President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed Ambrose Mutinhiri and three others as ambassadors to represent Zimbabwe in Russia, Brazil, Japan and Iran, respectively.
The appointments were announced in an Extraordinary Government Gazette yesterday by the Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Misheck_Sibanda">Misheck Sibanda</a>. Read the notice:
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<h2>Appointment of Ambassador to Japan</h2>
IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the President has, in terms of section 110(2X ) as read with section 204 of the Con st itut ion of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 20) Act, 2013, appointed Stewart Nyakotyo as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Japan. 
<h2>Appointment of Ambassador to the Federative Republic of Brazil</h2>
IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the President has, in terms of section 110(2)(i) as read with section 204 of the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 20) Act, 2013, appointed Meshack Kitchen as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Federative Republic of Brazil.
<h2>Appointment of Ambassador to the Russian Federation</h2>
IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the President has, in terms of section 110(2)(i) as read with section 204 of the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No.20) Act, 2013, appointed Brigadier (Rtd) <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Ambrose_Mutinhiri">Ambrose Mutinhiri</a> as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Russian Federation.
<h2>Appointment of Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Iran</h2>
IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the President has, in terms of section I10(2)(i) as read with section 204 of the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 20) Act, 2013, appointed Mr Bright Kupemba as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Islamic Republic of Iran.
DR. M. J. M. SIBANDA, 16-11-2022. Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet. 
</blockquote>
Mutinhiri is a former National Patriotic Front (NPF) leader. He was a presidential candidate in the 2018 presidential race. He rejoined ZANU PF in 2019. 
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President Mnangagwa Appoints Ambrose Mutinhiri, 3 Others As Ambassadors

Former MDC Alliance official Tracy Mutinhiri has reportedly applied to rejoin Zanu PF, Newsday reports. Mutinhiri made her intentions known to the ruling party by writing a letter to Mashonaland East provincial offices in Marondera and the party’s provincial administration secretary Kudzai Majuru notified party supporters during a Provincial Coordinating Committee (PCC).
Majuru told the PCC that:
<blockquote>We received applications from people who want to rejoin the party. We have Tracy Mutinhiri and three others. As a province, we recommended that they be readmitted into the party, However, according to the (party) constitution, they will become ordinary card-carrying members. We await for approval from our party leadership on the way forward.</blockquote>
Mutinhiri’s former husband Ambrose Mutinhiri was also mentioned during the meeting since his readmission into the party:
<blockquote>We all know that Mutinhiri was welcomed back through our top leadership. He, however, applied to the province notifying us at provincial level so that we work together.</blockquote>
The publication said 2 other people who applied to be readmitted into the party are Oswell Gwanzura from Goromonzi district and Joseph Kamwendo from Murewa.
Mutinhiri defected to MDC from Zanu PF when Morgan Tsvangirai was still alive and left the MDC Alliance last year. She becomes the <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2021/02/28/mdcs-may-lose-more-top-officials-to-zanu-pf-chan/">third former MDC official to join Zanu PF</a> after Lilian Timveos and Blessing Chebundo.
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Tracy Mutinhiri Applies To Rejoin Zanu PF

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has told former ZANU PF bigwigs who have returned to the former liberation movement that they will not be given positions.
His remarks came following reports that the likes of former secretary for administration Didymus Mutasa and Ambrose Mutinhiri who returned to the party last week were set to be given senior positions.
In an interview with ZBC News ahead of the 39th Independence Day Celebrations, Mnangagwa brushed off the claims. He said:
<blockquote>Zanu-PF is a mass party. No question about that. Not everybody who is in Zanu-PF is actually Zanu-PF. It’s like those who go to church, not all of them who say Christ are Christians.
The same is in Zanu-PF. The fact that it is a mass party we take the cue from former chairman Mao Tse Tung, who said as the revolution unfolds, some will fall by the wayside, but as they fall and want to come back you receive them back and re-orient them, but take heed that you don’t give them responsibility again.</blockquote>
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ZANU PF 'Prodigal Sons' Won't Be Given Senior Posts Again - ED

Former ZANU PF heavyweights, Ambrose Mutinhiri and Didymus Mutasa, have returned back to the former liberation party after sojourning in the political wilderness.
The duo fell out favour with the ruling party and was on Tuesday paraded by the party after officially rejoining the former guerilla movement.
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PICTURE: ZANU PF Parades 'Prodigal Sons' On Return

