Thokozani Khupe has announced plans to hold an elective congress next month where she hopes to be endorsed as substantive leader of the MDC-T’s breakaway faction.
Khupe’s personal assistant, Witness Dube, confirmed the development to NewsDay yesterday. Said Dube:
We are working on the logistics, but definitely the congress is on in April and we will be advising on the specific date and venue in due course.
The MDC-T national council meets today to decide Khupe’s fate, amid indications she could be expelled for refusing to recognise the appointment of Nelson Chamisa as party leader following the death of founder Morgan Tsvangirai last month. Khupe’s aide dismissed moves to expel Khupe from the MDC-T as a joke.
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