Victor Maphosa
Mashonaland East Bureau
ZANU PF chairperson for Mashonaland East province Cde Daniel Garwe has implored members and supporters to stop insulting the party’s leadership on social media platforms.
Addressing party members during the Mashonaland East Provincial Co-ordinating Committee (PCC) meeting in Marondera at the weekend, Cde Garwe said it is not a ZANU PF culture to insult the President and called on those who are doing so to stop it henceforth.
“Last year we held our conference in Bulawayo and 132 resolutions were adopted. Today we are not here to explain all these adopted resolutions, but one. We adopted one resolution where all provinces agreed to allow President Mnangagwa to remain in office beyond 2028.
“We then came back and began telling people about this resolution through inter-district meetings. We held these inter districts, we are holding them and we will continue to hold them, telling people about these resolutions, all of them, but our emphasis is on Resolution Number One.
“Of all the resolutions, none of them granted anyone permission to insult others. No resolution was adopted allowing people to be forced to do a slogan. No resolution was passed, which allows someone to insult anyone because he or she is doing a certain slogan.
“Now, what is bothering us is that there are some elements who are insulting President Mnangagwa on social media. I am sure that all of you here are aware of how President Mnangagwa is being insulted and disrespected on social media by people who we think are ZANU PF. This is unacceptable.”
Cde Garwe said if anyone is aggrieved, there is always a better way of tabling issues adding that throwing insults is not one of them.
“We have a ZANU PF way of solving issues. Our party constitution provides for a conducive platform to air our grievances.
“One should use party structures. But some people are no longer doing that. Mashonaland East is now on top of the list for insulting the President, including insults directed at me the chairman. We should never do that. There are better ways of expressing issues,” he said.
Cde Garwe said he would not remain silent while some elements from the province disrespect the President.
He also urged youths to remain vigilant and steadfast in protecting the party and the President.
“We will not remain silent if we are truly ZANU PF in spirit and truth when our party and President are being insulted. Because if we remain idle, we are automatically supporting the insults. We will not remain silent.
“We are all protection officers; we must protect the party and the President. There is no room for disrespecting people. We voted for our President to be in office, so we will keep on supporting him” Cde Garwe said.
Victor Maphosa
The A1 farmers settled on Proton Farm in Goromonzi, Mashonaland East, will not be evicted as Government has stopped attempts by Mr Terrence Mukupe to sell off the land.
National Housing and Social Amenities Minister Daniel Garwe visited the farm over the weekend where he assured residents that they will not be evicted.
He was accompanied by the Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and Devolution for Mashonaland East Dr Aplonia Munzverengwi and other senior Government and Zanu PF officials.
“I am happy that we have a listening President, who loves his people. He is just. So when you sent me to him with your challenges, he listened. I wrote in detail everything and presented to him and he listened. I told him everything.
“We told him that as a province we do not support these evictions, he listened. The President said people should be protected at all times. And you are protected. So today we are here with this letter from Government, cancelling and reversing Mr Mukupe’s offer letters. As Mashonaland East, we are to ensure that no illegal selling of land is happening here. We must protect our land.”
Dr Munzverengwi, said the illegal selling of land should be condemned and those found doing that should be arrested.
Families at Proton Farm could not hide their joy on hearing that President Mnangagwa had intervened on their case.
“I have been stressed over this issue. Every day I would wake up with the burden of uncertainty of the future weighing heavily on me. Just thinking that one of these days I will be evicted from this place. As I speak, a grader came to my field and all my ground nuts were destroyed — the field is cleared and I am hurt.
“I am happy today and I want to thank him for protecting us,” said one of the farmers who refused to be named.
Ms Marita Chirere said they will now continue to do agricultural activities and contribute to the food security of the nation.
“I am so happy that President Mnangagwa has come to our rescue. We settled in this farm in 2000 and have been farming and sending our produce to the Grain Marketing Board (GMB). Now we are free to stay because we know Government is on our side.
Mr Robert Perato said he had become worried.“We have been here for 23 years and I have a family and from 2016 our lives have been difficult, we have been threatened with eviction. We invested a lot in our plots. I drilled a solar-powered borehole. I even connected electricity to my plot. So I was hurt just to know that I was about to leave behind my investments.
“Thank you President Mnangagwa for listening to our concerns and addressing them,” he said.
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Online Reporter