First prize for Zanu-PF will be taking Harare and Bulawayo from MDC
A battle for the control of Zimbabwe’s two main cities‚ Harare and Bulawayo‚ is brewing. The governing Zanu-PF is hoping that, for the first time in nearly two decades, it will wrest control of the two cities from the MDC‚ led by Nelson Chamisa‚ in next Monday’s election. Harare is the country’s capital‚ and Bulawayo is second-largest city in Zimbabwe. Although most of the attention in the run-up to the election has been fixated on the presidential poll‚ the ruling party has not made it a secret that it has its eye on the two largest cities. The harmonised election next week will see voters elect candidates for president‚ parliament and local government at the same time.
The warning shots of the ruling party’s intentions were fired in June by vice-president Constantino Chiwenga, who made it clear that Zanu-PF wanted control of the cities. "We have lined up developers to spruce up the cities since the MDC-T led councils have failed. Since 2000 the MDC-T has been controlling cit...
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