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Former Local Government Minister <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Saviour_Kasukuwere" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Saviour Kasukuwere</a> said that he will not be intimidated by threats issued by President Emmerson Mnangagwa against the <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/G40_(Zanu-PF_Faction)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">G40</a> faction.
Kasukuwere took to microblogging site Twitter where he accused Mnangagwa’s leadership of being “diabolical”. He was directly responding to <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Nick_Mangwana" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ndavaningi Mnagwana</a>, the government spokesperson, who had shared Mnangagwa’s remarks on Twitter. Wrote Kasukuwere:
<blockquote>The statement you alluded to is a serious cause for concern. Do you want to continue the persecution of innocent citizens who happen to differ with your diabolical leadership? Will not be intimidated and better you pay attention to the crumbling health institutions.</blockquote>
During a ZANU PF politburo meeting held at the party’s headquarters in Harare on Wednesday, Mnangagwa warned party members against hobnobbing with G40 elements, adding that the faction is now a national security threat.
Kasukuwere has been identified as a member of the G40 cabal, alongside other former cabinet ministers who include Professor Jonathan Moyo, Walter Mzembi and Patrick Zhuwawo. All of them now reside outside the country.
https://twitter.com/Hon_Kasukuwere/status/1194834904137248772

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Kasukuwere Hits Back At Mnangagwa's 'Diabolical Leadership'

President Mnangagwa on Wednesday night characterised a ZANU PF, the G40, as a threat to the security of the country.
This was revealed by ZANU PF spokesperson <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Simon_Khaya_Moyo" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Simon Khaya Moyo</a> while addressing journalists after a <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Zanu-PF_Politiburo" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">politburo</a> meeting held at the party’s headquarters. Moyo quoted Mnangagwa as saying:
<blockquote>G40 is not a threat to Zanu PF. It’s a threat to the country including the MDC. It’s a threat to security and security affects everyone.</blockquote>
Mnangagwa warned <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Zimbabwe_African_National_Union_-_Patriotic_Front" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ZANU PF</a> members at every level of the party to avoid going to bed with G40, and those hobnobbing with G40 elements to desist from doing so.
G40 is a ZANU faction that engineered Mnangagwa’s sacking from party and government in 2017 when factional fights had reached fever pitch.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2019/11/g40-a-threat-to-nation/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NewsDay</a></h4>

ED: Both ZANU PF And MDC Under Threat From G40

A group of MDC hooligans gatecrashed a party meeting at <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Morgan_Tsvangirai" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Morgan Tsvangirai</a> House on Tuesday and demanded that National Executive member <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Douglas_Mwonzora" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Douglas Mwonzora</a> be ejected.
This was revealed by a concerned MDC official and confirmed by party spokesperson Daniel Molekele. Said the unnamed official:
<blockquote>Yesterday (on Tuesday) a group of thugs walked into the room where we were having the caucus meeting and aggressively demanded that Mwonzora be ejected.
They were about 12 of them and they came in when Chamisa was addressing the meeting. Daniel Molokele, the spokesperson, was there and he can explain this to you.
To be fair to Chamisa, after the youths had been kicked out, he complained openly that there were people who were hellbent on tarnishing his image.</blockquote>
The incident follows an attack on Mwonzora’s car by some MDC youths during last weekend’s meeting of the national executive council (NEC).
The youths accused Mwonzora of hobnobbing with the ruling ZANU PF party to undermine MDC president <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Nelson_Chamisa" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nelson Chamisa</a>.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.dailynews.co.zw/articles/2019/11/14/mdc-infighting-takes-nasty-turn-as-hooligans-bully-mwonzora-in-front-of-chamisa" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Daily News</a></h4>

Hooligans Gatecrash MDC Caucus & Demand Mwonzora's Ejection

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WATCH: Malema Offers To Mediate In ED, G40 'Dispute'

Speaker of the House of Assembly Advocate <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Jacob_Mudenda" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Jacob Mudenda</a> on Wednesday made a U-turn on his ruling that he made last month banning <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/MDC_Alliance" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">MDC Alliance</a> MPs from questioning cabinet ministers on policy issues in Parliament since the party has refused to recognise President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s legitimacy.
Mudenda repented after realising that his ruling was contrary to Section 119 of the Constitution. He said:
<blockquote>Following my ruling on the 23rd of October regarding the eligibility of MDC Alliance parliamentarians to question vice presidents, ministers and deputy ministers during question time, I have reconsidered my ruling taking into consideration provisions of section 119 of the Constitution.</blockquote>
Mudenda had made the ruling after Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister and Leader of the House, <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Ziyambi_Ziyambi" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ziyambi Ziyambi</a>, said the opposition legislators have no right to direct questions to Mnangagwa’s appointees when they do not recognise the appointing authority’s legitimacy.
MDC Alliance MPs have made it a habit to walk out of Parliament whenever Mnangagwa is in the House.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.chronicle.co.zw/speaker-reverses-decision-to-bar-mdc-a-mps-from-parly-debate/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Chronicle</a></h4>

