outcome of the presidential election22. Nelson Chamisa on the other hand contended that he had won the election by 60 percent and that if the mathematical errors were corrected, Emmerson D. Mnangagwa’s votes would fall to below 50 percent. He argued that the law instructs for results to be verified before being announced, and wanted the results disregarded. The full bench of the Constitutional Court, upheld the announcement by ZEC, and ruled that Emmerson D. Mnangagwa had won the presidential election. 5.2 Post - Election Violence The most disturbing post-election incident was the violence that erupted in Harare on the 1st of August 2018, during opposition demonstrations at the National Command Centre, Rainbow Towers Hotel. The opposition supporters took to the streets based on allegations that ZEC had delayed in announcing the Presidential election results. These disturbances resulted in the destruction of property, loss of life of at least 6 civilians who were shot dead and the injury of many, following the intervention of the army. The ZHRC issued a press statement on the 2nd of August 2018 condemning the violence and the loss of life due to the intervention and the use of live ammunition by the army on unarmed civilians and urging all players to maintain peace. Following the demonstration and the subsequent violence, ZHRC received complaints of members of the military allegedly harassing and beating up civilians in some suburbs in Harare. The Commission went to assess the situation in Kuwadzana and Warren Park in Harare as well as in Chitungwiza following these reports and confirmed that indeed members of the public were being assaulted by people in military uniforms who were moving around the suburbs in military trucks. The Commission was concerned with the fact that no Government Office took responsibility over the deployment of soldiers into communities. On the contrary, the Zimbabwe Defence Forces and the Government denied the deployment. This posed an even bigger danger to communities as it appeared that the ‘soldiers’ continued to inflict harm and 22 https://www.dailynews.co.zw/articles/2018/08/18/zec-cuts-ed-s-win Page 41 of 55