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INSIDE: Esidakeni farm

COMBATING FAKE NEWS, shareholder arrested in
MISINFORMATION AND
DISINFORMATION 3 latest twist to saga
FACT CHECK11
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ESIDAKENI FARM
SHAREHOLDER

ARNREKSOTMEOD IN
LELAGTAECSYT UTWNDISETR

TTHORSEAAGTA:
SIBANSeGe PaIgeL3 IZWE

MORE STORIES ● ‘ZPRA vets want law used to seize their properties scrapped ● BCC reviews parking pricing model

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MISINFORMATION AND DISINFORMATION

What is Disinformation Disinformation is psychological by nature, are sharing it.
and its mechanisms of action and their con-
Disinformation is deliberately false informa- sequences affect people’s cognitive sphere, We identify 7 categories of misinformation
tion that is designed to deceive and cause affecting their emotions and changing the and disinformation
harm. It is motivated by a desire to gain politi- perception of reality
cal leverage, or to obtain financial gain, or just Satire or parody - no intention to cause harm
to cause mischief. What is Misinformation? but has potential to fool.

The definition of what constitutes disinforma- Misinformation can be considered as mis- Misleading content - misleading use of
tion involves two key factors: taken information because it is unintend- information to frame an issue or individu-
- the intention to deceive ed. al.
- the intention to inflict harm
People who share misinformation are unaware Imposter content - when genuine sources are
that it is false or misleading – at the time they impersonated.

Fabricated content - new content is
100% false designed to deceive and do
harm.

False connection - when headlines, vi-
suals or captions don’t support the con-
tent.

False context -when genuine content is shared
with false contextual information.

Manipulated content- when genuine infor-
mation or imagery is manipulated to de-
ceive.

What can we do to avoid misinformation
and disinformation
- Think critically
- Think twice
- Check sources and facts
- Question the accuracy of the

