. There has to be change now. We are going to lead in making sure that change comes to Zimbabwe.
Mr Mnangagwa knows that he has performed a coup since 2008 a coup on the ballot; 2017 a coup on the elected leader; 2018 a coup on the ballot. He has repeated again, 2023, a coup on the ballot.
You can’t survive this too many times. This time, no further! We have drawn a line in the sand.
We will not allow you to abuse people. You are not the last person in Zimbabwe.
</blockquote>
Chamisa also said the opposition party is on a diplomatic offensive to ensure that “errors” in the elections are corrected. He said:
<blockquote>
We are ready to form the next government on account of correcting all the errors that we have identified. We have the results and we will form that government.
We are on a peaceful offensive. We are on a diplomatic offensive. We are going to take an offensive stance in a progressive and democratic manner to make sure that the voice of the people is respected and ultimately the voice of God reigns in this country.
</blockquote>
Meanwhile, on Sunday Police warned political parties against conducting ” popcorn demonstrations” or inciting violence and issuing threats, saying lawbreakers will be arrested.
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We Will Not Wait For Five Years - Chamisa

ZANU PF has branded CCC leader Nelson Chamisa a “sore loser” following his refusal to accept defeat in the 2023 Harmonised Elections held on 23 and 24 August 2023.
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) declared Mnangagwa the winner of the presidential race with 52.6 percent of the vote.
This means that Mnangagwa won a second and final term as the President of Zimbabwe having initially assumed the highest office in the land late in November 2017 to finish Robert Mugabe’s term following a military coup.
Mnangagwa won his first presidential term in 2018, with Chamisa, who was then leader of the MDC Alliance, rejecting the result.
Last night, Chamisa again refused to accept the results. His chief election agent refused to sign the final results at the ZEC Command Center in Harare.
Addressing the media in Harare this Sunday, ZANU PF spokesperson Christopher Mutsvangwa, who made reference to a previous newspaper article, accused Chamisa of disrespecting State institutions. He said:
<blockquote>
[Chamisa] had absolute confidence in the integrity of electoral systems in Zimbabwe.
Today, he is refusing to append his signature to the same system he was lauding so much.
You have to be a man enough for a woman enough to accept that sometimes things do not go the way you want. We as ZANU PF know the pain of losing.
We were disappointed that there seem to be misgivings about appending the signature of the V11.
We really think that if people go into an election with the idea that if they do not win therefore results are not correct.
It is not good because you are usurping the decision of the people.
We as ZANU PF have no quarrel with the system. We are happy with the system.
</blockquote>
On Sunday Chamisa told journalists that in Harare the V11 forms are showing, without doubt, that CCC has won Zimbabwe’s presidential election.
He said the results announced by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission are fake.
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Chamisa Is A Sore Loser - ZANU PF

Police have said members of the public should go about their daily activities without any fear following the announcement of the results from Harmonised Elections held last week.
In a statement this Sunday, ZRP spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul Nyathi said they have deployed officers throughout the country to maintain law and order. Read the statement below:
<blockquote>
As the country moves into the post-election period after the announcement of Presidential, National Assembly and Local Authority election results, the Zimbabwe Republic Police reassures the public, business and visitors to the country that the security situation remains peaceful, calm and conducive for all socio-economic activities to prevail.
Zimbabweans should feel free to go to their workplaces, to conduct family and other activities without fear or any form of intimidation from anyone.
The Zimbabwe Republic Police has deployed police officers throughout the country to maintain law and order. 
The Zimbabwe Republic Police is fully aware of attempts by some political activists to mobilize groups of people to move in small numbers and come to Harare for purported briefing and popcorn demonstrations under the guise of citizen voter audit or verification.
This has even been given credence by some social media posts obtained by the Police where some individuals and groups are openly inciting violence and issuing threats aimed at causing alarm and despondence among Zimbabweans.
The Police will not hesitate to effect arrests on such criminal elements. The public should feel free to report these criminal acts on the National Complaints Desk number (0242) 703631 or WhatsApp number 0712 800 197.
The Zimbabwe Republic Police reiterates that the situation in the country is very calm and the public should certainly feel free to go about their day-to-day activities.
Meanwhile, the Zimbabwe Republic Police urges political parties to assist in the maintenance of law and order in the country by avoiding unsanctioned car rallies, processions and other celebratory activities without notifying the local regulating authority in terms of the Maintenance of Order and Peace Act Chapter 11:23.
Any form of unlawful political gatherings will be dealt with by the police in terms of the country’s laws.
Finally, the Police continues to applaud and commend Zimbabweans for the exemplary conduct shown during the pre-election and the voting period.
</blockquote>
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ZRP Reassures The Public Of Personal Safety And Security

