ZANU-PF has already pocketed Ward 14 of Umguza Rural District Council in Matabeleland North after opposition parties failed to nominate candidates to contest in the forthcoming by-elections set for March 26.

Zanu PF candidate, Delay Ncube, was the only successful candidate to lodge his nomination papers and was duly elected as the councillor for that ward with effect from January 26, 2022.

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has set March 26 of this year as the date for holding by-elections to fill vacant parliamentary and council seats.