information
- If in doubt do not share

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ESIDAKENI FARM SHAREHOLDER
ARRESTED IN LATEST TWIST TO SAGA

By Lulu Brenda Harris arrived because that road is look for Moyo who called pede.” ing he had an offer letter
terrible. I don’t know wheth- me when I was now in the and the Supreme Court
One of the co-owners of er he will sleep in custody office, saying he had been Moyo and co, filed their dismissed his appeal (last
Esidakeni Farm, Charles or not. I will hear from him arrested and on the way to application and those chal- month). Therefore, the or-
Moyo was arrested on if they allow him to phone,” Nyamandlovu. I asked why lenging filed their opposi- der of the High Court saying
Wednesday in Bulawayo by Tshuma said. the police could not record tion papers and respective my clients should remain in
police from Nyamandlovu a statement here in Bula- heads of arguments. the farm until the matter is
who alleged the business- Tshuma said initially the wayo, they said he must be finalised is extended,” stated
men had unlawfully occu- police wanted to arrest taken to Nyamandlovu -that “We were working to be the lawyer.
pied a State-gazetted farm. Dhlamini but could not as was the instruction,” nar- allocated a date but be-
he was off to present a rated the lawyer who called fore that hearing date, However, in the process of
Moyo, co-owns Esidakeni, lecture before a parliamen- Inspector Matange on why Obert Mpofu, his wife and making sure that Dr Mpo-
also known as Kershelmar tary portfolio in Kadoma. they were not proceeding by company Mswelangubo fu, his wife and Mswelan-
Farms (Private) Limited way of summons since this moved into the farm. We gubo leave Esidakeni, two
with human rights advo- “Just after lunch, two police matter was already in court. then made a series of other people emerge and
cate, Siphosami Malunga officers arrived at the city applications to evict peo- are the ones who went to
and lecturer Zephaniah club looking for Dhlami- Tshuma narrated that Esi- ple who had moved into Nyamandlovu Police Sta-
Dhlamini but since 2020 ni, saying he was wanted dakeni Farm was gazetted the farm (including an- tion to say Moyo and his
have been shrugging off in Nyamandlovu to give in 2020 yet his clients had other beneficiary, Charles partners illegally occupied
attempts from the State to a warned and cautioned already been farming since Madzivanyathi – a lecturer the farm and are in breach
grab the farm. statement, whose charge 2018. at NUST) on the basis of of the law,” Tshuma noted.
was the unlawful occupa- having an offer letter,”
Moyo’s arrest comes a tion of Esidakeni, a farm “In 2021 they began to Tshuma said. “The law says once a farm
month after they won a that was gazetted,” he said. know Esidakeni had been has been gazetted and
Supreme Court challenge gazetted by seeing people “We got an order from the given notice you should
that ordered Zanu PF Sec- “Fortunately, I was there occupying it. They instituted High Court for his evic- move out in 30 days and
retary for Administration, and Dhlamini directed an action at the High Court tion and order allowing if you fail to do so, have to
Dr Obert Mpofu, to vacate them to me since he was by way of a court applica- Kelshermar, Dhlamini, go to a magistrate and if
the farm after losing an already on his way to tion, seeking an order to set Moyo and Malunga to take you are convicted, you can
appeal against an earlier Kadoma and is only com- aside the gazetting on the occupation of the farm be ordered to go out. But
order made by the High ing back Saturday.” basis that it was unlawful. pending finalisation of the the law has been interpret-
Court last year. We requested to know who main matter that order ed to say the police can
Tshuma asked the officers the other people with an was granted by the High do that or you can make a
Lawyer Josphat Tshuma, why this case could not interest were but we weren’t Court.” court application that any-
partner at Webb, Low and proceed by way of sum- given names,” he said. one with an offer letter can
Barry confirmed Moyo’s mons instead of taking him Tshuma said Madzin- make an application,” he
arrest, describing it as a to Nyamandlovu. “The names our clients vanyathi appealed to the said noting that the main
“desperate and vindictive knew of were Reason Supreme Court and his matter of challenging the
move.” The police officers then Mpofu, Mazithulela Gatsha appeal was dismissed but gazetting was still pending.
called their superior, and obviously the minister Dr Mpofu moved in.
“Yes, Moyo was arrested Inspector Matange, the (of Provincial Affairs and “Until the main matter to
today. The police took him Officer-in-Charge at Nya- Devolution in Matabele- “We made an application determine whether the
after lunch around 2pm. mandlovu Police Station, land North, Richard Moyo) for Mpofu’s eviction, the acquisition was proper
They said they were driving said Tshuma. because it was his decision order was granted by the or not, the people who
to Nyamandlovu. I don’t we were seeking to im- High Court. Mpofu appealed should remain on the farm
know whether they have “The police then went to to the Supreme Court say-

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ZPRA VETS WANT LAW USED TO SEIZE
THEIR PROPERTIES SCRAPPED

ZENLZEESLLEEYNDMEOBYEOLE wFoerlmc oemr eZdPRthAefi“dgPehmtR“eaPrsnEdRhSavEeESNECinTaNJvaEenaTuRtaENr”yoR.159”687of(u8n7d).er Bulawayo, for a clean-up louder about the return Magwizi added that Caveat
By Lulu Brenda Harris the President of Zimbabwe campaign Sibanda de- of the ZPRA properties 17 of 1982 and Caveat 15
manded that the govern- directly into the ears of the of 1982 must be struck off
made by Zanu PF Bula- Since the 1980s, ZPRA vet- ment return ZPRA proper- government,” he said. the statutes.
ties.
wayo province chairperson erans have been calling on “The comment by Com- “Telling the vice president
“Acting President, here rade Jabulani Sibanda and what the community re-
Jabulani Sibanda for the the government to release in Matabeleland, there his request to the Vice quirement is, is probably
are some farms that are President with regards to educating the educated.
government to return their their properties with no owned by war veterans, the return of ZPRA proper- The vice president is aware
not those that were ac- ties is a song that must be of how the properties
seized properties and that success. quired during the Land sung louder and louder. were confiscated during
Act. When we were at We very much congrat- the Gukurahundi era. It is
law used to grab their This confiscation of prop- the assembly points, we ulate him for being bold only conflict transforming
properties be scrapped. erties was done during the contributed money from to come out and tell the if reparations could be
our meagre salaries to buy Executive that they need done. But before the rep-
The ex-ZPRA freedom height of the Gukurahundi those properties. Some of to consider in our day arations, it must also be
the properties have been and age at this moment in acknowledged that these
fighters lost their proper- genocide and are now esti- returned, while others time.” things (Gukurahundi geno-
have not been returned cide) occurred,” he said.
ties when the government mated to be worth billions due to paperwork chal- Magwizi went a step
lenges,” Sibanda was quot- further noting such talk “This is the process to-
seized them under the Un- of United States Dollars. ed saying. opened channels for gov- wards building peace. So,
ernment officials to build in order for the govern-
lawful Organisation Act in Last week, when Vice-Pres- In an interview with CITE, peace between the various ment to return the proper-
1982 (Caveat No. 15 of 82) ident Constantino Chi- ZPRA Veterans Associa- stakeholders in Zimbabwe. ties, the president (Mnan-
and transferred them to wenga was in Entumbane, tion spokesperson, Buster gagwa) must cancel the
Magwizi, said the call to “This is a very opportune Caveat 17 of 1982 and 15
return their properties, no moment for the Executive of 1982 and return all the
matter who made it, was to also grab this chance, properties that were taken
necessary. to build peace and trans- at the pretext of having
form the conflict between been used as military or
“It is very intriguing and people of this country in army dumps in a purport-
pleasing to notice or note various institutions and or- ed uprising that never was
many members are be- ganisations, be it political and never took place.”
ginning to talk louder and and otherwise,” he said.

