Khupe Celebrates Federation Of Rhodesia Presidency.
6 April 2020
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ANALYSIS: After suing the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland over the unconstitutional appointment of Prime minister Garfield Todd’s successor, Rhodesians are celebrating.

The development comes following a Supreme Court Of Zimbabwe ruling which ordered them to hold a Congress in 90 days to elect a new leader.

The Supreme Court Verdict was passed by a panel of judges led by Zimbabwean Justice Bharat Patel.

The judicial decision falls a few years after the death of Prime Minister Garfield Todd.

The Appellants had taken Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa to court saying the appointment of Todd’s successor in 1958 was unconstitutional.

The Rhodesians who still have structures in Zimbabwe and across the world, have since been ordered to hold a Congress and elect a new leader in 3 months time.

A woman identifying herself as Dr. Thokozani Khupe immediately claimed victory saying she is the legitimate Acting President of the Federation Of Rhodesia And Nyasaland, having been elected at Congress in 1958.

The above is a simple explanation of events after a verdict was passed by the Supreme Court last week by Justice Patel.

The Supreme Court Judges ruled saying:

It is accordingly ordered as follows:

  1. The appeal be and is hereby dismissed with no order as to costs.
  2. The judgment of the court a quo be and is hereby confirmed, save for the deletion of paragraphs 4 and 5 of the operative order.
  3. The third respondent, in her capacity as the Acting President of the first appellant, be and is hereby ordered to convene an Extra-Ordinary Congress, within a period of three months from the date of this order, in order to elect a new President.
  4. In the event that the third respondent fails or is unable to comply with paragraph 3 above, the third appellant, in his capacity as the National Chairperson of the first appellant, be and is hereby ordered to convene the aforesaid Extra- Ordinary Congress, within a period of four months from the date of this order.

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Also commenting recently, Legal expert Dr Tapiwa Shumba unmasked the confusion on the future of the MDC party after senator Douglas Mwonzora told ZimEye that MDC Alliance is not a political party. Mwonzora threatened saying his nemesis Nelson Chamisa is no more.

Mwonzora himself is on video stating the contrary.

Writing on Saturday, Dr Shumba threw into the open revelations that a political party has its legs at the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission and nowhere else. Below was his full text:

By Dr Tapiwa Shumba | There is no reason for any confusion. It is the MDC trading politically as MDC Alliance. Its been like that ever since. We were MDC trading as MDC-T and noone ever asked why everything about us was still MDC. Noone has ever seen an MDC-T constitution. We always celebrated MDC Anniversary and used MDC in our communications. It has always been MDC but MDC T started as far back as 2008 (before elections).

It’s a choice we make to connect to our history and traditions as we continue to renew, transform and grow on the other hand. It is the transacting name, which is the most relevant in Zimbabwe political context, that changes depending on the electoral market and dynamics. That’s why there is nothing trading as MDC currently. There is no MDC Councillor or MP. Many people don’t understand that MDC is now almost like our nickname or better still mutupo/totem in the Zim political context. Riri pachitupa now is MDC Alliance – it used to be MDC-T. Where our identity is requested for official reasons i.e ZEC and Parliament, Council we use the official name for the electoral cycle – now MDC Alliance. Hakuna chinhu chinonzi MDC kwese ikoko.

I say this because I see people asking.
1) Where is the MDC Alliance Consitution saka? (In fact you are not required to have any constitution in Zim).
2. Why did you celebrate 20 years Anniversary?
3. Why did you have 5th Congress?
4. Why are you still using Harvest House HQ.

Until you understand that in Zimbabwe a Party only exists at ZEC, Parliament and Government you will continue to get confused about the MDC and MDC Alliance, the former being a street name at the latter being an official name. We will always officially transform to adapt to the political and electoral realities of the day but the soul will remain MDC, yet officially speaking, the MDC (our MDC) ceased to exist as an official electoral entity in 2008. The official MDC-T was abandoned when Thokozani Khupe abused it.

The transformation that takes place with the MDC in every electoral cycle is the fundamental reason why it is first class nonsense for anyone to say the Party must revert to a pre-electoral state. Pre-electoral state of the MDC are footsteps, hakuna chinhu, kunosara mutupo iwoyu unonzi MDC chete. That’s why there is this confusion, yet in truth, there is nothing new in the transformation of political parties. Consider this question – how old is ZANU-PF – and what is ZANU in all this – does ZANU-PF say it started in 1987 – but why do they claim and celebrate the 70s heroes and victories of ZANU when ZANU-PF started in 1987? Lastly, don’t be stupid.