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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>HARARE: The whirring sound of a sewing machine can be heard a few paces from Judah Zunze\u2019s workshop in Harare\u2019s Warren Park township, as he stitches up political party regalia for a customer ahead of elections this month.<\/p>\n

Business is booming for Zunze making colourful clothing printed with smiling faces of politicians seeking office in the presidential and parliamentary elections due on Aug. 23.<\/p>\n

A dozen candidates are vying to be the country\u2019s next president but the main contest is between incumbent Emmerson Mnangagwa, who is seeking a second term and leads the ruling ZANU-PF party, and Nelson Chamisa, of the new Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC).<\/p>\n

\u201cBusiness is picking up as we draw closer to the elections. Orders for regalia have doubled in recent weeks,\u201d Zunze, a former foreman in a textile company, said as he handed over red and black tunics to a ZANU-PF supporter.<\/p>\n

Ahead of the vote, the informal clothing industry that includes tailors like Zunze is cashing in on demand from party supporters wanting to wear their party colours on their sleeves.<\/p>\n

Zunze, whose signature apparel is a tunic emblazoned with Mnangagwa\u2019s face, charges between $10 and $20 if a customer provides their own material.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince the campaign season started, I get up to $500 per month in profit,\u201d the father of three said.<\/p>\n

The colourful fabrics made into tunics, bags and headscarves brighten the mood at political rallies amid the economic gloom in a country with a plummeting currency, high inflation and rising unemployment.<\/p>\n

\u201cZimbabwe has many problems and our elections have been associated with all the bad things, so this is our way of lifting spirits,\u201d Shame Maupa, a CCC supporter sporting the party\u2019s signature yellow regalia, said at a rally in Gweru, 300 km from the capital Harare.<\/p>\n

For others, like ZANU-PF youth leader Lameck Chimanikire, the colourful outfits are not just about making a fashion statement. They are a tool to attract youth votes.<\/p>\n

Chimanikire\u2019s red, long flowing robe fashioned in the manner of garments worn by African apostolic church members has become a spectacle at ZANU-PF rallies.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy appearance is inspiring youths to vote. Since I grew up in the apostolic church, I thought of adapting the garment to tell a political message,\u201d Chimanikire said.<\/p>\n

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