Summary

  • Incumbent President Mnangagwa re-elected with 50.8% of vote

  • Zimbabwe opposition leader maintains he won presidential vote

  • Mnangagwa calls for peace and national unity

  • Riot police disperse opposition MDC press conference

  • Zimbabwe police issue apology for disruption

  • Egypt's Pope quits Facebook to save time

  • Biggest lottery jackpot in SA history awaits

  1. Chamisa: We are confident in our figurespublished at 17:05 British Summer Time 2 August 2018

    Zimbabwe opposition leader, Nelson Chamisa, is now giving a press conference in the capital, Harare.

    He says he is confident in the figures that his MDC Alliance collated showing that he won Monday's presidential poll. He says he cannot produce the figures until the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) releases the official results.

    Zec is the only body that's allowed to release results and it is set to start announcing the outcome of Monday's poll at 22:00 local time (20:00 GMT).

  2. Chamisa: We respect parliamentary resultpublished at 16:47 British Summer Time 2 August 2018

    While maintaining that he won Zimbabwe's presidential election, opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has acknowledged the dominance of the governing Zanu-PF party in Monday's parliamentary elections:

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    We have won this [presidential] election. Mr Mnangagwa knows it, Zanu-PF knows it, that we have won this election. Yes, we have respected them in the parliamentary [election], but the parliamentary is not the presidential."

    With all 210 seats now declared, Zanu-PF has won a commanding majority.

  3. Police left opposition HQpublished at 16:34 British Summer Time 2 August 2018

    We've been posting tweets from a journalist in Zimbabwe describing a raid on the offices of the opposition MDC Alliance.

    She now says that the police have left the building and those detained have been taken away:

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    She quotes a party official saying that nothing was found:

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  4. Chamisa remains defiantpublished at 16:11 British Summer Time 2 August 2018

    On his first public appearance since Wednesday's violence in the capital, Harare, opposition leader Nelson Chamisa repeated his claim that he had won Monday's presidential election.

    Speaking outside a hospital, where he had gone to visit those injured in Wednesday's clashes between his supporters and the security forces, he said that officials were trying to rig the results:

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    [President] Mnangagwa knows he has lost this election. If he had won this election, this election would have been announced long back. But they are trying to massage the figures to try and advance a fictitious and fallacious result."

    He was questioned about where the proof for his claim was:

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    We have the proof... Once [the electoral commission] starts to show you fiction we will show you the facts."

    But he also called on people to remain calm:

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    Our supporters must be calm and anticipate massive celebrations in peace."

    The results are expected to be announced by the electoral commission from 22:00 local time (20:00 GMT). In order to avoid a run-off, the winner must take more than 50% of the vote.

    Some of the exchange in the media scrum can be seen here:

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  5. Results to be released in a few hourspublished at 15:50 British Summer Time 2 August 2018
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    Zimbabwe's electoral commission says that the results of the presidential election will be released from 22:00 local time (20:00 GMT).

    The commisison has until Saturday to announce the outcome but it was aware that the delay has been causing anxiety.

    It said that there was no "skulduggery" behind the delay.

  6. Police enter MDC HQpublished at 15:43 British Summer Time 2 August 2018

    A correspondent for CGTN Africa has been tweeting from the headquarters of Zimbabwe's opposition MDC Alliance.

    She has seen police trying to enter the building and a row at the door about how many could enter:

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    Another journalist has tweeted a picture of a search warrant for the MDC offices.

    It says the police are looking for computers, unlicensed firearms, ammunition, grenades and stones.

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  7. Police detain people at MDC HQpublished at 15:21 British Summer Time 2 August 2018

    Zimbabwean police have detained around 10 people who were found inside the headquarters of the MDC Alliance, the BBC's Nomsas Maseko says quoting human rights lawyers.

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    The people detained had been seeking shelter inside the building since the violence broke out on Wednesday, our reporter says. It's not clear if they are MDC supporters.

    Nor have they been told why they are being held.

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  8. Chamisa visits injured in hospitalpublished at 15:09 British Summer Time 2 August 2018

    Leading Zimbabwean opposition presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa has made what's thought to be his first public appearance since Wednesday's violence in the capital, Harare.

    Mr Chamisa has been seen at one of the city's hospitals where he was visiting some of those injured in the clashes with security forces.

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    Three people died in the violence.

    On Tuesday, a day after the presidential election, Mr Chamisa's MDC Alliance said he had won and alleged that the vote had been rigged.

    The electoral commission has until Saturday to announce the result.

  9. Zimbabwe opposition 'should accept result'published at 14:30 British Summer Time 2 August 2018

    Paul Mangwana at press conferenceImage source, Reuters

    ZImbabwe's opposition must accept the result of the presidential election when it is finally announced, governing Zanu-PF's Paul Mangwana has told journalists in the capital, Harare.

    He also said that he thought the opposition supporters involved in clashes with security forces on Wednesday were not unarmed.

    A group called Open Parly has been tweeting his comments:

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  10. 'Stand-off' outside Zimbabwe opposition HQpublished at 14:07 British Summer Time 2 August 2018

    Police have lined the road near the headquarters of Zimbabwe's opposition MDC Alliance headquarters in the capital, Harare, a BBC correspondent has shown in a tweet.

    He describes it as a "stand-off" adding that the police want to go in and make arrests.

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    On Wednesday, MDC Alliance supporters clashed with security forces on the streets of Harare leaving three people dead.

