Southern Eye
January 18, 2021, Mon
Shurugwi Member of Parliament, Anastancia Ndhlovu (Zanu PF) has claimed that animals are feeling the pinch of sanctions imposed by the West at the instigation of former premier Morgan Tsvangirai.
FORMER Education minister David Coltart says MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai and Higher Education minister Jonathan Moyo were not complicit in the Gukurahundi atrocities even if they were Zanu PF members at the time.
MDC-T treasurer-general Theresa Makone will tomorrow testify in a High Court case where the party is being sued by two Bulawayo textile companies for failing to pay a R5 million debt.
MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai has been holding consultations with party structures in Matabeleland as the opposition party battles to regain lost ground in the region.
THE MDC-T is celebrating the outcome of Wednesday’s by-elections in Bulawayo which saw Zanu PF winning with reduced figures after a majority of people heeded the opposition party’s calls to boycott the polls.
MDC-T Bulawayo province has leapt to the party’s vice-president Thokozani Khupe’s defence following allegations that she is sponsoring independent candidates contesting in the June 10 parliamentary by-elections.
MDC-Renewal has been thrown into further turmoil after interim leader Sekai Holland yesterday announced her resignation just a year after taking charge of the party which split from the Morgan Tsvangirai-led MDC-T.
MDC T leader Morgan Tsvangirai yesterday urged party supporters in Tsholotsho North constituency to either spoil ballot papers or shun polls altogether than vote for Information minister Jonathan Moyo – Zanu PF candidate – in the June 10 by-elections.
Fireworks are expected today at White City Stadium in Bulawayo as Zanu PF and MDC-T Bulawayo provinces booked the same venue for June 10 by-election rallies and will be separated by a perimeter fence.
Western donors are reportedly pushing opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai to join hands with ousted vice president Joice Mujuru to dethrone President Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe’s next elections.