Mwonzora suffers Byo by-elections blow

BY SILAS NKALA
MDC-T leader Douglas Mwonzora has suffered a blow in Bulawayo after four members chosen as party candidates for the March 26 by-elections declined the offer and pledged their allegiance to a faction led by deputy president Thokozani Khupe.

Dorcas Nyoni from ward 19 in Magwegwe, former councillor Sheilla Musonda and Annie Nyathi both from Makokoba ward 8 and Sibusisiwe Adams from Mpopoma (ward 9) wrote to the party asking that their names be withdrawn from the candidates list.

Instead, the quartet pledged their allegiance to Khupe’s faction, exposing deep-rooted factionalism within the MDC- T.

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