{"id":12679,"date":"2019-08-22T15:19:36","date_gmt":"2019-08-22T15:19:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=12679"},"modified":"2019-08-22T15:19:36","modified_gmt":"2019-08-22T15:19:36","slug":"zapu-candidate-takes-dig-at-tsvangirais-son-as-race-for-glen-view-south-hots-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zapu-candidate-takes-dig-at-tsvangirais-son-as-race-for-glen-view-south-hots-up","title":{"rendered":"Zapu candidate takes dig at Tsvangirai\u2019s son as race for Glen View South hots up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FORMER liberation movement <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Zimbabwe_African_People%27s_Union\">Zapu<\/a>\u2019s candidate for the Glen View South by-election has unwittingly taken a dig at former Prime Minister Morgan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/where-did-tsvangirai-get-security-sector-reform-agenda-why-its-important\">Tsvangirai<\/a>\u2019s son Vincent the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mdc-dragged-to-court-for-failing-to-pay-salaries\">MDC<\/a>\u2019s candidate in the race to replace the late opposition leader\u2019s eldest daughter Vimbai Java.<\/p>\n<p>Tsvangirai-Java succumbed to injuries sustained in a horrific accident in Kwekwe ahead of the MDC\u2019s congress in May.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview Zapu\u2019S Crispen Rateiwa a journalist turned budding politician he deserved to be voted for because he is a resident of the sprawling high density suburb.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am one of the only contesting candidates who reside in Glen View South as opposed to other contestants who are tourists in the constituency,\u201d Rateiwa (31) said.<\/p>\n<p>Vincent was parachuted by the MDC to take his sister\u2019s place who was also brought in by the Nelson Chamisa led party to try and keep the Tsvangirai name alive in the opposition movement.<\/p>\n<p>Rateiwa said Zapu had formed alliances with losing candidates in last year\u2019s general elections who have opted out of the race most of them who contested as independents to throw their weight behind his bid.<\/p>\n<p>The youthful Rateiwa also made an appeal to the young people to vote for him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am their own, I am youthful compared to majority of other contestants. I can run the full race to the final line. I have the energy and youth needs to speak with one voice and through their own.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cZAPU is a genuine socio-political alternative to the constituency issues and Zimbabwean politics,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMDC and Zanu PF are doing a disservice to the people. We are under the yoke of poverty through their machinations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cZanu PF have unsustainably sold out natural resources just to sponsor their campaigns after that they dump the constituency, MDC lack former liberation credentials and is ideologically bankruptcy. So voters must embrace ZAPU which has renewed and has redefined its approach.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rateiwa will battle it out with Ellah Zisani and Parlington Pikelele (UANC), Kasema Maxwell and Phillip Ndengu (both independent) Offard Machuwe (Zanu PF), Rosemary Nyamayedenga (Freezim Congress), Vincent Tsvangirai MDC and Edwin Million of LEAD.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FORMER liberation movement Zapu\u2019s candidate for the Glen View South by-election has unwittingly taken a dig at former Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai\u2019s son Vincent the MDC\u2019s candidate in the race to replace the late opposition leader\u2019s eldest daughter Vimbai Java. Tsvangirai-Java succumbed to injuries sustained in a horrific accident in Kwekwe ahead of the MDC\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":12682,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,12],"tags":[118,605,88,552],"class_list":{"0":"post-12679","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-policy","9":"tag-election","10":"tag-kwekwe","11":"tag-mdc","12":"tag-zapu"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Zapu candidate takes dig at Tsvangirai\u2019s son as race for Glen View South hots up - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zapu-candidate-takes-dig-at-tsvangirais-son-as-race-for-glen-view-south-hots-up\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Zapu candidate takes dig at Tsvangirai\u2019s son as race for Glen View South hots up\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"FORMER liberation movement Zapu\u2019s candidate for the Glen View South by-election has unwittingly taken a dig at former Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai\u2019s son Vincent the MDC\u2019s candidate in the race to replace the late opposition leader\u2019s eldest daughter Vimbai Java. 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