Mugabe casts his vote in Highfield

President Robert Mugabe has cast his vote in Highfield, Harare. He was with his wife, the First Lady Amai Grace Mugabe.

Soon after voting the President said: "Zimbabweans are voting to decide our destiny. The constitution determines how our judiciary, parliament and the executive shall be.

"The time frames also given regarding parliament and other areas.

"The freedoms of people, rights of children, women and all citizens all that is in the constitution."

The President also said the constitution helps protect the nation's resources.

"We will have to decide the issue of our sovereignty of our state, the right to determine which way we shall go in governing ourselves.

"The right to our resources that is land, minerals, forests and animals.

"We shall not brook with anyone who intereferes with our country."

Meanwhile, the Deputy Prime Minister, Professor Arthur Mutambara cast his vote just before 8am this morning at Courtney Selous in Greendale in Harare.

The Deputy Prime Minister said, "Today is the day of the Zimbabwean people because those who govern must govern with the consent of the nation."

The Executive Secretary of SADC, Mr Tomaz Agusto Salomao, was at Courtney Selous in Greendale where he was seeing how Zimbabweans are casting their votes.

Voting was peaceful at most polling stations in Harare.