New Political Party for Zimbabwe
(News Of The South) – The Zimbabwe Empowerment Movement (ZEM) led by Mr Garikai Musanonoka Sithole, who claims to be son to the late Zanu Ndonga leader, Reverend Ndabaningi Sithole, together with another woman.
Sithole (39) of Masvingo’s Rujeko suburb, a retired solider announced that the party would be contesting in the 2018 elections.
Preparations for ZEM’s inaugural congress to be held in Bulawayo in August are believed to be at an advanced stage.
ZEM claims existing parties in Zimbabwe had failed to deal with the problem of corruption and this topic is high on their agenda.
ZEM has since started distributing fliers in Masvingo with Mr Sithole’s face as the party’s president and presidential candidate for the 2018 elections.
Mr Sithole said his party’s colours were red, yellow and black.
“Plans for our congress are now at an advanced stage and certainly it will be held in Bulawayo as a symbolic gesture because the city is the cradle of nationalism in Zimbabwe.
‘‘All major political parties had their roots in Bulawayo. My plan is for the congress to be held next month if all goes according to plan. Thereafter we will launch our party all over the country,” he said.
A party executive was said to be in place but the party leader declined to divulge the names.
“I cannot reveal the names of people in my executive, but we have very big names. You might also be interested to know that we have a very solid source of funding, but I will not disclose it. Our funding is coming from local sources, Zimbabwe has a lot of dollars.”
Sithole praised President Mugabe who he described as a visionary leader with good policies, singling out the expropriation of land to resettle landless blacks and also the drive to indigenise the economy.
“My party will fight corruption. Yes, there are attempts to end the vice at the moment, but people accused of corruption continue to walk freely on the streets. It is very good to expose corruption but what matters is whether the culprits are arrested or not,” said Mr Sithole.
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