Zimbabwe elections | Survey predicts a Chamisa victory

HARARE - Will the opposition, Citizens Coalition for Change, take over the reins in Zimbabwe?

Well, a survey by the London-based SABI Strategy Group has found it will.

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The survey shows that Nelson Chamisa will defeat President Emmerson Mnangagwa, getting 53 percent of the vote.

It will be the first change in government for the first time since independence 43 years ago.

But the governing Zanu-PF says this is just an election ploy.

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Political analysts and civil society groups back the survey.

Sadly, the survey also predicts an election campaign period that will be marred by violence.

* eNCA's Zimbabwe correspondent Pindai Dube reports.