ZANU PF director of Information and Publicity, Tafadzwa Mugwadi, has condemned the orgy of violence that took place in Nyatsime recently which resulted in the torching of several homes in the area.
The ruling party blames CCC activists for the arson while the opposition claims ZANU PF was behind the violence.
The mayhem came after a ZANU PF Member of Parliament and Councillor banned the opposition CCC from mourning murdered activist Moreblessing Ali at her homestead in Nyatsime.
Ali who had been missing for more than two weeks was found murdered and mutilated and her body had been dumped in a disused well at the home of a suspected ZANU PF terror gang leader.
The Herald quoted Mugwadi as saying the violence in Nyatsime was planned and executed by the leadership of Citizen for Coalition for Change. Said Mugwadi:
The revolutionary party ZANU PF believes strongly that all this violence was unprovoked, needless but of course well-rehearsed and choreographed by the rank and file of the leadership of Citizen for Coalition for Change (CCC).
We have taken note as a party, of their speeches inciting violence throughout the past weeks by CCC deputy chairperson Mr Job Sikhala and his leader Mr Chamisa.
All these theatrics were meant to soil the Second Republic’s image ahead of the Commonwealth Heads of State and Government meeting taking place in Rwanda in the next seven days.
Mugwadi urged ZANU PF members to desist from violence and allow the law to take its course. He added:
Our hearts go out to Cde Murambatsvina and his family and the generality of our supporters who were targeted by these criminal hooligans. We call for cool heads among our supporters at this difficult hour.
Abide by President Mnangagwa’s directive to maintain peace at all times, let the law always lead us and justice will prevail.
Our message to Mr Chamisa and Sikhala and the entirety of the violent lot in the CCC is that no one is above the law notwithstanding your rank and standing in society. The law will always prevail.
Violence has no place in our society nomatter who has started it, this will affect badly on chamisa as the new project which might have had the benefit of doubt is soiled from within, sikala was not elected in january 2022, was not recalled by dhagie and he openly had unleadership words before this unfortunate act following unwarranted lost mother, babamunini you need congress, to manage this grouping, the yave nyama yekugocha approach will backfire very soon, they will do stuff in your regalia and you will carry blame
Thought the likes of Mugwadi, who are presumably the elders, should be walking the talk on observance and embracing of national peace instead of playing this unnecessary blame game. This is the time we expect the Mugwadis to exhibit sober mindedness instead of playing to the gallery. A heinous crime was committed by Zimbabwean national on a fellow Zimbabwean national and this should be cause for peace preaching and bridge mending. However, the Mugwadis have the knack to look for image cleansing instead of calling on all youths to exercise restraint.