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The Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC) has called for the inclusion of the State security organs in the national dialogue process to ensure inclusivity in the process.
ZCC made the call last week at a time when the clergy was pushing for a national convergence platform that seeks to bring together key stakeholders including all political parties, civic society groups, among other groups to find ways of extricating the country from its socio-economic challenges. ZCC said in a statement:
<blockquote>On the role of the security sector, there was a sense that they needed to be involved in such national engagement since the human security challenge is central to the issues at the national question.
On the next steps, it was also clear that more work must be done to (a) increase buy-in and convince the key stakeholders to see this as an alternative route for Zimbabwe; (b) to build a trusting environment for such dialogue; (c) build groundswell among citizens as the main beneficiaries of the process.
It was clear that a consensus environment was good for economic development, hence to the benefit of the ruling party.</blockquote>
President Emmerson Mnangagwa launched the Political Parties Dialogue (POLAD) in 2019, a dialogue platform including all losing presidential candidates in the 2018 elections.
However, main opposition leader Nelson Chamisa (MDC Alliance) has refused to be part of POLAD insisting on one on one meetings with Mnangagwa.
The MDC Alliance has also called for security sector reforms.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2021/03/involve-army-in-dialogue-church/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NewsDay</a></h4>

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Churches Call For Army Inclusion In National Dialogue

ZANU PF national political commissar, Victor Matemadanda, said that he personally would back the idea of dialogue with the opposition MDC parties outside the Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD), if that will help resolve Zimbabwe’s political and economic challenges.
POLAD is a dialogue platform created by President Emmerson Mnangagwa and launched on 17 May 2019 following calls for the need for dialogue with the opposition to find solutions for the country&#8217;s problems.
Speaking to Daily News on Sunday, Matemadanda said it was refreshing that the Nelson Chamisa-led MDC Alliance and the MDC-T led by Douglas Mwonzora are willing to hold unconditional talks with Mnangagwa. Said Matemadanda:
<blockquote>Any discussions can be done anywhere, but they do not become official unless they are done under an established platform and in our case POLAD.
It doesn’t mean that they (such talks) cannot be done outside POLAD. They can be done, but at the end of the day, an established forum will make them official.</blockquote>
Matemadanda further asserted that Mnangagwa established POLAD out of his benevolence as he had won the 2018 presidential election. He said:
<blockquote>It must be understood that the president came up with POLAD knowing fully well that he had won the elections.
But he felt strongly that other leaders who contested the elections had their own ideas of how to take the country forward, and that those ideas needed to be respected.</blockquote>
MDC Alliance vice president Tendai Biti was recently quoted by a daily publication saying that his party was willing to talk with ZANU PF without any pre-conditions.
<h4>More: <a href="https://dailynews.co.zw/zanu-pf-crucially-warms-to-zim-talks/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Daily News</a></h4>

Matemadanda: ZANU PF-MDC Talks Outside POLAD Possible

Build Zimbabwe Alliance (BZA) leader Noah Manyika on Friday said he has no desire to join President Emmerson Mnangagwa&#8217;s Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD).
Manyika was a presidential candidate in the disputed 2018 elections and is therefore eligible to join the State House initiated by Mnangagwa in 2019.
Speaking after the POLAD interlocutors had met at State House earlier in the day, Manyika said Mnangagwa is deluded in thinking that everyone is desperate to join the gravy train. He tweeted:
<blockquote>I just received an inquiry from a journalist about Mnangagwa’s statement today inviting those who have so far refused to join POLAD to do so. I responded as follows:
Mnangagwa is still operating under the delusion that everyone is desperate to join the gravy train. I am not.
He still believes everyone can be bought, threatened, coerced into cooperating with his repressive, corrupt and incompetent regime.
The fight is not to join POLAD, but for freedom. The fight is to change a sadistic and selfish system whose true colours have now become evident to all.
The real message from Mnangagwa is when we saw the abduction and torture of Mathuthu’s relative, and Hopewell Chin’ono and Jacob Ngarivhume in leg irons and much much more.
The message is evident through the Neanderthal thinking that the brutal reality in our country can be changed by denying it, or that calls by the clergy for the government to do what’s right should be used as an opportunity to threaten Ndebeles.
Mnangagwa’s message is clear when he attempts to use an issue as critical as land to separate the white community from the rest of the Zimbabweans who live tortured lives under his regime.
Mnangagwa’s imperious statements that assume everyone will go crawling to State House at his call demonstrate the extent of his delusions of grandeur. Ultimately, no authoritarian, no matter how vicious, can escape the consequences of their own folly.
One day, Zimbabwe shall be free, and those who abuse God’s children shall be gone.</blockquote>
<h4>More: <a href="https://twitter.com/drnmanyika/status/1301901916553785344" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Noah Manyika on Twitter</a></h4>

Noah Manyika Says He's Not Desperate To Join ED's 'Gravy Train'