Mudenda In Huge MDC Alliance Climb Down

A NewsDay report claims that the opposition MDC led by Nelson Chamisa has dropped the issue of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s legitimacy, which has been a bone of contention with the ruling ZANU PF party since the July 30, 2018, disputed election.
A party insider who spoke to the publication reportedly said that the MDC has realised that focusing on the legitimacy issue will not give it any traction and the party will now focus on electoral reforms. However, Chamisa’s spokesperson, <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Nkululeko_Sibanda" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nkululeko Sibanda</a> is quoted as saying that his party has won the legitimacy battle. Said Sibanda:
<blockquote>We have won the legitimacy battle. Mnangagwa himself admits that he is illegitimate and talking to <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Political_Actors_Dialogue" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">POLAD</a> is his cheap attempt to buy legitimacy.
… Even South Africa can’t help Zimbabwe financially, so we have not backed down.</blockquote>
Chamisa has consistently refused to recognise Mnangagwa as the legitimate president of Zimbabwe following a hotly contested poll outcome which spilt into the <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Constitutional_Court_of_Zimbabwe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Constitutional Court</a>.
On his part, Mnangagwa has refused to negotiate with Chamisa face to face, demanding that the latter recognises his electoral victory first.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2019/11/chamisa-drops-ed-legitimacy-challenge/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NewsDay</a></h4>

Chamisa Turns Focus From Mnangagwa's Letigimacy - REPORT

2 Stauch MDC supported perished in a car accident as they were travelling back home after they had come to Harare to attend a<a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2019/11/09/police-blocks-mdc-from-holding-rally-in-mabvuku-on-november-10/"> rally that was banned by the police in Mabvuku. </a>
The 2 died on Sunday after their vehicle collided with another one near Ruwa in Harare. The 2, Paul Chikuni was a <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Marondera">Marondera</a> ward 1 branch chairman and he died on the spot while his friend Admire Takawira, who was driving the car was pronounced dead on arrival at <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Parirenyatwa_Group_of_Hospitals">Parirenyatwa Hospital. </a>
MDC Marondera Spokesperson expressed the party’s sadness over the death of the 2:
<blockquote>We are saddened as a party because of the demise of our comrades who sacrificed their all for the attainment of a better Zimbabwe. The most worrying thing is that their vision had been cut short courtesy of our roads which are in bad state.
We have also lost four members within a short space of time, but their death is going to make our resolve even stronger in our quest to see to it that the (Zanu PF) regime is removed.</blockquote>
More: <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2019/11/mdc-activists-in-fatal-crash/">NewsDay </a>

2 MDC Members Perish In An Accident

The controversial Information Deputy Minister has taken the time to warn fellow ministers that <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/G40_(Zanu-PF_Faction)">G40</a> is back and according to him, planning their demise.
Using his most prolific information disseminating tool, Twitter, The deputy minister wrote:
<blockquote>Team G40 is back again with dirty tactics this time using house maids to administer poison, explosives &amp; other harmful substances including ambushes. Ministers be warned.</blockquote>
Mutodi is<a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2019/10/09/mutodi-calls-rev-mtata-zhocd-executive-calling-for-an-election-sabbatical-a-fool-a-false-prophet-and-demon-possessed/"> known to write what he fancies on twitter</a> a <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2019/09/04/mutodi-defiant-amid-criticism-over-xenophobic-tweet/">move that has earned him a mob of critics</a> who say his tone is not expected from someone like him, a cabinet member.
Source: Twitter

