Tag Archive | "Elections"
A Violent Response: New Documentary Film by Hopewell Chin’ono
The award winning Journalist and Filmmaker Hopewell Chin’ono is at it again. He has put together another documentary film called A Violent Response. The documentary covers some of the actions carried out by the government after the March 2008 elections. Here is the trailer of the film which is due to be released in December: [...]
Continue reading...Zimbabwe Vote Rigging Film by Shepherd Yuda
Sunday, July 6, 2008
This video taken by a Zimbabwe prison guard, Shepherd Yuda (for the Guardian) shows how the government made sure that votes were cast in their favour.
Continue reading...Mugabe Feeling The Pressure
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
This week, African leaders meet in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt for an African Union (AU) summit. President Robert Mugabe made his way to Sharm el-Sheikh after his inauguration and it was clear that he did not want to hear any advice from other countries. He went there thinking that no-one would speak up about all that [...]
Continue reading...Zimbabwe Voter Registration Search
Sunday, June 15, 2008
The presidential run-off elections scheduled for 27th of June are just around the corner. For Zimbabweans who are interested, you can do an online search for your voter registration details via the following link: zimvoter.com
Continue reading...Independence and the An Yue Jiang
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Beaten for hours with chains and fan belts Originally uploaded by Sokwanele – Zimbabwe It has been 24 days since the presidential elections and the official results are still to be released by ZEC. A lot has been going been going on in Zimbabwe since the 29th [...]
Continue reading...Are the 2008 Zimbabwe Presidential Elections Rigged?
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Cartoon by Tom Scott of The Dominion Post featured in the April 2nd edition. (Click on image to enlarge.) It has been five days since Zimbabweans took to polling stations and there has been no word as to who won the presidential elections. MDC has been claiming that they have won the elections stating that they [...]
Continue reading...Zimbabweans in New Zealand Poll Results
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Below are the results of the mock elections organized by the Save Zimbabwe Campaign New Zealand where Tsvangirai won with an overwhelming majority of the votes. Given that there are about 7,000 Zimbabweans in New Zealand, turn out was poor with just under 200 votes made. Tsvangirai % Makoni % Taugana % Mugabe % TOTAL CITY Auckland 68 71.58% 27 28.42% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 95 Christchurch 20 71.43% 7 25.00% 1 3.57% 0 0.00% 28 Wellington 25 83.33% 5 16.67% 0 0.00% 0 0.00% 30 TOTAL 113 73.86% 39 25.49% 1 0.65% 0 0.00% 153 In Zimbabwe, MDC is claiming victory in a number [...]
Continue reading...Zimbabwe Has Voted
Friday, March 28, 2008
Yesterday Zimbabweans took to polling stations to take part in presidential elections with the main candidates being President Robert Mugabe, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai and independent runner Simba Makoni. Just how free and fair the elections were is something that had been put into question well before voting began. There [...]
Continue reading...Mbeki – Zuma – Quiet Diplomacy
Sunday, December 23, 2007
Last week Jacob Zuma was elected as the new president of the African National Congress (ANC) ousting President Thabo Mbeki. This I find very interesting as he was recently acquitted of rape charges. I would not have thought that he would have that amount of support with his background. He could very well be the [...]
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Saturday, October 31, 2009
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