South Africa&#8217;s ambassador to Zimbabwe Mphakama Mbete has warned the government that it will not succeed in attracting foreign direct investment if it fails to implement reforms and uphold the rule of law.
Mbete was speaking at the inaugural <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/POLAD_(Political_Actors_Dialogue)" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD)</a> Economic Summit held recently, where President <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Emmerson_Mnangagwa" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Emmerson Mnangagwa</a> was the guest of honour. Said Mbete:
<blockquote>&#8230; in order to attract significant flows of foreign direct investment, it is important that Zimbabwe reforms and improves its record concerning security of tenure and investment protection, repatriation of proceeds by investors, honouring bilateral trade investment agreements, the need to open up the economy to competition and optimal debt settlement.
We believe that in a highly competitive environment for foreign direct investments these … must be upheld at all times.
In our view failure to do so means that investment capital will always look past Zimbabwe to other safer havens.</blockquote>
Mbete said it was important for everyone to enter into a social contract where businesses, politicians and citizens rally behind the common vision of Zimbabwe.
He added that citizens should participate in economic development and that ultimately it is the citizens’ will which must prevail in order for any democracy to be sustainable.
<h4>More: <a href="https://dailynews.co.zw/sa-warns-zim-over-reforms/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Daily News</a></h4>

SA Ambassador Lectures Zim On Reforms, Rule Of Law

Former South African President Thabo Mbeki is set to return to Zimbabwe at the end of January to resume his mediation efforts between President Emmerson Mnangagwa, MDC leader <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Nelson_Chamisa" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nelson Chamisa</a> and other fringe political parties under the <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Political_Actors_Dialogue" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD)</a> banner.
Mbeki’s expected second coming was confirmed by Chwani Mtetwa, first secretary for political affairs at the South African Embassy in Harare. Mtetwa told Business Times:
<blockquote>We know that former South Africa President Thabo Mbeki is supposed to be coming back at the end of this month to resume the political dialogue between <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Zimbabwe_African_National_Union_-_Patriotic_Front" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Zanu PF</a> and MDC leaders and we will let you know once we have information on the matter as we are in the process of communicating with him.</blockquote>
Mbeki was in the country last month supposedly on the invitation of the government but ended up meeting various political players, including Chamisa (twice) and POLAD members.
He was expected to return to Zimbabwe after the Christmas holiday but failed to turn up, with no reason being given for his no-show.
<h4>More: <a href="https://businesstimes.co.zw/mbeki-back-for-make-or-break-talks/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Business Times</a></h4>

Mbeki To Resume Mnangagwa, Chamisa Political Dialogue Later This Month

President Mnangagwa reportedly confided in some party officials that he is not keen to dialogue with the youthful MDC leader <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Nelson_Chamisa">Nelson Chamisa</a>, Zimbabwe Independent reports.
According to a highly placed source that spoke to the publication:
<blockquote>He has clearly told those of us he trusts that publicly he was keen to talk to Chamisa when in actual fact he is not too keen on these talks. He prefers that his administration continues as at present, since our party won the election and got vindicated by the courts when the MDC challenged the presidential poll result. He believes he has the backing of regional heads of state,</blockquote>
The President has told <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2019/12/21/no-polad-no-dialogue-ed-tells-chamisa/">Chamisa that there will be no dialogue outside POLAD</a> and <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2019/12/24/we-have-no-plans-of-joining-the-polad-charade-mdc-alliance/">Chamisa has also made it clear that he will not join POLAD.</a>
More: <a href="https://www.theindependent.co.zw/2020/01/10/mnangagwa-not-keen-on-dialogue/">Zimbabwe Independent </a>

ED Confided In Some Zanu Pf Officials That He Is Not Too Keen To Dialogue With Chamisa - Report

MDC leader <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Nelson_Chamisa" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nelson Chamisa</a> said that he expected to meet President Emmerson Mnangagwa face-to-face at the just-ended <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Progressive_Teachers_Union_of_Zimbabwe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Progressive Teachers Union of Zimbabwe (PTUZ)</a> congress held in Harare at the weekend.
Chamisa told the gathering of teachers that he came to the occasion after he was told that President Mnangagwa had also been invited. Said Chamisa:
<blockquote>When I came here I was expecting that I would have my equivalent from Zanu PF here. I was expecting to meet my partner, my brother ED.
I asked the organisers if ED was invited and they said yes, and I said if he is invited I am coming because I would like to meet him. And so I delayed … expecting him to come, but he didn’t. Hopefully, I will meet him soon.</blockquote>
Chamisa, however, said that he will not join the <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Political_Actors_Dialogue" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD)</a>, describing the platform as a choir against reason and logic.
POLAD is a brainchild of President Mnangagwa and is made of about 18 losing candidates in the 2018 presidential election who meet regularly to discuss various issues on governance.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.dailynews.co.zw/articles/2020/01/06/chamisa-hoping-to-meet-ed-soon-says-he-only-wants-what-s-best-for-zimbabwe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Daily News</a></h4>

Chamisa Hoping To Meet Mnangagwa 'Soon'

