In Zimbabwe, where polls have just opened in presidential and parliamentary elections.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa is seeking a second five-year term.
He is campaigning on promises to create more jobs and upgrade crumbling infrastructure.
His main challenger is opposition leader Nelson Chamisa.
He hopes frustrations about corruption, high inflation and unemployment will encourage people to choose him.
Al Jazeera’s Haru Mutasa is live outside a polling station in the capital, Harare.
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I am frist
First here 💪
Obviously Zimbabwe polls will be free and fair because of the people of this country are so democracy attitudes
Thanx Haru Mutasa for presenting the story of Zimbabwe exactly as it is. Poverty has been driven unto our doorsteps by Zanu Pf
U mean sanctions
He said what he said, don’t try to change it ,Taku@taku
@taku5178 not sanctions which is an excuse all the time bit corruption too played a role
Vote for Change
Vote for change, then GET INVOLVED IN YOUR LOCAL POLITICS
Voting at a national level for this dude or that dude itself almost never changes anything. The system is rigged. The main reason the powerful let you vote is to diffuse your feeling that no one is listening to you.
We already know which party has won but you know African politics😂
This will be rigged. These people have to stay in power to stay out of prison
Manager
Ngaapinde hake mukomana
CCC our new President
Voter apathy is voting for the leader you dont want.
Thank you Mutasa❤
I love the news so much, it always keeps me up-to-date with whatever is happenning in the world 🌎 ❤ 😊🎉
Whoever wins it is the will of the voters. No one should come up with stories. Life is tough because of illegal sanctions. No country can survive what Zimbabweans pass through.
Mnangagwa must go
The dictator must fall today
Mukomana ngaapinde.
Chamisa is our inspiration. CCC all the way
thyre gonna steal this election
Who is going to get killed or injured attempting to vote in this election? No longer can I say that I am fortunate to be a United States citizen where such things do not happen speaking ahead of our upcoming off-site year election. Oh yeah.😮
off – year election ( not off – site year election )😮
Good luck to young lion, Nelson Chamisa from opposition party. Betterment of zimbabwe is in your hands
God bless Zimbabwe 🇿🇼
get away reporter,,,oldest towns are found in every country,,,,you in the country to report basically on voting processes,,,,
We pray for the best
We as the citizens we need peace free nd fair elections we need peace I repeat again
Ccc 😊😊🎉
Ngaapinde mukomana
Y’all are pushing an agenda
There are so many places you’d have decided to shoot and you pick the poor parts to push only one perspective smh
Thanks Mutasa for saying the truth
Sunctions must go
Kkkkkkkkkk hayaas
When elections are this quiet just know that Zanu PF is up to something not good
True
60% of the population is going on with life in South Africa as if there’s nothing going on at home. Hopeless situation
Don’t lie
Where did you get 60% from?
If they dont vote please dont complain. Hope sa gvt wont be taken to coury.
Over an hour since polls opened and so many polling stations across the country have not yet started voting. Local authority ballot papers not yet at the polling stations it’s a sham this one
The delaying tactics of delivering ballot papers to the polling stations was such an issue again in 2018. Only GOD can solve this disaster.
Here in Bulawayo also some stations opened now 11am 🙆
We wish all the best to our President chamisa❤
I have been following these videos about Zim elections and no one is commenting good about the ruling part……People are tired,may they be free and fair please coz people are tired!!!
CCC 🎉🎉🎉 enough of ZANU pf
“Mnangagwa is campaigning on promises to create more jobs” is exactly what he said back in 2018. This man can’t be serious 🤦🏾♂️
The leader of the Gold Mafia. You can’t hold free and fair election in a criminal scene. The so called President of Zimbabwe is a criminal and a leader of the Gold Mafia. How is it possible. He standing in election. Supposed to be prison. Criminal is free.
We Zimbabwean we love zanupf and ED father of development
😂😂wuuri ndaseka hangu
Duzvi unomuda wega neTean rako
Its only you and your grandma because you sold your souls you are not humans you dont feel pain like the majority of us
Talk for yourself only and don’t put “we”
Munangagwa must stop to use the strategic of Mugabe and let people choose their President they want because the hunger is killing us and don’t give China’s our minerals please stop it 🖐️
Economic sanctions are the real threat to Zimbabwean not this fake news
Chamisa is the winner
Thanks HaruMutasa for saying it as it is
I was at number 4 voting for Chamisa.
Mutare …..
@ mutare junior school
@ mutare girls high school
Etc…Open but no ballot papers
Now starting
Garrison🔥🔥🔥
Used be the bread basket of Africa!
Then some bright spark decided to take do expropriation of land without compensation!
Vote for CCC !!!
Gold mafia
Chamisa’s time
I voted the way it’s done is simple as long you know which section yo name ia
so no ones gonna talk about her pronounciation of president name.
In the grand scheme of things, her pronunciation of his name is not a big deal! After all, she is not a native shona speaker. Focus on the issues at hand please.
@MissJ M I agree. But it ain’t banana republic, the reporting/reporter here wants to speak the native tongue to be inclusive. What’s harm in pointing it out? If you want to get real serious, heard Zimbabwe currency does seem like a banana republic currency.
We dont have ballot papers to vote the ZEC hasnt delivered them yet in other polling stations and time is running out but its our day we will wait patiently in ques 💛
🇿🇼🇿🇼🇿🇼Thanks mutasa for telling the truth
MNANGAGWA KNOWS THAT CITIZENS DOESNT TRUST HIM A CROOK BUT HE ENJOY PLAYING WITH PEOPLE’S MINDS
He said creating jobs???? Is he real?????? Because from 1980 people have been hearing this same slogan. A big NO to Munangagwa for me.
And yet BULWAYO the second capital city hasn’t started voting ….its almost mid day
I have already voted for the Mamba Emerson Mnangagwa.Long live ZANU-PF
Truly i dont understand people who are still voting for Zanu PF 🙄🙄🙄
Bhenzi
We’ve seen this movie before- not just in Zimbabwe, but across Africa.
More Jobs are coming,we will continue to build our country brick by brick
Probably more “free and fair” than USA elections. At least in Zim, the dead don’t vote.
theyre going to steal this election
💛🏆💛
Sanctions has destroyed Zimbabwe
Just like in Kenya and Nigeria.. all that will be in Zimbabwe will be another SELECTION NOT AN ELECTION
let the games begin
well done haru this is nothing but the truth
We are tired of poverty 😭
Wishing all the best for our new president Chamisa ❤
Zimbabweans must not listen to Mnangagwa’s false promises come on people that guy destroys your country plzzzz
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ZANU PF must come out of power!