MDC Renewal Mat South Youth Press Statement
As the MDC Renewal youth of Matabeleland South we receive with regret news that our party Treasurer General Elton Mangoma has quit the party and formed a new party.
The Mat South Youth Assembly of the party by means of this statement disassociates itself with the new party formed by Mangoma and others.
We believe that as the MDC Renewal Team we have proper party channels through which any grievances within the party can be addressed and the Treasurer General is well aware of those procedures and should so have presented his issues to the National Working Committee and National Council if he had any as per order.
It is our view that as leaders we should stand together and work hard to uplift the people of Zimbabwe in general and Mat South in particular who have not enjoyed any fruit of independence and those efforts begin with us as a party having a unity of purpose and not prioritising personal aspirations over the wishes and struggles of the people we are supposed to be leading.
The Mat South Youth Assembly therefore calls on all youth members in the province and indeed the country not to be swayed but to remain calm, steadfast and guided by the Mandel Training Centre resolutions that clearly guide our vision.
That as it may be, we would like to call upon our leaders to comply with the conflict resolution procedures as guided by the party’s laid out procedures than divide the movement at this very crucial stage as we approach congress and policy conference. It is our belief that personal egos and grudges have no room in our vanguard movement as we seek to build an alternative to the failed government of Robert Mugabe and ZANU PF.
We believe in the courage to be different.
Wellington Nare Mat South Youth Secretary
Methuseli Ngwenya Secretary for informal and publicity
Ngqabutho Moyo Organising Secretary
Bhekinkosi Dube Youth cadre development