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Jabulani Sibanda vows to hit back soon
23 Mar 2015 at 08:36hrs | Views
OUSTED War veterans' leader, Jabulani Sibanda, has vowed to hit back at his Zanu PF accusers saying his silence should not be viewed as a sign of weakness.
Sibanda was expelled from both the war veterans' association and Zanu PF after he said ex-freedom fighters would not allow a bedroom or boardroom coup, as First Lady Grace Mugabe attacked Mujuru and demanded her resignation.
"There is one mistake they make - that we are quiet and they think we have nothing to say or we are lazy.
"We are quiet because we are principled" he told the Southern Eye.
Sibanda was responding to comments made by George Mlala, a member of the war veterans council of elders that he was planningto tople President Mugabe.
Sibanda said while Mlala said negative things about him, there was enough evidence to show he (Sibanda) had related to Mugabe.
"Evidence of what I am speaks volumes, even Mugabe knows me better and more than he (Mlala) knows me.
"Mlala has been lying about Mujuru, about me and about Mutasa.
"When they say I wanted to usurp Mugabe's powers, really? I do not remember when I ever sat down and discussed Mugabe."
Sibanda said he had campaigned for Mugabe and the party, yet his accusers had no clear-cut history of political activism.
"They go around pretending to love Mugabe, but you cannot go around the country where I have gone and not know that I have been campaigning for Mugabe, for the presidency and the party. Where was Mlala when I was doing all this?"
Sibanda was expelled from both the war veterans' association and Zanu PF after he said ex-freedom fighters would not allow a bedroom or boardroom coup, as First Lady Grace Mugabe attacked Mujuru and demanded her resignation.
"There is one mistake they make - that we are quiet and they think we have nothing to say or we are lazy.
"We are quiet because we are principled" he told the Southern Eye.
Sibanda was responding to comments made by George Mlala, a member of the war veterans council of elders that he was planningto tople President Mugabe.
Sibanda said while Mlala said negative things about him, there was enough evidence to show he (Sibanda) had related to Mugabe.
"Evidence of what I am speaks volumes, even Mugabe knows me better and more than he (Mlala) knows me.
"Mlala has been lying about Mujuru, about me and about Mutasa.
"When they say I wanted to usurp Mugabe's powers, really? I do not remember when I ever sat down and discussed Mugabe."
Sibanda said he had campaigned for Mugabe and the party, yet his accusers had no clear-cut history of political activism.
"They go around pretending to love Mugabe, but you cannot go around the country where I have gone and not know that I have been campaigning for Mugabe, for the presidency and the party. Where was Mlala when I was doing all this?"
Source - Southern Eye
