Saviour Kasukuwere barred from presidential race

Staff Reporter The High Court of Zimbabwe has barred former Cabinet Minister Saviour Kasukuwere from contesting as an independent presidential candidate in the upcoming harmonized election, stating that he did not meet the residency requirements stipulated in the electoral law. Kasukuwere, currently exiled in South Africa, had filed his nomination papers in June intending to…

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Election tensions rise in Zimbabwe after police bar opposition party from holding a rally

Opposition party supporters in Zimbabwe chanted and sang freedom songs outside a courthouse Sunday following a decision to ban them from holding a rally six weeks before elections. The court in the town of Bindura upheld Friday’s police order that the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change party could not hold the rally to officially launch its election…

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