{"id":17241,"date":"2019-12-25T17:51:09","date_gmt":"2019-12-25T15:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=17241"},"modified":"2019-12-25T17:51:09","modified_gmt":"2019-12-25T15:51:09","slug":"robert-mugabes-nephew-applies-for-eff-membership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/robert-mugabes-nephew-applies-for-eff-membership","title":{"rendered":"Robert Mugabe\u2019s Nephew Applies For EFF Membership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Exiled former Zimbabwe Cabinet Minister, Patrick Zhuwao, has applied to join South Africa\u2019s Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) as \u201ca fighter and ordinary card-carrying member in a branch within Gauteng\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The development comes after EFF leader, Julius Sello Malema urged exiled former Zimbabwean ministers to join the Red Berets to enhance their chances in \u201coverthrowing\u201d the current administration led by President Emmerson Mnangagwa.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to City Press, the nephew to the former president of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe said:<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>He said that his move was inspired by the desire to help \u201cAfrica develop a political culture that detracts from the entitlement mantra that has become so pervasive in liberation movements.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zhuwao and a handful of Mugabe loyalists skipped the country\u2019s borders in 2017 when the late veteran leader was forced to resign from power.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Exiled former Zimbabwe Cabinet Minister, Patrick Zhuwao, has applied to join South Africa\u2019s Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) as \u201ca fighter and ordinary card-carrying member in a branch within Gauteng\u201d. 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