Zimbabwe Delays Voter Registration After Cash Fails to Appear

Zimbabwe delayed registering voters before an election expected this year because the Treasury has yet to disburse the required money, Joyce Kazembe, deputy chairwoman of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, said.

Registration, which includes a “clean-up” of the list of eligible voters, was expected to begin yesterday and last three months, she said in a telephone interview from Harare today. The formerly opposition Movement for Democratic Change party and political activists have said the list included the names of dead people.