LIVE BLOG: ZANU PF PRIMARY ELECTIONS
0958: Voting has now started at various polling stations across the country while other stations are currently receiving voting material. Elections in Masvingo and the Midlands have been postponed until tomorrow.
1006: Party members are currently casting their votes at Ward 2 Seke constituency at Dema council offices in Mashonaland East province.
1008: Distribution of ballot material is still going on at Makonde Zanu PF district offices in Chinhoyi.
Voting is yet to commence across the district.
1011: Voting has commenced at Mai Musodzi Hall in Mbare.
1023: Voting at Lusaka Creche, Highfield has not yet started.
1037: Voting has begun at Glen Norah B Community Hall.
1040: Voting has started at most Beitbridge Mission Primary School, ward 4, urban under Beitbridge west where deputy home affairs minister Ruth Maboyi is contesting against Cdes Alfred MaKhomo Moyo and Thusani Masitha Ndou.
1049: There is a huge turnout of voters eager to cast their votes at Churu Primary School at Churu Farm.
Voting material is yet to be distributed.
1055: Voting is in progress at Beitbridge Government Primary School, Ward 2, urban, Beitbridge East Constituency where incumbent, Cde Albert Nguluvhe is being contested by former Ward 2 councillor, Cde Steven Stubbs.
1103: Voting has now commenced in most parts of Zvimba district with voters at Ward 23 in Zvimba North constituency casting their votes peacefully.
Sitting MP, Cde Marrian Chombo is facing two other candidates as she seeks a second term.
1105: Voting material has arrived at Warren Park 2 Primary School. Polling officers now sorting logistics before voting commences.
1121: Voting has started at Athens polling station in Cowdry Park constituency in Bulawayo. Finance and Economic Development Minister Professor Mthuli Ncube is uncontested. Voters are choosing council candidates.
1220: Voting continues in all centres around Kariba. Numbers are picking up.
In Kariba urban, 3 wards are uncontested and at the other stations, voting is going on smoothly. Candidates and voters have all shown their satisfaction in the process.
The situation is, however, different in Karoi where ballots have not yet been distributed to centres. The same delays in the distribution of ballots are being witnessed in Hurungwe.
1235: The voting process at Arcadia Community Centre, Sunningdale constituency has begun. The elderly voters are being allowed in first.
1245: In Kadoma Central’s Ward 3 voting has commenced with Presiding Officer, Cde Bright Ndokera giving officials polling rules. Voting material was delivered to the centre at 11 am.
Aspiring councillor, Cde Simbarashe Chimombe was the first voter.
1313: In the Rushinga district, voting material was transported during the night and arrived at around 6 am.
People started voting at around 9 am and house of assembly member Cde Tendai Nyabani said voting is progressing peacefully.
He is battling with Spencer Chiwarange and Hermish Katsande.
1333: Voting continues peacefully in St Marys, Chitungwiza. Some people are complaining that the process is slow.
1400: In Hunyani constituency, some people were turned away at Parirenyatwa and Kumbirai Kangai District after their names were missing from the cell registers. Voting is progressing well in Hunyani constituency despite some delays in the delivery of ballot boxes and cell registers.
In an interview soon after casting his vote at Kumbirai Kangai polling station, Harare South National Member Cde Tongai Mnangagwa said voting is progressing well despite some delays in voting.
“Voting started at noon. We are appealing to the party leadership to extend the voting hours to at least 7 pm to allow party members to exercise their right,” he said.
Cde Mnangagwa was the first to cast his vote in Kumbirai Kangai District.
1438: Ballot papers have been delivered at most polling stations in Chakari and Sanyati Constituencies. Voting is expected to commence soon. The hard-to-reach areas of the district are yet to receive the material. Voters who have been waiting to vote since 7 am, expressed dismay at the process.
In Mutorashanga, Zvimba’s Ward 15, voting has been cancelled as there is no verified voters roll (cell register).
1449: Voting is going on smoothly at Masere Business Centre in Ward 17 in Mutasa Central where Cdes Innocent Benza and Wellington Sakupwanya are battling it out to represent Mutasa Central.
1603: Chitungwiza DDF Makoni Ward 25 winding up their day following a smooth voting process which started off at 8:55 am. Despite experiencing some pressure in the mid-morning, all the long queues have disappeared.
1636: A large number of voters are still waiting to cast their votes at Nhakiwa polling station in Uzumba Maramba Pfungwe. Others are disgruntled and threaten to return home without voting. They allege that the process is moving at a snail’s pace. Those presiding over the process also barred the media from doing its work.
1647: Voting got off to a slow start at some polling stations in Kariba while ballot materials were delivered late to most centres in Hurungwe district. Some members could not find their names on the voters’ roll at some polling stations. Others found their names at a different polling station. Voting at Nyanhewe Primary School polling station started around 7:30 am and has been progressing well with high numbers of voters.
1800: Voting closed at 5 pm at Chinhoyi 1 Primary School in Ward 4.
Voting in the hard-to-reach areas of Sanyati started late with reports of polls likely to spill to tomorrow.
1820: So many spoilt papers at Glen forest Open space in Harare, people didn’t know the names of contesting candidates. Others were writing names on the wrong ballots e.g house of assembly candidate was being written on the Senatorial ballot
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