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Joseph Madzimure Senior Reporter
THE Western world must keep its dirty hands away from SADC as the regional bloc is rooted in the struggle for the independence of Southern African countries from colonial subjugation, Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association (ZNLWA) chairman, Cde Christopher Mutsvangwa, has said.
Addressing the ZNLWVA national executive members in Harare this week, Cde Mutsvangwa said SADC was formed by former liberation movements and will always represent the interests of Africans.
“The former Liberation Movements created SADC, it does not belong to the EU (European Union), it does not belong to the United Sates of America, it does not belong to London. SADC is ours.
“They must keep their dirty hands away from our SADC. They cannot steal our organisation and try to turn it against us,” said Cde Mutsvangwa.
He added that the bloc reflects the history of the region’s struggle against colonialism and apartheid and will maintain that stance.
“It is our organisation, they cannot use individual puppets to try to become leaders of the sovereign elected Presidents of the constitutional Republics which are part of SADC. SADC leaders are South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Mozambique President Filipe Nyusi, Namibian President Hage Geingob, Angolan President Joao Lourenço, Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan, Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi among others.
“These are the leaders of SADC, not some individual from somewhere in Zambia who wants to tell the Head of States how they should handle issues of the bloc. We don’t accept that as war veterans of Zimbabwe.
“We are reaching out to our fellow war veterans in the region. We have networks to make sure that this nonsense of individuals trying to usurp SADC should stop,” he said
Cde Mutsvangwa said SADC belongs to the National Liberation Movements in the region not to traitors of the liberation struggle.
SADC has already accepted the results of last month’s harmonised elections in Zimbabwe and has now moved on to other countries where elections are due.
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