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Outspoken traditional leader Nhlanhlayamangwe Felix Ndiweni of Nthabazinduna is of the view that Zimbabwe should have an interim government made up of technocrats as President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government has failed to run the affairs of the country.
The chief suggested that the temporary government should rule the country for two years in order to restart the country on a path to economic recovery.
Speaking to the Daily News, Chief Ndiweni said that the interim government should demilitarise Zimbabwean politics for it to get international support. Said the controversial chief:
<blockquote>It must (also) remove the armed services from local and central government departments. It must remove politics from the armed services.
Hence international assistance would be there on tap from the word go.
These are fundamental changes which mean that we would have drastically reduced the power of the current administration.
However, if the current administration does not want to go down this route, then the country as a whole will continue in this economic meltdown.
This is inescapable. We are not interested in why this administration has failed.
All we are interested in is how this administration overcomes the challenges…In the private sector, if you do not perform you are shown the door – even if you had reasons as to why you failed.</blockquote>
Chief Ndiweni was recently warned to be careful by the government as he has openly backed the opposition MDC as well as call for sanctions to be added on the country’s ruling elite.
At one point, the chief was accosted by suspected ZANU PF thugs who wanted to sequestrate his government-issued vehicle while he was in Bulawayo.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.dailynews.co.zw/articles/2019/06/17/chief-ndiweni-calls-for-interim-govt-of-experts" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Daily News</a></h4>

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Chief Ndiweni Calls For An Interim Govt Of Technocrats To Take Over

Opposition MDC spokesperson Jacob Mafume has said that president Emmerson Mnangagwa is clueless on what is happening in his country. This comes a few days after a local radio, Capitalk 100.4 FM ran a programme dubbed “Catch Up With ED” during which Mnangagwa purported to address questions on the state of affairs. 
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<div>Speaking to the News Day, Mafume said that the radio interview on Friday exposed Mnangagwa’s lack of understanding of the current situation. He said that the president did not manage to convincingly say how the new currency the government intends to introduce would be sustained. He said:</div>
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<div>The man is out of sorts, confuses elementary principles of economics and runs on bus stop theories, most of which were generated by his paid social media trolls.</div>
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Mafume further said that the president was visibly confused. He added:
<blockquote>Never in history has a President spoken for so long without saying anything. He looked like a rabbit caught in the headlights and a man drowning under the weight of sheer cluelessness.</blockquote>
More: <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2019/06/mnangagwa-out-of-touch-with-reality-mdc/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">News Day</a>

"Radio Interview Exposed Mnangagwa's Sheer Cluelessness," MDC

Former South African president Thabo Mbeki has said that President Mnangagwa is correct in convening the Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD). Mbeki also says it’s not enough to claim an election victory and where there’s a dispute to claim a court victory alone. In other words, it’s important to find a political solution. He also summmarises the MDC’s objections to the current dialogue and its demand for an independent convenor. He says since there’s an agreement in principle for dialogue, Zimbabweans must find a way to do it and the MDC must be part of it. Mbeki previously mediated a Zimbabwean political dialogue amongst three major political parties leading to a government of national unity (GNU) in 2009. Watch the video below for more.
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"In the case of Zimbabwe, what President Mnangagwa has done is the correct thing.. "HE forner president Mbeki<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/POLAD?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#POLAD</a> <a href="https://t.co/3OBT3Uq3tV">pic.twitter.com/3OBT3Uq3tV</a>
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More: <a href="https://twitter.com/nickmangwana/status/1140359367868452877" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nick Mangwana</a>

