President Mnangagwa reveals election month

President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Friday revealed when Zimbabwe will be having its Harmonized elections.

President Mnangagwa said this while addressing community members gathered during the commissioning of Rwenya bridge in Mudzi.

The president said he will only partially reveal the voting dates.

“the polls will be in August”

Month for this year's Harmonised elections announced. pic.twitter.com/a1G82QOt13

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The official opening of the bridge is part of President Mnangagwa’s campaign strategy ahead of the official proclamtion.

Rwenya bridge was swept away in 2013 by Cyclone Eline and disconnected the two provinces on the northern side.

People on both sides were struggling to cross either way, especially in the rainy season as they were resorting to longer routes such as going via Harare from Mudzi should they want to go to Nyanga.

In his keynote address, President Mnangagwa said his administration will continue to spearhead infrastructural developments through mobilisation of the country’s own resources without borrowing from multilateral agencies.

“I am pleased to say we do not owe money to anyone in these projects we are undertaking. We are mobilizing our own resources and using local companies that we have been supporting to develop our country,” said President Mnangagwa.