Convict vies for Zanu-PF Harare chairmanship

Convicted Zanu PF activist Justin Zvandasara has vowed to take on Harare provincial chairman Amos Midzi in this weekend's elections, in a contest in which 6 candidates are understood to be vying for the same post.

Zvandasara said his conviction over a $4 million fraud charge involving the selling of 84 000 hectares of land belonging to fellow Zanu-PF official Nyasha Chikwinya, would not stop him from contesting the polls.

Zvandasara was convicted of fraud despite his own plea of not guilty when he appeared before Harare magistrate Temba Kuwanda last Thursday.

He is set to be sentenced today.