THE African National Congress (ANC) delegation led by
secretary-general Cde Ace Magashule is expected in the country today for
bilateral engagements with their Zanu PF counterparts.
This comes as the two parties are strengthening cooperation
in the wake of a renewed onslaught against former liberation movements by
Western powers, who are working with opposition parties in the region, some
churches and a select media to manufacture a non-existent crisis in Zimbabwe.
Zanu PF Secretary for Administration Dr Obert Mpofu
yesterday said the two parties will exchange notes on economic and political
cooperation.
“I can confirm that all is set for the Zanu PF-ANC talks.
We have been briefed that our revolutionary counterpart the ANC is sending its
top brass ahead of the indaba scheduled for this Wednesday.
“Considering that this whole crisis narrative constitutes a
peripheral concern, we are certain that obvious rationality will shift our
discussion focus to other more important issues,” he said.
The more pressing details that the two parties are likely
to spend time deliberating on are centred on the political threats posed by the
two countries’ detractors as well as economic cooperation.
“As political parties unified by the permanent effects of
colonial infiltration, in our respective national interests, we ought to emerge
from this dialogue more ideologically clear to create firm buffers against
existential shocks exerted on us by forces working in the interest of
fragmenting African liberation movements.
“An obviously foreseen resolution will be our heightened
inter-party solidarities aimed at building a strong foundation for African
solutions for African problems in the region.
“However, in this instance we have no problem to tackle at
length considering that the crisis alarm is not founded on what is prevailing
on the ground,” he said.
The dialogue, Cde Mpofu said, comes at an opportune time
considering the favourable policy environment recently enabled by the African
Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) pact.
“As ZANU PF, this dialogue is beyond politics, this
dialogue is set to strengthen our bilateral ties in making the SADC an optimal
hub for extensive investment opportunities. We have more to fight for on the
economic solidarity front than anything else. So our agenda will be predicated
on real issues and nothing else,” he said.
Dr Mpofu added: “In essence this is an opportunity for our
liberation sisterhood as ZANU PF and the ANC to be concretised in the service
of a plethora of genuine concerns affecting both ZANU PF and the ANC.”
South African Ambassador to Zimbabwe Mphakama Mbete also
confirmed the arrival of the ANC delegation.
“I can confirm that the ANC nine-member delegation will
arrive in Zimbabwe today, but I don’t have the exact time,” he said.
War veterans’ chairman Cde Christopher Mutsvangwa weighed
in saying their association is behind the dialogue between the two sister
revolutionary parties.
“The two revolutionary parties were born out of the
protracted liberation struggle. We shared the same trenches during the
liberation struggle.
“We share the same blood, so the opposition and some other
rogue elements should not draw boundaries between the two sister parties,” said
Cde Mutsvangwa. Herald
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