Youths Scramble For Food8 Nov 2019 17:51
Zanu Pf Youths Scramble For Food At Mining Indaba
ZANU PF supporters, who were bussed to the mining indaba in Gweru to beef up numbers ahead of President Emmerson Mnangagwa's address on Wednesday, caused a raucous at feeding points as they threatened to run away with the delegates' food if they continued to be denied access to lunch.
Anti-riot police had to called in to quell the restive crowd.
In a bid to avoid the embarrassment of addressing empty chairs at crucial events like what happened at previous events in Harare and Mashonaland Central, the Zanu PF Midlands provincial leadership took a decision to bus its supporters from all districts to fill up the Gweru Convention Centre, where Mnangagwa was guest speaker.
Midlands State University students, college students and mothers with babies on their backs as well as the elderly were also bussed to the venue that was supposed to be purely a formal business meeting of mine owners and government officials, among other stakeholders.
The situation degenerated into chaos as the Zanu PF supporters occupied front seats with delegates, who had paid for the two-day event and those accredited, failing to get comfortable places inside the venue.
During lunch time, the Zanu PF supporters clogged VIP delegates' feeding points and riot police had to be called in to crush the restive activists who were clad in party regalia.
However, Dosman Mangisi, the Zimbabwe Mining Federation spokesperson said there was nothing wrong with what Zanu PF did at the event. https://mining.einnews.com/article/501594500?lcf=-9uuuS1RcYoZrhlmc6j2lA%3D%3D
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