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Create homegrown approach to eliminate Mugabe
Ntandoyenkosi Ncube, African Path
May 16, 2007

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JOHANNESBURG-OPPOSITION Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) is planning to commence a massive "registration and voter" campaign for Zimbabweans in South Africa to come and participate in the forthcoming parliamentary and presidential elections, party youth national chairperson Thamsanqa Mahlangu told a conference held in Everton yesterday.

The conference organised by Zimbabwe Solidarity Forum intended at bringing together youth activists from Zimbabwe, South Africa and the SADC region in order to come up with permanent solutions and strategies around Zimbabwe's seven years old political and economic crisis.

"As MDC, we will set down to come up with a influential register and voter campaign in Zimbabwe to see that over three million fellow Zimbabweans in South Africa will come and vote in the next parliamentary and presidential election. There is a siginificant number of Zimbabweans here who can make a change in Zimbabwe", Mahlangu said adding "...this campaign should be aimed at encouraging Zimbabweans to come to register and vote".

"We are our own liberators", Manhlangu said calling on Zimbabweans in South Africa not to look for the solution on Zimbabwe situation from president Thabo Mbeki and Africa leadership's mediation with the Zimbabwean government.

"We Zimbabweans have the influence to liberate yourself we should not count on the mediation process as a way to solving the political problem in Zimbabwe. Let president Thabo Mbeki go on with this mediation but we as Zimbabweans we should fight to come up with a home grown approach to eliminate Mugabe and his regime which is our sole foe".

Mahlagu conversely blamed Zimbabweans and members of the opposition in South Africa for isolating themselves and concentrating on tribal issues as a substitute of strengthening opposition politic.

"We have a problem here of Zimbabweans and some the party members who are dividing people on tribal lines. We as MDC we shun tribalism here and encourage Zimbabweans to work together towards one goal of achieving and bringing a change in Zimbabwe", said Mahlangu. Speaking at the same conference vice national chairperson and Mkoba Member of Parliament honourable Amos Chibaya said opposition leaders in South Africa has a pivotal and gargantuan in uniting and strengthening opposition politic here.

"We know that the party is working in establishing structures here but given the situation that we are now moving towards to our congress and party supporters are still dividing themselves the leadership is still faced with big task to break these lines, mobilise and unity people before the congress", Chibaya said.

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