SHAVA BLASTED FOR NOT CONSULTING ZEP HOLDERS

bwe– South Africa bi-na- and their challenges on get-

tional commission held in ting the new permits before

Pretoria. engaging Pandor,” Mabhe-

Chairperson of Zimbabwe na added.

Community in South Africa South Africa has said it

(ZCSA) Ngqabutho Mab- will not renew the permits

hena said Shava was also when they expire in De-

supposed to consult ZEP cember.

holders before engaging Zimbabwe migrant work-
his South African counter- ers based in South Africa
part. fear deportations from

“How do you even say the neighbouring country

you are ready to welcome when their permits ex-

170 000 people when you pire.

cannot take care of the The permits and visas
are reportedly difficult
FTHIXEones already in the country to obtain especially for
nonprofessionals ow-
who continue to flock into ing to the strict regula-
South Africa?,” Mabhena tions.
asked.

This is after Shava said
Zimbabwe will welcome Zimbabweans however
WFREIEDKADYASYASTA1T00:090:00ZIMBABWE’s Foreign back its citizens who fail continue trekking to the
to get permits to continue neighbouring country,
Affairs minister Freder- residing in the neighbour- a destination of choice
By Staff Reporter over their expiring Zimba- mits with Naledi Pandor, ing country. for many fleeing political
that country’s Interna-
bwe Exemption Permits tional Relations minis-
(ZEP).
ONick Shava has attracted @CSIhTaEvaZwaWs in South Afri-
ter. “We feel the minister was and economic challeng-

criticism over his failure ca on Wednesday where supposed to also have a es.
briefing with us to hear the
concerns of fellow citizens
btoasceoCdnsinuitlSteofeu.loltohwrAgfcriit.cizzaewns #Aahsnedadtikshcehuesesxepdirimngigpraetri-on Stay Home! #Covid-19They met at the mid-term

