Zimbabwe votes in by-elections seen as test for ruling party

A girl pumps water into a bucket as voters queue to cast their ballots in Epworth townshipHARARE- Zimbabweans voted on Saturday in key parliamentary and municipal by-elections seen as a test for President Emmerson Mnangangwa's ruling party in next year's general polls.

Chamisa's party complained of growing repression by the authorities as several of its rallies were banned by the police during the two-month long campaign.During the campaign, the country's vice president Constantino Chiwenga likened the opposition to lice which should be"crushed" and Mnangagwa vowed at a Thursday rally that ZANU-PF would rule"forever".

Chamisa accused the electoral commission of bias and said he had alerted regional blocs such as SADC. "ZEC is literally mobilising apathy, making sure that people are frustrated, making sure that the vote is suppressed".

You should be educating and encouraging Zimbabweans in South Africa to go back to 🇿🇼 and vote for change. Hiding in SA and leeching on SA resources is not the solution. We are currently facing 70+% youth unemployment and that alone will trigger a national revolt OperationDudula

Im a former carpenter I got retrenched in 2020. Im struggling to find employment. My children often cry themselves to sleep because they sleep hungry😭. I don't feel like a man because of that💔. I ask for any food nearing their expiry date🙏🏻

Test for ruling party? Really? We all know those elections are going to be rigged & massive fraud will happen. I wish _AfricanUnion & SADC_News would bend together in condemning zanupf_patriots edmnangagwa the same way the Europarl_EN condemned Russia, so Zimbos can go home

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