Both main contenders for Zimbabwe's presidency projected themselves as sure-fire winners, as campaigning wrapped up.
Zimbabwe's main presidential contenders projected confidence on Monday, as electioneering wrapped up.Mnangagwa met with his cabinet and commended them for what he called a great five years.Chamisa, in his last rally ahead of polls, said he had never seen Mnangagwa so scared, and assured a landslide victory.
Not that either Zanu-PF's president Emmerson Mnangagwa, 80, and Nelson Chamisa, 45, of the Citizens Coalition for Change would agree.On the last day of campaigning, Mnangagwa held a cabinet meeting. While they waited there was entertainment from anti-regime musicians, who occasionally gave rally-goers time to sing CCC songs about Chamisa marching to the state house at the country's new leader.
Clad in a yellow dress, CCC supporters cheered the woman, who, for the greater part of the campaign, was not in the public eye.In an address to the rally-goers, she said:"Tomorrow [the eve of the election], let's all pray for our country. All mothers, please let's lead in prayer. We need a peaceful, free, and fair election, and God should help us win in peace."
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