A ZANU PF faction reportedly led by former Vice-President Joice Mujuru has extended an olive branch to former party heavyweights Simba Makoni and Dumiso Dabengwa to close ranks and come on board in its gloves-off fight against President Robert Mugabe.
On Monday, the group released a strongly-worded statement denouncing the ouster of its members from the ruling party and courted other disgruntled former party members to form a grand coalition to fight Mugabe.
Both Makoni and Dabengwa once served as Zanu PF politburo members and Cabinet ministers in Mugabe’s government, but left to launch their own political projects following a falling out with Mugabe in 2008. Makoni now leads Mavambo Kusile Dawn while Dabengwa leads Zapu.
But Makoni and Dabengwa yesterday ruled out the possibility of rejoining Zanu PF saying they would only work with the Mujuru’s embattled faction only in its quest to resolve the problems the country was facing.
They, however, said they were happy the Mujuru faction had now realised Zanu PF’s democratic shortcomings and intolerance to divergent views.
“I cannot work with Mutasa to solve the problem in Zanu PF because I am not a member of Zanu PF,” Makoni said yesterday.
“We can only work together to deal with the problems affecting the Zimbabweans.
“I cannot be used to solve their (Zanu PF) rotten party. I am happy they have realised that the party is rotten, although late, it is better late than never.”
Makoni said he was willing to work with all progressive Zimbabweans for the common good of the country, adding that was the reason why he, since 2012, had been calling for a grand coalition of opposition parties to fight Mugabe’s hegemony.
Dabengwa confirmed that the Mujuru faction had formally approached him, but said he would decide to co-operate after seeing their proposals.
“The issues that Mutasa raised were very important,” he said.
“That is why some of us left the party. We cannot expect the party to respect the national Constitution when they fail to be democratic in their own party.”
Dabengwa said he wished the Mujuru faction well and he was relieved they had seen Zanu PF’s true colours.
Mujuru and her allies claimed they were unfairly dismissed from the party on trumped-up charges in the run-up to the Zanu PF congress in December.
In a statement by former secretary for administration Didymus Mutasa, threatened to legally challenge and nullify the resolutions passed by the congress, adding that procedures were not followed in convening the indaba.
Mutasa was relieved of his duties in the party and the government along other heavyweights among them former party spokesperson Rugare Gumbo, former secretary for commissariat Webster Shamu, production secretary Dzikamai Mavhaire and eight provincial chairpersons, for working with Mujuru in an alleged plot to topple and assassinate Mugabe.
Mutasa, in his statement, said the December congress that railroaded some constitutional amendments to the party’s governance charter were illegal, and so were the amendments. – SouthernEye
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No political mileage will be scored by associating with joice, she is a spent force.
No political mileage will be scored by associating with joice, she is a spent force.
Welcome to the real world
Welcome to the real world
Vana Dabengwa and makoni have long since expired, nothing new can come out of them. They are now used squeezed lemons, unotongodya neganda bcoz they are no longer bitter. Zvino teurai chikopokopo mujuru has run out of ideas. Wakainonokera nyaya isu tichisafa ne Zanu .
Vana Dabengwa and makoni have long since expired, nothing new can come out of them. They are now used squeezed lemons, unotongodya neganda bcoz they are no longer bitter. Zvino teurai chikopokopo mujuru has run out of ideas. Wakainonokera nyaya isu tichisafa ne Zanu .
I think Mai Mujuru has made her position very clear from the onset of her demise through well publicised press statements. Cde Mutasa is also expressing his own opinion in his own way. Now; I think some pple MUST stop abusing Mai Mujuru’s name unnecessarily. It seems some certain individuals want to claim to be associated with Mai Mujuru inorder to score some political mileage while certain Newspapers want go increase sales by merely mentioning Mai Mujuru’s name among some misguided & expelled ‘factionaries’. Mai Mujuru vakazvinyararira havo; ngativasiye vakadaro. This “Mujuru faction”;” Mujuru allies”:; Mujuru this; Mujuru that – must STOP. If I were Dr Grace I would have shouted: “STOP IT!!!” Why not write about “MUTASA OR GUMBO FACTION”; “MUTASA ALLIES”; MUTASA THIS ; or “GIMBO THAT??”. Please we ought to leave Mai Mujuru alone from all this madness and above all just respect her name ‘ Cde Joice Teurai-Ropa Nhongo Mujuru nee Mugari.
I think Mai Mujuru has made her position very clear from the onset of her demise through well publicised press statements. Cde Mutasa is also expressing his own opinion in his own way. Now; I think some pple MUST stop abusing Mai Mujuru’s name unnecessarily. It seems some certain individuals want to claim to be associated with Mai Mujuru inorder to score some political mileage while certain Newspapers want go increase sales by merely mentioning Mai Mujuru’s name among some misguided & expelled ‘factionaries’. Mai Mujuru vakazvinyararira havo; ngativasiye vakadaro. This “Mujuru faction”;” Mujuru allies”:; Mujuru this; Mujuru that – must STOP. If I were Dr Grace I would have shouted: “STOP IT!!!” Why not write about “MUTASA OR GUMBO FACTION”; “MUTASA ALLIES”; MUTASA THIS ; or “GIMBO THAT??”. Please we ought to leave Mai Mujuru alone from all this madness and above all just respect her name ‘ Cde Joice Teurai-Ropa Nhongo Mujuru nee Mugari.
I always reckon positive thinking well done makoni bt if you had thought about this in yours days in Zanu pf wr would be a better Zim
I always reckon positive thinking well done makoni bt if you had thought about this in yours days in Zanu pf wr would be a better Zim
Let everyone who opposes this tyranny come together no matter when or how. These ones have got the latest and the hottest news from the tyranny. It is not winning an election that matters. It is effectively standing up against the murderer, his looters and liars. The cooperation of the opposition is very necessary in order to facilitate accurate and relevant decision making at the right moment. The opposition by the post independence social democrats alone lacked the killer punch at a time when the murderer could have been struck decisively. Let us all get together!
Let everyone who opposes this tyranny come together no matter when or how. These ones have got the latest and the hottest news from the tyranny. It is not winning an election that matters. It is effectively standing up against the murderer, his looters and liars. The cooperation of the opposition is very necessary in order to facilitate accurate and relevant decision making at the right moment. The opposition by the post independence social democrats alone lacked the killer punch at a time when the murderer could have been struck decisively. Let us all get together!
Come on Mabweadzwa, God’s power is greater than all this stuff. I am not disputing it exists but it is the devil. We are supposed to be largely a Christian nation. Fear is not of God. We really need to get past this as a nation. Man has no extraordinary powers of his own and the devil is a defeated foe alongside all the goblins and whatever!
Come on Mabweadzwa, God’s power is greater than all this stuff. I am not disputing it exists but it is the devil. We are supposed to be largely a Christian nation. Fear is not of God. We really need to get past this as a nation. Man has no extraordinary powers of his own and the devil is a defeated foe alongside all the goblins and whatever!
Even so achafa chete
Even so achafa chete
The maths of it is really very simple…zero + zero = zero
The maths of it is really very simple…zero + zero = zero
By the way, do they have any MPs, these people, Dabengwa and Makoni?
Even if they were to come together, three failures cannot win anything against the bouyant dictator. Mugabe fights not only with his concubine but also with excessive supernatural powers he inherited from his mother and also his own he got from all over the world including India, Nigeria, Malawi, Indonesia, South Africa and Ghana above all. His multiple goblins and talismans keep him posted of all their secret conversations and possess him when confronting them. Thats what sends shivers down their spines. Kana anozoti bufu hapana.