Staff Reporter

The recent inspection of the voters roll has exposed the Citizens Coalition for Change’s (CCC) register to vote campaign as nothing but diaspora noise.

Making comparisons of the current registered voters to those in previous years, political analysts indicated a slight increase that does not equate to the noise raised by CCC on social media platforms.

“On 30 May 2022 and as at that date, the country had 5 804 376 registered voters compared to 5 612 464 registered in 2001/8, increasing only by 191 912 new registrations.

“Harare Metropolitan has the highest voter population at 952 102 000, Midlands and Manicaland following behind with 762 000 and 738 624 000 respectively.  Bulawayo Metropolitan and Matabeleland South have the least voter populations at 270 938 000 and 267 617 000 respectively,” read the survey.

Political Analyst Elias Chimhanda, indicated that out of a national population of 16 million people only a total of 5 804 376 managed to register to vote ahead of the 2023 Harmonised General Elections.

“The door is still open for people to register to vote, but no one is taking the initiative, even the diasporas are welcome to come home, register to vote, go back to their countries of work and then come back at elections time to cast their vote. What surprises me is that all social media channels are awash with unregistered noise makers,” Chimhanda said.

Meanwhile, the country is set to conduct its much awaited plebiscite this year, with the delimitation report already tabled before Parliament for debate.

 The delimitation process concluded in December 2022 on the assumption that willing voters had registered for the 2023 harmonised elections.