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Weekly Media Update 2010-41
The Media Monitoring Project Zimbabwe
Monday October 18th - SundayOctober 24th 2010
October 29, 2010

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New that the Zimbabwe Election Commission (ZEC) was "ready for elections" (The Herald 20/10) following President Mugabe's calls for the fast tracking of the constitutional reform programme so that elections can be held next June intensified debate over the country's capability to hold credible polls.

Mugabe and ZEC's pronouncements coincided with perceptible ZANU PF electoral campaign activity (see Fig 1) in which ZANU PF officials, especially the party's youth and women leagues were reported endorsing Mugabe as their candidate in the election. Also noticeable was a 83 percent rise in stories on human rights violations published in the media - up from 24 stories recorded last week to 44 this week - some of which were linked to President Mugabe's calls for national elections next year.

The on-off Harare constitutional outreach programme, abondoned due to violence and finally pencilled for this weekend, and other related developments, attracted media attention too. So did the remarkable feat of Zimbabwe's representative in Africa reality television Big Brother Africa show, Munyaradi Chidzonga.

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