13.9.2024
19:47
Disputed
leader
of
the
CCC,
Sengezo
Tshabangu,
received
$1.6
million
form
the
government
as
part
of
government
funding
political
parties
get
after
every
election.
Tshabangu,
NewsHawks
reports,
received
the
money
last
week
as
government
recognised
leader
of
the
CCC,
the
party
he
wrestled
from
Nelson
Chamisa.
According
to
the
Political
Parties
(Finance)
Act,
parties
that
manage
to
get
at
least
5%
of
the
vote
receive
funding
from
the
government
The
government
disbursed
ZiG47
,883,500
to
Zanu
PF
and
ZiG22,116,500
to
CCC.
The
government
official
rate
is
13.9
converting
the
CCC
portion
to
$1.6m.
Government
takes
the
money
from
Treasury,
which
is
funded
by
taxes
levied
on
ordinary
Zimbabweans
when
they
buy
goods,
import
goods
into
Zimbabwe,
or
when
they
transact
electronically.
Tshabangu
seemed
to
appear
out
of
nowhere
to
challenge
Nelson
Chamisa
authority
when
he,
claiming
to
CCC
Secretary
General,
sent
a
letter
to
parliament
recalling
elected
CCC
MPs
from
parliament.
Strangely
the
Speaker
of
Parliament
acknowledged
and
acted
on
the
recall
letters,
despite
Chamisa
and
other
senior
CCC
leaders
protesting
that
there
was
Secretary
General
post
in
the
CCC.
When
the
CC
approached
the
courts
to
rid
Tshabangu
of
the
power,
they
lost
case,
in
a
development
many
described
as
capture
of
the
CCC
by
Zanu
PF
through
the
courts.
Chamisa eventually
quit
the
CCC
in
frustration. Tshabangu
later
appointed
himself
Senator
and
leader
of
the
opposition
in
parliament.
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