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Following Twitter polls by some Zimbabwean publications that the <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2019/06/08/zanu-pf-accused-rigging-twitter-poll-mnangagwa-favour/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">government-controlled Herald then used to declare President Mnangagwa “approved”</a>, Techzim has published an article saying Twitter poll results are really meaningless.
The publication writes:
<blockquote>
Twitter polls aren’t really useful for any serious research or as informers of strategy:
You can’t see who voted so you can’t gain any demographic insight. This means a number of people outside the country, who have no idea who our President is could have voted and whoever put up the poll would have no idea of knowing that…
Whoever is running the poll is already starting with their own audience, which is only reflective of themselves and no larger group or demographic. How many Zimbos aren’t on Twitter or didn’t participate in the poll. A significant number.
And most importantly they’re EASY TO MANIPULATE. Twitter polls can be easily sabotaged by an automated script, otherwise known as a bot, created to submit multiple votes. These scripts allow online polling to be used as the cheapest propaganda tool of the age.</blockquote>
Several Twitter approval polls were run this past week, the most notable ones being the Studio 7 one, a ZimLive one and most recently, <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2019/06/08/newsday-zimbabwe-runs-another-mnangagwa-approval-poll/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">a NewsDay Zimbabwe one</a>. Emmerson Mnangagwa won approval in the first 2 but was did not get approval in the NewsDay poll.
More: <a href="https://www.techzim.co.zw/2019/06/why-using-a-twitter-poll-as-an-approval-rating-is-not-such-a-good-idea/">Techzim</a>

Pindula News

Twitter Poll Results Meaningless  - Techzim

MDC Vice President, Tendai Biti has said that they would like to negotiate with Zanu-PF instead of resorting to protests first. He said the MDC is giving Mnangagwa time so that he can initiate talks. he said the country has lost too much blood and there’s need to give talks a chance.
He was speaking in London where he launched a book. Said Biti:
<blockquote>We are giving Mnangagwa time. We are giving him a warning, a notice. Please let us talk because there will come a time when we will no longer be talking. We will be confronting on the streets.
Zimbabwe has been losing blood since 1890. Some would argue and say the country has actually been losing blood since the Rozvi war in 1500. It is a country that has shed too much blood.</blockquote>
Protests called for by the ZCU in January this year, turned violent and a police crackdown resulted in about 17 deaths.
More: <a href="https://news.co.zw/standard/">The Standard</a>

Tendai Biti Says They'd Rather Negotiate. Protests A Last Resort

Opposition MDC officials have been told to stop going to the United States of America and the United Kingdom, and rather sit down to negotiate with President Emmerson Mnangagwa.
In an interview with The Sunday Mail, India’s Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Rungsung Masakui said that the MDC should stop questioning Mnangagwa’s legitimacy. He is quoted as saying:
<blockquote>This is not in the spirit of democracy. You can criticise the policies of a government — that’s a political right — but if you keep questioning the legitimacy, that is unthinkable. Political rivalry is not enmity.
The President (Emmerson Mnangagwa) is making efforts to create dialogue platforms with the opposition parties; it’s a way forward. But it is difficult for the dialogue to succeed if the main opposition party is not part of it.
Space is there for them to join in – the President even formally recognised the office of the opposition party leader . . . that is what is happening the world over.
Political parties all over the world have differences, but when it comes to fundamental issues of nation-building, they come together.
The ruling party here is making all efforts to move forward, but the opposition party does not want to negotiate — they are going out to the UK and the US and negotiating with them.
I don’t know how that is a way forward. I don’t know how other people can come here and solve your problems.</blockquote>
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.sundaymail.co.zw/political-rivalry-shouldnt-translate-into-animosity" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Sunday Mail</a></h4>