WATCH: Mbeki Says MDC Must Be Part Of The Dialogue

In his statement during a radio interview this past Friday (14 June) President Emmerson Mnangagwa effectively ruled out the possibility of being succeeded by current Vice President Constantino Chiwenga.
Mnangagwa said that after him, <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2019/06/15/watch-we-need-younger-people-to-lead-this-country-says-mnangagwa/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Zimbabwe needs a young president to take over</a>. Chiwenga has long been considered in line to succeed Mnangagwa following his successful execution of a coup that deposed former president Robert Mugabe.
From the <a href="https://www.dailynews.co.zw/articles/2019/06/16/ed-closes-door-on-chiwenga-to-be-succeeded-by-a-young-turk">Daily News</a>:
<blockquote>The remark is being seen as a huge blow for the old guard in the ruling party, especially for Chiwenga who has previously been tipped to take over from Mnangagwa.
A former army commander, Chiwenga was instrumental in Mnangagwa’s ascendency to power in November 2017 after he led the soft coup that pushed former president Robert Mugabe out of office, ending his 37-year rule.
Despite the show of unity by the Zanu PF leadership during public gatherings, cracks are widening in the party between the Team Lacoste faction which dominates Mnangagwa’s inner circle and former army chefs who are largely loyal to Chiwenga.
To paper over the cracks, Zanu PF provinces have been declaring their undying support for Mnangagwa by campaigning for his candidacy in 2023.
In December last year, while at a rally, Chiwenga maintained that Mnangagwa is the ruling Zanu PF party’s sole presidential candidate for the 2023 polls, saying there is no vacancy for the post.
Despite the declaration, those privy to the goings-on in Zanu PF highlight simmering tensions between Mnangagwa and his deputy.</blockquote>

Mnangagwa Effectively Rules Out Being Succeeded By Chiwenga

The decision by the government to have the late Coltrane Chimurenga, an American activist buried in Zimbabwe has been slammed by analysts and opposition parties. Chimurenga was declared a provincial hero and was buried at Harare Provincial Heroes Acre with state funds footing the burial bills.
Chimurenga, born Randolph Simms founded the December 12 Movement, renowned for fighting for civil rights and supporting Africa’s liberation movements, particularly the ruling Zanu PF. He is said to have made it his wish to be buried in Zimbabwe.
Analysts told the Daily News that it was unnecessary and costly considering that using some carrier cargos to transport one’s remains from the USA is estimated at $22 500. Speaking to the Daily News, political analyst, Rashweat Mukundu said:
<blockquote>While we cannot speak ill of the dead it is important to note that Coltrane Chimurenga and the December 12 Movement are hardly known in the USA and his death is of no consequence in that country or to the broader black emancipation struggle in the world.</blockquote>
These remarks were underscored by Namibia-based political analyst Admire Mare who viewed the decision as a taboo considering the economic crisis the country is submerged in.
Another political analyst Maxwell Saungweme described government’s gesture as “ridiculous” whilst MDC Spokesperson, Jacob Mafume said the action justifies why other states are not bailing Zimbabwe out of its messy.
This was also echoed by MDC-T vice president Obert Gutu, who said that private funds and certainly not State funds should have been used for Chimurenga’s burial.
More: <a href="https://www.dailynews.co.zw/articles/2019/06/15/us-govt-snubs-chimurenga-burial" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Daily News</a>
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Analysts Criticise Govt Funded Burial Of USA December 12 Movement Leader Coltrane Chimurenga

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said that the reforms which his administration embarked on will always be opposed by those who are threatened by change.
He also that he was aware that even if the reforms were to produce benefits which outweigh costs incurred, they remained painful though for a short period of time.
He was speaking during his maiden live radio programme which was broadcast by Harare-based Capitalk 100.4FM on Friday. He said that the reforms had already started yielding positive results. He said:
<blockquote>We are opening Zimbabwe up to investment, building a new and mutually beneficial relationship with nations and businesses of the world.
And we are repealing Posa and Aippa, two pieces of legislation that have been heavily criticised, symbols of the old Zimbabwe.</blockquote>
He added that the government was determined to continue implementing the reforms which he said require making painful sacrifices. He added:
<blockquote>The process of reform is not an easy one. It involves sacrifices from us all, and brings about short-term upheaval that causes pain and suffering. There will also always be those who are wedded to the old ways, and who do not want to see change. Those who are threatened by the new, open Zimbabwe we are building.
But we cannot allow those voices to stifle our progress. We cannot allow those who benefited from how things were to stop Zimbabwe from changing.</blockquote>
More: <a href="https://www.sundaymail.co.zw/lets-reform-zim-together-ed" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Sunday Mail</a>