Some ZANU PF big spenders lost to the opposition in last week’s Harmonised General elections in a development that political analysts said shows that the urban electorate cannot be bought by temporary trinkets that do not positively impact their livelihoods, reported <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/thestandard/news/article/200015864/voters-reject-zanu-pfs-big-spenders">The Standard</a>.
ZANU PF’s big spenders who lost in the recent elections include gold dealer Pedzisai “Scott” Sakupwanya and the former Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube.
Sakupwanya lost to CCC’s Febion Kufahakutizwi in the Mabvuku-Tafara constituency in Harare.
The gold dealer garnered 12 038 votes against the winner Kufahakutizwi who polled 15 934 votes.
That was despite the fact that the former Mabvuku councillor spent a lot of money rehabilitating roads in the constituency and also brought the former American boxer, Floyd Mayweather to entertain residents.
Ncube lost the battle for Cowdray Park in Bulawayo to CCC’s Pashor Raphael Sibanda (28).
Ncube also reportedly spent a lot of money on development projects in the constituency.
In other parts of the country, some ZANU PF candidates drilled boreholes and dished out freebies, such as fried chicken and chips, mineral water, and soft drinks, for votes.
Stephen Chan, a professor of world politics at the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies, said:
<blockquote>
They will take the “chicken and chips”, but not necessarily vote for the big spender.
In Ncube’s case, everyone knows he was the minister of Finance, who presided over the economic erosion that has so severely damaged their lives.
</blockquote>
Southern Africa Programme Head for the Institute for Security Studies southern Africa programme head, Piers Pigou, said:
<blockquote>
In many respects, in areas where this has happened, it reflects one level of sophistication from the local electorate in the context of their needs that they will be prepared to accept whatever gifts or trinkets are on offer but not shift their political needs.
</blockquote>
Witwatersrand University-based political analyst Romeo Chasara said:
<blockquote>
Urban voters tend to vote for the main opposition political party with little regard for its representatives, especially at local and constituency levels.
Throughout the campaign period, supporters were encouraged to attend ZANU PF rallies and accept all that was being offered including regalia but to punish it in the ballot box.
</blockquote>
ZANU PF reportedly a huge budget for the 2023 elections, with one of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s allies Uebert Angel telling undercover Al Jazeera journalists in “Gold Mafia” that the ruling party had US$240 million for the polls.
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ZANU PF Big Spenders Lose To CCC Candidates

