Mujuru sets convention date

AFTER two false starts, former Vice-President Joice Mujuru’s opposition National People’s Party (NPP) has now fixed a date for its inaugural convention to endorse the party leadership.

The party’s interim secretary-general, Gift Nyandoro yesterday said the NPP convention will be held on August 9 at the City Sports Centre in Harare, with nearly 5 000 delegates expected to attend and come up with campaign strategies for next year’s general elections.

“We are going to be holding the convention, which will be historic in that it will be the day when NPP will adopt its constitution signalling its legal birth, as it were.

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