review meeting of the
third session of the Zimba-

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HWANGE COMMUNITY SUES CHINESE MINING COMPANY

By Staff Reporter ing activity until the com- Beifer stopped mining ac- legal recourse as they are bwe as read with Section
pany procedurally consults tivities when the commu- not happy that Mutagech 4 of the EMA Act Chapter
Hwange residents have ap- locals. nity petitioned Parliament only consulted traditional 20:27 and the Environ-
proached the High Court which sent the Portfolio leaders and ignored the mental Impact Assessment
to stop a new Chinese Mutagech was granted Committee on Environ- community and local coun- and Ecosystem Protection
coal mining company from a special grant to pros- ment, Climate and Tourism cillor Ishamel Kwidini who Regulations 2007, Statuto-
extracting the mineral be- pect and mine for coal in to investigate the issue and once wrote to the mine ry Instrument 7/2007.
cause there were no prior Change and Nekabandama discovered that traditional authorities complaining
consultation with locals. wards in Hwange Rural leadership in the area had about the failure to consult “A meeting was held
District Council and recent- privately met with the mine villagers. between representatives
The application for an ly moved on-site intending authorities without con- of the 1st and 3rd respon-
interdict, seen by CITE, to start mining. sulting villagers. “The applicants seek to dents together with tradi-
was made by the Greater restrain and interdict the tional leaders on the 17th
Whange Residents Trust This becomes the second In the latest issue, villag- 1st respondent Mutagech of August 2021 at Mr P
(GWRT) at the Bulawayo Chinese coal mine to clash ers claim the local chief from carrying on mining Mpala’s homestead.
High Court. with villagers after Beifer Nekatambe and his sev- activities at the intended
Investments which was en village heads met the Nechenge Coal Mine proj- “Further as applicants
Residents want an order given a Special Grant to Mutagech investors and ect site in Hwange on the have been told, the eight
stopping Mutagech Lo- prospect for coal in the each was allegedly bribed basis that the local com- or so traditional leaders
gistics Private Limited, a neighbouring Dinde area with a bicycle and grocer- munity was not consulted who were approached in
Harare-based company, in the same district. ies to accede to the mining as is made mandatory by consultation were given
from carrying out any min- venture, which is likely to the constitution of Zim- inducements of a bicycle
dislocate about 300 fam- babwe as read with the each and groceries.
ilies, according to court Environmental Manage-
papers. ment Act,” said Chima in “The absence of protection
his founding affidavit. by any other remedy is
GWRT, its coordinator Fi- self-evident and the appli-
delis Chima and Onesmus He said consultation by the cants have no other rem-
Mpala are the three ap- mine was limited to Chief edy serve for that which
plicants while Mutagech, Nekatambe, headman is now sought. Wherefore
Hwange Rural District Joseph Change and seven the applicants pray that
Council and Environmental village heads. the application is grant-
Management Agency are ed in terms of the order
respondents. Chima said the application sought,” said Chima.
is in terms of Section 73 of
The applicants are seeking the Constitution of Zimba- Mutagech is yet to re-
spond.

WE ARE BREWING A SHOCKER FOR THE NATION: MWONZORA

MDC-T president Douglas Mwonzora Morning on Asakhe, stumbles that we come across are have failed before we have risen
a programme hosted a source of motivation to us right in the MDC.”
By Mandla Tshuma by CITE on Twitter now.”
Space, Mwonzora said He said the MDC had a history of
MDC-T president Douglas Mwon- they were not moved The MDC-T leader said he falling and rising in elections since
zora has said his party is brew- by their poor perfor- was very happy that the par- its entry in 2000.
ing a shocker for the nation mance in the by-elec- ty is now doing what is cor-
ahead of the crucial harmon- tions adding his party rect. “In 2000 it scored very well, al-
ised elections pencilled for next was getting stronger most getting a majority in Parlia-
year. each day ahead of “You have seen little crowds of ment,” said Mwonzora. “In 2005 it
next year’s plebi- people who are leaders at the went down, lost its parliamentary
This is despite his party hav- scite. local level and this is very encour- advantage, and I think lost about
ing fared dismally and failing to aging,” he said. 11 seats. Then in 2008, the MDC
secure a single seat in the March “For us, the by-elec- went up, winning the presidency,
2022 by-elections after trigger- tions are a bygone; we “We are rebuilding our organisa- winning Parliament, and all the
ing them through massive re- did not do well but we tion and come 2023 we will be an Councils. In 2013 we went down.
calls. are not perturbed by extremely potent force and we are In 2018 when we were together
that,” said Mwonzo- brewing a shocker for the nation. we did very well and our presiden-
Speaking Thursday during This ra. There is absolutely no question tial candidate, Nelson Chamisa
about it.” did very well in the presidential
“As I said in one of my tweets, election. Of course, he thinks that
quoting Nelson Mandela, a saint He went on to advise other oppo- it is only his. His achievement is
is a sinner who keeps on trying. sition parties not to rely much on not on the team, but that is his
We are not worried that we failed their past victories. opinion but did objectively well in
because this world is full of suc- 2018.”
cessful people who once failed. If “I want to quote Garry Kasparov,
you go to Abraham Lincoln in the the Russian, Soviet Union cham- Mwonzora added: “In the by-elec-
United States, if you go to Robert pion, who says that you should tion, we did badly. We are now
Mugabe, if you go to Emmerson not glory in your past victory,” he on the upward swing. This is the
Mnangagwa, to Nelson Mandela, all said. trend of the MDC. Those his-
these leaders at one point in time, torians out there who care to
failed in their lives. Mnangagwa was “You think that what was there study the MDC must find that
beaten by Blessing Chebundo in a on the 26th of March 2022 is the there is a trend. So we are hap-
parliamentary election at one point same on the 11th of September py that we are on our way up
in time. And so these failures, these 2022, things have changed. Soci- and we will provide a shot come
ety has changed, things are mov- 2023.”
ing and so on. So we should not
remain fossilised in the past. We