Former ZANU PF heavyweights, Ambrose Mutinhiri and Didymus Mutasa, have returned back to the former liberation party after sojourning in the political wilderness.
Mutunhiri left ZANU PF soon after the November 2017 military putsch that pushed Robert Mugabe out of office.
He was angered by the nonagenarian’s ouster and formed his own party, National Patriotic Front. Mutinhiri is a former ZIPRA commander and Mashonaland East Resident Minister.
Mutasa, on one hand, was fired from the party in 2014 after being accused of belonging to a ZANU PF Gamatox faction led by the then Vice President Joyce Mujuru.
Mutasa, Mujuru and Rugare Gumbo among other ZANU PF stalwarts were hounded out of the party, paving the way for the rise of a rival faction, Team Lacoste that allegedly coalesced around current President Emmerson Mnangagwa.
Both Mujuru and Mutinhiri confirmed to NewZimbabwe.com that they had rejoined ZANU PF. Mujuru, through a Facebook post, rubbished reports that she is set to rejoin ZANU PF. She said:
<blockquote>I will never rejoin Zanu PF. I am not that desperate. There is my son to support. He is the president. The only way forward is forward not backwards.</blockquote>
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Former ZANU PF Stalwarts Troop Back To The Ruling Party

A Sunday Mail article says that National Patriotic Front President, Joice Mujuru, will be rejoining Zanu-PF. The publication says it was told this by Zanu-PF secretary for administration Obert Mpofu. The move, says the publication, follows other high profile politicians that left and were expelled from the party who are also rejoining. Such politicians as Ambrose Mutinhiri and Didymus Mutasa.
The Sunday Mail quotes Mpofu:
<blockquote>The President of our party wants everybody in Zanu-PF and he has called for all the former members who broke away for whatever reason to come back into the fold of the party and be part of our new dispensation.
I am aware of comrades who have indicated that they would like to come back, Mai Mujuru is one of them and her party (NPP). Ambrose Mutinhiri is already back in the party.
We have others that have approached us recently indicating their willingness to come.</blockquote>
Mujuru herself, says the publication, professed ignorance of this.
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'Joice Mujuru Rejoining Zanu PF', Obert Mpofu

Jealousy Mawarire the spokesperson for the opposition National Patriotic Front (NPF) has scoffed at claims made by NPF president Ambrose Mutinhiri that the party has been dissolved and that its members will be rejoining the Zanu-PF party. Mutinhiri insists that he is still the party president although the party insist that he was fired in June for setting up parallel structures and not attending party meetings. Said Mutinhiri in a statement,
<blockquote>We the founders, leaders and supporters of the NPF hereby inform the nation of Zimbabwe that the NPF has disbanded with immediate effect from September 19, 2018. The main reason for disbanding the party is that NPF has outlived its purpose. NPF was formed as a response to the events and circumstances of November 2017 that led to the removal of the previous Government of Zimbabwe and in our opinion we perceived it to be a threat to national security and stability…As such we deem it expedient and appropriate to disband NPF and also to join and support the Zanu-PF party and Government in its endeavour to build a better Zimbabwe for all unity and loving and progressive Zimbabwe.</blockquote>
However, responding to this, Mawarire said,
<blockquote>Mutinhiri, as an individual, and Zanu-PF project during the elections is free to continue working for Zanu-PF and should not purport to be dissolving a party whose NEC he never chaired. The NPF is a people’s movement and will remain a permanent feature of Zim politics…Mutinhiri should enjoy the small trinkets he was promised by Emmerson Mnangagwa when they met &amp; stop pretending like he was still the leader of NPF. It’s on record that the Party recalled him &amp; didn’t support his gimmicks when he tried, and failed dismally, to run for the presidency.</blockquote>
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NPF Scoffs At Mutinhiri's Claims That The Party Has Been Disbanded In Order To Rejoin Zanu-PF

The disputed leader of the opposition National Patriotic Front, Ambrose Mutinhiri has vowed to return Zimbabwe to a democracy in the July 30 harmonised elections. He also stressed that in future military coups should never be allowed to happen again. Mutinhiri was referring to the November 2017 military action which ultimately resulted in the fall of former president Robert Mugabe. Speaking at a consultative meeting of the NPF, Mutinhiri said,
<blockquote>Zanu PF had its values. It successfully led the Chimurenga war. It pained me to leave that party. I left after some of the comrades did the unbelievable thing (coup). Not even once did I ever dream about the events of 15 November 2017. If you are military personnel riding a tanker (and) holding a gun, that tanker is not yours and even the gun does not belong to you. The masses are saying protect us. They are giving you their trust. When you then point the gun at those people who have their trust in you; that is unacceptable. This is what led to some of us leaving Zanu PF.</blockquote>
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Zim Must Not Tolerate Military Coups Again: Mutinhiri