MDC president <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Nelson_Chamisa" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Nelson Chamisa</a>&#8216;s spokesperson, <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Nkululeko_Sibanda" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Nkululeko Sibanda</a>, said President Emmerson Mnangagwa is &#8220;dreaming&#8221; if he believes that the opposition party will join the <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Political_Actors_Dialogue" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD)</a>.
Sibanda said that the whole world is aware that there is no meaningful dialogue taking place at POLAD.
<blockquote>He (Mnangagwa) is dreaming. If he wants to believe what he wants, let him believe it.
It is delusional to think that there is dialogue at POLAD and the rest of the world is seeing that and we hope they will wake up to that reality.</blockquote>
On Saturday, President Mnangagwa told journalists in Harare that he will not entertain dialogue with opposition political parties outside the POLAD platform.
Turning to former South African President Thabo Mbeki&#8217;s recent visit to the country, Mnangagwa said the former never pushed for direct talks between him and Chamisa.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.thestandard.co.zw/2019/12/22/ed-rejects-chamisa-talks/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Standard</a></h4>

'Mnangagwa Is Dreaming & Delusional' - Chamisa

The permanent secretary in the Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services, <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Nick_Mangwana" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ndavaningi Mangwana</a> says the <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Political_Actors_Dialogue" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD)</a> has made notable achievements since in inception.
Posting on microblogging site Twitter, Mangwana listed what the government considers to be POLAD&#8217;s achievements as follows:
<ul>
<li>The coming together of Political Actors under one banner (POLAD) and the official launch symbolised the unity of purpose.</li>
<li>The formulation of a Code of Conduct and subsequent adoption and signing of the same.</li>
<li>Visit to <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Cyclone_Idai" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Cyclone IDAI</a> by POLAD delegates led to conscientisation of the nation about the problem and the need for urgent intervention by different stakeholders.</li>
<li>Improved understanding by POLAD on issues affecting the country through an interface with the Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Minister of Industry and Commerce and the Governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe and other Government Official.</li>
<li>Acceptance and endorsement of POLAD by both SADC and AU, thereby giving impetus and relevance to POLAD as a vehicle for solving local problems without external interference.</li>
<li>Increased call for the removal of sanctions through participation at the SADC Anti-sanctions march in 
Harare.</li>
<li>Increased visibility of POLAD through social responsibility activities such as the monthly Clean-up day.</li>
<li>Increased public awareness of POLAD through extensive media coverage and debates.</li>
</ul>
POLAD was created by President Emmerson Mnangagwa as a platform for dialogue following the disputed 2018 presidential election results.
It is made up of some of the losing candidates, among them is Thokozani Khupe, Lovemore Madhuku, Brian Mteki, and Lucia Matibenga.
However, prominent opposition leaders, the likes of Nelson Chamisa, Joyce Mujuru, Noah Manyika, Nkosana Moyo, and Daniel Shumba have snubbed the platform.
<h4>More: <a href="https://twitter.com/nickmangwana/status/1208682155955634177?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">@nickmangwana</a></h4>
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Here Is What POLAD Achieved In 2019... According To The Government

The president has maintained that there will be no dialogue outside Political Actor&#8217;s Dialogue (POLAD). He further went on to say the visit by the former president of South Africa Thabo Mbeki was not to impose a dialogue outside <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Political_Actors_Dialogue">POLAD</a>.
ED was speaking to members of the media at the Statehouse after delivering the <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Unity_Day">Unity day</a> speech when he said:
<blockquote>He (Mr Mbeki) never pushed for talks when he met me. We are very old friends, indeed he discussed the political situation in the country and I explained to him that with regard to dialogue, we have a platform where every political party freely can come into that platform including <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Nelson_Chamisa">MDC under Chamisa</a>. That (POLAD) is the only platform where political dialogue will take place.</blockquote>
Thabo Mbeki visited <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2019/12/17/former-sa-president-thabo-mbeki-meets-ed-chamisa-in-harare/">last week and met with both the MDC leader</a> and the president before telling journalists that his visit was private as he was here to speak to friends.
More: <a href="https://www.sundaymail.co.zw/mbeki-did-not-impose-talks-outside-polad">The Sunday Mail </a>

Mbeki Didnt Come To Initiate A Dialogue Outside POLAD  - ED

MDC president Nelson Chamisa&#8217;s spokesperson, <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Nkululeko_Sibanda" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Nkululeko Sibanda</a> said his principal is not negotiating for positions in a <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Government_of_National_Unity" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">government of national unity (GNU)</a>, but for something bigger than that.
Speaking in an interview with NewsDay, Sibanda asserted that Chamisa is negotiating for political reforms that will eliminate disputed electoral outcomes and military coups in future. He said:
<blockquote>Currently, SADC is engaged with the Zimbabwe situation through (former South Africa) President Thabo Mbeki. Chamisa is not negotiating for positions, but for something better than a Government of National Unity (GNU).
He (Chamisa) is negotiating for political reforms first to correct the record of 2018 elections, reforms that will never go back again, disputed elections, military coup and corruption. That is his agenda. Those who are thinking about positions must forget.</blockquote>
Former South African President Thabo Mbeki&#8217;s visit to Zimbabwe earlier this week raised hopes that Chamisa and President Emmerson Mnangagwa will finally meet to thrash out their differences and bring respite to the suffering masses.
However, Mnangagwa still insists that Chamisa should &#8220;join others&#8221; in <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Political_Actors_Dialogue" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">POLAD</a>, something which the latter has vowed will never happen.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2019/12/mdc-going-to-talks-for-reforms/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NewsDay</a></h4>

