HARARE: A small crowd of bused supporters for Zimbabwe’s ruling party has marched for peace in the capital, a day after the opposition rallied thousands to demand electoral reforms.
Zimbabwe holds presidential elections on July 30. It will be the first vote without the participation of former leader Robert Mugabe since independence from white minority rule in 1980.
The Zanu-PF ruling party, which has been accused of using violence and fraud in previous elections, called the march a departure from the past.
Speakers on Wednesday criticized 40-year-old opposition president Mr Nelson Chamisa, who has energized the MDC-T party and has been endorsed by Robert Mugabe’s NPF opposition party.
NPF is made up of former Zanu PF officials and members who belonged to the once powerful G40 faction.
