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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>ZIMBABWE\u2019S economic and political challenges will not be solved if the country continues to have disputed elections, Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) acting president Welshman Ncube has said.<\/p>\n

Ncube, who was addressing victory celebrations for Tsholotsho ward 1 (Gxoboholo) councillor Witness Khumalo, accused President Emmerson Mnangagwa\u2019s government of being blantantly and selfishly greedy.<\/p>\n

Ncube hailed the late former President Robert Mugabe\u2019s administration for being a bit respectful in that regard.<\/p>\n

In condemning the electoral disputes that have dogged the country since the year 2000, Ncube invoked memories of the late Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai, who during his time highlighted the futility of holding elections in an environment that was not conducive for polls.<\/p>\n

\u201cTsvangirai used to say if you see yourself doing the same thing and bearing the same results over and over again, in English, it is the very definition of insanity. This means you are mad,\u201d Ncube said.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou participate in elections in 2000, then there is a dispute and the country keeps going down. You do the same thing for years over and the country keeps on dwindling.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou end up not having a stable currency for the country. Who among you have ever laid eyes on this money called ZWG (formerly ZiG)? If you have seen it before, what does it buy?\u201d<\/p>\n

Ncube said the country\u2019s wealth kept on deteriorating with the leaders turning a blind eye.<\/p>\n

\u201cI stay in both Harare and Bulawayo, but I have never seen the ZiG with my own eyes. The country\u2019s wealth keeps dwindling and yet we are busy doing slogans.<\/p>\n

\u201cSecond republic, third republic, the country is built by its own people, but it is still the same and there is no change,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe should all ask ourselves whether we want to reach 2028 knowing very well that the same people are going to be at the top stealing and they go back using both police and soldiers\u2019 power.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we reach 2028, you start talking about 2033 and in 2033, you start talking about 2038. Is that not total madness?\u201d<\/p>\n

Ncube said during the Mugabe era, it was much better because the late former leader would do whatever he did without showing off.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat is why those who say they rule, they rule people\u2019s poverty in Zimbabwe. They will be looking out for their own stomachs and children only,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cLong back during Mugabe\u2019s era, they would take everything for themselves. We only discovered it now that he had 23 farms and yet he used to say one man, one farm and yet he had 23 of them.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe would steal using a fork and knife, but the leaders of today steal without even thinking of sharing a bit with others.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ncube accused Mnangagwa\u2019s government of arbitrarily destroying the country\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are not even hiding it, they just flaunt it to your face. But you as a Zimbabwean are suffering from the same drought, poverty. There are no jobs, but where you work, what you earn does not even last you a week.\u201d<\/p>\n

The CCC won ward 1 in Tsholotsho in the August 2023 harmonised elections.<\/p>\n

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