As is always the case every election time, politicians come to the people with all types of goodies to win their hearts and this year had its fair share.

Listening to the manifesto programmes that were being aired on Zimbabwe Television ZTV became a marvel and haven of enlightenment as candidates were lashing out at the current regime.

Zimbabwe’s Vice President Joseph Msika has strongly begged his ruling ZANU PF party members to stop insulting former politburo and Home Affairs Minister Dumiso Dabengwa for dumping the party and President Robert Mugabe citing he is a respectable figure.

The prospects loomed large this week for the possibility of Zimbabwe’s rival opposition camps forming a united front should a run-off be necessary.

Two days to go to the much awaited March 29 joint presidential and parliamentary poll. Zimbabweans are currently gripped with election fever like they have never gone for a poll before. A survey by this publication reveals if the country’s only president since independence, Robert Mugabe does not rig the election, he will be booted out of power by his main rival and people’s favourite- Morgan Tsvangirai of the opposition, Movement for Democratic Change (MDC).

CNN a global television news channel together with South African commercial television station, e TV – have been denied permission to cover this week's parliamentary and presidential elections in Zimbabwe.