/ 31 March 2008

Keep it quiet … Whisper gets zero votes in Zim

A candidate who stood as an independent in this weekend’s Zimbabwe general elections failed to get a single vote, according to the country’s electoral commission on Monday.

Whisper Chivandire, who stood for Parliament in the middle-class suburb of Hatfield in the capital Harare, did not even vote for himself.

The seat went to the main opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) candidate Tapiwa Mashakada, who got 9 575 ballots.

Zimbabweans went to the polls on Saturday to pick a president, 210 lawmakers and nearly 2 000 local government councillors. — AFP