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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>The EFF in Zimbabwe will not field a presidential candidate, but will rally behind \u201clike-minded\u201d Zanu-PF\u2019s Emmerson Mnangagwa on 23 August.<\/p>\n

Innocent Ndibali Sibanda, the organisation\u2019s president in Zimbabwe, in an interview with News24, said the decision was foregrounded on Pan-African alliances it shared with Zanu-PF.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is the only president who will ensure continuity in land expropriation without compensation, and the protection of the non-negotiable Zimbabwe sovereignty.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe EFF voted with Zanu-PF at the Pan-African Parliament and brought about the EFF-sponsored rotational principle in the presidency of the Pan-African Parliament.<\/p>\n

\u201cZanu-PF, under President Mnangagwa, has not violated the rights of Africans and this is in line with our borderless Africa and the belief that no African can be a foreigner in Africa,\u201d Sibanda said.<\/p>\n

At the Pan-African Parliament last year, EFF South Africa voted for Zimbabwe\u2019s Fortune Charumbira for the presidency.<\/p>\n

But the stance taken by EFF Zimbabwe was somewhat different from the SA party\u2019s standpoint.<\/p>\n

The SA leader, Julius Malema, in May, attacked Mnangagwa in a tweet for jailing opposition leaders.<\/p>\n

\u201cSending an activist to four years\u2019 imprisonment for simply holding different political views is pathetic,\u201d he tweeted.<\/p>\n

Nomination Court<\/b><\/p>\n

The Nomination Court will convene on Wednesday \u2013 and, to stand for the presidency, there\u2019s a US$20 000 fee to be lodged at the high court, for Parliamentarians it\u2019s US$1 000 at provincial courts, and those eyeing senate seats will have to pay US$200.<\/p>\n

The fees were contested last week, with the Constitutional Court directing Parliament to review the fees.<\/p>\n

Zanu-PF enjoyed more than a two-thirds majority \u2013 and the fees were not changed.<\/p>\n

On Monday, opposition political parties filed an urgent court application calling for the fees to be reduced.<\/p>\n

High Court Judge Justice Munamato Mutevedzi ruled the application seeking an urgent determination of the challenge was not urgent, so the matter should be set down for hearing on a normal and ordinary court\u2019s roll.<\/p>\n

During the 2018 general elections, there were 23 presidential candidates.<\/p>\n

The steep fees could serve as a deterrent to many aspirants.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Zimbabwe<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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