Proposed Zimbabwean grand anti-Mugabe coalition failing to take off
Candidates in Zimbabwe’s 2018 general elections are emerging one by one, their differences having put paid to a grand coalition against President Robert Mugabe.In February, Pastor Evan Mawarire, who campaigns for #thisflag became the first to enter the race.On Monday, his lawyer, Fadzai Mahere, declared his interest in running as an independent for the Zanu (PF)-held Mount Pleasant parliamentary seat.And, on Thursday Dr Nkosana Moyo, a former minister in Mugabe’s cabinet, announced he would stand against his former boss."I must heed the call to run for president of Zimbabwe‚" he said.Moyo‚ a former African Development Bank vice-president‚ claims he was "never a member of Zanu (PF)", and that he was appointed to Mugabe’s cabinet in 2000 as part of a team of technocrats. He resigned a few months later.However, the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has already branded him a "Zanu (PF) project" who is bent on diverting "the people’s will".On the subject of a possible coali...
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