We Are Negotiating For Political Reforms, Not Positions - Chamisa

MDC president Nelson Chamisa said the crisis of legitimacy and governance emanating from disputed elections is the elephant in the room that should be tackled during the envisaged dialogue between his party and ZANU PF.
Speaking to NewsDay on Thursday, Chamisa pointed to elections held in the 1980s, 1990s, and in the new Millennium whose outcomes were always disputed. He said:
<blockquote>The problem was there between Zanu and PF Zapu, it was there between Zanu PF and ZUM (led by Edgar Tekere), it was there between (the late former President Robert) Mugabe and (the late) president (Morgan) Tsvangirai and this problem is known even by my opposite number (Mnangagwa) and that must be dealt with and anything that doesn’t resolve that is simply a delayed disappointment and we can’t move away from fundamental issues.</blockquote>
Chamisa made the remarks following a visit to Zimbabwe by former South African President Thabo Mbeki earlier this week.
Mbeki was in the country ostensibly on a social visit and held separate meetings with President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Chamisa, smaller opposition parties, churches, and civil society organisations.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2019/12/talks-are-for-mdc-zanu-pf-chamisa/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NewsDay</a></h4>

Chamisa: We Can't Shy Away From The Crisis of Legitimacy & Governance

MDC president Nelson Chamisa&#8217;s spokesperson, Nkululeko Sibanda said his principal is ready to engage President Emmerson Mnangagwa after the party presented its agenda for the envisaged talks to former South African President Thabo Mbeki.
Speaking to Business Times, Sibanda asserted that Chamisa has not changed his position to not participate in POLAD and will insist on having an international mediator. He said:
<blockquote>We are ready to engage with Mnangagwa and Presi­dent Mbeki has asked to break the logjam between us and Zanu PF and make sure that Chamisa and Mnangagwa can meet and start the dialogue.
We have pre­sented our agenda to him and he clearly understands our position and we now wait for the way forward and needs to know Zanu PF’s agenda be­fore we can start the talks.
Chami­sa has not changed the party position that we want an inter­national mediator and we are not going to be participating in the POLAD talks.</blockquote>
Mbeki visited the country on Monday before meeting President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his rival, MDC leader Nelson Chamisa separately, members of the <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Political_Actors_Dialogue" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD)</a>, and churches and civic organisations.
The internationally-recognised former statesman facilitated dialogue between Robert Mugabe and MDC leader <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Morgan_Tsvangirai" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Morgan Tsvangirai</a> (both late), resulting in the formation of <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Government_of_National_Unity" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">a Government of National Unity (GNU)</a> in 2009.
<h4>More: Business Times</h4>

'Mbeki Clearly Understands Our Position' - Chamisa's Spokesperson

Former South African President Thabo Mbeki has arrived in Harare this Monday morning and met President Emmerson Mnangagwa at State House.
It is not yet clear the agenda of the meeting between the duo. Mbeki is famous for facilitating the formation of the Government of National Unity (GNU) in 2009 following inter-party dialogue which started in 2007.
Mbeki broke the deadlock between the then President Robert Mugabe and the then MDC president Morgan Tsvangirai (both late).
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PICTURES: Thabo Mbeki Meets ED At State House

Some church leaders have become latter-day prophets who see nothing wrong about the trials and tribulations the Zimbabwean masses are going through.
This was said by a political analyst, Rashweat Mukundu, who was commenting on what the role the church can play in mediating between President Emmerson and MDC leader Nelson Chamisa. Said Mukundu:
<blockquote>It is clear that some church leaders have been co-opted by those in authority, while others are seemingly attempting to genuinely have the country’s political problems addressed comprehensively.
Some are not seeing anything wrong with the evident suffering of Zimbabweans. They are the latter-day prophets who see nothing wrong about the trials and tribulations the masses are going through. They have ceased to be the conscience of society.</blockquote>
Last week, a member of the Inter-Denominational Council of Churches, Andrew Wutaunashe said Chamisa should not question Mnangagwa&#8217;s legitimacy but should join other losing presidential candidates in last year&#8217;s elections under the <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Political_Actors_Dialogue" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD)</a>.
Meanwhile, secretary-general of the Zimbabwe Heads of Christian Denominations (ZHOCD), <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Kenneth_Mtata" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Kenneth Mtata</a>, a few months called for talks between Mnangagwa and Chamisa as a way to end the suffering of the masses.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.dailynews.co.zw/articles/2019/12/08/church-can-t-mediate-between-ed-chamisa" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Daily News</a></h4>

'Latter-day Prophets Have Ceased To Be Society's Conscience'