    The opposition says its candidate, Nelson Chamisa, won Monday's presidential election, pre-empting an official announcement. It has alleged the result is now being rigged.

    The electoral commission has urged people to remain patient, adding that no cheating is going on.

    It has to announce the result by Saturday.

  11. Central Harare is like a ghost townpublished at 13:36 British Summer Time 2 August 2018

    A BBC correspondent in Zimbabwe's capital tweets:

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  12. 'No order to clear the streets'published at 13:06 British Summer Time 2 August 2018

    The streets of Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, are quieter than normal following Wednesday's violence.

    We have been quoting some journalists as reporting that soldiers have ordered people to go home. But there was no such order, Reuters news agency quotes the president's spokesman, George Charamba, as saying on national television:

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    My message today to all Zimbabweans is that today is a normal working day. They must go about their business as always."

    Soldiers in a truckImage source, Reuters
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    Soldiers and police have been seen on Harare's streets

  13. Beware of fake news on Zimbabwe's electionpublished at 12:35 British Summer Time 2 August 2018

    As Zimbabweans continue to wait for the result of Monday's presidential result, fake news has been circulating to fill the vacuum.

    The Election Resource Centre, which says it's a non-partisan think tank on elections and democracy, says an incorrect statement alleging rigging has been circulating in its name:

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    On Tuesday, the opposition MDC Alliance said its candidate Nelson Chamisa won the presidential poll. His supporters and security forces clashed on Wednesday.

    President Emmerson Mnangagwa has called for calm and urged people to be patient.

    By law, the electoral commission has to announce the result on Saturday at the latest.

  14. Masked soldiers and street sweeperspublished at 12:20 British Summer Time 2 August 2018

    News agencies are filing pictures of the scene in the centre of Zimbabwe's capital, Harare.

    Soldiers, some with balaclavas, have been pictured driving around in trucks. Some journalists have reported that the soldiers were telling people to go home.

    SoldiersImage source, Reuters
    SoldiersImage source, AFP

    Meanwhile, a police vehicle was pictured outside the headquarters of the opposition MDC.

    Scene outside MDC officesImage source, Reuters

    Earlier, a street sweeper was photographed on the same street the day after clashes between MDC supporters and the security forces, which left at least three people dead.

    Street sweeperImage source, Reuters

    The country is still waiting for the result from Monday's presidential election.

    The electoral commission has been urged by observers to make the announcement soon but, according to the law, the it has until Saturday to give the outcome.

    It has tried to reassure people that there is no "skulduggery" behind the delay.

  15. Zanu-PF dominant in parliamentpublished at 12:03 British Summer Time 2 August 2018

    All the results from Monday's parliamentary election in Zimbabwe are now in. They confirm the dominance of the governing Zanu-PF party.

    It won 145 seats out of a total of 210, according to this tweet from the national broadcaster.

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    This is in fact a decline on the number of seats the party held after the last election in 2013.

    At that time it won 160 seats and the opposition took 50 constituencies.

    The country is still waiting for the result of Monday's presidential vote, which opposition candidate Nelson Chamisa says he won and the result is being rigged to give President Mnangagwa victory.

    The electoral commission denies there is any rigging, and says people should patiently wait the for the result.

  16. Tsvangirai's daughter wins Zimbabwe seatpublished at 11:53 British Summer Time 2 August 2018

    The daughter of the former leader of Zimbabwe's opposition, Morgan Tsvangirai, has won a seat in Zimbabwe's National Assembly.

    Vimbayi Java Tsvangirai will represent the Glen View constituency in the capital, Harare.

    Mr Tsvangirai, who was at one time the country's prime minister, died of cancer in February.

    The country's state-run newspaper has tweeted the latest, and last, results announced by the electoral commission:

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  17. Zimbabwe election commission confirms site hackpublished at 11:22 British Summer Time 2 August 2018

    The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has confirmed that its website was hacked on Wednesday.

    Talking to journalists in the capital, Harare, Commissioner Qhubani Moyo said that Zec took the website down "within 11 minutes of the hacking".

    The hackers were posting pictures on in the site "not coming from the commission", he added.

    But he would not say what could be seen in the pictures.

    You can see the press conference here:

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  18. When will we know the result?published at 11:08 British Summer Time 2 August 2018

    The tension and violence in Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, has been blamed on the delay in announcing the results of Monday's presidential elections.

    Legally, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has up until Saturday to announce the outcome of the vote.

    But when will we know? Going by Zec's latest press briefing, it's not clear.

    Talking to journalists, Zec Commissioner Qhubani Moyo urged people to be patient:

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    We do acknowledge that the longer it takes the more the anxiety is there...

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    Please allow us to proceed within the confines of the law."

    Another commissioner, Emmanuel Magade, wanted to reassure people that there was "absolutely no skulduggery" behind the delay.

    There will be another Zec briefing at 17:00 local time (15:00 GMT) when there might be more clarity on when the presidential election result will be announced.

  19. Verifying results 'going well'published at 10:56 British Summer Time 2 August 2018

    The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has been giving its latest update on the progress of the count after Monday's presidential election result.

    Commissioner Qhubani Moyo said things are going well:

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  20. Electoral commission condemns violencepublished at 10:48 British Summer Time 2 August 2018

    The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) has condemned "in the strongest terms the incidences which happened yesterday".

    "They're very regrettable and should be avoided," a spokesperson told journalists in Harare.