MDC’s succession struggle turns violent at Morgan Tsvangirai’s funeral
Harare — Several senior officials belonging to Zimbabwe’s opposition Movement for Democratic Change were chased away from Morgan Tsvangirai’s burial in Buhera on Tuesday as the party’s succession fight reached unprecedented heights.One of the vice-presidents‚ Nelson Chamisa‚ took control of the party presidency through a hastily arranged national council meeting a day after Tsvangirai’s death last week. This effectively shut out the other two deputies‚ Thokozani Khupe and Elias Mudzuri‚ who both claim leadership of the party.At the Tsvangirai homestead in Hamunikwa village in the Buhera area‚ youths carrying bricks and other objects called for Khupe’s head and that of party secretary-general Douglas Mwonzora. The two were eventually escorted out of the premises by Zimbabwe Republic Police, for their own safety.Khupe and Mwonzora differ with Chamisa in that they want an extraordinary congress to elect a new party leader. However‚ during the memorial service‚ attended by thousands in ...
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