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Major election rallies set for the weekend

    JOHANNESBURG

    The two main political parties in Zimbabwe, the ruling ZANU-PF party and the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), will hold their showcase rallies this weekend in the capital, Harare.

    President Robert Mugabe’s ZANU-PF party is facing the stiffest challenge to its 20-year rule from the labour-backed MDC in parliamentary elections on 24-25 June. The ruling party’s big rally will be on Saturday, and on Sunday the MDC, barely a year old, will use the same venue on Sunday to gauge the extent of its growing popularity a week before the polls.

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