{"id":87786,"date":"2023-12-03T21:28:28","date_gmt":"2023-12-03T19:28:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/chamisas-loyalist-farai-chinobva-threatens-masvingo-councillors"},"modified":"2023-12-04T00:53:21","modified_gmt":"2023-12-03T22:53:21","slug":"chamisas-loyalist-farai-chinobva-threatens-masvingo-councillors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/chamisas-loyalist-farai-chinobva-threatens-masvingo-councillors","title":{"rendered":"Chamisa’s Loyalist, Farai Chinobva, Threatens Masvingo Councillors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>The Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) Masvingo City Councillors were threatened by the party\u2019s director in the organising department, Farai Chinobva, for failing to attend the Ward 2 by-election campaign launch last weekend.<\/p>\n

TellZim News<\/b> reported that the launch was held at Gomba shopping centre in Runyararo West, to drum up support for recalled former Mayor Shantiel Chiwara.<\/p>\n

It was attended by some local leaders and only one councillor, Bernard Muchokwa of Ward 9.<\/p>\n

Speaking at the launch, Chinobva said councillors and the MP who failed to attend the events were loyal to CCC\u2019s self-proclaimed Secretary General Sengezo Tshabangu. Said Chinobva:<\/p>\n

Let me tell you this, the election has already been won, so what is left now is for you to go and work. However, there is something that I discovered here; I have seen that there are some who have been threatened with recalls and are now afraid to work for the party.<\/p>\n

We have sellouts who prioritise being a councillor more than working for the party.<\/p>\n

Chitando (Jeffreyson) called for the launch, and I have looked at the MPs and Councillors from this area; we know who is here and who is not.<\/p>\n

Failure to come here means you have gone to Tshabangu; that is what it means, it\u2019s clear.<\/p>\n

You have been intimidated and cowed down, so you can keep your councillor post, but what I want to tell you is that Advocate Nelson Chamisa will get there soon.<\/p>\n

He went on to declare that the CCC official candidate was Chiwara, and not another candidate Roki Kamuzonda, whom he said belonged to the Tshabangu faction. Said Chinobva:<\/p>\n

My issue here is that I want you to know that we have an official candidate and Tshabangu\u2019s candidate.<\/p>\n

Our candidate is Shantiel Chiwara, and Tshabangu\u2019s is Rocky. I don\u2019t know his surname; maybe it\u2019s Rocky Tshabangu.<\/p>\n

What is critical is that the citizens are clever and they won\u2019t go for Tshabangu; the election is not between Shantiel and other candidates but between Chamisa and Mnangagwa.<\/p>\n

So if you lose this Ward, it\u2019s Chamisa who has lost; that is why I have brought the president (Chamisa)\u2019s poster.<\/p>\n

Contacted for comment by TellZim on his remarks, Chinobva said failure to attend the launch was a personal decision.<\/p>\n

He added that what he meant was that those who wanted to join Tshabangu were free to do so but as it stands they had no problems with any councillor. Chinobva said:<\/p>\n

Failure by some councillors to attend the launch was their individual choice; some even sent apologies that they had gone to a funeral, church, and other commitments, so we don\u2019t have any problems with our councillors.<\/p>\n

However, what I meant that day was that those who wanted to join Tshabangu were free to do so.<\/p>\n

Contacted for comment by TellZim on Chinobva\u2019s utterances, the newly elected Masvingo Mayor and Ward 4 councillor Alec Tabe said he had other commitments.<\/p>\n

However, Tabe\u2019s deputy and Ward 5 Councillor Daniel Mberikunashe, and Ward 8 councillor and chief whip Richard Msekiwa slammed Chinobva saying they were fully behind Chiwara and won\u2019t be lectured by someone from Harare, who is not even a politician.<\/p>\n

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