Post-election analysis of Zimbabwe’s July poll

A panel of experts will give diverse views on Zimbabwe’s post-election controversies.

Date: 2018-08-30

Time: 17:30 to 20:00

Venue: SAPES Seminar Rooms, 4 Dreary Ave, Belgravia, Harare

Many Zimbabwean analysts and academics predicted a convincing win for Nelson Chamisa in the country’s 30 July presidential poll, as did his party, the MDC Alliance. This is despite an Afrobarometer survey shortly before the election, giving Emmerson Mnangagwa a slight edge. Either the predictions were wrong, or the official results are fraudulent. The Constitutional Court ruling doesn’t take matters further, as the court refused to consider Chamisa’s claims without ‘primary’ evidence.

This seminar will discuss these and other post-election controversies. A panel of experts will give a diverse range of views and comment on likely post-election trajectories of Zimbabwe, ZANU-PF and the country’s opposition parties.

This seminar is co-hosted with Violet Gonda and SAPES Trust.

Chair: Violet Gonda, independent journalist

Speakers: 

Paul Mangwana, ZANU PF

Douglas Mwonzora, MDC – Alliance

Qhubani Moyo, Commissioner, Zimbabwe Electoral Commission

Regina Mabwe, Counsel for Constitutional Court Respondent (Noah Manyika)

Derek Matyszak, Institute for Security Studies

Dr Francis Lovemore, Counselling Service Unit

NOTE: This event will be webcast via Facebook live. A link to the live webcast will be advertised via the ISS Facebook page and the ISS Twitter feed as the event starts.