Statement by the Election Resource Centre (ERC) and the Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) following the announcement of the results of the Zimbabwe 2023 Harmonised Elections:
<blockquote>
Late in the evening on 26 August, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) announced the results of the Zimbabwe 2023 Harmonised Elections.
As a result of the drastic lengths the government of Zimbabwe took to prevent nonpartisan, independent observation of the counting and tabulation process, the Election Resource Centre (ERC) and the Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) are unable to verify the outcome of the presidential election.
ERC and ZESN jointly deployed thousands of accredited observers to every province, district and constituency of the country using a statistically-sound sample to systematically observe the elections on behalf of all Zimbabweans, and independent of any other effort.
This includes the collection of publicly available information in order to provide stakeholders and citizens with factual statements on the conduct of the voting and counting process, as well as the tabulation and announcement of results.
All of which is legal and recognized in the electoral act, and has been a routine observation activity in Zimbabwe since 2008.
ZESN deployed sample-based observation (SBO) during the 2018 elections and made public its projections after ZEC declared the presidential election results.
The projections were well received by President ED Mnangagwa who tweeted affirming the SBO projections.
The objective SBO projections were also relied upon by ZEC in the Constitutional Court during the hearing of the presidential petition in 2018.
ZESN and ERC were also encouraged by ZEC, which through the ZEC chairperson, noted that civil society as well as political parties should conduct parallel voter tabulations (PVT) during the 2023 elections.
However, on election night, just as the counting process was concluding in many parts of the country, government security forces raided ERC and ZESN’s data centre, arresting all present staff and volunteers and confiscating all equipment.
They also targeted and seized other staff in nearby locations, in some cases violently.
The security forces’ uncalled and unjustified actions not only prevented an independent nonpartisan verification of the official results as announced by the ZEC but also cast a shadow over the entire election process.
Since election day, ERC and ZESN have continued to receive reports of observers and staff being targeted, threatened, and attacked, including one incident of an observer’s house being torched hours after the declaration of the presidential election results.
This ongoing intimidation and silencing of anyone who can provide verification and transparency to the electoral results by state actors fundamentally undermines their credibility and the credibility of these elections.
ERC and ZESN call on the government to drop the charges levied against our staff and observers, and to take urgent measures to protect and stop harassment of accredited citizen election observers.
To increase the transparency of the tabulation process, we also call on the ZEC to make disaggregated polling station level results publicly available online for all 12,370 stations.
Despite the efforts, often violent, to prevent legal observation of the election, ERC and ZESN are committed to peace.
We call for peace, for anyone who is aggrieved to seek redress through lawful means, and for the Government of Zimbabwe to respect the rights of citizens.
In line with our mandate and commitment to electoral integrity, ERC and ZESN will continue to observe the election during the post-election period through the resolution of election disputes and the taking of office by the duly elected candidates.
</blockquote>
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ERC And ZESN Statement On The Announcement Of 2023 Election Results

State security agents have been accused of forcing polling agents and observers to amend V11 forms used in the 23 and 24 August Harmonised Elections elections amid allegations of rigging.
The V11 forms are signed by all polling agents to confirm results per polling station.
The Elections Resources Centre (ERC), a civil society organisation (CSO), claimed that its observers are being harassed and ordered to sign new V11 forms. It said:
<blockquote>
The observers informed our offices that they were being summoned to polling locations to sign new V11 results forms as there allegedly were errors on previous ones.
In other instances, they were summoned to surrender phones used to communicate with ERC offices on election day.
While the majority of observers have been contacted telephonically, the ERC notes concerning cases in Kariba, Karoi and Makoni where observers have been physically visited at their homes with these requests.
As per the legislative framework on elections, V11 forms by now should be sealed in boxes, which contain election residue and cannot be reopened unless someone requests a recount.
Further, it is through an election petition that the court orders the reopening of election residue to solve an electoral outcome dispute.
</blockquote>
CCC deputy elections officer Ellen Shiriyedenga told <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/thestandard/news/article/200015870/v11s-saga-polling-agents-under-siege">The Standard</a> that the party has instructed its polling agents to report to their polling stations, but not to sign new forms. She said:
<blockquote>
We said that they should go, but what’s important, however, is that once results were declared and announced, no change should be made to the V11 or the V23 forms, which is contrary to what has been declared.
They will go, but they will not sign or agree to have ballot boxes reopened.
We told them that they should refuse unless it is a question of clerical errors and not any alterations as projected in the V11 and V23 forms.
</blockquote>
Last week, Police arrested 39 ERC and Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) observers on charges of planning to prematurely announce election results.
The observers were granted US$$200 bail each on Friday.
The arrests were condemned by the United Kingdom and United States embassies as well as by some election observer missions.
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Polling Agents Summoned To Sign New V11 Forms - Report

