President Emmerson Mnangagwa has fired Minister of Veterans of the Liberation Struggle Affairs Christopher Mutsvangwa with immediate effect.
The Deputy Chief Secretary of Presidential Communications in the Office of the President and Cabinet, George Charamba announced the development this Saturday but did not give reasons for Mutsvangwa’s removal from office. He said:
… the Chief Secretary has announced the removal with immediate effect of Honourable Christopher Mutsvangwa as Minister of Veterans of the Liberation Struggle Affairs.
According to the statement, Mnangagwa also appointed three additional Deputy Ministers. These are:
- Omphile Marupi – Deputy Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services.
- Sheillah Chikomo – Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade.
- Benjamin Kabikira – Deputy Minister of Local Government and Public Works.
The appointments are also with immediate effect.
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kufumura gure kunodzingisa basa👇 · 1 year ago
ZANU PF Secretary for Information and Publicity, Christopher Mutsvangwa says former CCC leader Nelson Chamisa could be heading for long days before the courts over party funds which he allegedly failed to account for.
Addressing a press conference in Harare on Saturday, Mutsvangwa said now that Chamisa is not in charge of CCC, he has to account for “missing” party funds. Said Mutsvangwa, as quoted by New Ziana:
Organisations have ways in which to make you accountable. There are books that have to be looked at, there are assets, and there were funds which were received.
We have heard of enormous complaints from CCC membership which went to campaigns and were not paid.
Now that he’s not in charge, I hope the books won’t disappear because the remaining people have administration accounts to settle.
Presidential spokesperson George Charamba claimed that Chamisa’s former deputies in the MDC Alliance, Tendai Biti and Welshman Ncube, want Chamisa to account for party funds dating back from the time he was the leader of MDC-T. He posted on X:
They want a complete clean surrender of all Party assets, dating back from MDC-T days, and fully audited books.
At issue are two monies given to Triple C: some more than USD3m which came from the EU, and which got vaporised with no trace at all; a further tranche from Zambia’s Hichilema which again vanished with no trace.
Both monies give the altercation an explosive regional and international dimension large enough to influence inter-state relations, and certainly solid enough to give Chikurubi new interns.
Chamisa, in clear self-flagellation, has dared both Ncube and Biti down that mutually ruinous path after some prior agreement in their party that donations from outside, clearly done in breach of national laws, would have to be received and expended without any paper trail.
Biti who was about to leave the country for, inter-alia, some three-year placement at the World Bank, has now vowed to stay his departure to ensure Chamisa is finished.
Chamisa stepped down as party leader of the CCC last week saying the party has been hijacked by ZANU PF using its proxy, Sengezo Tshabangu.
Tshabangu recalled dozens of CCC legislators and local council representatives, and did not field candidates for some of the seats ahead of by-elections, allowing ZANU PF to win them uncontested.
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🌀🌀🌀🌀 BLUE CYCLONE 💙 · 1 year ago
zvakambotaurika wani👇👇👇👇👇👇
Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) members have removed Christopher Mutsvangwa from his position as the chairman of the organisation.
War veterans accuse Mutsvangwa of unprofessionalism and failure to improve their livelihoods.
Addressing journalists in Harare on Wednesday, the ex-combatants said they have appointed a National Interim Committee with the Government’s blessing.
The interim committee’s vice chair, Ethan Matibela said the last ZNLWVA elective congress was held 10 years ago and Mutsvangwa’s tenure lapsed several years ago. Said Matibela:
The Association’s constitution dictates that the organization should be run and operated by an elected national executive whose mandate would last for five years and thereafter, an elective congress would be conducted.
On several occasions, the association has experienced a gross disregard for its constitutional processes, chief among them, the lack of professionalism, no functioning systems in place, undue interference, lack of accountability and no clear programmes to embark on during the life of the sitting committe.
skun · 1 year ago
these are facts..mutsangwa never improved anything but rather for his own benefit..only problem is that he will just be given another post..