Stop Going To America, Talk To ED - India Tells MDC

India’s ambassador to Zimbabwe, Rungsung Masakui has urged the opposition MDC party to respect the 2018 Constitutional Court ruling which upheld President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s victory in the election.
MDC president Nelson Chamisa rejected the Court’s ruling even though he was the one who brought the case before it.
In an interview with The Sunday Mail reporter, Sharon Munjenjema, Masakui said:
<blockquote>I find it [the political situation in Zimbabwe] very polarised. Political rivals are not enemies. If the ruling party and opposition party consider themselves enemies, that is a clear sign of going in the wrong direction. In India we just had elections.
The kind of words exchanged during debates was very intense, but once the elections are over, that’s it. The opposition party candidate lost and he accepted it and congratulated the incoming president.
Even before the election commission announced the results, he noticed and congratulated the winning party. But here it is totally different.
Yes, all political parties have the right to contest the results in a court of law, and this was done.</blockquote>
The Indian diplomat expressed dismay over the opposition MDC’s hypocrisy in rejecting the Presidential election result while accepting parliamentary and local authority elections. He added:
<blockquote>There is a provision in the constitution outlining how to address that dissatisfaction of the results and it was done.
But after going to the Constitutional Court, the court made its ruling in the full view of a global audience following the proceedings.
When the court makes its ruling, why can’t they just respect that? It is unthinkable that after the court makes a final ruling, the opposition party continues to fight the legitimacy issue again and again, yet they have accepted to work in Parliament.</blockquote>
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.sundaymail.co.zw/political-rivalry-shouldnt-translate-into-animosity">The Sunday Mail</a></h4>

Indian Ambassador Tells MDC Leaders To 'Grow Up'

ZANU PF officials in Lupane East Constituency agreed by consensus to have 31-year-old Mbongeni Dube represent the party in the August 3 by-election.
The parliamentary seat fell vacant following the death of Sithembile Gumbo (ZANU PF) in April.
Speaking at a party meeting in Lupane on Saturday, Matabeleland North Provincial chairman, Richard Moyo said:
<blockquote>As a party, we are very happy with the manner that members debated the issue during our meeting as the Electorate Directorate in Matabeleland North.
There were other candidates who had submitted their CVs for the primary election but we saw that it was noble to have one person going than sending six people.
That is why Cde Dube was nominated. There is time limitation too.
The Nomination Court will sit next week so we realised that we must engage each other and take the person who came second in the last primary elections.
He had the second highest votes after the late Cde Gumbo.</blockquote>
The other 5 officials vying for the post reportedly agreed to step aside and allow Dube to run for the party.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.sundaynews.co.zw/zanu-pf-selects-lupane-east-candidate/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sunday News</a></h4>

31-year-old Dube Selected For ZANU PF Lupane East By-election

Reports indicate that the MDC Alliance has retained the City of Kadoma Ward 2 council seat in a by-election held on Saturday, June 8, 2019.
The MDC Alliance candidate Svorai Chiwara polled 780 votes, against ZANU PF’s Lloyd Nyambo who garnered 361 votes.
The seat fell vacant after MDC Alliance councillor Michael Gore was jailed five months ago for inciting public violence during the January fuel protests which became violent.
There were unconfirmed reports earlier in the day that ZANU PF activists were engaging in violence against perceived opposition party supporters.

MDC Beats ZANU PF In Kadoma Ward 2 By-election

Newly-elected MDC secretary-general, Chalton Hwende claims that the party will never split again as happened when Welshman Ncube and later Tendai Biti left to form their own splinter movements with some Members of Parliament.
In an interview with Newsday senior reporter, Obey Manayiti, Hwende said that splits that happened in the past emanated from structural issues. He said:
<blockquote>We had a structural issue, which has its roots in the labour movement, our mother. The founding MDC constitution was heavily influenced by the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions constitution, which has a very powerful office of secretary-general. This is the norm in most labour movements.
We’ve addressed this structural issue through constitutional amendments, which basically re-calibrated the balance of power to reflect the political reality, that the president is the head of our party. Conflicts are inevitable.
In addition to the constitutional reforms, we are also working on developing robust conflict management and resolution framework, a systemic tool to manage internal contradictions in the party.</blockquote>
Ncube and Biti have since returned to the party and were elected vice presidents during the MDC elective Congress held at the end of May.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2019/06/mdc-will-never-split-again-hwende/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Newsday</a></h4>

