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16 Nov, 2014 - 06:11 0 Views

The Sunday Mail

Ray Bande in Mutare

The Zanu-PF Manicaland provincial co-ordinating committee yesterday passed a vote of no confidence in its chair, Ambassador John Shumba Mvundura, for undermining President Mugabe’s authority and pursuing factional interests.

His deputy, Cde Elliot Kasu, and provincial political commissar Cde James Kaunye also suffered the same fate.

Cde Samuel Undenge is the acting chair.

Ambassador Mvundura becomes the sixth provincial party head to be deposed in the past month over factional politics.

Other ousted chairs are Cdes Killian Gwanetsa (Masvingo), Amos Midzi (Harare), Jason Machaya (Midlands), Temba Mliswa (Mashonaland West) and Andrew Langa (Matabeleland South).

The Zanu-PF Politburo had reprimanded the ex-diplomat last Thursday.

At a Press conference here, Zanu-PF Manicaland information and publicity secretary Cde Supa Mandiwanzira said the PCC took the decision at a meeting in the city yesterday.

Cde Mandiwanzira, who was flanked by PCC member Cde Joseph Mujati, said: “We are here to issue a statement on behalf of the Manicaland Provincial Coordinating Committee following a meeting that was held this morning.

“We, the undersigned provincial main wing executive members, having met in

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Mutare to deliberate on the goings-on in the provincial party affairs and dissatisfied with the conduct of chairman Ambassador John Shumba Mvundura, his deputy Retired Brigadier-General Elliot Kasu and the secretary for the commissariat Retired Major James Kaunye – we hereby pass a vote of no confidence in the three by appending our signatures below.”

The statement listed reasons for the no confidence vote as:

“(1) Pursuing a factional agenda in the leadership of the province by undermining the authority of the First Secretary and President of the party HE Cde Robert Mugabe;

“(2) Appearing aloof during First Lady Amai Dr Grace Mugabe’s rally at Sakubva Stadium on October 10, 2014 and his failure to condemn the busing in of rowdy youths who openly tried to disrupt the First Lady’s rally by being rowdy and violent;

“(3) Being part of a small group of former freedom fighters led by Jabulani Sibanda which threatened to march to State House and confront the President and First Secretary HE Cde Robert Mugabe. Cde Mvundura mobilised the leadership to attend a meeting organised by Jabulani Sibanda at Mutumba Six Mine where he threatened violence against officials of a Government ministry (Ministry of Media, Information and Broadcasting Services) and attacked the First Lady Amai Dr Grace Mugabe.

“Ambassador Mvundura has not disassociated himself from Jabulani Sibanda’s utterances publicly or privately indicating beyond any reasonable doubt that he is part of the divisive politics of factionalism.”

The list continues:

“(4) Ambassador Mvundura endorsed rowdy youths who were bused in to denounce senior party leaders at a Provincial Coordinating Committee (meeting) held on November 2, 2014 at Marrymount Teachers College in Mutare.

“The youths jeered and heckled senior party members including Cdes Oppah Muchinguri, Mandi Chimene, Chris Mushohwe, myself Supa Mandiwanzira and Cde Kudzi Chipanga and instead of denouncing this anti-revolutionary behaviour, Cde Mvundura was quoted in The Herald on November 3 supporting the rowdy thugs.

“(5) Holding kangaroo meetings to discuss party business outside official structures thereby abetting divisions in the party.

“(6) Interfering with preparations for the youth congress by intimidating youths to vote in a particular way.

“(7) Intimidating party provincial leaders and trying to embarrass Politburo and Central Committee members at each provincial coordinating committee meeting accusing them of one thing or the other.

“(8) Relying so much on gossip that every provincial meeting is preceded by hate from him whose only justification is what Ambasador Mvundura refers to as ‘corridor talk’.

“(9) Doctoring inter-district resolutions in order to manipulate provincial resolutions for Congress. Inter-district resolutions in Nyanga and Mutasa were manipulated to reflect that the districts had nominated Cde Mutasa as chairman and Cde Joice Mujuru as a candidate for Second Secretary when in fact no such discussions had taken place at the inter-district meeting.

“(10) Chairing a PCC meeting on October 4, 2014 which jumped the gun by making nomination for positions at Congress against the Politburo standing instruction to desist from campaigning and such nominations.”

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