The Sunday Mail
08.00 – All roads lead to Chemhanza Stadium in Magunje, Hurungwe district, for ZANU PF’s Mashonaland West Province Presidential Star Rally
08.10 – Crowds have already started filling up the venue
Part of the multitudes gathered at Chemhanza Stadium in Magunje, Hurungwe District, in Mashonaland West Province for the ZANU PF Presidential Star Rally
11.16 – Vice President Dr Constantino Chiwenga and ZANU PF Vice President Cde Kembo Mohadi have arrived at the venue
12.03 – President Mnangagwa is meeting with supporters
12.17 – ZANU PF National Political Commissar Cde Mike Bimha has taken to the podium. He says the ruling party will win resoundingly
12.36 – Cde Bimha introduces the province’s ruling party candidates for the upcoming harmonised elections
12.40 – President Mnangagwa is greeting the candidates
12.55 – Cde Bimha invites Vice President Dr Constantino Chiwenga to introduce President Mnangagwa
12.56 – Vice President Chiwenga takes to the podium. The VP says Zimbabwe has positively transformed within in a short space of time under the leadership of President Mnangagwa
13.00 – VP Chiwenga says Zimbabwe will continue to be built by its own people. The VP introduces the ruling party’s presidential candidate for the August 23 harmonised elections, President Mnangagwa
13.04 – President Mnangagwa takes to the podium
13.07 – President Mnangagwa says he is pleased to see the huge crowds in Mashonaland West Province, as has been witnessed at the Chipinge election campaign launch and the rally in Bulilima recently
13.29 – President Mnangagwa commends the great work of the late Archbishop Ezekiel Handinawangu Guti, and calls for a moment of silence
13.38 – President Mnangagwa has congratulated all successful candidates who won in the ruling party’s primary elections
13.41 – He says Zimbabweans should continue to be peaceful in the run-up and during the August 23 harmonised elections
13.45 – ZANU PF has a vision, said the President. He said notwithstanding the sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe by the West, the country will continue to move forward
14.01 – “There are some businesses that are fighting us, especially soon after we proclaimed dates for elections,” said President Mnangagwa. “Prices started going up, and our Zimbabwe dollar was under attack, with the rate going up.
14.14 – President Mnangagwa says Chinhoyi University of Technology (CUT) is producing many breakthroughs, which are benefiting the country
14.16 – President Mnangagwa says no place will be left behind. He says Devolution funds are transforming communities across the country
14.20 – President Mnangagwa has concluded his address