Mutodi Warns Fellow Ministers That G40 Is Plotting To Poison And Bomb Them

War veterans in <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Masvingo" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Masvingo province</a> are considering expelling the association’s provincial secretary for lands, Faster Gono from the structures.
Gono, a former army captain and sugarcane farmer, reportedly urged the government to deal with corruption which is the country’s number one enemy rather than focusing on anti-sanctions marches. Gono is reported to have said:
<blockquote>Zimbabweans could have merged the march with some form of anti-corruption advocacy to drive home the idea that all corrupt individuals must be arrested.
… corruption is our number one enemy which should be eradicated first before we talk of sanctions.</blockquote>
An unnamed war veteran told NewZimbabwe.com that Gono should be expelled from the structures and be stripped of everything that he got through Zanu PF as he has become a traitor to the liberation movement.
The ruling <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Zimbabwe_African_National_Union_-_Patriotic_Front" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ZANU PF</a> party has of late been blaming all the country’s economic problems on sanctions and went as far as declaring an Anti-sanctions national holiday on October 25.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newzimbabwe.com/war-vets-boss-in-trouble-for-scorning-anti-sanctions-march/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NewZimbabwe.com</a></h4>

War Veterans Leader In Trouble For Downplaying Effects Of Sanctions

Vice president of the <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Thokozani_Khupe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Thokozani Khupe</a>-led MDC-T, Obert Gutu, asserted that the <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Political_Actors_Dialogue" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD)</a> interlocutors are not being motivated by the desire for filthy lucre.
Gutu was responding to reports that members of POLAD are lining up their pockets with taxpayers’ money in allowances for attending POLAD meetings. Said Gutu:
<blockquote>POLAD isn’t there to milk taxpayers’ money for the corrupt and personal benefit of particular individuals. POLAD is a national programme that is open to all political parties that fielded presidential candidates in the 2018 harmonised elections.
The notion that some of us are in POLAD in order to line our pockets is utterly false, ridiculous, malevolent and mischievous. We are not paid any allowances for attending POLAD meetings.</blockquote>
Some media reports have claimed that POLAD interlocutors have come up with a US$80 million to cater for their allowances and accommodation when they attend meetings.
POLAD was initiated by President Emmerson Mnangagwa soon after the disputed <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Zimbabwe_2018_Harmonised_Elections" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">2018 elections</a> but notable politicians have snubbed it, chief among them being MDC leader Nelson Chamisa who won close to 50 per cent of presidential votes.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.herald.co.zw/polad-not-a-money-game-says-gutu/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Herald</a></h4>

POLAD Is Not About 'Brown Envelops' - Obert Gutu

The MDC is set to initiate disciplinary proceedings against its former secretary-general <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Douglas_Mwonzora" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Douglas Mwonzora</a> after the party’s youths accused him of hobnobbing with the ruling ZANU PF party to derail the opposition and its president <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Nelson_Chamisa" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nelson Chamisa</a>.
This was revealed by the party’s secretary-general Chalton Hwende in an interview with the Daily News on Monday. Said Hwende:
<blockquote>Yes, we have received the youth assembly statement and we are taking action because if an organ of the party launches a complaint against any person, the secretary-general is duty-bound to initiate disciplinary action through the appropriate channels.
As of today (yesterday), I will forward the case to the relevant organs so that due process is pursued. This is not a witch-hunt, but a fair and formal process that applies to everyone, and in this case Douglas Mwonzora.</blockquote>
Reports suggest that Mwonzora may be expelled from the party, with some Chamisa loyalists having never forgiven him for challenging for the party presidency ahead of the congress which was held in <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Gweru" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Gweru</a> in May this year.
Chamisa was eventually elected party president uncontested while Mwonzora received a single nomination but was soundly beaten by Hwende to the post of secretary-general.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.dailynews.co.zw/articles/2019/11/12/chamisa-allies-go-for-the-kill-as-mwonzora-s-political-future-hangs-by-a-thread" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Daily News</a></h4>

Mwonzora Faces Expulsion From The MDC  For 'Derailing Chamisa & The Party'

Zanu-PF Secretary for Information and Publicity Cde Simon Khaya Moyo has said that the ruling party will convene its Ordinary Session of the Politburo this Wednesday at the party headquarters.
In a statement, Moyo said that all members should be seated by exactly 0945 hours. He said:
<blockquote>The Secretary for Administration Cde Dr Obert Mpofu wishes to advise all members that there shall be a Politburo meeting to be held on Wednesday 13 November 2019 at the Party Headquarters commencing 1000 hours.</blockquote>
The Herald reports that the Politburo is expected to discuss preparations of the party’s National Annual People’s conference to be held in Goromonzi, Mashonaland East, the fate of former Minister of Environment and Tourism Prisca Mupfumira among other issues.
The meeting comes when the country is facing a huge power deficit due to faults at Hwange Power Station. It also comes when the health sector is grounded due to inadequacy of equipment and the situation is exacerbated by the prolonged health caregivers’ strike.
More: <a href="https://www.herald.co.zw/just-in-politburo-on-tomorrow/">The Herald</a>

