{"id":80614,"date":"2023-07-16T06:42:48","date_gmt":"2023-07-16T04:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/kasukuwere-appeals-for-sadc-countries-intervention-for-free-fair-zimbabwe-elections"},"modified":"2023-07-16T09:56:33","modified_gmt":"2023-07-16T07:56:33","slug":"kasukuwere-appeals-for-sadc-countries-intervention-for-free-fair-zimbabwe-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/kasukuwere-appeals-for-sadc-countries-intervention-for-free-fair-zimbabwe-elections","title":{"rendered":"Kasukuwere appeals for SADC countries\u2019 intervention for free, fair Zimbabwe elections"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>By Eye Witness News<\/b><\/p>\n

JOHANNESBURG \u2013 A Zimbabwean presidential candidate has appealed to SADC [Southern African Development Community] member countries to intervene in ensuring that next month\u2019s elections are free and fair.<\/p>\n

Saviour Kasukuwere believes a regime change is what is needed to turn Zimbabwe\u2019s fortunes around.<\/p>\n

Kasukuwere has accused the current Zimbabwean administration led by incumbent Emmerson Mnangagwa of leading the country with an iron fist.<\/p>\n

Kasukuwere said Mnangagwa was behind the Zimbabwean high court\u2019s decision barring him from contesting in the upcoming August national elections.<\/p>\n

Briefing the media on Friday, the former Zanu-PF member said he had filed papers with the supreme court, challenging that decision, and that he would not be deterred by what he termed the capture of the Zimbabwean state.<\/p>\n

He said the migration of Zimbabweans into neighbouring countries has a ripple effect on their economies.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf Zimbabwe conducts her elections in a good and peaceful manner, we will attend to our economy, allow our citizens to come back and play their part in the development of our nation,\u201d said Kasukuwere.<\/p>\n