"There Will Always Be Those Wedded To Old Ways," ED Speaks On Reforms

The Nelson Chamisa-led MDC party has said that the party’s planned demonstrations would continue despite threats by Zanu PF youths to counter their demonstrations.
The MDC said that the ruling party had no basis to stop their constitutional right to protest. This followed the Zanu PF youths’ threats on Thursday to squash the opposition party’s planned protests over the economic crisis.
These chains of reactions were prompted by the opposition’s threats to call for protests against President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration whom it accuses of presiding over a failed state of affairs. MDC spokesperson Jacob Mafume said:
<blockquote>These youths have got blood on their hands.
It is constitutional to hold an anti-government demonstration anywhere in the world and it is dangerous to create a quasi-group of people who threaten to deal with other people. It is dangerous for the State to keep quiet and not deal with those people.</blockquote>
Mafume’s remarks were echoed by MDC youth leader Obey Sithole who said that Zanu PF youths, had no grounds and capacity to stop them. Sithole said:
<blockquote>I have come across their claims, but let me categorically state that it is misplaced and misleading for one to think they can stop an idea whose time has come. Zanu PF has no locus standi to stop a people’s demonstration, let alone speak about it.
We are definitely unmoved by such threats. We will not betray the people of Zimbabwe; we shall continue pursuing our path to power until freedom comes.</blockquote>
More: <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2019/06/protests-unstoppable-mdc/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">News Day</a>

"We Are Definitely Unmoved By Such Threats," MDC Demos To Continue

The MDC has said that the hope of MDC leader Nelson Chamisa joining President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD) has been killed by remarks made on Friday by president Mnangagwa.
Reacting to Mnangagwa’s comments made in an interview with Capitalk 100.4 FM radio on Friday, Chamisa’s spokesperson Nkululeko Sibanda said:
<blockquote>Mnangagwa’s actions are not nationalistic. He does not understand the role of leadership itself. It is actually Chamisa who invited him for all inclusive and serious talks.
Chamisa is welcoming. We want President Mnangagwa to graduate a bit towards an adult conversation.
I am afraid, my president (Chamisa) is not going to do things just to massage President Mnangagwa.</blockquote>
His remarks were supported by MDC spokesperson Jacob Mafume who said that Mnangagwa was killing the hope of dialogue. He said:
<blockquote>It is clear that far from being a listening President, Mnangagwa is a killing President. He kills all hope that Zimbabweans have.
Everyone in the country is saying let us have dialogue and Mnangagwa is killing all hope of a dialogue. He is killing hope in any discussion.</blockquote>
Mnangagwa had said that he would not treat Chaisa as “the special one.” He said:
<blockquote>I am not going to take a tractor or bulldozer to pull him out of his house (for talks). I do not believe anyone is special. We are having dialogue where everyone is free and the table is still open for anyone who wants to come. Why should he be treated differently?.</blockquote>
More: <a href="https://www.newzimbabwe.com/hope-of-dialogue-dead-after-ed-friday-gaffe-chamisa/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">New Zimbabwe</a>

"Hope Of Dialogue Dead," MDC

<div class="jetpack-video-wrapper"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="480" loading="lazy" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/o-1x_Agrl-s?feature=oembed" title="MDC-T Leader Thokozani Khupe Advises Other Leaders To Join Political Dialogue" width="640"></iframe></div>
Leader of MDC-T, Thokozani Khupe appears in the video encouraging other political leaders to join the Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD) process that has been initiated by President Mnangagwa.
The dialogue has however been rejected by MDC President Nelson Chamisa, who has insisted that Mnangagwa is not a legitimate president of Zimbabwe. Chamisa and his party say that Mnangagwa did not win the July 2018 Election.
Khupe is mostly known for breaking away with part of the MDC following a leadership dispute after the later Morgan Tsvangirai’s death.
The video above was posted by the Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting and appears to have been recorded after s POLAD meeting on 14 June 2019.

WATCH: Thokozani Khupe Encourages Parties To Join Political Actors Dialogue

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said that Zimbabwe needs younger people to lead it. He was speaking during a Capitalk FM radio interview on Friday 15 June.
Mnangagwa said that during the Political Actors Dialogue, one leader had suggested that the constitution be amended to allow presidents of more than 80 years of age. He said, he disagreed with the individual because younger president are needed.
Said Mnangagwa:
<blockquote>One leader of a political party said ” I think it is necessary that we change the age of presidency. We must make sure presidents must go beyond 80.”
I said, “no, I disagree with you”. Then I said to him. “After me, I would wish that this country finds a president who is young. We mustn’t repeat having people of my age. I think we need younger people to lead this country.”</blockquote>
Mnangagwa also said during the interview that some members of POLAD think he’s too democratic.
More: <a href="http://www.zbc.co.zw/president-too-democratic-polad-members/">ZBC</a>