Self-exiled former Cabinet Minister Saviour Kasukuwere has said the election results from the 2023 Harmonised Elections do not reflect the will of the people of Zimbabwe.
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission on Saturday night, declared ZANU PF’s Emmerson Mnangagwa the winner of elections held on 23 and 24 August.
Kasukuwere was disqualified from the presidential race by the High Court and the Supreme Court upheld the judgement. Speaking to <a href="https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/election-results-not-reflecting-will-of-zimbabweans-kasukuwere/">SABC News</a>, Kasukuwere said:
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The results are pre-determined outcomes especially how we have seen arrangements done in the beginning, where opponents were chosen and others disqualified in various strategies.
We are not surprised because the region (Southern African Development Community) was saying that Mnangagwa must have a Second Term.
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On Sunday, 27 August, Mnangagwa rejected allegations by the opposition that the 2023 presidential election was rigged in his favour.
He also said observer missions that criticised the country’s laws “overstepped” their mandate.
Last week, SADC observer mission head Nevers Mumba said some parts of the electoral process fell short of standards.
He criticised Zimbabwe’s “Patriotic Act” which is a new section of the amended criminal law that punishes Zimbabweans for conniving with foreigners to push for sanctions and foreign military intervention.
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Kasukuwere Says Election Results Do Not Reflect The Will Of Zimbabweans

Team Pachedu, a team of data analysts, says they have started auditing several discrepancies that they claim to have found in the Zimbabwe 2023 presidential election results announced by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) chairperson, Justice Priscilla Chigumba on Saturday night.
According to ZEC, ZANU PF candidate Emmerson Mnangagwa had 2,350,711 votes which translate to 52.6%, beating his closest competitor Nelson Chamisa who received 1 967 343 which translates to 44% of the total votes cast.
However, in a statement issued this Sunday, 27 August 2022, Team Pachedu they will, in due course, publish all the discrepancies in the figures which ZEC announced. Reads the statement:
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We have taken note of the official Presidential Election results that were announced yesterday by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission chairperson, Justice Priscilla Chigumba. 
For us, the huge task has begun as we are already scrupulously auditing several discrepancies that we have found on the announced presidential totals vis-à-vis the data that we collated. 
We wish to extend our deepest gratitude to everyone who has assisted us thus far by either volunteering to be polling agents, local observers, or by assisting financially and morally. 
One of our priority resolutions for the 2023 general election was the need to leverage technology as much as we could to help mitigate the perennial electoral fraud.
Through our own and citizen support, we managed to deploy two systems, Buhle and Mandla. While Buhle is a big data app that helped us to unearth 746,871 serious discrepancies that were on the 11 July release of the 2023 Voters’ Roll, Mandla, on the other hand, focused on Parallel Vote Tabulation. 
The deployment model of Mandla was centered on the polling agents as the ultimate end users for the sake of data quality assurance.
This meant that we had to collaborate with political parties and organisations that were deploying agents and observers.
Unfortunately, Mandla was ultimately not officially endorsed and used by one of our key partners on election day.
This severely crippled Mandla’s scope, that is, real-time national collation. Most of the valuable data that we eventually collected in real-time using Mandla on voting day was through partner CSOs and unofficially from agents on the ground. We ended up without complete national coverage. 
Despite this severe limitation, we managed, against all odds, to collate ample data in Mandla both on election day and post-election that we are now using to audit several discrepancies in the figures that ZEC announced yesterday, along with the discrepancies that we have already identified on the official V23A, V23B, V23C and V23D forms. 
A big thank you to all the peace-loving Zimbabweans and all the election agents who worked tirelessly on, and post, election day.
We thank you all for voting in peace and for being tolerant in the face of a very hostile electoral environment. 
To all those who supported the project and believed in it, we are deeply humbled. Yesterday’s announcement was not the end but is just the beginning.
We shall be publicly publishing all the discrepancies in the figures which ZEC announced.
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Team Pachedu Pledges To Publish Presidential Election Results "Discrepancies"

