Some predict that the death on 23 May of Dumiso Dabengwa  a liberation fighter and Ndebele hero who was jailed by his former comrades Mugabe and Mnangagwa in the 1980s  will be a catalyst for further protests in the province...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	      Dumiso Dabengwa could be roped in to bolster PF support in the Matebeleland provinces  including Bulawayo...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     However  Dumiso Dabengwa  acting on behalf of the old  mainly Ndebele  Patriotic Front-Zimbabwe African People's Union (PF-ZAPU)  has come out in support of candidates fighting on the ZAPU ticket and called on Bulawayo voters to keep out ZANU-PF...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     The MDC-T's launching rally in Marondera on 7 July was well attended but some impact was lost by the absence of Dumiso Dabengwa's Zimbabwe African People's Union and Welshman Ncube's MDC-Ncube from what some opposition activists had promised would be a grand coalition...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     The main candidates are: Mugabe; Tsvangirai; Welshman Ncube  who leads a rival MDC faction; and Dumiso Dabengwa of the Zimbabwe African People's Union...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Under these circumstances  even the lead-footed PF-ZAPU leader Dumiso Dabengwa might spot a spoiling opportunity  as Makoni has...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Not so the other minor players  the most visible of which are Dumiso Dabengwa's resurrected Zimbabwe African People's Union and Simba Makoni's Mavambo/Kusile/Dawn...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Matebeleland’s resentment over the 1980s massacres festers while the dilapidation of its capital Bulawayo  Zimbabwe’s second city  fuels accusations of neglect which former Interior Minster Dumiso Dabengwa and his Zimbabwe African People’s Union could exploit...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     Ray's predecessor  James David McGee  met Dumiso Dabengwa  the former Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army intelligence chief  in March 2008...
	 
    
    
    
    
        
	
	     MDC-M will struggle to hold its six remaining seats in Matebeleland  where voters will probably float towards Dumiso Dabengwa’s revived Zimbabwe African People’s Union...