With concern, the ZimPF RSA province have viewed as irresponsible and reckless the statement of labelling the Zimbabwe opposition movements as Western sponsored and stooges by ANC Secretary General Gwede Mantashe in the media. The statements are not only spurious but also profane and pejorative.
It is scandalous, slippery and disheartening that a whole Secretary General of a party such as the respected ANC ooze such statements with full knowledge that his spoken words represents the general attitude and feeling of the ANC as a whole.
Historically the ANC is a sister party to Zanu PF and that umbilical code is the reason for political stereotyping by the ruling party of South Africa.
As a province we would like to declare with a bravado and brouhaha that we are a home grown political party with aims to achieve a free, democratic and prosperous Zimbabwe that will see every citizen prspering to the highest of their potential. The Zimbabwe People First party in particular is there as a messenger of the people of Zimbabwe-the poor, the downtrodden and the dejected masses who are willowing in poverty as a result of Gwede Mantashe’s best friends in Zanu PF.
The behaviour of the ruling parties and particularly individuals who view opposing forces as sponsored and foreign aided remains a mystery which surpasses even the dissapearance of the Malasyian plane. It is the wish of Zimbabweans in general and ZimPF in particular that tolerance among national and international political parties be compulsorily observed as a way to bury ancient methods of political dealing.
We shall BUILD a new Zimbabwe for all
Gen FSG Mufambi
Provincial Convener