WATCH: "We Need Younger People To Lead This Country," Says Mnangagwa

ZAPU officials are said to be on the run after they were allegedly stalked by suspected State security agents since the death of party president Dumiso Dabengwa.
The director of the Dumiso Dabengwa Foundation, Mthulisi Hanana has reportedly skipped the border after he was followed for several days soon after Dabengwa’s burial.
Hanana made some stinging remarks at Dabengwa’s funeral in which he berated the country’s military for shooting at armed civilians. He said then:
<blockquote>Tell Father Zimbabwe (late Vice President Joshua Nkomo), (Josiah Zanla defence chief) Tongogara and (Solomon) Mujuru (late former Commander Defence Forces) that the army now assists in political transitions and now shoots civilians.</blockquote>
ZAPU spokesperson Iphithule Maphosa told New Zimbabwe that Hanana had indeed fled and was not sure of his whereabouts. Said Maphosa:
<blockquote>It is true that the director of DD Foundation has been a target of suspected state security agents, following his speech at DD’s memorial at White City.
While we are not sure of his whereabouts, we are hopeful of his and his family’s safety.
… We have received complaints from a number of Zapu leaders who are being followed around and monitored since the death and funeral of president Dumiso Dabengwa.
It is a precarious situation but we are not deterred.</blockquote>
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newzimbabwe.com/zapu-under-siege-leaders-allege-being-hunted-by-cio-military/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">New Zimbabwe</a></h4>

ZAPU Leaders The On Run After Visits From State Security Agents - Report

President Emmerson Mnangagwa claimed that he gave short shrift to advice from some quarters to be an autocrat.
He was speaking during a wide-ranging interview on a Harare radio, Capitalk 100.4 FM on Friday night. He said that during a meeting with fringe political parties, one of the leaders advised him to scale down on his democratic tendencies;
<blockquote>One leader said to me ‘Mr President you are too democratic, can you reduce a bit’. I said I don’t agree with you. I am saying this to show that people are free to express themselves.
I have been advised to be a dictator or be autocratic and I have said no.</blockquote>
President Mnangagwa said that since he came into office in November 2017, he has promoted “glasnost and perestroika“, that is openness and reform as seen during the run-up to the 2018 general elections. He said:
<blockquote>I asked all political leaders to campaign peacefully. We have a polarised nation but I am happy during the elections all parties campaigned peacefully.
We are reforming the Public Order and Security Act (Posa) and the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA) two symbols of the old Zimbabwe.</blockquote>
President Mnangagwa vowed not to go back on “reforms”. He said reforming the country’s politics, industry and mindsets will be his legacy.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newzimbabwe.com/ed-i-have-refused-to-be-a-dictator/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">New Zimbabwe</a></h4>

Fringe Political Party Tells ED To Be More Autocratic

The MDC led by Nelson Chamisa is set to receive $3 596 400 from the government under the Political Parties Finance Act for the votes it garnered in last year’s general election.
The government announced that it has set aside $12 million to be shared by parties that received at least 5% of the votes, in terms of the Act.
The money will be shared on a proportional basis and with ZANU PF getting 70.3 per cent of the popular vote against the MDC Alliance’s 29.9 per cent, it will receive the lion’s share of the booty.
A circular published by Justice Minister Ziyambi Ziyambi reads in part:
<blockquote>It is hereby notified, in terms of section 3(2) of the Political Parties (Finance) Act [Chapter 2:04], that the total amount of money payable to political parties in respect of the year beginning 1st January 2019 and ending on the 31st December 2019, is $12 million dollars.</blockquote>
However, the MDC has a pending Supreme Court case after it appealed against a ruling by the High Court that Chamisa’s leadership is illegitimate.
It remains to be seen if Chamisa will be denied the money since he participated in the election not as MDC-T or MDC, but as MDC Alliance.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newzimbabwe.com/mnangagwa-chamisa-share-12-million-2018-election-spoils/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">New Zimbabwe</a></h4>

