On this day in 1996, presidential elections in Zimbabwe organized for two days began. The elections were contested by the incumbent Robert Mugabe of ZANU-PF, Abel Muzorewa of United Parties and Ndabaningi Sithole of ZANU-Ndonga.
On this day in 1996, presidential elections in Zimbabwe organised for two for days came to an end, with Abel Muzorewa and Ndabaningi Sithole losing to Mugabe who claimed over 90% of the votes.
Southern African Development Community sent 70 observers on this day to Zimbabwe to observe the presidential elections. The team would return in the following month. The same elections were monitored by South Africa.
South African government sent over 60 observers led by Sam Motsuenyane to monitor presidential elections in Zimbabwe. The team would return in the following month.
On this day in 2007, MDC party leader Morgan Tsvangirai and other officials including his driver Nhamo Musekiwa were arrested on their way to a prayer rally organized by churches in Highfield Harare. A number of MDC supporters were also arrested and activist Gift Tandare was gunned down in a protest.
On this day in 2008, police dispersed about 150 activists from the Women’s Coalition of Zimbabwe (WCoZ) and the Zimbabwe National Students Union (ZINASU) who were holding a demonstration in Harare using teargas. The demonstrators were calling for a resolution to the political crisis that had put Zimbabwe in a stall after the 2008 general elections and political negotiations which were failing at the time.