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Zimbabwe’s long-awaited run-off election was finally set on Friday for June 27 as Majority Party leader and first-round winner Morgan Tsvangirai prepared to return home this weekend.
A fortnight after announcing the Movement for Democratic Change leader won more votes than veteran leader Robert Mugabe in an inconclusive first round, the electoral commission said the run-off would take place in six weeks’ time.
In a notice placed in an extraordinary government gazette, the commission announced that “a poll shall be taken on Friday, June 27 2008, for the purpose of electing a person to the office of president”.
The announcement was something of a surprise given that the commission had earlier in the week extended a deadline for the election to be held from May 23 to July 31 - sparking fury in the ranks of the opposition.
Tsvangirai, who only reluctantly agreed to take part in the run-off as he believes he passed the 50% threshold in the first round on March 29, has previously said that any ballot held after May 23 will be illegitimate.
MDC kicks off campaign
The former labour leader has been out of the country for more than a month, but his party said he was lined up to return on Saturday lunchtime and would then immediately kick off his run-off campaign.
“President Tsvangirai is definitely arriving tomorrow at 13:00,” the party’s director of information Luke Tamborinyoka told AFP.
He would first address lawmakers, who now make up a majority in parliament after a legislative election which also took place on March 29, in the capital Harare before heading to the main southern city of Bulawayo to address a rally.
“The rally in Bulawayo will mark the beginning of nationwide rallies in which he will be seeing victims of political violence as well as thanking the nation for voting for change on March 29,” said Tamborinyoka.
Senior members of Mugabe’s party, who have already endorsed the president to stand in a run-off, were due to meet on Friday to map out their campaign strategy.
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mira uone Bob zvatichakuita kukudambura chaiko. Lets go guys we will beat him they think beating our supporters will make them change. This is even making us see how rutheless you are it is making us even stronger supporters for MDC we want change Bob and your fellow ministers.God’s time is now we will win.
Go Tsvangirai go! We are waiting for the big when we will see those pple who are busy tourchering and killing pple vave kupenga. Becoz ngozi dzavakapara will haunt them for the rest of the of thier lives. These cheap things so called mitia groups, eh war vets chii chi.
We are praying hard for u and we know that our God is mighty in battle. Usatyityidzirwe nemapfumo emashanga dzangove hari dzofanzirofa.
Welcome back to Zim zim….
CHATSVA; MDC SHOULD LIST O THE VICTIMS OF THIS STRUGLE AS WAR VETERANS; WHATS THE DIFFERENCE IN THESE CURRENT FIGHTERS AND THE 1970 FIGHERS, THEY BOTH FIGHTING FOR FREEDOM AND LIBERATION
MUGABE FROM HERO TO ZERO
TSVANGIRAI FROM ZERO TO HERO
Dzingai i agree with u . Here kuMalawi we behind our Hero who has pple at Heart. Kwete dzimwe mbira idzi with huori at heart.
Iserevende mwana wamai vangu
all peace loving Zimbo’s. this is the time to coma back home and vote Khule OUT. all the diasporans please come back and rescue your country from Zanuoids holding everyone at ransom.
I am very sorry for Tsvangirai.Kurambiwa nevhu.Anenge akunda asi zvongorambawo hazvo.Ko akageza negoka munyama here?
Zanu pf is just going to win.
IBU KANGANWA. TSVANGIRAI WILL WIN! IF AT ALL HE WON’T BECOME PRESIDENT, IT WILL BE AS A RESULT OF A MILITARY COUP WHICH MIGHT BE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING COOKED.
“Rambai muchingonamata nguva dzose” Aya mashoko aMambo wedu Yesu Kristu….. For everything to work out and us to be delivered we have to keep on praying and working towards peace and love in ourselves so that it will manifest itself in our daily lives.
GOD Bless not less….
27 JUNE - ZANU MOTTO
355 000% INFLATION.TOTAL FUCK-UP !
355 000% INFLATION.TOTAL FUCK-UP !
355 000% INFLATION.TOTAL FUCK-UP !
355 000% INFLATION.TOTAL FUCK-UP !
355 000% INFLATION.TOTAL FUCK-UP !
355 000% INFLATION.TOTAL FUCK-UP !
DURING DEPRESSION IN THE 1930S-WE NEVER REACHED THESE KIND OF INFLATIONARY FIGURES-SUDAN IS AT WAR BUT THEIR INFLATION IS 14% -IT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE THAT WE HAVE THIS KIND OF INFLATION .
THE WHOLE THING WAS COOKED TO MAKE OUR LEADER LOOK BAD BECAUSE OF WARUNGU 14 WAKAMAMISWA IN 2000.
