Tshabangu smiles all the way to the bank

SELF-IMPOSED Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) interim leader Sengezo Tshabangu will be smiling all the way to the bank after government disbursed more than ZWG22 million as part of political
parties finance to the opposition party.

According to a notice published in the Government Gazette yesterday, Tshabangu’s party will receive ZWG22 116 500 of the ZWG70 million disbursed for political parties that participated in the August 2023 harmonised elections.

“The money shall be disbursed to political parties that qualify in terms of section 3(3) of the Act as follows:  ZWG47 883 500 shall be paid to the Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front (Zanu PF), which received 68,4049% of the votes cast; and ZWG22 116 500 shall be paid to the Citizen Coalition for Change, which received 31,5950% of the
total votes cast,” read the notice issued by Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi.

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