ASPIRING Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) candidates in Bulawayo have encouraged their supporters to adopt the party’s ‘mango’ strategy to avoid intimidation by suspected Zanu PF supporters.
By adopting the mango strategy, CCC members would pretend to be Zanu PF supporters in public while remaining opposition at heart.
Addressing a campaign rally in Nkulumane, aspiring Cowdray Park candidate, Pashor Raphael Sibanda, also urged party supporters not to shy away from accepting Zanu PF freebies.
He will lock horns with Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube.
“Let him (Ncube) fix roads and build clinics and pay for your driving lessons...but do not be hoodwinked into voting for ZanuPF,” Sibanda said.
Aspiring Mpopoma-Pelandaba councilor, Donaldson Mabutho, who is seeking another term, echoed similar sentiments.
“In areas where they might get away with intimidation, act like you are one of them for you to be safe but vote CCC on August 23,” Mabutho said.
Meanwhile, a Zanu PF gathering also took place about 300 meters away where singer Sandra Ndebele was also campaigning.
Ndebele is eyeying a council seat.
“We came here because we want to prove that not everything has to be run from one city. It’s time to de-Hararize things,” Ndebele said.