Fact Check: It’s Fake - SADC Observer Mission head did not call Zimbabwe’s elections “null and void” - ZimFact
Ngoni Mhuruyengwe
August 29, 2023
Claim: A social media account on X, formally Twitter @skyler_aurora19, purporting to be that of SADC Zimbabwe Election Observer Mission head Nevers Mumba, issued a statement alleging that SADC had reached a resolution that Zimbabwe’s general elections were null and void. The post also said former Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete was drawing up conditions for new polls, with the support of Zimbabwe’s military.
Verdict: False
The X account @skyler_aurora19 is a parody account and not Dr. Nevers Mumba’s official account. The parody account @skyler_aurora19 was suspended on  X for peddling falsehoods that are likely to cause unnecessary alarm and despondency.
Zimbabwe’s current disputed election has triggered what appears to be strategic cyberwarfare and disinformation across the country’s political divide.
X (Formerly Twitter)
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