I Will Never Follow Welshman And Biti's Footsteps - Chalton Hwende

<blockquote>
<h4>Mnangagwa currency obsession misplaced</h4>
The MDC notes with concern the failure by the Mnangagwa’s administration to realise that their monetary approach is compounding the economic crisis.
Since the introduction of the bond notes, the financial sector has been distorted. These distortions created a three-tier exchange and pricing system.
Good money was displaced by bad money, an elementary prediction any government ought to have envisaged.
Fast forward to Mnangagwa’s time, the bond note still exists, it now has several manifestations with cosmetic name changes.
A fake attempt to demonetise the bond note was made through a messy monetary policy early this year.
Further, Mnangagwa usurped primary law-making powers of the legislature and gazetted SI33 of 2019 which in essence introduced a currency but left loopholes for currency patronage by political elites.
The State has been reduced to an arena of personal aggrandizement by a bunch of scoundrels who are enriching themselves and lining the pockets of their friends, in the process, they have also commodified the US dollar.
A surrogate currency, therefore, exists for purposes of fishing out hard currency for the elites and the oligarchs.
Inflation is blowing, fuel shortages are unabated and electricity blackouts are now the order of the day.
The masses are suffering due to terrible decisions.
It is therefore shocking to have Mnangagwa intending to introduce a new currency making such an announcement 81 days after gazzeting SI33/19 whose balance sheet is there to see.
Name changes of currency will not solve the problems.
The MDC continues to argue that the fundamentals need to be addressed.
Currency at the end of the day is a relationship between your exports and imports, in other words, your trade position.
Zimbabwe’s Trade position generally results in a very weak and unstable currency.
More importantly, a currency is a reflection of a social contract or it’s absence thereof. An abused citizen rejects the authority of the State and its currency becomes an immediate casualty.
The MDC restates that the following currency reforms be adopted:
1 Demonetising the surrogate currency in all it’s various manifestations. 
2. Revert to the multiple currency system and strengthen it. 
3. Deal with structural issues including expenditure and debt. 
4. Join the Rand monetary union in the medium to long term. 
5.Supply-side solutions to strengthen the trade position. 
6. Return to legitimacy and restore national confidence.
MDC: Defining a New Course for Zimbabwe!
MDC COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT</blockquote>

Full Text: MDC Slams Mnangagwa's "Currency Obsession" As Misplaced

Following <a href="https://zero.pindula.co.zw/zanu-pf-accused-rigging-twitter-poll-mnangagwa-favour/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">allegations that supporters of President Emmerson Mnangagwa bought votes</a> to win him approval in 2 Twitter polls, daily newspaper<a href="https://twitter.com/NewsDayZimbabwe/status/1137315308035813376"> NewsDay Zimbabwe has initiated yet another Twitter poll</a>. The poll asks the same question asked by Studio 7 and ZimLive in previous polls:
<blockquote>Do you think Emmerson Mnangagwa is taking Zimbabwe in the right direction?</blockquote>
The poll was started in on Saturday afternoon and had received about 9,000 votes at the writing of this update. The votes are 14% Yes and 86% No. This shows a sharp departure from the other two polls where Mnangagwa got more than 50% Yes votes.
The NewsDay poll will run for 24 hours, ending Sunday around 1PM.
https://twitter.com/NewsDayZimbabwe/status/1137315308035813376
NewsDay is one of the most read daily newspapers in Zimbabwe, and the most trafficked online.