Foreign Affairs Minister Sibusiso Moyo has ruled out external mediation for Zimbabwe&#8217;s crises, at the same time chiding MDC leader <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Nelson_Chamisa" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Nelson Chamisa</a> for &#8220;stubbornness&#8221;.
Addressing diplomats accredited to Zimbabwe at the annual diplomatic reception on Wednesday, Moyo said:
<blockquote>Some stubbornly refuse to accept the outcome of the 2018 election; refuse to lend themselves or their ideas to the national dialogue process initiated by the President.
Some continue to call for sanctions and the diplomatic isolation of their own country, believing that only external mediation can heal the deep polarisation which continues to afflict our nation and our people.
We believe that Zimbabweans must be allowed, encouraged and afforded the space to find one another, by themselves.</blockquote>
Chamisa has consistently refused to recognise President <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Emmerson_Mnangagwa" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Emmerson Mnangagwa</a> as the legitimate Head of State.
He has also snubbed the <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Political_Actors_Dialogue" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD)</a>, a dialogue platform established by President Mnangagwa that brings together the losers in the 2018 presidential election.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2019/12/sb-moyo-rules-out-external-mediation-2/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NewsDay</a></h4>

SB Moyo Tells Diplomats Harare Won't Accept External Mediation

Vice president of the <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Thokozani_Khupe" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Thokozani Khupe</a>-led MDC-T, Obert Gutu, asserted that the <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Political_Actors_Dialogue" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD)</a> interlocutors are not being motivated by the desire for filthy lucre.
Gutu was responding to reports that members of POLAD are lining up their pockets with taxpayers&#8217; money in allowances for attending POLAD meetings. Said Gutu:
<blockquote>POLAD isn’t there to milk taxpayers’ money for the corrupt and personal benefit of particular individuals. POLAD is a national programme that is open to all political parties that fielded presidential candidates in the 2018 harmonised elections.
The notion that some of us are in POLAD in order to line our pockets is utterly false, ridiculous, malevolent and mischievous. We are not paid any allowances for attending POLAD meetings.</blockquote>
Some media reports have claimed that POLAD interlocutors have come up with a US$80 million to cater for their allowances and accommodation when they attend meetings.
POLAD was initiated by President Emmerson Mnangagwa soon after the disputed <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Zimbabwe_2018_Harmonised_Elections" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">2018 elections</a> but notable politicians have snubbed it, chief among them being MDC leader Nelson Chamisa who won close to 50 per cent of presidential votes.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.herald.co.zw/polad-not-a-money-game-says-gutu/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Herald</a></h4>

POLAD Is Not About 'Brown Envelops' - Obert Gutu

The ruling ZANU PF party says President Emmerson Mnangagwa will not hold bilateral talks with MDC leader Nelson Chamisa as that will be viewed as a betrayal by State House Dialogue interlocutors.
Zanu PF Secretary for Administration <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Obert_Mpofu" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Obert Mpofu</a> told The Herald that Chamisa is free to join the likes of Thokozani Khupe, <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Lucia_Matibenga" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Lucia Matibenga</a> and Brian Mteki among others, in the <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Political_Actors_Dialogue" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD)</a>. Said Mpofu:
<blockquote>The other parties might think we are betraying the understanding that we have come to build with them.
So, if they [MDC] have serious concerns on their part in the handling of the dialogue issues [when they join POLAD], they should raise them there; that’s where they will see the President and talk to him.</blockquote>
Chamisa has demanded direct one-on-one talks with Mnangagwa over the 2018 presidential election which he claims was rigged by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC)to favour the ruling party candidate.
President Mnangagwa won by the skin of his teeth, having barely managed to reach the 50 per cent plus threshold to avoid a runoff.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.herald.co.zw/no-to-dialogue-outside-polad/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Herald</a></h4>

ZANU PF Clarifies On Why ED, Chamisa Face To Face Dialogue Won't Happen

ZANU PF secretary for administration <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Obert_Mpofu" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Obert Mpofu</a> said that the ruling party will not negotiate with MDC president <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Nelson_Chamisa" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Nelson Chamisa</a> outside the <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Political_Actors_Dialogue" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD)</a> platform.
Mpofu revealed this during an interview with The Herald&#8217;s Joseph Madzimure. On being asked on the discussions with the MDC officials who visited him at ZANU PF headquarters, Mpofu said:
<blockquote>We told them that if they are serious about engaging us, they should do so formally, but they should come through the Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD).
If they want dialogue they should indicate some seriousness and if they want to engage President Mnangagwa they can only do that under the auspices of POLAD.</blockquote>
Mpofu said he will not disclose the names of the MDC officials who visited him. He added that the &#8220;envoys&#8221; did not submit any written documents but only produced party membership cards.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.herald.co.zw/no-to-dialogue-outside-polad/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Herald</a></h4>

