We must speak out against xenophobia – Durban Archbishop

ZANU PF has warned South Africa that the current xenophobic attacks rocking the neighbouring country were a serious security threat to the region as they undermined unity and peace efforts by Southern African leaders, tis reporter learnt from the NewsDay.

This came amid growing calls for the South African government to act decisively in the spirit of African solidarity or risk being alienated from the regional groupings, Sadc and African Union (AU) for being complicit in the killings of foreigners, most of them economic and political refugees.

President Robert Mugabe chairs both Sadc and the AU Assembly of Heads of State and Government.
Millions of foreigners were in danger with at least nine, among them two Zimbabweans, having been killed in the attacks in the neighbouring country in the last few days.
Zanu PF spokesperson Simon Khaya Moyo said the xenophobic attacks should be stopped forthwith.
“This barbarism must stop immediately otherwise our clarion call for unity in Sadc and the continent as a whole will be hollow,” Khaya Moyo said.

He said among deals signed by Zimbabwe and South Africa during Mugabe’s State visit to South Africa last week, none was signed to promote xenophobia.

“Zanu PF is alarmed by the xenophobic violence perpetrated on foreign nationals including hundreds of Zimbabweans living in South Africa,” Khaya Moyo, a former ambassador to South Africa, said.
Political analyst Charles Mangongera said South Africa must be taken to task by regional bodies if there was evidence of failure to address the xenophobic attacks.

President Mugabe with SA President Zuma

 
 They exchange hags during Mugabe's visit to SA(LEFT). The two drink to proceedings (right) in Zim


“If there is evidence that South Africa’s response isn’t enough, it has to be held accountable and this matter should be raised in Sadc and AU. At the moment, the feeling is the government is not responding adequately. This has to be stopped,” Mangongera said.

“The problem is Mugabe is reluctant to do things that will upset the SA government. South Africa has been protecting the Mugabe regime, from the United Nations discussions, the Global Political Agreement and other areas. There was a recent visit also where Mugabe and his team were in South Africa for assistance and that explains why Mugabe is reluctant to say anything that may displease Pretoria. I also think that is why a planned demonstration at the South African embassy was stopped.”
He said what South Africans were doing was against the spirit of ubuntu and they should appreciate that they were beneficiaries of African solidarity that helped them acquire independence from the racist apartheid regime.

Hundreds of Harare residents from across the political and social divides mobilised to demonstrate at the South African embassy in the capital yesterday, but the protests were cancelled by police who claimed they were busy preparing for the Independence Day celebrations.

mutasa confirms the formation of people first

Axed Zanu-Pf secretary for administration Cde Dydmus Mutasa has confirmed that the formation of Zanu-People First is in its birth as the axed cadres plan to go publicly and launch their new political party. according to Mutasa in an interview with CNN, the party will bw head by former Vice President Cde Joice Deurairopa Mujuru. https://youtu.be/k4cixzz_DV0

Mutasa also indicated that the party is a coalition of all other revolutionary parties that oppose ZanuPf. He further confirmed that the party has a tramendous following by bigwings in the security sector and all that waits is the manifesto

Prof Moyo rubishes ZANU People First

Professor Jonathan Moyo has castigated the unborn Zanu People First party that will be allegedly led by axed vice president Joice Mujuru saying Zanu Pf has never had such a postfix.

He added: “Our membership is composed of the original and seasoned politicians, commanders of the Zimbabwe African National Army (Zanla), Zimbabwe People’s Revolutionary Army (Zipra) and Zimbabwe People’s Army (Zipa) forces who are now being marginalised.”

Stuff and nonsense, said information minister and Zanu PF politburo member Jonathan Moyo who added that Simba Makoni and Dumiso Dabengwa also claimed to have the support of party stalwarts and yet no senior figures left with them.

Minister of  information and broadcasting Prof Jonathan Moyo

Axed Vice President Joice Mujuru

“Media dreams of a split will come to grief not least because the nefarious pursuits of expelled malcontents in the wilderness cannot be rationally described as a split,” Moyo told state media.

“Dumiso Dabengwa’s 2008 foray into the political wilderness was not a split in Zanu PF nor was Simba Makoni’s Mavambo in the same year which ended up as Magumo in 2013.

“It is also notable that the expelled Mujuru-Mutasa-Rugare cabal was widely seen as the money-faction before its long overdue expulsion because money was, as it still is, more important to the threesome than ideology.”

Mutasa said only Mujuru, who was fired for allegedly plotting a coup against President Robert Mugabe, could turn the country’s struggling economy around.

zimbos face deportation threats

Zimbabweans in south africa are again facing deportation threaths following the zulu king's announcement that foreigners in the country are grabbing the little economic oppotunities available for the local people. Is our financially crippled zimbabwean government ready to see escalating levels of unemployment if it comes to pass that the SA government approves of the move?

A number of foreigners, including Zimbabweans, have died in SA following xenophobia attacks as local South Africans feel intimidated by foreigners who give away cheap labor to employers due to desperation. The Zimbabwean government has failed to provide jobs for the unemployed youths so far in the country and citizens what becomes of it if those in SA are deported back to the motherland.

three incidents that Mugabe shouldconsider

Newsday opinion page has suggested that there are three things that Mugabe should consider in setting the tone of Zimbabwean politics. According to Newsday, analysis by the Council of Foreign Relations(CFR)'s Center for PreventiveAction says that the risk factors associated with political instability in Zimbabwe are growing fast, as doubts remain over how long the tight discipline will last.

 “Mugabe may serve out his term and successfully hand over power to an anointed successor, but events may unfold in a less orderly fashion,” the CFR analysis, authored by former US ambassador to Namibia George Ward, says.
Three scenarios that could trigger acute instability are presented: that Mugabe dies or becomes incapacitated before installing a chosen successor, that his control is challenged and undermined by growing party factionalism, or an economic crisis triggers demands for political change.

While Mugabe has sought to maintain an active schedule and is current political head of the African Union and the regional Southern African Development Community (Sadc) as he targets another run in 2018, he has however traveled abroad for treatment several times, and has recently been more dependent on his wife for physical support.

JOURNALIST ABDUCTED

A Zimbabwean journalist, allegedly linked to anti Mugabe regime, was yesterday abducted by a crew of about five unknown assailants in Glen View 7, Harare. Itai Dzamara is said to have been swept away when he was coming out from a barbershop.

Dzamara's abduction comes only a stone-throw away from Tsvangirai's intension to stir a demonstration against Zanu-PF, who he accuses of mismanagement of funds which consequently led to the fall of the country.

unconfirmed rumors however allege the act to have been committed not by anyone else besides the security FORCES

axed zanu-pf  members Rugare Gumbo and Didymus Mutasa have filed their appeal to the consitutional court. according to the chronicle, the duo together with other axed ministers, appeal against their dismissal from the party and the parliament of zimbabwe following allegations of being aalies to former vice president Joice Mujuru. are  we likely tosee any change of political will in Zanu-Pf post the considerations of the constitutional court?