Mthwakazi villagers declare Lupane a liberated zone

Mthwakazi Republic Party officials led by the party President and the Lupane community overwhelmingly attended the Lupane magistrate court in support of the two accused leaders Mqondisi Moyo and Hloniphani Ncube the President and the Secretary General respectively.

According to party Secretary general Hloniphani Ncube the court date was further moved to the 21st ofJune after Dumisani Dube leading the MRP defence council filed the request.

"After the court, the Lupane community at ward 14 in Menyezwa requested to meet the National Executive Council through MRP district structure. Upon the arrival of the leaders at the meeting the community ululated with great enthusiasm the majority citing that freedom has knocked at their door step. The president and the leadership greeted the community and took their time to listen to the concerns raised by the community," he said.

"The MRP leadership led by President also took time to visit Menyezwa primary school. We were impressed by the developments at the school. The school head there is Mrs Ndiweni who is also a villager and she is very passionate about development. She has only been there for two years and already there are a lot of changes."

He said the school is well painted, with nice flowers and an orchard with fruit trees.

"She said she needs help to bring water much closer and put  electricity. Zesa had put the transformer there which they later took away claiming they will return it but that has not happen. The school currently have 177 students and four teachers. The district structure of MRP reported that the MDC T councillor identified by the community as Japhet Mpofu has not surrendered the money belonging to the community which was paid by MRP leadership amounting to 120 United States dollar. The district leadership indicated that the councilor was eñtrusted to pay the money because during time when the bail money was supposed to be realesed the MRP leaders had no IDs and they asked the councilor to pay on their behalf as a community leader. After the acquital of parents by the court the councilor took the money and he has not returned it," he said.

"The community indicated that they are tired of this MDC T deployee who spend most of his time in beer gardens fulfilling the desires of the flesh

at the expense of community development. The community condemned the local state security agents for cooking cases against MRP leadership and they vowed to vote for MRP come 2018. The community members publicly endorsed the name of Mbonisi Khoza to lead them as a councillor. The matter was noted by Mbonisi Gumbo the Secretary for Information and Publicity and Akim Gasela the Secretary for foreign affairs who were deployed by NEC to lead the process of selecting candidates. Ackim Gasela Mhlanga in also the candidate for Hwange east for the 2018 parliamentary elections."

Ncube  said the community further requested for more Mthwakazi programs as they indicated that, the support base of the party was spreading like a virus.

"The leadership at district level requested for the manifesto launch which is now ready to be hosted by Lupane. Their concerns as the President noted said they would be considered. MRP is in a massive campaign nation wide, and fully packed star rally would be conducted in Matobo next month," he said.