{"id":103079,"date":"2025-01-13T12:37:22","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T10:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/majority-of-ccc-mps-skip-mnangagwas-pricabe-farm-tour"},"modified":"2025-01-20T13:53:47","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T11:53:47","slug":"majority-of-ccc-mps-skip-mnangagwas-pricabe-farm-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/majority-of-ccc-mps-skip-mnangagwas-pricabe-farm-tour","title":{"rendered":"Majority Of CCC MPs Skip Mnangagwa\u2019s Pricabe Farm Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Most opposition Citizens\u2019 Coalition for Change (CCC) Members of Parliament (MPs) skipped a tour of President Emmerson Mnangagwa\u2019s Pricabe Farm in Kwekwe on Sunday, January 12.<\/p>\n<p>The CCC is divided into three factions, led by Jameson Timba, Welshman Ncube, and Sengezo Tshabangu.<\/p>\n<p>Tshabangu, the self-styled interim secretary-general, was among the few legislators who visited the farm.<\/p>\n<p>CCC has 88 MPs and 27 senators in Parliament and reports indicate that most of the legislators belong to the Timba faction.<\/p>\n<p>According to NewsDay, the Timba faction instructed its 50 MPs and 11 Senators not to attend, while the Ncube faction also discouraged attendance.<br \/>\nTshabangu had encouraged MPs to attend as a platform for dialogue with Mnangagwa, but less than 20 lawmakers showed up.<\/p>\n<p>Most of the attending MPs were appointed by Tshabangu after he recalled dozens of legislators after the August 2023 harmonised elections.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the low turnout, Tshabangu described the attendance as \u201cgood\u201d. He said:<\/p>\n<p>This is the most significant event in the current context of solution-finding, nation-building and consensus.<\/p>\n<p>Zimbabwe is our country. We will find a way of solving our admittedly self-evident national challenges. There is an answer, we will find a way. All we need is to be brave.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the Parliamentary representatives who attended the tour included Matabeleland MPs Charles Moyo, Kucaca Phulu, and Thokozani Khupe, among others.<\/p>\n<p>Edwin Mushoriwa, the chief whip of the Ncube-led CCC faction, said the party\u2019s legislators did not attend because there was no formal communication from Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>Many perceive the meeting at Precabe Farm as part of Mnangagwa\u2019s backers\u2019 strategy to extend his term of office beyond the current two terms by buying support from the opposition.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Zimbabwe<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. Most opposition Citizens\u2019 Coalition for Change (CCC) Members of Parliament (MPs) skipped a tour of President Emmerson Mnangagwa\u2019s Pricabe Farm in Kwekwe on Sunday, January 12. The CCC is divided into three factions, led by Jameson Timba, Welshman Ncube, and Sengezo Tshabangu. Tshabangu, the self-styled interim secretary-general, was among the few legislators [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":103078,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,12],"tags":[17174,6155,17624,15360,19],"class_list":["post-103079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-ed2030","tag-precabe-farm","tag-pricabe-farm","tag-sengezo-tshabangu","tag-zimbabwe"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Majority Of CCC MPs Skip Mnangagwa\u2019s Pricabe Farm Tour - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Most opposition Citizens\u2019 Coalition for Change (CCC) Members of Parliament (MPs) skipped a tour of President Emmerson Mn ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/majority-of-ccc-mps-skip-mnangagwas-pricabe-farm-tour\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Majority Of CCC MPs Skip Mnangagwa\u2019s Pricabe Farm Tour\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Most opposition Citizens\u2019 Coalition for Change (CCC) Members of Parliament (MPs) skipped a tour of President Emmerson Mn ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/majority-of-ccc-mps-skip-mnangagwas-pricabe-farm-tour\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-01-13T10:37:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-01-20T11:53:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2025\/01\/sm_1736759595.761048.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1067\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/majority-of-ccc-mps-skip-mnangagwas-pricabe-farm-tour#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/majority-of-ccc-mps-skip-mnangagwas-pricabe-farm-tour\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Majority Of CCC MPs Skip Mnangagwa\u2019s Pricabe Farm Tour\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-01-13T10:37:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-01-20T11:53:47+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/majority-of-ccc-mps-skip-mnangagwas-pricabe-farm-tour\"},\"wordCount\":295,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/majority-of-ccc-mps-skip-mnangagwas-pricabe-farm-tour#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2025\/01\/sm_1736759595.761048.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"ED2030\",\"Precabe Farm\",\"Pricabe Farm\",\"Sengezo Tshabangu\",\"Zimbabwe\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/majority-of-ccc-mps-skip-mnangagwas-pricabe-farm-tour#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/majority-of-ccc-mps-skip-mnangagwas-pricabe-farm-tour\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/majority-of-ccc-mps-skip-mnangagwas-pricabe-farm-tour\",\"name\":\"Majority Of CCC MPs Skip Mnangagwa\u2019s Pricabe Farm Tour - 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