Zanu-PF Convenes Politburo Meeting Tomorrow Amidst Socio-Economic Crises

The opposition MDC led by Nelson Chamisa has attributed its poor performance in recently held rural by-elections to a number of variables including the absence of sound party structures in the areas.
Speaking to the News Day following the defeat at the hands of the ruling ZANU PF in recently held by-elections in Tsholotsho Rural District Council wards 16 and 20, and Hwedza Rural District Council ward 4, party spokesperson, Daniel Molokele said:
<blockquote>We don’t have structures in the area, no, not yet. In line with our recent congress resolution, we will be setting up polling station-based branches there soon.</blockquote>
Rural areas have been ZANU PF’s hunting grounds and the MDC has so far failed to find strategies to penetrate the rural electorate.
Meanwhile, Molokele says that the by-elections were a learning curve and the party has now learnt what it needs to do to win the rural vote.
More: <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2019/11/we-dont-have-sound-rural-structures-mdc/">News Day</a>

"We Don’t Have Structures In Rural Areas," - MDC

The ruling ZANU PF party says its preparations for the forthcoming annual conference are 95 per cent complete.
Mashonaland East provincial chairperson <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Joel_Biggie_Matiza" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Joel Biggie Matiza</a> said that after the crushing victory over the MDC Alliance in a by-election held in Hwedza last weekend, the party was now focused on its indaba. He said:
<blockquote>We are past the election mode as we redirect our energy towards preparations for the annual conference to be held next month.
We are 95% through with the final preparations and on Wednesday (tomorrow), Rooneys will be on site to deal with the issue of pegging tents among other facilities.</blockquote>
ZANU PF will hold its annual conference at <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Goromonzi_High_School" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Goromonzi High School</a> in Mashonaland East province.
The venue has been changed twice as it was initially set to for Murape Secondary School, then later at <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Mandedza_High_School" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mandedza High School</a>, both in Seke District.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2019/11/zanu-pf-scales-up-conference-preps/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NewsDay</a></h4>

ZANU PF Focuses On Conference Preparations

<a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Zimbabwe_African_National_Union_-_Patriotic_Front" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Zanu-PF Youth</a> League national Secretary for Administration Tendai Chirau lauded President <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Emmerson_Mnangagwa" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Emmerson Mnangagwa</a> for increasing the number of younger ministers in the government.
Chirau said President Mnangagwa has moved away from the old way when only the elderly were considered for Cabinet posts. Said Chirau:
<blockquote>The unrelenting recognition of young people by His Excellency President Mnangagwa’s new government and the new dispensation is an endorsement of the inclusive philosophy of generational blending where the young are blended with the elders in charting the developmental trajectory of our motherland.</blockquote>
President Mnangagwa made a mini-reshuffle of his cabinet last Friday with Jenfan Muswere (38) appointed as the new Information, Communication Technology, Postal and Courier Services Minister while former Industry and Commerce Minister Nqobizitha Ndlovu (38) was reassigned to be Environment, Climate Change, Tourism and Hospitality Industry Minister.
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Tinoda Machakaire (36) was appointed as the Deputy Minister of Youth, Sports, Arts and Recreation, while Dingimuzi Phuti (38), was made the Deputy Minister of ICT.
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<h4>More: <a href="https://www.chronicle.co.zw/youth-league-commends-president/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Chronicle</a></h4>