ZANU PF Won't Entertain Chamisa Outside POLAD - Obert Mpofu

Senior MDC officials have reportedly met their ZANU PF counterparts in a move that may result in one-on-one talks between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and opposition leader <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Nelson_Chamisa" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Nelson Chamisa</a>.
Zanu PF secretary for administration, <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Obert_Mpofu" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Obert Mpofu</a>, on Tuesday confirmed to the Daily News that MDC top officials have visited the party&#8217;s headquarters to push for dialogue. Said Mpofu:
<blockquote>A few of them (MDC officials) have been here (at Zanu PF headquarters) and my position as the secretary-general of the party is that they should formalise their engagements to show that they are coming from Chamisa so that I can also progress it accordingly to my superiors.
It is a good idea that we engage (with Chamisa) &#8230; we are all Zimbabweans. The president is very clear and he means what he says (about the need to have inclusive talks).</blockquote>
President Mnangagwa and Chamisa have hitherto failed to meet even though analysts have urged the two to bury the hatchet as the only way to salvage the country&#8217;s economy which is moving dangerously downhill.
President Mnangagwa initiated the <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Political_Actors_Dialogue" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD)</a> platform but Chamisa has refused to take part in the process while at the same time he continues to question Mnangagwa&#8217;s legitimacy.
<h3>Also Read: <a class="title-href" href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2019/10/16/just-in-mdc-dismisses-reports-on-talks-and-meeting-at-zanu-pf-hq-fulltext/" rel="bookmark">JUST IN: MDC Dismisses Reports On Talks And Meeting At Zanu PF HQ #FullText</a></h3>
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.dailynews.co.zw/articles/2019/10/16/zanu-pf-mdc-meet-over-talks-as-hopes-rise-that-ed-chamisa-could-meet-soon" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Daily News</a></h4>

MDC Officials Visit ZANU PF HQ In Bid To Initiate ED, Chamisa Talks

State-owned daily publication, the Chronicle, has urged MDC leader <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Nelson_Chamisa" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Nelson Chamisa</a> to show maturity and respect President Emmerson Mnangagwa as legitimate.
It further contends that Chamisa is free to join the <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Political_Actors_Dialogue" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD)</a> platform and accept President Mnangagwa&#8217;s gesture when he congratulated the party for attaining 20 years of existence last month. In an editorial article this Friday, the Chronicle editor wrote:
<blockquote>MDC-A leader Mr Nelson Chamisa is free to join other opposition party presidents on that platform and we are sure he would be welcomed with open arms were he to honour the invitation.
In the same spirit that President Mnangagwa congratulated the MDC-A on its anniversary, the party should reciprocate the gesture by accepting that he is the legitimately elected leader of Zimbabwe.</blockquote>
Chamisa rejected the 2018 presidential election results soon after they were announced by the <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Zimbabwe_Electoral_Commission" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC)</a>.
He then launched a <a href="https://www.pindula.co.zw/Constitutional_Court_of_Zimbabwe" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Constitutional Court</a> challenge of the results, which he also lost and rejected.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.chronicle.co.zw/editorial-comment-mdc-should-show-maturity-respect-for-president-mnangagwa/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Chronicle</a></h4>

Chamisa Told To Show Maturity & Respect

MDC president Nelson Chamisa met with The Elders in Harare on Saturday after they had a meeting with President Emerson Mnangagwa. They urged the duo to engage in an inclusive national dialogue.
Chamisa confirmed meeting The Elders through Twitter where he wrote:
<blockquote>Just had a great meeting with the Elders Mama Graca Machel and former Ireland President Mary Robinson.
Fixing politics through genuine and credible political dialogue for comprehensive political and economic reforms is the only viable solution to the challenges Zimbabwe is facing!</blockquote>
Meanwhile, in a statement released by The Elders after meeting the country&#8217;s main political actors, they said:
<blockquote>The Elders urged President Mnangagwa, Advocate Chamisa and all political leaders to find a way out of the current impasse and act constructively in the interests of the whole nation.
The inflammatory language that perpetuates and exacerbates cycles of confrontation must be disavowed. All political and security forces must commit to abide by the Constitution of Zimbabwe, the rule of law, freedom of speech and the protection of human rights.
They also called on Zimbabwe’s neighbours in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) and the wider international community to hold its leaders to account in terms of their responsibility to their people.
Economic and political reforms must progress in tandem to enable Zimbabwe’s reintegration into global markets and the community of nations.</blockquote>

Chamisa Meets The Elders, Reaffirms Commitment To Dialogue

Losing presidential candidates in last year&#8217;s elections who are taking part in the Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD) said that dialogue is imperative to tackle the various challenges affecting the country.
The POLAD principals are holding a two-day validation workshop for POLAD’s strategic planning document in Mutare. ZBC News quotes some of the interlocutors as saying:
<blockquote>We believe dialogue is more important for Zimbabweans to engage. A lot of progress has been registered as there is a need for patience to turn around the process.
We are developing a clear work plan to tackle issues affecting the economy.
There is a need for all political parties to be part of the initiative as it is clear that demonstrations and violence will not solve the challenges facing the country.
It’s time for the MDC to swallow its pride and respect the people by engaging in dialogue than to cause more confusion through demonstrations.</blockquote>
Among eminent political leaders to eschew POLAD is MDC president Nelson Chamisa and former Vice President Joyce Mujuru.
<h4>More: <a href="http://www.zbc.co.zw/zims-economic-recovery-hinged-on-dialogue/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">ZBC News</a></h4>

