Mugabe wins key by-election
Posted: Monday, October 28, 2002

Monday, 28 October, 2002, Summary: BBC

Zimbabwe's ruling party has won a key by-election in the south-west of the country.

President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF took the seat of Insiza from the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC).

The Insiza seat, near Bulawayo, was won by more than 7,000 votes, with Zanu-PF getting more than 12,000 to the MDC's 5,000.

The by-election reversed an MDC victory in parliamentary elections in June 2000.

Bulawayo is the second largest city in Zimbabwe, and it is also a stronghold of the MDC. From BBC

Opposition youths attack ZDECO

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A GANG of suspected MDC youths yesterday attacked the Zimbabwe Distance Education College (ZDECO) and destroyed property worth thousands of dollars in apparent anger after their party lost the Insiza by-election.

It is understood that this prompted Zanu-PF youths to retaliate by attacking the MDC offices in Bulawayo.

The undisclosed number of youths descended on the college and smashed flowerpots, windows and doors before attacking some of the workers.

The college belongs to Dr Sikhanyiso Ndlovu, the Zanu-PF deputy political commissar. MORE 

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