ZANU PF, MDC Alliance To Share ZWL$12 Million

President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Friday castigated MDC leader Nelson Chamisa for refusing to participate in the so-called State House Dialogue.
President Mnangagwa said that he can not force Chamisa to come to the negotiating table and reminded the latter that he is not special. He said:
<blockquote>I cannot get a bulldozer or a tractor to pull him out of his house for talks. I have made a call to all political parties in Zimbabwe that lets us come together. Is he not a leader of a political party in Zimbabwe?
I think he is. Then why does not he come to the table where everybody else? Why should he feel proud that all 19 political parties are not important but only him?
… In my view, I think every political party is important. Why does he feel that his party is important than all 19 parties that have so far engaged in the dialogue?</blockquote>
President Mnangagwa revealed that he will create other non-political platforms to engage with the youths and with churches. He added:
<blockquote>We will continue to engage and will create equal platforms for the church and youth.
All those who want to share their views, come let us discuss the table is open. There must not be sacred cows who think they are better than others. We are all Zimbabweans, let us come and settle together.</blockquote>
Chamisa has hitherto refused to accept Mnangagwa as Zimbabwe’s legitimate President as he insists that the July 2018 elections were rigged by electoral authorities to favour the incumbent.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newzimbabwe.com/ed-to-chamisa-you-are-not-a-special-one/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">New Zimbabwe</a></h4>

ED Tells Chamisa Not To Think Highly Of Himself

President Emerson Mnangagwa said that some political parties that were part of the ongoing State House Dialogue and left, have approached him seeking readmission to the process.
He was speaking on Friday at a meeting with a dozen and a half or so political parties that accepted his call for dialogue.
Without giving out the names of the parties that are seeking to return to the process, President Mnangagwa said:
<blockquote>I have received an inquiry from some political parties outside the dialogue, who were once here and left, who want to come back, but I have told them to go to the conveners.</blockquote>
Some of the political leaders who left the dialogue include Noah Manyika, Daniel Shumba and Nkosana Moyo.
MDC Alliance president Nelson Chamisa refused to take part in the dialogue, demanding an external mediator rather than the local coveners, National Peace and Reconciliation Commission chairperson retired Justice Selo Nare and Zimbabwe Gender Commission chairperson Mrs Margaret Sangarwe-Mukahanana.
Chamisa has also rejected the process as it involves candidates who polled insignificant numbers and fully accepted the “flawed” electoral process.
Some political analysts say that the dialogue process, without Chamisa’s involvement, will not end the country’s political polarisation as roughly half of the population supports him.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.chronicle.co.zw/parties-seek-dialogue-involvement/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Chronicle</a></h4>

'Political Parties Seek Readmission To State House Dialogue'

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has said that he would wish to see Zimbabwe having a young president when he vacates office. He was speaking during a live radio show hosted by Capitalk 100.4 FM.
The president said that he was responding to suggestions by other members of the POLAD who were saying probably an age presidential candidates must be pushed to above 80 years.
He said that he told the participants to the dialogue that he would prefer to see Zimbabwe electing a young president when he leaves the office.
POLAD is a group of 2018 presidential candidates who are participating in the national dialogue he initiated who.
More: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/capitalkfm/videos/685985258507800/?__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARB2Wdj02k_v9QJlrHw-FqQqzI1b2BqnGxRvQze75g9I9VJru9t51pzEltan36hy93syjJoy-o7ZozayZf34rctli10klu7numGaD05iyZLrqZCBKHdan3Nxw6VZ8ZmqN8zA_Ji3UPWlzQIRT5Rj3Lr2xvh7iL4FAppnuD1JJy7R9sN4YOcsEEoysyS4Njxap_8ppeh5mdAsWmm9GN0Uq2nOIAt1_-VWYVuhPa1-ODG_1cRHeGpgl7uOEj9ERy1epc8VnjHhFnxdBXqbpPnZdgnI7RZ8jbf5LXqrRSSEB8Xfg5NbZYjn_ebyVPkPG6yfqzpwCz9vlsjudISplJmrprjZcwLyYTSyqsI&amp;__tn__=-R" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Capitalk 1004.FM</a>

