ED’s August 23 chance

IT bears repeating that Zimbabwe and President Emmerson Mnangagwa need the August 23 general elections to pass off without incident, and more crucially, to pass a free and fair test.

The later aspect, however, is much more crucial and one this administration has already failed. One could argue that the 2018 elections, the first contested in the country without long-time strongman, the late former President Robert Mugabe, were relatively tame after the chaos that has usually engulfed previous polls.

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