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WATCH: Violet Gonda’s Spotlight on Zimbabwe looks at CCC nominees

Zimbabwe’s main opposition party, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), is choosing candidates for this year’s general elections using a new and untried system to select the candidate. With 3 months until the polls, Spotlight on Zimbabwe series asks: Will the CCC nominees, whoever they may be, have the time to canvass for votes and legal space to overcome the obstacles posed by the ruling ZANU PF party?

WATCH: Spotlight on Zimbabwean Elections: Winner Takes All

Violet Gonda Productions introduces ‘Winner Takes All’ – the first episode in a new series of short video documentaries. This first series looks at the election environment in Zimbabwe. Part 1 examines events since 2018 that have changed dramatically the electoral environment and the relationship of opposition parties.

Zimbabwe: Ballots then Bullets – Violet Gonda (VIDEO)

A short documentary about the deadly aftermath of Zimbabwe’s 2018 election. This preliminary video is the result of numerous interviews with the wounded, witnesses and reviewing of hours of amateur and professional video footage and photographs. Due to the time frame of the Commission, this preparatory version has been prepared for submission to the Motlanthe Commission.

Hot Seat: Biti says Mugabe takes at least $4million on every foreign trip

Tendai Biti has accused Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa of ‘stealing’ money from the central bank to fund excessive expenditure by the regime, which caused crippling cash shortages. He says President Robert Mugabe takes at least US$4million per foreign trip and his entourage has deliberately made him into a ‘permanent resident of the skies’ in order to loot Zimbabwe, with their own per diems.