Alternative Africa

Top Menu

  • Home
  • About Us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
  • Contact Us

Main Menu

  • Home
  • Arts & Culture
  • Business
  • Environment
  • Politics
  • Sports
  • Reports
    • Africa-Observers
      • Read Reports
      • Submit a story
  • MORE
    • Health
    • News Now
    • World
    • Technology
Sign in / Join

Login

Welcome! Login in to your account
Lost your password?

Lost Password

Back to login
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
  • Contact Us

logo

Alternative Africa

  • Home
  • Arts & Culture
  • Business
  • Environment
  • Politics
  • Sports
  • Reports
    • Africa-Observers
      • Read Reports
      • Submit a story
  • MORE
    • Health
    • News Now
    • World
    • Technology
  • Nigeria announces new ambassadors to UK, US, others

  • A third of covid-19 patients readmitted to hospital with heart problem-Study

  • Egypt signs agreement for $23 billion first high-speed electric train

  • Doctor shares shocking image of Covid-19 damaged lung, worse than smokers

  • Joe Biden to prioritize legal status for millions of immigrants

News Now
Home›News Now›Blind Zimbabwean sues electoral body over ballot papers

Blind Zimbabwean sues electoral body over ballot papers

By alternativeafrica
May 15, 2018
557
0
Share:

Zimbabwe acting President Emmerson Mnangagwa / AFP PHOTO / JEKESAI NJIKIZANA

London, May 15, 2018 (AltAfrika)-A blind Zimbabwean voter has filed an application at the High Court seeking to compel the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to provide ballot papers in Braille or the template ballot to ensure secrecy of the vote by visually impaired people.

Abraham Mateta wants ZEC to put in place administrative measures to enable people in his condition to vote by secret ballot in forthcoming elections due by August 21.

Mr Matate said alternatively, ZEC should provide tactile voting devices to all blind people who wish to vote by secret ballot.

He argued that those who wish to be assisted to vote should select their own assistants and cast the vote without the involvement of a presiding officer or any other third party.

The matter is yet to be set down for hearing, the state media Herald reported Tuesday.

ZEC Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs, Ziyambi Ziyambi, and Attorney-General Prince Machaya are cited as respondents in the application.

According to the country’s electoral laws, people who are either illiterate or are living with a disability may, upon request, be helped to vote by a person of their choice.

 For the blind, the presiding officer is entitled to observe the casting of the ballot for that particular voter.

The person offering assistance does not need to be on the voters’ roll, but should be above 18 years of age, should not be an electoral officer, election agent, chief election agent, and candidate or accredited observer in the election.

“I am advised that the above provisions require ZEC and the other respondents to this application to ensure that I have equal opportunities to exercise by right to vote in secret, regardless of my disabilities or other factors.

“My disability does not mean inability to vote by secret ballot,” Mr Mateta said.

He urged the courts to treat the matter with urgency so as to ensure that his rights were not infringed upon.

“Where my rights are in danger from an imminent violation especially due to state inaction, it is only fair and just that this court urgently intervenes to protect me and those who are similarly disadvantaged,” he said.

NAN

SHARE ON:
Previous Article

Morocco is on Course for World’s Largest ...

Next Article

Nigeria launches online investors’ guide on Thursday

0
Shares
  • 0
  • +
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0
  • 0

alternativeafrica

Related articles More from author

  • Breaking NewsNews NowPolitics

    Nigeria: Senate President Saraki Replies Claims By The Nigeria Police Force

    June 4, 2018
    By VJ Africa
  • AfricaHealthNews Now

    South Africa: Ex-president de Klerk discharged from the hospital after lung ailment

    October 30, 2018
    By VJ Africa
  • News Now

    Nigerian man buys Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Bugatti for $2.5m

    January 30, 2018
    By alternativeafrica
  • News NowWorld

    Zimbabwe: What’s happening?

    November 15, 2017
    By alternativeafrica
  • HealthNews Now

    Chatham House Announces African Public Health Leaders Fellowship

    May 19, 2018
    By alternativeafrica
  • AfricaBusinessNews Now

    Sub-Saharan Africa Pay TV Revenues To Reach $7.72 Billion by 2024, Up by $2.3 Billion on 2018

    January 10, 2019
    By alternativeafrica

Leave a reply Cancel reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

You might be interested

  • AfricaHealthNews Now

    Morocco signs agreement to purchase Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine

  • AfricaBusinessNews Now

    Construction of East, Central Africa’s largest meat processing factory begins in Tanzania