NewsDay Zimbabwe Runs Another Mnangagwa Approval Poll Following Rigging Claims

Following <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2019/06/08/zanu-pf-accused-rigging-twitter-poll-mnangagwa-favour/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">allegations that supporters of President Emmerson Mnangagwa bought votes</a> to win him approval in 2 Twitter polls, daily newspaper<a href="https://twitter.com/NewsDayZimbabwe/status/1137315308035813376"> NewsDay Zimbabwe has initiated yet another Twitter poll</a>. The poll asks the same question asked by Studio 7 and ZimLive in previous polls:
<blockquote>Do you think Emmerson Mnangagwa is taking Zimbabwe in the right direction?</blockquote>
The poll was started in on Saturday afternoon and had received about 9,000 votes at the writing of this update. The votes are 14% Yes and 86% No. This shows a sharp departure from the other two polls where Mnangagwa got more than 50% Yes votes.
The NewsDay poll will run for 24 hours, ending Sunday around 1PM.
https://twitter.com/NewsDayZimbabwe/status/1137315308035813376
NewsDay is one of the most read daily newspapers in Zimbabwe, and the most trafficked online.

The Agrippa Mutambara led Zimbabwe People First (Zim PF) which <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2019/05/27/full-thread-zimbabwe-people-first-pulls-out-of-mdc-alliance/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">recently withdrew from the MDC</a>, has said that they recognise President Mnangagwa as the legitimated leader of the country. This is a departure from the position of the MDC which maintains that Mnangagwa did not legitimately win the July 2018 presidential election.
Senior party member Vongai Muti, made the statement during a ZTN show when she was asked if the MDC was right to put the question of Mnangagwa’s legitimacy as a precondition for involvement in the ongoing political leader’s dialogue.
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Said Muti:
<blockquote>I think the dialogue can continue and will continue without the MDC. Because this defense that they have that they are putting a front that because they are questioning the legitimacy of the presidency – I think that issue has already been dealt with and it is retrogressive.
We want to move with people who want to move forward. If you want to stay where you are because you think you have numbers, listen, people are suffering out there, people are suffering at the grassroots as she (Linda Masarira) was saying. We need solutions.
I will re-emphasise that we appreciate what the president has done to make our lives easier as women. To make lives easy for the ordinary Zimbabwean. Let us work together for the common good of the Zimbabwean.</blockquote>

WATCH: Former MDC Alliance Party, Zimbabwe People First , Says ED Is Legitimate President. Praises Dialogue

A tweet on Saturday by former government minister Jonathan Moyo says the Finance Minister, Mthuli Ncube has declined to contest the Lupane East by-election. <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2019/06/07/mthuli-ncube-possible-zanu-pf-candidate-in-lupane-east-by-election/">Ncube was speculated to be a possible candidate for the by-election</a> to be held on 3 August.
Moyo himself speculates that Ncube is afraid of some Zanu-PF senior members like Obert Mpofu who apparently are plotting against him.
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So <a href="https://twitter.com/MthuliNcube?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MthuliNcube</a> is having butterflies in his stomach about contesting the Parly by-election in Lupane East constituency, which fell vacant after the death of Sithembile Gumbo in April. The story is that <a href="https://twitter.com/MthuliNcube?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MthuliNcube</a> fears Obert Mpofu &amp; co are trying to "pull a Jonso" on him!🤣 <a href="https://t.co/uUAfknAfjN">pic.twitter.com/uUAfknAfjN</a>
— Prof Jonathan Moyo (@ProfJNMoyo) <a href="https://twitter.com/ProfJNMoyo/status/1137323756333015040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 8, 2019</a></blockquote>
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The Lupane East parliamentary seat became vacant following the death of Zanu PF’s Sithembile Gumbo on April 15.

Mthuli Ncube Reportedly Declines To Stand In Lupane By-Election

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ZTN hosted some women leaders in Zimbabwe in a discussion about the ongoing political dialogue happening in a Zimbabwe.
The guests included the leader of the newly formed LED, Linda Masarira, Zanu-PF’s Apolonia Munzverengi, Zimbabwe People First’s Vongai Muti and Sekai Holland who is a civil society leader.
According to the ZTN hosts, the MDC Women’s Affairs chairperson Paurina Mupariwa refused to come to the show as she said she could not be on the same platform with some of the women invited.

