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Zhuwao says those who demonstrated against Kasukuwere are idiots, Mnangagwa misfired

Zhuwao said he hoped Mnangagwa was misquoted when he said factionalism was healthy because he did not subscribe to that.

“I for one, I do not subscribe the notion that factions are good for the party; no they are not,” he said.

“I hope one of my senior leaders was misquoted when he said factions are good, no they are not.

“Whether it was him or somebody else, it is not proper to have factions in any formation whether political party football club or a church grouping.

“That thinking in my view is flawed because factions by their very own nature stop people from thinking and from being critical.

“The danger with factions is that if people are in a faction and you have somebody who has idiotic tendencies and is part of that faction you will still follow through whatever idiotic nonsense that person is coming up with.”

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