{"id":84658,"date":"2023-10-11T16:04:23","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T14:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/audio-biti-speaks-on-tshabangu-saga-says-it-needs-to-be-fixed"},"modified":"2023-10-11T21:12:16","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T19:12:16","slug":"audio-biti-speaks-on-tshabangu-saga-says-it-needs-to-be-fixed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/audio-biti-speaks-on-tshabangu-saga-says-it-needs-to-be-fixed","title":{"rendered":"Audio: Biti Speaks On Tshabangu Saga Says It Needs To Be Fixed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span><b>Tendai Biti<\/b> has claimed that he is not working with <b>Sengezo Tshabangu<\/b>, who claimed that Biti was now a co-president of the <b>Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) <\/b>with <b>Welshman Ncube<\/b>. Biti stated that <b>Nelson Chamisa<\/b> remains his president.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with TechMagTv\u2019s Toneo Rutsito, Biti explained that he has been focused on his own affairs since he was not selected as the party\u2019s Parliamentary candidate in the recent elections.<\/p>\n<p>Tshabangu, who announced himself as the CCC\u2019s interim secretary-general, has recalled 15 CCC Members of Parliament (MPs). On 10 October 2023, Sengezo Tshabangu issued a statement expelling Nelson Chamisa from the CCC, accusing him of embezzlement, party personalization, collaboration with ZANU PF, and imposing candidates leading to losses. Tshabangu appointed Welshman Ncube and Tendai Biti as acting presidents. However, Biti denied being a party president and emphasized the need to respect his privacy and dignity. Biti reaffirmed his loyalty to Chamisa but acknowledged that the situation needs to be addressed. Listen to the audio below for more.<\/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. Tendai Biti has claimed that he is not working with Sengezo Tshabangu, who claimed that Biti was now a co-president of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) with Welshman Ncube. Biti stated that Nelson Chamisa remains his president. In an interview with TechMagTv\u2019s Toneo Rutsito, Biti explained that he has been focused [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":84657,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,12],"tags":[1493,2189,8265,19],"class_list":{"0":"post-84658","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-policy","9":"tag-africa-press","10":"tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","11":"tag-citizens-coalition-for-change-ccc","12":"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>Audio: Biti Speaks On Tshabangu Saga Says It Needs To Be Fixed - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Tendai Biti has claimed that he is not working with Sengezo Tshabangu, who claimed that Biti was now a co- ...\" \/>\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\/audio-biti-speaks-on-tshabangu-saga-says-it-needs-to-be-fixed\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Audio: Biti Speaks On Tshabangu Saga Says It Needs To Be Fixed\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Tendai Biti has claimed that he is not working with Sengezo Tshabangu, who claimed that Biti was now a co- ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/audio-biti-speaks-on-tshabangu-saga-says-it-needs-to-be-fixed\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-10-11T14:04:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-10-11T19:12:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2023\/10\/sm_1697034826.779463.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"796\" \/>\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\/audio-biti-speaks-on-tshabangu-saga-says-it-needs-to-be-fixed\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/audio-biti-speaks-on-tshabangu-saga-says-it-needs-to-be-fixed\",\"name\":\"Audio: Biti Speaks On Tshabangu Saga Says It Needs To Be Fixed - 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