
Build One SA (Bosa) leader Mmusi Maimane said he was concerned about Zanu-PF’s relationship with the ANC.
In an interview with the SABC, Nomvula Mokonyane confirmed that the ANC had invited Zimbabwe’s ruling party to campaign on their behalf. She also noted that there were fraternal relations between the ANC and ZANU-PF and that the two parties had learned from each other over the years.
“They will learn from us what we learned from them and they will also be part of the monitoring missions called for by the ANC, like ZANU-PF and not the Zimbabwean government,” Mokonyane said.
Mokonyane said liberation movements must draw lessons from each other on how to pursue the “regime” change agenda.
But Maimane said the only thing the ANC could learn from ZANU-PF was how to rig elections and abuse the hopes and aspirations of South Africans.
What worries me is that they will teach them how to censor the media, and they will teach them how to rig elections. “They will teach them how to ensure that the opposition is threatened and ultimately ignored, and more than anything else they will use corrupt means to funnel money into election campaigns,” Maimane said.
Maimane said the relationship between ZANU-PF and the ANC was “troubling”, adding that the ANC had let the people of Zimbabwe down with its quiet diplomatic stance towards the once glorious country.
“If ZANU-PF continues to influence the ANC, we will no longer have free and fair elections. They will learn bad tricks from ZANU, they don’t even know how to count votes.”
Maimane says ZANU-PF is to blame for Zimbabwe’s problems
Maimane reiterated that Zimbabwe has not witnessed free and fair elections for many years.
He added, “If you want to look at the time when South Africa started to have a migration problem, it is when Mugabe lost the 2007 elections and we went there and created the impression that if Mugabe was overthrown there would be instability, and those who did not agree with this decision could be forced to… To leave.” “It’s an easy route to South Africa,” Maimane said. Islam Online