Zanu PF party benefactors are allegedly dishing out luxury vehicles to critics of President Emmerson Mnangagwa as a way of buying their silence with some leaders of war veterans having already been handed the new wheels A section of war veterans has been calling for Mnangagwa’s resignation as they accuse him of failing to stop corruption and alleged misgovernance Zanu PF early this year was forced to expel its central committee member and war veteran Blessed Geza after he started calling for the president’s resignation The former liberation fighters were particularly peeved by the push by a Zanu PF faction to have Mnangagwa’s term extended to 2030 in what is seen as an attempt to torpedo Vice President Constantino Chiwenga’s presidential ambitions
The deal, insiders say, is part of a broader strategy by the ruling party’s benefactors to silence dissenters, especially war veterans, with incentives Mnangagwa has publicly stated that he was not interested in having his term of office extended, insisting that he is a constitutionalist Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWVA) sources said one of their leaders (name given) was given a fleet of cars recently that includes four Toyota GD6s and Acquas “He was given over a dozen light motor vehicles and four top-of- the-range cars,” the source said
“These cars are operating under a taxi company.”
Owing to his strong criticism against Mnangagwa, state security agents placed Mathibela under surveillance and requested immigration officials at Plumtree, Maitengwe, and Mphoengs border posts to ensure that he does not leave the country Mathibela has held a string of press conferences denouncing the push by Mnangagwa’s loyalists to have his term extended from 2028 to 2030 “I haven’t received a car, or anything material, or even money, I haven’t been given that,” he said “And just to rest your fear, no one can buy me with anything
“The route I have taken as an individual is that I work on behalf of the marginalised veterans and citizens “So there is no amount of money, or gifts, or anything that can sway me from that position.”
Source: The Standard Zimbabwe
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