State of the referendum across Zimbabwe
Heal Zimbabwe have just published this report on the state of referendum play across Zimbabwe:
Beitbridge East
Voting at Malape and Chitulipasi centers has not yet started as the car ferrying ZEC officials was involved in an accident and voters have been milling around the polling stations since 7am.Beitbridge
The voting process at all other voting centers started at 7am, no local and SADC observers were present yet. In ward 15 Shabwe village, the villagers were given forms by headmen aligned to ZANU PF to give out to people so they fill in stating whether they voted YES or NO.Headlands
An MDC District Secretary for Headlands who resides in Ward 13, Samson Magura was abducted this morning by suspected ZANU PF activists. His whereabouts are still unknown.Chimanimani
Voting started at 7am and people are voting peacefully at Magistrate Court polling station in Ward 7. The majority of voters are youths and there are 10 police officers at the station . There is only 1 local observer and the SADC observers are not yet there.Buhera South
Ward 33, the voting process started at 7am and people are voting peacefully. The unaccredited observers from political parties have been asked to keep a distance of 300m where they are mobilizing people to go and vote YES. The accredited observers are not yet at the polling stations.Mutare
Polling stations in the Central Business District have no queues, voters are walking in to cast their votes freely. Voting started at 7am and there are no incidences of political violence so far.Chivi
The voting process at Mutoti polling station started at 7am and unaccredited political party representatives who wanted to observe the process were turned away.