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Cde Mavhaire

George Maponga in Masvingo
Zanu-PF Politburo member and Cabinet minister Dzikamai Mavhaire has called for an end to jockeying for positions ahead of the ruling party’s December 2014 elective congress, saying there were no vacancies in the Presidium.
Cde Mavhaire, who is secretary for production and labour and Energy and Power Development Minister, told Zanu-PF youths on Friday that President Mugabe was the party’s undisputed leader.

Addressing a Zanu-PF Youth League inter-district conference, Cde Mavhaire warned party cadres against fanning factionalism.
“I simply just want to urge our party cadres, including the youths, that this is not the time to fight for leadership positions in Zanu-PF because there are no vacancies,” he said. “It’s is very clear that President Mugabe is the leader of the party and there is no vacancy there at the moment.

“The party has a clear line which shows the leadership and so why should we waste our time fighting for posts that are not vacant?
“It is very clear that Vice President Joice Mujuru comes after the President and then we have our national chairman Cde Simon Khaya Moyo and (secretary for administration) Cde Didymus Mutasa. We should learn to respect our leadership.”

Cde Mavhaire said history was littered with examples of what happened when the party was divided along factional lines.
“We should discard factionalism and infighting and work together as a united party fully behind our leadership,” he said.

“History has taught us that unity is the cornerstone of success.”
Cde Mavhaire said independence could have been attained much earlier had it not been for divisions between the liberation movements, Zanla and Zipra.

He said Zanu-PF nearly lost the 2008 harmonised elections to MDC because cadres where pulling in different directions.
Cde Mavhaire said Zanu-PF, under President Mugabe’s leadership, was committed to economic empowerment of youths.