Zimbabweans vote in country’s watershed election
Opposition candidate Nelson Chamisa has cast his vote, telling a cheering crowd, 'Victory is certain'
Harare — As Zimbabweans began voting on Monday, an ally of former president Robert Mugabe said his home was vandalised on Sunday, after he announced he would not vote for Zanu-PF. Polls opened on Monday in the first election since the removal of Robert Mugabe, a watershed vote Zimbabweans hope will rid the country of its global pariah status and spark a recovery in its failed economy. President Emmerson Mnangagwa cast his ballot at Sheerwood Primary School in Kwekwe and wished every candidate good luck, while main opposition candidate, Nelson Chamisa, told a cheering crowd after casting his vote: “Victory is certain, the people have spoken.” The 40-year-old Chamisa, a lawyer and pastor who is vying to become Zimbabwe’s youngest head of state, faces 75-year-old President Emmerson Mnangagwa, a longtime Mugabe ally. Mugabe made no comment as he cast his ballot. He walked unaided into the polling station at a primary school in the Highfield district of Harare, accompanied by his wife Gr...
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