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BCC REVIEWS PARKING PRICING MODEL

Bulawayo Town Clerk Christopher said motorists will now be able to ronment. and further feedback and input
Dube transfer their paid parking time to on the new system and contin-
different parking bays within an “The city remains committed to ue developing a way forward in
By Senzeni Ncube hour. ensuring that motorists have ensuring that Bulawayo is turned
access to parking bays through into a global smart City through
The Bulawayo City Council (BCC) “For example, a motorist can the deployment of state-of-the-art implementing global and parking
and its partner Tendy Three purchase a US$1 per hour, or its global technology systems,” said solutions.
Investments Private Limited (TTI) equivalent pegged at the ongo- Dube.
has reviewed the smart parking ing bank rate of the RBZ auction “The Public Private Partnership
pricing model allowing motorists rate, parking at Bay A can move Dube added that payment meth- under the Build, Operate and
to transfer parking minutes to to Bay B or Bay C, etc within their ods are also being strengthened Transfer (BOT) agreement is
other bays. hour without being charged park- so that all the parking fees are aimed at creating revenue for the
ing fees during the one hour that remitted to designated company City of Bulawayo and provides
Previously, motorists would pay they would have purchased,” said accounts. employment to hundreds of resi-
for parking and once they move Dube. dents of the city. Funds obtained
their vehicle their parking ticket “The project bankers are seized from the smart parking venture
expires even if they parked for a “The system will deduct min- with perfecting a transparent and will assist rehabilitate the City’s
few minutes. utes as the motorists park in accountable banking system sup- roads and through the imple-
their different bays in the one ported by a robust information mentation of Corporate Social
The new development will come hour.” technology solution.” Responsibility initiatives,” said
as a relief to motorists who were Dube.
forced to pay more if they moved He said the pricing adjustment fol- He said the City of Bulawayo and
to other bays. lows extensive consultations with its technical partner will continue “We remain committed to ensur-
stakeholders and recognizes the to engage all stakeholders and are ing an overall improvement of the
In a statement, Wednesday, prevailing harsh economic envi- planning an all-stakeholder Inda- customer experience and inter-
Town Clerk Christopher Dube ba in due course to get a review

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HIGH COURT DISMISSES LAWYER’S URGENT
APPLICATION AGAINST PARKING FEES

