Matemadanda threatens to dissolve Zanu-PF Midlands

Matemadanda threatens to dissolve Zanu-PF Midlands.MERCURIAL Zanu-PF national political commissar Victor Matemadanda has threatened to dissolve the party's Midlands provincial leadership led by chairperson Daniel Mackenzie Ncube on allegations of sleeping on duty.Speaking at a provincial coordinating committee meeting in Gweru on Saturday, Matemadanda accused the Midlands top brass of sitting on its laurels and failing to grow the Zanu-PF support base since the 2018 harmonised elections.

Despite Zanu-PF having grabbed 23 out of 28 parliamentary seats in the Midlands, Matemadanda said the overall performance of the party including the votes that President Emmerson Mnangagwa got was "almost dismal"."I came here not happy and proud because of the performance we had in the last harmonised elections. What disappoints me more is that I have not heard of a programme that you have had as a province to research on why we performed almost dismally," he said."I have not heard of any leader in the province who has said let us find out what hit us. In this province, that is where the President (Mnangagwa) comes from.Then we have MDC coming here to have their congress, where (Nelson) Chamisa stole power.

That is being belittled.".Matemadanda warned that the provincial leadership could be dissolved because of failure to act on poor performance."It is unfortunate that I had to start speaking on a sad note, but if I tell you that I am happy I will be lying.I wanted to come here and hear you saying we lost in the elections but this is what made us lose and we are now correcting the poor performance this way.Otherwise you chairman (Mackenzie) and your province you will be dissolved by the new dispensation," he said.While some Zanu-PF hardliners, including Mnangagwa himself, have been calling for the flushing out of G40 remnants,

 Matemadanda said they should be embraced."What I hear here (in Midlands) are problems. Scheme after scheme… scheme after scheme… plotting against each other.The job that we were given by President Mnangagwa is to make sure that as many people as possible join the party… some (party leaders), however, will say this person we know him, he is G40 (so he can't join the party.In what we call war veterans today, there are former Rhodesian soldiers who were captured and indoctrinated with the party's ideology.They then came back to lead the (liberation) war. So the aim of the party is not to create as many enemies as possible but to recruit more people… you cannot be a province known for turning away people from the party," Matemadanda said.Contacted for comment, MDC secretary for elections Jacob Mafume said: "Matemadanda is the thief of power.He cannot talk about president Nelson Chamisa. They stole power from (the late former)

 President Robert Mugabe in a coup to the extent he was even afraid of them until his death.He had to be buried in a fortified grave because he was afraid they could even "coup" his remains. The MDC Gweru congress was in order and president Chamisa did not steal power.He was elected by the MDC people.".MDC Alliance deputy president Professor Welshman Ncube was on Wednesday ridiculed over a court case where former Vice Phelekezela Mphoko is accusing the law professor of stealing his US$1,5 million.The money, Mphoko and his son Siqokoqela state in court papers, is part of the US$2,9 million they got as shares from Choppies Enterprises after they were bought out of the company.The Mphokos want an order directing the

MDC Alliance vice-president to pay them about $1,5 million being the outstanding balance of the money they received as shares from Choppies including a five percent interest calculated from January 16, 2019 to the date of full payment.After publication of the court case Prof Ncube became a butt of jokes with shadowy Zanu-PF character Matigary saying, "So Welshman Ncube chowed Mphoko's $1.5mln Choppies money, just like that?".More Twitter users joined in with Melody Chakatsva responding, "If its true I wont be surprised.Looks like #MDC is a victim of "Donor fatigue". Donors are not seeing returns for their money, just like supporters are not seeing returns for their support.Welshman and co would logically be left with no other option of earning money," she said.Brighton Musonza said it was a mistake to hire Prof

Ncube as the Mphokos lawyer." No wonder why Mphoko lost his Choppies case; how could he bring in Welshman Ncube on a corporate case; a Prof in family law going through the Companies Act for the first time in his career.That was a clumsy sentimental choice for the Mphoko family," he said.Tina Munya sarcastically reminded Prof Ncube's taunters that the MDC A VP was a" human rights champion.".Norton Independent legislator Temba Mliswa says he believes President Emmerson Mnangagwa will see through his two terms and stick to his words that a younger leader will take over.He said at the crop of young leaders, MDC president Nelson Chamisa was favorite to lead the country.