{"id":20456,"date":"2020-03-08T18:32:36","date_gmt":"2020-03-08T16:32:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=20456"},"modified":"2020-03-08T18:32:36","modified_gmt":"2020-03-08T16:32:36","slug":"matemadanda-warns-youths-against-use-as-violence-tools-by-politicians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/matemadanda-warns-youths-against-use-as-violence-tools-by-politicians","title":{"rendered":"Matemadanda warns youths against use as violence tools by politicians"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ZANU PF political commissar and deputy Defence Minister Victor Matemadanda has warned youths risked being tormented by avenging spirits if they offered themselves as tools of violence by power-hungry politicians.<\/p>\n<p>He was addressing students at Kwekwe Polytechnic College recently.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is the thrust of the new dispensation to transfer a legacy of leadership values despite political affiliations because the future belongs to the country\u2019s youths\u2026the future is in the hands of the youths.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Matemadanda urged youths to be wary of politicians who were out to use them to further their political agenda.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBe wary of some veteran politicians; they will destroy you and the impact will still be felt even after we have long died.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost of you, you don\u2019t have money, but you have needs. Politicians can abuse you for a laptop that you will never get,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Matemadanda said youths must never allow themselves to be used to kill political opponents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou will be told to eliminate political enemies, but you don\u2019t ask yourselves why the politician is sending us to do their dirty bidding; where are his children!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Avenging spirits, Matemadanda warned, will only target the families of those who would have been sent to kill and not the culprit politicians.<\/p>\n<p>The Zanu PF top official said there were some politicians who were hungry for power and would do anything to get it even when it is apparent they did not command any following on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolitical contestation manifest the kind of person you will be standing behind. Some politicians even without any support base, would still proceed to get into an election in which they end up getting only two votes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fact that they garner two votes is a sign that only two minds believe in them but unfortunately they will not accept the poll results.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat do these politicians do; they will then turn to the youths and incite them to foment violence.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ZANU PF political commissar and deputy Defence Minister Victor Matemadanda has warned youths risked being tormented by avenging spirits if they offered themselves as tools of violence by power-hungry politicians. 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