Campaigning for the Nkulumane parliamentary by-election has intensified with less than a week to polling day, turning the high-density suburb into a hive of political activity as candidates push their messages door-to-door, through roadshows and at busy shopping centres. On Saturday, a CITE news crew observed multiple campaign teams on the ground, courting residents from all directions, underscoring how fiercely contested the December 20, 2025 by-election has become. A roadshow by Zimbabwe Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) candidate Alson Moyo drew attention in parts of Nkulumane, while campaign teams for independent candidates Mbuso Fuzwayo and Esther Auxilia Zitha, Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) candidate Mothusi “Madlela” Ndlovu and Zanu PF candidate Freedom Murechu were also visible across the constituency.
The by-election has attracted nine candidates, setting the stage for a crowded and unpredictable race in a constituency long regarded as opposition-leaning but now facing a fractured field that could split the vote. Speaking to CITE during his roadshow, EFF Zimbabwe candidate Moyo expressed confidence about his prospects, saying his long-standing engagement with the community was working in his favour. “My chances are good because people are open to me.
I have always been working with Nkulumane residents and they have been coming to me so that I can work with them,” Moyo said. He claimed the reception on the campaign trail had been encouraging, with residents asking about the EFF and its policies, but accused the ruling party of resorting to last-minute inducements. “We have been campaigning well, reception has been good, people asking about EFF, but at the last minute, the ruling party is bringing hampers to people, which it should have done long ago but is doing so now during voting time because it sees that if they don’t do that they may lose Nkulumane,” he said, noting that EFF was confident.
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“With the way we have been working, we are hopeful for a positive outcome.” Moyo did not mince his words about what he sees as Zanu PF’s strategy on the ground. “Zanu is afraid of competition, which is why it is drilling boreholes now and giving food hampers, which people are happy to receive,” he said. “My advice is to take these goods wholeheartedly. It is meant for you because Zanu will not always come and give you.”
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