ZANU-PF will hold primary elections to select a candidate for the Headlands constituency by-election set for June 10.
The constituency was left vacant following the expulsion of former secretary for administration Didymus Mutasa.Zanu-PF national political commissar Mr Saviour Kasukuwere announced the date in a statement yesterday.
He said deputy secretary for administration  Mr Douglas Mombeshora, would lead the team seconded by the national commissariat to conduct the polls.
“The Zanu-PF secretary for commissariat, Mr Saviour Kasukuwere wishes to announce that the Zanu-PF primary election for Headlands constituency is going to be held on Sunday, April 5, 2015,” reads part of the statement.
“Party members will go to vote at their usual polling stations. The polling stations will open at 0700 hours and will close at 1900 hours.”
The voting, Mr Kasukuwere said, would be done according to cells and members would be required to produce national identity cards or valid passports as proof of identity.
Twelve candidates have been approved to contest in the elections.
Those approved are  Christopher Chingosho, William Taurai Chiripamberi, Sheila Mahere (Nyagumbo), Tinaye Chigudu, Elizabeth Mukungatu, Tedius Nyikayaramba, Albert Nyakuyedzwa, Nathaniel Mhiripiri, Timon Tandi, Moses Chikwariro, Ndakaitei Mandangu and Dakarai Mapuranga.
Mapuranga’s CV was initially rejected on the grounds that he was not in provincial structures for the minimum five years.
Mutasa was expelled from Zanu-PF together with his nephew Temba Mliswa for bringing the name of the party into disrepute.
The two were part of a putchist cabal led by former Vice President Joice Mujuru that wanted to illegally topple and/or assassinate President Mugabe.
The duo was recalled from Parliament following their expulsion from Zanu-PF. -chronicle