I may be wrong, but I still think that the date for the election is MARCH, rather than Feb

Zim Today: Friday 14 December:

Mugabe to run for sixth term

No vote allowed on candidacy at Zanu-PF meeting

Amidst familiar late-night scenes of dancing, hand-clapping, ululating and cheering, President Robert Mugabe yesterday steamrollered through any opposition to be endorsed as the ruling party Zanu-PF candidate in Zimbabwe's presidential election in March.

Sunday, January 6, 2008
Zimbabwe Electoral Authorities Rule out Delay to Poll

Harare - Electoral authorities in Zimbabwe have finished marking out constituencies ahead of elections due in March and have ruled out any delay to the watershed polls, reports said Sunday.

'The focus is on the elections being held in March as this is when the presidential election will be held,' said George Chiweshe, the chairman of the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission.

He said there was no lawful reason to delay the elections, which will include polls to choose a new president, parliament, senate and local councillors and mayors.

The two factions of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), which have been in delicate talks with President Robert Mugabe's ruling ZANU-PF party, have been pushing for a delay to the polls.

The MDC says March is too soon to implement the agreements reached in the inter-party talks aimed at smoothing the way to the elections.