Split in The ISO
At the end of 2009, the ISO split into two wings following the defeat of the Gwisai leadership by a section of the membership who rejected the relationship of the ISO with the MDC in earlier years. This defeat happened at a conference attended by members of the IST affiliates in South Africa and Botswana.
Following the conference a dispute broke out between Gwisai and the newly elected leadership that led to four members of the ISO being jailed. As a result of this the ISO split into two separate organizations. Despite appealing to the members and groups of the IST, the incoming leadership found itself isolated and left the IST. Although it has not appeared in public for several years and has not produced its paper for a similar period, the Gwisai-led section of the ISO remains affiliated to the IST.
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