Soldiers troop for voter registration

Members of the uniformed forces and their immediate family members have reportedly been flocking the Registrar-General Tobaiwa Mudede's Makombe Building offices in Harare since last week to register as voters in the forthcoming constitutional referendum and harmonised elections.

This follows a directive to do so by their superiors.

Police Commissioner-General Augustine Chihuri is reported to have instructed his provincial commanders to tour police stations countrywide urging officers and their relatives to register as voters in preparation for harmonised elections expected later this year.

Soldiers and prison guards are reported to have received the same orders, but Zimbabwe Defence forces spokesperson Colonel Overson Mugwisi denied that soldiers were being coerced to register as voters or to rally behind Zanu-PF.