“Human rights groups reported widespread voter intimidation, especially in rural areas, where the government deployed plainclothes security forces to “remind” people to vote – for Mnangagwa. Zimbabwe’s state-controlled media relentlessly broadcast pro-Mnangagwa messages.”
IOW, he’s a Democrat. He’d fit right in to that party these days.
Those “encouragers” need to know they may visit a town, but they might not leave the town. No dinner with the family that night.