WATCH: Role Of Women In The Current Political Dialogue In Zimbabwe

MDC President Nelson Chamisa joked today that the situation had moved to yet another level, following a brief meeting with Foreign Affairs S.B Moyo at an event on Saturday. At the event, seeming organized by foreign dignitaries, were Zimbabwe government ministers as well as members from other organisations.
Said Chamisa:
https://twitter.com/nelsonchamisa/status/1137319826832154624
S.B. Moyo is mostly known for announcing on TV, the coup that toppled President Robert Mugabe in November 2017. Moyo appeared on ZBC TV in military fatigue on the morning of 14 November 2017 and is notably remembered for starting with his address with:
<blockquote>“Good morning Zimbabweans. Fellow Zimbabweans, following the address we made on 13 November 2017, which we believe our main broadcaster the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation, and the Herald, were directed not to publicise, the situation in our country has moved to another level…”</blockquote>
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PICTURE: 'Situation Has Moved To Another Level', Chamisa Jokes As He Meets S.B Moyo

The ruling Zanu PF and the opposition MDC Alliance will once again clash in local authorities by-elections for Bikita and Nyanga slated for July 1.
Moses Maposa, Thomas Matanga and  Peter Mavenga, in that order, will be representing the MDC Alliance, Zanu PF and the National Constitutional Assembly in the Bikita Rural District Council Ward 31 by-election . The council seat was left vacant following the death of Zanu PF councillor Patrick Marozhe in April.
MDC-A’s Vincent Bopoto is expected to clash with Zanu PF’s Bisset Mapeta in the Nyanga Ward 26 by-election. The seat fell vacant after the death of MDC councillor Elias Mashumba in April after a short illness.
More: <a href="https://www.dailynews.co.zw/articles/2019/06/07/zanu-pf-mdc-renew-rivalry" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Daily News</a>

ZANU PF & MDC Clash Again

Reports suggest that the Finance Minister, Mthuli Ncube is interested in the Lupane East constituency. Reports come as the Zanu PF Matabeleland North provincial co-ordinating committee is meeting in Lupane to discuss prospective candidates the constituency.
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<blockquote>Yes, it is true we are holding a meeting tomorrow (today), starting at 11am to discuss the candidature for the Lupane East constituency.</blockquote>
He, however, professed ignorance about Ncube’s possible candidature. He added:
<blockquote>I do not know anything about that. He has not yet told me, and I have not asked him about that. I am just hearing this from you, newspapers.</blockquote>
Ncube was appointed Finance minister by President Emmerson Mnangagwa as a technocrat and has not been directly linked to any political party in the country until now.
More: <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2019/06/ncube-eyes-lupane-east-seat/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">NewsDay</a>

Ncube Tipped To Contest For Lupane MP Post

President Emmerson Mnangagwa is tipped to win both the VOA Studio 7 and ZimLive opinion polls that were conducted online to determine whether president Mnangagwa is taking Zimbabwe in the right direction or not. Voting started 48 hours ago. The Studio 7 survey is still ongoing and is about 13 hours left. As it stands, more participants are responding in the affirmative. See results below:
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Mduduzi Mathuthu, the editor of ZimLive said that the poll only shows how ZANU PF has invested in social media. Mathuthu said:
<blockquote>This abnormal swing clearly tells us that Zanu-PF has invested in internet trolls and bots (robots) with the sole aim of trying to change the narrative about their failing leader.
Their only problem is that they peaked too early and their methods are now known.</blockquote>
However, a socioeconomic commentator Tich Mushambadope told The Herald that the results reflected reveal that most internet users do not like the new MDC leadership. Mushambadope said:
<blockquote>This is after more 22500 votes which is relatively large population sample. The affirmation by such a high percentage of Zimbabwe is instructive and testament…In more ways than one, the poll results serve as a timely referendum that vehemently rejects the MDC efforts to cast a gloomy portrait of the nation’s course.</blockquote>
Some commentators attributed the results to President Mnangagwa’s re-engagement efforts.
More: <a href="https://www.herald.co.zw/president-mnangagwa-wins-approval-ratings/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Herald</a>

