Ncube disputes split claims

MDC president Welshman Ncube has dismissed as “shameless lies” claims by leader of the main MDC-T faction Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai the infamous 2005 party split was sponsored by the then Sadc-appointed mediator, former South African President Thabo Mbeki.

In his memoirs, titled At the Deep End, Tsvangirai claims Mbeki played a central role in the split of October 12, 2005 and accused Ncube, the party founding secretary-general, and the late MDC vice-president Gibson Sibanda of “betrayal”.

Tsvangirai said Ncube held secret meetings with a Zanu PF faction led by Defence minister Emmerson Mnangagwa to forge an alliance in a bid to “secure Ndebele interests”.

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