{"id":24747,"date":"2020-06-27T17:04:31","date_gmt":"2020-06-27T15:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=24747"},"modified":"2020-06-27T17:04:31","modified_gmt":"2020-06-27T15:04:31","slug":"mugabe-was-better-than-his-successor-says-former-mnangagwa-loyalist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mugabe-was-better-than-his-successor-says-former-mnangagwa-loyalist","title":{"rendered":"Mugabe Was Better Than His Successor, Says Former Mnangagwa Loyalist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former ZANU PF youth league leader Godfrey Tsenengamu has slammed President Emmerson Mnangagwa\u2019s government saying the Zimbabwe situation was better under the late former President Robert Mugabe than it is now.<\/p>\n<p>Tsenengamu, who was expelled from ZANU PF after he spoke out against corrupt cartels that are bleeding the country\u2019s economy, told reporters on Friday that under the current regime, tribalism, regionalism and nepotism have become the order of the day. He said:<\/p>\n<p>When we brought in ED (Emmerson Mnangagwa), we never thought we will find ourselves in this situation, we thought we would be better than we were in 2017, but it\u2019s even worse.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026 Policy inconsistency; today they are saying, \u2018you can get from the bank, tomorrow you say you can\u2019t withdraw\u2019, the following day they say something else.<\/p>\n<p>Tribalism, regionalism, nepotism is evident everywhere in the political parties and worse in central government, worse than it was before November 2017.<\/p>\n<div class=\"RI3bpVby\">\n<div class=\"ad-links-inside\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former ZANU PF youth league leader Godfrey Tsenengamu has slammed President Emmerson Mnangagwa\u2019s government saying the Zimbabwe situation was better under the late former President Robert Mugabe than it is now. 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