Some of the presidential candidates in Zimbabwe’s 2023 Harmonised Elections held on 23 and 24 August have conceded defeat after the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) declared ZANU PF candidate Emmerson Mnangagwa the winner.
According to ZEC, Mnangagwa had 2,350,711 votes which translates to 52.6%, beating his closest competitor Nelson Chamisa who received 1 967 343  which translates to 44% of the total votes cast..
The other candidates in the presidential race were Joseph Makamba Busha (Free Zim Congress), Trust Chikohora (ZCPD), Blessing Kasiyamhuru (ZIPP), Lovemore Madhuku (NCA), Wilbert Mubaiwa (NPC), Gwinyai Henry Muzorewa (UANC), Douglas Mwonzora (MDC), Elisabeth Valerio (UZA), and Harry Peter Wilson (DOP).
Speaking to <a href="https://www.sundaymail.co.zw/presidential-candidates-concede-defeat">The Sunday Mail</a> soon after the announcement of the results, Muzorewa, who was represented by his secretary-general, Michael Nyamande, said “We, as the UANC party, are very happy with the outcome”.
National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) representative Robert Mhlanga said:
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We need to move forward as Zimbabwe, as that is the most important thing. This is what we want as Zimbabweans.
We need so much peace, irrespective of whatever failings we might have. Peace is the best thing moving forward.
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Zimbabwe Coalition for Peace and Development (ZCPD) president Trust Chikohora, who polled 10 230 votes, said he accepted the results. He said:
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It’s an expression of the will of the people of Zimbabwe at this point in time. We take this opportunity to congratulate President Mnangagwa and ZANU PF on their victory and we wish them well as they govern this country in the next five years.
It is against this background that ZCPD stands ready to work with the elected Government to improve the lives of our people, as well as deepen our democracy in the next five years.
We will do this guided by the following principles: constitutionalism and the rule of law; national values and principles of good governance; devolution; peaceful co-existence and tolerance of divergent views.
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A representative of the Zimbabwe Partnership for Prosperity (ZIPP), which is led by Kasiyamhuru, said:
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We accept these results, everything was done in a peaceful manner and we should applaud that.
We were all given a chance to verify our results and we are happy with what we saw.
What we now need is peace in the country so that we move. We need to work together to move forward.
</blockquote>
However, CCC has rejected the results of the 2023 presidential election announced by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) on Saturday night, saying they did not align with the evidence from V11 forms.
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Muzorewa, Chikohora Concede Defeat In Presidential Race

Independent development economist Prosper Chitambara said President Emmerson Mnangagwa is under pressure to leave a legacy for himself as he is set to begin his second and final term as the Head of State.
Speaking to <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/8/27/suffering-is-continuing-mnangagwa-declared-winner-in-zimbabwe-election">Al Jazeera</a> before the results of the Harmonised Elections held on 23 and 24 August were announced, Chitambara said Mnangagwa’s Second Term could be better than his first. He said:
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I think if ZANU PF wins, the party will be under a lot of pressure to make significant economic improvements.
He [Mnangagwa] will be under a lot of pressure to leave a legacy for himself given this will be his last term and this could be a good thing for the economy.
As such, his second term could be better than his first. That is the best-case scenario.
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Chitambara added that the worst-case scenario would be a continuation of the economic policies of the past five years of Mnangagwa’s administration.
Since Mnangagwa took over from the late Robert Mugabe in November 207 following a military coup, the Zimbabwe dollar has depreciated against the United States dollar owing to the unbridled printing of money.
Prices of goods are so high that ordinary people cannot afford them and the majority of Zimbabweans have been forced to take on some sort of menial work to survive.
Meanwhile, Taurai Gwatidzo, a Harare-based shoe cobbler told Al Jazeera that ZANU PF’s victory in the 2023 Harmonised Elections means that suffering will continue.
olo Zuma, a 37-year-old mother of three, said that she if ZANU PF wins she will become a sex worker to earn a living for her children.
On Saturday, ZEC declared ZANU PF candidate Emmerson Mnangagwa the winner with 2,350,711 votes which translates to 52.6%, while CCC’s Nelson Chamisa received 1 967 343 which translates to 44% of the total votes cast.
However, the opposition spokesperson Promise Mkwananzi said on X, previously known as Twitter, that the party rejected the results.
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Mnangagwa's Second Term Could Be Better Than His First, Says Economist Chitambara

