ZAPU has claimed that former Vice-President Emmerson
Mnangagwa was hounded out of government and Zanu PF because he was ready to
expose the ruling party’s shenanigans in the 1980s Gukurahundi massacres that
claimed over 20 000 lives in Matabeleland and Midlands provinces.
The remarks were made by Zapu’s economic development
secretary, Mark Mbayiwa at a rally in Ntabazinduna, Umguza district over the
weekend.
Mnangagwa was expelled from both government and Zanu PF
last week, prompting him to sneak out of the country into South Africa
allegedly after threats on his life.
Mbayiwa told supporters that President Robert Mugabe
reportedly panicked at the beginning of this year when Mnangagwa, in an
interview with a British newspaper, New Statesman, absolved himself of any
culpability in the early 1980s Gukurahundi atrocities.
“Had he not indicated readiness to speak and co-operate on
this contentious issue, Mnangagwa would still be cozy and comfortable in Zanu
PF and government,” Mbayiwa said.
“One thing about Mnangagwa that angered Mugabe after so
many years as his closest ally is the shifting of responsibility of the
massacres by the deputy to his 93-year-old master, who at the burial of (the
late Vice-President) Joshua Nkomo referred to Gukurahundi as a moment of
madness.”
Mbayiwa, who is Zapu parliamentary candidate for Umguza,
urged constituents to dump Zanu PF and its incumbent legislator Obert Mpofu.
He claimed that Mpofu, who is originally from Jambezi in
Hwange, did not have Umguza’s welfare at heart. Newsday
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