Ambrose Mutinhiri said yesterday that he founded to National Patriotic Front at the encouragement of Mugabe.  Mutinhiri made the remarks at his NPF faction’s consultative meeting in Harare. He was<a href="https://zero.pindula.co.zw/mutinhiri-resists-expulsion-says-grace-mugabe-wants-to-be-mdc-alliance-vp/" rel="noopener" target="_blank"> emphasizing that he can’t be fired</a> from a part he founded.
Said Mutinhiri:
<blockquote>I formed this party after I met former president Mugabe. Soon after the military intervention, I told him that I did not agree with how the soldiers had used the gun to take power. He also told me that he did not agree with it. He said to me you are the right person who should lead the party. He said you are the first person whom I have seen to have the right credentials. You have the right credentials to challenge these men who took power because they know you.
He said to me, you were their commander and they will listen to you if you speak, even the whole country knows you. Uri munhu akatswakatuka semu Zimbabwean, asina corruption, enda unoita basa. This is what he said to me and soon after, I formed this party,</blockquote>
NPF spokesperson announced last week that <a href="https://zero.pindula.co.zw/mugabes-national-patriotic-front-fires-ambrose-mutinhiri-as-president-in-talks-with-mdc-alliance-for-coalition/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Mutinhiri had been fired from the party</a> and that he had been replaced by Eunice Sandi-Moyo.
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Mugabe Advised Me To Form NPF, says Mutinhiri

National Patriotic Front (NPF) commissar Jim Kunaka alleges that Jealousy Mawarire, Eunice Sandi Moyo and Shadreck Mashayamombe were paid by former First Lady Grace Mugabe to oust Ambrose Mutinhiri. He said this while speaking at a press conference in response to Mutinhiri’s dismissal from the Robert Mugabe endorsed political outfit.
Kunaka said they agreed as NPF executive to hold a convention on Saturday (tomorrow) were people would vote for the party’s leadership. Said Kunaka:
<blockquote>We will stand by Mutinhiri. These guys are lost and have taken the wrong route. They do not have the power to fire the president when the party’s constitution has not been endorsed by the people. When they addressed the press conference they had cash that they had received from Grace (Mugabe) who wants to be MDC Alliance Vice President. We urge them to join MDC Alliance and leave NPF. If it wasn’t for Grace the military would not have carried out a coup.</blockquote>
Those aligned to Mutinhiri said Jealousy Mawarire, Jeppy Jaboon, Eunice Sandi Moyo and Shadreck Mashayamombe are no longer part of NPF. The Mutinhiri led faction said they will not join Nelson Chamisa’s MDC Alliance because they will lose relevance.

Mutinhiri Resists Expulsion, Says Grace Mugabe Wants To Be MDC Alliance VP

The Robert Mugabe endorsed National Patriotic Front (NPF) has fired its president Brigadier General (retired) Ambrose Mutinhiri. He was accused of setting up parallel structures and not attending party meetings. Eunice Sandi Moyo will be the interim president in the meanwhile. The expulsion follows the endorsement of Nelson Chamisa by the NPF at the MDC Alliance demonstration on Tuesday.
Said Eunice Sandi Moyo,
<blockquote>He does not attend meetings. We send him communication but he does not reply. Now we do not know whether he had come to destabilize us or what
The only positive thing that Mutinhiri did was to resign from Parliament and nothing else. He was actually putting parallel structures as he didn’t want to work with others. He has not been active in the party.</blockquote>
NPF spokesperson Jealousy Mawarire denied reports that Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace were members of the party. He insisted that they only offered advice to the party as the party’s leaders frequently consulted them.  The party said that it was in talks with Nelson Chamisa’s MDC-T to join the MDC Alliance. Said  Mawarire,
<blockquote>We are in talks for the coalition, the talks are at an advanced stage, we will make a joint press statement maybe early next week or even Saturday.</blockquote>
Mutinhiri’s days appear to have been numbered from the beginning as there were reports back in April that former first lady <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2018/04/06/trouble-in-npf-as-grace-says-mutinhiri-is-incompetent-to-challenge-mnangagwa-chamisa/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Grace Mugabe wanted him fired because she felt that he was not competent enough</a> to challenge President Emmerson Mnangagwa or MDC-T President Nelson Chamisa.
This was followed by reports in May that<a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2018/05/06/mugabe-plotting-to-replace-mutinhiri-with-mutamangira-as-npf-leader/" rel="noopener" target="_blank"> former President Robbert Mugabe was planning to have Mutinhiri replaced by prominent lawyer Farai Mutamangira</a> because he had failed to assert his authority within the party.
<h3>This is a developing story.  More Details will be added as they come in.</h3>

Mugabe's National Patriotic Front Fires Ambrose Mutinhiri As President, In Talks With MDC Alliance (Updated)

