{"id":116988,"date":"2026-06-07T07:35:27","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T05:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/tshabangu-recalls-three-victoria-falls-councillors"},"modified":"2026-06-07T07:35:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T05:35:27","slug":"tshabangu-recalls-three-victoria-falls-councillors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/tshabangu-recalls-three-victoria-falls-councillors","title":{"rendered":"Tshabangu Recalls Three Victoria Falls Councillors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) de facto leader Sengezo Tshabangu has resumed his recall campaign, this time targeting three councillors in Victoria Falls.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter dated 27 May 2026 to Victoria Falls Town Clerk Ronnie Dube, the Minister of Local Government and Public Works, Daniel Garwe, said the three councillors had ceased to be members of the CCC.<\/p>\n<p>The councillors are Mthunzi Mpofu (Ward 9), Nkanyiso Sibindi (Ward 10), and Daniel Moyo (Ward 11).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn terms of Section 278(1) of the Constitution of Zimbabwe, as read with Section (i) (k), the above-mentioned wards are now vacant. In terms of Section 121 of the Electoral Act, please proceed to inform the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission of these vacancies,\u201d wrote Garwe.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Sibindi was arrested on Tuesday after he allegedly smashed a laptop and threatened the Town Clerk at the Victoria Falls Municipal Chambers.<\/p>\n<p>Sibindi, Mpofu and Moyo reportedly refused to leave the chamber after Dube read out recall letters from Garwe.<\/p>\n<p>Sibindi is said to have jumped onto a table, smashed a laptop, and threatened Dube before being restrained by a fellow councillor. He was later arrested by the police.<\/p>\n<p>During the incident, one of the councillors tore up his recall letter, disputing the recall. He claimed the letters were fake and insisted they had received no communication from the CCC.<\/p>\n<p>The incident is the latest in a series of CCC recalls since the August 2023 elections.<\/p>\n<p><b>Related:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Garwe Denies Links To Council, Java Land Dispute In Harare<\/p>\n<p>Bulawayo Town Clerk Christopher Dube\u2019s Contract Extended To 2030<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) de facto leader Sengezo Tshabangu has resumed his recall campaign, this time targeting three councillors in Victoria Falls. In a letter dated 27 May 2026 to Victoria Falls Town Clerk Ronnie Dube, the Minister of Local Government and Public Works, Daniel Garwe, said the three councillors had ceased to be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":116987,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-116988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy"],"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>Tshabangu Recalls Three Victoria Falls Councillors - zimbabwe<\/title>\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\/tshabangu-recalls-three-victoria-falls-councillors\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tshabangu Recalls Three Victoria Falls Councillors\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) de facto leader Sengezo Tshabangu has resumed his recall campaign, this time targeting three councillors in Victoria Falls. 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