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Africa-Press<\/a> – Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>MDC Vice President Tendai Biti has said he regrets posting a tweet that was viewed by social media users as stereotyping people who come from Chipinge over widespread unconfirmed beliefs that witchcraft is practised the most in that region in Zimbabwe. Using the same platform he has used to post the comment, Biti said he regrets his tweet with Madhuku adding that it should have never been in the public. We present below his Twitter thread:<\/p>\n

In the afternoon I pulled down a tweet made in connection with ProfMaduku\u2019s interpretation of section 96(2) of the constitution.The context of that tweet is explained below. Clearly in my banter with Lovemore , whom I have known for over 20 years & worked with very closely in the law , in the struggle & in personal spaces I overlooked the huge extent of the fragile national question marginalization alienation and exclusion of certain communities in Zimbabwe.I have lived with this discrimination & exclusion throughout my life.<\/p>\n

I have recently seen this isolation & disillusionment on our recent visit to Chilonga. Chipinge is no different. Ironically like Chiredzi it was part of the Gaza State established by Soshangaan &his descendant Ngungunyana With the fall of the Gaza State colonial Rhodesia plundered Gazaland<\/p>\n

The native Ndau ,Tsonga, Shangaan communities were plundered off their land into Tribal Reserves such as Musikavanhu, Muusha , Mutema, Mtambara, Sengwezi,Ngorima North & South. Settlers took thousands of acres with one family, the Moodie family grabbing 108 000 acres<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. MDC Vice President Tendai Biti has said he regrets posting a tweet that was viewed by social media users as stereotyping people who come from Chipinge over widespread unconfirmed beliefs that witchcraft is practised the most in that region in Zimbabwe. 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