'Zanu-PF election manifesto sold voters dummy'

Former Zanu-PF stalwarts, fired and now operating under the banner People First, say Zimbabweans were sold a dummy when the ruling party promised to create 2,2 million jobs in the run-up to the 2013 elections.

With at least 18 000 jobs lost in just two weeks after the Supreme Court's labour ruling allowing employers to terminate workers' contracts by simply giving them three months' notice, People First said Zanu-PF had no capacity to create jobs.

People First spokesperson Rugare Gumbo blamed the Zanu-PF government for creating a hostile business environment which kept investors at bay.

He said the ruling party was now dominated by "greedy and over-ambitious" people who were clueless on finding ways to create employment.