Addressing hundreds of ruling party supporters at Bata Shoe
Company in Gweru, Midlands province yesterday, Mnangagwa said: “We will never
allow for puppets to rule this country.”
He then turned his anger on Western countries for imposing
sanctions on Zimbabwe, saying: “They sanctioned us because we want to determine
our own destiny. Germany, Japan, France and other Western countries are
building their own countries. Can we, therefore, be stupid to have foreigners
determine the development of our country? Yes, they can come with investments,
but with no strings attached.”
He also took a swipe at secessionist Mthwakazi Republic
Party (MRP) saying the opposition party’s activists were possessed by evil
spirits.
“We have those with a spirit to divide the country. They
are possessed with the demons of Legion, and I urge you not to listen to
Mthwakazi. Zimbabwe will remain a republic and a unitary State,” he said.
This is not the first time that Mnangagwa has crossed paths
with the secessionist group, which is pushing for the separation of
Matabeleland from the rest of the country.
In March this year while addressing a rally in Chitungwiza,
the Zanu PF leader warned that those behind Mthwakazi would have their lives “shortened”.
During his visit to the Midlands province, Mnangagwa toured
Sino-Zimbabwe Cement, Lesaffre and Bata.
Zanu PF party members turned the programme into a campaign
rally, with hundreds of party supporters bussed in from the around the
province’s eight districts.
Mnangagwa was accompanied by Industry minister Sekai Nzenza
and her deputy Raj Modi, and several senior party and government officials.
Newsday
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