Staff Reporter |The Joice Mujuru led Zimbabwe People First party, has cancelled it’s Matabeleland South star rally scheduled for Gwanda on the 24th of August conceding defeat to a musical concert scheduled for the town on the same weekend.
Sources within the party’s secretariat confirmed to Zimeye.com that the rally in Gwanda could no longer go ahead as there will be a gospel music concert in the town on the same day featuring South African Gospel Music artists among them Rebecca Malope.
The sources indicated that they had to cancel the rally on fears that it would lose people to the music concert starting later in the same evening after the scheduled rally times.
“Our people in Gwanda feared that the mood in the town on the day might not be conducive for a political rally when people would be gearing up for a gospel show,” said the source.
“It’s unfortunate the rally has to be cancelled but we will make sure that the people of Matabeleland South get their opportunity to see the President and that will be done soon,” added the source.
The party has been holding star rallies throughout the provinces addressed by Mujuru leading to the official launch of the party scheduled for the 10th of September at the National Sports Centre in Harare.
With Mujuru visiting other provinces on a weekly basis until the party launch, Matabeleland South is bound to miss being addressed by Mujuru until after the launch of the party as she is on a full schedule until after the launch.
The cancellation of the rally has not gone down well with party members in the province who feel let down by the party.
This weekend Mujuru will be at Ascot Stadium in Gweru, before going to Lupane Stadium in Matabeleland North and completing her run of the provinces in Mashonaland Central a week before the official launch of the party.