Zhuwao urges Mutinhiri to back Chamisa

One of the brains behind the National Patriotic Front (NPF), Patrick Zhuwao, has called on the party's presidential candidate, Brig-Gen Ambrose Mutinhiri (RTD), to withdraw from the race and root for MDC Alliance leader Advocate Nelson Chamisa.

Zhuwao said a critical analysis of the NPF's preparedness ahead of the polls shows that it has no chance, 'even in hell', to win the watershed elections.

President Mnangagwa and Chamisa are touted the major belligerents in the watershed poll set for July 30. Donors are also understood to have threatened to withhold the purse-strings if Rtd Brig-Gen Mutinhiri pressed ahead with his campaign for the presidency.