MDC Alliance candidate challenges Zec advert

MDC Alliance’s Bulawayo South parliamentary candidate, Muvirimi Francis Mangwendeza, has dismissed a recent Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) notice claiming that he was one of the 24 candidates who had withdrawn from the race.

Addressing journalists yesterday, Mangwendeza said he was still in the race and did not at any time indicate that he was withdrawing.

“Let me begin by categorically stating that I did not withdraw my candidature from Bulawayo South constituency.

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