How and why the Opposition Mdc-T Party Resoundingly Lost the 31 July 2013 Poll Which the Opposition Party was Widely Expected to Resoundingly Win (2013-2014)

Abstract

The Paper seeks to agonizingly trace the reasons why the opposition MDC-T party resoundingly lost the 31 July 2013 poll which against all odds it was expected to resoundingly win. Proverbially speaking, 'tinoti musha ndibaba' (meaning for anything that goes wrong with any business organization, the Chief Executive Officer will be held accountable first). For that reason alone and nothing else, Morgan Tsvangirai, the opposition MDC party leader will be the first to come up for public scrutiny. Next is his opposition MDC party. What was its contribution to this jigsaw puzzle? Next in that order are the contr ibution of the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union -Patr iotic Front (ZANU PF), the people in general the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the African Union (AU) and finally the SADC facilitator, Jacob Zuma, the South African President from 2009 to date. To wind up the long and fascinating discourse the Author will, as per his tradition, proffer a Summary, Conclusio n and some Recommendations primarily designed for risk treatment.