OPINION POLL RESULTS: Is ED Taking Zimbabwe In The Right Direction

A report claims that Finance and Economic Development Minister Mthuli Ncube could be fielded as the ZANU PF candidate for the Lupane East by-election.
The by-election will be held on August 3 this year following the death of Zanu PF’s Sithembile Gumbo on April 15.
According to ZimLive.com, Zanu PF’s provincial party in Matabeleland North meets this weekend to decide on the candidate to field in the election.
Minister Ncube is considered a possible candidate as he does not have a constituency of his own. He was appointed a cabinet minister by President Emmerson Mnangagwa as one of the technocrats.
In the 2018 general election, Gumbo polled 7,875 votes, beating closest challenger Dalumuzi Khumalo of the MDC Alliance who polled 5,791 votes.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.zimlive.com/2019/06/07/lupane-east-by-election-set-for-august-3-zanu-pf-to-decide-on-mthuli-ncube/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ZimLive.com</a></h4>

Mthuli Ncube Possible ZANU PF Candidate In Lupane East By-election

The MDC is increasingly concerned about the safety of its members after the Police Internal Security Intelligence (PISI) reportedly sought for details pertaining to the newly-elected party leadership in every province.
Consequently, the director in the MDC’s organising department, Farai Chinobva has since sent a circular to all party provincial chairpersons advising them on the latest development. He wrote:
<blockquote>Ref: confidentiality of party information
It has come to our attention that members of the police force specifically from PISI are moving around requesting details of our elected leadership and party structures.
Kindly be advised that no such information must be given to anyone, except if only requested by the national organising department. Be guided accordingly.</blockquote>
The party’s organising secretary, Amos Chibaya, confirmed that the circular was indeed released by the party. He said:
<blockquote>Yes, that circular was generated from our office, but what they (police) are doing is very wrong. They want to harass our members because of fear of the unknown.
Obviously, the situation in the country is unmanageable, especially when you talk of the economy itself yet, it is not about the MDC, but it is about the people of Zimbabwe.
If the people of Zimbabwe are not happy about how the country is being run, they have the right to demonstrate peacefully.</blockquote>
The government is uneasy as the economy continues to deteriorate and is fearful that the MDC may organise nationwide protests.
In January this year, spontaneous demonstrations across the country took the authorities by surprise and a brutal crackdown on the protestors received international condemnation.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2019/06/we-are-under-siege-mdc/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Newsday</a></h4>

MDC Leadership Feels Under Siege From State Security Agents

MDC vice president Tendai Biti opined that democracy is now under threat in the Southern African region, with opposition political parties being forced to breathe under the water.
Biti was speaking in Britain at Chatham House on Wednesday during the launch of his book titled Democracy Works: Re-Wiring Politics to Africa’s Advantage.
The former Minister of Finance cited Congo, Tanzania, Zambia and Botswana where dictatorial tendencies are on the rise.
In the case of Zimbabwe, Biti said that the country has been holding elections every four years on average since 1980, but they were far from being free and fair. He said:
<blockquote>Being a Zimbabwean, I know a lot about elections. Since 1980, we have had 33 elections, that is an average of an election every four years but those elections have not delivered because of dictatorship, autocracy and electoral authoritarianism.
In Zimbabwe, that has been the disjuncture that for 39 years, for 40 years, we have been run by a group of men and women that we had no relation to, we have been run by a group of men and women that have basically captured State power and used it for personal aggrandisement and reproduction of their survival agenda and power retention agenda.</blockquote>
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.dailynews.co.zw/articles/2019/06/07/opposition-parties-under-threat-biti" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Daily News</a></h4>

