{"id":90024,"date":"2024-01-23T11:32:45","date_gmt":"2024-01-23T09:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/tshabangu-fails-to-field-candidates-in-five-wards-for-03-february-by-elections"},"modified":"2024-01-23T14:56:14","modified_gmt":"2024-01-23T12:56:14","slug":"tshabangu-fails-to-field-candidates-in-five-wards-for-03-february-by-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/tshabangu-fails-to-field-candidates-in-five-wards-for-03-february-by-elections","title":{"rendered":"Tshabangu Fails To Field Candidates In Five Wards For 03 February By-elections"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Sengezo Tshabangu, who claims to be the opposition Citizens\u2019 Coalition for Change (CCC) interim secretary general, did not field candidates in five wards for the 03 February 2023 by-elections.<\/p>\n

This means ZANU PF has taken the wards, which were won by CCC in the August 2023 general elections, without a single ballot being cast.<\/p>\n

Tshabangu recently obtained a High Court order barring the recalled candidates, who had been sponsored by CCC leader Nelson Chamisa and his allies, from running in the by-elections.<\/p>\n

The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) on Tuesday, 23 January, released the names of the CCC candidates whose nominations for the upcoming by-elections were nullified by the High Court. ZEC said:<\/p>\n

The public is hereby informed that following a High Court Order issued on the 19th of January 2024 under Case No. HCH197\/24, the nomination of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party candidates specified in Schedule 1 below who had been nominated for election in by-elections scheduled for the 3rd of February 2024 has been set aside.<\/p>\n

The CCC candidates whose nomination for the 3 February 2023 by-elections were set aside are:<\/p>\n

Musingashari Musingashari \u2013 Chiredzi Town Council Ward 6<\/p>\n

Roger Chikonye \u2013 Chiredzi Town Council Ward 7<\/p>\n

Samuel Gwenzi \u2013 Harare Municipality Ward 5<\/p>\n

Ian Muteto Makone \u2013 Harare Municipality Ward 18<\/p>\n

Innocent Kuziva Haparari \u2013 Manyame RDC Ward 7.<\/p>\n

ZEC added:<\/p>\n

Consequently, the public is hereby notified, in terms of section 125 (4) (a) of the Electoral Act [Chapter 2:13], that since only one candidate has been duly nominated for each of the specified vacant wards, the persons specified in Schedule 2 below have been duly elected as members of the local authorities with effect from the 3rd of February 2024.<\/p>\n

The ZANU PF local authority candidates who have won their seats unopposed are:<\/p>\n

Costen Mombe \u2013 Chiredzi Town Council Ward 6<\/p>\n

Brighton Nyashadzashe Mahiya \u2013 Chiredzi Town Council Ward 7<\/p>\n

Abdurrahman Sapa \u2013 Harare Municipality Ward 5<\/p>\n

Rufaro Daniel Matsika \u2013 Harare Municipality Ward 18<\/p>\n

Simbarashe Ngarande \u2013 Manyame RDC Ward 7.<\/p>\n

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