The MDC has retained its parliamentary seat in Buhera South, Manicaland province in a recount exercise that has taken five days.
MDC MP for Makoni South, Pishai Muchauraya, said they retained the seat with an additional 137 votes. When the original results were announced the MDC's candidate for the constituency, Naison Nemadziwa, beat Zanu-PF's Joseph Chinotimba by a margin of 1220 votes. Nemadziwa got 8833 votes and Chinotimba 7613.
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