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Moyo unhappy with Tsvangirai
14 Oct 2015 at 09:20hrs | Views
MDC-T national chairman Lovemore Moyo
SOME top MDC-T officials in Matabeleland, among them national chairman Lovemore Moyo, are reportedly livid over party leader Morgan Tsvangirai's failure to attend Nkulumane MP Thamsanqa Mahlangu's burial last Saturday.
Tsvangirai said he stayed away from the funeral wake to enable the feuding family members to resolve their differences, as Mahlangu's paternal and maternal relatives fought over control of the burial proceedings.
His deputy, Thokozani Khupe, is alleged to have taken sides with one of the feuding families.
Only three senior MDC-T officials from outside Bulawayo attended Mahlangu's burial at Lady Stanley Cemetery - Kuwadzana East MP Nelson Chamisa, Mkoba MP Amos Chibaya and MDC-T chief whip Innocent Gonese.
Moyo is said to have registered his displeasure in a WhatsApp chat group of some MDC-T National Standing Committee (NSC) members.
"[I] am deeply concerned, disappointed and ashamed to say the least about the sad events at Hon. Mahlangu's funeral. Ranging from the party's active factional involvement in family affairs, to failure by the NSC members to pay their last respects to our hero," part of the message read.
"Cdes, now is the time to pause for a while and ask ourselves as leadership of this movement tough questions about the sincerity and commitment to this struggle. We need (to) check whether the party is still on the right direction or it has been hijacked (by) power mongers?"
Moyo said he dissociated himself from the actions of his fellow party leaders, in contradiction to a statement by MDC-T spokesman Obert Gutu.
"We were misled and acted wrongly. Nduna [Mahlangu] deserved to be respected by all of us for his service to the party and the struggle."
Tsvangirai said he stayed away from the funeral wake to enable the feuding family members to resolve their differences, as Mahlangu's paternal and maternal relatives fought over control of the burial proceedings.
His deputy, Thokozani Khupe, is alleged to have taken sides with one of the feuding families.
Only three senior MDC-T officials from outside Bulawayo attended Mahlangu's burial at Lady Stanley Cemetery - Kuwadzana East MP Nelson Chamisa, Mkoba MP Amos Chibaya and MDC-T chief whip Innocent Gonese.
Moyo is said to have registered his displeasure in a WhatsApp chat group of some MDC-T National Standing Committee (NSC) members.
"[I] am deeply concerned, disappointed and ashamed to say the least about the sad events at Hon. Mahlangu's funeral. Ranging from the party's active factional involvement in family affairs, to failure by the NSC members to pay their last respects to our hero," part of the message read.
"Cdes, now is the time to pause for a while and ask ourselves as leadership of this movement tough questions about the sincerity and commitment to this struggle. We need (to) check whether the party is still on the right direction or it has been hijacked (by) power mongers?"
Moyo said he dissociated himself from the actions of his fellow party leaders, in contradiction to a statement by MDC-T spokesman Obert Gutu.
"We were misled and acted wrongly. Nduna [Mahlangu] deserved to be respected by all of us for his service to the party and the struggle."
Source - Southern Eye
