{"id":79263,"date":"2023-06-19T10:48:10","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T08:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zanu-pf-doing-gods-work-says-former-war-vets-chair-jabulani-sibanda-likens-opposition-to-the-devil"},"modified":"2023-06-19T10:48:10","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T08:48:10","slug":"zanu-pf-doing-gods-work-says-former-war-vets-chair-jabulani-sibanda-likens-opposition-to-the-devil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zanu-pf-doing-gods-work-says-former-war-vets-chair-jabulani-sibanda-likens-opposition-to-the-devil","title":{"rendered":"Zanu PF doing God\u2019s work \u2013 says former war vets chair Jabulani Sibanda; likens opposition to the devil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>CONTROVERSIAL Zanu PF Bulawayo provincial chairperson Jabulani Sibanda has sensationally claimed the ruling party represents God, urging aspiring parliamentarians to secure seats in the upcoming polls which he likened to a \u2018war with the devil\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Sibanda is infamous for spearheading a nationwide reign of terror during the 2008 presidential run-off and 2013 elections which saw violence perpetrated on opposition supporters.<\/p>\n<p>In 2014, he was booted out of Zanu PF by then leader former President Robert Mugabe whom he had accused of planning a bedroom coup and later re-joined the party in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The former war vets chairperson was addressing ex-combatants during an interaction program organised by Local Government Minister and parliamentary candidate July Moyo in Redcliff.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are electing you to go and defend that seat in parliament. That seat will not be occupied by God\u2019s enemy. The war is no longer between Zanu PF and opposition parties.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe war is between God and the devil and Zanu PF represents God,\u201d Sibanda said.<\/p>\n<p>He urged unity among Zanu PF members ahead of the August 23. This follows reports of bhora musango threats by disgruntled party supporters and candidates who lost in the internal polls held in March.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was in the liberation war, I saw blood flowing, I didn\u2019t see Ndebele blood, I didn\u2019t see Shona blood or a Tonga blood, I saw blood of liberation war fighters as war veterans we must be united.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are fighting with imperialism. We want to defend our values as Africans. Now we are seeing some Western countries being engaged in abhorrent practices,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Sibanda slammed foreign nations for interfering with Zimbabwe\u2019s internal affairs.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, the government summoned the United States Charge\u0300 d\u2019Affaires Elaine French over a series of election-related posts made by the embassy which it said meddled with Zimbabwean politics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know the problems that we are going through, I know the confusion that sometimes is there in our revolution, even in our party itself. I know the problems that we face as a nation because of outsiders that are interfering in our affairs, both politically and economically,\u201d he said.<\/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. CONTROVERSIAL Zanu PF Bulawayo provincial chairperson Jabulani Sibanda has sensationally claimed the ruling party represents God, urging aspiring parliamentarians to secure seats in the upcoming polls which he likened to a \u2018war with the devil\u2019. Sibanda is infamous for spearheading a nationwide reign of terror during the 2008 presidential run-off and 2013 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":79262,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[1493,2189,19],"class_list":{"0":"post-79263","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-parties","9":"tag-africa-press","10":"tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","11":"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 doing God\u2019s work \u2013 says former war vets chair Jabulani Sibanda; likens opposition to the devil - zimbabwe<\/title>\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-doing-gods-work-says-former-war-vets-chair-jabulani-sibanda-likens-opposition-to-the-devil\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Zanu PF doing God\u2019s work \u2013 says former war vets chair Jabulani Sibanda; likens opposition to the devil\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. 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