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Out of the adversity of an unconstitutional challenge of Morgan Tsvangirai’s leadership seems to have come a re-energised, certainly a more united party, now attractive even to members who had previously abandoned the party.
Today, I take this opportunity to announce with pride the return to the Party of two founding members of this great people’s movement, Mr Job Sikhala and Mr Joubert Mudzumwe.
The chairman of an MDC faction that broke away from the smaller MDC led by Welshman Ncube, Joubert Mudzumwe was today ordered to perform 140 hours of community service after being convicted of two counts of fraud and theft of trust property.
Mutambara MDC chairman Joubert Mudzumwe allegedly stole $41 000 from his employer, the Commercial Workers Union of Zimbabwe. Mudzumwe (46), of the MDC formation led by Professor Arthur Mutambara, is the CWUZ secretary general.
Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutambara’s woes continue to mount as his political party MDC-M has failed to access State funds under the Political Parties Finance Act. Government has disbursed money earmarked for political parties to the Welshman Ncube-led MDC.
Industry and Commerce Minister Welshman Ncube joins SW Radio Africa journalist Lance Guma for Part 2 of this Question Time interview. Ncube who leads the smaller MDC formation tackles questions from listeners on the dispute with Arthur Mutambara, accusations he connived with Thabo Mbeki to split the MDC.
HARARE- The High Court yesterday reserved judgment in a case in which 13 MDC members aligned to Professor Arthur Mutambara’s faction are seeking the nullification of last year’s party congress. Justice Bharat Patel deferred indefinitely the ruling after hearing arguments from both parties.
Thirteen MDC-N members this week filed an application at the High Court seeking a declaratory order nullifying the party’s recent third national congress where a new leadership led by Professor Welshman Ncube was elected.
The MDC faction led by Welshman Ncube has denied claims by disgruntled former national chairman, Joubert Mudzumwe that his wife and children were assaulted by party drivers who were sent to collect two vehicles from his house in Runyararo West township on Friday.
National Chairman Joubert Mudzumwe who led a rebellion of senior national executive members just before the congress that elected Ncube unopposed said his family in the Runyararo West suburb of Masvingo was attacked by 20 thugs who destroyed property before taking away his Mazda 323 vehicle.