GAME YAKARONGWA ZVAYO KU MA AMERICAN UNIVERSITIES BUT WE SHALL OVERCOME.VACHADYA INFLATION YACHO.ISU TINONGODA SADZA NEMA TEMBA KANA MADORA.WE WILL PREVAIL.
NOW GOD IS FIXING THEM -FOOD IS RUNNING SHORT AND GETTING EXPENSIVE WORLD WIDE…ISU WE ARE USED TO SURVIVAL INSTICTS SO WE ARE WAY AHEAD OF THE REST.NOW THAT WE HAVE LAND WE WILL PRODUCE UNTIL THEY COME BEGGING FOR FOOD.YOU WILL SEE.
PETROL IS SKY HIGH..THEY WILL SUFFER FOR MAKING US SUFFER FROM SANCTIONS. MWARI ARIPO WAKOMANA…
HANZI 10P TAX -PEOPLE WANT MONEY NEKUTI WAMAMA NENZARA NEMA GAS BILLS KULONDON.BROWN ACHATOITA DEPUTY WE MDC NEKUTI CAMEROON ARIKUHWINA SOON.WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND.HERE COMES THE RECESSION MR BROWN…YEDU WE ARE NOW USED TO IT.
TSVANGIRAI PLEASE STAY IN BOTSWANA-KUNO HATIDI ZVEDU ZVEMA DISNYONGORO.INLATION AND ASSYLUM -THIS IS ALL COOKED UP TO DISTABILISE OUR BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY.
Bob hokoyo mudhara, u admitted that the frst round was disastrous let show you the way to go home this 27 June, uchabata shuwa mudhara.
Zimbabwe yauya zvine Power manje. Hikoyo Zanoids. Do not forget power belongs to the people. We are going to cliam our power… come 27 June2008. The truth is going to win again this time around. Chess yako yakafa Bob.
that coward does not want to come back home——not surprising…the 27th is approaching fast ..fear fear -what a coward…no one wants to assaninate you morgan..its all in your head.you need help!!!
WE HAVE RECIEVED CREDIBLE INFORMATION THAT THERE IS A PLOT TO ASSASSINATE MORGAN TSVANGIRAI—WHAT A LOAD OF TOSH!!!! MA MDC SUPPORTERS -WHY DO YOU TOLERATE SUCH TOSH FROM YOUR BOSSES?
IS THAT WHY THEY SAY ZIMBABWEANS ARE RELAXED AND EASY GOING? THIS GUY SHOULD BE HISTORY BY NOW BECAUSE HE IS TAKING YOU BACKWARDS..
THE MOMENTUM AFTER THE ELECTIONS WAS WITH THE MDC-BUT HE HAS SHOT HIMSELF IN THE FOOT AS USUAL-HOW LONG CAN YOU GO ON SUPPORTING THIS BRICK? WHY ARE YOU NOT GRABBING THE BULL BY THE HORNS AND CAMPAIGNING FOR THE RUN OFF…
HONESTLY AKUNYADZISA NYIKA YEDU PA BBC NEWS… NOW HEEEEE THEY WANT TO ASSASSINATE ME-HEEE I WANT THIS AND THAT BEFORE RUN OFF.WHAT A DRAB?
HE CANT LEAD OUR GREAT COUNTRY–NOT IN A MILLION YEARS.HOW CAN WE TRUST ANYTHING HE SAYS.AKAITA PRESIDENT ACHAZOONA CHINOZI ASSASSINATION NOT NOW ACHIRI BENZI.
THIS FOOL HAS BEEN BAD NEWS SINCE HE FORMED MDC.SINCE THAT TIME THE COUNTRY HAS GONE INTO DECAY-WE ALL KNOW WHY!!!! MAY BE ITS TIME….MY M16 PLIZ.
Just when i thought our problems are soon to pass -the opposition decide morgan is in danger of assassination-please lets just have the elections and move on with our lives.Cowards should not be in positions of leadership.Bhutto went back to pakistan fully aware of the dangers-we all saw what life in pakistan is like -she was soon taken out..bang bang gone.
now morgan wants us to think that zimbabwe is like that-no chance. I am beginning to think honestly the sooner he is dealt with the better-i will not support mdc anymore because you have let me down..murimagwara and a waste of space.
whats special about morgan-if he is assassinated someone else will take over and the mdc revolution continues…our other brothers ans sisters are going through hell why he is in hiding..
I HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF MORGAN -MY RUN OFF VOTE IS STAYING IN THE HOUSE. I CANT COMMIT MYSELF TO A COWARD AS PRESIDENT.PEOPLE LIKE BHUTTO I WILL SUPPORT..EVEN MUGABE IS NO COWARD. TO HELL WITH THIS MDC.
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