Tafara Mutinhiri, son of National Patriotic Front (NPF) leader, Ambrose Mutinhiri has reported that his farm in Marondera has been invaded by alleged Zanu-PF activists. The activists said that the farm belongs to Zanu-PF. Speaking to Daily News, Tafara said,
<blockquote>I received news from the gardener that six youths arrived in a Toyota Harrier and told him that they had come to take over the farm. They said we have joined NPF and I am no longer the owner since the farm belongs to Zanu PF. When I arrived at the farm, the road leading to the residence was blocked, the gate pulled down while some youths had already made a fire.
… I went to report the case to police and asked them to escort me, but they said there was no manpower. I also approached the CID Law and Order, but it seemed they were under instruction and told me that they can act tomorrow (yesterday).</blockquote>
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Mutinhiri's Son's Farm Invaded, Invaders Say It Belongs To Zanu-PF

Exiled former Zanu-PF member, Patrick Zhuwao, has apologised for the <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2018/05/21/videos-jonathan-moyo-accuses-mugabe-party-spokesperson-of-stealing-money-meant-for-t-shirts/">conversation he had with Jonathan Moyo which leaked online supposedly accidentally</a> via Twitter lives-streaming. Said Zhuwao in an opinion article posted online:
<blockquote>“I take responsibility for initiating the conversation. I am sorry for everything that has transpired as a result. The live broadcast has resulted in people being able to identify the location and route that we took as we were having that discussion.
To Comrade Mawarire, I once again sincerely tender my apologies with the hope and prayers that he will appreciate and understand that throughout our conversation, we focused on the need to account for the t-shirts and did not label him as a thief.”</blockquote>
In the video, Moyo and Zhuwao talk and laugh about the possible abuse of funds by Jealousy Mawarire and NPF  president Ambrose Mutinhiri.
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Patrick Zhuwao Apologises To NPF For Leaked Conversation With Jonathan Moyo

National Patriotic Front (NPF) leader Mr Ambrose Mutinhiri and  spokesperson Mr Jealousy Mawarire allegedly abused money meant for the party according to leaked videos featuring Professor Jonathan Moyo and Mr Patrick Zhuwao.
Moyo accuses Mawarire of abusing funds meant to buy t-shirts for the party. He also reveals that Mutinhiri got into trouble with Grace Mugabe for abusing $14 000. Said Moyo:
<blockquote>If he (Mawarire) is not careful, because Mutinhiri was destroyed by that $14 000, which she never got to appreciate kuti yakashandiswa sei. Vabva vatanga kufunga kuti the guy is a thief. That was the first damage before yokuti mari waiteyi nayo, any meeting? Nothing! Manje ukapihwa kuti enda undotenga 10 000 T-shirts, two weeks later there is zero received. Yeah, shamwari hameno zvake. Its her money. Iye Jealousy hanti aigara achiti if you can’t account for a dollar how can you account for a million? That will haunt him.</blockquote>
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Ambrose Mutinhiri, Jealousy Mwarire Accused Of Abusing Mugabe Party Funds

Former president Robert Mugabe is reported to be working to replace Brigadier General (retired) Ambrose Mutinhiri as the leader of the opposition National Patriotic Front (NPF). This follows reports that Mutinhiri has failed to assert his authority within the party, leading to doubts over his ability to challenge President Emmerson Mnangagwa in the upcoming elections.  Previous reports have also indicated that <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2018/04/06/trouble-in-npf-as-grace-says-mutinhiri-is-incompetent-to-challenge-mnangagwa-chamisa/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">former first lady Grace Mugabe was actively trying to have Mutinhiri replaced</a> saying that he incompetent to challenge Mnangagwa and MDC-T leader Nelson Chamisa.
According to the weekly publication, The Standard, Mugabe has been consulting with prominent lawyer Farai Mutangamira with a possible view of having him run for the presidency. Mutangamira is reported to have held several meetings with the NPF’s founding leaders and is also the party’s legal brains. Sources who spoke to The Standard said,
<blockquote>He (Mutinhiri) is a ghost president who’s never been seen or heard from. The biggest question in the NPF is; where is Mutinhiri? We only read about him and saw his pictures with [former] president Mugabe in the newspapers. He never attends meetings.</blockquote>
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Mugabe Plotting To Replace Mutinhiri With Mutamangira As NPF Leader

