Zapu adopts youth quota system

DUMISO Dabengwa’s Zapu has said it is adopting a youth quota system in its ongoing selection of parliamentary candidates for the 2018 elections because the future belongs to the youth.

Party spokesperson Iphithule Maphosa on Sunday said the party – while open to any coalition pact with other opposition parties – was at the same time busy with election preparedness.

He said Zapu had selected Martin Sibanda as its parliamentary candidate for Matobo South while other candidates in different constituencies would be chosen on a weekly basis.

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