A ZANU PF aligned group, the Zimbabwe National Congress Union (ZICOSU), distributed chocolates, meal tickets and $10 notes to University of Zimbabwe (UZ) students in the recently ended Students Representative Council Presidential elections which they won, rivals have claimed. ZICOSU, which is a rival to the main student activist body, the Zimbabwe National Students Union (ZINASU), won the recent elections by 1400 to ZINASU's 1200. According to ZINASU, their loss was as a result of massive vote buying by the Zanu linked group which took advantage of the poor students. Speaking at a press conference in Harare this week, ZINASU Secretary General, Makomborero Haruzivishe, said UZ students were offered goodies among them chocolates and plates of sadza. A clear example is that of Cain Mathema's wife whom he manipulated while she was a Midlands State University student on attachment at his office," he said.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 11, 2017 21:00 UTC