Mahere Hits Back At Mliswa Over “Betraying Voters” Jibe

Former CCC spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere has responded to Temba Mliswa, who accused her of betraying the Mt Pleasant electorate after she resigned from Parliament just four months into her term.

Mliswa argued that Mahere should have remained in Parliament to raise key national issues, which she is now addressing on social media.

Mliswa, who lost the Norton National Assembly seat to Richard Tsvangirayi (CCC) in the 2023 general elections, said Mahere’s politics now amount to little more than playing to the public gallery, seeking populist applause while showing little concern for delivering tangible results.

In reply, Mahere pointed out that under Section 67 of the Constitution, every citizen has the right to challenge, and this right is not reserved solely for Members of Parliament. She wrote on X:

“Don’t be disingenuous. Zvekufunga kuti you have to be in Parliament to seek accountability, or that you have to sit in the National Assembly to have a voice, ndezve vanhu vasingazive kodzero dzavo.

“Under section 67 of the Constitution, every citizen has the right to challenge this government. This isn’t the preserve of an MP.”

Mahere said Mliswa should have raised the plight of public schools struggling for basic facilities, such as buses and dormitories, during his reported visit to President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s Precabe Farm over the weekend.

Dudley Hall Primary School in Norton, as far back as September 2025, wrote to Wicknell Chivayo requesting assistance to construct a dormitory and purchase a school bus and was recently offered more than US$1 million. Said Mahere:

“When you went to Precabe Farm at the weekend, did you manage to discuss the plight of Govt primary schools that have resorted to the indignity of begging for basic school needs like buses and dormitories? Kana kuti makangoenda kunobata tumbatatisi nekuita makuhwa?

“Why would you not raise the issue? Last week, were you not acting as though the issue of how decrepit Dudley Hall has become is close to your heart?

“Do you remember then grovelling at the feet of someone you once probed for corruption in Parliament (ironically) to say thank you for a conditional donation which would not have been necessary if public finances and public schools were properly run?

“Why are these schools so underfunded? Why have standards at a once-competitive learning institution plummeted so badly under the watch of this administration? Where is the money?

“Must every Govt school take a begging bowl to a dodgy ‘mbinga’ to fund necessities?”

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