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Addressing mourners at the burial of Ambuya Matadzisei Tangwena in Tangwena Village here yesterday, the President urged peaceful co-existence among supporters of different political parties.
It was time, said the President, for the party to organise itself and shun unnecessary divisions, some of which were a result of power struggles.
“Maprimary elections kana achiitwa vanhu havangahwine veseka, kunodiwa munhu mumwechete. Zvino kana usiri iwe wasarudzwa wobva woita zvondo panzvimbo pekuti ndiwe wasarudzwa wotimiririra zvakanaka. Zvokurovera bhora musango, kwete,” he said.
The President said such negative-minded individuals had no place in Zanu-PF.
“Ugozoti mangwana unoiswa muteam iyoyo? Tinenge totika gedhi rako riri musango, chigara musango imomo. Zvokuramba tichirwisana hatidi izvozvo,” he said.
With Zanu-PF now heading for primary elections, the President said there were reports that some party bigwigs were engaging in vote-buying.
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“Tinonzwa kuti mashefu vari kusevenzesa mari. Hatidi nyaya yokutenga vanhu. Vanhu havatengwe, hadzisi mbatya but organise, organise and organise. Zvokugara kutukana, mafactions hatidi, hatidi, taramba handizvo zvaidiwa naVa (Chief Rekayi) Tangwena,” he said, to applause from the gathering.
There are challenges in Zanu-PF in Manicaland and a team from the province recently petitioned the President.
A probe team led by Zanu-PF national chairman Cde Simon Khaya Moyo was subsequently sent to Manicaland on a fact-finding mission and a report on its findings will be discussed at the Politburo meeting today.
President Mugabe said Zanu-PF must emulate the role played by cadres like Chief Tangwena and Ambuya Tangwena during the liberation struggle.
He called for peaceful inter-party relations, saying Zimbabwe must be proud of the peaceful environment that characterised the referendum as it was a sign of political maturity.
“Pose patiri ngatibatanei tirege kuva vanhu vanorwisana pamusana pokuti ava ndeve divi reparty yakati,” he said.
The President said supporters must be earned through political persuasion and not through force, saying “kana munhu arega kutambira chidzidzo chacho, anemusoro wakaoma ungamuita sei?”
He hailed the role played by Ambuya Tangwena and her husband during the liberation struggle.
Ambuya Tangwena — who died aged 102 and not 82 as earlier reported — was a spirit medium, who along with her husband, successfully challenged Rhodesian efforts to evict villagers from the Tangwena area to pave way for white commercial farmers.
She took care of President Mugabe and the late national hero Cde Edgar Tekere on their way to Mozambique to join the liberation war.
President Mugabe narrated his journey from Harare together with Cde Tekere to Mozambique and the assistance they got from the Tangwe-nas.
“Hongu vakange vari mudzimai waVaTangwena ndivo vaivapa zvese zvavaioneswa sesvikiro. Ndivo vaiudza VaTangwena vozotiudzawo isu.”
President Mugabe said they only left the Tangwena family for Mozambique after Ambuya Tangwena had advised so.
“Takasimuka VaTangwena vaudzwa nambuya kuti vana ava havangaende vega. Ndaoneswa kuti nzira yavo inenge isina mhandu saka iwe (Chief Tangwena) unofanira kuvatungamirira,” he said.
President Mugabe said Chief Tangwena would not have been what he was without the advice and guidance he received from Ambuya Tangwena.
“Mukuchema kwatiri kuita tirambe tichifunga basa rakaitwa nambuya nasekuru Tangwena. Inhaka yavakatisiira. Kuuya kwangu kuno ndizvo zvandikweva. Vakashanda mushando mukuru. Vakaratidza rudo rwemberi nhasi uno tinosungirwawo kuvaratidza rudo kuti zvamakatiitira tinazvo mupfungwa.
Ndati kuna vaMutasa (Didymus Mutasa) zvingandifadze kuti mbuya tivavige kuno kumusha kwatakavaona vari kuti kuno kurambe iri nzvimbo yakakosha,” he said.
Hundreds of people, including senior Government officials, service chiefs and traditional leaders converged at the Tangwena homestead to pay their last respects to Ambuya Tangwena who succumbed to a respiratory problem at Parirenyatwa Hospital on April 24.
The President flew past Nyafaro Farm where he stayed with the Tangwena family before crossing into Mozambique.
The President, who was accompanied by First Lady Amai Grace Mugabe, mingled with ordinary people who, together with the Tangwenas, helped him sneak into Mozambique.
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