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President Mugabe not a war veteran - Temba Mliswa
17 Feb 2016 at 09:40hrs | Views
Firebrand Temba Mliswa has said President Robert Mugabe is far from being a war veteran but just a civilian.
Mliswa told journalists at a Press briefing on Monday that veterans of the liberation struggle have themselves to blame for the situation Zanu PF finds itself in.
He said the late Mozambican President Samora Machel did not trust Mugabe to lead struggle and the fighters.
"Machel told them he did not trust Mugabe, but they went against his wise counsel to appoint him leader.
"They appointed a civilian and now he is going to leave power to his wife – also a civilian. Mugabe is not a war veteran, so he does not respect them or their opinion," the former Hurungwe West lawmaker said.
After his famed crossing into Mozambique in 1975 to join the then guerrilla fighters, Mugabe was reportedly restricted to the coastal town of Quilimane by a sceptical Machel, before he was accepted as Zanu leader by military leaders, among them the late Solomon Mujuru and Josiah Tongogara.
A special congress held in Chimoio in 1977 installed Mugabe as Zanu leader, before his triumphant return to lead the country to independence in 1980.
Mliswa told journalists at a Press briefing on Monday that veterans of the liberation struggle have themselves to blame for the situation Zanu PF finds itself in.
He said the late Mozambican President Samora Machel did not trust Mugabe to lead struggle and the fighters.
"They appointed a civilian and now he is going to leave power to his wife – also a civilian. Mugabe is not a war veteran, so he does not respect them or their opinion," the former Hurungwe West lawmaker said.
After his famed crossing into Mozambique in 1975 to join the then guerrilla fighters, Mugabe was reportedly restricted to the coastal town of Quilimane by a sceptical Machel, before he was accepted as Zanu leader by military leaders, among them the late Solomon Mujuru and Josiah Tongogara.
A special congress held in Chimoio in 1977 installed Mugabe as Zanu leader, before his triumphant return to lead the country to independence in 1980.
Source - NewsDay