ZANU PF Youths  Laud ED For Appointing Young People In Govt

<blockquote>The illegitimate government intends to spend $US88 million in scarce foreign currency on the <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Political_Actors_Dialogue" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD)</a> platform while the nation starves and the slow genocide in the nation’s hospitals is getting worse every day.
POLAD is a talk show of fringe politicians who agree with Mr Mnangagwa and the broke government will spend some US$88 million in allowances, accommodation and workshops on them.
Meanwhile, the crisis in the country’s health institutions is worsening every day and the government has to date fired 211 doctors for demanding a living wage and better working conditions.
In the hospitals, there are virtually no medicines and other consumables while only last week, the police violently quelled a peaceful protest march by the country’s civil servants who were demanding better wages and improved working conditions.
Morale among the country’s civil service has hit rock-bottom.
The odious $88 million budget for POLAD vindicates the position that we took from the onset. We argued as a matter of principle that there was no wisdom in joining a politically compromised process which was designed to co-opt the opposition.
We refused to be puppets of a regime that is devoid of legitimacy. We knew POLAD was part of the regime strategy of co-optation of dissenting voices.
The disgraceful $88 million budget for POLAD is the most visible sign of the Zanu PF regime’s plan to buy the opposition and of the compromised former opposition parties’ willingness to sell their voices for a few pieces of silver.
These individuals masquerading as the opposition have no mandate from the people of Zimbabwe. Having failed to win the hearts of the people, they have shamelessly sold their souls to Zanu PF.
They are not the first to do so in the history of this country. Back in the late 1970s at the height of the liberation struggles, the <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Ian_Smith" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Ian Smith</a> regime managed to co-opt a few black leaders.
Those men who sold their souls were duly punished by history as the people emphatically rejected them at the first democratic elections in 1980. The people knew they had been used by the colonial regime to create a facade of change and progress.
Now, as 40 years ago, the people will not be fooled by those who have decided to abandon the cause of genuine democracy by working hand in glove with the monstrous regime.
History has plenty of examples of men and women who, out of selfishness and greed, have abandoned the people and chosen to line their pockets and fill their stomachs.
Mr Mnangagwa himself hires a private for all local and international trips while Zimbabweans can barely afford a meal every day.
The country has no fuel; prices of basic commodities are going up every day while despondent citizens have had to endure 18-hour power outages. The recklessness of this illegitimate regime knows no bounds.
The time has come for Zimbabweans to boldly say No to this gross insensitivity. Only a people’s government-mandated through a legitimate and credible election can begin to address the concerns of the people.
We demand an accountable, corrupt-free government. As we state in our RELOAD document, we demand a sincere, credible and honest dialogue process under a mutually agreed convener, a national transitional authority, comprehensive reforms and free and fair elections that must yield a popularly mandated government, which then must begin to transact the business of the people.
MDC @20: Celebrating courage, growth and the people’s victories.
MDC Communications</blockquote>

Govt Imitating Ian Smith By Spending US$88 Million On Fringe Opposition Politicians - MDC {Full Text}

ZANU PF secretary for youth affairs <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Pupurai_Togarepi" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Pupurai Togarepi</a> has accused civil servants – teachers, doctors and nurses – of being used by a third hand to sabotage President <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Emmerson_Mnangagwa" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Emmerson Mnangagwa’s</a> leadership.
Togarepi supported the government’s decision to fire hundreds of doctors who had been on strike for over two months, claiming that ethical questions justify restricting individual rights. He said:
<blockquote>Teachers, doctors and nurses are being ensnared and entrapped with a few pieces of dirty money to push for regime change through embarking on strikes that will presumably lead to the collapse of Government and result in the deaths of people.
… The Government was thus within its rights to crack the whip and in accordance with the law, fire a few miscreants who are smuggling political agendas into purely labour issues.</blockquote>
Civil servants staged a demonstration in Harare last week, demanding their salaries to be indexed to the prevailing interbank market rates.
In the same week, the government fired more than 200 doctors who did not report for duty since September 3. The doctors claimed that they were financially incapacitated.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.herald.co.zw/dirty-pieces-of-money-ensnare-civil-servants/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Herald</a></h4>

Togarepi Says Civil Servants Have Been Paid By 3rd Hand To Push For Regime Change

Bolivian President, Evo Morales of Bolivia, who came to power more than a decade ago and his deputy, stepped down on Sunday “to avoid bloodshed”.
Their resignation comes after unrelenting protests by an infuriated population that accused Morales of undermining democracy to extend his rule.
Speaking on Sunday, Morales said that the fight against inequality was never going to stop. He added:
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I want to tell you, brothers and sisters, that the fight does not end here.The poor, the social movements, will continue in this fight for equality and peace.
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Morales who was the longest-serving contemporary head of state in Latin America was also the first Indigenous president in a country that had been led by a tiny elite of European descent for centuries.
He was once popular amongst his compatriots for leading Bolivia through an era of economic growth and shrinking inequality.
More: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/10/world/americas/evo-morales-bolivia.html">New York Times</a>

Bolivian President And His Deputy Step Down "To Avoid Bloodshed"

