Tongai Mnangagwa Wants People Who Collected "Condolence Money" In His Name Punished
Harare South MP Tongai Mnangagwa has said he wants the people who allegedly forced Mbudzi Roundabout Vendors to pay US$1 condolence tokens following the death of the late national hero, Highten Nkomo.
The vendors allege that suspected ZANU PF members told them that they were working on Tongai Mnangagwa’s instructions. A vendor told NewsDay:
We were told we would be chucked out of trading spaces if we don’t pay. The money was collected on Monday after the burial of the late hero, Nkomo. Those who did not pay were listed so that they pay the following day (Tuesday). They said they were instructed by (Tongai) Mnangagwa.
Tongai Mnangagwa, who is the nephew of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, however, denied the allegations. He told NewsDay that there was no need to collect US$1 for the late hero since the coffin was provided by the state. He said:
That is absolute lawlessness. We do not support lawlessness. Do you think a man of my calibre can send people to go and harass vendors? I want to make it clear that whoever was approached by those people must go and report the matter to the police. They must make reference in their report that the MP has ordered them to make that report. I want those culprits to be punished.
We will ensure sanity returns at the Mbudzi roundabout, which has turned into a breeding ground for bogus ZANU PF party members and other law-enforcing authorities. Whoever is using my name must be punished. I wonder where they want to take that money to. Are they going to buy a coffin for our late hero who was laid to rest?
He said there are criminals who go around in the ZANU PF regalia which is contrary to the Herbert Chitepo School of Ideology teachings.
ZANU PF chairman for Harare province Godwills Masimirembwa said while the people who collected the money were wrong, the vendors should also have brought evidence and names of the perpetrators “so that we deal with the culprits at party level.”
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