"We lacked political guidance": Fugitive Zanu-PF youth leader apologises to Mnangagwa

Former Zanu PF Manicaland provincial youth leader, Mubuso Chinguno who is hiding in South Africa, has written a letter of apology to President Emmerson Mnangagwa and other party leaders. Chinguno is apologising for attacking Mnangagwa and other politburo members such as Oppah Muchinguri, Christopher Mushohwe, youth leader Pupurai Togarepi, Monica and Christopher Mutsvangwa, war veterans secretary-general Victor Matemadanda among others.

Chinguno praises the Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) for Operation Restore Legacy. He goes on to say that he lacked political guidance and as a result made some mistakes. Said Chinguno:

Due to lack of leadership and clarity on some ethos of the party some of us miscalculated, disrespected some members of the leadership and might have unwittingly undermined the interests of the party.

The statements were made in a context in which emotions were running wild but with many of us having no knowledge and experience of peacefully managing conflicts surrounding leadership change. Some of us, the youths, we lacked political guidance. Consequently, we made some wrong political decisions. However, to err is human.

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