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By Bulawayo Correspondent THE MDC Veteran Activists Association (MDC VAA) has suspended its Secretary- General, Charles Musimuki over allegations of violating the organisation’s constitution. VAA is a grouping of MDC founder members whose major objective is to look into issues of transitional justice and to give hope to the victims of political violence. The organisation’s spokesperson Blessing Mandava said Musimuki was suspended following a meeting of the association’s national executive committee. “The national executive has suspended Mr Charles Musimuki as the MDC Veterans Activists Association’s Secretary General with immediate effect pending disciplinary procedures. Mr Musimuki is facing allegations for unbecoming behavior and conduct that has not only violated the VAA Constitution but also brought disrepute to VAA as an organization,” said Mandava. ....
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By James Muonwa, Mashonaland West Correspondent ZANU PF Youth League provincial member, Tapiwa Masenda has reportedly threatened to unleash an orgy of violence in Hurungwe district to force opposition MDC Alliance members to defect and join the ruling party. Masenda was last week reported to police after harassing MDC Alliance Hurungwe East official Trymore Katsande whom he told to remove an MDC Alliance T-shirt emblazoned with a portrait of its leader Nelson Chamisa. Masenda had demanded that Katsande replaces the regalia with that of Zanu PF, but the latter resisted the move. MDC Alliance Mashonaland West spokesperson, Blessing Mandava told NewZimbabwe.com on Sunday the matter was reported at Tengwe Police Station. ....
By Bulawayo Correspondent MEMBERS of the MDC Veterans Activists Association (VAA) have joined civil society organisations and opposition parties in condemning the Douglas Mwonzora-led MDC-T for supporting Zanu PF in passing the controversial Amendment Bill Number 2 last week. Some MDC-T senators last Tuesday joined hands with their Zanu PF colleagues and traditional leaders in voting for the Second Amendment Bill. It was signed into law by President Emmerson Mnangagwa Friday and is now part of the Constitution. However, civil society organisations, opposition parties, lawyers, and ordinary Zimbabweans have been very vocal in rejecting the amendments, arguing some of the changes, like the removal of the presidential running mate clause, were draconian. ....
By James Muonwa, Mashonaland West Correspondent THE trial of 12 MDC Alliance officials arrested February this year at the party’s Chinhoyi offices during a meeting police claim was in defiance of Covid-19 lockdown regulations, was Tuesday deferred due to the absence of a key state witness. The court heard the state had failed to summon an unidentified chief witness to testify in the matter. The matter was remanded to 6 May when trial is expected to start. MDC Alliance Mashonaland West chairman, Raphael Magunje, who is among the accused persons, confirmed the deferment. “The trial could not proceed as the state had not called its key witness on time. Therefore, the matter was further moved and we will be back in court on 6 May for the start of trial,” said Magunje. ....