ED: After Me Zimbabwe Must Have A Young President

The newly elected MDC Youth assembly leader Tererai Obey Sithole is reported to have been briefly taken in by police officers for questioning. It is however not clear as to why he was taken.
It is suspected however that he was taken in connection with some announcements he made last week about the MDC youths assembly resolution to take a confrontational approach against president Emmerson Mnangagwa. Sithole is quoted as having said:
<blockquote>We are taking the decision to confront this regime, knowing fully well that the answer to the national question lies in this generation, which has a future to safeguard.
As the MDC youth assembly, we are going to set the pace in making sure we save this nation from despondency and deprivation. We are neither apologetic nor afraid to take this regime head-on to ensure that we bring back the dignity and decorum of our people.</blockquote>
Posting on Twitter, <a href="https://twitter.com/mdcya_dptspokes/status/1139527626199044096" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@mdcya-dpspokes</a> confirmed both the release of Sithole. See the post below:
 
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More: <a href="https://twitter.com/mdcya_dptspokes/status/1139527626199044096" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@mdcya-dpspokes</a>

MDC Youth Leader Briefly Taken In For Questioning

ZANU PF youth league yesterday gave fierce warming to their counterparts in the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC saying that they are ready to give a befitting response to any protest against the government.
The warning came after MDC youth assembly leader Tererai Obey Sithole had said the wing had resolved to confrontational president Emmerson Mnangagwa. He said:
<blockquote>We are taking the decision to confront this regime, knowing fully well that the answer to the national question lies in this generation, which has a future to safeguard.
As the MDC youth assembly, we are going to set the pace in making sure we save this nation from despondency and deprivation. We are neither apologetic nor afraid to take this regime head-on to ensure that we bring back the dignity and decorum of our people.</blockquote>
In response, Zanu PF youth deputy secretary Lewis Matutu said:
<blockquote>We thought we were dealing with peaceful and civilised people; now we are realising that they are uncivilised and we have to prepare ourselves ngavauye mustreet vaone (let them come onto the streets; we are ready). .
We are not going to fold our hands while they continue to insult our president. We are going to defend our president, we don’t just talk they know what we can do.
We are not happy; we will teach them a lesson. We may be quite but we are not stupid. We respect our president’s call for peace and unity.</blockquote>
Matutu said youths must desist from violence and work toward nation-building.
More: <a href="https://www.dailynews.co.zw/articles/2019/06/14/zanu-pf-youths-to-thwart-protests" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Daily News</a>

"We Don’t Just Talk They Know What We Can Do", ZANU-PF Youths Threaten To Stop Demos

The brother-in-law of the late MDC leader Morgan Tsvangirai’s brother-in-law yesterday challenged President Emmerson Mnangagwa and opposition leader Nelson Chamisa to dialogue and come up with an inclusive government that will address the country’s economic challenges.
Isaac Mhundwa, brother to Tsvangirai’s wife, the late Susan, said:
<blockquote>My sister died in an accident on her way to celebrate the inclusive government that later stabilised the economy for the betterment of people’s lives. My niece died in an accident as well and I hope this challenges the political leaders to negotiate and come up with another inclusive government.</blockquote>
Mhundwa was speaking at the funeral wake of Vimbai Tsvangirai-Java, the eldest daughter of Morgan and Susan who died from injuries sustained in an accident she was involved in outside Kwekwe on May 14.
Speaking after Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda was heckled by MDC supporters at the mention of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s name, Mhundwa said:
<blockquote>The reason people booed Advocate Mudenda is that they are hungry. They are struggling to survive. Things are not looking good. In fact, it is frustrating. If they earn their salaries 
today, tomorrow it will be nothing. Things cannot continue like that. Advocate Mudenda, can you go and tell the President that the people are not happy with the status quo.
The challenge is now on you (Mudenda and Chamisa). We would be happy to hear that people are talking at the top. People have suffered.</blockquote>
More: <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2019/06/tsvangirais-brother-in-law-calls-for-gnu/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">News Day</a>

