Zimbabwe's leading opposition party on Thursday suffered a major blow ahead of national elections next month as a court disqualified all its candidates vying for seats in the nation's second largest city.
Zanu-PF is poised to win Bulawayo parliamentary seats for the first time in 23 years after 12 Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) candidates were barred from co.
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The decision paves the way for the ruling ZANU-PF party to scoop up Bulawayo s 12 constituencies in the August 23 vote, with its parliamentary hopefuls running virtually uncontested.