Chamisa Urged To Join POLAD

A Zim Morning Post report claims that the possibility of dialogue between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and opposition MDC leader Nelson Chamisa is now dead.
The report cites its sources who said that the two politicians have been communicating through emissaries and the stumbling block has been their egos.
While the duo has expressed willingness to talk, they have differed over the 2018 electoral dispute. On one hand, a senior ZANU PF official reportedly said:
<blockquote>President (Mnangagwa) wants Chamisa to admit that he lost the 2018 plebiscite and dialogue will kick start from there but he is hitting the wall.
Mnangagwa was declared the winner of the 2018 polls not only by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) but also by the Constitutional court after Chamisa challenged the result.
From the Concourt Chamisa has nowhere else to appeal and that should be the take-off point for any dialogue to take place.</blockquote>
On the other hand, sources close to Chamisa said that the electoral dispute is the genesis of the problem and cannot be sidestepped;
<blockquote>Chamisa’s starting point is the issue of the electoral dispute. As the MDC we believe we won the elections so that’s our starting point.
How do we resolve the stalemate without discussing the genesis of the problem?
Chamisa believes the problems we are facing as a country are emanating from a political dispute and what Zimbabwe needs is a political solution.</blockquote>
The opposition leader has hitherto refused to take part in the Mnangagwa-initiated Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD), a platform where little-known political candidates in the 2018 general election gather routinely.
<h4>More: <a href="https://zimmorningpost.com/ed-chamisa-egos-stifle-dialogue-hopes-as-emissaries-hit-brick-wall/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Zim Morning Post</a></h4>

ED, Chamisa Talks Now Highly Unlikely - Report

A senior National Patriotic Front (NPF) official has chided MDC leader Nelson Chamisa for refusing to accept President Emmerson Mnangagwa&#8217;s legitimacy.
NPF vice president, Welcome Shumba told NewZimbabwe.com that Chamisa unwittingly endorsed Mnangagwa&#8217;s Presidency when he approached the Constitutional Court in August last year.
Shumba, who is infamous for openly boasting that he was enjoying the good things by participating in the ongoing State House dialogue, said:
<blockquote>This issue legitimacy is a closed chapter some might want to see how Chamisa was the first person to legitimise Cde ED Mnangagwa by trusting in the judiciary in the country.
That means he had trust in any outcome of the court process, so he went to court, trusting in our judiciary system and the outcome was there for everyone to see.
The President was declared the winner. So in terms of legitimacy, I think that is a closed chapter. I wonder how he is demonstrating, raising that issue.
If he has got any issues, he must come to the political parties dialogue and we talk about them and move forward.</blockquote>
Shumba urged Chamisa to join the Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD), a dialogue platform initiated by President Mnangagwa.
The meetings are routinely carried out at State House and the interlocutors include losing presidential candidates in the 2018 elections.
The NPF official rebuked the MDC for engaging in street protests, claiming that they scare away investors.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newzimbabwe.com/pro-mnangagwa-opposition-leader-blasts-chamisa-over-protest/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NewZimbabwe.com</a></h4>

NPF Vice President Urges Chamisa To Join POLAD

The United States of America has called fora broad-based and inclusive national dialogue in Zimbabwe following the abduction, assault, and torture of civil society and opposition leaders by unidentified gunmen in Zimbabwe.
Tatenda Mombeyarara, a human rights activist, was abducted from Chitungwiza and assaulted on the night of 13/8/2019, before being dumped in Hatfield, while Blessing Kanotunga, an MDC official was abducted and assaulted in Mufakose.
The statement issued by the United State embassy in Harare on 15 August 2019 reads:
<blockquote>The United States expresses its deep concern over the abduction, assault, and torture of civil society and opposition leaders in advance of the planned march on August 16.
The Government of Zimbabwe bears the responsibility to ensure the safety of its citizens under its constitution.
We welcome the Zimbabwean government’s commitment to investigate these crimes and to bring those responsible to justice.
We encourage those Zimbabweans who wish to seek redress before their government to do so peacefully.
The ongoing polarization in Zimbabwean society, as identified by the Motlanthe Commission and the Zimbabwe Council of Churches, underscores the urgent need for a broad-based and inclusive national dialogue.
Such a dialogue, coupled with political and economic reforms, holds the promise of a more prosperous and successful Zimbabwe.</blockquote>
<h4>More: <a href="https://zw.usembassy.gov/statement-on-incidents-of-violence-in-zimbabwe/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">U.S. Embassy</a></h4>

