Residents demand stake in mayoral election

POLITICAL parties and civil society groups in Bulawayo have demanded to be involved in the selection of the city’s new mayor to ensure that the eventual winner fully represents all stakeholders.

This came amid reports that the newly-elected opposition MDC Alliance-led council had picked Earnest Rafamoyo and Tinashe Kambarami as mayor and deputy, respectively.

The MDC Alliance won all the 29 wards in Bulawayo in the just ended harmonised elections.

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