The National Patriotic Front has responded to statements circulating on social media that its leader Ambrose Mutinhiri has resigned amid pressure from Saviour Kasukuwere’s allies. NPF accuses the Emmerson Mnangagwa administration of spreading fake news.
Read the full press statement below:
<blockquote>Press Statement For Immediate Release NPF Statement on upsurge of fake news about the party and its President
Harare-25 April 2018, The National Patriotic Front (NPF) wishes to advise the media and members of the public about the sudden upturn in fake news articles generated in the name of, and about NPF and its leadership. Our President, Rtd Brig Gen Ambrose Mutinhiri has not resigned and is not under any pressure to quit. NPF is phenomenally growing and is engaging supporters on the need to end military rule and return the country to civilian governance. Our pro-people policies on land reform, indigenization and economic empowerment of the black populace are endearing us to the electorate. 
Our people are aware of the destabilising effects of the November 15 2017 coup and have seen, in NPF, the only viable political organisation to return the country to constitutionalism. The people have refused the political and economic apostasy of the regime which is rooted in the reversal of the gains we had made through the land reform, resource value addition and beneficiation. The regime is aware NPF has endeared itself to the electorate hence the desperate disinformation moves. 
We understand the desperation within the military junta in light of the massive recruitment campaigns our party has been engaged in these past two months, hence the futile attempts at disinformation through fake news. We, however, urge the media, and our supporters, to note the distinctive features of our official communication. 
(a) Our press statements are dated and bear the location from whence they are generated. If we are doing the statement from Harare, we indicate that. 
(b) All our press statements are in PDF and bear the signature of the party spokesperson 
(C) The statements are on our letterhead and bear, at the bottom, the name of the spokesperson and these specific numbers (+263 772 749 346 &amp; +263776 664 218). 
(d) Our press statements are sent directly to journalists on our mailing list from Whatsapp number +263776664218
(e) All our press statements are posted on my official Twitter handle @Mawarirej
Thank you for your cooperation. Please be free to verify any communication with the spokesperson on the given numbers.
lwe neni tine basa. Umsebenzl lo umkhulu
God bless you all. </blockquote>

Full Text: NPF Accuses Mnangagwa Govt Of Spreading Fake News, Says Mutinhiri Has Not Resigned

The opposition National Patriotic Front which has been endorsed by former president Robert Mugabe has claimed that people were killed, maimed and raped in the <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2017/11/24/military-intervention-zimbabwe-defence-forces-constitutionally-permissible-lawful-says-high-court/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">November 2017 military intervention</a> which resulted in the <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2017/11/21/mps-celebrate-impeachment-process-say-mugabe-resigned/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">fall of Mugabe.</a> The party also claimed that President Emmerson Mnangagwa is trying to reverse Mugabe’s policies, particularly the land reform.
In an independence message, the Ambrose Mutinhiri-led party said,
<blockquote>As we celebrate our independence, we should be cognisant of the plight of those whose fathers, mothers, sons, and daughters were killed, internally and externally displaced, raped and maimed during the November 2017 coup. Our thoughts should be with those that were tortured, harassed and humiliated for trying to protect a constitutionally elected people’s government.
…We are aware that Zanu PF under Emmerson Mnangagwa is threatening to take away land from resettled black farmers and hand it back to former white farmers.</blockquote>
Presidential spokesperson George Charamba has admitted that at a Central Intelligence Organisation (<a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2018/04/12/george-charamba-clears-air-on-cio-officer-who-died-during-military-intervention/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">CIO) officer died after he tried to block the intervention.</a>
More: New Zimbabwe

People Were Raped, Maimed During November Coup: Mugabe Endorsed NPF

Former State Security minister Didymus Mutasa has dismissed the <a href="https://zero.pindula.co.zw/full-text-mutinhiri-is-leader-of-new-patriotic-front-mugabe-is-supporting-him/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Robert Mugabe endorsed National Patriotic Front opposition party</a> saying that it was a tribal party. Mutasa revealed that <a href="https://zero.pindula.co.zw/didymus-mutasa-rejects-mugabes-invitation-to-join-npf/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">he rejected an offer to join the new party</a> which is led by Brigadier General (retired) Ambrose Mutinhiri. Speaking to New Zimbabwe, Mutasa said,
<blockquote>He (Mutinhiri) personally came to my house and we talked for few minutes and (he) asked if I could join and help his NPF. I asked him to explain all about it and after that, I told him to leave because this was just a Zeruru tribal party with no. future. I told him (Mutinhiri that) I don’t want to waste his time and mine and he must leave immediately.</blockquote>
However, NPF spokesperson Jealousy Mawarire refuted the allegations saying,
<blockquote>We are patriots who don’t identify with tribes or any such narrow ascription meant to divide our people. We leave tribal politics to Zanu PF with its blatant nepotism that has yielded a village cabinet now referred to as Moyo, Sibanda, Shumba and Associates.</blockquote>
More: <a href="http://www.newzimbabwe.com/mutasa-says-mugabe-linked-npf-a-zezuru-tribal-outfit-party-strongly-rejects-charge/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">New Zimbabwe</a>

