{"id":97371,"date":"2024-08-07T12:29:21","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T10:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/malema-says-chiwenga-was-used-and-weakened-calls-on-youths-to-rise-against-mnangagwa"},"modified":"2024-08-07T14:31:42","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T12:31:42","slug":"malema-says-chiwenga-was-used-and-weakened-calls-on-youths-to-rise-against-mnangagwa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/malema-says-chiwenga-was-used-and-weakened-calls-on-youths-to-rise-against-mnangagwa","title":{"rendered":"Malema says Chiwenga was \u2018used\u2019 and \u2018weakened\u2019, calls on youths to rise against Mnangagwa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Julius Malema, leader of South Africa\u2019s Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party, has urged the young people in Zimbabwe to rise up against President Emmerson Mnangagwa\u2019s \u201ctyrannical\u201d regime, adding that Vice President Constantino Chiwenga no longer has the capacity to save the country after being \u201cused\u201d and \u201cweakened\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing a lecture on \u201cSecurity and Good Governance in Africa\u201d at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape on Monday, Malema said the regional leaders must have political will to speak for the people of Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n<p>The outspoken politician also urged the Zimbabwean youths to be united and rise up against the regime.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Zimbabwean youths must rise because that not will not come to an end as long as there is no unity of purpose,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Malema castigated Chiwenga who led the military coup that ousted late former President Robert Mugabe, saying he was \u201cused\u201d and now \u201cweakened\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Malema\u2019s statement seemingly suggested that Chiwenga has no capacity to stop Mnangagwa from extending his term of office beyond the constitutionally mandated two-term limit in 2028.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChiwenga is done, he will not be anything. They used him. Chiwenga is no longer the most powerful military man in Zimbabwe now. They have weakened him,\u201d Malema stated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnly the power of the youth of Zimbabwe can change the political status quo, and the Zimbabweans have to know that we are with them, including Zimbabweans who are here in South Africa&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGo and fight from there. It\u2019s high time that you take it upon yourselves to organise so that we know that at least you\u2019re also doing something.<\/p>\n<p>Malema\u2019s sentiments come at a time when Zanu-PF is being threatened by serious factionalism stemming from succession battles between Mnangagwa and Chiwenga.<\/p>\n<p>Mnangagwa\u2019s unwillingness to relinquish power is suspected by many, who point to the vocal advocacy for an extension of his term by his political allies.<\/p>\n<p>The fact that the Zanu-PF leader has not reined in these supporters has only fueled speculation about Mnangagwa\u2019s true plans.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Zimbabwe Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. Julius Malema, leader of South Africa\u2019s Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party, has urged the young people in Zimbabwe to rise up against President Emmerson Mnangagwa\u2019s \u201ctyrannical\u201d regime, adding that Vice President Constantino Chiwenga no longer has the capacity to save the country after being \u201cused\u201d and \u201cweakened\u201d. Addressing a lecture on \u201cSecurity [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":97370,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,12],"tags":[19],"class_list":{"0":"post-97371","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-policy","9":"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>Malema says Chiwenga was \u2018used\u2019 and \u2018weakened\u2019, calls on youths to rise against Mnangagwa - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Julius Malema, leader of South Africa\u2019s Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party, has urged the young people in Zimbabwe to ...\" \/>\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\/malema-says-chiwenga-was-used-and-weakened-calls-on-youths-to-rise-against-mnangagwa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Malema says Chiwenga was \u2018used\u2019 and \u2018weakened\u2019, calls on youths to rise against Mnangagwa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Julius Malema, leader of South Africa\u2019s Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party, has urged the young people in Zimbabwe to ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/malema-says-chiwenga-was-used-and-weakened-calls-on-youths-to-rise-against-mnangagwa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-08-07T10:29:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-08-07T12:31:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2024\/08\/sm_1723017672.311897.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"403\" \/>\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=\"2 minutes\" \/>\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\/malema-says-chiwenga-was-used-and-weakened-calls-on-youths-to-rise-against-mnangagwa\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/malema-says-chiwenga-was-used-and-weakened-calls-on-youths-to-rise-against-mnangagwa\",\"name\":\"Malema says Chiwenga was \u2018used\u2019 and \u2018weakened\u2019, calls on youths to rise against Mnangagwa - 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