By Paul Nyathi|The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Alliance is set to announce its own presidential results soon despite the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) announcing President Emerson Mnangagwa as the winner on Thursday night.

The ZEC announced that Mnangagwa had received 50.8% of the votes while his political opponent Nelson Chamisa secured 44.3%.

The commission announced the final presidential results four days after Zimbabweans cast their ballots in a crunch election that drew interest from around the world.

The MDC Alliance leader Nelson Chamisa made the announcement at a press conference in Harare on Friday.

Meanwhile in the capital city of Harare it was business as usual on Friday.

Unlike on Thursday, people are going about their business, shops are open and there is no sign of the army.

Outside the MDC Alliance headquarters, there are scores of police officers in a police truck.

They’re on standby while Nelson Chamisa plans to release what he calls the true verified election results – which confirm him as president.

In a tweet on Friday morning, he referred to the results announced by the ZEC as fake.