Incoming Zanu PF Women’s League secretary and First Lady Grace Mugabe is today scheduled to address students drawn from the country’s tertiary education institutions at her Mazowe Orphanage Home as part of her campaign to reach out to all party structures ahead of the elective congress early next month.
Today’s meeting was organised by the Zanu PF-aligned Zimbabwe College Students Union.
This comes a Vice-President Joice Mujuru has hit back at her critics who have been pushing for her ouster on allegations of corruption and plotting to topple President Robert Mugabe, saying the allegations were untrue and highly defamatory.
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15:25 Grace finishes her speech by saying to Daily News reporters, “You write what you like about me because she (Mai Mujuru) owns 10% of the paper which supports the MDC, that is why we say she is apart of MDC.”
15:15 Grace goes on to praise Saviour Kasukuwere for being hardworking and says she will respect Mai Mahofa forever.
15:10 Grace pleads with Mutsvangwa to help flush out those plotting against President Robert Mugabe.
15:05 “Kaukonde idofo!”
15:02 “If she brought down a plane that is her business. She must stop beating her own drum – what you didn’t do, you didn’t do!”
15:00 Grace goes on a charade, attacking Mujuru.
“She must stop blaming the dead for amassing wealth using corrupt means. Why did she inherit things that were not properly acquired,” she says in apparent reference to Mujuru.
On her husband, she says, ” Mugabe is a grandmaster and will have the last laugh.”
“I trapped Mujuru and I now have recording of her in a mini-skirt, speaking ill of me and the president. We are tired of this stupidity, ngaaende izvozvi.”
14:30 Grace defends her luxurious lifestyle and claims she is building a high school and a university to be named after Robert Mugabe.
“We are the biggest dairy farmers in the country with over 2,500 dairy cows. We took risks and overborrowed for this project.
Due to the rains in Harare, we are experiencing communication challenges with the crew in Mazowe. Kindly bear with us as we might be slow in updating you
13:40: Musician Soul Jah Love is seen walking in.
13:30 Grace starts her speech with an apparent attack on Joice Mujuru. “Mademon ngaadzokere kuDotito, we exorcise those demons in the name of Jesus”
13:10 Youth executive member Cecelia Chivhunga is booed off the stage and called a sellout. Earlier, there were reports that another executive member Varaidzo Mupunga was allegedly beaten up and barred from the rally venue.
13:00. Deputy Foreign Affairs minister Christopher Mutsvangwa says war veterans will fight those against Mugabe including ‘ a woman who lied that she grounded a plane.”
Oppah Muchinguri says Grace Mugabe’s Mazowe Orphanage is where independence from Mugabe’s plotters was won.
NewsDay’s Cynthia Matonhodze and Moses Matenga are in Mazowe providing live feed of the event.
12:30 Youth leaders, including Godwin Gomwe (Harare, Edmore Samambwa (Midlands) and Kudzai Chipanga (deputy secretary for youths) all take turns to denounce Mujuru, insisiting they will defy suspended Zanu PF spokesperson’s statement to ban hate slogans like down with Gamatox.
12:00 The sloganeering and denunciation continues with accusations being thrown into the slogans and speeches being made by the students.
Environment minister Saviour Kasukuwere, Patrick Zhuwao and new war veterans leader and deputy Foreign affairs minister have arrive to ruptuous support from the crowd.
Higher and Tertiary Education minister Olivia Muchena, who has been part of Grace Mugabe’s first round of rallies is conspicuously not present and her name is among those that are being denounced.
11:30 Grace has arrived with her entourage.
Students are singing and chanting “Down with Gamatox” slogans and other mottos that denounce those who are perceived to be against the ascendancy of Grace to the Women’s League post.
Individuals that continue to receive denunciation include Mashonaland East Zanu Pf chair Ray Kaukonde, Zanu PF Secretary for Adminstration Didymus Mutasa and suspended Zanu PF spokesperson Rugare Gumbo, and Olivia Muchena.
The singing, solganeering and dance continues.