The car of Douglas Mwonzora, the former secretary-general of the opposition MDC led by Nelson Chamisa was over the weekend vandalised in an alleged clash between party supporters aligned to Chamisa and those who support him.
Speaking to the Daily News on Sunday, Mwonzora confirmed the incident which occurred during and after the party’s National Executive Council (Nec) meeting. He said:
<blockquote>All I can tell you is that my car was damaged … I can refer you to the spokesperson of the party, Daniel Molokele.
I don’t know the people who damaged my car by name, apart from the fact that they are a bunch of cowards.</blockquote>
This comes after Mwonzora declared that despite renewed efforts by party stalwarts to have him ejected from the party, he was going nowhere.
Mwonzora who revealed his ambition to lead the party before pulling out of the presidential race in the run-up towards the party’s Congress recently <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2019/11/03/mwonzora-dares-mdc-bigwigs-to-try-it-as-fresh-bid-to-oust-him-thickens/">dared party members who want him dismissed to “try it”</a> saying that he was not going anywhere.
More: <a href="https://www.dailynews.co.zw/articles/2019/11/11/violence-rocks-chamisa-mdc-as-party-fissures-widen">Daily News</a>

Mwonzora's Car Vandalised In MDC Violence

President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s recent Cabinet reshuffle has been described as an attack on the 1987 Unity Accord between PF ZAPU and ZANU.
The removal of Cain Mathema from the Home Affairs ministry marks a clear departure from customs practised since the peace agreement was signed in 1987.
The ministry which Mnangagwa gave to his close ally, Kazembe Kazembe, has often been given to a former ZAPU member until now.
A staunch critic of President Mnangagwa, Ibbo Mandaza, the Southern Africa Political Economy Series executive director, said the Unity Accord no longer mattered to Zanu PF.
Meanwhile, Mathema said that the move was neither against the dictates of the Unity Accord nor was it a violation of the Constitution. He said:
<blockquote>Where was it written in the Unity Accord? Is it written in the constitution? If not, why then talk about it?</blockquote>
The Unity Accord was signed following the Matebeleland crisis known as Gukurahundi which claimed lives of approximately 20000 people from Midlands and Matebeleland.
Reports suggest that the government unleashed the “ruthless” North Korean-trained fifth brigade on civilians who were alleged to be dissidents or at least be supporting them.
More: <a href="https://www.zimlive.com/2019/11/11/mnangagwa-shreds-unity-accord-as-zapu-loses-security-post-in-reshuffle/">Zim Live</a>

"ED's Cabinet Reshuffle A Direct Jab At The ZANU And ZAPU Unity Accord"

The Zimbabwe Republic Police blocked the opposition MDC from holding a rally in Mabvuku saying that the party’s application did not meet the minimum requirements of the Public Order and Security Act. See the letter written to MDC below.
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FULL TEXT: Zimbabwe Republic Police Block MDC Rally

Addressing a Rally in Tshovhani Stadium in Chiredzi the president thanked the political actors who are part of the dialogue and said those who were not part of the dialogue should wait for 2023 elections.
Said the President:
<blockquote>We said all parties should come on the table for dialogue.There are some who did not come on the table for the dialogue. Most parties have come on board and we discuss with them on how we can move forward. Elections are held once in every five years. After five years, we go back to our political parties and seek a new mandate from the people.</blockquote>
<a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Political_Actors_Dialogue">POLAD</a> last week headlined for <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2019/11/06/polad-resolves-to-engage-un-imf-world-bank-and-the-international-community-on-sanctions/">resolving to take the anti-sanctions calls to the western community and the UN</a> and <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2019/11/09/polad-sets-aside-zwl88-million-budget-report/">setting aside an $88 Million</a> budget.
More: <a href="https://www.herald.co.zw/president-praises-polad-platform/">The Herald </a>
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ED Praises POLAD, Takes A Jibe At Those Who Shun Dialogue

The SADC Observer Mission led by Zimbabwe’s Foreign Affairs Minister,<a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Sibusiso_Moyo"> SB Moyo</a> has endorsed the just ended Mauritius elections the Herald reports.
Moyo while presenting the preliminary statement on the Mauritius Elections said:
<blockquote>In conclusion, the Mission observed that the pre-election and voting phases of the 2019 National Assembly Elections were professionally organised, conducted in an orderly, peaceful and free atmosphere, which enabled the voters to express their democratic will and those who sought office campaigned freely</blockquote>
Moyo headed to Mauritius <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2019/10/15/sb-moyo-to-head-sadc-electoral-observer-mission-in-botswana/">after concluding another observer mission in Botswana</a>.
More: <a href="https://www.herald.co.zw/sadc-observer-mission-endorses-mauritius-poll/">The Herald </a>

