Former President Robert Mugabe’s nephew Patrick Zhuwao joined Julius Malema’s Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party in South Africa. Zhuwao has been in exile in South Africa since the fall of his uncle in the November 2017 Military Coup.
Zhuwao joined the EFF just a few days after firebrand EFF leader Julius Malema appealed to former Zimbabwean ministers currently in exile in South Africa to put aside their differences and join the Red Berets. Apparently, this will consolidate their efforts and give them a fighting chance in their desire to overthrow President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s regime.
Speaking to South African publication City Press, Zhuwao said, Consequently, I have applied to join EFF as a fighter and ordinary card-carrying member in a branch within Gauteng Province. I am happy to work as a ground fighter. I do not seek elected office; as a refugee, I am not eligible anyway.
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I have already served in senior leadership positions within Zanu-PF from the time I was elected district secretary (similar to subregion) in 1995 and rose through the region, province and national levels to the Zanu-PF politburo. I am putting aside my ego to help Africa develop a political culture that detracts from the entitlement mantra that has become so pervasive in liberation movements. We must fix the continent.
It’s not just exiled [former president Robert] Mugabe ministers who are affected but other economic and political refugees from Zimbabwe who are scattered throughout South Africa, the continent and the whole world.
Zhuwao said the militarized nature of the Zimbabwean state meant that “the Zanu-PF junta would never allow anyone who is not their puppet or stooge to assume power”, hence the need for those in exile to pursue different avenues to unseat the administration.
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