Bulawayo High Court “When you do an urgent that he understood the constitute an hour, is billed our client an amount
application, you file a certif- charging of parking fees in a manner as a vehicle charged for an hour’s park-
By Lulu Brenda Harris icate of urgency by a legal was to be in accordance that has occupied a park- ing for periods which do
practitioner but apparently, with a notice issued by ing bay for an hour. not constitute an hour.
The Bulawayo High Court the legal practitioner put the Bulawayo Town Clerk,
has dismissed an urgent a date before my founding Christopher Dube, on Masamvu said he had “The reason for failing to
chamber application filed affidavit which then affects March 18, 2022. parked in bay Q52 in 8th inform our client that you
by a city lawyer against the entire application. The Avenue for five minutes intended to charge him
Tendy Three Investments dismissal is based on a legal “In terms of the notice, your but was charged for an for an hour’s parking for
(TTI) and the Bulawayo technical issue,” he said. parking fees are computed hour, citing that he was not periods that do not consti-
City Council (BCC) over the at a rate for one United given prior notice of this tute the same prior to your
parking costs. Masamvu said since he States Dollar for every hour charging model. charging him.
had filed two applications, parked. You will note that
Justice Maxwell Takuva one of which was the ur- the notice is entirely silent “For the abundance of “Failing to allow our client
dismissed the urgent ap- gent application and two, a on your charging for pe- caution, we remind you of to make adequate repre-
plication at his chambers court application to com- riods, which are less than our clients right in Section sentations before charging
on Friday due to a techni- pel TTI and BCC to explain parts of an hour, for exam- 68 of the Constitution, him for an hour’s parking
cal error in the dating of their charging costs, he ple 45 minutes or an hour which are substantiated in for periods that do not
supporting papers to the would push the second and five minutes,” read the the Administration of Justice constitute the same,” read
urgent chamber applica- pending normal court urgent application. (Chapter 10:28). Our client the application.
tion. application. has a right to administra-
Masamvu said what was tive action that is lawful, Meanwhile, BCC and TTI
In the urgent court appli- “We had filed two applica- immediately apparent reasonable and fair. Pursu- have reviewed the smart
cation filed on behalf of tions, the urgent applica- is that the incidence for ant thereto, he has a right parking pricing model
Bruce Masamvu of Masam- tion and the other appli- paying a parking fee is to adequate notice of the allowing motorists to
vu and Da Silva-Gustavo cation to compel them so triggered by every hour a nature and purpose of any transfer parking minutes
Law Chambers in June the urgent one is the one vehicle spends in a parking proposed action toward to other bays.
2022, Masamvu argued which was dismissed. So bay. him and or against him,”
that the conduct of TTI now the one which is out- read the application. Motorists will now be
and BCC regarding their standing is the application “In the premises, logic able to transfer their paid
parking charges was not to compel them,” he said. expects that periods less The lawyer said regard- parking time to different
explained to motorists, than an hour do not attract ing Section 3(1) (b) of the parking bays within an
including him. In the urgent chamber a parking fee or at the very Administration of Justice hour unlike before when
application, Masamvu least, attract a pro-rata Act, he expected written they would pay US$1 for a
In an interview with CITE noted that he had incurred fee,” read the application. reasons in respect of the parking ticket that expires
after Justice Takuva’s judg- parking fees worth US$11 following conduct by TTI even if they had parked for
ment, Masamvu confirmed between April 4, 2022, and He noted with concern and BCC: a few minutes.
that his urgent application June 13, 2022, a period, in that it appeared every peri-
was dismissed on a techni- which the lawyer argued od parked, which does not “The reasons for charging
cal issue.

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FREE DRIVER’S LICENCE FOR YOUTHS
WHO REGISTER TO VOTE

By Staff Reporter they register to vote. “We are driving Zimbabwe into the that are ready can be transport-
future focusing on the youth whose ed to ZEC offices at Famona at
Ward 26 Emganwini councillor Moyo said the month long cam- participation in the voter registra- any time convenient to them,’’ he
Mpumelelo Moyo has initiated a paign which will run the end of tion process is low. I need all street said.
voter mobilisation campaign for August is being coordinated by a champions to Champion this pro-
the youth in his ward by offering team of 50 people who are mobil- gramme. We secured 3 deep freez- He indicated that only 8600 peo-
them an opportunity to obtain a ising eligible residents to register ers for the 3 champions who will ple registered to vote and that
driver’s licence free of charge if to vote. mobilise the most youths to register. the recent voter registration
We are starting from 1 August to 31 blitz increased the numbers to
August. At the end of the program about 9000 which he said is still
we will conduct a draw to select low compared to the size of the
the first 20 lucky youths whom we ward.
will assist to attain class 4 driver’s
licences,’’ Moyo said. “Time has come for the youth to
stand up and be counted, our
He said if they get more spon- president is a youthful leader so
sors during the program they will we want to compliment that,’’ he
increase the number to more than said.
20 and include those who might
need class 2 as well. ZEC Bulawayo provincial officer
Innocent Ncube said the turnout
“This will also make them employ- for those who came to inspect
able and generate income for their names during the recent
themselves. We have put in place Zec voter’s roll inspection was
a Kombi to ferry them, all those low.

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