Total Total 10 226 18 contest and others wanting to participate to protect the seats they previously held. The pro-election section is led by party Vice President Thokozani Khuphe while Bulawayo East MP Thabitha Khumalo leads the group that is against the elections. Eventually the issue was taken to the MDC- T National Council and the party endorsed the decision not to participate which had originally been passed by their congress in 2014. In Zanu PF there was fierce jostling for posts with those perceived to be aligned to former Vice President Joice Mujuru being sidelined in the primary elections. Those sidelined were reportedly decampaigning the party’s chosen candidates. th Ø On 26 April 2015 at the corner of 6 Avenue and Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo Street opposite Unity Village an MDC T supporter was beaten up by Zanu PF activists Abraham Nkomo and Patrick Moyo after he allegedly said when the Nigerian Prophet TB Joshua prophesied that an African leader would die he meant the Zanu PF Leader. This did not go down well with the two who then allegedly assaulted him till he managed to flee. No police report was made. Ø In a case of intra-party conflict within Zanu PF ahead of the pending byelections for Luveve constituency, on 17 April 2015 in Ward 15, Luveve some party members verbally insulted a candidate who wanted to contest the primary elections. The members led by winning candidate Mr Ntando Mlilo castigated the victim saying she was too old and had already lost council elections three times and was not MP material. They humiliated her in public.