NPF Wanted Me To Join, I Rejected Because It's A Tribal Outfit With No Future: Didymus Mutasa

The new opposition party, the National Patriotic Front (NPF) which was <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2018/03/08/mugabes-new-project-npf-says-it-was-strategic-to-use-a-wrong-name-to-mislead-mngagagwas-supporters-from-stealing-it/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">endorsed by former President Robert Mugabe</a> is reported to be engulfed in leadership squabbles. Former first lady Grace Mugabe and her supporters do not have faith in party leader Brigadier General Ambrose Mutinhiri and want him replaced. They are said to be claiming that Mutinhiri does not have the capacity to take on the ruling Zanu-PF in the upcoming harmonised elections.
Sources who spoke to the Daily News said
<blockquote>There is war inside the party, with Grace and her close former G40 kingpins now pushing for Mutinhiri’s ouster, claiming that he is incompetent and that she is better qualified and placed to lead the party into this year’s elections.
…It is also clear now that he was used, just like what Grace and the G40 kingpins did to poor (former Cabinet minister Sydney) Sekeramayi whose name they expediently threw into the Zanu PF succession mix last year when they in fact wanted Grace to succeed Mugabe.</blockquote>
However, party spokesperson JEalousy Mawarire dismissed the allegations saying it was misinformation being released by President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government. Said Mawarire
<blockquote>I have not heard any complaints about … Mutinhiri’s leadership and therefore cannot comment on falsehoods planted by the junta to elicit information about our party.</blockquote>
More:<a href="https://www.dailynews.co.zw/articles/2018/04/06/mugabe-s-party-hit-by-divisions" rel="noopener" target="_blank"> Daily News</a>

Trouble In NPF As Grace Says Mutinhiri Is Incompetent To Challenge Mnangagwa, Chamisa

National Patriotic Front (NPF) led by Ambrose Mutinhiri said it will reveal its leadership after consultations that will ensure it has grassroots support.
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NPF spokesperson Jealousy Mawarire told The Standard that the party had delayed unveiling its national executive because they had taken Robert Mugabe’s advice on the kind of political movement that they should establish. So far Mawarire and Mutinhiri are the only known members of the party. Said Mawarire:
<blockquote>(Former) president Robert Mugabe emphasised the need for a patriotic front whose major anchor is ‘unity, unity, unity’, that is why we are embarking on a national project of a grand nature, one that will bring together as many Zimbabweans from across the political divide as possible.  What Zimbabweans need is a patriotic front that harnesses the strength in our diversity, a platform that utilises the different socio-political and economic skills prevalent in our people that can bring about unity, prosperity and development for our country. So, yes, we are consulting with other opposition players with a view to making NPF the platform, the glue that unites our people for a common purpose of returning the country to constitutionalism and ensuring we are on an economic recovery path that is imperative in order to arrest the current economic and political decay. We are working towards a broad movement, a grand platform for national political convergence and the few weeks to come are going to be exciting and will re-energise our people.</blockquote>
More: <a href="https://www.thestandard.co.zw/2018/03/25/zanu-pf-splinter-party-unveil-leaders/">Standard</a>

Mugabe Endorsed NPF Speaks On Party Leadership

In an interview with Nqobile Bhebhe, MDC Alliance spokesperson Welshman Ncube said the coalition is unconcerned about the Ambrose Mutinhiri led National Patriotic Front (NPF).
This follows reports that the NPF is former president Robert Mugabe’s new project that is meant to challenge Zanu-PF in the forthcoming polls. Ncube also added that President Emmerson Mnangagwa should not stop Mugabe and his G40 counterparts from forming an opposition party as it is their right to do so. Ncube’s comments come after Mnangagwa indicated that he was unhappy at the news that Mugabe was behind the NPF and that Government was investigating the issue. Said Ncube:
<blockquote>…We think it is wrong for President Mnangagwa to begin to speak as if Robert Mugabe and his G40 have no right to organise themselves, as if action will be taken against any of them. It is fundamentally wrong. Let the people judge them. The people of this country know what damage, what harm and what suffering Robert Mugabe brought onto the country. I believe that they will meet the full wrath of the people at an election. But no one should stop them from organising themselves…</blockquote>
Watch the video below for Ncube’s full response;

