Run Off Election Update No. 1 27 June 2008
ELECTION UPDATES
Bulawayo Agenda is compiling Election Updates from reports and alerts from its network of contacts located in areas served by its chapters monitoring the 27 June run-off and by-elections.
Run Off Election Update No. 1 27 June 2008
BULAWAYO
Polling station at Gifford High School opened at 7am with no residents in sight in the streets. Ten people, 2 whites and 8 black people, had voted by 9:10am at Hillside Scout Hall. These started coming in after 8am but they were quite hesitant.
MPOPOMA
At Mpopoma Constituency, where one of the by-elections is taking place, Mpopoma High School had a few people in the queue this morning after 8am.
MAKOKOBA
At Stanley Square, almost 10 people were in the queue while in another part of Makokoba 20 people were queuing. Lobengula Primary School in Makokoba was still closed and ZEC officials only arriving now at 9:37am still to open the polling station. There is no one in the queue.
GWERU
At 7am the polling stations in Northlea, Nashville, Fort-hare, and Windsor Park were opened with not a single person in sight as compared to March 29. The streets are silent.
HARARE
At Harare West Civic Centre polling station, not a single person in sight compared to March 29 when long queues were witnessed by this time.
NKAYI
At Nkayi Centre, between 6 and 8am, three polling stations, namely, Hlangabeza, Nkayi High, Qhubuthando Pre-School had no queues while Mathendele had a few people queuing.
MDC MP elect for Nkayi South, Abednico Bhebhe, was released yesterday after being detained for almost two weeks at Nkayi Police Station on charges of driving a foreign registered vehicle. He was released without charge
MZINGWANE
People in the constituency have said that they will go to the polling station just to dip their fingers in the indelible ink fearing that those who did not vote will be targeted using the ink as evidence.
Contact:
Bulawayo Agenda Information Department
E-mails: byagenda@mweb.co.zw
Blog: www.bulawayo_agenda.blog.com
Web: www.agenda.org.zw
Phone/Fax: +263-(0)9-88821 Mobile: 0912516724
Bulawayo Agenda is compiling Election Updates from reports and alerts from its network of contacts located in areas served by its chapters monitoring the 27 June run-off and by-elections.
Run Off Election Update No. 1 27 June 2008
BULAWAYO
Polling station at Gifford High School opened at 7am with no residents in sight in the streets. Ten people, 2 whites and 8 black people, had voted by 9:10am at Hillside Scout Hall. These started coming in after 8am but they were quite hesitant.
MPOPOMA
At Mpopoma Constituency, where one of the by-elections is taking place, Mpopoma High School had a few people in the queue this morning after 8am.
MAKOKOBA
At Stanley Square, almost 10 people were in the queue while in another part of Makokoba 20 people were queuing. Lobengula Primary School in Makokoba was still closed and ZEC officials only arriving now at 9:37am still to open the polling station. There is no one in the queue.
GWERU
At 7am the polling stations in Northlea, Nashville, Fort-hare, and Windsor Park were opened with not a single person in sight as compared to March 29. The streets are silent.
HARARE
At Harare West Civic Centre polling station, not a single person in sight compared to March 29 when long queues were witnessed by this time.
NKAYI
At Nkayi Centre, between 6 and 8am, three polling stations, namely, Hlangabeza, Nkayi High, Qhubuthando Pre-School had no queues while Mathendele had a few people queuing.
MDC MP elect for Nkayi South, Abednico Bhebhe, was released yesterday after being detained for almost two weeks at Nkayi Police Station on charges of driving a foreign registered vehicle. He was released without charge
MZINGWANE
People in the constituency have said that they will go to the polling station just to dip their fingers in the indelible ink fearing that those who did not vote will be targeted using the ink as evidence.
Contact:
Bulawayo Agenda Information Department
E-mails: byagenda@mweb.co.zw
Blog: www.bulawayo_agenda.blog.com
Web: www.agenda.org.zw
Phone/Fax: +263-(0)9-88821 Mobile: 0912516724
