Chris Muronzi

Many Zim­bab­weans say the gov­ern­ment is yet to tack­le the cause of re­cur­rent bouts of cholera in the na­tion.

Sur­vivors say the gov­ern­ment is yet to of­fer full com­pen­sa­tion for the flood­ing that hap­pened al­most 10 years ago.

Op­po­si­tion fig­ures and an­a­lysts say Zim­bab­we’s po­lit­i­cal are­na is be­ing shaped to en­force a one-par­ty state.

Hu­man rights groups say Zim­bab­wean au­thor­i­ties are ‘weapon­is­ing the law to tar­get op­po­si­tion fig­ures’ like Sikha­la.

Vot­ers fear eco­nom­ic dis­as­ter as in­cum­bent Em­mer­son Mnan­gag­wa is re­turned for a sec­ond term.

Ten­sions re­main high as vot­ing tab­u­la­tion con­tin­ues in Zim­bab­we’s pres­i­den­tial race and crit­ics ques­tion po­lice raids.

Op­po­si­tion leader Chamisa faces a num­ber of chal­lenges in his bid to be­come Zim­bab­we’s next pres­i­dent.

Ahead of the Au­gust 23 elec­tion, mul­ti­ple is­sues are at stake in­clud­ing Zim­bab­we’s long-run­ning eco­nom­ic woes.

The Au­gust 23 gen­er­al elec­tion, Zim­bab­we’s 9th since in­de­pen­dence in 1980. Here’s a sim­ple guide to the en­tire process.

The 45-year-old is con­test­ing the pres­i­den­cy for the sec­ond time in five years against in­cum­bent Pres­i­dent Mnan­gag­wa.