{"id":18559,"date":"2020-01-26T20:02:56","date_gmt":"2020-01-26T18:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=18559"},"modified":"2020-01-26T20:02:56","modified_gmt":"2020-01-26T18:02:56","slug":"chief-ndiweni-brings-mdc-factions-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/chief-ndiweni-brings-mdc-factions-together","title":{"rendered":"Chief Ndiweni Brings MDC Factions Together"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The MDC Matabeleland North and Bulawayo provincial structures who have hitherto been at daggers drawn have decided to smoke the peace pipe \u2013 for now at least \u2013 in support of dethroned\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pindula.co.zw\/Ntabazinduna\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ntabazinduna<\/a>\u00a0traditional leader,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pindula.co.zw\/Chief_Ndiweni\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The two camps both confirmed to\u00a0<em>The Standard<\/em>\u00a0in separate interviews last week that they will jointly organise a solidarity rally in support of Chief Ndiweni. Bulawayo spokesperson Swithern Chiroodza said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We had a meeting with Matabeleland North and other individuals from Matabeleland South province where we agreed to try and converge to have a solidarity rally for Ndiweni.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"ejHOB6mn\">\n<blockquote><p>The date of the solidarity rally is not yet set, but we are very sure that the party will be offering solidarity to him. Even during the liberation struggle, people supported progressive chiefs and it is incumbent upon the MDC to support the progressive ideas of Chief Ndiweni.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to violence,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pindula.co.zw\/Gukurahundi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gukurahundi<\/a>\u00a0and the general civil strife that Zimbabweans face, Ndiweni is found condemning those and it\u2019s so much unlike chiefs from Mashonaland who participate in the murder of fellow countrymen by taking orders from the ruling party to starve villagers who do not toe the Zanu PF political line.<\/p>\n<p>And so if a chief condemns such kind of Stalinism, and evil deeds, that chief, in this case, Chief Ndiweni, truly deserves our support.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Bulawayo Province is alleged to be behind party chairperson Thabita Khumalo while Mat\u2019 North backs rebel-cum-vice president Welshman Ncube.<\/p>\n<p>President Emmerson Mnangagwa last year dethroned the outspoken chief following a recommendation by the Matabeleland North Council of Chiefs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The MDC Matabeleland North and Bulawayo provincial structures who have hitherto been at daggers drawn have decided to smoke the peace pipe \u2013 for now at least \u2013 in support of dethroned\u00a0Ntabazinduna\u00a0traditional leader,\u00a0Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni. The two camps both confirmed to\u00a0The Standard\u00a0in separate interviews last week that they will jointly organise a solidarity rally in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":10778,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,12],"tags":[88,777],"class_list":{"0":"post-18559","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-policy","9":"tag-mdc","10":"tag-ndiweni"},"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>Chief Ndiweni Brings MDC Factions Together - 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\/chief-ndiweni-brings-mdc-factions-together\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chief Ndiweni Brings MDC Factions Together\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The MDC Matabeleland North and Bulawayo provincial structures who have hitherto been at daggers drawn have decided to smoke the peace pipe \u2013 for now at least \u2013 in support of dethroned\u00a0Ntabazinduna\u00a0traditional leader,\u00a0Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni. 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