{"id":49723,"date":"2021-11-11T20:21:26","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T18:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?p=49723"},"modified":"2021-11-11T19:21:41","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T17:21:41","slug":"mdc-alliance-recalls-own-councillors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mdc-alliance-recalls-own-councillors","title":{"rendered":"MDC Alliance Recalls Own Councillors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Opposition MDC Alliance has recalled two of its own councillors in Bulawayo accusing them of failing to run their respective<\/p>\n<p>wards.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy mayor Mlandu Ncube (ward 1), and ward 5 councillor Felix Mhaka, are the two recalled councillors.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter dated October 30, addressed to MDC Alliance Bulawayo Central constituency coordinating committee (CCC)\u2019s main wing and copied to party president Nelson Chamisa, the youth accused the pair of dereliction of duty. Part of the letter read:<\/p>\n<p>We the undersigned Bulawayo Central Youth Assembly CCC under Bulawayo Metropolitan province have written this letter to recall and suspend current MDC Alliance councillors Mlandu Ncube ward 1 and Felix Mhaka ward 5.<\/p>\n<p>This letter is an exemption of our \u2018Voice of no confidence\u2019 (sic) in councillors Ncube and Mhaka, and their abilities to run their respective wards which were reserved for the youth quota in the 2018 primary elections. We understand the severity of this decision and did not arrive at it hastily.<\/p>\n<p>The pair was also accused of forming parallel structures in the party and also failing to achieve anything since their election in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The youth said they could not continue with Mhaka and Ncube, adding that they had failed to account for the ward retention funds, as well as come up with empowerment initiatives for the youth.<\/p>\n<p>Some party insiders described the move as \u201cchild\u2019s play\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>More: NewsDay<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. Opposition MDC Alliance has recalled two of its own councillors in Bulawayo accusing them of failing to run their respective wards. Deputy mayor Mlandu Ncube (ward 1), and ward 5 councillor Felix Mhaka, are the two recalled councillors. In a letter dated October 30, addressed to MDC Alliance Bulawayo Central constituency coordinating [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":49722,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8,35,12,15],"tags":[1493,2189,1551,64,19],"class_list":{"0":"post-49723","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-homepage-english","10":"category-policy","11":"category-twitter","12":"tag-africa-press","13":"tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","14":"tag-mdc-alliance","15":"tag-nelson-chamisa","16":"tag-zimbabwe"},"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>MDC Alliance Recalls Own Councillors - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Opposition MDC Alliance has recalled two of its own councillors in Bulawayo accusing them of failing to run their respec ...\" \/>\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\/mdc-alliance-recalls-own-councillors\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MDC Alliance Recalls Own Councillors\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Opposition MDC Alliance has recalled two of its own councillors in Bulawayo accusing them of failing to run their respec ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mdc-alliance-recalls-own-councillors\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-11-11T18:21:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-11-11T17:21:41+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2021\/11\/img-618d510803d83.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"731\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mdc-alliance-recalls-own-councillors\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mdc-alliance-recalls-own-councillors\",\"name\":\"MDC Alliance Recalls Own Councillors - 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