By Paul Nyathi| As thousands of Zimbabweans celebrate the coming of President Emerson Mnangagwa into social media, the President (or perhaps just his personal secretary) has begun blocking some people who criticize him on the platform.
South Africa based former National People’s Party Youth leader and political activist, Bongani Nyathi has revealed that the President blocked him from his page after he questioned him on the disappearances of activist Itai Dzamara and Rashiwe Guzha.
Speaking to ZimEye.com in an interview on Thursday, Nyathi said that he was shocked to note that the President had actually blocked him from his page and deleted all the posts he had made on the President’s page.
“I was shocked to see that President Mnangagwa had blocked me from contributing on his much talked about Facebook page and further went on to delete all my posts and comments made by other people on them,” he said.
Asked which particular post may have led to Mnangagwa blocking him from his page, Nyathi said that he sent the President a post with photos of Dzamara and Guzha asking the President to explain circumstances around their disappearances to which the post was immediately pulled down and he was blocked.
Nyathi claims that his feud with Mnangagwa has been ongoing since the President set up his Facebook page as he continually accused Nyathi of being his biggest foe, Jonathan Moyo.
“They first created these spurious and ridiculous allegations that I am Jonathan Moyo, then that I am not a Zimbabwean and when all that couldn’t stick, he blocked me,” said Nyathi.
Nyathi called on Zimbabweans not to tire challenging Mnangagwa on critical issues on his page without fear nor favour.
“Let the genuine patriots relentless inundate him with genuine questions on genocide, corruption, economy, kidnappings and disappearances,” he said.
Nyathi recently resigned from the Joice Mujuru led National People’s Party where he bravely contested against highly regarded Samuel Sipepa Nkomo for the party Vice President position in March last year.
Mr. President’s secretary is not going to Close Mr. President’s fb account. What the secretary is going to do is to block those people . He has the right to do that. Block block block Mr. President ndozvinoitwa pama facebook
Haamboivhara account yake. Chii chaangatye kunzwa chaasina kumbonzwa. Block them Mr President you have the right to do so. The account is yours
He has my support too
That’s correct thanks for saying that
Its his own facebook account and he too has the right to block who he wants. If you want those questions answered then you need to ask through the proper channels.
So you don’t have any remorse for Dzamara’ s wife & children? How are they feeling? So as long as it was done by ZANU pf it’s ok?You should at least have feelings towards human life even if it is not an individual from ZANU pf?Asking the president to address such an issue is not a fault.Anyway zanoids don’t see life in anything or anyone other than their own ,but definitely God will judge.The day is surely coming……..
its my right not to be your frend kana kukupindura handimanikidzwi, saka dzikama
Iwe nyarara, he thought we were not going to ask him, we also have a social right to ask him, manage achachivhara chi account chake. Killing a messenger does not stop the message from reaching where it supposed to reach. Tinoti shoko hari vhikwi so from where BN left it we shall continue or use other medias rino svika chete. Where ever he goes locally regionally or internationally sisonke nemibvudzo.
Why should he be subject to this type of person, the President has private rights like any other citizen. He has my complete support on this and many other matters. Give him a chance he is doing well. God bless him.