ZIMBABWE ELECTION
Anxious wait for Nelson Chamisa’s lawyers in Harare
Advocates Dali Mpofu and Tembeka Ngcukaitobi were on Tuesday night still battling to get approval to represent Zimbabwe opposition MDC Alliance candidate Nelson Chamisa in his challenge of the July 30 presidential election results. Zimbabwe was on tenterhooks on Tuesday night and the army and police were put on high alert ahead of Wednesday’s court hearing. Mpofu and Ngcukaitobi were roped in as part of Chamisa’s high-profile legal team that includes several top Zimbabwean lawyers and advisers from the US and Kenya. Chamisa is seeking to nullify the election results that saw the incumbent, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, win the vote with 50.8% to his 44.3% in a tightly contested poll. The two SA advocates have been in Zimbabwe since last Friday but it was not clear on Tuesday if they would get permission to defend Chamisa in the ConCourt after Zimbabwean justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi said the duo’s application papers were not in order. The case is one of Zimbabwe’s most eagerly an...
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