Are we heading for a repeat of 2005?

The scenarios are almost the same. In 2005 the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front went to the polls quite aware that there was a possibility it could lose following its near defeat in 2000. It is going to the 2013 polls quite aware that it lost the 2008 polls.

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Elections on 31 July

The Constitutional Court today stuck by its previous ruling and ordered that elections be held on 31 July. Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s spokesman Luke Tamborinyoka has accepted the court ruling.

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First elections in 10 days

There might still be some haggling in the courts, questions about dead voters on the roll, and reforms but the 2013 elections are now real. The first will be held in 10 days and involve those who will be on duty on voting day, mainly members of the security forces.

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Vote or no sex

Activist, Priscilla Misihairabwi Mushonga, who is also Minister of Regional Integration and International Cooperation, has urged women to deny their husbands sex unless they register to vote in the coming elections.

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