U.S. Calls For Broad-based & Inclusive National Dialogue In Zimbabwe

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has told Christian leaders that he is willing to negotiate with MDC president Nelson Chamisa within the Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD) framework.
POLAD brings together President Mnangagwa with the losing presidential candidates in the 2018 elections.
While some candidates have joined POLAD, some have snubbed the process, among them Chamisa.
In a letter addressed to the Zimbabwe Heads of Christian Denominations, which had written to him <a href="https://news.pindula.co.zw/2019/08/11/call-for-demos-means-all-not-well-churches-urge-mnangagwa-chamisa-to-meet/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">asking for dialogue between ZANU PF and the MDC</a>, President Mnangagwa insisted that Chamisa will not get any preferential treatment and will have to accept that he (Mnangagwa) is a legitimate President. Part of the letter reads:
<blockquote>I, as leader of Zanu PF, and as the President-elect, called for harmony and dialogue in our nation, including pointedly calling on, and inviting the leader of the MDC, Advocate Nelson Chamisa, to come on board in amity and brotherhood, to rebuild our broken peace, and reunite our people in order to take our nation forward.
Specifically and pointedly, I called upon the two of us to lead by example and show Zimbabweans that peace is paramount.
The MDC leader is still to requite my goodwill, so repeatedly and unconditionally expressed and extended. Much worse, he is still to respect the legitimate will of the Zimbabwean people as expressed in the results of the 2018 elections.
Still, I assure you and the Heads of Christian Denominations, that I will not tire of going the extra mile for the sake of peace and unity in our nation.
The doors of national dialogue remain wide open to all political leaders, including the MDC, which dialogue must be without pre-conditions or any sense of preferential entitlement or recognition on any one’s part, including me.</blockquote>
Chamisa has insisted on one-on-one dialogue with President Mnangagwa to negotiate about what he considers the unresolved 2018 elections dispute as well as the implementation of political reforms.
Former South African President, Thabo Mbeki recently said that winning elections is meaningless if a country has deep issues, while Rwanda&#8217;s Paul Kagame advised Mnangagwa to, first of all, convince Zimbabweans of his agenda before reaching out to outsiders.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2019/08/chamisa-is-being-impossible-mnangagwa/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NewsDay</a></h4>

'Chamisa Won't Get Preferential Treatment'; ED Tells Christian Leaders

The Zimbabwean government has continued to blame the January 2019 violence on unarmed protestors, which resulted in the death of a police officer and more than a dozen civilians as well as serious injuries to hundreds more.
Responding to an article by <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/14/fears-of-violence-as-zimbabwes-opposition-plan-protests" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Jason Burke</a> of the major British publication, the Guardian, Information Ministry permanent secretary, Nadabaningi Nick Mangwana also blamed MDC leader Nelson Chamisa for spurning President Emmerson Mnangagwa&#8217;s calls for dialogue. He said:
<blockquote>You seem to have a slanted version of the disturbances in January which included the murder of a policeman, injury other officers, mass looting of shops, setting fire to buildings, attacks and burning of police stations and other forms of violence and riots for days.
President Mnangagwa welcomes criticism as well as peaceful and legal demonstrations. But no society tolerates violence.
He continues to call for unity and dialogue and has reached out to Nelson Chamisa on numerous occasions only to have his gestures spurned.
Mr Chamisa continues to ignore all calls for dialogue and prefers the path of protest and violence. 
&#8211; 
Mr Burke, I’m always available for comment and also to help you get the basic facts right in your articles. There is biased reporting, then there are just factual inaccuracies</blockquote>

Top Civil Servant Accuses Chamisa Of Snubbing Dialogue

The Zimbabwe Heads of Christian Denominations (ZHOCD) has urged President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his rival, MDC president Nelson Chamisa to engage each other in inclusive dialogue to end the deepening national division.
In a statement released following a meeting of the clerics in Chinhoyi on Thursday, ZHOCD said:
<blockquote>The church leaders also reflected on the growing tensions and threats of violence following the call for a mass demonstration on the 16th of August 2019 by the MDC.
The church leaders are deeply worried by the invocation in some quarters of the violence of August 2018 and January 2019 to sow fear and deepen political polarisation amongst our people.
To this end, church leaders do hereby exhort His Excellency, President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the leader of the MDC, Advocate Nelson Chamisa to explore the possibility of accelerating much-needed dialogue in this time of deepening national division and despair.
The church leaders reiterated their call for an inclusive comprehensive national dialogue to help the people of Zimbabwe heal from past hurts, address urgently pressing national challenges and re-imagine a shared future of a united, just, peaceful and prosperous Zimbabwe.</blockquote>
The MDC has called for streets protests n Harare this Friday, and Bulawayo and Gweru on Monday and Tuesday next week respectively to push the government to deal urgently with the economic rot.
The opposition party intends to use the protests to push Mnangagwa to engage Chamisa for the formation of a transitional authority to lead the country ahead of credible elections in the near future.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.newsday.co.zw/2019/08/clerics-implore-ed-chamisa-to-talk/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">NewsDay</a></h4>

Church Leaders Call For Inclusive National Dialogue

MDC-T president, Thokozani Khupe, is against street protests as a means to resolve the challenges affecting the country.
In an interview with The Herald, Khupe argued that issues should be resolved through dialogue rather than stone-throwing.
She added that the Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD) is a good platform for dialogue. Said Khupe:
<blockquote>My issue is that you can only resolve issues by sitting around the table and talking to each other.
You cannot resolve issues by throwing stones, by burning tyres and by going out there.
But you can only resolve issues by sitting around and discussing issues like we are doing right now (in Polad).
If we sit down with them (Government) and they explain to us what is going on, we can also give our input.
I’m pretty sure that Government and the President listen to some of the issues that we present to them.</blockquote>
Khupe urged authorities to urgently deal with the exchange rates as they are pushing prices up. She said that government officials must with the issue of prices.
<h4>More: <a href="https://www.herald.co.zw/dialogue-the-only-way-khupe/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Herald</a></h4>

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