Kasukuwere, who has been living in South Africa said he is confident that he will emerge victorious after the 23 August elections, which some have said could be riddled with vote-rigging by those supporting incumbent President Mnangagwa.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Zimbabwe<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. By Eye Witness News JOHANNESBURG \u2013 A Zimbabwean presidential candidate has appealed to SADC [Southern African Development Community] member countries to intervene in ensuring that next month\u2019s elections are free and fair. Saviour Kasukuwere believes a regime change is what is needed to turn Zimbabwe\u2019s fortunes around. Kasukuwere has accused the current […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":80612,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8,35,12,2715],"tags":[1493,2189,19],"class_list":["post-80614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-homepage-english","category-policy","category-to-homepage","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","tag-zimbabwe"],"yoast_head":"\nKasukuwere appeals for SADC countries\u2019 intervention for free, fair Zimbabwe elections - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"By Eye Witness News JOHANNESBURG \u2013 A Zimbabwean presidential candidate has appealed to SADC [Southern African De ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/kasukuwere-appeals-for-sadc-countries-intervention-for-free-fair-zimbabwe-elections\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kasukuwere appeals for SADC countries\u2019 intervention for free, fair Zimbabwe elections\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Eye Witness News JOHANNESBURG \u2013 A Zimbabwean presidential candidate has appealed to SADC [Southern African De ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/kasukuwere-appeals-for-sadc-countries-intervention-for-free-fair-zimbabwe-elections\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-07-16T04:42:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-07-16T07:56:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2023\/07\/sm_1689477796.187111.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/kasukuwere-appeals-for-sadc-countries-intervention-for-free-fair-zimbabwe-elections#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/kasukuwere-appeals-for-sadc-countries-intervention-for-free-fair-zimbabwe-elections\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Kasukuwere appeals for SADC countries\u2019 intervention for free, fair Zimbabwe elections\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-07-16T04:42:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-07-16T07:56:33+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/kasukuwere-appeals-for-sadc-countries-intervention-for-free-fair-zimbabwe-elections\"},\"wordCount\":237,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/kasukuwere-appeals-for-sadc-countries-intervention-for-free-fair-zimbabwe-elections#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2023\/07\/sm_1689477796.187111.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Zimbabwe\",\"Zimbabwe\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"homepage-english\",\"policy\",\"to-homepage\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/kasukuwere-appeals-for-sadc-countries-intervention-for-free-fair-zimbabwe-elections#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/kasukuwere-appeals-for-sadc-countries-intervention-for-free-fair-zimbabwe-elections\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/kasukuwere-appeals-for-sadc-countries-intervention-for-free-fair-zimbabwe-elections\",\"name\":\"Kasukuwere appeals for SADC countries\u2019 intervention for free, fair Zimbabwe elections - zimbabwe\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/kasukuwere-appeals-for-sadc-countries-intervention-for-free-fair-zimbabwe-elections#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/kasukuwere-appeals-for-sadc-countries-intervention-for-free-fair-zimbabwe-elections#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2023\/07\/sm_1689477796.187111.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-07-16T04:42:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-07-16T07:56:33+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"By Eye Witness News JOHANNESBURG \u2013 A Zimbabwean presidential candidate has appealed to SADC [Southern African De ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/kasukuwere-appeals-for-sadc-countries-intervention-for-free-fair-zimbabwe-elections#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/kasukuwere-appeals-for-sadc-countries-intervention-for-free-fair-zimbabwe-elections\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/kasukuwere-appeals-for-sadc-countries-intervention-for-free-fair-zimbabwe-elections#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2023\/07\/sm_1689477796.187111.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2023\/07\/sm_1689477796.187111.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":720,\"caption\":\"Kasukuwere appeals for SADC countries\u2019 intervention for free, fair Zimbabwe elections\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/kasukuwere-appeals-for-sadc-countries-intervention-for-free-fair-zimbabwe-elections#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Kasukuwere appeals for SADC countries\u2019 intervention for free, fair Zimbabwe elections\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/\",\"name\":\"zimbabwe\",\"description\":\"\u0623\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631 \u064a\u0648\u0645\u064a\u0629 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0645\u062f\u0627\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0627\u0639\u0629\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Kasukuwere appeals for SADC countries\u2019 intervention for free, fair Zimbabwe elections - zimbabwe","description":"By Eye Witness News JOHANNESBURG \u2013 A Zimbabwean presidential candidate has appealed to SADC [Southern African De ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/kasukuwere-appeals-for-sadc-countries-intervention-for-free-fair-zimbabwe-elections","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Kasukuwere appeals for SADC countries\u2019 intervention for free, fair Zimbabwe elections","og_description":"By Eye Witness News JOHANNESBURG \u2013 A Zimbabwean presidential candidate has appealed to SADC [Southern African De ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/kasukuwere-appeals-for-sadc-countries-intervention-for-free-fair-zimbabwe-elections","og_site_name":"zimbabwe","article_published_time":"2023-07-16T04:42:48+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-07-16T07:56:33+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2023\/07\/sm_1689477796.187111.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/kasukuwere-appeals-for-sadc-countries-intervention-for-free-fair-zimbabwe-elections#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/kasukuwere-appeals-for-sadc-countries-intervention-for-free-fair-zimbabwe-elections"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Kasukuwere appeals for SADC countries\u2019 intervention for free, fair Zimbabwe elections","datePublished":"2023-07-16T04:42:48+00:00","dateModified":"2023-07-16T07:56:33+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/kasukuwere-appeals-for-sadc-countries-intervention-for-free-fair-zimbabwe-elections"},"wordCount":237,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/kasukuwere-appeals-for-sadc-countries-intervention-for-free-fair-zimbabwe-elections#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2023\/07\/sm_1689477796.187111.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Zimbabwe","Zimbabwe"],"articleSection":["all news","head lines","homepage-english","policy","to-homepage"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/kasukuwere-appeals-for-sadc-countries-intervention-for-free-fair-zimbabwe-elections#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/kasukuwere-appeals-for-sadc-countries-intervention-for-free-fair-zimbabwe-elections","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/kasukuwere-appeals-for-sadc-countries-intervention-for-free-fair-zimbabwe-elections","name":"Kasukuwere appeals for SADC countries\u2019 intervention for free, fair Zimbabwe elections - zimbabwe","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/kasukuwere-appeals-for-sadc-countries-intervention-for-free-fair-zimbabwe-elections#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/kasukuwere-appeals-for-sadc-countries-intervention-for-free-fair-zimbabwe-elections#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2023\/07\/sm_1689477796.187111.jpg","datePublished":"2023-07-16T04:42:48+00:00","dateModified":"2023-07-16T07:56:33+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"By Eye Witness News JOHANNESBURG \u2013 A Zimbabwean presidential candidate has appealed to SADC [Southern African De ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/kasukuwere-appeals-for-sadc-countries-intervention-for-free-fair-zimbabwe-elections#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/kasukuwere-appeals-for-sadc-countries-intervention-for-free-fair-zimbabwe-elections"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/kasukuwere-appeals-for-sadc-countries-intervention-for-free-fair-zimbabwe-elections#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2023\/07\/sm_1689477796.187111.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2023\/07\/sm_1689477796.187111.jpg","width":1280,"height":720,"caption":"Kasukuwere appeals for SADC countries\u2019 intervention for free, fair Zimbabwe elections"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/kasukuwere-appeals-for-sadc-countries-intervention-for-free-fair-zimbabwe-elections#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Kasukuwere appeals for SADC countries\u2019 intervention for free, fair Zimbabwe elections"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/","name":"zimbabwe","description":"\u0623\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631 \u064a\u0648\u0645\u064a\u0629 \u0639\u0644\u0649 \u0645\u062f\u0627\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0633\u0627\u0639\u0629","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80614\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}