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Zec in eye of storm over poll rigging Mkoma-Jola.com Monday 07 June 2021 *Newsday.news* THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) is in the eye of a storm after issuing a bizarre release responding to allegations of poll theft against MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa’s reported victory in the 2018 presidential poll. This followed poll theft reports raised in a book detailing how Zec could have been stampeded to rig the election in favour of the ruling Zanu PF party leader President Emmerson Mnangagwa two years ago. Former Zanu PF politburo member and Higher Education minister Jonathan Moyo in his book titled Excelgate: How Zimbabwe’s 2018 Presidential Election was Stolen, which was published in December 2019 claimed that Zec had worked with security apparatus to overturn the result in favour of President Mnangagwa. https://www.newsday.co.zw/2021/06/zec-in-eye-of-storm-over-poll-rigging/ Zec declared Mnangagwa the winner with 50,7% of the votes, narrowly avoiding a run-off with Chamisa ...

  “As an ancient cradle of Iron Age civilization, Zimbabwe has great emotional importance to the economy of Southern Africa and that's especially true for Botswana since both countries are landlocked. Harare was the site of some historic scenes and the best trade regimes, and it is where generations of Southern African children have gone for their education. Bulawayo was a trade giant amongst the people of the north – the Bakalanga, the Venda, and the Shona. Now, brick-by-brick the empire was facing a second fall after the last fall of Great Zimbabwe.” ―  Thabo Katlholo,  The Mud Hut I Grew Upon