In these elections, the former-opposition Movement for Democratic Change defeated President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF party in the parliamentary vote.

VOA: standard.2009.06.21

He sang the song at the rally and a few ZANU-PF members struggled to sing along in Malema's Zulu home language.

VOA: standard.2010.04.04

And say they are unsure whether there will ever be a normalization of Zimbabwean politics, given ZANU-PF's 30-year domination of the country.

VOA: standard.2009.09.15

If Mr Tsvangirai wins - and I am not suggesting that is either likely or certain - and if Zanu-PF claims he has done so because of foreign support, then Zanu-PF's justice minister will not accept the result.

BBC: Would Zanu-PF accept Tsvangirai as president?

As in Kenya, the two leading presidential candidates - Zanu-PF's President Robert Mugabe and Morgan Tsvangirai of the MDC - finally came together in early 2009 to form a unity government that has helped bring stability to the country.

BBC: Letter from Africa: Kenya fuels poll optimism

Mugabe's ZANU-PF party and Tsvangirai's MDC party have been negotiating over the distribution of cabinet posts in a unity government.

CNN: Tsvangirai voices frustration over stalled talks