  • BusinessNews Now

    President Kagame Of Rwanda Meets With America Television Host Ellen DeGeneres

Timeline

  • January 18, 2021

    Nigeria announces new ambassadors to UK, US, others

  • January 18, 2021

    A third of covid-19 patients readmitted to hospital with heart problem-Study

  • January 18, 2021

    Egypt signs agreement for $23 billion first high-speed electric train

  • January 18, 2021

    Doctor shares shocking image of Covid-19 damaged lung, worse than smokers

  • January 17, 2021

    Joe Biden to prioritize legal status for millions of immigrants

  • Popular

  • Comments

  • Lagos govt confirms first case of deadly coronavirus infection in Nigeria

    By alternativeafrica
    February 28, 2020
  • Keynote Address of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo at 2018 Oxford Africa Conference

    By PSJ Africa
    May 14, 2018
  • Morocco begins regional integration by connecting Casablanca Airport with High Speed Train

    By alternativeafrica
    January 4, 2020
  • Kenyan govt pressure Facebook for data on Kenyan users

    By alternativeafrica
    November 20, 2019
  • Nigeria: 32,000 capacity Lagos rice mill to start production in 2020

    By alternativeafrica
    December 23, 2019
  • The return of fortress conservation: why excluding people means biodiversity conservation will fail – Future agricultures
    on
    October 16, 2020

    Inside the training camp of Akashinga, Zimbabwe’s armed, all-women anti-poaching rangers

    […] In parallel to ...
  • The return of fortress conservation: why excluding people means biodiversity conservation will fail - The Zimbabwean
    on
    October 12, 2020

    Inside the training camp of Akashinga, Zimbabwe’s armed, all-women anti-poaching rangers

    […] In parallel to ...
  • Ethiopia joins Africa's Artificial Intelligence revolution | Alternative Africa
    on
    October 2, 2020

    Spending on Artificial Intelligence Systems in Africa, Middle East to top $374 million in 2020

    […] Many African countries ...
  • The 5 most popular Africans 2020
    on
    September 25, 2020

    Celebrating Congolese doctor Jean-Jacques Muyembe, the man behind breakthrough of Ebola cure

    […] Dr. Jean-Jacques Muyembe ...
  • Millitants in Central Mali Set Jail Ablaze in Attack Killing Two | taktik(z) GDI (Government Defense ...
    on
    August 11, 2020

    Fifteen gendarmes killed in another attack on Mali camp

    […] attack fol­lowed a January ...
AlternativeAfrica.com is an independent Pan African News Website dedicated primarily to influencing the negative narratives about Africa. We hope to do this by focusing and showcasing the many developmental strides sweeping across the continent.

Read more >>>

Contact Info

  • 22 Laburnum Court, Laburnum Road, Mitcham London, CR4 2NA, United Kingdom
  • +44(0)2036320939 | +44(0)7535019197 | +44(0)7305356327
  • info@alternativeafrica.com
  • Recent

  • Popular

  • Comments

  • Nigeria announces new ambassadors to UK, US, others

    By alternativeafrica
    January 18, 2021
  • A third of covid-19 patients readmitted to hospital with heart problem-Study

    By alternativeafrica
    January 18, 2021
  • Egypt signs agreement for $23 billion first high-speed electric train

    By alternativeafrica
    January 18, 2021
  • Doctor shares shocking image of Covid-19 damaged lung, worse than smokers

    By alternativeafrica
    January 18, 2021
  • Lagos govt confirms first case of deadly coronavirus infection in Nigeria

    By alternativeafrica
    February 28, 2020
  • Keynote Address of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo at 2018 Oxford Africa Conference

    By PSJ Africa
    May 14, 2018
  • Macron in Ivory Coast to launch anti-terrorism academy

    By alternativeafrica
    December 21, 2019
  • Kenyan govt pressure Facebook for data on Kenyan users

    By alternativeafrica
    November 20, 2019
  • The return of fortress conservation: why excluding people means biodiversity conservation will fail – Future agricultures
    on
    October 16, 2020

    Inside the training camp of Akashinga, Zimbabwe’s armed, all-women anti-poaching rangers

    […] In parallel to ...
  • The return of fortress conservation: why excluding people means biodiversity conservation will fail - The Zimbabwean
    on
    October 12, 2020

    Inside the training camp of Akashinga, Zimbabwe’s armed, all-women anti-poaching rangers

    […] In parallel to ...
  • Ethiopia joins Africa's Artificial Intelligence revolution | Alternative Africa
    on
    October 2, 2020

    Spending on Artificial Intelligence Systems in Africa, Middle East to top $374 million in 2020

    […] Many African countries ...
  • The 5 most popular Africans 2020
    on
    September 25, 2020

    Celebrating Congolese doctor Jean-Jacques Muyembe, the man behind breakthrough of Ebola cure

    […] Dr. Jean-Jacques Muyembe ...

Photostream

    Follow us

    • Home
    • About Us
    • Privacy Policy
    • Terms of Use
    • Contact Us
    © Copyright Alternative Africa 2019. All rights reserved.