SADC Observer Mission Being Led By SB Moyo Endorses Mauritius Elections

<blockquote>
<h4>Today’s By-elections chocking in the usual malpractice dark hole 
Saturday 9th November 2019</h4>
Just like the 2018 elections, the subsequent by-elections have been marred by serious electoral malpractices. Regrettably, several attempts by the MDC to engage ZEC, have not surprisingly, failed to any positive results.
Indeed, it is evident to the MDC, that both the by-elections in Tsholotsho and Wedza will not be spared.
Tens of letters later, intimidation of voter’s through village heads continue.
A declaration of resettlement areas as no go areas for the MDC continues to stuff outright to campaign as well the right of citizens to make political choices in line with section 67 of the Constitution.
We, therefore, place it on record that the election environment is still characterised by closure of democratic space and abuse of state entities to the benefit of Zanu PF.
ZEC continues to look the other way when complaints are raised.
Clear electoral fraud, bribery and criminal abuse of office by <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Obadiah_Moyo" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Obadiah Moyo</a> was ignored, resultantly Zanu PF has found an incentive to continue on that path.
The run-up to today’s by-elections at <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Tsholotsho" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Tsholotsho</a> was full of abuse of State institutions to Zanu PF’s advantage including biased distribution of food aid.
The long and short of it is that the by-election results will, without doubt, reflect a dividend of lack of holistic electoral reform.
ZEC had no capacity to run a credible election. It must be disbanded, reconstituted and allow Zimbabwe to be on a new path towards a cure of the crisis of legitimacy which is causing unpalatable suffering of the masses.
It is no longer an MDC issue, but a national one; electoral reforms are urgent.
This also explains why the MDC, through its RELOAD strategy, is insisting that until comprehensive reforms are conducted; elections results will never be a true reflection of the Zimbabwean voters.
Jacob Mafume 
MDC Secretary for Elections</blockquote>

MDC Complains Of Serious Electoral Malpractices {Full Text}

The opposition MDC lost dismally to the ruling ZANU PF party in three ward by-elections held on Saturday, 9 November 2019. Here are the results:
Hwedza Ward 4 
ZANU PF – 875 
MDC Alliance – 65
Tsholotsho Ward 16 
ZANU PF – 623 
MDC Alliance – 147
Tsholotsho Ward 20 
ZANU PF – 414 
MDC Alliance – 21
Writing on microblogging site Twitter, a prominent journalist and government critic, <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Hopewell_Chin%27ono" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Hopewell Chin’ono</a>, urged the MDC to establish party structures in rural areas if it ever dreams of governing the country. He wrote:
<blockquote>The MDC needs to seriously introspect! They either want to gain power or they want to remain in perpetual opposition!
Elections in rural Zimbabwe are only won through building rural party structures and not here on Twitter. How do you govern when you can’t build structures?
… Why do you think political parties contest elections? To read the bible at Sunday school?
… You either demand REFORMS and stop participating in sham elections or you contest and take responsibly for your losses.</blockquote>

