zimbabwe which is suffering from high unemployment and an economy in meltdown correspondence melanie corrida bol and adrian crease sent us this report from harare. attending a granny with the average club that is something quite extraordinary campaign events like this one organized by the opposition m.d.c. party used to be extremely dangerous brutal crackdowns by the government was commonplace that was would you know. i was beaten up and had to spend three months in hospital i was bedridden and could only eat porridge my back was badly injured and i thought i would never be able to become a father but by god's grace i recovered. ok because i know. now many are hoping for a fresh start with a new president the preacher and lawyer nelson chamisa. i was there. was there what it was there like this is no woman who didn't know what they're going to do with. the past is never far behind in zimbabwe the country's economy has collapsed down by high unemployment hype and nation and been done for and that is the legacy of thirty eight years of rule by the party. now is to have the military having our pres

that report from melanie corrida bol and she joins us from harare with more on the story hi melanie good to see you so voting is underway this is an historic election is the first as we said without former president robert mugabe how significant is this day for the people that you've been speaking to there. to me it's a very significant day for the almost six million voters here in zimbabwe i'm in harare at one of the polling stations and look at these queues behind me they are massive people have been queuing from four am in the morning at seven am is when the when the polling station opened and people here have really excited they feel like this is a fast election that could potentially be free and transparent and that they have vote this time around will really count. woman gobby himself has hardly been seen or heard of since his ouster but melanie he made a surprise appearance as we said in front of the cameras the night before voting and he turned against his successor president immersed in one god well let's listen to what he said. were voting appear so. worked very. hard. to resig