VIDEO: Mnangagwa Shouldn't Stop Mugabe: Welshman Ncube Comments On NPF

Brigadier General (Retired) Ambrose Mutinhiri, the leader of the National Patriotic Front (NPF) has said that he has no specific knowledge of the ruling Zanu-PF party rigging elections. The NPF has ruffled feathers in Zanu-PF after it was endorsed by former president Robert Mugabe. In an interview with the weekly publication, The Standard, Mutinhiri said
<blockquote>The question of whether elections were rigged is not a matter of belief but a technical matter of knowledge and information.
I don’t have such knowledge and I don’t have such information because I was never involved in the technical administration of elections. If anyone has such knowledge or information, I would be happy to look at it and to act on it.</blockquote>
When asked what needed to be done to ensure free, fair and credible elections, Mutinhiri said,
<blockquote>Fundamentally, there must be a restoration of constitutional order, normalcy, democracy, legitimacy and demilitarisation.
The over 2 000 soldiers that are now embedded in villages and streets must be withdrawn through a credible programme. Those who got power by force cannot be expected to run free, fair and credible elections. It has never happened anywhere in the world. We cannot expect lunatics to run the mental asylum.</blockquote>
More: <a href="https://www.thestandard.co.zw/2018/03/11/mutinhiri-fires-warning-shots/">The Standard</a>

NPF Leader Mutinhiri Says He Has No Knowledge Of Zanu-PF Rigging Elections

Zanu-PF politburo member Dr Sydney Sekeramayi has described the resignation of former Marondera West MP Retired Brigadier General Ambrose Mutinhiri as a non-event which should not cause disunity among party members in the constituency.
Addressing party supporters at an inter-district meeting at Mahusekwa Growth Point Sekeramayi said although Mutinhiri has quit the party, that should not cause divisions within the party. The inter-district meeting was meant to inform members on the new developments following Mutinhiri’s resignation and formation of the National Patriotic Front. Zanu-PF Mashonaland East Provincial chairman Joel Biggie Matiza said the leadership in the area should ensure thatMutinhiri’s resignation does not divide the party.
More: <a href="http://www.zbc.co.zw/?p=81685">ZBC</a>

Sydney Sekeramayi Speaks On Mutinhiri's Resignation

Nigerian-based TV personality and model Vimbai Mutinhiri has applauded her father, Retired Brigadier-General Ambrose Mutinhiri for accepting to lead the National Patriotic Front (NPF) party as its founding president.
Mutinhiri, who was sacked by Mnangagwa as Provincial Affairs minister for Mashonaland East, quit both his parliamentary and Zanu PF positions. In an Instagram post, Vimbai who featured on Big Brother Africa in 2013, said her father has always been a good leader and has a passion to serve. Said Vimbai:
<blockquote>As I was growing up, my dad would always repeat one of his favourite quotes to me: ‘ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country — John F Kennedy’. Baba is passionate about service, and I have always been amazed at how he is always ready to report for duty. All those years were in preparation for this time, where God has summoned him to make himself available to serve in the highest office of our nation Zimbabwe. And with your passion to serve you responded just as Prophet Isaiah, ‘Here I am, Send me’! May God fill you with His glory for your obedience, may He fortify you, protect you and supply all your needs as you seek to lift up our nation in Jesus’ name. May your life be a testimony of the things that God and God alone can do for His people. I love you dearly. Iwe neni tine basa!.</blockquote>
 
More: <a href="https://www.dailynews.co.zw/articles/2018/03/08/vimbai-tips-dad-ambrose-for-the-big-one">Daily News</a>

Vimbai Mutinhiri Praises Dad For Quitting Zanu-PF To Lead NPF

Jealousy Mawarire the spokesperson for what is alleged to be former president Robert Mugabe’s new political project, the NPF, has explained why his party seems to have been using two names. When the party announced itself by sending <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2018/02/04/pdf-download-new-patriotic-fronts-full-petition-au-summary-coup-events/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">a petition to the African Union and Southern African Development Community (SAD</a>C) highlighting the events of the November military intervention, they referred to themselves as the New Patriotic Front (NPF).  However, <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2018/03/05/full-text-mutinhiri-is-leader-of-new-patriotic-front-mugabe-is-supporting-him/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">in a recent press statemen</a>t and in a l<a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2018/03/07/mugabes-new-project-the-new-patriotic-front-npf-writes-to-zec-wants-to-attend-meetings-for-political-parties/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">etter to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC)</a>, the party referred to itself as the National Patriotic Front (NPF).
However, party spokesperson Jealousy Mawarire said the change in names was actually strategic as it was meant to prevent President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s supporters from stealing the name and registering it for themselves, while the founding leaders of the NPF were still consulting. Speaking on Twitter, Mawarire said
<blockquote>Cde, if we had used the correct name before registration, Zanu-PF would have sent it’s EDiots to register it while we were still consulting that’s why we put out New Patriotic Front when we knew our party is “National Patriotic Front” it was strategic.</blockquote>
Coincidentally, Mawarire is the former spokesperson of Joice Mujuru’s Zimbabwe People First (ZimPF) project as well as former spokesperson of Joice Mujuru’s National People’s Party (NPP), after Mujuru fell out with the self-proclaimed elders of ZimPF. Mugabe’s overt support and endorsement of the NPF has resulted in Zanu-PF declaring him an enemy and warning him that they are coming after him with no reservations.

