It's dog eat dog in Zanu-PF primaries

It is going to be dog eat dog in the Zanu-PF primary elections, after hundreds of Young Turks and other first time candidates applied to contest party bigwigs in the internal polls slated for June 24, it has emerged.

Hundreds of candidates rushed to beat the 5pm deadline to submit curriculum vitaes for consideration in the primary elections on Saturday.

Sources said fireworks are expected in the polls after the Zanu-PF politburo ruled that no one would be spared from the process.

But there are fears that the party bigwigs will use the provincial coordinating council meetings to try to elbow out some of their challengers.

Thousands of aspiring Zanu-PF parliamentary and council candidates on Saturday submitted their CVs and applications at party inter-district meetings countrywide with scores of prominent personalities throwing their hats into the ring.

The national election directorate had to extend the submission deadline beyond 4pm owing to the massive candidate turnout.