Suspected Vote Buying Scheme As Kasukuwere Pledges 1,500ha To Youths

Suspected Vote Buying Scheme As Kasukuwere Pledges 1,500ha To Youths

ZANU PF national commissar and Local Government minister Saviour Kasukuwere yesterday pledged to dole out 1 500 hectares of land for various youth programmes throughout the country, in a move perceived as a vote-buying gimmick ahead of the 2018 elections. Kasukuwere made the pledge at a volatile Zanu PF youth rally in Mbare after thousands of youths cornered him demanding land for housing development and other activities. “In every constituency, we want to see a…

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‘ZEC, CIOs rig polls for Zanu PF’ says the Zimbabwe Democracy Institute (ZDI)

‘ZEC,  CIOs rig polls for Zanu PF’ says the Zimbabwe Democracy Institute (ZDI)

THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) is complicit in the continued rigging of polls by the ruling Zanu PF party, a local think-tank has said. Following the Hurungwe-West by-election fiasco in which ZEC has admitted to allowing MP elect Keith Guzah of Zanu PF to contest and claim victory even though he was registered in another constituency, the Zimbabwe Democracy Institute (ZDI) says the admission exposed the extent of poll manipulation in the country. “The administrative…

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Zanu-PF Hurungwe West winner, Keith Guzah ,scandal and dispute with Mliswa deepens

Zanu-PF  Hurungwe West  winner, Keith Guzah ,scandal and dispute with Mliswa deepens

The damaging claims that Zanu-PF winning candidate for Hurungwe West Keith Guzah may not have been registered to vote in the constituency in last week’s by-elections – which could see him losing his parliamentary seat – has taken a new twist. The ruling party is now shifting the blame for the debacle to the beleaguered Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec), accusing the Rita Makarau-led electoral body of sleeping on the job and doing a shoddy job…

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