Paul Siwela predicts Mugabe victory in 2018

Self-exiled secessionist Matabeleland Liberation Organisation leader Paul Siwela has predicted a landslide victory for President Robert Mugabe in the 2018 elections, saying the proposed grand coalition of opposition parties would suffer a stillbirth due to mistrust among its leaders.

Siwela said the opposition would only become effective if its leaders come out of their air-conditioned offices, stop being armchair critics and lead from the front.

Siwela skipped the border in 2013 before finalisation of his treason trial which was going on at the Bulawayo High Court, citing a plot by State security agents to assassinate him.

Just before his departure, Siwela on August 24 2013, wrote to Justice Nicholas Ndou indicating that he was not running way from the treason charges, but feared for his life.