Ellen Mlambo
TWO NATIONS REPORTER

BEITBRIDGE- Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) has for the first time won a parliamentary seat in Beitbridge.
The party’s Beitbridge West candidate and former mayor, Morgan Ncube beat Zanu PF’s Thusani Ndou by 96 votes to win the parliamentary seat.
Ncube garnered 7428 votes against Ndou’s 7 332. Independent candidate Moffat Cephas Ndou got 1114 votes.
Zanu Pf’s Albert Nguluvhe was re-elected Beitbridge East legislator. He got 8 635 votes against CCC’s Renatho Ndou who got 5 626 votes.
The opposition had not won a parliamentary seat in Beitbridge since 2000.
Ncube was Beitbridge Municipality Ward 4 Councillor. He served as Mayor from 2018 until 2020 when he was recalled by the Douglas Mwonzora led MDC.
He was re-elected in the March 22, 2022 by-election.
He told Two Nations that he will serve his constituency with diligence.
“I am grateful with the confidence that the people of Beitbridge have bestowed in me. Beitbridge constituencies have been Zanu PF strongholds. I will ensure that I address challenges being faced in the constituency. There is poor road network, no mobile phone network and people are using the neighbouring South African networks. There are schools whose roofs were blown away by wind and pupils have been learning in open spaces for over a year now, I will also work towards refurbishing those schools,” said Ncube.
Nguluvhe said the elections were peaceful but bemoaned the low voter turnout.
“The elections were peaceful although the turnout was not good. People must learn to exercise their rights. As Zanu PF we will continue with developments from where we left because we have some outstanding projects. My main concern is infrastructure development especially schools and clinics. We must have at least one or two boarding schools in Beitbridge East constituency and build laboratories so that science subjects can be taught. We will again work on improving roads because transporters are evading some of our roads which are in a bad state,” said Nguluvhe.