Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa yesterday said Zanu-PF Women’s League secretary for finance Sarah Mahoka must explain herself following utterances she made at a recent rally at the party’s headquarters.
At the rally to celebrate President Mugabe’s successful tenure as the African Union chairperson, Mahoka challenged the Head of State and Government to announce if he had authorised his spokesperson Mr George Charamba to give an interview to ZiFM radio.
Turning to Mnangagwa, Mahoka challenged the VP to state his position insofar as the Zanu-PF succession matrix was concerned.
She went further likening VP Mnangagwa to a duck, saying he was letting people abuse his name on succession issues while he kept quiet.
Asked on his response on the challenge by Mahoka yesterday, VP Mnangagwa said: “I think the best person to answer is Mahoka. She said what she said, I ignored that. If you need more information, talk to Mahoka,” he said.
Mahoka’s untoward behaviour drew brickbats from the Zimbabwe Liberation War Collaborators’ Association (Ziliwaco) secretary-general Jabulani Mbetu, who said if left unchecked, her actions would set a bad precedent.
“Unless she was a storm trooper, she should be dragged before a disciplinary hearing and answer for herself what she wanted to prove,” he said.
“It should not appear as if there is no more discipline in the party. The question is where did she drive that power from?”
Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association secretary-general Victor Matemadanda said Mahoka had clearly insulted and disrespected the party’s senior leadership.
“The party used to give political orientation and discipline tutorials to its cadres and that is how the liberation war was won,” he said.
“This has vanished and what we saw on Wednesday (last week) was a first of its kind. We do not know if that is the direction the party has taken, but surely to avoid a repeat of this, the party leadership should take action on the matter.”-Herald
