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'Zanu-PF is not a bad party,' says Cont Mhlanga
05 Jun 2013 at 16:13hrs | Views
RENOWNED playwright Continueloving (Cont) Mhlanga says Zanu-PF is not a bad party, but it will lose the upcoming elections because Zimbabweans are tired of its old guard.
Mhlanga urged Zanu-PF to come up with a leadership renewal plan or risk going into oblivion, with its ageing leaders that he accused of running down the economy.
"Zanu-PF is not a bad party after all," he said.
"That party suffers from a leadership renewal crisis. The old guard will cost that party during the upcoming elections because people are tired of them."
Mhlanga said there were brilliant young people in Zanu-PF, but they were often shut out by the old guard.
"There are brilliant young people in Zanu-PF with brilliant ideas to uplift the economy. The problem is that those young people will always be waiting for the old guard to die to assume leadership positions," he said.
"By the time they (youth) assume the leadership positions, they will also be old and tired with no fresh ideas to improve the lives of Zimbabweans and besides, circumstances would have changed and those ideas they had would be irrelevant."
Mhlanga urged Zanu-PF to come up with a leadership renewal plan or risk going into oblivion, with its ageing leaders that he accused of running down the economy.
"Zanu-PF is not a bad party after all," he said.
Mhlanga said there were brilliant young people in Zanu-PF, but they were often shut out by the old guard.
"There are brilliant young people in Zanu-PF with brilliant ideas to uplift the economy. The problem is that those young people will always be waiting for the old guard to die to assume leadership positions," he said.
"By the time they (youth) assume the leadership positions, they will also be old and tired with no fresh ideas to improve the lives of Zimbabweans and besides, circumstances would have changed and those ideas they had would be irrelevant."
Source - southerneye