MDC Loses In 3 Ward By-elections To ZANU PF

<blockquote>The MDC national executive met today for seven hours and spent the better part of the meeting deliberating on the deteriorating situation in the country, particularly the worsening plight of the ordinary citizens. The executive, a key organ of the party, discussed and charted the way forward on the following key national issues.
1.The national situation 
The national executive deliberated on the deteriorating political, economic and social situation in the country. In particular, the executive noted the rising cost of basic commodities as well as the slow genocide in the country’s hospitals, where the illegitimate regime has fired yet another batch of doctors for raising legitimate concerns about their wages and working conditions. They have also raised issues about lack of medicines and other medical consumables to enable them to save lives.
2.Food insecurity 
About 8,5 million people in the country are food insecure and the party noted with serious concern that the illegitimate regime had begun politicizing food in the rural areas. The party resolved to do all within its remit to stop the abuse of a key livelihood issue such as food.
3.Legitimacy crisis 
The executive affirmed that the economic governance crisis in the country and the challenges facing the nation are symptomatic of the legitimacy crisis arising out of the stolen election of 2018. Unless and the until the legitimacy crisis is resolved, there will be no reprieve on the dire national situation as the people running government do not have the requisite confidence and mandate from the people.
The executive noted that the legitimacy crisis has led to the breaking down of the social contact, particularly between the leading and the led.
4.Elections 
The party’s continued participation in by-elections has exposed the dire need for prudent electoral reforms. A compromised election management system, the murkiness around voting material, the abuse of traditional leaders and the use of food as a political weapon continues to be rampant in the countryside, justifying the need for genuine electoral reforms. To this end, the party’s parliamentary caucus will table an alternative Electoral Bill that guarantees the holding of credible and legitimate elections that do not breed contested outcomes.
5.Increasing brutality against citizens and the leadership 
The party noted the increasing brutality against the citizens and the people’s leadership and affirmed that the illegitimate regime of Mr Mnangagwa will not succeed to break the collective spirit of the MDC in prosecuting the democratic struggle. The party stands in solidarity with citizens and leaders that are being persecuted.
The party resolved to set aside a day every year to remember and salute all survivors of political violence, living or dead, who have been victims of State-sanctioned brutality.
6.Parliament 
The party deliberated on developments in the parliament, particularly Zanu PF’s attempt to reverse the democratic gains enshrined in the Constitution. The national executive resolved that the people’s deployed to the August House must use the arena of Parliament to table alternative Bills as well as pro-poor motions that further citizens’ rights, widen democratic space and further the people’s democratic agenda. The party resolved to continue pressing for alignment of laws to the Constitution, and no amendment of the Constitution, itself made and affirmed by the people themselves in a referendum.
7.Dialogue 
The party reiterated its commitment to a sincere, honest and credible dialogue process. The dialogue must unlock the impediments that have stood in the way of credible, free and plebiscites. As such, any honest and credible dialogue process, under a mutually agreed convener, must focus on a comprehensive reform agenda to ensure the security and freedoms of citizens as well as ensuring a free, fair and credible election that must yield a people’s government.
8. Local government 
The executive noted the challenges faced by MDC-led councils and bemoaned the fact that in most of these councils are MDC-led but are not MDC-controlled. Zanu PF has centralized most of the key operations of local authorities, such as procurement. The party noted that Zanu PF has usurped key operations of councils in a manner that has curtailed the autonomy and the full independence of local authorities, in the process grossly interfering with service delivery. The party resolved to continue supporting the local authorities that it runs to ensure that they deliver prudent and affordable services to the people.
9.Resolving the national crisis 
The party resolved to stand on the side of the people. The party will continue mobilizing locally and internationally for a cogent and robust #FreeZimbabwe campaign that must eventually yield a legitimate people’s government.
MDC Communications</blockquote>

MDC National Executive Committee Meeting Resolutions {Full Text}

President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s cabinet mini-reshuffle last Friday has been viewed by analysts as an abandonment of the Unity Accord.
For the first time since the <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Unity_Accord" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Unity Accord</a> was signed in 1987, there is no former PF ZAPU member representative in the security cluster. Southern Africa Political Economy Series (SAPES) executive director, Ibbo Mandaza, had this to say:
<blockquote>They have since forgotten about that. They are now doing as they wish.
There’s no more PF Zapu factor in Zanu PF. They are no longer following that norm.</blockquote>
The Unity Accord was an agreement signed between ZANU PF, then led by Robert Mugabe and PF ZANU, then led by Joshua Nkomo on 22 December 1987 to end the <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Gukurahundi" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Gukurahundi</a> massacres in the Midlands and Matabeleland provinces.
The Zimbabwe National Army’s (ZNA) North Korean trained <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/5th_Brigade" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">5th Brigade</a> was accused of killing at least 20 000 people, mainly ZAPU supporters.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.thestandard.co.zw/2019/11/10/cabinet-reshuffle-raises-eyebrows/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Standard</a></h4>

'Cabinet Reshuffle Shredded The Unity Accord'

President <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Emmerson_Mnangagwa" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Emmerson Mnangagwa</a> is mulling making further changes to his cabinet after a mini-reshuffle on Friday, The Standard reports. The second reshuffle will see some ministers being dropped from the cabinet while others will be reassigned.
Last Friday’s mini-reshuffle was meant to pacify Vice President Chiwenga’s supporters as well as to deal with growing concerns in the ruling party that the president had concentrated power in his home province, the Midlands. The publication quotes a party insider as saying:
<blockquote>The changes are motivated by the president’s desire to consolidate power and do tribal balancing more than performance.
There are a lot of political reasons why three people from Mashonaland East, Chiwenga’s home province were appointed.</blockquote>
Another party insider told The Standard that Mnangagwa has realised that most of the people he had been appointing are from the Midlands and he now wants to decentralise power in preparation for the 2023 elections.
Last week’s reshuffle saw  <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Kazembe_Kazembe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kazembe Kazembe</a> being appointed as the new Home Affairs minister to replace <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Cain_Mathema" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cain Mathema</a>, who was moved to the Primary and Secondary Education portfolio, among several other changes.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.thestandard.co.zw/2019/11/10/ed-axe-bigwigs/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Standard</a></h4>

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