Zanu PF has run out of party regalia forcing President Mnangagwa to cancel a rally scheduled for Bindura today. Mnangagwa was due to add...
Zanu PF has run out of party regalia forcing President Mnangagwa to cancel a rally scheduled for Bindura today.
Mnangagwa was due to address a rally at Chipadze Stadium this afternoon after visiting Eureka Gold Mine in Guruve and then officially laying a foundation stone for a multi-purpose sports centre to be built at Bindura University of Science Education (BUSE).
“The President was supposed to address a rally here tomorrow (today) but it has been realised that the party does not have party regalia to give to its supporters. The President will come at a later date,” a source told Newsday.
But Zanu PF politburo member Munyaradzi Machacha denied reports that Mnangagwa was expected in Bindura, saying the President had a packed schedule to address a rally.
“The President will come for a rally at a later date,” Machacha said. “He will be in Guruve, at Eureka Mine at the invitation of the Ministry of Mines and then at Bindura University at the invitation of the Ministry of Higher Education. He will be in Mashonaland Central for government work. The commissariat is not involved in his programmes tomorrow (today).”
Machacha added: “The issue of the rally was never on the schedule. It was only the request by the party supporters in the province to have him address them since he will be in the province.”
Zanu PF insiders, however, told NewsDay the rally was cancelled at the 11th hour amid concerns over non-delivery of campaign material.
Mnangagwa was due to address a rally at Chipadze Stadium this afternoon after visiting Eureka Gold Mine in Guruve and then officially laying a foundation stone for a multi-purpose sports centre to be built at Bindura University of Science Education (BUSE).
“The President was supposed to address a rally here tomorrow (today) but it has been realised that the party does not have party regalia to give to its supporters. The President will come at a later date,” a source told Newsday.
But Zanu PF politburo member Munyaradzi Machacha denied reports that Mnangagwa was expected in Bindura, saying the President had a packed schedule to address a rally.
“The President will come for a rally at a later date,” Machacha said. “He will be in Guruve, at Eureka Mine at the invitation of the Ministry of Mines and then at Bindura University at the invitation of the Ministry of Higher Education. He will be in Mashonaland Central for government work. The commissariat is not involved in his programmes tomorrow (today).”
Machacha added: “The issue of the rally was never on the schedule. It was only the request by the party supporters in the province to have him address them since he will be in the province.”
Zanu PF insiders, however, told NewsDay the rally was cancelled at the 11th hour amid concerns over non-delivery of campaign material.
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