{"id":23828,"date":"2020-06-02T20:50:57","date_gmt":"2020-06-02T18:50:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=23828"},"modified":"2020-06-02T20:50:57","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T18:50:57","slug":"khupe-expels-chamisa-from-mdc-t","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/khupe-expels-chamisa-from-mdc-t","title":{"rendered":"Khupe expels Chamisa from MDC-T"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">MDC-T interim leader Dr Thokozani Khupe has sacked Mr Nelson Chamisa from the opposition party for defying a court ruling that nullified his leadership of the party and ordered that the organisation reverts to its 2014 structures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In a letter addressed to Mr Chamisa in his capacity as the party\u2019s secretary for policy and research as per the 2014 structures, MDC-T secretary general Mr Douglas Mwonzora cited Mr Chamisa\u2019s recent appointments and redeployments of the national standing committee as the reason behind his sacking.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>note that following the Supreme Court judgement, in MDC and Others v Elias Mashavira and Others (SC56\/2020) of 31 March 2020, which ruled that you were no longer the President of the Movement for Democratic Change which was formerly led by the late Dr Morgan Tsvangirai you have continued to defy the court order,\u201d said Mr Mwonzora.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"sirius-dfp-inarticle\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MDC-T interim leader Dr Thokozani Khupe has sacked Mr Nelson Chamisa from the opposition party for defying a court ruling that nullified his leadership of the party and ordered that the organisation reverts to its 2014 structures. 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