National Patriotic Front (Zimbabwe)
The National Patriotic Front (NPF) is a
The party denounced the military takeover in November 2017, known as
In March 2018, retired
In late May 2018 a video of Jonathan Moyo and Patrick Zhuwawo discussing the NPF's internal problems was
On 8 June 2018 the party's national chairperson Eunice Sandi Moyo fired Ambrose Mutinhiri as party president. This led to a split in the party.[2][3] The faction of NPF led by Moyo later endorsed the MDC Alliance's leader Nelson Chamisa for president whereas Ambrose Mutinhiri ran as a candidate for the faction under his leadership, but got less than 1% of the vote. The faction led by Eunice Sandi Moyo is closely aligned with the Mugabe family, it won a seat in the July 2018 general election when Masango Matambanadzo won the Kwekwe Central constituency, for which he had represented the ZANU-PF until leaving the party earlier the same year.[4]
References
- ^ a b c d "National Patriotic Front (NPF) - Pindula". www.pindula.co.zw. 12 June 2020.
- ^ "Chamisa fingered in Mugabe's NPF split". Bulawayo 24. 8 June 2018. Archived from the original on 7 August 2018.
- ^ "NPF up in smoke over Chamisa ... as Mutinhiri is kicked out". Newsday. Harare, Zimbabwe. 9 June 2018. Archived from the original on 13 June 2018.
- ^ "'Blackman' bounces back as NPF MP for Kwekwe Central". New Zimbabwe. 1 August 2018. Archived from the original on 7 August 2018.
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