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Journalists and community based organisations (CBOs) reflect on investigative content production focusing on grassroots and marginalised communities.
Reflections on investigative journalism focusing on grassroots and marginalised communities
Journalists and community based organisations (CBOs) reflect on investigative content production focusing on grassroots and marginalised communities.
Journalists, grassroots communities benefit from investigative reporting collaborations
Fear pervades the peri-urban farming community of Matava in the Midlands Province’s Redcliff Constituency on the eve of Zimbabwe’s harmonised elections following a campaign allegedly anchored on coercion by one of the region’s ruling party heavyweights. Local Government minister July Moyo has been accused of using all tricks in the book to win the constituency he lost to former Redcliff undertaker Lloyd Mukapiko five years ago, including alleged vote buying. Mukapiko was an MDC Alliance candidate when he defeated Moyo, a close ally of President Emmerson Mnangagwa and a Zanu PF ‘Godfather’ in the Midlands  accused by corruption watchdogs of trying to use his financial muscle  to win the constituency. Moyo, who is a former Midlands governor and Zanu PF deputy secretary for administration, has a strong support base in Redcliff. In his campaign poster for the failed 2018 election bid, the powerful minister boasted about dolling out money to fund over 12 projects, which he felt should give him an edge over his opponent. He got 11 320 votes against his opponent’s 11 739 in one of the election’s biggest upsets. Mukapiko and Moyo will square off again on August 23 for control of the constituency. An investigation by The Standard in partnership with Information Development Trust, a non-profit organisation supporting investigative journalism in Zimbabwe and Southern Africa, revealed that coercion and intimidation have been added to the Zanu PF candidate’s menu of unorthodox means to win votes. The ruling party, with support from the shadowy Forever Associates Zimbabwe (FAZ), has created enclaves in the Redcliff Constituency, which is both urban and  rural, that have become no go areas for the opposition such as Matava. Read more on the link below: https://newshubzim.co.zw/2023/08/21/july-moyo-uses-fear-mongering-cash-in-bid-to-win-elusive-constituency-on-august-23/
July Moyo uses fear mongering, cash in bid to win elusive constituency on August 23
Thousands of villagers barely accustomed to the sight of hundreds of modern off-roaders and wailing sirens gathered for the event with excitement, hope and awe. But also tucked away within the huge crowds were those that followed the event with anxiety, trepidation and silence, but seething with disapproval. They were mostly the villagers who had been displaced by the lithium project from Ward 12 that incorporates the Tagarira and Mukwasi villages under Chief Nyashanu.
Displaced Buhera communities bitter with lithium miner
Fear pervades the peri-urban farming community of Matava in the Midlands Province’s Redcliff Constituency on the eve of Zimbabwe’s harmonised elections following a campaign allegedly anchored on coercion by one of the region’s ruling party heavyweights. Local Government minister July Moyo has been accused of using all tricks in the book to win the constituency he lost to former Redcliff undertaker Lloyd Mukapiko five years ago, including alleged vote buying.
Carrot and stick-Zanu PF uses fear mongering, cash in bid to win August 23 polls
Zanu PF went into the 2023 harmonised elections without a manifesto, but analysts describe the decision as a “problematic” attempt to mask the party’s failures in the last five years. The party has been in power since independence in 1980 and got a fresh mandate in 2018, just under a year after President Emmerson Mnangagwa took over from the late Robert Mugabe with the help of the military. Zanu PF information and publicity secretary, Christopher Mutsvangwa, told NewsHub that the party did not see the need for a manifesto, adding that the electorate must, instead, judge the party on the basis of its achievements since 2018. "Maybe we can go back and craft a manifesto after we have rebuilt the confidence of the people in trusting political documents....we were much more focused on highlighting our achievements," said Mutsvangwa.
Zanu PF justifies going into an election without a manifesto
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