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Bulawayo rocked by Zanu PF conflict after Mutsvangwa's dismissal
29 Mar 2016 at 06:33hrs | Views
Zimbabwe Peace Project has reported that Bulawayo Zanu PF province has been rocked by serious conflict following the dismissal of War Veterans Minister Christopher Mutsvangwa from the ministerial post.
"The major political unrest was noted within Zanu-PF structures as conflict intensified in the war veterans' body. After news of the dismissal from Cabinet of War Veterans Minister, Chris Mutsvangwa, several war veterans held meetings where they pledged allegiance to and support for him. They then decided to go to Harare to demand a meeting with their patron President Mugabe," reported ZPP.
"They were barred from going in buses by security agents but some went via other means and were later dispersed by police using water cannons. Continued conflict within the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) resulted in the dismissal from the party and senate of Makokoba Senator, Matson Hlalo. The MDC led by Professor Welshman Ncube also had serious feuds resulting in the dismissal of the party's secretary general, Moses Mzila Ndlovu," reads ZPP report.
"On 9 February 2016, at Mahatshula Centre in Ward 3 in Bulawayo East, former MDC-T members who had defected to the People's Democratic Party (PDP) led by Tendai Biti, reportedly approached the MDC-T local leadership asking to be readmitted into the party. They were allegedly insulted verbally and told they were sellouts who could not be re-admitted into the party."
"The major political unrest was noted within Zanu-PF structures as conflict intensified in the war veterans' body. After news of the dismissal from Cabinet of War Veterans Minister, Chris Mutsvangwa, several war veterans held meetings where they pledged allegiance to and support for him. They then decided to go to Harare to demand a meeting with their patron President Mugabe," reported ZPP.
"They were barred from going in buses by security agents but some went via other means and were later dispersed by police using water cannons. Continued conflict within the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) resulted in the dismissal from the party and senate of Makokoba Senator, Matson Hlalo. The MDC led by Professor Welshman Ncube also had serious feuds resulting in the dismissal of the party's secretary general, Moses Mzila Ndlovu," reads ZPP report.
"On 9 February 2016, at Mahatshula Centre in Ward 3 in Bulawayo East, former MDC-T members who had defected to the People's Democratic Party (PDP) led by Tendai Biti, reportedly approached the MDC-T local leadership asking to be readmitted into the party. They were allegedly insulted verbally and told they were sellouts who could not be re-admitted into the party."
Source - Byo24News
