THE just-ended Zanu PF primary elections have seen more than a dozen candidates with military backgrounds winning the right to represent the party in general elections in which President Robert Mugabe is seeking an outright victory as part of his political survival strategy.
Zanu PF has been militarising its structures since the party lost the 2008 elections and some reports say it has replaced its defunct district coordinating committees with the military, which is co-ordinating the grassroots structures.
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