Democracy Increasingly Under Threat In Southern Africa - Biti

Concerns have been raised in some quarters over the conduct and utterances made by a traditional leader, Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Felix Ndiweni of Ntabazinduna
The chief’s actions are considered a violation of the country’s laws, particularly Traditional Leaders Act chapter 29:17 which calls for chiefs to be apolitical.
Chief Ndiweni has called for additional sanctions to be imposed on the country’s political elite for violations of citizens’ rights.
He also attended the MDC elective Congress at the end of May and gave a controversial speech at the occasion.
A Daily News contributor opines that Chief Ndiweni should be censored. He writes:
<blockquote>… Ndiweni represents a rebellious leadership. [He] has become unpopular for being the chief government critic, he has shown that he does not care about the nation but his eyes are fixed on anarchy and destruction. The chief has gone against his mandate and he must be sanctioned.
The chief’s conduct is highly becoming a cause for concern, raising constitutional questions. His continued attack on government and his alignment with the opposition MDC has brought renewed criticism of chiefs’ relevance in a modern-day society anchored on democratic values.
Chief Ndiweni represents the most confused brainwashed chief. To think that he is the custodian of the nation’s culture and tradition is indeed sickening.</blockquote>
However, the same could be said of most traditional leaders, from chiefs, headmen and village heads who commandeer villagers to vote for the ruling ZANU PF party during elections.
It has been alleged that some chiefs use food aid as a tool to punish perceived opposition supporters.
The president of the chiefs’ council, Chief Fortune Charumbira is known for his open support for ZANU PF. He has even been dragged to court for his partisanship and was recently gagged by the High Court of Zimbabwe.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.dailynews.co.zw/articles/2019/06/06/chief-ndiweni-must-be-sanctioned" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Daily News</a></h4>

'Chief Ndiweni Must Be Punished For His Actions'

A <a href="https://www.dailynews.co.zw/articles/2019/06/06/chief-ndiweni-must-be-sanctioned" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Daily News article</a> has called for the sanctioning of chief Felix Ndiweni who is accused of having violated the constitution. The article quotes the Traditional Leaders Act chapter 29:17 of 1998 which stipulates the duties, responsibilities, limits, and powers of chiefs.
The article further notes that chiefs have to be politically neutral, unable to vote or stand for election. It also notes that the chief normally supports the elected government of the day. Part of the article reads:
<blockquote>Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Felix Ndiweni of Ntabazinduna jumps out of the line to create a serious discourse in the country. In an unprecedented move he has called for violence and support for sanctions. The chief has called for a regime change. This call is not only surprising but not expected from a traditional leader who is supposed to lead by example. Ndiweni represents a rebellious leadership.</blockquote>
The author further says that Ndiweni is setting a wrong precedent in the country by his continued attack on the government. The article also castigates his association with the opposition MDC saying it soiled the image of all other chiefs. The article further reads:
<blockquote>Ndiweni has become a liability to the nation and true to this he is lobbying for more sanctions. His appearance at the MDC A congress speaks volumes of his mental capacity.</blockquote>
Chief Ndiweni’s sympathisers were, however, quick to point out that there have been other chiefs who openly supported ZANU PF and these include Chief Charumbira.
More: <a href="https://www.dailynews.co.zw/articles/2019/06/06/chief-ndiweni-must-be-sanctioned" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Daily News</a>

"Ndiweni's Appearance At The MDC A Congress Speaks Volumes Of His Mental Capacity", Editor

