ZANU PF has won two of the contested Rural District Council seats in Nyanga and Mberengwa.
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) conducted the by-elections on Saturday, 08 October 2022 after the seats fell vacant following the deaths of ZANU PF councillors Matongo Collins and Ravasingadi Zhou.
ZANU PF retained both seats with huge margins.
In Nyanga Ward 27, ZANU PF’s Simon Nyazenga garnered 376 while CCC’s Artwell Tichiwangani received 123 votes.
In Mberengwa Ward 15 Albenias Nkonzo of ZANU PF garnered 765 while Cornias Dhongijena of CCC got 165.
Speaking after the results were released, CCC deputy spokesperson Ostallos Siziba conceded that the party has a lot of work to do. He said:
More work must be done to close the gap. This was a by-election for a ZANU PF seat despite intimidation and patronage networks.
Some braved out and voted for CCC. We are going there for a post-mortem and a grassroots mobilisation programme so that we can build from there.