Morgan Tsvangirai's Brother In-Law Calls For A GNU

MDC president Nelson Chamisa yesterday reached out to his former boss Thokozani Khupe at the funeral wake of Vimbai Tsvangirai-Java. Chamisa was speaking after scores of mourners jeered the leader of a splinter MDC group.
The youthful leader said that Tsvangirai-Java’s funeral had helped bring them together in mourning their former leader’s daughter, who died from injuries sustained in an accident that occurred near Kwekwe last month. The accident claimed the lives of Paul Rukanda, who was her campaign manager and Tafadzwa Mhundwa, a relative who was also an active MDC member. Chamisa said:
<blockquote>I am not happy with what you have done to (Dr) Thokozani Khupe. … Khupe must be respected as a person who served the country. … Khupe worked with Vimbai.
I honour you … Khupe. We must learn from the parable of the fig tree. … Khupe once more I salute you, you were my deputy prime minister when I was a minister, you were my deputy president in the party and I was the spokesperson. We build this country together.</blockquote>
He also took the opportunity to emphasise the need to have “a negotiated dialogue” which he said is the only way to pull Zimbabwe out of both political and economic crises. Chamisa also said that a mediator will not be necessary if people are united. He added:
<blockquote>The only way we are going to move the country forward is to sit on a table. Let’s have a political dialogue.</blockquote>
More: <a href="https://www.dailynews.co.zw/articles/2019/06/14/chamisa-reaches-out-to-khupe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Daily News</a>

"We Build This Country Together,” Chamisa Reaches Out To Khuphe

Glen View South MP Hon. Vimbai Tsvangirai Java was laid to rest today in the afternoon at Glen Forest Memorial Park. The daughter to former Prime Minister and founding father of the MDC, Morgan Tsvangirai died on the 10th of June 2019 four weeks after she was involved in a horror crash that claimed the lives of two MDC Alliance officials.
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<div class="ydhil-container ydhil-type-code" data-adid="215283" data-type="code" id="ydhil-215283-295152520">The crash killed Paul Rukanda, who was Tsvangirai-Java’s campaign manager and Tafadzwa Mhundwa, Mrs. Tsvangirai-Java’s relative who was also an active party member.</div>
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<div data-adid="215283" data-type="code">Pictures below were taken today in the afternoon when she was being laid to rest.</div>
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<div data-adid="215283" data-type="code">May Her Dear Soul Rest In Eternal Peace!</div>
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More: <a href="https://twitter.com/MdcMasvingo/status/1139213042451963906" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">MDC Masvingo</a>

PICTURES: Vimbai Tsvangirai-Java Laid To Rest At Glen Forest

The speaker of Parliament, advocate Jacob Mudenda and MDC leader Thokozani Khuphe were jeered by mourners of Vimbai Tsvangirai Java at the City Sports centre and were rescued by MDC leader Nelson Chamisa. In a short <a href="https://twitter.com/NewZimbabweCom/status/1139105431798931456" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NewZimbabwe</a> video below, it appears as if Mudenda was being heckled for saying the name of president Emmerson Mnangagwa. Chamisa said that disrespecting the speaker of Parliament and ThokozaniKhuphe is tantamount to disrespecting him also.
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<a href="https://twitter.com/nelsonchamisa?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@nelsonchamisa</a> comes to the rescue of Speaker of parliament Advocate Jacob Mudenda who suffered heckles from mourners. <a href="https://twitter.com/InfoMinZW?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@InfoMinZW</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/PedzisaiRuhanya?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PedzisaiRuhanya</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/nickmangwana?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@nickmangwana</a> <a href="https://t.co/Hgd0pt0kPw">pic.twitter.com/Hgd0pt0kPw</a>
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WATCH: Mourners Of Vimbai Tsvangirai Jeer Speaker Of Parliament, Chamisa Comes To His Rescue

Opposition party MDC insiders say that the unresolved succession issue could precipitate chaos in the event that the president is incapacitated.
At the 2019 elective Congress held in Gweru last month, the MDC elected three equal vice presidents and the concern is on who is in line to take over if, for any reason, party president Nelson Chamisa fails to complete his term.
A party insider who spoke to Newsday said that this is a question that still needs to be addressed;
<blockquote>Currently, the party has three equal vice-presidents, all three were elected at the Congress and there is, therefore, not one of them more superior to the others.
This leaves the party in a crisis if the president becomes incapacitated or for whatever reason fails to complete his term of office.
The question that would need to be answered is: Of the three, who will act as president?</blockquote>
The party is set to hold a national council meeting on Wednesday to deal with all outstanding issues from the Congress. Said the source:
<blockquote>The national council will sit on Wednesday and will finalise all the outstanding matters of Congress. We will then avail the amended constitution of the party which will be comprehensive and will deal with those matters; it will be clear and concise.</blockquote>
A law lecturer, Valentine Matutu opined that it is imperative for the MDC to clarify the issue of succession with a clear statement in order to avoid a political crisis.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2019/06/succession-poser-for-mdc/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Newsday</a></h4>

