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  By Youngerson Matete   On the 23rd of August 2023, Zimbabwe is headed for polls which are meant to chose the President, members of parliament and local authorities who will serve the country for the next 5 years amid growing fears of another rigged elections.  The fears have been ignited by the emergence of Forever Associates of Zimbabwe, a shadow group known as FAZ which is allegedly runned by the Central intelligence organisation (CIO) - a security organ that has direct and partisan links to the current government and the ZANU-PF party. The group has reportedly taken over the running of elections in Zimbabwe ahead of the August 2023 crunch polls. Forever Associates of Zimbabwe claims to be a trust organisation that was initially formed in 2010 by students at Solusi University to promote the economic empowerment and integration of its members into the mainstream national economy by establishing and conducting businesses and facilitating their preferential access to opportunities, ei

By Youngerson Matete   President Emmerson D. Mnangagwa, this week, through a gazette, announced that Zimbabwe will go to the polls on Wednesday, the 23rd of August 2023 to elect the next President, members of parliament and local authorities (councilors) for the country.  The declaration of the election date by the President means that Zimbabwe will go to elections without a single electoral or political reform as the electoral reform bill, HB 11 of 2022 was still being debated before the parliament. This means that the electoral reform bill is no longer applicable to this general elections according to section 157(5) of the constitution of Zimbabwe which clearly states that, "after an election has been called, no change to the Electoral Law or to any other law relating to elections has effect for the purpose of that election." The background and battle for reforms in Zimbabwe   Since 2000, Zimbabwe has been battling with a political crisis emanating from disputed elections w