Mugabe's New Project, NPF, Explains Strategy To Use Wrong Name To Mislead Mngagagwa's Supporters From Stealing It

In an interview with ZBC, former Zanu-PF Secretary for Youth Affairs, Kudzanai Chipanga has dismissed reports that he is a member of the Ambrose Mutinhiri led National Patriotic Front (NPF). State controlled media has been reporting that Chipanga and other G40 members are part of the new political party.
He also denied that he is part of the NPF leadership as suggested by a picture doing the rounds on social media which has since been confirmed as fake by Jealousy Mawarire. Chipanga revealed that he has since applied for readmission into the ruling Zanu PF party. Said Chipanga:
<blockquote>My heart is still with Zanu PF and whether I am re-admitted into the party or not, I will still vote for the revolutionary party and President Emmerson Mnangagwa in the upcoming elections.</blockquote>
More: <a href="http://www.zbc.co.zw/?p=81239">ZBC </a>

Chipanga Distances Self From Mugabe's NPF, Throws Weight Behind Mnangagwa

Former president Robert Mugabe’s alleged project and new political party, the New Patriotic Front (NPF) has written to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) asking to participate in all meetings for political parties. The NPF is led by retired brigadier general Ambrose Mutinhiri who<a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2018/03/04/former-minister-quits-zanu-pf-parly-says-cannot-part-coup-government/" rel="noopener" target="_blank"> quit Zanu-PF citing the unconstitutional removal of Mugabe in a military coup in November 2017</a>. Mugabe has come under attack from state media and Zanu-PF for endorsing the project, with <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2018/03/06/zanu-pf-youth-league-war-veterans-warn-mugabe-ready-coming-storm-say-will-not-soft/" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Zanu-PF youths and war veterans warning that he should be prepared to face the consequences of his actions.</a>
However, there seems to be confusion within the new party about the actual name of the organisation as in the letter to ZEC and the<a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2018/03/05/full-text-mutinhiri-is-leader-of-new-patriotic-front-mugabe-is-supporting-him/" rel="noopener" target="_blank"> most recent statement they refer to themselves as the National Patriotic Front</a>, yet in earlier communications, they called themselves the New Patriotic Front.
Part of the letter to ZEC reads,
<blockquote>This is to notify you that we the National Patriotic Front (NPF) are a political party duly established by a constitution adopted by the founders of the Party on 7th December 2017 in accordance with the laws of Zimbabwe.
It is our intention, and indeed the objective of our Party to contest local parliamentary and presidential elections as they may constitutionally occur.
In this connection we avail ourselves, and we would be pleased to be invited, to participate in meetings for political parties which the Commission periodically convenes.</blockquote>

Mugabe's New Project, The  New Patriotic Front (NPF) Writes To ZEC , Wants To Attend Meetings For Political Parties

Several Zanu-PF legislators and ousted G40 members spoke on The Herald’s reports that they are members of the new political outfit New Patriotic Front (NPF) which is being led by Retired Brigadier General Ambrose Mutinhiri. The party has been endorsed by former President Robert Mugabe who met with Mutinhiri at his Blue Roof residence in Borrowdale.
Makhosini Hlongwane and Walter Mzembi distanced himself from NPF with Hlongwane saying he would today issue a joint statement with his colleague on the matter. Said Hlongwane:
<blockquote>We are preparing a comprehensive joint statement with my brother, Dr Mzembi responding to the media reports linking us to that political outfit. It is unfortunate that the stories were published without seeking our comments.</blockquote>
Former Bikita South MP Jeppy Jaboon said he was not aware of the existence of NPF and wondered how The Herald had linked him to the political party. Said Jaboon:
<blockquote>I am dismayed that The Herald has not checked and verified its intelligence source alluding to the formation of NPF whose conscription include people like me and other comrades whom I know are equally disappointed with the reckless name dropping into the structures of this party. I for one was expelled from Zanu-PF and am not part and parcel of the formation of this outfit</blockquote>
Shadreck Mashayamombe said he was not a member of NPF and did not attend any of its meetings. Uzumba MP Simba Mudarikwa and Chikomba East MP Edgar Mbwembwe denied having links with NPF.
More: <a href="http://www.chronicle.co.zw/updated-mps-ex-mps-distance-selves-from-g40-cabal-new-party/">Chronicle</a>

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