On Saturday, 26 August 2023, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) officially declared Emmerson Mnangagwa as the winner of the Zimbabwe 2023 presidential election, which took place on 23 and 24 August.
According to ZEC, Mnangagwa secured 2,350,711 votes which translates to 52.6%, while CCC leader Nelson Chamisa received 1 967 343 which translates to 44% of the total votes cast.
<a href="https://twitter.com/zimlive/status/1695562278727254265?s=20">Below is the Zimbabwe 2023 Presidential Election by Numbers</a>:
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<li>6,619,691 Registered Voters</li>
<li>4,561,221 Total Votes Cast</li>
<li>92,553 Spoilt Ballots</li>
<li>4,468,668 Valid Votes</li>
<li>68.9 Percent Turnout</li>
<li>2,357,711 votes for Emmerson Mnangagwa</li>
<li>1,967,343 votes for Nelson Chamisa</li>
<li>2,062,290 Registered Voters did not vote</li>
</ul>
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2023 Zimbabwe Elections: Over 2 Million Registered Voters Did Not Vote

Zimbabwe’s main opposition party, CCC, has rejected the results of the 2023 presidential election announced by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) on Saturday night, saying they did not align with the evidence from V11 forms.
ZEC declared ZANU PF candidate Emmerson Mnangagwa the winner with 2,350,711 votes which translates to 52.6%, while CCC’s Nelson Chamisa received 1 967 343  which translates to 44% of the total votes cast.
In a statement, CCC spokesperson Promise Mkwananzi the party has “initiated a comprehensive citizen’s review of the vote count” and will address the nation on the way forward in due course. Reads the statement:
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On Wednesday 23 August 2023, under the administration of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC), our nation bore witness to an election marred by vote suppression and egregious abuse.
The SADC report transparently highlighted these transgressions for the global community.
Despite these overwhelming odds, the resilient Zimbabwean people came forward in vast numbers, casting their votes in the hope of a brighter and better future.
For the sake of that elder woman who walked 2km and waited in line for two whole days to cast her vote, we will not roll over and accept fictitious lies.
However, tonight, as ZEC declared their results, discrepancies have become glaringly apparent.
The outcomes did not align with the evidence from our V11s, a stark deviation that underscores the need for scrutiny.
The concerning absence of our presidential candidate’s chief election agent’s signature casts a shadow of doubt over the entire process.
The questionable actions of some ZANU PF officials, who seemingly were privy to results in advance, further tarnished the credibility and transparency of these elections.
We fear that this once-respected institution can no longer be depended upon to safeguard our votes and our democracy.
The Election Observer Mission’s preliminary report further echoes our concerns, pinpointing significant deviations from both national and international electoral standards.
We unequivocally condemn the continued intimidation faced by our agents. Some were unjustly recalled by ZEC with the intent of amending the electoral results, an act that goes against the very essence of a democratic process.
In response to these challenges, the CCC has initiated a comprehensive citizen’s review of the vote count.
This endeavor is firmly rooted in hard evidence collected from all regions of Zimbabwe.
Our grassroots movement, made up of brave volunteers, endures intimidation, harassment, and violence.
Yet, our commitment to uncovering the truth remains undeterred. ZEC’s recent announcement only serves to galvanize our resolve further.
In due course we will address our nation, illuminating the path forward. Our unwavering allegiance to the millions of Zimbabweans advocating for transformative change is as steadfast as ever.
We firmly believe that united, with truth as our compass and justice as our goal, we can and will usher in the change our nation profoundly desires.
In closing, I appeal to all champions of democracy: our quest is noble and just. Let’s remain resolute in our collective pursuit. A new chapter in our shared struggle awaits.
</blockquote>
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