{"id":49765,"date":"2021-11-12T18:34:35","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T16:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?p=49765"},"modified":"2021-11-12T17:48:43","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T15:48:43","slug":"zanu-pf-admonishes-kalimbwe-over-social-media-posts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zanu-pf-admonishes-kalimbwe-over-social-media-posts","title":{"rendered":"ZANU PF Admonishes Kalimbwe Over Social Media Posts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>ZANU PF acting spokesperson Michael Bimha has said social media posts by Zambia\u2019s ruling United Party for National Development (UPND) spokesperson Joseph Kalimbwe mocking President Emmerson Mnangagwa\u2019s government had the potential to damage relations between the two parties.<\/p>\n<p>Kalimbwe made fun of Mnangagwa\u2019s COP26 trip last week where he said the Zimbabwean leader came back empty-handed.<\/p>\n<p>He also ridiculed Mnangagwa for gathering hundreds of ZANU PF supporters at the Robert Gabriel Mugabe International Airport on his return from Glasgow as if he had won a trophy. Tweeted Kalimbwe:<\/p>\n<p>Our leader will return to Lusaka and go home peacefully \u2014 to continue serving. There will not be airport victory celebrations, we didn\u2019t win any trophy. The country needs fixing \u2014 that is what matters most.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the media in Harare on Thursday, Bimha said both ZANU PF and UPND should use proper channels to communicate rather than using individuals. He said:<\/p>\n<p>Even if I have issues or concerns with the ruling party in Zambia, there are proper channels that should be followed by both parties to communicate, not through individuals.<\/p>\n<p>I cannot just come out and make public comments about the ruling party in Zambia or vice-versa, there are channels that should be followed.<\/p>\n<p>The UPND is seen as close to Zimbabwe\u2019s opposition, MDC Alliance, after inviting its leaders, Chamisa and Tendai Biti and other opposition figures in the region to Zambia President Hakainde Hichilema\u2019s inauguration.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, MDC Alliance deputy spokesperson Gift Ostallos Siziba told NewsDay that Kalimbwe must be accorded his right to free speech. Said Siziba:<\/p>\n<p>Whatever he is saying about ZANU PF is not a lie. If they think Kalimbwe is not telling the truth, ZANU PF should just share the evidence in public.<\/p>\n<p>Who doesn\u2019t know about Mnangagwa\u2019s regime and its ills? Kalimbwe is not just a Zambian citizen, but an African who advocates for democracy and freedom of speech.<\/p>\n<p>The democratic politics of Zambia is not sufficient enough. Without the democratic politics in Zimbabwe, Kalimbwe cannot support the fascism in the ZANU PF government, and so they should let him speak.<\/p>\n<p>It is a wake-up call to ZANU PF because the world is changing. What I can say is that it\u2019s a continental revolution, and things are changing. It\u2019s a wave of democracy.<\/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. ZANU PF acting spokesperson Michael Bimha has said social media posts by Zambia\u2019s ruling United Party for National Development (UPND) spokesperson Joseph Kalimbwe mocking President Emmerson Mnangagwa\u2019s government had the potential to damage relations between the two parties. Kalimbwe made fun of Mnangagwa\u2019s COP26 trip last week where he said the Zimbabwean [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":49764,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,35,10,15],"tags":[1493,2189,4537,6022,5420,19],"class_list":{"0":"post-49765","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-homepage-english","9":"category-parties","10":"category-twitter","11":"tag-africa-press","12":"tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","13":"tag-hakainde-hichilema","14":"tag-joseph-kalimbwe","15":"tag-mike-bimha","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>ZANU PF Admonishes Kalimbwe Over Social Media Posts - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"ZANU PF acting spokesperson Michael Bimha has said social media posts by Zambia\u2019s ruling United Party for National Devel ...\" \/>\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\/zanu-pf-admonishes-kalimbwe-over-social-media-posts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ZANU PF Admonishes Kalimbwe Over Social Media Posts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ZANU PF acting spokesperson Michael Bimha has said social media posts by Zambia\u2019s ruling United Party for National Devel ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zanu-pf-admonishes-kalimbwe-over-social-media-posts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-11-12T16:34:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-11-12T15:48:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2021\/11\/img-618e8cc5391fe.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"402\" \/>\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=\"2 minutes\" \/>\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\/zanu-pf-admonishes-kalimbwe-over-social-media-posts\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zanu-pf-admonishes-kalimbwe-over-social-media-posts\",\"name\":\"ZANU PF Admonishes Kalimbwe Over Social Media Posts - 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