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Another top official dumps Welshman Ncube

by Lulu Brenda Harris
05 Apr 2014 at 16:06hrs | Views
The Professor Welshman Ncube led Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party faces total collapse as senior and influential members continue to leave.
The latest senior member to dump MDC is former Tsholotsho Senator Believe Gaule, who also sits in the party's national council.
In an interview with Radio Dialogue, Gaule confirmed he was on his way out of the struggling party.
Gaule noted the MDC was losing focus as a political movement and cited secretary general- Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga, as a catalyst to problems bedevilling the party.
"Akusela party laphana (The party is dead). I better leave the party and pursue my own projects. Next week, I will officially say my goodbyes but I can assure people, I will not join MDC-T like my other counterparts. You won't see me there," he said.
His remarks come in the wake of some former senior MDC members Edward Mkhosi, Siyabonga Malandu Ncube and most recently, Bulawayo Provincial spokesperson, Edwin Ndlovu, who have joined MDC-T.
The former Tsholotsho senator said from observation, Misihairabwi-Mushonga would tear the party into shreds.
He claimed the Matabeleland South issue, where Misihairabwi-Mushonga was said to have be imposed as an Umzingwane National House of Assembly member was not a concern to him but the way she was handling the office.
"She treats the party like her own project and has turned it into her private property. She has no respect for structures. As members, we have tried to advise the party's leadership but if fails to see reason. That is what I can say, I don't want to leave the party in tatters but in good stead with the public," he said.
In last year's elections, Gaule opted to sit out and said from introspection, he could see MDC would not do well in the polls.
"The way we were handling our internal affairs was a sign the party would perform badly," he said.
Party sources who spoke to Radio Dialogue indicated that membership in the party was declining, a sign that all is not well in the green movement.
Contacted for comment, MDC national spokesperson, Nhlanhla Dube, said he could not speak on something which has not happened because it would be "conjecture."
"Maybe he's about to write a resignation letter, make a phone call or get in the car to bring in that letter but for now he has not done it. Maybe he will not do it all. For now that is nothing, it does not exist," he said.
The sources intimated more members are planning to jump ship, expressing disappointment at the party's seemingly inactiveness, with leader, Prof Ncube said to be spending more time at his farm.

Source - Radio Dialogue
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