By Staff Writer
ZANU PF Information Secretary Chris Mutsvangwa has rapped South African opposition leader Julius Malema for meddling in Zimbabweโs internal affairs.
This comes after the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) leader urged Zimbabwean youths to rise against President Emmerson Mnangagwaโs administration and prevent him from extending his rule beyond the constitutional limit.
Malema recently called for unity among Zimbabweans to stand up against government suppression and for regional blocs like SADC to take a clear stance against Mnangagwaโs government.
Addressing journalists during a press briefing at the ZANU-PF headquarters, Mutsvangwa said that Zimbabwe will uphold the constitution telling Malema to stick to South Africaโs affairs, emphasising there is a โboundaryโ between the two countries.
โWe will stick to the Constitution, which, by the way, he (Mnangagwa) was the chief architect.
โThe president carried the Zimbabwean Constitution. He was the Minister of Justice and Vice President. Later on, when it was written, he was the chief legal mind of that constitution.โ
Mutsvangwa accused Malema of being a pawn in a larger scheme driven by โpost-colonialโ interests.
โMalema posits as a pseudo-revolutionary and a cryptic intellectual, but he never properly went to school
โHe propounds big theories about how Zimbabwe should be run as if it is his own country
โHe suffers from the Rhodes Syndrome. A sick young man (Cecil John Rhodes) comes from Europe, and lands in South Africa, where diamonds were discovered
โRhodes ends up as the ruler of South Africa and builds an empire from South Africa, dreaming of the Cape to Cairo.
โThese grandiose ideas about an interloping colonial are what shapes Malemaโs mind,โ he said.
Mutsvangwa also questioned Malemaโs credibility, pointing out that he had recently lost an election in South Africa and was trying to revive his political fortunes by meddling in Zimbabweโs affairs.
โIf you are so good at leadership, why not make it a success in your homegrown ride to power in South Africa?
โWhy do you want to tell Zimbabweans who should be their ruler?โ
The secretary also warned Malema to respect Zimbabweโs sovereignty and focus on his countryโs issues.
โWe say to him, keep your dead hands out of Zimbabweโs affairs Malema.
โFocus on trying to win a South African election.
โThatโs why there are boundaries.
โThatโs why Limpopo is a boundary between Zimbabwe and South Africa. You have no authority over the internal affairs of the people of Zimbabwe.โ
