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PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa<\/a> has sent more overtures towards his Zanu PF party\u2019s main rival, MDC, through a tweet congratulating the main opposition for attaining 20 years since formation and inviting them to dialogue.<\/p>\n

\u201cCongratulations @mdcZimbabwe on your 20th anniversary this week. Though we have our differences this is what democracy is all about. I look forward to many more years of debate and dialogue. Makorokoto! Amhlophe\u2026\u201d Mnangagwa said.<\/p>\n

The MDC was formed in September 1999 and has been chipping away at Zanu PF\u2019s once overwhelming support base.<\/p>\n

Both the country\u2019s two major parties have had bitter relations since the time, making it taboo for either partys\u2019 members\u2019 to express a positive feeling towards the other.<\/p>\n

Those who have broken tradition have invited scorn and even hounded out of the two parties.<\/p>\n

Since he became the country\u2019s leader 2017, Mnangagwa has led the way in breaking the toxic tradition, often sending condolence and congratulatory messages to his rivals.<\/p>\n

Mnangagwa in June this year sent his condolences to MDC following the death through car accident injuries, of some MDC officials who included late former opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai\u2019s daughter, Vimbai.<\/p>\n

The Zanu PF leader set the tone December 2017 when he made a surprise visit to a then ailing one time Prime Minister\u2019s Harare home where he pledged his government\u2019s financial support towards Tsvangirai\u2019s medical bills.<\/p>\n

Mnangagwa also afforded Tsvangirai a State assisted funeral and would later finance his memorial.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa has sent more overtures towards his Zanu PF party\u2019s main rival, MDC, through a tweet congratulating the main opposition for attaining 20 years since formation and inviting them to dialogue. \u201cCongratulations @mdcZimbabwe on your 20th anniversary this week. Though we have our differences this is what democracy is all about. 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