ZANU PF activists in Filabusi’s Insiza, Matabeleland South, have threatened to exclude suspected Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) supporters from various development programmes for voting for the opposition. Source established that villagers of ward 8 in Filabusi were also being told to construct their own clinics and schools.
The threats were allegedly issued by a losing Zanu PF council candidate, Langton Maposa, CCC candidate, Mcedisi Ncube, beat Maposa and Daniel Konopo Mpofu in the local government elections. Maposa, who is popularly known as Mapopota, in a leaked audio said CCC members must not be allowed to visit clinics and schools built by the Zanu PF government.
The audio was meant for Zanu PF supporters in the ward, but leaked into various Insiza virtual groups such as Godlwayo Political News, Insiza North and South. In the audio Maposa said: “We will not allow the opposition to use our schools and clinics which were constructed by the government of President Emmerson Mnangagwa.
“We will not allow them to touch anything in the ward that is led by Mnangagwa with our Zanu PF MP (Spare Sithole).
“Sell outs stay 300 metres away.”
Sithole won the Insiza South seat.
In response, Maposa said he never intended to intimidate opposition supporters.
“So we were just simply saying CCC must do their own projects away from us,” Maposa said.
“We cannot hand over our own Zanu PF projects to them.
“We will continue to do our projects as Zanu PF.”
Maposa defended his stance of saying CCC members must not utilise schools and clinics built by government,
“When I said they must not touch Zanu PF projects, I meant projects such as schools and clinics that we build,” he said.
“They must start their own with their councillor, we want to see what they will do for the people,” Maposa said.
“As Zanu PF we will go ahead with our projects and we will not hand over our projects to CCC.”
Maposa, however, later apologised for his statements.
“I apologise to Godlwayo. Godlwayo must progress with us together,” he said.
Reports indicate that Zanu PF has rolled out a witch-hunt against suspected CCC members particularly in rural areas after the opposition party made inroads during the elections.
CCC leader, Nelson Chamisa, has rejected the election results citing intimidation of his supporters. Chamisa is pushing for a fresh election supervised by the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) and African Union. Zanu PF says there is no re-run and is preparing for Mnangagwa’s inauguration.
Source Southern Eye
