OUTSPOKEN Ntabazinduna Chief, Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni Wednesday slammed government\u2019s planned anti-sanctions march insisting it would be wiser for locals to use the occasion to call for President Emmerson Mnangagwa\u2019s resignation.<\/p>\n
He was addressing Bulawayo journalists in the country\u2019s second largest city ahead of Friday\u2019s anti-sanctions protest.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe current targeted international sanctions must not be removed or relaxed for they are not responsible for the current economic and social meltdown in Zimbabwe,\u201d said the firebrand traditional leader.<\/p>\n
\u201cThose who wish to join the sanctions marches on the 25th of October 2019; go out, join the marches and call out loudly for Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa to do the honourable thing and resign with his administration because they have failed the people, they have bankrupted this country.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ndiweni rubbished continued government claims the 2001 and 2003 travel ban and asset freeze on top Zimbabwean politicians and individuals linked to the ruling elite were the main cause of the suffering that Zimbabweans have endured for two decades.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe reject the notion that our economic and social meltdown is a result of the targeted international sanctions.<\/p>\n
\u201cInternational sanctions can be removed today but it would not rectify and improve our economy or our social lifestyles.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat we know is that the current group of individuals who are phenomenally wealthy would get even richer.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe vast majority of us who are poor would get even poorer,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Ndiweni accused government of buying guns and expensive cars while claiming to be under sanctions.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have never seen comprehensive international sanctions upon a nation that still allows the nation in question to purchase 600 sniper rifles.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis very administration recently purchased 600 top-of-the-range sniper rifles.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis very administration recently purchased 300 AK47 assault rifles. The administration purchased offensive and not defensive riot equipment and hundreds of twin cab vehicles for the ruling party (Zanu PF),\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Ndiweni also accused SADC of failing to appreciate the root cause of the country\u2019s problems.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor many years now, the leaders of SADC countries have chosen to listen to only the narrative of this administration in Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat course of action has not yielded the necessary results. Perhaps it is now time that the true narrative of the people of Zimbabwe is given a chance to be heard.<\/p>\n
\u201cShould that be agreeable, then the probability is very high that the Zimbabwean problem may be finally resolved.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
OUTSPOKEN Ntabazinduna Chief, Felix Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni Wednesday slammed government\u2019s planned anti-sanctions march insisting it would be wiser for locals to use the occasion to call for President Emmerson Mnangagwa\u2019s resignation. He was addressing Bulawayo journalists in the country\u2019s second largest city ahead of Friday\u2019s anti-sanctions protest. \u201cThe current targeted international sanctions must not be removed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":10778,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8,12],"tags":[1016,34,777],"class_list":{"0":"post-15140","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-head-lines","9":"category-policy","10":"tag-anti-sanctions-march","11":"tag-emmerson-mnangagwa","12":"tag-ndiweni"},"yoast_head":"\n