Mujuru receives major ZimPF boost

Former vice president and Zimbabwe people interim leader Joice Mujuru has received a significant boost in her quest to become the country's first female president after her potential Margaret Dongo confirmed yesterday that she will not be contesting foe the party's leadership at its forthcoming election convention.

The ex-cabinet minister has already given notice that she is ready to become Zimbabwe's first ever female presidential candidate in the eagerly anticipated 2018 national elections, although she still has to win her party's nomination and possibly also navigate the hazardous terrain that is the mooted grand opposition collation.
 
Meanwhile, Mujuru yesterday declared she is the next President, only needing the support and the vote of the youths to step into State House after the 2018 elections.

Mujuru, who was addressing ZimPF youths at White City Stadium Youth Arena in Bulawayo, rallied party youths to register to vote for the next elections to unseat President Robert Mugabe and Zanu-PF.

The former Vice-President said Mugabe and Zanu-PF will never be removed through sloganeering, saying registering to vote and voting during the 2018 elections was the answer.

The opposition leader urged youths to refuse to be used by politicians to commit human rights abuses, saying: "Zimbabwe has had enough of that and we need a new culture of politicking".