Chamisa haunts Mnangagwa

With the ruling party clearly annoyed by his antics MDC Leader Nelson Chamisa, has vowed to turn the knife until President Emmerson Mnangagwa's administration has dealt with the plight of long-suffering Zimbabweans.

The Chamisa-led MDC has mobilised its supporters to take to the streets on Thursday to demonstrate against the worsening economic situation, which has seen prices of all goods and services skyrocket as the surrogate currency - bond note - continues to depreciate in value.

Party spokesperson Jacob Mafume confirmed the protests date and said they had since notified the police.

Chamisa has challenged his Zanu-PF rivals, particularly President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga, to stop wasting their energy fighting him, but redirect their energy towards the real problem – the free-falling economy.

Chamisa told NewsDay yesterday that Mnangagwa's government was now using every opportunity to personally attack him in a desperate move to divert public attention from its failures.

Chamisa, who is today expected to appear before the commission of inquiry led by former South African President Kgalema Motlanthe to give evidence into the August 1 fatal shooting of six civilians in Harare, said instead of playing blame-games, Mnangagwa ought to engage all key stakeholders, including the MDC, for a national dialogue to resolve the current socio-economic crisis.