Concerns of corruption mar Zimbabwe’s chaotic election

One of thepfccc few things still manufactured in Zimbabwe is support for the ruling party. “Zanu- has used all the old tactics and some new ones as well,” said Happy Bangwayo, an unemployed voter outside a polling station in Harare, the capital, on August 23rd. Ballots should have arrived by 7am on election day. But in the poor urban areas that are strongholds of the Citizens Coalition for Change (), the main opposition party, papers were not delivered until late in the afternoon.The delay caused chaos in major cities as angry voters cast ballots by phone-light; others gave up. In the middle of the night local election-monitoring groups had their offices raided, undermining their ability to run checks on official tallies. “It’s deliberate rigging,” said Mr Bangwayo. “My name is Happy but I’m not happy.”