MDC In Succession Quandary

MDC president Nelson Chamisa has warned securocrats who are partisan that they will lose their jobs once he assumes office.
He was speaking on Wednesday during a farewell rally for the late Glen View South MP, Vimbai Tsvangirai Java. Said Chamisa:
<blockquote>The Commander of our army is the head of the State military, not party military. That is why we want to fire some who have been abused to work for a party rather than the State.
The MDC and Zanu PF have one army, one CIO (Central Intelligence Organisation) and one police (force). Some have accused us of threatening to fire them all but no, we want to fire those who are abusing the State.
If you are soldiers you should respect the will of the people, because you are not a party army or party militia, we respect the army. Isn’t we will be working with them pretty soon. So let us get to know each other better.</blockquote>
Zimbabwe’s generals played a pivotal role in November 2017 when they launched Operation Restore Legacy which forced the then President, Robert Mugabe to resign.
On the eve of the 2002 presidential elections, the then Commander of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, Vitalis Zvinavashe, in a veiled threat, said that the army would not submit to the then-popular opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai if he won the election.
The current ZDF commander is General Philip Valerio Sibanda.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newzimbabwe.com/i-will-fire-political-army-generals-chamisa/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">New Zimbabwe</a></h4>

Chamisa Promises To Sack Partisan Army Generals When He Becomes President

The government said that the dialogue between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and some losers in the 2018 presidential election is not meant to create a Government of National Unity (GNU).
Addressing local media editors in Harare on Wednesday, Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services, Monica Mutsvangwa, accused MDC president Nelson Chamisa of holding the nation back by refusing to participate in the dialogue. She said:
<blockquote>We have individuals and parties that choose to disrespect the electoral and judicial systems for their selfish ends.
Such uncouth behaviour projects our country as a nation with unresolved political questions when deep down their hearts, these entities and personalities know very well that they lost in a fair and credible plebiscite.
Politics leads the way in statecraft and if we are not stable as people in all other areas in the country will not become stable.
Such behaviour is holding us back as a nation as it stifles our re-engagement efforts and will make recovery more painful.
We need to get out of the election mode that continues to seize us and work together to build our country.
However, the dialogue which is underpinned by the sharing of ideas to come up with national solutions is plausible and welcome.</blockquote>
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.herald.co.zw/no-unresolved-political-questions-in-zimbabwe/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Herald</a></h4>

Govt Accuses Chamisa Of 'Holding The Nation Back' By Snubbing State House Talks

MDC president Nelson Chamisa said that he is ready to sit down and talk with President Mnangagwa for Zimbabwe to be able to move forward.
Chamisa was addressing thousands of party supporters gathered to mourn the late MDC MP for Glen View South MP, Vimbai Tsvangirai-Java on Wednesday. He said:
<blockquote>For this country to move forward, we have to resolve the political dispute in this country, around the issue of elections.
If we don’t resolve that, the country will move in a merry-go-round and the country will not move forward because there is no synthesis or national consensus on the way forward.
A divided country will not stand. And we have said, we are ready to dialogue with you Cde Mnangagwa, not for my purpose.
Not for power-sharing but sharing of ideas. An idea whose time has come and an idea for change.</blockquote>
Chamisa implored Mnangagwa not to remain obstinate but to put the interest of the country first. He added:
<blockquote>Mugabe was able to dialogue with Morgan Tsvangirai even after he (Tsvangirai) had been beaten to a pulp in Highfield. Tsvangirai was able to say his pain was nothing when compared to the national pain.
My wish is if Mnangagwa could see the wisdom that this young man (Chamisa) possesses, imbibed from Tsvangirai to make sure that you always have to put the nation ahead of your personal interests.</blockquote>
Mnangagwa a few months ago, invited all losing presidential candidates in the July 2018 elections. Though more than a dozen individuals obliged, some eventually pulled out of the process while Chamisa has consistently refused to take part.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newzimbabwe.com/i-am-ready-to-talk-chamisa-pleads-with-mnangagwa/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">New Zimbabwe.com</a></h4>

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