Chamisa, Mwonzora Youths Clash In Kwekwe

The Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance (MDC-A) said it has foiled an attempted hostile takeover of its Kwekwe offices by youths linked to the judicially-created MDC-T secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora.

In a post on Twitter, MDC-A youth league leader Obey Sithole said some of their youths were injured during the melee. He said:

Today some violent youths aligned to the [Douglas] Mwonzora et al outfit attempted to steal our office in Kwekwe with the help of the army as usual.

However their attempt was foiled by our resilient youths, sadly some have been badly injured. We urge Mwonzora to abstain from violence.

In a post on the MDC-A social media channels earlier on Saturday, the party said Mwonzora thugs had stormed its office in Kwekwe armed with weapons and injured one security guard who was left in need of urgent medical attention.

The party later issued another statement, which read, “The MDC Alliance has managed to restore possession of the premises.”

In June this year, MDC-T activists, with the support of State agents, seized the Morgan Richard Tsvangirai House, formerly known as Harvest House.

The offices were being used by Nelson Chamisa’s MDC Alliance as its national headquarters.

The article was been updated at 12.55hrs to include another statement by the MDC-A that said the party had managed to recover their Kwekwe offices.