Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa says the SADC bloc cannot afford to fall behind in the new and fast-changing frontier of science, technology, and innovation.

This is as SADC intra-trade levels become worrisome.

The incumbent president of Zimbabwe, Emmerson Mnangagwa, cast his vote this morning at his hometown of KweKwe, about 200 kilometres outside Harare.

Mnangagwa, in an interview with the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC), continued to call for a peaceful election.