Mugabe just rewarded cronies: Ncube led-MDC

PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe’s mini-Cabinet reshuffle is an entrenchment of the ruling party’s patronage system that will not benefit ordinary Zimbabweans, the MDC led by Welshman Ncube said yesterday.

PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe’s mini-Cabinet reshuffle is an entrenchment of the ruling party’s patronage system that will not benefit ordinary Zimbabweans, the MDC led by Welshman Ncube said yesterday.

BY NQOBILE BHEBHE

MDC spokesperson Joshua Mhambi said the new Cabinet line-up had “no capacity to tackle the myriad of challenges confronting Zimbabwe”.

“The Cabinet reshuffle by President Robert Mugabe was nothing but recycling of Zanu PF deadwood which does not have the capacity to tackle the myriad of challenges plaguing Zimbabwe,” he said.

“We have seen absolutely no improvements in the economy since Cabinet appointments in 2013 and the reshuffle prior to this one.”

The MDC said it saw no prospects for a turnaround in any form during Mugabe’s lifetime.

“In addition, the MDC views this reshuffle as yet another opportunity for Zanu PF fat cats to award one another chances to loot from the country’s nearly depleted fiscus,” Mhambi added.

“Therefore in our view the reshuffle was only meant to benefit Zanu PF and its interests and not the people of Zimbabwe”.

The Cabinet reshuffle was the second in six months.