Theresa May resigns today (7 May) as Conservative party leader. Below are five major reasons why she is resigning:
<h4>1. Calling A Snap General Election </h4>
A snap election is an election called earlier than expected. Theresa May called a snap general election in 2017 and when the results came in on June 8, 2017, the Conservatives (her party) had lost their majority and May’s political authority had all but vanished. It would never recover.
<h4>2. Triggering Article 50 Without A Plan</h4>
Article 50 is a clause in the European Union’s (EU) Lisbon Treaty that outlines the steps to be taken by a country seeking to leave the bloc voluntarily. May’s triggered the two-year Article 50 process without a clear strategy of how to approach an incredibly complex set of negotiations.
<h4>3. Brexit means Brexit</h4>
May took a firm route that would see the UK leaving the single market, customs union, and the European Court of Justice. Others This was contrary expected a soft exit whereby the UK would leave the EU but stay very close to its markets.
<h4>4. Failing To Sell Her Brexit Deal</h4>
May failed to convince the MPS that the Brexit deal she was negotiating with European counterparts was the best. Resultantly, it was rejected by MPs three times leading to her demise.
<h4>5. Refusing to compromise</h4>
She must have learnt from election embarrassment and have a different Brexit. Probably, she should have reached out to the Labour party MPs to establish what sort of Brexit might command a majority in the House.
More: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/theresa-may-resigns-conservative-party-leader-mistakes-led-to-her-downfall-2019-6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">BusinessInsider.com</a>

5 Reasons Why UK Prime Minister Theresa May Is Resigning Today

President of the United African National Council (UANC), Gwinyai Muzorewa claims that President Mnangagwa and State security agents connived to block him from participating in the 2018 general elections.
Muzorewa is of the view that he was prevented from getting a birth certificate so that he could not participate in the election and win the presidency.
The young brother to former Zimbabwe-Rhodesia Prime Minister, Bishop Abel Muzorewa is now suing the government. In an interview with 263Chat, Muzorewa:
<blockquote>It was like a scam and I was very upset because the Registrar General’s office keeps records of everyone in their books but to them, I don’t exist although I have had my birth certificate since the 1960s.
Consequently, I couldn’t register because of that paper and due to bureaucratic processes, I failed to register.
I’m suing the government because they deprived me of the chance to exercise my right.
They knew that I was a bombshell because I was going to do something and I’m sure about that. They deliberately stopped me using the secret service.
So the main reason they stopped me is that they knew I was a threat to them and I would have messed up their chances.</blockquote>
Muzorewa further claimed that Zimbabweans are now tired of both ZANU PF and the MDC.
Had he been allowed to contest, he would have turned around the economy and delivered the people’s aspirations, he claimed.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.263chat.com/49689-2/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">263Chat.com</a></h4>

Muzorewa To Sue Govt Over Birth Certificate

ZANU PF officials in Mashonaland East province are at each other’s throat over the role of provincial party commissar.
At its 2017 extraordinary congress, ZANU PF resolved that that war veterans should be incorporated into the positions of the chairperson or deputy chairperson and political commissar from cell to provincial structures.
The incumbent is Hebert Shumbamhini who is also Mutoko South MP. A ZANU PF member from the province told New Zimbabwe.com that:
<blockquote>The war veterans are agitated that the leadership is unwilling to follow the party’s resolutions and stand down from the political commissar post.</blockquote>
As a result, some rogue war veterans in the province have been in the habit of disrupting party programmes. Mashonaland East war veterans chair, Daniel Sigauke said:
<blockquote>As leadership, we are dealing with the issue and those identified to be behind the disturbances will be called to order.
Our position is that people who are engaged in such acts are misguided.</blockquote>
Reports indicate that a ZANU PF meeting held in Mutoko last weekend was abandoned after the rowdy war veterans heckled Sumbamhini as he was giving his address.
Even the ZANU PF provincial chairperson, Joel Biggie Matiza and Zanu PF Women’s Assembly chairperson, Senate president, Mabel Chinomona, who were present at the meeting could not calm the restive ex-combatants.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newzimbabwe.com/zanu-pf-mash-east-war-vets-fight-over-commissar-post/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">New Zimbabwe.com</a></h4>

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