{"id":9318,"date":"2019-05-26T17:36:20","date_gmt":"2019-05-26T17:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=9318"},"modified":"2020-02-13T12:26:38","modified_gmt":"2020-02-13T10:26:38","slug":"zimbabweans-react-to-chief-ndiweni-attending-the-mdc-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zimbabweans-react-to-chief-ndiweni-attending-the-mdc-congress","title":{"rendered":"ZIMBABWEANS REACT: To Chief Ndiweni Attending The MDC Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chief Ndiweni \u2018s yesterday attendance of the MDC congress sparkled a debate on social media. Here is how Zimbabweans reacted to the news that he attended the MDC Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s be honest about Chief Ndiweni&#8217;s actions. What makes his actions different from Fortune Charumbira?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Thabisa Siban2da (@SibandaSibbs) May 26, 2019<\/p>\n<p>Chief Ndiweni said &#8220;I attended the uMzingwane Zanu PF conference I will attend the Gweru one.Dialogue is Zimbabwe\u2019s future,our Mission is to encourage it.WE ARE ONE PEOPLE!&#8221; pic.twitter.com\/N5vkJz4Zfv<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Adv Tapiwa Kasongo (@advocateKasongo) May 25, 2019<\/p>\n<p>So much noise about Chief Ndiweni being at the MDC Congress BUT I gather he also attended the Zanu PF Congress in Umzingwane &amp; the MRP one. So what&#8217;s the fuss about? This makes him non- partisan. If chiefs take such positions, I am perfectly ok with it. It must be all or nothing.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Siphosami Malunga (@SiphoMalunga) May 25, 2019<\/p>\n<p>State media will criticise Ndiweni for attending MDC congress, just like private media also criticise chiefs for attending Zanu events. Polarisation.<br \/>\nZanuPF will also hypocritically go after Ndiweni as if he\u2019s never attended Zanu meetings. pic.twitter.com\/vZiqm8aL9I<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Zim Media Review (@ZimMediaReview) May 25, 2019<\/p>\n<p>Chief Ndiweni attended the MRP meeting at Large City Hall which ws blocked by anti riot police, he addressed the crowd outside. I am told he also attended ZANU PF congress last year, today I saw pictures that he attended the MDC Alliance congress. Analysts come here. M. Ndiweni<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Open Space (@OpenSpaceZW) May 25, 2019<\/p>\n<p>Chief Ndiweni doesnt know the Pius Ncube script. We are ZANU PF<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brian Makova (@makovab) May 25, 2019<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s called leadership\u2026 A leader must nt shy away from the truth nor sugarcoat it, he is an example many chiefs must follow. Chiefs represent the people and their position shouldn&#8217;t be biased<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Reason Nhekede (@ZanoRangu) May 25, 2019<\/p>\n<p>The un-discerning mistake limelight for impact. Ndiweni&#8217;s impact electorally is infinitesimally small; but citing the Ndiweni example ZANU PF can bankroll and unleash hundreds of chiefs effectively to MDC&#8217;s chagrin. This will not end well for some folks. Rakazvirova rikazhamba!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 George Rugare Chinga (@GeorgeChings) May 25, 2019<\/p>\n<p>The chief has always been @MDCAllianceZW sympathiser even when he was lying claiming that he is fighting for the ntabazinduna mountain calling for more sanctions on the country. What a shame. But from his words at the congress everyone now knows it was never about the mountain.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 True Zimbabwean Patriot (@TrueZimPatriot) May 25, 2019<\/p>\n<p>I used to read about a Chief https:\/\/t.co\/zG2osPLRV9 ,I hv seen King Ndiweni&amp;heard from him .This King s non political bt love his people.The welfare of th people s th King&#8217;s concern.Brave,truthful,and straightforward.Wish he was th President of th Chief&#8217;s Council.C hokwdi choga. pic.twitter.com\/6GkAxZ8Hux<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 DR.K. BHASIKITI (@KbhasikitiGmai1) May 25, 2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chief Ndiweni \u2018s yesterday attendance of the MDC congress sparkled a debate on social media. Here is how Zimbabweans reacted to the news that he attended the MDC Congress. Let&#8217;s be honest about Chief Ndiweni&#8217;s actions. What makes his actions different from Fortune Charumbira? \u2014 Thabisa Siban2da (@SibandaSibbs) May 26, 2019 Chief Ndiweni said &#8220;I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":2798,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[88,120,319],"class_list":{"0":"post-9318","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-community","9":"tag-mdc","10":"tag-parties","11":"tag-social-media"},"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>ZIMBABWEANS REACT: To Chief Ndiweni Attending The MDC Congress - 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\/zimbabweans-react-to-chief-ndiweni-attending-the-mdc-congress\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ZIMBABWEANS REACT: To Chief Ndiweni Attending The MDC Congress\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Chief Ndiweni \u2018s yesterday attendance of the MDC congress sparkled a debate on social media. 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