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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Former MDC-T vice president Thokozani Khupe is now a member of the newly-formed Citizens Coalition For Change (CCC) party.<\/p>\n

Khupe announced that she is now a CCC member after she attended a meeting that was addressed by the party\u2019s leader Nelson Chamisa at Macdonald Hall in Bulawayo on Saturday. Khupe tweeted:<\/p>\n

Today I attended my first meeting as a CCC member addressed by President Chamisa in Bulawayo Macdonald Hall.<\/p>\n

Khupe pledged her support to Chamisa\u2019s CCC just before the 26 March by-elections.<\/p>\n

However, some CCC members were reportedly reluctant to accept Khupe, warning that she might be a ZANU PF plant due to her previous association with President Emmerson Mnangagwa when she was a member of the Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD).<\/p>\n

CCC interim national chairperson Thabitha Khumalo recently said she will not allow Khupe to join the party unless she apologises for her role in destroying the MDC Alliance.<\/p>\n

Khumalo told an online publication that will never forgive Khupe for initiating her recall from parliament when the latter was interim MDC-T president.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, in an interview, CCC spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere told NewsDay that the party was open to all citizens willing to join regardless of their political background. Mahere was quoted as saying:<\/p>\n

We focus on values, actions and policies, not personalities. Chamisa said in his 2022 Agenda address that this is a year of action for change.<\/p>\n

The guiding value is that we put the citizens first and they are at the centre of all decision-making.<\/p>\n

The only qualification to join is that one is a citizen. The citizens will choose their leaders at the appropriate time.<\/p>\n

Khupe through her spokesperson Ntando Ndlovu said she intended to join the CCC as an individual, not as a party leader. Said Ndlovu:<\/p>\n

The former Deputy Prime Minister is of the view that to defeat an authoritarian government like ZANU PF, the opposition political parties must unite and form a formidable force against ZANU PF.<\/p>\n

As it currently stands, the only capable alternative to Zanu PF is the CCC party and, therefore, she believes that opposition political players must coalesce under CCC and rally behind Chamisa.<\/p>\n

Alliances have caused problems before. People must join as opposed to forming alliances.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. Former MDC-T vice president Thokozani Khupe is now a member of the newly-formed Citizens Coalition For Change (CCC) party. Khupe announced that she is now a CCC member after she attended a meeting that was addressed by the party\u2019s leader Nelson Chamisa at Macdonald Hall in Bulawayo on Saturday. 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