MDC-Alliance hooligans allegedly manhandled and temporarily
blocked MDC-T leader Dr Thokozani Khupe from attending the burial of Gogo Alice
Chamisa, the mother to MDC-Alliance faction leader Mr Nelson Chamisa, who was
buried in Gutu yesterday.
Mourners were left speechless by the behaviour of Mr
Chamisa’s supporters who sought to block perceived foes from the funeral,
something that is alien to the spirit of Ubuntu.
As Dr Khupe disembarked from her vehicle to join other
mourners to bid farewell to Gogo Chamisa, some MDC-A hooligans allegedly
threatened to unleash violence, but luckily she was rescued by Mr Chamisa who
ordered the youths not to embarrass her.
Dr Khupe’s spokesperson Khaliphani Phugeni, who accompanied
her to the funeral confirmed the incident.
“We went to Chiwara in Gutu to pay our last respects to the
late Gogo Chamisa, but some MDC-A hooligans embarrassed us at the funeral, but
fortunately Chamisa rescued us.
“We managed to attend the burial proceedings, but the
environment was tense, though it was not that serious as compared to what
happened during the late MDC-T founding leader Morgan Tsvangirai’s funeral in
Hamanikwa, Buhera.
“Zimbabweans should accept politics of tolerance. With the
events which are currently happening, the MDC-A hooligans did take the issue
lightly,” said Phugeni.
He added that politicians should accept tolerance despite
one’s political affiliation.
“No one was injured during the melee. It’s a regrettable
occurrence. Politicians should stop politicking at funerals,” he said.
Dr Khupe and Mr Chamisa are locked in a bitter contest for
control of the fractured opposition with the later so far the worse off from
the protracted legal and political warfare.
This is not the first time that supporters of Mr Chamisa
have used funerals to settle political scores having threatened to burn Dr
Khupe along with the MDC secretary-general Mr Douglas Mwonzora inside a hut
during the burial of the party founding president Morgan Tsvangirai in 2018.
Herald
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