Mugabe chastizes party on corruption, succession
Apparently frustrated by his party's penchant for a quick buck and lust for power, Mugabe bombarded his party's top members not once but twice over the weekend. Speaking to ZANU's central committee on Friday Mugabe lashed out at the members over corruption saying,
On Saturday the Central Committee found themselves under Mugabe's cross hairs when Mugabe characterized some of them as rabidly power hungry.
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These cases of [members] wanting to enrich themselves are increasing in number. You are not being fair -- some people are just being crookish. Zanu-PF is going to embark on a major cleansing exercise to remove those elements bent on tarnishing the image of the party by their wayward behaviour with their private and public lives.The aged leader, did not leave any stone unturned in his long harangue. Taking a swipe at the MDC over recent violence within the party, Mugabe charged lies and violence were seated deep within the party. He contended this was something western powers refused to listen to. He alsoissued a thinly veiled threat to the MDC about their planned mass action saying he wanted police given more powers to crush such revolts. He continued saying the only way to secure power was by election.
On Saturday the Central Committee found themselves under Mugabe's cross hairs when Mugabe characterized some of them as rabidly power hungry.
The things we hear about succession, succession, succession — zvatinonzwa zvacho, zvakaoma. Hapana zvakadaro. If I were to write books, I would write volumes and volumes of nonsensical things. Vamwe vanoenda kun’anga kuti ndinoda kuita ichi. Imi weee . . . N’anga huru is the people of Zimbabwe. Hazvina n’anga mukati izvi. (We hear lots of unbelievable stories about succession. We hear some people are consulting witchdoctors . . . but the biggest witchdoctor is the people of Zimbabwe. There is no need to consult witchdoctors.)Fascinating.(more...)
"If you do your work and work with the people well, the people will recognise you. Unhu hwako tinenge tichida kuti hunge huri hwakanaka." (We want people with dignity.)
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