‘Shoddy’ voters roll might leave thousands stranded in Cowdray Park

Cowdray Park, a sprawling high density suburb on the outskirts of Bulawayo, will be one of the closely watched constituencies when Zimbabweans head to elections on August 23 as it mirrors the most contentious dispute over the polls – creation of new boundaries.

The largest suburb in  the city by population was not only the venue of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s only rally in Bulawayo  ahead of the elections, but it has been the centre of attraction during the just ended campaign season because of the ruling Zanu PF party candidate and Finance Mthuli Ncube’s maneuvers.

According to the 2022 population census preliminary results, Cowdray Park with 75 070 is the second most populous suburb in the country after Budiriro in Harare, which has 89 287 people.

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