Zimbabwe: Opposition Party‘s Inaugural Congress preps on course
By Own Correspondent – Transform Zimbabwe, an opposition party and a member of the MDC Alliance is preparing for a congress to be held on 23-24 March and indications are that all is in place for the event.
Speaking to this publication, Transform Zimbabwe ’s spokesperson Justin Makota said the party is holding provincial workshops were the party is meeting with the main wing, women wing and youth wing as it prepares for the coming congress.
“The party is preparing for the congress and so far we have done workshops in Chitungwiza, Hatfield and we are planning to reach out to all provinces .At the workshops leaders are appraised of their duties and responsibilities ahead of the inaugural congress late this month,” said Makota.
He also said the party will work with the MDC Alliance to support legislative and council candidates decided by the electoral pact.
“TZ candidates will work with the Alliance partners candidates to ensure victory in the coming 2018 elections ”, added the TZ spokesperson.
Meanwhile ,the opposition party leader Jacob Ngarivhume who recently turned 41 has vowed that the Alliance was the only way the opposition can remove ZANU PF from power.
“We are in Chinhoyi where the Second Chimurenga that removed Ian Smith started. As the Alliance, we have also come to remove Mnangagwa. It took sacrifice and dedication to win the war, the same sacrifice you are showing today” Ngarivhume told thousands of opposition supporters who gathered at Gadzema open space in Chinhoyi at the weekend for an MDC Alliance rally.
The TZ leader said there was nothing new about the dispensation in our country.
He highlighted that the same people now in government were the ones who were behind Murambatsvina and the corruption that ruined this country.
Ngarivhume said the Alliance should be inspired with the vision of the late opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai to defeat ZANU PF.