ZESN disowns ‘missing’ v11 forms claims
CLAIM: Opposition officials, citing a report by the Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN), say 21% of the nearly 11,000 polling stations used for the July 30 general election did not…
Author: Ngoni Mhuruyengwe
Did Sky News fall for Twitter hoax?
CLAIM: Sky News’ Africa correspondent, John Sparks took to Twitter on Monday to announce that President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s spokesperson, George Charamba, had told the news channel that the president had…
Social media in overdrive with unofficial ‘results’
ZIMBABWE’S Electoral Act outlaws the announcement of election results polling returns “as the true or official results” by any person before an electoral officer does so. This has not stopped…
Zimbabwe social media awash with false election results
CLAIM: Social media is flooding the market with what are purportedly results of the 2018 elections from thousands of polling stations around Zimbabwe. How many of these are the correct…
What does the law say about candidate conduct on eve of elections?
ZIMBABWE Electoral Commission chairperson Priscilla Chigumba announced that her organ had reported two presidential candidates to the police for violating rules not to canvass for votes within 24 hours of…
